Arguments and Research on the Super Electromagnetic Cannon

After yesterday's hard fight at the Naka River, Hyuga Satoru had accumulated some metal ore.

Ideals were plump, but reality was bony.

He had originally held out a sliver of hope that he might pan some gold dust.

But when he struggled out of the river and onto the bank, from his thighs down to his toes, he was covered in all sorts of strange things.

There were rusty kunai and shuriken, tangled clumps of steel wire, shapeless pots, bowls, and pans...

What he had not expected was that there was even women's underwear???

Because of its metal underwire, it clung tightly to his butt like a slug.

Which Uchiha's masterpiece was this?

The place where he panned for gold was downstream on the Naka River, while the middle and upper reaches lay within Uchiha territory. These strange things undoubtedly all came from the Uchiha Clan.

Still, aside from all that junk, Hyuga Satoru had also obtained some fairly pure metal ore.

Some of the materials seemed rather good.

Once he had accumulated enough, he planned to ask about the buyback price at a Ninja Tool Shop in the Hidden Leaf Village.

As far as he knew, Ninja Tool Shops consumed a considerable amount of metal every day. If one was willing to buy his ore, then even at a low price, it would at least be a source of income.

His upcoming training plans...

Were going to burn through money!

After wandering around Konoha Village, Hyuga Satoru settled on a Ninja Tool Shop.

Unlike the other shops, this one had a metal smelting furnace beside it, which meant there was a good chance it bought metal ore.

The owner was a middle-aged man with one shoulder exposed, and he was built like a brick wall.

Hyuga Satoru took a breath and forced himself to approach.

"Hello, I have some metal ore. Do you buy this sort of thing here?"

Hyuga Satoru handed the bag of metal ore to the man.

The man frowned slightly. His first instinct was to send Hyuga Satoru away, but when he saw the ore in the bag, he paused and took it for a closer look.

The smallest pieces of metal ore in the bag were only the size of fingernails, while the largest were the size of fists, all reflecting a faint sheen.

Hyuga Satoru waited nervously for the man's response.

He did not know the value of the ore, but since he could easily attract it with Electromagnetic Force, its purity seemed quite high. The Ninja Tool Shop might be willing to buy it.

Sure enough, after examining it carefully, the man nodded.

"This ore is fairly pure and relatively easy to refine. If you have a larger quantity, I can take some off your hands."

Hyuga Satoru let out a breath.

"How did you get this ore?"

The man eyed him suspiciously.

"I picked it up by the river. I usually like collecting stones along the riverbank, and over time, I gathered quite a bit."

Hyuga Satoru answered calmly.

He had prepared his excuse long ago.

"I see!"

The man nodded.

He was not a ninja, but he still recognized Hyuga Satoru's Byakugan.

A member of the Hyuga Clan?

He looked young, but he came from a powerful clan. Perhaps his parents were formidable ninja as well.

There was not much ore, but the purity was good. Buying it as a favor would not be a problem.

Of course, he could never have imagined that Hyuga Satoru was an orphan whose parents had both died.

"I'll give you 300 Ryo for this ore. If you find more later, you can bring it here for buyback."

"Then thank you, mister!"

Hyuga Satoru replied with a smile.

300 Ryo was not a small amount. After all, his monthly living expenses were only 1,500 Ryo.

Rounding it off, he was making over ten thousand a month!

Could you imagine that?

He was not even seven yet.

It was still that same river.

Hyuga Satoru had rolled his pants up to the very top and was diligently scooping up ore.

There were two piles on the bank. One pile was ore, and the other pile was also ore.

The difference was that the smaller pile contained ore Hyuga Satoru had carefully selected for its resale value.

The larger pile was full of strange junk—rusty pots, bowls, pans, iron wire, and the like. Even if there was ore in it, it was scrap that the Ninja Tool Shop would not buy.

Beside him, metal skewers holding grilled fish rotated by themselves over a campfire, continuously releasing an enticing aroma.

"Time to eat!"

After collecting from this stretch of river.

Hyuga Satoru stretched lazily, walked over to the grilled fish, and happily began eating.

Being his own wage slave meant no more 996!

"It's time to develop a new ability!"

After eating and drinking his fill, Hyuga Satoru muttered thoughtfully.

He took a coin from his pocket and tossed it high into the air.

As the coin fell, the world around him seemed to slow down.

Electric light flickered at Hyuga Satoru's fingertips as he casually flicked a finger.

Wrapped in crackling arcs of electricity, the coin shot out and struck a fish in the river in an instant.

Water splashed as the fish floated belly-up to the surface.

The signature move of the Railgun girl: Super Electromagnetic Cannon!

Having awakened Electromagnetic Force yet not cosplaying the Railgun girl's signature move would be letting down all the anime he had watched in his previous life.

But at present, the LV1 Super Electromagnetic Cannon...

Could only be used for catching fish.

Hyuga Satoru sighed.

He did not know whether his Electromagnetic Force level was the same as the Railgun girl's level in Academy City.

But while it was not impossible for LV1 to develop a Super Electromagnetic Cannon, its power was painfully underwhelming.

These past few days, Hyuga Satoru had been constantly thinking about how to develop an Electromagnetic Cannon.

His current Byakugan range extended a full kilometer. Within that kilometer, virtually no living creature could escape his observation.

If he paired that with the long-range firepower of an Electromagnetic Cannon...

Sir, The times have changed???

He could not do it barehanded. He had to rely on tools.

His initial idea was a gun-like weapon, using a high-precision Iron Cannons barrel and bullets to create something similar to the Electromagnetic Sniper Rifle from his previous life.

But he quickly abandoned that idea.

First, an ordinary Ninja Tool Shop could not make such a high-precision weapon. Even if one could, the price would be beyond what he could afford right now.

Second, considering its power, with the strength of LV1 Electromagnetic Force, achieving the power he wanted was probably unrealistic.

Once his Electromagnetic Force level increased, that approach would likely become the optimal solution.

His second idea was a weapon similar to a crossbow.

A long, narrow metal rail in the middle would provide electromagnetic propulsion, while the specially made metal bolt would be flat and elongated, allowing it to receive the maximum acceleration from the magnetic field.

Furthermore, the bow's elastic potential energy could stack with electromagnetic energy to achieve the greatest possible destructive force!

Hyuga Satoru's eyes lit up.

For his current Electromagnetic Force level, the second method was undoubtedly the optimal solution.

The first could be used in the future once his Electromagnetic Force level improved.

The second could be used right now!

Now that he had a long-range attack method, he also needed to develop a close-range one. Gentle Fist was the Hyuga Clan's most famous attack style.

Hyuga Satoru's response was that even a dog would not learn it!

He walked over to a large tree as thick as an embrace, lowered his center of gravity, and assumed a Gentle Fist stance.

Hyuga Satoru drew a deep breath. His gaze sharpened, and a pale blue membrane of light gradually lit up over his right palm.

Once it had accumulated to a certain point.

Hyuga Satoru suddenly struck!

With a dull boom, the pale blue membrane burst from his palm into the tree trunk, blasting bark everywhere.

The leaves on the tree behind it shook as the blue membrane spread at high speed, scattering leaves all over the ground.

If the Hyuga Clan Head had been here, his eyelids would have twitched as he shouted, "The hell is this Gentle Fist?"

Hyuga Satoru looked down at his palm. It was flushed red and trembling slightly.

"Just as I expected, if I compress the magnetic flux to a certain degree and release it, it forms this kind of high-intensity Electromagnetic Pulse."

An Electromagnetic Pulse weapon!

In other words, an EMP. It appeared in many science-fiction films, and its principle was not particularly complicated.

It used a rapidly expanding, powerful alternating magnetic field to strike the nitrogen and oxygen atoms in the air, splitting and ionizing them. Then, through electromagnetic induction, it instantly generated a high-voltage current in circuits and broke them down.

The palm strike Hyuga Satoru had unleashed carried a powerful high-voltage current and possessed immense repulsive force.

That was also why the leaves behind the tree had fallen all over the ground.

"Let's call this move Magnetic Storm Palm! Its power is decent enough. If I have enough Chakra, I can turn every strike of Gentle Fist Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms into a Magnetic Storm Palm! It's just..."

Hyuga Satoru frowned slightly as he looked at his trembling palm.

"For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. This move demands a great deal from the body's strength. With my current physical condition, I probably cannot even throw eighteen palms, much less sixty-four."

"Looks like I need to improve my physical condition. Aside from fishing and panning for ore, I can also put that Prisoner Workout routine from my previous life to use."

He had been a corporate slave in his previous life and had had no time to exercise, so he had bought the full set of Prisoner Workout books. He had accumulated quite a bit of theoretical knowledge.

After deciding on his direction, Hyuga Satoru stretched lazily and felt incomparably refreshed.

"Then it's happily decided! Pan ore to save money and develop the Electromagnetic Cannon, and use Prisoner Workout to train Magnetic Storm Palm!"