Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-43776375-20190915194614/@comment-9782468-20190916132228

@Frwt

I truly can't give you an answer to that one. Anything I tell you on the matter would be speculation since it's not stated in the manga.

If we go by Ebisu's teachings, it might make sense for it to be the former. Ebisu noted that the chakra for using a technique was used up and then the technique was released.

But then again, the Shadow Clone's share of chakra may be counted as part of the chakra used for the technique.

There's no concrete answer I can give you, sorry