The Protagonist Wanted the Knowledge of Chapter 7

Whoosh, whoosh—!

Goenji leaped high into the air and stood atop a treetop, using his Sharingan to observe every direction and take in everything within his field of vision.

"Minato Namikaze really is cunning!"

It had already been half a month since the last battle.

Most of his injuries had healed, and there were no longer any obvious wounds on his body.

Over the past half month of fighting, Minato Namikaze had thoroughly stolen the spotlight, driving Kumogakure's invading forces in the Land of Fire into repeated retreats.

By his strength alone, he had made it difficult for Kumogakure to advance.

According to the available intelligence, the Land of Water seemed relatively calm for now.

Iwagakure and Kumogakure had launched the fiercest attacks.

Since the Third Kazekage had died, Sunagakure had lost a powerful combat force. It had not launched many direct attacks, instead focusing on harassing Konoha's borders. Though Konoha clearly knew Sunagakure's intentions, it still had to deploy part of its forces along the border.

This reduced Konoha's forces on its other battlefields.

By weakening Konoha's ability to resist without sacrificing a single soldier, they prevented Konoha from giving its full attention to attacks from other directions.

Having personally experienced this war, Goenji felt as though he were taking part in an epic, even if he was currently only a spectator.

During his recovery, aside from receiving treatment from medical ninja, he spent most of his time using the Sharingan's abilities to watch the area around the encampment and guard against enemy sneak attacks.

"The A-B Combo looks like it can't sit still any longer."

Minato Namikaze was not the only one who had become famous on this battlefield. Kumogakure's A-B Combo had also risen to prominence.

Minato Namikaze's actions over the past half month had thoroughly drawn Kumogakure's attention. Based on Goenji's understanding of war, the A-B Combo would definitely find a way to clash with Minato Namikaze within five days.

But none of that concerned him for the time being. His main goal was to scout the surrounding area and develop ninjutsu of his own.

"It's finally complete—my new ninjutsu. No wonder so few ninja can invent their own techniques, aside from certain geniuses!"

Goenji recalled the ninjutsu development he had worked on during the past half month while recovering from his injuries.

His first close-combat Fire Release ninjutsu could finally be used in actual battle.

Even with his current brain, it had taken another half month to develop his first close-combat Fire Release ninjutsu. That showed just how difficult it was to create ninjutsu.

In the original Naruto story, not many people had been able to develop ninjutsu of their own.

Kakashi, Sasuke, Naruto...

Which one of them was not a genius?

Even then, they had only developed a handful of techniques.

Fire Release: Fire Dragon's Iron Fist.

That was the name of Goenji's new ninjutsu.

Goenji formed hand seals with his left hand, and thick flames suddenly surged from his right. He clenched his right fist, looking somewhat like Kyo Kusanagi from a 4399 mini-game in his previous life.

But naturally, his ninjutsu had not yet reached that level of control over flames.

This technique was a new ninjutsu based on Dragon Flame Jutsu, with altered shape transformation and nature transformation.

He condensed the form of Dragon Flame Jutsu into his hand. When he struck, it would unleash the greatest power over the shortest distance, perfectly displaying Dragon Flame Jutsu's might.

It looked simple enough, but Goenji had spent a long time before finally completing this ninjutsu.

It possessed not only the impact force of Dragon Flame Jutsu, but also the explosive nature of Great Fireball.

Nature transformation was one of the foundations of ninjutsu.

Explosion, impact, high temperature, combustion... all of these were types of Fire Release nature transformation.

Of course, that was a more detailed classification.

The natures of basic ninjutsu were not divided so finely in most cases. However, the deeper a ninja's understanding of a particular nature transformation, the stronger that trait became.

That was one reason why, aside from chakra reserves, some people were extremely powerful with Fire Release while others were merely ordinary.

It was because their understanding of nature transformation was stronger.

Goenji had used shape transformation to control and compress the two natures of impact and explosion onto his fist.

"A profound understanding of these nature transformations is one of the foundations for Fire Release surpassing those other absurdly powerful ninjutsu. I need to understand them more deeply, and that requires knowledge."

To survive, Goenji had to surpass the combat strength of Pain, Madara Uchiha, Obito, Kaguya, and the others. Otherwise, when Obito and Itachi wiped out their clan in the future, he might not even be able to defeat them.

And for that, he needed a direction.

Fire Release nature transformation was his direction.

As long as the temperature was high enough, there was nothing that could not burn.

As long as the impact force was strong enough, no one could withstand it.

As long as the explosive power was great enough, surpassing the Rasengan would not be a problem.

Goenji already had many ideas for developing future ninjutsu.

To comprehend more and deeper nature transformations, he needed an in-depth understanding of the properties of fire.

And to study that in depth, he needed more knowledge of Fire Release, as well as basic knowledge of physics and chemistry related to temperature, impact, explosions, combustion, and so on.

Based on Goenji's knowledge of the Naruto anime, Kakashi's Chidori made use of vibration. When Kisame went to capture Killer B, Killer B had also used such knowledge in his Lightning Release, imbuing the pencil he used for writing with powerful vibrations and giving it tremendous penetrating power.

As for foundational knowledge, he would have to wait until the war ended or until he could return to Konoha before he had time to study it. That left Goenji feeling somewhat frustrated.

He had never craved this kind of knowledge so badly before.

It was all because the original owner had not learned enough. He had focused entirely on combat.

As for him, a transmigrator, he had only graduated middle school—a semi-illiterate who had never scored above forty on an exam.

It was only because his brain worked better now and he learned faster than ordinary students. Otherwise, even if he knew this could make him stronger, it would be useless.

Talent was talent. It was not something hard work could compare to.

"Goenji, emergency mission."

Just as he was lost in thought, a Konoha ninja called out to him.

Whoosh, whoosh—!

Goenji followed beside him and asked, "What emergency mission?"

"We're going up against Kumogakure's A-B Combo this time. They're attacking our people. Lord Minato is leading a team to reinforce them, and he wants the strong ones."

The Konoha ninja replied.

Goenji's eyes lit up when he heard that. It was finally starting.

This was a very famous battle, one that had caused countless original-story fans to argue back and forth.

Some said Minato Namikaze could crush the A-B Combo.

Others said Minato Namikaze would be injured while the A-B Combo died.

There were also all sorts of theories: one dead and one injured, one dead and two injured, Kumogakure's ninja being wiped out, and so on.

Now he could witness it with his own eyes.

With his current strength, and with his injuries nearly healed, he really could participate in this battle. Sending him there would not make him a burden.

He was a little excited. He wondered whether he would get a chance to use his new Fire Release.