章 390: Chapter 82
Now there were three solid factions in the Sand, fighting for influence and power among themselves, although before the defeat there were only two of them and the neutrals standing apart. After losing the war, the Kazekage "ingeniously" decided to blame the defeat on the puppeteers, who had really lost a lot of fights to the Byakugan wielders and deprived the troops of the usual "meat" of wood and metal that usually took the first blow of the enemy.
In another reality such a move could have worked because of the fact that the puppets were mainly used by hereditary shinobi and ordinary fighters, but not clans, but the presence of a charismatic and strong leader, the support of two elders and united kugutsu masters turned into the creation of a third pole of power and Kazekage's idea failed.
The two factions fought amongst themselves, two of them trying to oust the kage and prevent the enemy from taking over. Unfortunately, the only realistic candidate was the recently passed her second decade as Shakuto's owner, Pakura, who was the closest to the S-rank bar. Other possible choices so far were too young, like Sasori and the slightly older Golden Sand Lord, too old, like Chiyo and her brother and a few other elders, or killed in the recent World Shinobi War at the hands of Iwa or Konoha.
At least now the reason why a promising kunoichi was swatted down even to the detriment of the village's severely thinned forces was clear. If the Kazekage got rid of that problem, he would have at least seven or eight years to consolidate his power - there would be no one left to put on the throne. How familiar...
Unfortunately, the clones couldn't find the kunoichi herself, either because they're limited in sensory skills or because she's not in the village, but it's not an urgent task. I'd like to get my hands on a girl who will be able to compete on equal terms with such female mastodons of the shinobi world as Senju Tsunade or Mei Terumi in the not so distant future, but how can I do it?
It's clear that it's not worth it to go after Kiri before she's been sacked, but it won't be easy to track that moment, even though Mist has already recovered and is starting to look at her weakened neighbor with a meaningful glance, which means it'll be in the next year or two. Of course, I have the option of having a stabilized shadow clone with a huge reserve of chakra, and not worrying too much about the risk of detection, since there are no dojutsu in the Sand, but will that be enough?
However, there's no other way, so if you're lucky, you're lucky, and if you're not, it's fate. And the risk of getting hit in the brain by months of memory decreases with distance and the amount of chakra spent by the clone.
Not to put it off, I pre-installed another kekkai inside the existing one, but now aimed at suppressing chakra bursts from the contents, and then got down to business. Despite constant practice in hijutsu and good control, it's not easy to isolate only the in-substance in the source and accumulate it in huge quantities to execute the technique.
Until now, I hadn't really thought about how much more I had than the average jonin or even a monster like Hatake Sakumo, but the fact that I had to sit there for ten minutes filtering out the necessary amount was an eye-opener.
Of course, almost all Uzumaki have a comparable amount of chakra, or even more than me, but it's the energy of the body, not the mind. Nara's mind is skewed toward the latter, but even the strongest shinobi of the clan are far from such a result, even if you add up their reserves. I, on the other hand, can easily use that much on a mere spy technique. Uh huh...
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