Railgun

The Shinobi World was in turmoil, with various factions reacting in their own ways, but Rasa, situated in Sunagakure, was reaping the rewards of being the fisherman who catches the fish while others fight.

Sitting at home, whiling away the days chatting with his two fiancées, and watching points pour in from the sky—could life be any more pleasant?

With Chiyo mediating, Karura did not have much of an objection to Rasa taking another wife; it was all for the sake of the village.

As for Pakura, she was the type to say one thing while meaning another. She kept harping on about the village, but in reality, she wasn't exactly resisting, even if she wouldn't call it a sweet delight.

The only one feeling miserable was his brother-in-law, Yashamaru. Just as I expected, my brother-in-law was still taken down by this wicked woman. From now on, I can't be as aggressive toward Pakura as I used to be.

On this day, Rasa contemplated the Starry Sky Vortex in his mind. <strong>[Points: 502]</strong>, he had finally broken through the 500-point mark.

With Ōnoki providing a divine assist, and accounting for the butterfly effect, the changes in the Shinobi World were becoming increasingly significant. This time, it had taken only half as long to save up 500 points compared to the last.

Without hesitation, he increased his [Electromagnetic Force Precision] to Lv2. The change wasn't massive, but he received a piece of information: the points required for Lv3 precision were the same as those for Lv2 intensity—2,000 points.

"As expected, just as I guessed."

"Precision is equivalent to authority, while intensity is power. Although intensity is more important, both are indispensable."

"I wonder where the limit of the Starry Sky Vortex lies, and if it can truly allow me to become The God."

Rasa's mind was filled with myriad thoughts, accompanied by a faint sense of regret.

Theoretically, the potential of electromagnetic force is infinite. If pushed to the extreme, through a unified field, one could achieve anything humanly imaginable.

This is equivalent to the Christian concept of God, The God—all-knowing, all-powerful, and capable of doing whatever one desires.

Humans are creatures that are never satisfied. Before obtaining his golden finger, Rasa's goal was simply to cling to Konohagakure and survive.

After obtaining the golden finger, Rasa's ambition grew step by step. With the opportunity to grow into an all-knowing, all-powerful supreme existence, how could he possibly give up?

What worried Rasa was the points. Based on the points required for leveling up and his own rate of acquisition, even if he turned the Shinobi World upside down, it would be impossible to gather enough points to develop his ability to the extreme.

Rasa had seen plenty of these tropes in web novels: 100 points for level 1, while the final level could cost millions or even more.

Still, as the saying goes, one must live in the present. Before becoming The God, he should set a small goal first—for instance, taking over the entire Shinobi World, including those aliens.

Making an excuse about having matters to attend to, he exchanged a few words with his two fiancées, then grabbed his tools and equipment and rushed to the wilderness to experiment and develop his new abilities.

The weight of the metal he could manipulate and his range of control had both improved significantly. Regarding wave frequencies, he was still limited to manipulating electromagnetic waves and using microwaves in a rudimentary fashion.

After some attempts, he felt a bit disappointed. The current avenues for development were limited; he could only pursue the path of electromagnetic acceleration.

"Then, let's first try the signature move of the Railgun Girl, the Railgun."

The Shinobi World certainly had coins. Rasa flipped the coin in his hand, staring at a pure iron target one hundred meters away, hoping it wouldn't disappoint him too much.

Electromagnetic force, activate!

There are many types of electromagnetic guns: coilguns, railguns, electrothermal guns, reconnection guns, etc.

The method used by the Railgun Girl, Misaka Konoto, to fire her railgun should be similar to a reconnection gun, which was also the easiest for Rasa to implement.

He constrained the electromagnetic force, simulating two rectangular coils above and below the coin.

Then, he increased the electromagnetic force output. The coin, subjected to the strong magnetic field force generated by the two rectangular coils, passed through the gap between them, instantly breaking the sound barrier and flying toward the target a hundred meters away.

The coin, having broken the sound barrier, rubbed violently against the air, generating intense heat. Its surface constantly eroded and burned, trailing a plume of white smoke, and after flying for more than thirty meters, it completely vanished.

Ordinary shells require gunpowder, which is why they smoke after being fired from a barrel. Railguns don't, because the kinetic energy of a railgun is electromagnetic, and the initial velocity is so high that it is the projectile itself that smokes.

Rasa frowned slightly. The coin weighed about seven or eight grams, and its initial velocity was about 4 times the speed of sound, or roughly 1300m/s, comparable to the most primitive railguns.

If he pushed his electromagnetic force to the limit, he should be able to increase the coin's initial velocity to at least 8 times the speed of sound, but that would be useless.

The effective range of the Railgun Girl's railgun is 50 meters, yet the coin he fired had a range of only thirty-some meters. Why?

It was possible that his initial velocity was higher, but it was more likely that he was limited by the technology of the Shinobi World, making the coins of the Shinobi World inferior in quality to those of Academy City.

This quality refers to many aspects: material melting point, purity, and so on.

He took out a kunai purchased from the Land of Artisans and, using the same method and output, fired it.

Breaking the sound barrier, the surface of the kunai, rubbing violently against the air, still showed signs of burning, but it was much better than the coin, only burning out completely after about seventy meters.

Rasa was finally satisfied. The Land of Artisans might be unscrupulous, but it seemed the quality of their ninja tools was reliable.

Walking forward fifty meters, using the kunai as a projectile again, Rasa fired another shot.

The kunai, with an initial velocity of four times the speed of sound, tore through the ten-centimeter-thick iron plate with overwhelming kinetic energy before Rasa could even hear the sonic boom, leaving a hole at least a dozen centimeters in diameter in the plate.

It was wider than the widest part of the kunai.

The power was decent. Rasa nodded slightly. With such powerful kinetic energy, he wouldn't need to worry when encountering jinchūriki or ninjas with strong physical defenses in the future.

I'm going to slaughter everyone!

However, there was still room for further development of this move, such as finding metals with higher melting and boiling points to use as projectiles.

He still had the metal pillars he used to suppress the Four-Tails in his storage scroll. He wondered how much the initial velocity could be increased with such heavy metal.

And what the maximum range could be—could he bombard an enemy base from eight hundred miles away?

With his current attack power, he wouldn't be afraid of an elderly Madara Uchiha capable of using Susanoo. The only trouble would be genjutsu.

It seems I need to develop abilities related to isolating genjutsu.

Just as Rasa was contemplating how to further develop his abilities, his younger wife, Pakura, came running from afar.

Aggressive and murderous, she glared at Rasa with such intense fury that she looked ready to slap him across the face right then and there.

"What's wrong?"

Did I do something to upset you? Rasa asked, puzzled. "Didn't they say I was developing a new jutsu? Be a good girl and go back."

Pakura's cheeks flushed, but she remained unmoved. After glaring at Rasa for a moment, she said indignantly, "Just now, an envoy from the Land of Rain arrived at the village, and Elder Chiyo told me to fetch you.

The envoys from the Land of Rain are a man and a woman, both quite young. On the head of that blue-haired girl, I saw an Iron Butterfly."