Red Nara

However, realizing this fact didn't stop me from creating a shadow clone, applying the necessary fuin and giving him a scroll for five prisoners (just in case there was an opportunity to get not only Pakura, but also someone else) and having removed the barriers, send him off on a hunt, ticking off the need to check the maximum area of application of shadows around the circumference of his person. I wonder how long the spy will last?

Somehow, I had never had the opportunity to make such measurements on experimental techniques (doppelganger and long immersion), all the possibilities of which have not yet been fully explored. It was only a pity that the processing of a suitable double space seal to transmit information remained in the initial stage before traveling to Suna.

But I think a couple or three months could be expected, with a lot of luck - more than half a year, given the seals. In any case, as soon as there's less than a hundredth of chakra left, the clone will try to return to me, and then I can send the next one. And more than one, if the experiment was successful and without unaccounted consequences. And the way not to get brain damage from the amount of transmitted information can be found, in the extreme case - to seal and destroy the scroll. However, this is a matter for the future.

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Finally, the day of the third stage of the chunin exam came, and the candidates, who were quite nervous, were quickly packed and ready to leave the hotel half an hour before the appointed time. But before we went out into the scorching desert sun, I took the chance to say a few words to the two teams.

- First of all, I would like to say that everyone is good for making it to the third stage with such a high percentage of dropouts, - I looked around at the serious faces of the kids and continued, - and to remind them that this is not an important mission, where you have to fight to the end, It's just a tournament for the amusement of possible clients and a small indicator of the village's strength, so there's no need to fight to the death, and your surrender in a difficult situation is preferable to death, moreover, every shinobi should know when it's worth to make your feet and when to stand to the death. This case is one of the former.

- Have you ever had to do that? - Senju asked.

- I've had to hide and scramble even when I was part of a strong team, Taicho told me," I nodded at Hyuga, who was listening, "especially since the Iryo-nin know this truth better than anyone else for obvious reasons, and even though I've rarely done it, the fact remains that a shinobi should know when to retreat and come back later or call for reinforcements. You've already done very well in the finals and smart people will appreciate that, so if you've used all your abilities and the enemy isn't defeated, maybe you should retreat.

- Ryo-san makes a good point," Hatake reiterated, "the exam may allow the village to get new orders, but after the recent war we have enough of them already, but losing promising fighters with a lot of resources and time spent on them is much worse for Konoha, so don't take too many risks.

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