Why Don't You Ninja Use Guns?

Everyone on the Central Continent Team agreed with Uchiha Gen's proposed division of roles.

Since everyone had limited Side Missions and reward points in the early stages, it was impossible for each person to develop in every direction. They had to make trade-offs, choose a field they excelled in, and let their teammates compensate for their weaknesses.

Complementing and helping one another, pooling their strength to survive Horror movies—that was the best way to ensure everyone lived.

Uchiha Gen continued, "The main close-combat force is easy to understand. They are the people who fight enemies at close range. In the Main God Space, there are many options: Inner Force, Dou Qi, Werewolves, Vampire Clans, superpowered individuals, and so on."

"Mid-to-close-range Firearms, Gun Kata, and similar things can also be classified as close combat."

"The Saiyan Bloodline I strengthened is also in this category."

"The main long-range force consists of mages, sorcerers, wizards, and the like. Some ultra-long-range Firearms also count, such as Heavy Sniper Rifles, missiles, Drone Swarms, or curse-based attacks."

"Compared to the main close-combat force, the main long-range force has much weaker mobility and defense, but possesses greater offensive power."

"Then there are support roles, divided into Perception support, control support, healing support, those who provide buffs, and those who inflict weakening effects on enemies. They may lack direct combat ability, but they can help the main combat force deal damage more effectively."

"Lastly, there are Logistics and Strategists. These two roles require extensive knowledge, strong practical ability, and excellent overall judgment. They are responsible for formulating battle plans for the team, providing weapons and equipment, and freeing combat personnel from their worries."

"Strategic weapons with disaster-level power, such as Nuclear Weapons, Gravity Bombs, and Continental Shelf Oscillators, also need Logistics personnel and Strategists to manufacture them and determine the right time to use them."

"That is roughly it. You can choose your future direction based on your personality, interests, and strengths."

"As for me, without a doubt, I will be the team's main close-combat force in the future. I can also draw on my experience carrying out missions in the Ninja World to formulate some development and combat plans for the team."

After Uchiha Gen finished speaking, the three members of the Central Continent Team nodded, acknowledging his professionalism.

Zheng Zha, especially, whose Will to Survive had reached its peak after recovering his White Moonlight, was overjoyed. He felt that their chances of survival had increased dramatically.

He silently resolved to unite around Uchiha Gen.

At that moment, Zhang Jie finally voiced his doubts.

"I just feel like it's strange hearing you talk about Firearms, A-Gen. Wasn't the Ninja World still in the era of cold-weapon warfare? Did you gather all this information about Firearms from the Main God last night?"

As a casual Naruto fan, Zhang Jie knew quite a bit about the Naruto World, though he was not familiar with the details.

Uchiha Gen could roughly guess what Zhang Jie was thinking.

Zhang Jie had instinctively regarded him as a native from ancient times, carrying the small sense of superiority common to humans from an industrial civilization.

But leaving aside the fact that Uchiha Gen had traveled through time from 2025, the Naruto World's technological level itself was quite advanced.

It was only because of constant warfare and its backward feudal system that much of its technology had not been widely applied or turned into economic value, making it appear backward.

Uchiha Gen glanced at Zhang Jie and replied, "I took some time last night to read about your world's history. By comparison, the industrial level of the Ninja World I came from was roughly equivalent to the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union in your world."

"We had Firearms such as pistols, Assault Rifles, artillery, and missiles, as well as commonly used things like radios and computers. They just were not widespread."

"In some cutting-edge fields, especially Biotechnology, we were far ahead of your world."

"My ninja training actually included quite a few methods for dealing with attacks from Firearms."

If he had to classify it, Naruto was really urban supernatural fiction rather than ancient fantasy.

"I see."

Zhang Jie recalled Uchiha Gen's calm performance when facing the mercenaries' guns in the Resident Evil World and nodded in sudden understanding.

Zheng Zha asked curiously, "Then why don't you ninja use guns and artillery? Why use Kunai instead? Setting Jonin aside, Chunin and Genin have limited Chakra. Firearms should be able to deliver pretty decent power, right?"

"I've actually been curious about this for a long time. Why doesn't Konoha's Hyuga Clan use Sniper Rifles? With the Byakugan's ability to see through things from several kilometers away, paired with a Sniper Rifle, wouldn't that make them the kings of assassination?"

Uchiha Gen gave him a speechless look before retorting, "Do you think Firearms are free?"

"A pistol costs five thousand ryo. Add a few bullets and it easily goes over ten thousand. Assault Rifles cost even more, several times as much."

"Artillery and missiles are even worse. They cost a fortune."

"Chunin and Genin have limited mission rewards. A mission only pays a few tens of thousands of ryo, and a squad of three or four people has to split it. If they use Firearms on missions, forget making money—they might even have to pay out of pocket."

"Kunai cost only one hundred ryo each, so they are much more practical. Eat a sixty-ryo bowl of Ichiraku Ramen to recover your strength and refine Chakra, and you can deal tons of damage."

After that jab, Uchiha Gen finally explained the real reason. "Why doesn't the Hyuga Clan use Sniper Rifles? The reason is actually the same as why Chunin and Genin do not use Firearms: they simply are not useful."

"With Chakra enhancing it, my maximum arm strength can reach dozens or even hundreds of tons. Even a Genin's arm strength is measured in tons. The power of a bullet really is not as strong as me casually stabbing someone with a Kunai."

"You saw my fight in the Hive, Zheng Zha. At the time, I had only just reached the strength level of a Chunin, yet my neural reaction speed was already within milliseconds. Bullets looked as slow as snails to me. After using the Body Flicker Technique, I could easily move at supersonic speed and dodge bullets."

"As for Jonin and Kage-level ninja, their neural reaction speed, movement speed, and strength are only greater than mine. They have even less reason to fear ordinary firearms."

"The flight speed of ordinary Sniper Rifle bullets, and even artillery shells, generally does not exceed ten times the speed of sound."

"Let's say ten times the speed of sound. If a Hyuga Clan ninja fired at another ninja from five kilometers away, it would take roughly 1.5 seconds for the bullet to reach the target."

"Leaving aside how much power the bullet would have left by then and whether it could penetrate their defenses, that time alone would be enough for a ninja to dodge it many times."