But just after finishing the copy and writing the code, Hiroki suddenly realized there was a very important problem.
How much chakra should he output to stick to the wall without damaging it? And how could he make sure he wouldn't fall off?
What was the unit of chakra, anyway?
At that thought, he couldn't help looking toward Orochimaru.
"Teacher Orochimaru," Hiroki asked, opening his eyes with the air of someone discussing an academic question. "For this technique... how much chakra do I need to channel into the soles of my feet? Is there a standard amount?"
The moment he asked, Nawaki and Kushina, who were still struggling with the wall, froze in surprise. Even Orochimaru, who had worn an expressionless face the whole time, showed a flicker of barely perceptible astonishment in his golden, snake-like eyes.
A standard amount?
What was that?
Weren't they all just the sort of people who thought, "I reckon this much chakra should do it," and then made it work?
Who bothered calculating a standard amount of chakra?
He'd been a ninja for years and taught plenty of students, but no one had ever asked him that before.
No—not just Orochimaru. Even the watching Anbu Ninja hidden nearby, and the Root Ninja keeping watch, were taken aback.
Ninjas controlled their chakra by feel, by experience, by an almost instinctive intuition.
It was like breathing. Who calculated how many liters of air they inhaled each time?
Who calculated how much chakra they extracted in one go?
Even when they could sense their total chakra reserves, they usually preferred to describe how much chakra someone had by comparing it to someone else's.
Just as in the original story, when Kakashi once said Naruto had nearly a hundred times as much chakra as he did, they didn't have a standardized value, like kilograms, that could tell everyone exactly how much chakra there was.
—That was a brilliant question.
No, it was more than brilliant.
Could you imagine a weightlifting competition where nobody knew how heavy the stones were, and the contestants lifted them by feel alone, with the winner being whoever managed to lift the last stone?
What a dangerous, pointless competition that would be.
This was the first time Orochimaru had realized that he couldn't answer such an apparently simple question.
But it was interesting.
He wanted to learn every jutsu there was. Without a standard unit for measuring chakra, wouldn't learning jutsu become a much more tedious process?
He fell silent for a moment, quickly searching his memory for how it felt to use the technique and trying to quantify it.
At last, he gave an answer that was somewhat vague, but as precise as he could make it. "Probably... one-sixth, or even less, of the chakra needed to perform the most basic Transformation Technique."
"But that's just my own impression. You'll have to adjust it yourselves. I've been using the Substitution Technique for a long time, so the chakra I expend won't be exactly the same as yours. And remember, the amount of chakra you need to stick to a surface depends on your size."
"So one-sixth might not be the right answer for you."
After Orochimaru finished speaking, he stared intently at Hiroki. He wanted to see how the boy who had asked the question would adjust the amount and attempt to climb the tree.
And could he come up with a basic unit for chakra? Of course, Orochimaru would define a standard of his own when he got home today—but his standard could never compare to the one devised by Hiroki, the first person to ask the question!
"I see." Hiroki nodded. The answer was vague, but it gave him a rough idea.
He closed his eyes again, his consciousness returning to the coding interface.
First, he needed to define a basic unit of chakra.
It was like data in a computer: the smallest unit was a bit; eight bits made a byte; 1,024 bytes made a kilobyte, and so on.
Teacher Orochimaru had given him a reference point—the Transformation Technique—but it wasn't good enough.
Hiroki considered the problem. Everyone had a different level of proficiency with the Transformation Technique, so the amount it consumed would inevitably vary a little. It couldn't serve as a constant, scientific basic unit.
It was like using the percentage of computer storage taken up by a document as a basic unit. There were too many variables.
He also needed to define how much chakra a basic extraction yielded, how many basic chakra units made up the minimum amount for a jutsu, and how much chakra was needed for climbing walls and Water Walking.
He needed something more fundamental, a smallest unit like a "bit."
Hiroki created a new document in his mental space:
[Chakra Unit Definition_v0.1.txt]
First, the smallest unit of chakra. What he knew was that the mixture of physical and spiritual energy produced by the 130 trillion cells in the body was called "stamina," and stamina was the foundation of Taijutsu.
Stamina was then converted into chakra inside the body, and after extracting chakra, a ninja could use Hand Seals to perform a "jutsu."
How much stamina could 130 trillion cells produce? How much stamina could be converted into how much chakra? Hiroki had no idea.
He hadn't found a file recording those values, so he needed to define a basic unit for himself to determine how he would release ninjutsu.
That brought him to the first question—how should he determine the basic unit?
The only reference he had so far was the most basic Transformation Technique, which Teacher Orochimaru had mentioned.
Then why not extract chakra once, perform the Transformation Technique, determine how much chakra it consumed, and use that amount to find a definite minimum unit?
Hiroki didn't hesitate. He quickly tried performing the Transformation Technique once.
His target was Orochimaru.
Poof~
Another equally aloof Orochimaru appeared where he'd been standing, but nobody paid any attention.
Orochimaru, Kushina, and Nawaki—even the Anbu and Root Ninja standing by in secret nearby—were waiting for what came next. They all wanted to know what other astonishing thing this boy, who had asked about measuring chakra, could do.
They saw Hiroki cancel the Transformation Technique, then continue thinking with his eyes closed.
//Chakra Measurement System Setup
//Step One: Measure the Transformation Technique's Baseline Cost
Function MeasureTransformationCost(){
TotalBeforeTransformation=CurrentChakraPercentage;
Execute_TransformationTechnique(Target:Orochimaru);
TotalAfterTransformation=CurrentChakraPercentage;
PercentageConsumed=TotalBeforeTransformation-TotalAfterTransformation;
returnPercentageConsumed;
}
//Step Two: Define the Basic Unit, Kaka (using an abbreviation of Kakashi's name from the original story as the basic unit of chakra.)
//Rule: Let the cost of one standard Transformation Technique = 100 Kaka
Function EstablishKakaUnitSystem(){
TransformationTechniqueCost=MeasureTransformationCost();
//Definition: 100 Kaka = the cost of one Transformation Technique
//Derivation: TotalChakraPool = 100 / TransformationTechniqueCost * 100 (Kaka)
TotalChakraPool_Kaka=(100 / TransformationTechniqueCost)* 100;
PercentagePerKaka=TransformationTechniqueCost/ 100;
Record("Transformation Technique cost:"+TransformationTechniqueCost+"%");
Record("Total chakra pool:"+TotalChakraPool_Kaka+" Kaka");
Record("1 Kaka="+PercentagePerKaka+"%");
returnTotalChakraPool_Kaka;
}
//Step Three: Calculate the Chakra Required for Climbing
//Known: Climbing consumes about 1/6 as much as the Transformation Technique (based on Orochimaru's weight of 60 kg)
Function CalculateClimbingCost(MyWeight:Float){
TransformationTechniqueBaseline= 100;//Kaka
OrochimaruWeightBaseline= 60;//kg
//Weight adjustment factor
WeightFactor=MyWeight/OrochimaruWeightBaseline;
//Base cost
BaseClimbingCost=TransformationTechniqueBaseline/ 6;
//Actual cost
ActualCost_PerSecond=BaseClimbingCost*WeightFactor;
//Safety margin of 20%
SafeCost_PerSecond=ActualCost_PerSecond* 1.2;
returnSafeCost_PerSecond;
}
//Step Four: Real-Time Chakra Monitoring
GlobalVariable InitialChakra_Kaka= 0;
GlobalVariable UnitConversionRate= 0;
Function InitializeMonitoringSystem(){
InitialChakra_Kaka=EstablishKakaUnitSystem();
UnitConversionRate=InitialChakra_Kaka/ 100;//How many Kaka per 1%
}
Function GetCurrentChakra_Kaka(){
CurrentPercentage=CurrentChakraPercentage;
returnCurrentPercentage*UnitConversionRate;
}
Function DisplayChakraStatus(){
CurrentKaka=GetCurrentChakra_Kaka();
KakaConsumed=InitialChakra_Kaka-CurrentKaka;
Percentage=(CurrentKaka/InitialChakra_Kaka)* 100;
DisplayOutput("Remaining:"+CurrentKaka+" Kaka("+Percentage+"%)");
DisplayOutput("Consumed:"+KakaConsumed+" Kaka");
}
//Run Calibration
InitializeMonitoringSystem();
HirokiWeight= 35;//kg
ClimbingTargetCost=CalculateClimbingCost(MyWeight);
Record("Climbing cost:"+ClimbingTargetCost+" Kaka/second");
----Code----
Hiroki opened his eyes.
The data in his mental space had been calculated:
[System Log] |Transformation Technique cost: 3.2%| |Total chakra pool: 3125 Kaka| |1 Kaka = 0.032%| |Climbing cost: 11.67 Kaka/second|
He took a deep breath, feeling more confident.
Now he knew: his total chakra amounted to 3,125 units, and climbing consumed about 11.67 units per second. In theory, he could keep climbing for about 268 seconds, or four and a half minutes.
Of course, that was only in theory.
Next, he needed to calibrate the numbers through practice!
Hiroki looked at the wall and raised his foot.
This time, he didn't rely on instinct. He precisely channeled 11.67 Kaka of chakra per second into the soles of his feet.
Everyone watched Hiroki, eager to find out how his first experiment would turn out!
Would he fall?
Or...
As everyone watched...
Hiroki stepped onto the wall.
It worked!!!!!??!!
It worked!
The suction was a little weak, and Hiroki wobbled slightly, but just a second later, he had steadied himself completely!
On the very first try!?
Just one attempt.
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