New Ninjutsu: The Effect of Instantaneous Action

"Master Tsunade has a Ninjutsu called 'Body Pathway Derangement,' which converts Chakra into electrons to attack the enemy's nervous system. The prototype of the new technique comes from this. By transforming the attack of Chakra on the other person's nervous system into an enhancement of one's own, the speed of nerve signal transmission is accelerated, and reaction time is reduced. This is the Ninjutsu I hope to develop."

While the cherry blossoms seem easy to obtain, the actual process is fraught with difficulties.

In the ninja world, using Chakra to enhance muscles, making oneself stronger, faster, and more enduring, is common sense, an instinct. Almost everyone who Jonin knows this to some extent, even Naruto, who had just graduated in the original story.

Because it's an easy thing to do: basically, as long as you know how to circulate Chakra, you can successfully add Chakra to your body; even if you fail, it will only cause muscle fiber damage, which will soon be repaired by the body's mechanisms through proteins, and the muscle fibers will thicken - equivalent to a high-intensity workout.

However, using Chakra to enhance the nerves, simply changing the object and altering two words, yields drastically different results: as far as Sakura knows, there are probably only a handful of ninjas capable of doing this.

The reason is obvious.

Compared to the visible, tangible, and sufficiently large muscles, the nervous system is far too intangible and profound. Leaving aside the illiterate and semi-literate ninjas, even Sakura herself, a college graduate from a prestigious university in her past life, only has a superficial understanding of the nervous system. Enhancing muscles with Chakra is simple, but enhancing the nervous system? You at least need to know where those nerves, usually invisible to the naked eye, are located in the body, right?

This one criterion alone is enough to eliminate Tsukumo % of ninjas.

Furthermore, even if a ninja who had studied Medical Ninjutsu and human anatomy in depth knew where the nerves were, he probably wouldn't dare to act rashly. After all, the nervous system is delicate, fragile, and non-regenerative, unlike muscles, which are robust, resilient, and capable of self-repair. If one were to experiment on oneself without thorough preparation, one would definitely die a terrible death.

And this second rule is enough to eliminate the remaining one in a thousand.

Sakura had consulted some materials. The Raikage possessed a Nintaijutsu called "Lightning Release Armor," which could activate the body with Lightning Release Chakra, thereby greatly enhancing the speed of muscle and nerve reactions. By activating and enhancing the body as a whole through Lightning Release Chakra, the first requirement could indeed be effectively circumvented, while the Raikage's unparalleled control over Lightning Release could satisfy the second condition. This was originally one of the Ninjutsu Sakura was considering developing.

Unfortunately, Sister Sakura later decided against it after some consideration. She probably didn't have the time to train Lightning Release to that level just for a Nintaijutsu; otherwise, she might have been qualified to try and take the path of the muscular, tough guy...

Moreover, just imagining herself with a muscular, broad-shouldered body made Sakura feel that the image was too irritating and gave her goosebumps. Since there were other ways to achieve a similar effect, she decided to refrain from using them!

"Nerve impulses travel through nerve fibers in the form of electrical pulses. The original Body Pathway Derangement actually creates a weak electric field in the nervous system to hinder the propagation of nerve signals. Therefore, conversely, Body Pathway Derangement can theoretically strengthen and accelerate the speed of electrical pulse conduction, thereby reducing reaction time and increasing reaction speed." Sakura explained to her friend while demonstrating her Ice Clone Ninjutsu. "However, we'll have to test it out to see exactly how well it works."

Her hand seals were formed quite slowly, almost one per second. This was because highly replicated Ice Clone were extremely complex, and even Sakura had to carefully control her Chakra flow to summon an Ice Clone.

Hinata then expertly activated her Byakugan to check everything, and nodded. "Hmm, it's ready."

The two then turned their attention to the Ice Clone. The latter skillfully Hand Seals: "Ninja Art: Body Pathway Derangement," and then carefully controlled a tiny Chakra to inject into its own nervous system.

The girls stared intently at the clone. The Body Pathway Derangement Chakra, once injected into the clone, disappeared without a trace, sinking to the bottom. The Ice Clone remained seated calmly, as if nothing had happened, maintaining its indifferent demeanor.

For a moment, neither of the two girls could figure it out.

After a moment's thought, fearing her voice might disturb the clone, Sakura turned her head and whispered to Hinata, "At least the first step was successful."

The first step of the new Ninjutsu is to inject the created Chakra into the nervous system. This requires precise control of the amount of Chakra entering the nerves without damaging the fragile nerve cells due to excessive force. Naturally, for the Ice Clone that inherited the original's superb Chakra control, this difficulty is still within an acceptable range.

Hinata watched for a while, then leaned close to Sakura's ear and whispered, "So, what's next?"

The warm, moist breath brushed against Sakura's earlobe, feeling like it had been licked. Sakura flinched slightly, then turned back to Hinata, "I don't know either, let's keep watching!"

But nothing changed after that. The Body Pathway Derangement Ninjutsu works inside the body, and it's impossible to tell what's happening just by looking. Sakura also had a hard time judging what effect the Ninjutsu had.

The Ice Clone was sitting on the table, deep in thought, looking down at its palms, repeatedly clenching and unclenching its ten fingers.

Is she adapting to the changes that Ninjutsu brings to her nervous system? Sakura wondered.

According to her plan, the Chakra is now already functioning in the nervous system. If the experiment is successful, the clone's reaction speed will be greatly accelerated, and it should be close to the so-called "eyes and hands in sync" or "intention and will in sync".

Not knowing how long it would take for the clone to adapt, watching her hands flutter like butterflies, leaving afterimages, Sister Sakura's eyes darted around, and she mischievously conjured a handful of ice Kunai in her hand.

"Whoosh!" A cold light flashed through the air as Sakura launched her Kunai without warning, its trajectory just about to pass right in front of her unsuspecting clone.

In the blink of an eye, before Sakura could even see what happened, the Kunai was already in her clone's hand.

Hinata's eyesight was even better; she saw it clearly: the Ice Clone on the table sensed the movement, turned its head, and the instant it saw the Kunai coming, its left hand was already raised, and in the blink of an eye as the Kunai flew past, it swiftly and skillfully removed the ice block.

It was as if she had only picked a flower.

"Caught it?" Sakura blinked hard, trying to recall what had just happened: almost the instant she saw the ice Kunai, her clone had already raised its left hand and caught the ice block accurately.

Eyes and hands move in unison; intention and action are perfectly aligned.

The moment the thought crossed my mind, my body reacted instantly.

"Amazing!" Sakura exclaimed sincerely.

The amazing effects of the new Ninjutsu are exhilarating.

Based on her normal reaction speed, she would have seen the ice blade before raising her hand—which, given her reaction speed, would leave a delay of about 0.1 seconds—thus missing the opportunity to catch the ice. Clearly, the new Ninjutsu had demonstrated its power, increasing the clone's reaction speed and greatly reducing the delay.

"This Ninjutsu seems to have been successfully developed?" Sakura could hardly believe how smoothly the Ninjutsu had been developed. Suppressing her excitement, she turned to look at Hinata, who was also a little excited and nodded at her with a smile.

Sakura wasn't sure if she was blushing from excitement; she pressed the back of her hand to her face, feeling her cheeks burning. She took a deep breath, wanting to say something—

But then the Ice Clone's calm, almost indifferent voice said, "Don't be so happy yet, my true self."

"Uh, what's wrong?" Sakura froze, her excitement suddenly extinguished as if doused with a bucket of cold water. "Is something wrong?"

"What I was trying to move just now was my right hand."

The Ice Clone explained calmly, her voice clear and ethereal, quite different from the original's voice.

She tried to use her right hand, but caught the Kunai with her left. This was undoubtedly the most awkward moment.

"Huh?" Her smile froze on her face, her mind went blank, and it took her a full two seconds to understand what the Ice Clone meant. She awkwardly scratched her head, feeling an indescribable sense of frustration at the sudden fall from the hall.

"Anyway, figure it out for yourself." The Ice Clone said to itself, directly dispelling the Ninjutsu and returning the experience to the main body.

The remaining two girls looked at each other in bewilderment.

After a long pause, Hinata finally asked, "So, it failed?"

Sakura shook her head, sighed, and dispelled her excess emotions. She carefully reviewed the clone's memories. "No, it should be half successful... at least in terms of reaction speed, it has indeed improved."

"So, what about the other half, the one that failed?"

After a moment's thought, Ying Dai frowned slightly and said, "The problem lies in the fact that the Chakra boost has caused confusion in the nervous system. Perhaps the control over the clones isn't precise enough..."

The reasons could be complex, and simply saying "I didn't control my Ninjutsu well" is meaningless and doesn't help solve the problem. Sakura is forcing a response because she doesn't know how else to explain it.

After racking her brains for a while, still without any results, Sakura stroked her smooth chin and decisively paused her thinking, "Forget it, one example won't explain anything. Thinking too much is useless. Let's try again."

Daydreaming is useless; it's better to practice a few more times. Hinata nodded in agreement.

So a new round of experiments began. Sakura summoned Ice Clone, and Hinata used her Byakugan to check them. The two were already very familiar with this combination. Next, they experimented with new Ninjutsu using the clones.

The response speed was improved smoothly again, but the old problems remained unresolved, and this time, a new problem appeared again, much to everyone's dismay.

"Hmph..." Sakura retracted her Ice Clone and smiled wryly, "New techniques are indeed not so easy to succeed at."

(Please comment~ When ending a chapter, it seems like the last sentence should be deleted; it might make the ending more suspenseful?)

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