{Somewhere in the Land of Fire}
{8:13 PM, 2nd July 13 Yrs ANB}
{3rd Person POV}
The Shadow clone jutsu with its memory feedback was the perfect way to make sure he wasn't followed, by bounty hunters, from either side. As time passed Ren was slowly coming to terms with the nature of his mission, even if he managed to go back to Konoha his reputation would have tanked a lot.
Except for maybe his graduating class, the rest wouldn't know who he was, but his Bingo entry would forever remain as part of his history. Ren didn't know how to feel about that, disappointed that everything turned out to be so. Or freeing, he looked around him, in the constant struggle to improve himself he hadn't ever stopped to take in this view.
Even a small village was full of life, he could honestly enjoy it a little, he had been a loner throughout his life. While most people didn't like the isolation, Ren thrived in it. Sure being solo meant he had to watch his back a lot more carefully, but it was a lot better than grinding yourself to death by doing missions for the village.
'If this mission lasts longer than a month, then working out on the field would be the next best option for me...' Ren was lost in his thoughts as his senses kept track of the people around him.
Ren walked away from the village and found a secure spot in a clearing. He looked at his chakra bar and took out the scroll for shadow clone jutsu once again.
'This is not that difficult to learn, it's like a normal jutsu, I wonder how someone managed to create it in a way that it provides memory feedback...' Ren thought as he read the special handseal and focused on the chakra movements he needed to do.
'I have to divide my chakra into how many clones I want, let's try this...'
Ren made the cross-hand seal that worked like a modified tiger seal, the chakra patterns were the same and he was able to isolate his entire chakra reserves and divide it into 4 different portions.
'Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu'
A puff of smoke appeared and 3 shadow clones appeared in front of him, all of them checked themselves and then gave Ren a thumbs-up.
'So all of them should have a fourth of my chakra...' Ren thought, he looked at his chakra bar as another notification came informing him about his mastery of the multi-shadow clone jutsu.
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[Skill learned {Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu}]
[Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu: Lvl 1 (0% to Next Lvl)]
[An A-rank forbidden jutsu that divides your chakra evenly into the number of shadow clones you want to create. An upgraded version of the Shadow Clone Jutsu that allows you to create more than one Shadow Clone jutsu at a time.]
[Divides your total chakra evenly into the number of clones created]
[Min Chakra a clone needs to sustain itself: 250]
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[Chakra loss per clone: 1/min]
[Chakra feedback: 50%]
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Ren looked at the description of the shadow clone for a moment but one of his shadow clones dispelled itself. Ren was annoyed at losing so much chakra but the new memories he got from the clone's perspective stunned him.
In the clone's, memories he could see himself staring at a screen that appeared in front of him with his name hovering above his real head.
'The clone could see my name and even read the notifications that I got...'
The simple action opened up a new way for Ren to use his inventory.
'If it works, should I test it out now...' Ren hesitated for a moment and used chakra sensing to sense for a long distance. His active chakra sensing could now cover almost 350m around him.
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[Chakra Sensing(Passive/Active) Lv - 7 (12.27% to next level)]
[Chakra sensing is primarily associated with the practice of "chakra control" and the development of the user's sensory abilities. Anyone can develop basic sensory abilities and the more attuned with their chakra someone was, it was all the more likely that they could perceive changes in the chakra around them.]
[Passively sense (INT*0.7)m around the user.]
[When actively concentrated users could sense (INT*1.7)m around them.]
[Uses 1 chakra/min when Chakra Sensing is used actively.]
[Seals Required: Ram]
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"Try to see if you guys could take something out of your inventory," Ren spoke to his two remaining clones after making sure he was alone.
Each of his clones took out a storage scroll from his inventory and shrugged, Ren nodded, the discovery could better work better in his favor.
'I would need a new identity and also I need to talk to Hokage-sama...if this works the way I think it works. I might be free from my constraints as a delivery agent.' Ren thought as he nodded to the two clones, both of them transformed into normal civilians and then they left to sleep in two of the hotel rooms that Ren had just bought.
'If someone was following my trail they would attack one of the two rooms. My shadow clones have enough chakra to last for 29 hours so it would work as a good enough distraction.' Ren thought as he walked into the town once again, this time though he went towards the more seeder parts of the town.
'According to Kakashi, the Black market was underneath this bar, I do what methods they would use for security but I should check it out just in case.' Ren thought as he entered the 'Yamagishi' pub.
"-Hey what do you think-"
"-Come on one more-"
"-Did you kno-"
Conversations flowed around as Ren walked up to the bar and slowly sat down. His ears were peeled at the different conversations happening around him.
"What can I get you," the man on the counter asked, Ren quickly saw a number of bottles behind the man and nodded towards a bottle of sake.
"Silent one eh! you won't get any gals here with that attitude." The man spoke and Ren discreetly glanced up at his name.
[Hanzou Kouji Lv 46]
His name was yellow so at the very least he wasn't hostile, but Ren wasn't expecting the bartender to be a shinobi, at chunin level as well.
"Had a tiring day, need a refill," Ren spoke as he downed the cup of sake the man placed before him. At the same time, Ren manipulated his chakra and discreetly went through a couple of hand seals.
Ox → Tiger
'Mystical Palm Jutsu'
Ren manipulated the Yang chakra to burn through the sake that was collecting in his stomach, he did that so that not only would the sake not affect him but also burn through any poisons that Hanzou might have put in his drink.
What he didn't expect was to see the expression on Hanzou's face change as he exclaimed, "A medic missing-nin, judging from the location where we are, you're likely from Konoha. A Konoha medic missing nin... now I've seen everything." Hanzou grinned as Ren backed away.
Hanzou put his hands up silently in response and then spoke, "It's alright man I know you're paranoid, don't make a commotion, I was not supposed to speak to you before the others in charge made contact."
Ren focused on sensing but couldn't sense anyone new or with a high chakra around him. He looked at Hanzou and then sighed visibly before taking the seat.
'Hostility would get me nowhere, let's see where this is headed.' Ren thought as he picked up the cup and lightly slammed it against the table.
Hanzou grinned as he spoke, "Coming right up!"
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