It was a clone--and then it wasn't. Tsume wrenched chakra around to lend speed, just barely dodging the blow to her torso and dropping, whipping a leg out to connect with Katsuko's knee. She felt the whisper of chakra back into her pathways, and realized Kuromaru had already dropped the Juujin Bunshin to tear a path through the dopplegangers. Unlike the last time, this time there didn't seem to be any stitches popping. She was gonna kill him if there were.

A clone was dangerous, but easy to kill. A real person, on the other hand... She grabbed for chakra, felt it respond sluggishly, and kept evading while reminding herself she couldn't just snatch at it; the pathways weren't big enough, weren't solid enough. She had to be gentle, mitebite it.