Railgun

The Shinobi World was in turmoil, and every faction reacted differently. Rasa, in Sunagakure, was sitting back and reaping the benefits.

He could sit at home, spend his boring days chatting with his two fiancées, and watch points rain down from the sky. What could be better?

With Chiyo mediating, Karura didn't have much of an issue with Rasa taking another wife. It was all for the village, after all.

As for Pakura, she was all bark and no bite. She kept saying it was for the village, and while she might not exactly be thrilled, she wasn't all that resistant, either.

The only one suffering was his brother-in-law, Yashamaru. Just as I thought, his brother-in-law had still been taken in by that wicked woman. From now on, he couldn't keep mouthing off to Pakura like he used to.

That day, as Rasa meditated on the Starry Sky Vortex in his mind, [Points: 502]—he had finally broken through the 500-point mark.

With Ōnoki's invaluable help, and the butterfly effect taken into account, the Shinobi World was changing more and more. It had taken him only half as long to save up 500 points this time as it had the last.

Without hesitation, he raised [Electromagnetic Force Precision] to Lv. 2. The change wasn't significant, but he received a notification: Lv. 3 Precision would cost the same number of points as Lv. 2 Strength—2,000.

"Just as I suspected.

"Precision is equivalent to authority, while strength is power. Strength may be more important, but neither can be neglected.

"I wonder what the Starry Sky Vortex's limit is. Can it truly make me a god?"

Rasa's thoughts churned, and he felt a faint twinge of regret.

In theory, the potential of the Electromagnetic Force was limitless. Taken to its utmost, it could achieve anything humans could imagine through the Unified field.

That was the equivalent of the Christian God: omniscient, omnipotent, and able to do anything.

Humans were never satisfied. Before obtaining his cheat, Rasa's only goal had been to cling to Konohagakure's coattails and survive.

After obtaining it, his ambitions had grown step by step. With the chance to become an omniscient, omnipotent being, how could he give it up?

What worried Rasa was the points. Judging by the points required to level up and the points he could earn, even turning the Shinobi World upside down wouldn't be enough to develop his abilities to their limit.

Rasa had seen this sort of setup plenty of times in web novels. Level 1 might cost 100 points, while the final level could run into several million—or even more.

As the saying went, stay alive first. Before becoming a god, he'd set himself a smaller goal: take over the entire Shinobi World, including those aliens.

Claiming he had something to take care of, Rasa said a few words to his two fiancées, then took his tools and equipment into the wilderness to experiment and develop his new abilities.

The weight of metal he could manipulate and the range of his control had both increased considerably. As for wave frequencies, he could still only manipulate electromagnetic waves and make limited use of microwaves.

After trying a few things, he was somewhat disappointed. There weren't many directions he could explore for now. He could only pursue electromagnetic acceleration.

"Then let's start by trying Railgun Girl's signature move: the Railgun."

Of course, coins existed in the Shinobi World. Rasa flipped the coin in his hand and stared at the solid iron target a hundred meters away, hoping it wouldn't disappoint him too much.

Electromagnetic Force, move!

There were many types of electromagnetic cannons: coilguns, railguns, electrothermal guns, synchronous guns, and so on...

Misaka Mikoto's method of using the Railgun seemed similar to that of a synchronous gun, and it was the easiest method for Rasa to replicate.

He focused the Electromagnetic Force, forming two rectangular coils around the coin.

Then he increased the output. The coin was subjected to a powerful magnetic force within the fields generated by the two rectangular coils. It shot through the gap between them, instantly breaking the sound barrier and flying toward the target a hundred meters away.

The coin, now traveling faster than sound, scraped violently against the air, generating intense heat. Its surface steadily corroded and burned as it left a trail of white smoke. After flying just over thirty meters, it disappeared completely.

Ordinary artillery shells needed fire to launch, so their barrels smoked after firing. Electromagnetic cannons didn't, because they used electromagnetic force for propulsion. Their initial velocity was so high that it was the shells that smoked instead.

Rasa furrowed his brow slightly. The coin weighed about seven or eight grams, and its initial speed was roughly four times the speed of sound—around 1,300 meters per second—comparable to the earliest electromagnetic cannons.

If he pushed the Electromagnetic Force to its limit, he should be able to raise the coin's initial speed to at least eight times the speed of sound, but that wouldn't be worth a damn.

Railgun Girl's Railgun had an effective range of fifty meters, yet the coin he fired had a range of just over thirty. Why?

Perhaps his Railgun had a higher initial speed, but more likely, the technology of the Shinobi World was limited, making its coins inferior in quality to those of Academy City.

Quality meant many things: melting point, purity, and so on...

He took out a Kunai purchased by the village from the Land of Artisans and fired it with the same method and the same force.

The Kunai broke the sound barrier and scraped violently against the air. Its surface still showed signs of catching fire, but it fared much better than the coin, burning away completely only after traveling roughly seventy meters.

Rasa was satisfied. The Land of Artisans might be shady, but at least its ninja tools were reliable.

He walked fifty meters forward and fired another shot, using a Kunai as the projectile once more.

Before Rasa could even hear the sonic boom, the Kunai—traveling at four times the speed of sound—had already smashed through a ten-centimeter-thick iron plate with its tremendous kinetic energy, leaving a hole at least a dozen centimeters wide.

Wider than the Kunai at its broadest point.

The power was impressive. Rasa gave a slight nod. With such tremendous kinetic energy, he wouldn't have to worry about Jinchūriki or ninjas with strong physical defenses anymore.

I'm going to slaughter them all!

But there was still room to develop the technique further. For instance, he could find metals with higher melting and boiling points to make into projectiles.

He still had the metal pillar he'd used to subdue the Four-Tails last time in his Storage Scroll. He wondered how fast such a heavy piece of metal could go.

What was its maximum range? Could it bomb an enemy base from 400 kilometers away?

With his current attack power, he wouldn't fear an elderly Madara Uchiha who could use Susanoo. The only troublesome thing was genjutsu.

It seemed he'd have to develop some way to block genjutsu.

Just as Rasa was thinking about how to further develop his abilities, his junior wife, Pakura, ran over from a distance.

She was furious, radiating murderous intent. She glared at Rasa as if she wanted to slap him twice across the face right then and there.

"What's wrong?"

Did I do something to offend you? Rasa was confused. "Didn't you hear that I'm developing a new ninjutsu? Good girl, hurry back."

Pakura's cheeks flushed, but she didn't budge. She glared at Rasa for a moment, then said angrily, "A messenger from the Land of Rain just arrived in the village. Elder Chiyo told me to call you over.

"The messenger from the Land of Rain was a young man and a young woman. I saw an Iron Butterfly on the blue-haired girl's head."

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