Lightning Release: Chakra Mode

The biting cold wind carried snowflakes as it swirled through this forgotten corner of the Land of Snow.

There was only a solitary Laboratory standing upon the endless snowy plain, a place even the people of the Land of Snow never visited.

Inside the Laboratory, Minamoto Takuya sat with his eyes closed in a reclining chair. His body slept here, but his spirit had long since left it.

At this moment, through the Spirit Transformation Technique, he had anchored the core of his consciousness within an unfamiliar body.

Within that "vessel" carrying his will, his spiritual phantom remained seated cross-legged, appearing as tranquil as the deep sea.

Yet faint, intermittent sounds arose in the silent Laboratory, coming from the body under his control.

Looking closely, thin blue-white arcs of electricity, like mischievous electric sprites, occasionally leaped and flickered across its skin, giving off nearly inaudible crackling sounds.

Yes, Minamoto Takuya was repeatedly attempting to construct Kumogakure's core Secret Technique in this Laboratory: Lightning Release: Chakra Mode.

Compared to the complex and ever-changing Kekkei Genkai that involved fusion, analyzing this Secret Technique, renowned for its immense enhancement effects, seemed to offer a clearer path in Minamoto Takuya's eyes.

He was not without support. His innate chakra control, honed to the utmost precision, should have been his trump card for learning any ninjutsu.

This should have been an enormous advantage...

Yet reality was entirely different.

It was not because his chakra control was insufficient, nor because the control requirements of this Secret Technique were beyond reach.

The root of the obstacle was that this body was not Minamoto Takuya's own.

The Spirit Transformation Technique itself maintained a fragile connection between spirit and flesh, requiring exceptionally refined chakra control to stabilize its framework.

Even more difficult was the fact that he had to