Free Web NovelChapter 291: Studying Blue B’s Body
"It actually didn’t level up?"
After the banquet ended, Shinichi walked alone through the brightly illuminated streets of Konoha, smiling as he continuously responded to the enthusiastic greetings from villagers and ninja alike.
"So the Sage of Six Paths simply didn’t care?"
Shinichi frowned inwardly.
Is it because this progenitor of ninja had long since seen through countless ideals and empty words in the world, and to him, his speech was merely childish rambling, not worthy of even the slightest emotional ripple, naturally making it impossible to form effective recognition?
"Or..."
Shinichi suddenly recalled his speculation regarding the advancement conditions for purple and even higher-quality talents.
Not only did it require deep and intense qualitative recognition from top-tier figures, but it also required broad quantitative awareness from large numbers of people who clearly and uniformly understood the talent.
What he had done just now, perhaps the recognition brought by the Sage of Six Paths had already met the conditions in terms of height, perhaps even exceeded them considerably. But in terms of scope... after understanding this point, the trace of confusion and faint disappointment in Shinichi’s heart immediately vanished.
"It seems... in the future, I truly will have to dedicate myself completely to accomplishing a great cause for this world."
’Shinobi World, prepare yourselves to welcome your savior!’
Shinichi thought inwardly.
Soon after, he temporarily set aside that thought. Instead of returning to his residence, he turned toward another direction during the night.
Not long after, he passed through several secluded streets and, with special authorization, silently entered an independent research area under Konoha’s medical department with a very high level of confidentiality.
At the end of the corridor, in a fully equipped, brightly lit laboratory, a cold metal operating table sat quietly in the center, covered with a white cloth outlining the shape of a human body.
Blue B.
This former Eight-Tails Jinchuriki and top-tier Village Hidden in the Cloud powerhouse, after Shinichi led his forces back to the main camp, his corpse was immediately submitted as an important war trophy and intelligence source.
Afterward, it was quickly sent to the village’s most professional intelligence interrogation and autopsy department, where the most meticulous processing had already been carried out over this period, squeezing out every bit of information it might contain.
Not long after Shinichi returned to Konoha with the army today, this corpse, having completed its intelligence mission, was secretly transferred into this laboratory specially prepared for him.
Studying Blue B’s corpse, attempting to reverse-engineer, understand, and even reproduce the mysteries of the Village Hidden in the Cloud’s world-renowned core inheritance, the Lightning Style Armour, was one of Shinichi’s long-established plans.
From the very beginning, Shinichi never intended to conceal this matter. Instead, he directly and openly informed Konoha’s higher-ups about it.
Given his current status and reputation in Konoha, researching the corpse of a top enemy nation powerhouse in an attempt to gain power from it to strengthen Konoha and counter the Village Hidden in the Cloud, what big deal was that?
Moreover, in the minds of many people, he had long since become the perfect inheritor of the second Hokage’s will, wisdom, and sense of responsibility.
Using enemy corpses for research and conducting some human experimentation was simply the orthodox inheritance and glorious continuation of the second Hokage-sama’s spirit!
As long as it did not cross the red line of experimenting on Konoha’s own people, all such research appeared completely justified.
Shinichi walked to the experiment table, his expression calm and unmoved as he slowly lifted the white cloth covering it.
Blue B’s face, which still retained a trace of unyielding defiance even in death, was exposed beneath the cold lights.
Although Shinichi had already constructed a Fire Style Chakra Mode unique to himself and was continuously refining it, if he could reverse-engineer, understand, and even absorb the core essence of the Lightning Style Armour, the help it would bring him would be enormous.
The core of his Fire Style Chakra Mode lay in utilizing the violent, scorching, and explosively powerful fire nature chakra, focusing on instantaneous amplification of strength, the ultimate enhancement of offensive destructive power, and control and protection against high temperatures and flames.
The core of Village Hidden in the Cloud’s Lightning Style Armour, meanwhile, lies in utilizing the stimulating, activating, and rapid conductive nature of lightning-nature chakra, focusing on the extreme enhancement of neural reaction speed, explosive growth in bodily movement and attack speed, and strengthening the paralysis and penetration properties of Lightning Style.
Fire nature chakra itself was not known for speed. The reason his current Flame Step was so fast was that it relied on an instantaneous burst of chakra, similar to detonating a chakra thruster beneath his feet to create immense instantaneous propulsion.
In essence, it was an explosive displacement technique rather than a sustained full-body acceleration, and it did not strengthen neural reaction speed.
"Then..."
Looking at the corpse before him, countless glass-like radiances flashed deep within Shinichi’s eyes.
Lightning Speed Reflex and Clarity combined together, transforming into a transcendent vision beyond mortal comprehension, like the most precise scanner, beginning to repeatedly sweep across Blue B’s corpse from head to toe.
"Let me see where exactly the secrets of Lightning Style Nintaijutsu are hidden within your body."
...
One week later, at the Konoha’s training ground four.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Crisp, dense sounds of metal clashing exploded continuously like a violent storm. Every collision scattered sparks as two figures rapidly crossed, separated, and charged at one another again, stirring powerful gusts of wind.
The silver-haired boy moved with agile swiftness, the short blade in his hand tracing dangerous cold arcs of light. Every strike was tricky, vicious, and swift as a shooting star.
The black-haired boy, meanwhile, stood as steady as a mountain. Facing the storm-like assault, he either dodged or blocked, his movements carrying an effortless calmness.
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Accompanied by a thunderous blast far louder than before, the silver-haired boy let out a muffled grunt as his body uncontrollably flew backward!
It was Kakashi Hatake.
While flying backward through the air, Kakashi’s eyes sharpened. He reversed his grip and fiercely stabbed his short blade into the ground.
Using the recoil force, he forcibly twisted his body, dispersing most of the impact while his left hand instantly formed several afterimage-like hand seals before his chest!
Blinding lightning rapidly condensed at his fingertips!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Countless sharp lightning needles formed from highly compressed lightning nature chakra shot toward the black-haired boy in the distance like a torrential storm!
There were so many of them, covering such a vast area, that nearly every possible angle of evasion was sealed off!
Chidori Senbon!
This was a mid-range, wide-area, high-density Lightning Style derivative attack Kakashi had developed based on Chidori, intended to seal off evasive space and overwhelm through sheer quantity. It was extremely troublesome to deal with.
Yet, facing this swift and deadly lightning assault, Shinichi Higashino’s expression remained incomparably calm.
He did not even make any motion to dodge or block.
He merely stood there quietly.
Crackle!
In the next second, a dazzling blue-white lightning glow suddenly erupted across the surface of his body!
Countless fine arcs of electricity danced like wildly writhing silver serpents, instantly intertwining and leaping, weaving themselves into a faintly visible blue-white lightning armor around his body that radiated powerful chakra fluctuations.
The incoming Chidori Senbon struck the layer of lightning armor like raindrops hitting tough rubber, producing faint sizzling sounds. They only caused weak ripples and tiny dents across the blue-white electrical net, yet could not penetrate the seemingly thin layer of lightning defense at all before being filled and repaired by even more surging lightning nature chakra.
After the storm of lightning ended, Shinichi stood there completely unharmed. The blue-white lightning armor surrounding him flickered faintly before slowly retracting and dissipating as though it had never existed.
