Chapter 214: The Man Who Cosplays as Railgun
Putting aside these overly ethereal and empty questions, Haruno Sakura also had enough realistic reasons to do such an experiment.
Her ninjutsu required the use of clones for experiments—"The Akatsuki who are after Naruto are terrifyingly strong, so I must get stronger as soon as possible so I can protect him," and so on.
Yūgao also needed a qualified new heart—"I want to make a suitable new heart for Yūgao, to give her back the qualification to chase her dreams," and the like.
She felt extremely chuunibyou saying these things, but Sasuke, for some reason, bought it completely.
After all, he was still at that chuunibyou age.
If it was for the sake of his comrades, then it wasn't something that couldn't be understood.
So Sasuke, who had been hesitating, finally nodded and reluctantly expressed his approval.
He also agreed to accompany her to the Land of Snow to help establish the base.
Of course, Sasuke's idea was to follow along and watch. If Sakura really did go down an evil path, then he had an obligation to bring her back to the right one...
The reason Sakura had pulled Sasuke along, apart from diverting attention and making her actions less conspicuous, was another purpose: to borrow Sasuke's Sharingan to cast some genjutsu.
The matter of establishing a base, of course, still needed Kazahana Koyuki's nod in the end. As the daimyo of the Land of Snow, she would have to look over the final result. However, for the purpose of secrecy, and also to protect her, Sakura had already made an agreement with Koyuki. After she was aware of this information, she would cast a powerful genjutsu on Koyuki, making her forget these confidential details in her daily life, so that she wouldn't accidentally let it slip.
In addition, she also had to cast a genjutsu near the base to prevent ordinary people from accidentally stumbling into it.
To maintain it for a long time, she would have to use a very powerful genjutsu.
It was just that Sakura herself was basically clueless when it came to casting genjutsu. This kind of thing could only be left to the Sasuke she completely trusted.
This was not Sakura making a big deal out of nothing.
Haruno Sakura was full of confidence in her own future strength.
Her current strength could be considered to be at the level of an elite Jonin, and she had vaguely touched the edge of the Kage-level. Even if Haruno Sakura were to stop developing new ninjutsu from now on, with the natural growth of her age, experience, and chakra, Sakura would sooner or later be promoted to the Kage-level.
Not to mention those super ultimate moves she was planning to develop.
To say that sooner or later she would become a powerhouse that the entire ninja world would pay attention to was not even considered narcissistic...
In short, in the near future, her every move would be watched by those with intentions. Collecting intelligence on the strong was an open practice in every ninja village. At that time, Kazahana Koyuki, as her friend, would be in a rather delicate position, especially since Sakura would be going to the Land of Snow from time to time... And if she still acted as if she knew Haruno Sakura's secrets, then it would not just be delicate, but very dangerous.
At least for now, some organizations or ninja villages that were more concerned with Konoha's intelligence had already begun to pay attention to this rising Ice Style supernova girl...
So in some details, she had also begun to take precautions. For a friend to act as if they knew many of one's own secrets was actually a very dangerous thing. This was also the reason why many strong people would not make friends with ordinary people!
And as a reward for his help, Haruno Sakura decided to give a jutsu to Sasuke.
She actually felt a little pained in her heart when she gave this jutsu out, because Sakura had been hesitating whether to use this jutsu herself or to give it to Kakashi and Sasuke...
"A new Lightning Style ninjutsu?"
Sasuke was a little strange. Although he knew that the girl was very good at developing ninjutsu, for her to actually say she knew a thing or two about Lightning Style and had even conceived of a new ninjutsu, the black-haired youth felt that Sakura might be overstepping a bit.
He said faintly, "Actually, it's just a small matter... a reward is not necessary at all."
"You really don't want it?"
Looking at the mysterious expression on the pink-haired girl's face, Sasuke said it was nothing, but a bit of curiosity rose in his heart.
"Hn? What kind of ninjutsu is it?"
"Well, this is a jutsu used by a woman named Misaka Mikoto. She also uses Lightning Style," Haruno Sakura said seriously, holding back the smile at the corner of her mouth. "And around the age of 12, she had already reached the level of 'Kage'."
If LV1 corresponds to the level of a Ninja Academy student, then LV5 is equivalent to Kage-level. So to treat an Electromaster esper as a Kage-level master proficient in Lightning Style, there's no sense of incongruity at all!
A 12-year-old Kage-level powerhouse proficient in Lightning Style, Misaka Mikoto, hn... no problem!
"She was at the Hokage's level at the age of 12?" Sasuke was slightly moved.
To think that someone younger than him had such powerful strength! He was somewhat shocked.
Looking at the Sasuke who had been completely bamboozled, the pink-haired girl nodded with satisfaction and continued, "And this jutsu I'm talking about is Misaka Mikoto's famous ultimate technique, called—"
This ninjutsu had originated from an inspiration Haruno Sakura had suddenly had a few months ago, at the beginning of the Land of Snow mission.
At that time, when she had discovered that Sasuke had gained the nickname "Biri Biri," she had immediately thought of that LV5 tea-haired girl.
And speaking of the Electric Princess, one could not fail to mention her signature move.
"—The 45-degree-angle diagonal-upward side kick, the Vending Machine Repair Grand Technique!"
"What?"
Sasuke's eyes instantly widened.
The moment he heard this ridiculous name, he felt an urge to cough up a mouthful of old blood that was stuck in his throat...
"Vending Machine Repair Grand Technique?!"
"Pfft, pfft, pfft, a slip of the tongue," Haruno Sakura gave an awkward laugh. "It's the Super Railgun!"
"Super Railgun?" Sasuke, having recovered from the shocking fact of a 12-year-old reaching the Kage-level, had also come back to his senses a bit at this time. He looked at Sakura with suspicious eyes. "I've never heard of that move or that name. A 12-year-old Kage-level ninja should be very famous, yet I have no impression of her at all! The person you're talking about, she's not a fictional character, is she?"
"Ahem," the girl whose truth had been mercilessly exposed said with a straight face, "Let's not talk about the person for now, but I guarantee that this move exists, and it's a very powerful move!"
As for whether Misaka Mikoto was fictional, perhaps in her previous life, she could have given a very confident affirmative answer. But after transmigrating to the Naruto world and living in this village that was considered fictional in her previous life, she could no longer be so sure...
Perhaps, there really is such a world where the events of Academy City happened? Who would dare to guarantee that in the endless worlds, there wouldn't be a real Electric Princess?
Seeing the look of disbelief on Sasuke's face, Sakura had no choice but to explain a few sentences.
"Railgun's move has a real basis..."
Sasuke's eyebrow rose. So it really is a fictional character. But he still listened patiently.
Haruno Sakura talked eloquently.
Although the author's physics teacher had died very early, but... his math teacher had died even earlier!
To be serious, the principle of the railgun was indeed a real thing, not just an author's fantasy. It was just that the author's math was too stupid...
In the world of her previous life, this weapon had already been put into development, and its progress was even close to leaving the laboratory and entering a real battlefield.
And the so-called railgun referred to accelerating a metal projectile with electromagnetic force, enabling it to reach an initial velocity of several times the speed of sound or more, and to destroy an enemy hundreds of kilometers away with its huge kinetic energy—usually in the tens of megajoules or more.
The principle was very simple. Going a little deeper, it was just the knowledge of electromagnetic interaction, which anyone who had been to high school in her previous life could understand.
It was just that in that world of her previous life, this attack method, which seemed simple in principle and not complicated to realize, had been slow to become a truly serviceable piece of equipment...
But it was undeniable that with the abilities of the ninja of this world, it was entirely possible to use this move independently.
The railgun in her previous life had not been put into practical use because the technology was not yet mature.
The lack of a suitable superconductor, supercapacitor, and energy supply source, as well as the severe ablation of the gun barrel rails, had led to a cost that was too high and a cost-performance ratio that was too low, unable to compare with traditional gunpowder cannons.
But for an esper or a Lightning Style ninja, these were actually not problems.
The super ability and the Lightning Style ninjutsu were in themselves qualified supercapacitors and energy sources. They could generate huge electrical currents out of thin air and construct an electric field. There was also no need to worry about the problem of rail ablation, because there was no physical rail at all.
So, for a Lightning Style user, as long as they had a basic knowledge of electromagnetism, they wouldn't have to worry about the various engineering difficulties at all and could very simply develop this kind of railgun ninjutsu.
Of course, the so-called "simple" was only relative to the world of Earth, where it took the cooperation of thousands or tens of thousands of people to create a railgun. But in the world of Naruto, a Lightning Style ninja had the ability to create a railgun on their own. The magical ninjutsu and chakra had reduced a real-world difficulty to a completely tolerable level.
A world where superpowers exist cannot be lumped together with the world of Earth.
But even so, the railgun had never been developed in the world of Naruto.
In this world where the development of science and technology was very deformed, even the ninja who liked to do research rarely put their minds on things that were unrelated to chakra, for example... electromagnetism.
So at least as far as Sakura knew, a ninjutsu like the railgun had not yet been developed by the ninja—this kind of cool ninjutsu, if it had really been used by someone, would definitely not have been obscure in the history of ninja.
She couldn't say it would go down in history, but at least it would be stunning for a time, right?
Of course, it was easy to say, but the concept of this ninjutsu had been in Sakura's mind for a long time, yet she had not developed this ninjutsu until now.
It was really because she really didn't have that much energy and time to go and learn and develop a new style of ninjutsu. The profound and extensive Lightning Style made her hesitate...
In short, for a considerable period of time, Sakura did not consider learning Lightning Style, so she also did not plan to develop this jutsu.
In that case, giving the Super Railgun to Sasuke and Kakashi was, of course, the best choice. For a ninjutsu that could improve their strength, Sakura didn't mind sharing it with them...
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