Chapter 22: Lightning Release Secret Technique

At this moment, Natsuwari felt a tingling sensation all over his body, somewhat comfortable. He knew it was the effect of the electric arcs just now, which made him sigh.

Indeed, the bodies in this world weren't ordinary compared to the original world. After all, that feeling just now, if it were in the original world, wouldn't be comfortable, and not being electrocuted would be considered lucky.

However, lightning-natured chakra, shape transformation, body enhancement... Natsuwari fell into deep thought.

When thinking about lightning-natured chakra enhancing the body, he couldn't help but think of the Hidden Cloud Village. Their secret technique, Lightning Release Chakra Mode, was exceptionally powerful.

But unfortunately, Konoha didn't have their secret technique.

Of course, Natsuwari also believed that Konoha, and even all the ninja villages, were developing similar Lightning Release secret techniques. After all, the Hidden Cloud's technique was quite impressive, and the principle wasn't difficult.

But the principle not being difficult didn't mean it was easy to develop, especially Lightning Release techniques, which could easily cause damage to the body if one wasn't careful.

Natsuwari even believed that Konoha had secretly developed similar techniques, but the side effects were probably significant, and the effects were far inferior to the Hidden Cloud's technique, so they were probably shelved and no ninja would use them.

Of course, more importantly, in the development process, they could understand the underlying principles of the technique, so they could better counter Hidden Cloud ninjas in the future.

But from the current situation, it seemed that all the ninja villages hadn't made much progress in their development. It made sense. After all, that was the secret technique the Hidden Cloud Village relied on for its survival, so it naturally wouldn't be easily replicated.

Natsuwari only thought about the Hidden Cloud's Lightning Release Chakra Mode briefly. Although he was a bit envious, he knew that he most likely wouldn't be able to obtain this technique.

As for the lower-level temporary body enhancement, it should still be achievable, like what Sasuke did during the Chunin Exams.

However, Sasuke was a protagonist after all. The treatment of protagonists and supporting characters couldn't be compared. The method Sasuke used to quickly succeed might not necessarily be low-risk. Maybe the muscle stimulation was excessive, and he directly roasted his body...

Natsuwari needed this kind of enhancement, but he didn't have a high demand for increasing his combat power at the moment, so he could take his time exploring the enhancement method and didn't need to rush.

First, he would learn more about the human body from the library, so he could stimulate it more safely and comprehensively, with better results.

Natsuwari sighed. He had actually read some books on the human body, but he hadn't studied them in depth before. Now it seemed like he had one more thing to do.

To be honest, at this moment, Natsuwari suddenly understood Orochimaru a little. He also wanted to do research.

The fastest way to obtain a secret technique similar to the Lightning Release Chakra Mode was naturally to steal it directly, but currently, few ninjas could achieve this.

The next option was naturally Orochimaru's kind of forbidden research. Directly using living people for research would naturally speed things up a lot. If he could capture Hidden Cloud ninjas who could use the Lightning Release Chakra Mode alive, that would be even better.

Even dead ones would do. After all, even after death, the secrets of their bodies wouldn't dissipate too quickly. By studying their bodies enhanced by the secret technique, if there were enough samples, he could deduce their secret technique.

Even some ninjutsu could be deduced. After all, every ninja had their habitual chakra pathways when using ninjutsu. Studying these pathways could potentially lead to reverse engineering.

But the problem was that a ninja knew too many ninjutsu, so there were many interfering factors. To reverse engineer, not only would he need more samples but also know that the ninja definitely used this ninjutsu during their lifetime.

As for secret techniques, since the training method was different from ordinary ninjutsu, it was actually easier to reverse engineer. So even the corpses of ninjas were valuable materials that would be retrieved by the Anbu of the village. If they couldn't be retrieved, they would be directly destroyed and wouldn't be left for other villages.

But even so, it definitely wouldn't be an overnight task to reverse engineer it. Moreover, there wouldn't be so many corpses of people who happened to use the Lightning Release Chakra Mode for him to experiment on.

The efficiency of using ordinary living people would plummet. If he didn't want to use ordinary living people, then using animals to experiment first would further reduce the efficiency...

In short, it wasn't simple. If Natsuwari were allowed to use forbidden methods, he was confident that he could achieve some results before the start of the plot, probably something that worked but also had significant side effects.

But the problem was, there weren't that many people for Natsuwari to experiment on. That quantity, even if Root were to try, they probably wouldn't be able to capture that many. Even if they did, this quantity would definitely cause a stir, and he would probably be discovered and killed within a few days.

Besides, no one would allow a six-year-old boy to conduct experiments. He was more likely to be the experimental subject...

So, from the beginning, Natsuwari knew that the path of a researcher wasn't feasible for him. He had transmigrated too late, and there was no time for him to do research, let alone obtain funding before that.

Would any idiot fund research for a few-year-old child?

To take the researcher path, he would have to transmigrate to an earlier time, preferably in the same era as Orochimaru. That way, there would be more room for maneuver. If things went wrong, he could even blame it on Orochimaru...

Natsuwari sighed. If possible, scientific research was indeed a good path for an 'ordinary genius.' It was a pity that he couldn't take this path no matter what.

Firstly, there wasn't enough time. Secondly, his talent in his past life wasn't in scientific research, and it was probably the same in this life. Lastly, Natsuwari didn't want to cross too many moral boundaries. At most, he would study the corpses of dead ninjas.

But even if he couldn't take this path, it was fine. Natsuwari's talent on the most orthodox path seemed to be pretty good so far.

As for the other path of becoming a prophet, it could only be said that even with knowledge of the plot, it required everyone around him to be fools, or rather, to have enough wisdom to make others seem like fools in comparison.

But was that possible? Natsuwari didn't think he could do it. He didn't have that kind of wisdom. It was better to honestly work hard and become stronger.

Natsuwari sat down cross-legged, and the electric arcs on his body jumped once again. Although it was difficult to develop a high-level secret technique for enhancement, couldn't he just use it to relieve his physical fatigue?

As the electric arcs continued to jump, a tingling sensation gradually spread throughout his body, making Natsuwari feel a bit high.

The more tired the area, the stronger the tingling sensation. When it reached the most heavily trained parts, Natsuwari almost couldn't help but moan.

Soon, Natsuwari opened his eyes. He was out of chakra. He had just used a C-rank ninjutsu, and the consumption was too high.

However, even in this short time, Natsuwari could feel that his body was recovering much faster than usual. And this was when he had only performed the most superficial 'massage' for safety.

With increased proficiency, Natsuwari believed the effect would get better and better. In this way, with better body recovery, his chakra reserves would also increase faster.

He needed to change his current plan a bit. Shape transformation could temporarily be practiced in the Kuumei state, and then he would just practice it a bit to get familiar with it. The remaining chakra would be used to 'massage' his tired body.

Natsuwari's eyes gleamed. The discovery of the Kuumei state and the Lightning Release mode made him feel that his future was even brighter. He was a little excited.

(End of Chapter)