"Boom!"
A flash of light streaked across the sky, followed by a thunderous roar, causing the dozen or so Konoha Ninja who were running at high speed across the muddy ground to look up at the sky.
Six hours had passed since the group set off from the camp, and the once imposing thunderclouds overhead showed signs of weakening.
Seeing this, Orochimaru's expression darkened. He silently quickened his pace again, skillfully using Body Flicker Technique continuously. His extremely fast speed caused him to disappear like a phantom across the muddy ground.
Fortunately, the Konoha Ninja participating in this mission were all elites with good skills in the Body Flicker Technique, so even if Orochimaru quickened his pace, he could still keep up with them relatively easily.
"That feels good. This is the speed we need for missions. The slow, sluggish movement with the main force these past few months was really tough."
Uchiha Yūichi trailed at the back of the group, feeling the oncoming gale. He deliberately opened his mouth to let the wind rush in, seemingly enjoying the exhilarating speed.
Beside him, Shiina Kō followed closely. Hearing Yūichi say something, he turned his head and saw Yūichi's expression completely out of control.
The strong wind stretched his mouth wide, making his entire face seem to swell up, completely erasing Yūichi's traditional Uchiha Clan handsome and cold demeanor.
Shaking his head, Shiina Kō indicated that he was already used to it, and turned back to focus on his journey.
Shin'un, who was ahead, also turned his head to look at Yūichi. Although he couldn't hear what Yūichi said because of the strong wind in his ears, he could tell what Xiong Yi was thinking just by looking at the unrestrained smile on his face.
Shin'un smiled; he was in a pleasant mood as well.
To be honest, following the main group for the past few months has been quite stifling for him.
After all, it was hundreds or even thousands of ninjas acting together. No matter how much they increased their speed, it would be like a snail's pace for him or Yūichi, as uncomfortable as carrying shackles for no reason.
Moreover, the high-speed movement while using the Body Flicker Technique, feeling the rushing wind and watching the scenery flash by... at least for Shin'un himself, it was a kind of enjoyment and pleasure.
However, he doesn't have the extra energy to enjoy that pleasure right now...
"Sigh~"
Silently sighing to himself, Shin'un lingered his gaze on Yūichi Yi's face, which was full of exaggerated expressions, for a moment before turning his head to look ahead.
Maintaining his pace and keeping up with the group, Shin'un looked down at his right palm, where a small ball of blue-purple electricity was constantly flickering.
"Sizzle~"
Looking at the small ball of electricity in his palm, Shin'un narrowed his eyes and subtly adjusted the flow of Lightning Release Chakra within his body.
"That should be about right."
Continuously adjusting the Lightning Release Chakra within his body, until a certain moment, Shin'un frowned and dissipated the electric current in his right palm, feeling a wave of exhaustion wash over him.
After leaving the camp, Orochimaru rushed straight to the location of the fortress-shaped puppet mentioned in the intelligence report.
Throughout his journey, he constantly pondered how to execute this unfinished Ninjutsu.
Contrary to his expectations, this process left him quite exhausted.
However, although the process was tiring, the result was good... I think...
Thinking of this, Shin'un felt somewhat helpless.
Although his mastery of Lightning Release was already outstanding, unmatched by anyone in the entire Konoha, including the Third Hokage.
However, this does not mean that he can perfect a Lightning Release Ninjutsu of at least S rank from scratch in a few hours.
Therefore... Shin'un took a different approach and used other methods.
Just as he had planned, he used his superb Lightning Release skills to forcefully unleash Lightning Release in an almost unreasonable way!
To put it specifically...
Since there's no hope of perfecting Ninjutsu in the short term, why not just extract the useful parts from other well-developed Ninjutsu and piece them together?
To put it more directly, it's actually a stitching Ninjutsu.
Is this unreasonable enough?
The infinitely elongated Lightning Snake contacts the thunderclouds in the sky. The snake's head splits into Lightning Net that gathers lightning within the thunderclouds, eventually transforming into Lightning Chain that guide the endless lightning from the thunderclouds to attack the enemy.
Shin'un's idea was to forcibly extract fragments from three advanced Ninjutsu Lightning Release and then systematically fuse them together.
I have to say, this is crazy.
Perhaps any ninja in the Shinobi World would find this operation utterly absurd and think it was impossible to accomplish.
But actually, this is also a very difficult operation for Shin'un...
After all, to forcibly stitch three Ninjutsu together to achieve the effect of a single Ninjutsu, one must first have an absolute understanding of all three Ninjutsu.
It's not simply about being skilled at it; you must clearly understand the meaning and effect behind every hand seal, every flow of Chakra, and even a pause.
Only then can you begin to select some useful snippets.
For example, you might just want a Lightning Snake that extends straight up to the sky, or a looser but more diffuse Lightning Net that can gather lightning.
Then, you can indirectly achieve the desired effect by forcibly using these extracted fragments.
Of course, there are many problems that could drive countless Lightning Release ninjas bald.
For example, what if there's a conflict in the Chakra flow trajectory between different segments?
If we need to adjust the trajectory, how do we do that?
Once the Chakra flow trajectory is adjusted, will the extracted Ninjutsu fragments still be able to exert their original effects?
Finally, and most importantly...
Why can Lightning Net gather and concentrate lightning?
Electric current has no physical form; it's like flowing water. How can a Lightning Net gather it together?
Most Lightning Release ninjas in the Shinobi World probably don't understand why.
Or perhaps a Lightning Release ninja who understands the secrets is unable to gather the lightning, nor can he explain it to others.
Shin'un stated that this content is from a high school physics textbook.
"Principle of attraction between currents in the same direction".
"The principle of attraction between currents in the same direction states that when two parallel straight conductors are subjected to the Ampere force, currents in the same direction attract each other, while currents in opposite directions repel each other."
Simply put, when two current-carrying wires are parallel and close to each other, they will generate a magnetic field. If the currents are in the same direction, they attract each other; if they are in opposite directions, they repel each other.
When applied to the tailor version of Lightning Release: Lightning Strike, it can create the magical technique of catching lightning with Lightning Net.
It's very simple, right?
So, what we need to do next is to observe the movement of all the lightning in the thundercloud and react in time to use Lightning Release to attract the lightning. After repeating this dozens or even hundreds of times, we will have completed the operation of gathering the lightning!
"Sigh~"
Following behind Orochimaru, Shin'un shook his head, silently thinking, "If I don't continue to refine this Ninjutsu, I'm afraid only I will be able to use Lightning Release from now on."
"Ordinary ninjas probably wouldn't understand the secrets behind it."
Basic education is still very important...