Chakra Control Training

Spurred on by Kurenai Yuhi, Genma trained even harder.

The days when the four of them ate together and went to and from school together were gone.

But after learning the reason, Obito gave his wholehearted support and even clamored about giving Genma the Great Fireball Technique.

Genma naturally declined such kindness. In truth, he had plenty of ninjutsu resources. Though none were high-level, they were all C-Rank Ninjutsu.

His family had Fire Style Ninjutsu such as the Great Fireball Technique and Phoenix Sage Fire Technique.

For Earth Style, they also had the Subterranean Voyage Technique and Earth Flow Wall Technique.

They ordinarily could not have possessed these things, but his family was rather special. More precisely, his entire clan had become rather special.

Because he had transmigrated, Genma possessed a technological vision beyond his era, as well as scientific theories more advanced than those of the present.

Vision and theories were useless without practical ability. Fortunately, Genma had always liked tinkering, making countless little gadgets by hand, so his practical skills were quite good as well.

Thus, among the family businesses, telescopes had become the hottest product.

Whether monocular or binocular telescopes, Genma had taken them apart in the past. After he told his father the idea and made an optical model, the family began manufacturing telescopes.

Naturally, Genma would not claim such a genius idea as his own, so his father became the one who received the credit in name.

As Genma's understanding of the Shinobi World grew, he delved into many scientific theories this world had yet to solve, greatly expanding the family business.

Of course, the one receiving the credit was still his father, Shiranui Hidekichi.

To date, the Shiranui Clan had published works such as Advanced Agricultural Strategy, Advanced Mathematical Methods, Principles of Computer Conception, and Principles and Applications of Optics...

Although many had not yet been realized, they were all astonishing concepts.

As a result, while the clan had achieved little in the shinobi profession, it had gained considerable standing in the basic sciences.

During Genma's early childhood, science had only developed to roughly a high school level, while mathematics was only at a middle school level.

Pouring so much effort into these areas had been a necessary choice. He did not have the good fortune of some cheat ability, so he had to squeeze every advantage he could out of being a transmigrator.

Still, he was extremely careful. Although he had already written down his biological knowledge, he had not mentioned it to anyone. After all, there was a deranged scientific lunatic in the village. It would be bad if he caught that man's attention.

Orochimaru was still in Konohagakure. If a small profit brought that cold-blooded Orochimaru down on him, he would truly be finished.

Yet even with such caution, Orochimaru still came.

That day, telescopes were selling like wildfire throughout Konohagakure, and both Orochimaru and Jiraiya showed up.

Given Jiraiya's nature, anyone could guess why he had come.

Orochimaru, meanwhile, had come to see Genma's father.

Genma was terrified, but Hidekichi, the person involved, eagerly welcomed Orochimaru. He nearly bowed down and became his lackey.

Fortunately, Hidekichi knew his own limits. He was merely the one receiving credit in name, not the real expert.

Orochimaru's visit was not, as imagined, to make Hidekichi his lackey. He wanted Hidekichi to find a way for him to see even smaller things.

Hidekichi relayed those words to Genma exactly as they were. After thinking it over for a long time, Genma decided to try making a microscope.

Though he had never actually taken one apart or made one, he had used and observed them before. Besides, if it was only an optical microscope, he remembered it quite clearly.

After warning Hidekichi not to get too close to Orochimaru, Genma worked hard on a microscope blueprint, marking the function of every part, then handed the task over to the family.

Genma remembered that microscopes only appeared in Konohagakure after Naruto, the original protagonist, became a Genin. This was probably more than twenty years early, making it a truly groundbreaking invention.

With Genma's blueprints and the family's considerable research into optical components, the microscope was completed before long.

However, because it was a precision instrument, it took several years of adjustments before it became one of the family's bestselling products.

Resources like telescopes, which could influence warfare, were naturally kept under strict control by Konohagakure.

Still, Konohagakure was fairly generous and allowed Hidekichi to choose quite a few ninjutsu as compensation.

These were the resources Genma had obtained through the advantage of transmigration. As for whether Hidekichi might think he was not his biological son—

Hidekichi, who had skin as thick as a wall, was not worried in the slightest. Instead, he claimed all the credit for himself.

Genma was in no rush to train with those ninjutsu resources. He had only practiced two E-Rank Ninjutsu himself: the Great Fireball Jutsu and the Earth Spear Jutsu.

Though these two techniques were E-Rank Ninjutsu, their origins were significant. It was said that they were prototypes for many ninjutsu.

For example, the Great Fireball Technique was based on the Great Fireball Jutsu. It increased the output of Fire Style Chakra, compressed the Chakra, and raised the temperature of the Fire Style Chakra.

In other words, it added much more in terms of Chakra quantity, shape transformation, and Nature Transformation.

The Phoenix Sage Fire Technique, on the other hand, was actually more similar to the Great Fireball Technique.

That was because each Phoenix Sage Fire projectile was about as large as a Great Fireball. The only difference was that Phoenix Sage Fire had more fireballs.

Thus, Genma placed great importance on these two E-Rank Ninjutsu. He hoped to forge his own path in developing ninjutsu in the future, while also learning C-Rank Ninjutsu more effectively.

But for now, it seemed Shiranui Genma had no use for C-Rank Ninjutsu.

Because in his plans, the fundamentals always came first.

He decided to learn Chakra Control first and push his control to the limit!

On a night with fairly bright moonlight, Genma stood before a tree, ready to complete his Tree Climbing Training in one go.

Although he usually used Chakra, without training Chakra Control, he could not see his true level.

Ever since the night he had been provoked by Kurenai's father, he had known that he had no talent for Chakra Control. Only tonight had he finally come close to the top of the tree.

For a full month, he had practiced tirelessly every night. Today, it was time to bring it to an end.

After calming his growing excitement and taking a deep breath, he stepped onto the tree.

Whether because he had climbed it so many times or because he was about to surpass himself, Genma's heart beat a little faster, but steadily.

After countless failures and countless near-successes over these past days, he had gradually become more composed.

He continued upward, his footsteps gradually settling into a stable rhythm.

This was a highly deceptive kind of stability. Trees were curved, and the higher one went, the thinner they became, causing the curvature to change as well.

Yet it was also an extremely useful stability. Moving forward meant moving upward, so friction had to remain constant. A stable speed was exactly what revealed whether the friction was stable.

This process also required using Chakra to increase or decrease the pressure applied to the tree. Since the contact surface was curved and constantly changing, the pressure had to be altered to keep the friction constant.

But speed was still crucial. It allowed him to "observe" the state of the friction. Genma also understood that he was not a thickheaded idiot like Naruto, so he needed this kind of meticulous training even more.

Seeing that the treetop was close, Genma recalled his previous mistakes. Knowing that the branches at the top were relatively thinner, he slowly began adjusting the pressure applied through his Chakra.

Ten meters, five meters, two meters—his eyes remained fixed on the treetop. Even when he reached one meter away, he did not lower his guard.

Finally, after several steps upward, as effortlessly as strolling across a rooftop, Genma reached the top of the tree.

This training was complete. An entire month of nights had finally allowed him to finish it.

Unlike Naruto and Sasuke, who could train all day and practice almost continuously,

he had to wait through one daytime after another, which was why it had taken him a month.

Still, his method was much safer. He had time to rest, ensuring his Chakra reserves. Thus, Kakashi's life-risking training also took into account the danger of falling from the tree due to insufficient Chakra.

As he let out a breath of relief, he clenched his fists tightly.

He knew very clearly that this was only the beginning. An achievement like climbing a tree with Chakra could not possibly satisfy him. He wanted more difficult and harsher training.

Just like the consolidation training Rock Lee had arranged for him before, whether swordsmanship or hand-to-hand combat, it had involved posture correction, weight training, practical application, and more.

For this Tree Climbing Training, he had also planned weighted practice.

Since he had already completed the tree climb once, naturally one round of weighted training would not be enough.

He set himself the goal of adding weight five times, increasing his body weight by one-fifth each time.

Having made up his mind, he leaped down from the tree.

After returning home and discussing it with Hidekichi, Genma washed up and went to sleep.

Compared to before, the things he needed to train were becoming increasingly practical.

This did not make things easier for him. Instead, he had even less time.

His decision to begin Chakra training so early was not born of arrogance. He wanted to verify a suspicion.

According to the original story, Shiranui Genma should have only possessed Earth Style, yet now he also had Fire Style.

Chakra was a fusion of physical energy and spiritual energy. Could that Fire Style be the result of changes to his spirit—his soul? This question weighed heavily on his mind.

If changes in his soul had truly caused him to possess both Fire Style and Earth Style, then he had most likely absorbed and fused with Shiranui Genma's original soul.

He had an eidetic memory, exceptional calculating ability, and could remember things from a very early age. Sometimes, he even suspected that his brain had undergone further development.

It seemed entirely possible that transmigration could affect the degree of brain development.

A powerful soul and a more highly developed brain could both allow him to receive more information.

If things were truly as he imagined, then he would gain more training time—or rather, at least twice as much training time as others.

The technique that could grant him this advantage was the Shadow Clone Jutsu, so often used by transmigrator predecessors.

Using clones to increase learning and training time had only been accomplished by the original protagonist, but he would never be willing to accept it without trying such a cheat that could accelerate his training.