Konoha: This Uchiha is extremely sneaky

Chapter 71 Strange

Holding the huge scroll, which was more than half a meter long and nearly thirty centimeters thick, Toshiro headed towards his home.

Inside the basement, after copying it down, he had a general understanding of its contents.

Much of the content was somewhat confusing and difficult for him, a modern person, to understand.

With his current level of theoretical knowledge, he can barely reach the threshold of mastering the content in the scroll.

[The cultivation of Yin-Yang Release is indeed incredibly difficult. I only glanced at it, and there are already quite a few parts that I can't understand!]

[When I truly begin my spiritual practice, the hardships will likely far exceed my imagination.]

I'm definitely not some protagonist chosen by destiny!

He silently grumbled inwardly, lamenting once again the unfairness of the God of Transmigration. Thinking of those transmigrators with systems who could level up and become stronger simply by signing in, he could only helplessly carry the heavy scroll home.

As he entered the courtyard, Toshiro sat on the threshold, calling out as he habitually changed his shoes.

"I'm back!"

A series of footsteps approached, and then three figures that looked somewhat like Toshiro appeared in front of him.

"That shrew is back so early today. I thought he'd be out partying until lunchtime before coming home!"

A figure, identical in appearance and clothing to Toshiro, spoke up. His expression was disdainful as he sized Toshiro up and down, his demeanor defiant.

This is the shadow clone that Toshiro left at home to train in Fire Release. Its entire body is basically identical to his own, with no difference whatsoever.

My daily task is to stay home and practice Fire Release: Nature Transformation. My house has the most Fire Release scrolls. To maximize my advantage, this method is unavoidable.

However, this shadow clone was somewhat different from the hardworking clone he had originally imagined.

It's unclear whether this is due to his long-term cultivation of fire-attribute transformations, but the shadow clone he created possesses a fiery and somewhat unruly personality.

Over the years, he has studied the Three Bodies Technique and Shadow Clone Technique. Although limited by time, his understanding is not yet very deep, but some strange changes have occurred.

Before he could reprimand the fire-style shadow clone, another voice rang out.

"Damn, you brought back such a huge scroll again. Looks like our workload is going to increase again. Are you even more capitalist than a capitalist? 996 doesn't even begin to describe this! This is practically 007!"

Seeing the huge scroll next to him, another shadow clone also chimed in with his own comments, expressing his opinion on his ruthless exploitation.

This is the shadow clone who stayed at home, gathering Yang Release chakra. While gathering Yang Release chakra, he also needed to study medical ninjutsu.

"Even 'ruthless capitalist' doesn't do this justice. He leaves everything to us—his daily cultivation tasks, household chores, even grocery shopping and cooking. He just lives a carefree life!"

Another shadow clone also complained, but compared to the first two shadow clones, his expression was colder and his voice was somewhat unsteady.

This is the clone he's been keeping at home for the past few days; it used to go to school in his place. Now that it's graduated, it's staying home to study illusion magic and take care of the housework.

"You should have shouted 'Welcome home' and bowed to me. There's absolutely no ceremony involved!"

"You lot, stop complaining. You can probably imagine the pain of physical training every day. It's not like I do nothing all day!"

Toshiro was equally unyielding in the face of verbal attacks from his shadow clone. He retorted while changing his shoes.

This was a small but significant part of his daily routine—arguing and bickering with his own shadow clone. Bantering with himself was a rather novel experience.

At that moment, in the entrance hall of Toshiro's house, four identical Toshiro figures gathered together, chattering amongst themselves. In no time, a noisy argument broke out in the entrance hall.

"Alright, stop fooling around. I brought back something incredible this time, I guarantee it will open your eyes."

As he spoke, he started walking towards the study.

Behind him, the three Toshiro stopped making noise and lined up in unison, following him toward the study.

At this moment, Toshiro's study looked very different from when he first saw it.

The number of bookshelves increased from one to three, and even the original square table and cushion were replaced with a much larger square table placed in the center of the study.

Place a futon on each of the four sides.

Inside the study, both the desk and the bookshelves were filled to the brim with all sorts of books. These were all collected by Toshiro over the years. Some were purchased on his behalf by Mika, while others were borrowed from the school library and copied over.

As soon as you step inside, a faint scent of books and ink fills your nostrils.

He organized and summarized some documents on the desk, then plopped down on the futon, looking at the three clones sitting cross-legged around the desk.

He slammed the huge scroll onto the desk with a thud, then waved his hand, gesturing for the three of them to look at it themselves.

It's still my shadow clone after all. It's fine if it's just making a ruckus normally, but when it comes to serious matters like this, it follows orders very well. Otherwise, if something unexpected happens at a crucial moment, it could cause a major problem.

"Was the real person simply someone who robbed the family's secret vault?"

"Wasn't it said that we could only choose one secret technique today? How come both Yin-Yang Release are available?"

"That's great! Lately, practicing Yang Escape Technique has been increasingly difficult. With this information, things will be much easier!"

After only a cursory glance at the scroll, the three shadow clones each offered their own comments on the matter.

The Fire Release Shadow Clone looked surprised, the Illusionary Release Shadow Clone looked puzzled, but the Yang Release Shadow Clone looked delighted.

Upon seeing this, Toshiro couldn't help but wonder if there was something wrong with his clone.

They are all created from chakra, but the three shadow clones undergo different training each day. Why then do they have three different expressions about the same thing?

This is clearly illogical! You know, shadow clones are dispelled every day, and new ones are created the next day…

(End of this chapter)