Orochimaru handed over the gun, and Sandaime turned it over in his hands.
As he looked at the gun, Sandaime's expression grew somewhat complicated.
There was a saying: no matter how skilled you were in martial arts, one shot would put you down. Flesh and blood could not withstand bullets. If you were hit, you would either die or be seriously wounded.
Some grandmasters and masters of National Martial Arts had died beneath gunfire.
Guns inspired a particularly complicated feeling in practitioners of National Martial Arts, as well as martial artists, combat specialists, and fighters of all kinds.
After all, once firearms appeared... the times had changed.
"I intend to have Hyuga ninja use guns as much as possible as well," Orochimaru said.
Sandaime looked at him.
"Oh?"
"It will be a high-precision, high-power, long-range firearm." Looking at the holographic map before him, Orochimaru said as though it were only natural, "Every pair of Byakugan is a treasure of Konoha. Close combat is still too risky. With the Hyuga Byakugan's long-range vision, using such high-precision long-range firearms will be enough to threaten enemies while ensuring their own safety."
Hearing this, Sandaime nodded.
With this world's technology, it was indeed possible to create high-precision, long-range firearms.
And such firearms were indeed well suited for Byakugan Ninja.
They could fire from afar. Even if they missed, from such a distance—and with the enemy's movements clearly visible through the Byakugan Ninja's Byakugan vision—they could calmly relocate, find another position, and take another shot.
Or simply retreat.
This truly was the best way to ensure a Byakugan Ninja's safety.
Considering the value displayed by the Byakugan, sending them into close-range combat was indeed not worthwhile.
Especially under Konoha's future Joint Security Plan: the more stable its development became, the more the value of Byakugan