Naruto brought Sasuke to the exclusive training ground specially arranged for him. Naruto didn't need to stress, Sasuke had already dove in head first.
Looking at Sasuke's crazy training state, Naruto nodded slightly, then turned around and came to Arsenal, who had just reorganized Root.
Team leader Technical Department, Kenta Kobayashi's dark circles almost reached his chin, and his eyeballs were bloodshot, but his spirit was in an extremely excited state. Holding something in both hands, his movements were pious and trembling, and he walked towards the figure standing at the door.
"Commissar Master..."
His voice was hoarse.
"The first prototype is completed."
Naruto turned around.
It is completely black and has a familiar and friendly rough shape. It is much larger than a conventional ninja tool, with a thick body and tough lines.
Kenta Kobayashi presented the weapon, with a hint of regret and shame in his fanatical eyes. "But... Master Commissar, it is just a defective product. Limited by Konoha's existing technology, we cannot make the 'explosive bomb' with its own micro-explosion array as shown in the drawing. What is used now is only a specially made large-caliber solid bullet. The power... I am afraid it is only less than 30% of the design specification."
Naruto took the heavy prototype gun without sagging his arm at all. He weighed the weight, inspected the details of the trigger, feed port and barrel, and smiled from the bottom of his heart.
He was not harsh.
From the beginning, he did not expect that this world's craftsmanship could be perfected in one step to reproduce Imperium's killing tool that had gone through countless war iterations. Miniaturized high-energy explosives, delayed fuzes, secondary propulsion... Those technologies were indeed difficult to achieve in a world where ordinary guns were not popular.
The drawings he gave were themselves simplified countless times. And his real purpose was not explosives, but chakra.
Using chakra instead of high explosives was the solution he came up with.
Naruto walked to the shooting position, raised the weapon he named "Bolter" with both hands, and aimed at the target made of a special alloy a hundred meters away. His posture was as standard as a textbook, his feet were firmly rooted on the ground, and his entire body formed a perfect force transmission structure.
He pulled the trigger.
There was a dull hum, like the low roar of some giant beast in its throat.
The next moment, the bullet tore through the air, carrying an elusive trajectory, and hit the alloy target hard.
"Clang!"
A huge hole was blasted out in the center of the several-centimetre-thick alloy target, and the edges turned red due to violent friction.
The huge recoil shook the air, but Naruto's arm didn't even sway at all.
"Physical destructive power, barely qualified." Naruto put down the gun and commented calmly.
Kenta Kobayashi was so excited that his whole body was shaking. This power was beyond his imagination.
"The core issue is 'energy conduction'." Naruto pointed out pointedly, "How to solidify chakra stably and encapsulate it into ammunition, so that each bullet becomes a miniature ninjutsu, this is the key."
The enthusiasm on Kenta Kobayashi's face cooled instantly, and he scratched his head in distress. "Master Commissar, this... this is already a blind spot in our knowledge. We can attach chakra to weapons, but we have to 'pack' it into a solid like a liquid, and we must ensure that it explodes only when it hits at high speed... This..."
He suddenly remembered something and his eyes lit up. "However, I have heard some rumors. Kirigakure Those craftsmen who have built famous swords for generations seem to have mastered some kind of secret technique that can perfectly fuse chakra with metal and even give the blade special properties. Maybe... that is the only way."
Kirigakure.
Naruto's eyes narrowed.
The two chess pieces he laid out, "Fire Seed Plan", Momochi Zabuza and Bai, had penetrated back into Kirigakure, and were instantly linked to the entry "Technology Introduction".
A complete plan quickly took shape in his mind.
Just as Naruto and Kenta Kobayashi were discussing technical details, Arsenal's heavy iron door was roughly pushed open from the outside, and a tall figure broke in carelessly, breaking the cold Order here.
"Hey! Naruto! Can't you put some more lights in here? It's too gloomy."
Jiraiya's voice was loud and incompatible with the atmosphere here. He frowned and looked at this place full of metal and fire Yakumi, and finally his eyes fell on the ferocious weapon in Naruto's hand, and the corners of his eyes twitched.
"What dangerous toy are you tinkering with again?"
Without waiting for Naruto to answer, he walked up to him in a few steps and his expression became serious. "Stop playing around, there is business. The old man doesn't want to continue, and his abdication is a certainty. Now the top management of the village is in chaos, and they urgently need someone with weight and ability to control the situation to be Fifth Hokage."
Jiraiya folded his hands on his chest and put on a posture of "this is a big task".
"So, I'm going to find Tsunade. You, come with me!"
Naruto had an expressionless face and tried. "You are also one of Sannin and a disciple of the third generation. Don't you want to be Hokage?"
Jiraiya laughed and said, "What Hokage is not Hokage, I am now your consultant here."
Naruto understands, Jiraiya doesn't want to be Hokage.
It is true that this bohemian and unruly guy would not be willing to stay in the office and deal with complicated official duties.
Regarding Tsunade, Root's intelligence system has already compiled all the information on Tsunade on his desk.
[Tsunade: One of the legendary Sannin, granddaughter of First Hokage. Possessing Shinobi World's top battlefield medical capabilities and Strength Taijutsu. Due to the death of his lover and younger brother, he suffered from severe anemia, resulting in obvious combat weaknesses, long-term addiction to gambling, and extremely poor gambling luck.]
Naruto's brain automatically gave the assessment.
"Well... it is a high-value recyclable asset. Its psychological trauma is repairable, and it is necessary to 'correct' it, restore it to a healthy state, and incorporate it into the Konoha strategic system."
Naruto was lost in thought, and there seemed to be no reaction on the surface. This made Jiraiya a little anxious. He came closer, lowered his voice, and said in a seductive tone, "I know your kid is not interested in Hokage, but this time is different. As long as you come with me, I will teach you a powerful ninjutsu that I know best. How about it? I guarantee it will be better than you idiots!"
Naruto came back from thinking and glanced at Jiraiya.
"Okay."
He agreed simply and neatly.
Jiraiya choked back all the words he had prepared. He was stunned for a moment before he realized. "Ah? Oh... good! It's refreshing enough!"
Naruto handed the prototype gun in his hand to Zero who was standing by.
"Give it to Sasuke Uchiha." Naruto's voice said without a trace of ripples, "Prepare a completed training plan for him."
"Yes." Zero took the weapon.
"In addition," Naruto added, "Contact Zabuza and Bai from Kirigakure and ask them to find the craftsman who made the famous sword at all costs."
"Understood."
After doing all this, Naruto turned around and said to Jiraiya, who was still in a daze, "Let's go."
Jiraiya always felt weird looking at Naruto giving orders and having everything under control. He felt that he was not inviting a junior to perform a task, but instead seemed to be asking a leader to approve his actions.
He shook his head to put away this ridiculous thought, grinned, and followed.
"Okay! Let's go! Let me show you the world of real adults!"