"That much is obvious."

"What can the shadow clone do?" Sugira asks.

He shrugs. "Everything I can? They're smart, but doesn't take a hard hit to pop them."

He hums. "Chihiro, what do you know about the clones?"

"A shadow clone, unlike other elemental clones, is composed of pure chakra. For that reason, they are both more versatile and weaker than other clones," she recites. "They replicate the user's knowledge and skills, and are capable of acting independently without direction and using any technique they have enough chakra to perform. Any information learned by a clone is returned to the original when the clone is dispelled, along with the chakra used to create the clone."

"- Impressive. And a reason for us two to build up our chakra stores; even one would be a big difference in learning speed. It'd also be safer to have a clone developing techniques..."

"Incorrect. Chakra is always divided evenly among shadow clones. If one creates a single shadow clone, then it will consume half of the available chakra. If one creates two shadow clones, each instance and the original will possess one-third of one's maximum chakra capacity."

"Mine sometimes explode." And don't use chakra.

"In almost every circumstance, the reduction in available chakra will be enough of a hindrance to eliminate any benefit gained."

"It'd be something to consider."

"...Our strategy should focus on the shadow clones. It is the most unexpected technique we have available, given the volume you are capable of. We can perform a transformation technique to disguise ourselves as you when you create the clones and use the crowd to hide."

"Clever," he says. "And will provide further misdirection for my attack."

"I can have clones turn into you guys too!"

"If you are capable."

"The transform is my best technique."

"Very well."

"Any other ideas?"

"No."

He nods. "I know you guys' fighting from Academy but maybe we should practice together. And I can tell you about my traps."

Chihiro nods.

He describes everything, gets paper and some pencils out of his supplies for illustrations. He has a lot of trap ideas, not all practical, but most creative and effective.

Sugira helps him with design refinement.

Chihiro will occasionally comment when something is especially impractical or overly difficult to engineer under real-world circumstances.

He's a bit bummed about some of those but bounces back fast.

He's also enthusiastic about sparring later.

She is as good as Sugira is when they practice today, which may come as a surprise to Naruto.