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When the battle started, Naruto didn't make a move for the first time.

He is very different now from when he first graduated from the ninja school. After going through the mission in the Country of Waves and the second experience in the Forest of Death, he is now much calmer, unlike before where he would just scream and rush forward with his fists.

In the previous preliminaries, he had watched Shikamaru fight and knew that he had a secret technique of controlling enemies through shadows, so he did not dare to approach rashly at this moment.

Don't be touched by the shadow! The distance of the shadow is limited, just stand far away!

Naruto thought to himself as he formed the most familiar seal with his hands.

"Shadow Clone Technique!"

Three clones appeared and rushed towards Shikamaru from different directions.

Shadow Clone...what a rogue, this is a technique that only Jōnin can master

Shikamaru originally thought of simply admitting defeat. Anyway, he knew that he would not be able to reach the end and become the first. Others may not be able to tell, but he has no chance of winning against the "980".

This judgment came from his father. A few days before the game, when father and son were playing shogi, his father mentioned Neji and said that his strength might have reached Jōnin level.

When Shikamaru heard this, he felt that the first place in this exam must be Neji.

The difference between Jōnin and Genin is more than just one word. The difference in strength is indescribable.

However, Naruto was really making him a little unhappy right now.

Three clones...one body...Naruto has seen the pre-selection and knows my shadow imitation technique, so he won't get close to me easily. So the one left behind is the true body? No, this guy might do the opposite...

Shikamaru has a quick mind and is constantly moving his hands while analyzing.

"Shadow Mimicry!"

A black shadow appeared from the soles of his feet, branching out into several branches with the body as the center, heading towards Naruto who was hitting him from different directions.

These Narutos saw the shadows and wanted to dodge, but because of the close distance and the speed of the shadows, they were all hit one after another.

Shikamaru took a few steps and made a punch first. The two Narutos next to each other punched each other in the face, and they turned into smoke and dissipated.

Then there was only one left, Shikamaru took out a kunai, and Naruto, who was bound by the shadow, also made the same move, but there was no kunai where his hand touched. So Shikamaru threw kunai, and Naruto threw air.

"Peng!"

The kunai hit Naruto's chest and turned into a cloud of smoke again.

Sure enough, all three are clones.

All the shadows were retracted, Shikamaru looked at Naruto standing in the distance, and thought to himself that my Chakra has been depleted a lot, but this guy...

Shikamaru knows the art of Shadow Clone.

Unlike ordinary clones, Shadow Clone is an entity and will divide the Chakra of the original body equally. In the case of consciousness, after the clone disappears, it will bring experiences and memories to the main body... This will lead to excessive side effects. First, the Chakra consumption is huge, and second, the memories and experiences brought back will impact the brain. It may cause the main body to have a mental breakdown.

But... right now, Naruto doesn't seem to be affected by the side effects at all.

He still had a smile on his face.

"Idiot Shikamaru, I already know how to deal with it!"

""

"Shadow Clone Technique!"

Naruto once again formed seals, and his moves were all over the place, but this time the number had changed.

A dozen Narutos appeared in the field at the same time.

Oops……

Shikamaru has something wrong with him. With so many clones, even if he can control his shadow imitation technique, it will exhaust all his Chakra.

This guy Naruto... has too much chakra...

Shikamaru was speechless. Even Jōnin and Chakra could not use Shadow Clone Technique like this. The original intention of this technique is to use it for investigation... and it ended up with Naruto.

But it was used for combat.

"Come on, everyone!"

"oh!"

"On it!"

"Lie down, Shikamaru!"

"Wow!"

More than a dozen Narutos each let out strange screams. This scene was very eye-catching, and some viewers who had not paid attention to the battle were also interested in watching it.

"Shikamaru......"

Chōji and Ino couldn't help but stand up from their seats at this time, with tense faces. They also saw that Shikamaru was in crisis.

The instructor of the three, Asuma, was holding a cigarette in his mouth and shaking his head: "Naruto... Shikamaru is indeed a little restrained."

Shikamaru is good at one-on-one, and it becomes difficult to deal with more enemies. Especially Naruto, who has a terrifying amount of chakra, and has been using Shadow Clone to consume Shikamaru's chakra, which can be said to be a killer.

At this time, Shikamaru, what will you do?

Asuma thought, at this moment, Shikamaru made a move.

He quickly formed a seal with his hands, which turned out to be the Clone Technique seal.

"Clone Technique!"

This is one of the most basic ninjutsu. Unlike Shadow Clone, it has no entity and can only achieve a confusing effect.

Then, the two Shikamaru started running in different directions at the same time.

"Haha, you have far fewer clones than me! Moreover, this must be the main body!"

Naruto looked at one of the Shikamaru rushing towards his body, and immediately sent several clones to surround him...

He knew that Shikamaru's purpose was to use his clone to confuse him, and then use his shadow imitation technique to control his own body.

Unfortunately, this purpose will be lost!

Several Naruto clones surrounded Shikamaru and punched him all at once!

"Boom!"

The fists landed on the other Narutos instead... and they all went through Shikamaru's body.

"This is a clone?!"

Naruto was shocked and quickly turned around to see, the other Shikamaru who was far away from him was the real body?

But this... doesn't make sense...

Naruto couldn't wrap his head around it. In his opinion, Shikamaru could only control him with his shadow if he was close to him. Now that he was far away from his body...

"Shadow Mimicry!"

Shikamaru took advantage of Naruto's distraction to deal with the clones. He had already used secret techniques to control several other Naruto's clones.

Then, he made an exaggerated move.

He ran towards the Narutos, and the manipulated clone of Naruto facing him ran towards him.

When they came into contact, Shikamaru reached out and grabbed an arm. The other Naruto clone followed suit and grabbed him, and then Shikamaru shook his body hard. In this way, the Naruto clone that grabbed him also exerted force at the same time, thus achieving a result - Shikamaru was like a cannonball, grabbed by three Naruto clones and thrown away, in the direction of Naruto's original location!

This guy?!

"Shikamaru boy..." Asuma couldn't help but laugh when he saw this.

Using this method to get close to Naruto is not too much like Shikamaru's style...but in this case, his choice is the best choice. Only by using Naruto's clone can he get close to the main body. The Clone Technique used by Shikamaru himself was just a trick to draw Naruto's attention away so that he would not immediately remove the Shadow Clone Technique.

"hateful!"

Naruto belatedly released the Shadow Clone at this time, but it was already too late. Shikamaru flew towards him in mid-air and threw a shuriken in mid-air.

Naruto immediately dodged, only to find that the target of the shuriken was not him... but his shadow!

The next second, Naruto felt like he couldn't move.

Under the sunlight, he could see clearly that there was a long silk thread between the shuriken and Shikamaru's body. It was this thread that connected the shadows of the two people.

Shikamaru landed and barely stood up straight, panting: "Shadow Imitation Technique...successful."