Ninjas Piloting Gundams Is Just Too Damn Cool

That was right. After Jingū Kiraku killed Hanzō the Salamander and became the new leader of the Hidden Rain Village, he had successfully unlocked all sections of the system.

The most important among them were the Technology Tree, Policy Tree, and Wonders.

According to Jingū Kiraku's memories from his previous life, the Technology Tree was the most important path to civilization's advancement.

It encompassed everything from farming to Alien Technology.

After successfully unlocking Nuclear Fission, one could even obtain the Nuclear Peace Technique—

Randomly summon a "Little Boy" to fall from the sky and shine and radiate heat!

Back when Jingū Kiraku had stayed up all night grinding games, his favorite strategy had been to steamroll everything with bombers and nuclear bombs, then swiftly complete the occupation with helicopters.

The sudden eruption of light and heat, the enormous mushroom cloud slowly rising into the air—those were the most perfect works of art imaginable!!

On that point, he deeply resonated with a certain Explosion Art enthusiast.

Of course, Jingū Kiraku was not yet sure whether this system's Technology Tree was the same as the one he remembered.

With that thought, he immediately opened the Technology Tree panel.

The Technology Tree before him had completely changed.

Overall, it was divided into two sections.

One was Conventional Science, and the other was Ninja Science.

Conventional Science was not all that different from the Technology Tree he knew—

It began with hunting, farming, and pottery.

Then came industrial technologies such as the Steam Engine, electricity, and radio.

Finally, it ended with robots, Quantum Mechanics, and Alien Technology.

Of course, there were still some specific differences.

For example, some technology nodes had been streamlined, some special nodes had been added, and there was a wave of linkage with the Ninja Technology Tree.

As for the Ninja Technology Tree, it gave Jingū Kiraku quite a shock.

His assessment was: this was an utterly insane Technology Tree brimming with ninja characteristics!

In its early stages, it likewise formed two entirely different paths—

Ninjutsu and taijutsu!

Starting with the ninjutsu path, its first node was Chakra Enlightenment.

After lighting up this node, one could unlock the basic Chakra Refining Technique, the ninja combat unit, and the new building, the Beginner Ninja Training Ground.

The Beginner Ninja Training Ground's effect was: Ninja training effectiveness increased by 20%. It was truly the cradle of novice ninjas.

After Chakra Enlightenment, the path branched once more into four areas: Chakra Perception, Ninja Tool Forging, Summoning Contract, and Chakra Theory Research.

Chakra Perception could unlock Sensory Ninjutsu, enhance a ninja's sensory abilities, and unlock the Sensory Ninja combat unit.

Ninja Tool Forging could unlock all kinds of basic ninja tools, such as Shuriken and Kunai, while also unlocking the Ninja Tool Workshop building.

Summoning Contract could unlock the Summoning Beast combat unit and increase the affinity between allied ninjas and Summoning Beasts.

As for Chakra Theory Research, it could unlock the Ninja School building and enhance the ninjutsu talent of all ninjas.

Further down were things like Shape Transformation, Nature Transformation, Medical Ninjutsu, Sealing Technique, and so on...

There was even Tailed Beast Research, Bloodline Limit Research, Chakra Industrialization, Artificial Tailed Beast Jinchuriki, and more.

Honestly, Jingū Kiraku could still accept things up to this point.

But what the hell were these outrageous technologies further down, like Chakra Quantum Teleportation, Chakra Fission Technology, Chakra Metaverse, and Chakra Gundam?

Chakra Quantum Teleportation: Allows allied combat units to appear anywhere in the ninja world. Unlocks the Spacetime Ninja combat unit. Speed increased by ∞.

Chakra Fission Technology: Grants allied combat units unlimited Chakra. Unlocks the Nuclear-Powered Ninja combat unit. Chakra quantity increased by ∞.

Chakra Metaverse: Successfully construct the Chakra Metaverse. Unlocks the special building Chakra Virtual World. Culture Value greatly increased.

Chakra Gundam: Unlocks the Ninja Gundam combat unit. Weak flesh, ascend through machinery!

Looking at these outrageous technologies before him, Jingū Kiraku's mind immediately crashed.

He found it hard to imagine that these insane technologies and a ninja world centered around cold weapons could possibly share the same aesthetic...

If they really succeeded in unlocking them, the other great nations would probably suspect that the Land of Rain was on the dark side of the moon, putting cigarettes out on an Otsutsuki's ass!

But no matter what, this outrageous Technology Tree was ultimately a good thing for Jingū Kiraku and the Land of Rain.

Even if the Technology Points required to unlock these technologies were unimaginably high.

For example, Jingū Kiraku was currently staring at the ten million Technology Points required for Chakra Fission Technology and had fallen into a long silence.

Well...

At the Hidden Rain Village's current production rate of five Technology Points per day, it could successfully unlock it in roughly 5,479.45 years.

And that was without accounting for the prerequisite technology nodes.

In fact, unlocking these late-game technologies generally required accumulating a large number of prerequisite technology nodes. It might even involve dreamlike linkage between the two Technology Trees.

For example, to light up the Chakra Industrial Revolution, one needed to complete the Industrial Revolution in the Conventional Technology Tree, as well as nodes such as Puppet Era and Ninja Tool Master in the Ninja Technology Tree.

The required Technology Points far exceeded those needed for the technology node itself.

As for those ultra-late-game technologies, there was no need to even mention them.

If he really calculated it all out, several lifetimes probably would not be enough for Jingū Kiraku...

Of course, that did not mean he could never light up those nodes.

As long as he developed technology extensively from here on, unlocking and constructing numerous buildings that efficiently produced Technology Points, ten million points would not be out of reach!

"People always need dreams."

Jingū Kiraku looked at the required Technology Points and gave himself a wry smile of encouragement.

Then he turned his attention to the other path of the Ninja Technology Tree—

Taijutsu.

Compared to the flashy complexity of the ninjutsu path, the taijutsu path looked much simpler and more straightforward.

It began with Taijutsu Basics—unlocking the Beginner Body Refinement Technique, the warrior combat unit, and the Beginner Taijutsu Training Ground (Body Refinement effectiveness increased by 20%).

Then came Advanced Taijutsu, which branched into various combat schools, such as swordsmanship.

It unlocked combat units including Sword Samurai and Taijutsu Ninja.

Among them, Taijutsu Ninjas could further advance into Nintaijutsu Ninjas.

Further down, there was even a chance to obtain the supreme taijutsu technique, the Eight Gates Formation.

Of course, that was merely the limit of the ninja world, not the limit of the system.

Beyond the Eight Gates Formation were even more absurd things, such as Biochemical Taijutsu Ninjas and Physical Sanctification.

Jingū Kiraku practically drooled at the sight.

He could almost see hulking, musclebound ninjas far stronger than Might Guy ganging up on Uchiha Madara!