The Art of Flying Thunder: A Certain Scientific Approach (Part 2)

Picking up from the previous chapter, string theory proves that all things are generated by the two oscillating states of "strings"—open and closed. Thus, the world is constantly shifting between these two states; Buddhism refers to this change as "birth and death."

A single kṣaṇa contains over 900 instances of birth and death, meaning the "string" undergoes an opening and closing transformation every 1/900th of a kṣaṇa.

When the "string" opens, the world exists in a state of "birth"; when it closes, the world exists in a state of "death" or void. However, because this process occurs so rapidly, ordinary people cannot perceive it. Much like how a film is composed of countless rapidly changing frames, everything appears continuous to the average eye, but that is not the reality.

Because Nawaki's soul transmigrated alongside the Seed of the Divine Tree, it possesses space-time attributes. Consequently, his adaptability to spatial travel far exceeds that of ordinary people. He can shuttle between reality and the gaps in space at extreme speeds without any discomfort, allowing his flashing frequency to reach one-thousandth of a kṣaṇa—surpassing the speed of the world's birth and death!

In this way, he can easily adjust his flashing frequency to be perfectly synchronized with the world's birth and death. He enters the spatial gap when the world is in a state of "birth" and reappears in reality when the world is in a state of "death"!

By doing so, he remains perpetually within the spatial gaps and the void, rendering him immune to any harm. Externally, this appears identical to the intangibility state of Obito.

Nawaki named this state "Void," signifying a state of existing within nothingness and gaps.

Unfortunately, the Void state is not perfect; it has three major drawbacks.

First, the chakra consumption is immense! Performing the Flying Thunder God 900 times per kṣaṇa—where one kṣaṇa is 0.018 seconds—means 450,000 uses per second. Although the consumption per jump is negligible due to the zero-distance travel, the sheer volume makes it impossible for his current chakra reserves to sustain it for more than one minute.

Second, he cannot attack anyone while in the Void state. In other words, the moment he launches an attack, he exposes a flaw and becomes vulnerable to enemy strikes.

Third, he must maintain zero-distance contact with a space marker. This is relatively easy to solve by leaving a marker on his own body, but this marker must be uniquely his own; otherwise, others who have also mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique could exploit a fatal weakness!

Therefore, he can only use it once he has created and encrypted his own unique seal. This is also quite easy for him, as a Flying Thunder God marker must resonate with the soul's spatial frequency. Since his soul possesses space-time attributes, his spatial frequency has already reached the absolute limit—a level no one else can surpass or attain. Thus, others cannot use his spatial markers for space-time travel; conversely, he can lower his own frequency to utilize the markers of others.

Just as he is currently using the Second Hokage's marker, he could potentially use the second stage of the Flying Thunder God with it after long-term training. However, because the frequencies cannot perfectly align, he could never utilize the third stage. This is precisely why, in the original work, the four-man guard squad including Namiashi Raidō needed to work together to perform the Flying Thunder God Technique; they could not resonate with the Fourth Hokage's marker. They are the best proof of this.

In other words, if Nawaki can fully master the Flying Thunder God Technique, he can counter anyone else who uses it! He could utilize others' seals for instantaneous movement and surprise attacks. Ultimately, it would come down to a contest of chakra reserves, and in that regard, he is confident he will not lose to anyone in the future.

Unfortunately, these are all just Nawaki's theories; he hasn't even created his own unique seal yet.

He tried asking the system if it could help him exchange for it directly. The answer was that because a training method exists as a template, he could exchange for it using Wish Power. However, because it involves the laws of space, it would require five million Wish Power points. Even if his fame reached one thousand points, it would take over a decade of accumulation! It would be better to research it himself! However, the system also informed him that if he encounters insurmountable bottlenecks during the research process, he can spend Wish Power to perform deductions, which would significantly accelerate his learning speed.

However, all of this is built upon the consumption of Wish Power. If he had sufficient Wish Power, Nawaki certainly wouldn't waste time and energy on research, because he only wants to be an outstanding user of the Flying Thunder God, not a ninjutsu researcher! Just as a sniper doesn't need to design a sniper rifle, and a pilot doesn't need to study aircraft design!

The Second Hokage, the developer of the Flying Thunder God Technique, was also far inferior to the Fourth Hokage in the application of this ninjutsu. Thus, application and research are two different things; at the very least, this is true for the Flying Thunder God.

After realizing this, Nawaki decided not to pin all his hopes on his own research. Instead, while training in the Flying Thunder God, he would find ways to obtain more Wish Power to accelerate his own progress!

The day after making up his mind, Nawaki put on the dark green jonin vest he had modified into a weighted vest, contacted his squad members, and arrived at the Hokage office once again.

Along the way, the genin he encountered would respectfully bow and address him as "Jonin Nawaki."

Seeing that Nawaki's squad had returned to the Hokage office after only a day, the various genin squads were very curious about what this newly promoted special jonin had planned. Not in a rush to complete their own missions, they lingered in the hall to watch.

"Jonin Nawaki, what brings you to see me today?" The Third Hokage looked at Nawaki with a headache. For the past two days, he had been considering how to ensure the safety of this restless little genius, but he couldn't come up with any good solutions. Does he really need to join the Anbu like Danzo said? No, at least not now, absolutely not. It's better to wait until he grows up and his temperament is fully stabilized before considering it. Besides, with Torifu's protection, there shouldn't be any major problems.

Unfortunately, he did not know that Nawaki would never join the Anbu under any circumstances. He is currently focused on obtaining large amounts of Wish Power and fame to strengthen himself; how could he hide his identity to become a low-key, mysterious Anbu? Just as Sarutobi had said before, he was born to live under the sun and cannot be buried. Even if he were to join the Anbu, for the sake of Wish Power and fame, he would find ways to proactively expose his identity and become a well-known Anbu "star."

Hearing the Third Hokage's question, which clearly carried a hint of wariness, Nawaki remained unperturbed. Everything he did was a "bright scheme" that followed the rules; even the Hokage could not stop him. "Lord Hokage, our squad is here to accept a mission."

The Third Hokage frowned and said, "Didn't I tell you? Recently, none of the village's merchant caravans have returned, and there are no other C-rank missions available at the moment. And D-rank missions are no longer suitable for you, so I hope your squad can take a break for a while."