Fire God's Spear

Tamura Hiroshi did not lose heart, and he proceeded to explain the second sealing scroll.

"Inside are special ninja tools that I created, and their power is enough to kill a jōnin."

"A ninja tool that can kill a jōnin, and you made it?"

Yozuki A could not help but speak up, filled with doubt.

He had only recently become a jōnin himself, yet a ten-year-old brat had made a weapon capable of killing a jōnin.

This was simply impossible!

The Third Raikage and Dodai felt more doubt and curiosity. With those one billion ryō present, they held the youth in higher regard; this was not an ordinary brat, so he likely would not spout nonsense.

"I need a spacious, concealed location for a demonstration."

Tamura Hiroshi did not offer further explanation, stating directly that he needed to demonstrate it.

Saying any more at this point was useless; he had to show them the real deal. He had a lot of confidence in the weapon he had made.

Although precision was not great due to limited conditions, the power was definitely not bad.

"Go to my training room!"

The Third Raikage glanced at the chest of one billion ryō, stood up, and walked outside, agreeing to Tamura Hiroshi's request.

Tamura Hiroshi followed in brisk strides. Dodai stored the one billion ryō away, and carrying the two scrolls along with Yozuki A, he followed as well.

Before long, they arrived at a training room within the mountain at the base of the Rakuage Building. This was the Third Raikage's private training room, containing plenty of equipment for physical conditioning.

This fit Kumogakure's style quite well, especially that of the Raikage.

Though called a training room, the space was immense, a full one hundred meters in length and width, with a height of fifty meters. Steel supported all around it, making it extremely sturdy.

The three men did not speak, quietly waiting for the youth's performance.

Tamura Hiroshi wasted no time, taking the second sealing scroll from Dodai's hand and unsealing it to reveal the three large objects inside.

"I got the inspiration to develop these three weapons while playing with blowtorches and fireworks. They use explosive tags as propulsion, pushing the metal warhead in front along these steel tubes to shoot it out. The power mainly depends on the quality of the explosive tags and the strength of the metal.

Because of my identity, I cannot buy high-grade explosive tags, so these bullets only use the lowest-grade explosive tags inside. The power is average; I have rolled ten explosive tags inside each bullet.

As for this one, I have named it the Fire God Gun, mainly used for ultra-long-range precision shooting."

Tamura Hiroshi first picked up the smallest rifle and a single bullet to introduce them to the three men. Then, he jammed the thumb-thick bullet into the rifle's magazine and pushed the rotating bolt to lock the rear.

He shouldered the sniper rifle, which was a full two meters long, and took aim at the opposite wall to prepare to shoot, though he hesitated slightly.

He had copied this gun from a World War II movie he had watched in his past life. The Soviet army inside used this kind of gun to fight tanks, and the gun's structure was very simple—you could say it was just a steel pipe. Knowing the kinetic energy required to pierce tank armor, he also knew how heavy the recoil would be.

Moreover, the bullet he made used ten explosive tags. Even though they were all lowest-grade explosive tags, the power of ten combined was definitely not small.

Even if he could withstand the recoil, he reckoned he would still get injured, not to mention whether it might suffer a chamber explosion.

"Using this Fire God Gun requires a very strong physique to support it. My physical fitness is probably not enough."

Tamura Hiroshi turned his head to look at the three men, his gaze finally landing on Yozuki A, who was covered in sinewy muscles.

"How do you use it?"

Yozuki A did not refuse. He stepped forward and took the Fire God Gun, looking somewhat excited.

Although his temper was impulsive, his brain was not slow. Even though the brat had explained it very simply just now, he had already figured out the underlying principle.

It simply used the explosive force of the explosive tags to push that metal bullet out, and the effect would definitely be very strong.

"Channel chakra in from here to trigger the explosive tags inside the bullet. Be careful; although I made it, I haven't really tried it out yet, and the material of the gun body isn't very good either, so watch out for an explosion."

Tamura Hiroshi gave a brief explanation and warning, then decisively stepped back, retreating even behind Dodai.

Dodai glanced at the brat who had retreated behind him to use him as a shield and was utterly speechless. However, he did not dwell on it, fixing his gaze on Yozuki A, who was holding the iron tube.

The Third Raikage was also watching with great interest. He had figured out that principle as well, and it was indeed very novel, though he wondered what the specific power would be.

They did not have to wait long. Yozuki A aimed simply at a pillar on the opposite wall, and then triggered the explosive tags inside the bullet.

Bang!

A loud explosion accompanied by a burst of fire spewed from the barrel. At the same time, a walnut-sized dent appeared on the opposite wall.

The three men hurried over to observe, their expressions instantly turning solemn.

Although it only struck out a walnut-sized pit, the walls here were all forged from steel, with a thickness of ten centimeters.

To be able to carve out a walnut-sized dent in such steel showed its power; if this hit a person, even the torso would be blown apart.

Even if they used ninjutsu for defense, they would at least have to use defensive ninjutsu incorporating shape transformation.

Dodai used a kunai to dig out the heavily deformed bullet from the bullet crater, and after observing it, he stated, "The strength of your warhead isn't good enough. If you changed it to a harder alloy, the penetrating power would definitely increase by a large margin."

This power was much stronger than a kunai or shuriken thrown by hand. Even the kunai he threw could only pierce into a person and was very hard to penetrate through, but if this kind of bullet hit a human body, getting hit in the limbs would definitely break them, and getting hit in the torso would mean certain death.

"The accuracy is a lot worse."

Yozuki A looked at the pillar ten meters away, very dissatisfied with this accuracy. Moreover, the Fire God Gun in his hand was also somewhat deformed, and the cartridge case was jammed directly inside and could not be pulled out—the result of the previous bullet's explosion.

However, these issues could be resolved by upgrading the materials, but this accuracy was a fatal flaw.

Faced with Yozuki A's dissatisfaction, Tamura Hiroshi knew it was time for his own performance.

"I've thought about this aspect. We can machine spiral grooves inside the barrel to make the bullet spin, thereby stabilizing the trajectory and improving accuracy, only the manufacturing difficulty is a bit higher, and I can't manage it.

Aside from that, we can try whether we can imbue ninjutsu onto it—for instance, using Earth Release to increase the hardness of the barrel and bullets, boosting the explosive force and penetration. Lightning Style and Wind Style can also increase penetration and accuracy, and Wind Style can even reduce the air resistance the bullet encounters during flight, lessening the consumption from friction with the air.

Water Style can quickly cool down the barrel to achieve continuous, rapid firing; Fire Style can mimic explosive tags by sealing them onto the warhead for secondary lethality, or shrink the explosive tags to seal them inside the bullet and burst open after hitting the target, just like fireworks..."

Listening to Tamura Hiroshi's thoughts and ideas, Dodai's eyes lit up. This truly was a good path.

If this could be realized, the power of this heavy weapon of mass destruction would definitely increase significantly.

The most important thing was that the range of this thing should not be low. One hundred meters was far from its limit; perhaps it could reach over a thousand meters. If they switched to higher-grade explosive tags, the range would definitely increase even further.

What current ninjutsu had an attack range that could reach over a thousand meters?

Yozuki A stroked the Fire God Gun, unbothered by the heat. Looking at him, it seemed as though he could not wait to plant a kiss on it; he could not put it down and desperately wanted to own the finished version of this heavy weapon.

The Third Raikage looked at the other two large objects. Judging by their sheer size, their power would not be small, making him look forward to them even more.

Dodai and Yozuki A also turned their gazes toward the other two heavy weapons, equally filled with anticipation.