Always working in real time, the Nara couldn't help but notice the seal placement under his foot, with his Mind's Eye. He had talked about it previously, but this is where the armor aspect of his Natural Energy (Natural Armor) would showcase its work. (Glad that he had decided to avoid the wood earlier otherwise the armor would have been used up at that location, even though the man's shadow possession would have forced him still to gather natural energy to replace it.) This time, because it was armor, the seal would actually place itself on the energy instead of directly on him, giving off a white glow (underneath his foot) as it did. Though, if he was to bring the energy in to enter Sage Mode, it would end up on his foot. If he was to use the energy in an offensive way, then it would blast off as well. Being in a village of Uzumakis, that (being tagged by Fuinjutsu) was the last thing he wanted to happen.
While he would still continue through with his previous post attempt, his overall execution would be altered to a degree. The Sannin would be deliberately avoiding the Space-Time Cancellation barrier, even as he created the clones. Because of the Shadow Possession, the Original Nara would move as well, crashing into one of his clones because of how close they were. They would fumble onto the ground, the Nara's intention would be eschewed from its original design, only being able to connect his chakra with the one clone as they teleported away. Because of this blunder and direct contact, the clone would subsequently follow him, the other three being forced to dispel themselves so as to not leave their creator without his power. (Using their action, for this current post, to do so. Effectively returning 60% of his chakra to make it 80% total.) When they would make their reappearance, they would be standing up.
Since the Sannin hadn't mentioned the product of his clones, (in his post) it meant he would make his strike attempt beforehand. (Which made sense, considering what just happened.) That was all he (the author) needed to know, especially since the clones would have sensed the same thing he did with their own Mind's Eye, before they inevitably dispelled. He would make a note that the both of them would hold the same FTG marker, though it'd be obvious which was the original with the amount of chakra had been returned.
With everything that was currently happening, Jay’s mind was rather clear on what he could do. Ever so quick to turn a bad situation off its axis, he allowed whatever was going to happen, happen as naturally and fluidly as possible. His plan didn’t get to reach its adolescence before it died, but there was nothing to keep him from adopting another one on the go. When Uetto would make his appearance, he would do so behind the original as intended, whilst the clone would see him eye to eye.
The Brute had completed his actions; it was time for him to do the same. With a degree of pure control, the Nara would begin his own set of actions. With his back to the Brute, one of the dull red diamonds underneath shirt would fade into a black, the stored Natural Energy balancing with his physical and spiritual energies to form Senjutsu Chakra, effectively entering Imperfect Sage Mode through the use of his Sage Seals on his abdomen. (Because he was still lacking that last 20% of chakra, causing there to be more Natural Energy) At the exact same time that was happening, the clone would act immediately, surging its chakra to Substitute itself with his creator, taking his place, doing so in a fashion that basically just spun them around.
With the clone in his place, the Gentle Step would be on its way of connecting with him, his back turned and his defenses clearly lowered. (Adventure Time Reference) The Nara, currently powered by an Imperfect Sage Mode, indicated by the ghastly appearance, half of his face (left) gaining the appearance of a dark skull with sunken eyes with the color of his irises being completely black. This was Imperfect Shadow Sage Mode, and even at this stage, his Shadow Techniques were at another level, the perfect mode making it even stronger. But as the Brute inevitably ended his clone’s life (The force of attack being just enough to halt the progress of the man’s Gentle Fist as it tore into the clone’s spine, the fact that it had 20% of chakra meaning that it wouldn’t stand much of a chance against the man’s Gentle Fist), the aforementioned 20% of chakra returning to him would cause the energies inside of him to completely balance themselves out, Perfecting his Sage Mode, indicated by his black sclera (causing him to resemble an Edo Tensei Zombie), half inch bars running down his cheeks connected to the ends of the black pigments around his eyes (which stretched out to his temples) and made him look like a raccoon. This transition would not be an action of his, simply something that happened because of both the Sannin, being the attacker, and his clone being the one committing suicide to save its creator from being hit, even though it wouldn’t have done much damage.
Even as this was happening, his right hand rushed forward (his left still holding Goliath as he hadn’t a chance to drop it yet) towards the Sannin’s neck with sheer speed (Similar to the Brute’s) and going past the clone as he made his transformation and the clone inevitably went up in smoke, another Space-Time Cancellation Barrier simultaneously pulsing out of him once again to completely cover the duo… group to cover the bats as well. Though, it was likely to be a duo in a moment, as the barrier emanated from his very being, making sure that it would be around him at all times. By this point, if everything worked, then the Edo would be ripped from Sage Mode as his bats dispel, no longer able to see just how far this barrier would travel, its own max being 200 feet, nice and simple. With the proximity being so close, there wasn’t any reason for it not to be effective.
Back to the subject of his outstretching hand, as soon his hand began to pass the Sannin’s hand as the wind began to gather around the Sannin’s hand from his impending counterattack, if he had it right. Either way, his Mind’s Eye would take note of the chakra surrounding the man’s hand, meaning that his clone had noted it was a Gentle Fist. It was a good thing too, because, he was pulling his Natural Armor from his frame to inadvertently rid himself of the Hiraishin marker the Sannin had placed on his foot moments prior. All of that Natural Energy (It alone being enough for 3 solid turns of Sage Mode) plus the extra Senjutsu Chakra he was already infusing into the next technique, meant that it would be a bang, quite literally. The explosion that left his hand was officially considered a defensive technique with the way it was initially displayed, said technique being the Explosive Release: Exploding Palm. But, an explosion was an explosion, no matter how controlled it is. What was once small and contained, was now huge and devastating, easily reaching 95 feet in the air, 90 feet below gouging up all the earth in past his hand, since it stretched outwards (left and right) 100 feet each and stretched forwards at a mere 75 feet.
Simply put, this would completely annihilate the Edo Brute, especially if his barrier had indeed dispelled the man’s bats. If not, then the fact that his own open palm was aimed for the Sannin’s neck meant that it was going to be a definite head explosion. Though it was most likely gearing towards the former as the foot closed between them, the brunt of the Sannin’s attack wasted on his suicidal clone, while his aimed to destroy the man, the very earth below and force the man into a 5 turn immobilization period to regenerate.
Once again, to reiterate, the close proximity (and the fact his barrier was easily, at the very least, 5 feet around the both of them, mostly being 25 feet) was all that was needed to know as the Sage Enhanced Explosion would be point blank. Quite literally in the man’s face, his palm actually facing the neck, but that was just semantics at this point. If all went well, which it most likely would, this would surely grant him victory as the Nara wouldn’t wait a whole five turns to allow the man to reform. Could the man escape, probably not considering there was nowhere for him to go, no technique to use to do such. There was nothing Jay had done to disturb the man's set of actions, Uetto's mistake in moving to escape his initial barrier.
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Dispel [Clones 1, 2 & 3] (Immediately upon Uetto’s evasion of his initial barrier)
Sage Mode (Immediately Upon his previous FTG)
Substitution [Clone 4] (Simultaneously with Sage Mode Activation)
Space-Time Cancellation (Immediately after Sage Mode Activation/Now Perfect with clone’s death)
Sage Enhanced Exploding Palm (Immediately after Space-Time Cancellation/Simultaneous with clone’s death and nearly simultaneous with Uetto’s Gentle Fist)