Lightning Release Secret Technique

Lightning Release Secret Technique

At that moment, Ayato felt a tingling numbness throughout his body. It was rather pleasant. He knew it was the effect of the electric arcs from earlier, and he could not help but marvel at it.

Sure enough, compared to his original world, the bodies in this world were anything but ordinary. If that had happened in his original world, feeling comfortable would have been out of the question; not being shocked numb would have been lucky enough.

Still, Lightning Release chakra, shape transformation, strengthening the body... Ayato sank into thought.

When it came to using Lightning Release chakra to strengthen the body, Kumogakure was impossible to ignore. Their secret technique, the Lightning Release Chakra Mode, was exceptionally impressive.

Unfortunately, Konoha did not possess that secret technique.

Of course, Ayato believed that Konoha—and perhaps every ninja village—was developing similar Lightning Release secret techniques. Kumogakure's technique was simply too eye-catching, and its principles were not difficult to understand.

But understanding the principles did not mean it was easy to develop, especially with a Lightning Release secret technique like this, where even a slight mistake could leave lasting damage to the body.

Ayato even believed that Konoha had already developed ninjutsu with similar effects in secret. However, the side effects were probably severe, and the results far inferior to Kumogakure's technique, so it had been shelved and no ninja used it.

More importantly, the development process would reveal how it worked, allowing them to better deal with Kumogakure ninja in the future.

But for now, the results developed by nearly every ninja village were not particularly good. That made sense. After all, this was Kumogakure's foundational secret technique. It would not be so easily replicated.

Ayato could only fantasize about Kumogakure's Lightning Release Chakra Mode. Though he coveted it somewhat, he knew there was an overwhelming chance he would never obtain it.

As for temporarily strengthening the body at a lower level, that should still be achievable, much like what Uchiha Sasuke had done during the Chunin Exams.

Still, Uchiha Sasuke was the protagonist. The treatment protagonists received could not be compared to that of supporting characters. The method Uchiha Sasuke had used to succeed so quickly might not have been any less dangerous. Perhaps overstimulating the muscles could directly roast the body...

Ayato needed this kind of strengthening, but his current need to raise his combat strength was not particularly urgent. He could slowly explore the method instead of rushing it.

First, he needed to learn more about the human body from the library. That would allow him to stimulate it more safely and comprehensively, with better results.

Ayato sighed. He had read some books on the human body before, but he had never studied the subject in depth. Now, it seemed he had another task on his hands.

Honestly, at that moment, Ayato suddenly understood Orochimaru a little. He wanted to do research too.

The fastest way to obtain a secret technique similar to the Lightning Release Chakra Mode was naturally to seize it directly, but almost no ninja could accomplish that at present.

The next option was forbidden research like Orochimaru's. Using living people for research would naturally speed things up tremendously. It would be even better if they could capture Kumogakure ninja capable of using the Lightning Release Chakra Mode alive.

Dead ones would work too. Even after death, the secrets of a body would not dissipate so quickly. By studying bodies strengthened by secret techniques, enough samples could allow one to reverse-engineer the technique.

Even some ninjutsu could be reverse-engineered. After all, every ninja had habitual chakra pathways when using ninjutsu, and studying those pathways made it possible to deduce the technique.

The problem was that a ninja knew too many ninjutsu, creating countless interfering factors. Reverse-engineering one required not only more samples, but also proof that the ninja had truly been capable of using that particular technique in life.

Secret techniques, on the other hand, were trained differently from ordinary ninjutsu, making them easier to reverse-engineer. That was why even ninja corpses were valuable materials. A village's Anbu would recover them, and if recovery was impossible, they would destroy them directly rather than leave them for another village.

Even so, reverse-engineering one would never be a matter of a day or two. Besides, there would not be that many corpses that just happened to belong to users of the Lightning Release Chakra Mode for experimentation.

Using ordinary living people afterward would make the efficiency plummet. If ordinary people were not used and animals were tested first, the efficiency would plummet even further...

In short, it was far from simple. If Ayato had access to forbidden methods, he was confident he could produce some results before the plot began—something useful, perhaps, but with severe side effects.

But then came the problem: there were not enough people for Ayato to experiment on. Even Root probably could not abduct that many people. And even if they did, such numbers would inevitably cause an uproar. He would probably be exposed and finished within days.

Besides, no one would let a six-year-old boy conduct experiments. Making him an experimental subject was more likely...

So from the very beginning, Ayato had known the path of a researcher was completely unworkable for him. He had arrived too late and had no time to conduct research, let alone secure funding before starting.

Would any fool fund the research of a child only a few years old?

To take the path of a researcher, he would have needed to arrive earlier—preferably in Orochimaru's generation. That would have made things much more feasible. If things went wrong, he could even pin it on Orochimaru...

Ayato sighed. If possible, scientific research would have been a good path for an "ordinary genius." Unfortunately, no matter what, he could not take that road.

First, he lacked time. Second, his talent in his previous life had not been geared toward research, and this life probably would not be much different. Finally, Ayato did not want to cross too many moral lines. At most, he would study dead ninja.

Still, it did not matter much that he could not take that path. Judging by things so far, his talent on the most conventional path was still decent.

As for the other path, becoming a prophet... even if he knew the plot inside out, everyone around him would need to be idiots. Or he would need enough wisdom to make everyone else look like idiots by comparison.

Was that possible? At any rate, Ayato did not think he could do it. He did not possess that kind of wisdom, so he should honestly work hard and grow stronger.

Ayato sat cross-legged, and electric arcs flickered across his body once more. High-level strengthening secret techniques might be difficult to develop, but could he not at least use this to relieve his body's fatigue?

As the electric arcs continued to dance, tingling sensations slowly spread through every part of his body. The feeling made Ayato feel almost intoxicated.

The more exhausted an area was, the stronger that tingling numbness became. When it reached the parts most strained by training, Ayato nearly could not stop himself from moaning.

Soon, Ayato opened his eyes. He was out of chakra. He had just used a C-rank ninjutsu, and the consumption had been too great.

Even so, after only this brief moment, Ayato could feel his body recovering much faster than before. That was while he had only performed the most superficial "massage" for safety's sake.

As his proficiency increased, Ayato believed the effects would improve more and more. With better bodily recovery, his chakra reserves would increase faster as well.

His current plans needed another adjustment. For the time being, he could train shape transformation in the Void State, then practice it a little to become familiar with it. The rest of his chakra would be used to "massage" his fatigued body.

Ayato's eyes flashed. Discovering the Void State and the Lightning Release Mode made his future seem brighter and brighter. He was beginning to look forward to it.