Ninja Tools and Future Plans

Shuichi ignored its struggles and was not surprised that the parrot could speak human language. Instead, he increased his chakra output to make the cage even sturdier.

After finishing, he grinned wickedly, "So you can talk, you wretched bird! Did you enjoy absorbing my chakra? And you can even secretly cast Genjutsu, so you've successfully piqued my interest. From now on, you'll be my personal pet!"

This parrot is indeed quite remarkable. According to Shuichi's perception, the chakra strength within its body is not low, making it an excellent Ninja Beast.

When it touches a ninja, it can actually cast a hypnotic Genjutsu, making the ninja unaware that their chakra is being drained. This should be its method of becoming stronger.

Shuichi guessed that the Genjutsu was released through the color of the feathers and the sound it made, and that even Jonin could easily fall for it.

The opponent cleverly chose the Daimyo's Mansion's residence as the hunting ground, mainly because the experts who came here were unwilling to make a big fuss in front of the Daimyo. When he truly became a mascot symbolizing friendship and identifying experts, he could continuously absorb the chakra of the ninjas.

Unfortunately, he was incredibly unlucky to run into Shuichi, and his little tricks completely failed him, instead causing him to get himself into trouble because of his own mishap.

"Dream on! I, Kotaro the parrot, will not yield!" Kotaro angrily spread his wings and slashed at the cage with his blade-like Wings.

Even with its full strength, it could only scratch a shallow mark, making it realize that it had met its match. This purple-haired youth was not on the same level as the other passable experts.

"You have no choice in this. If you still want to resist, I'll turn you into bird meat and eat you tonight," Shuichi said slyly, his face appearing particularly ferocious and terrifying to Kotaro.

"No... please, please let me go, big brother!" Kotaro instantly cowered, his tone doing a complete 180-degree turn, "I don't have much meat on me, and I don't smell good, I'll never go near you again!"

It's just trying to trick Shuichi opening the birdcage, so it'll have a chance to sneak away. This human can't possibly watch it 24/7, can he...?

"Hmph!" Shuichi smiled calmly, quickly retracting his Earth Release chakra, and the hard birdcage softened as it lost its power.

To Kotaro's surprise, the demonic voice rang out again, "I have placed an indelible mark on you, which means that no matter where you fly, I can sense your location and move there."

"So you'd better stay with me. If you try to run away, there will be no room for negotiation next time you get caught."

"What!" Kotaro was struck dumb, as if by a bolt from the blue. He quickly recalled how the other party had mysteriously appeared above him. Could this be movement through a mark? "Damn it, how could this be?"

Just as it was in despair, Shuichi's tone suddenly changed. "Actually, you don't need to be like this. Meeting me is a rare and great opportunity! I am the strongest ninja in the Land of Fire. If you want to absorb chakra to increase your strength, there is no better choice than staying by my side."

"I'm too lazy to restrict your freedom every day, and absorbing my chakra is entirely negotiable. So, what are your plans now?"

Kotaro became somewhat doubtful after hearing this. It did seem like a good idea, since he didn't have a better choice anyway. "You... you're not lying to me, are you? I'll just rest by your side for a while. Don't think I'm submitting to power. My name is Kotaro."

"A wise decision. My name is Shuichi." Shuichi thought to himself with a smirk.

This silly bird is quite easy to fool. The Flying Thunder God Mark has a certain distance limit. If it finds an opportunity to fly far away, there's really nothing I can do. Killing the bird directly is pointless.

Now it's perfect for guarding my own Villa, and with the addition of several Tailed Beasts and Hashirama's chakra, I doubt I'll be able to get rid of it later.

After leaving the inner city with his new subordinate Kotaro, Shuichi immediately went to take care of personal matters, which basically involved checking the output of his several companies.

More than a decade has passed since he transmigrated, and now he possesses enough power to dominate the world's direction, rather than cautiously striving to protect himself.

Like many elites in the Shinobi World, Shuichi naturally longed for peace, but he wouldn't say it aloud; instead, he planned to act discreetly in secret.

He often pondered the future of ninjas and the Shinobi World, believing that it was inevitably inseparable from chakra and technology.

For example, biotechnology could be used to improve food crops, and specialized ninjas could be trained to be responsible for production, making the ninja village a country within a country that integrates military, technology, and production, thus completely breaking away from the direct rule of the Daimyo over the entire country.

But doing this now is definitely irrational. Most ninjas haven't figured it out yet, and if he does it directly, it will only cause internal strife in the country.

Therefore, it is best to wait until the peaceful era after one has become invincible in the Shinobi World and eliminated the threat of the Infinite Tsukuyomi. At that time, one can secretly control the Daimyo, cultivate ninjas with new ideas, and develop technology, etc.

To easily complete the reforms, overwhelming military force is essential, and in the current era of ninja villages, strength is even more crucial for maintaining peace.

Shuichi first arrived at a new-style ninja tool shop, which was managed by Uncle Sato, who had made his Twin Pistols back then. It was a joint venture between the two of them.

"Shuichi-kun is here! What you ordered is ready, you can try it out right away." In the backyard of the ninja tool shop, Sato handed him a rather simple pistol.

Shuichi took it and began to examine it. It wasn't a gun for firing bullets, but a ninja tool to help activate Lightning Release Ninjutsu. The only technical difficulty was the trigger, and it was very easy to use.

The inspiration for this Electric Shock Gun came from his recent encounter with Sasori, who possessed a powerful technique in the original work: Scroll of Flame Prison Formation, which could be said to surpass most Fire Release Ninjutsu.

The downside is that it's very expensive; the chakra Scroll stores the flames burns to ashes after one use. However, the idea behind it is quite commendable.

After checking, Shuichi immediately prepared to try it out. He took out a miniature Scroll from his body, about one-third the size of a normal scroll, which contained his Lightning Release Ninjutsu.

The entire process is very simple; just put the Scroll into the groove on the gun and pull the trigger with a little chakra.

To better test its effectiveness in actual combat, he created an Earth Clone that ran quickly while he attacked with Electric Shock Gun at the speed of a normal Jonin.

"Whoosh!" Shuichi swiftly closed in on the Earth Clone, drawing his gun and pulling the trigger when they were about 5 meters apart. A burst of lightning erupted from the muzzle, striking the target directly and blasting the Earth Clone to smithereens. "Crack crack crack..."

"Very good, it can definitely be used Jonin battles," Shuichi thought to himself.

For fragile classes like ninjas, speed is more important than strength, encompassing both movement and attack speed. This Electric Shock Gun is extremely valuable in actual combat.

Assuming Shisui possessed this item, fighting against Jonin of the same level would be incredibly easy. He could use his Sharingan and Taijutsu Body Flicker Technique to close the distance to his enemy, then suddenly pull out his gun and strike with lightning just when the opponent thought they were about to engage in taijutsu, before calmly finishing them off.

Although the price will be relatively high, the Jonin will definitely spend the money to prepare one, and use it in critical moments.

For a ninja village, even a 10% increase in survival rate is extremely significant over many years, considering that training a Jonin elite takes at least a decade.

After testing the Electric Shock Gun, Shuichi expressed satisfaction, noting that the core difficulty lay in Fuinjutsu and sufficiently powerful Lightning Release.

In Konoha, only he and the Third Hokage might be able to do this, and considering his age, only he himself could mass-produce it. However, there's no rush to start this business; he'll just prepare some for his companions first.

Before leaving, Shuichi asked Uncle Sato to make a few more and discussed the feasibility of flamethrowers and other ninja tools.

After leaving the ninja tool shop, he went to two other places: one was a company specializing in Radio technology and Circuit board. The former had a significant impact on the ninja's reconnaissance system, while the latter was purely to fulfill his dream of a carefree life.

The staff were all very hardworking. After shopping, Shuichi had collected quite a few interesting products and returned to Konoha with bags full of stuff and a bird.

"Gurgle gurgle..."

Kotaro has been in Konoha for several days now, and he's quite satisfied with the environment here because there's so much chakra from powerful ninjas that he can absorb.

Shuichi repeatedly intercepted its actions and treated it like a guard bird, which made it slightly unhappy. Although Shuichi's chakra was of the best quality, it still needed a change of pace every now and then...

"Kotaro, are you hungry again?"

Upon hearing the call, Shiro quickly ran to the balcony, carrying a handful of grains and offering them to the dog's mouth. Kotaro, of course, accepted them without hesitation. "You're so good to me, Shiro! How about we sneak away from that Shuichi? Don't worry, I'll take care of you!"

"Brush!"

"What are you spouting, you worthless bird?" Shuichi appeared like a ghost, perched on the nearby railing, and squinted. "Looks like you don't want this coat of feathers anymore!"

Kotaro was terrified and instinctively tried to spread his wings and fly away, but Shuichi grabbed him by the neck in an instant, causing him to flap his wings and let out a strange scream, "Ouch! Someone's dying!"

With a gentle smile on his pale face, he said softly, "Lord Shuichi, would you like me to prepare some food?"

"No need, we're going to a barbecue restaurant for a get-together today, and I can meet my friends while we're at it." Shuichi snorted and released the parrot. "You're a bit of a handful. Looks like I'll have to make you a proper birdcage, otherwise you'll be causing me trouble Tenten."

After hearing Kotaro complained, feeling wronged, "You only let me absorb so little chakra each day, it's not even as good as the old place, and I won't hurt anyone else."

Shuichi, then instead of immediately refuting, he tempted her, saying, "Alright, I'll let you eat some more. But in a while, there will be something even more amazing that you won't even dare to touch."

"How could that be! Just you wait and see..."

"..."

More than half a month passed quickly. After a big gathering, the ninjas in Shuichi's network all got to know his two new disciples, and everyone's lives quickly returned to normal.

Haku started attending the Ninja Academy at the age of 5. Konoha will change the enrollment age to 6 starting next year, so he was very lucky to join the Konoha system just in time.

Uchiha Itachi did not directly accompany Shuichi on missions. Apart from providing regular guidance, he usually followed the village's custom and completed a large number of D-rank mission.

The quality of this year's graduating seniors is generally low, with many unqualified individuals, which makes it a good opportunity to add him to a small team.

Shuichi wasn't busy lately and had plenty of time for self-training, so he planned to organize his Ninjutsu system and plan his future improvement.

His current strength should be at the so-called Super Kage level. He has mastered most of the single-attribute Ninjutsu, so further in-depth research wouldn't be very meaningful.

For example, if one wants to further enhance the power of Earth Release, one can only approach the secret techniques of Iwagakure) and spend a lot of time mastering single-attribute Nature Transformation such as Gravity. The same applies to other Lightning Release, Water Release, and Wind Release techniques.

His existing Kekkei Genkai power is sufficient, and he is very adept at using Explosion Release and Magnet Release, which he uses in conjunction with Gun-type Ninjutsu Tool as his exclusive trump cards.

"It's the same old thinking: there aren't monsters of all sizes in the Shinobi World. The only ones we need to deal with are mortal ninjas and two types of giants like Tailed Beast and Susanoo," Shuichi concluded to himself.

If he were to fight a regular ninja, he could be considered the strongest in the Shinobi World right now; in a one-on-one fight, no Kage could match him.

With its top speed, comprehensive offensive capabilities, and even the often-unused Flight ability, the opponent had absolutely no chance of escape.

Even if all Six Paths of Pain were to come out, he would still have a greater chance of winning if both sides had complete information. If he wanted to make things easier, he could first find out which Human Path was involved, and then use Flash to instantly kill it.

As for the remaining five, with the Flying Thunder God's unparalleled mobility, he could easily eliminate them one by one; Shinra Tensei and Banshō Ten'in would have no chance of hitting him.

So, the remaining issue is dealing with the Tailed Beast. The last time we used a special chakra bullet to take down the Two-Tails was somewhat coincidental. The blue cat's chakra strength was relatively "soft," and Yugito's physical body was too weak, so it can only be said to have some reference value.

"It would be a bit difficult to use this shot against the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and the bullets are useless against wild Tailed Beast without Jinchuriki. It should be fine against the others," Shuichi assessed.

The person who can deal with the Tailed Beast most easily right now is Ōnoki. With a Dust Release and Ultra-Added-Weight Rock Technique, he can instantly suppress or kill them. The Rasenshuriken is slightly at a disadvantage in this regard.

After considering the current situation, Shuichi quickly formulated a training plan for his future based on his own circumstances.

After helping Haku lay a solid foundation, you can practice Ice Release by referring to his chakra every day.

Besides maximizing physical abilities, Ice Release can also create bullets and pilot Gundams. It can also produce ice blocks of various shapes infused with chakra, which can then be secretly inscribed with the Flying Thunder God Spell Formula during battle.

This way, you can leave your movement coordinates anytime, anywhere, without needing ninja tools.

"The concealment of the movement will be greatly improved, and the weaknesses of the Flying Thunder God technique will be covered up. It will be invincible!" Shuichi silently gave himself a thumbs up.

For example, he could create a spell called Ice Shower, which sends out countless small ice blocks that hurtle the enemy, and then secretly hide the spell within them, so the opponent would never guess how he moved there.