Chapter 105: Electromagnetic Cannon, Mental Interference! (Seeking Subscriptions!)
Seeing Jiraiya lost in thought, Sarutobi Asuma smiled and continued his training.
He had already completed the Electromagnetic Perception technique, and its vast sensory range perfectly met his expectations.
Now, onto the next objective.
Sarutobi Asuma pondered, deciding to start with something simple.
Electromagnetic Cannon!
That's right, the Electromagnetic Cannon was relatively simple to develop.
The only difficulty might be the material for the projectiles.
However, he already had a plan for that.
Besides, battles between ninjas rarely occurred at extreme distances, so the material requirements might not need to be that high.
As for war and peace, he was merely making a passing comment.
For him, it was too grand a topic. Perhaps one day, when he became the strongest on this planet, he still wouldn't be able to resolve it completely.
3 PM.
Sarutobi Asuma and Jiraiya arrived at the Konoha base camp in the Land of Rain. Jiraiya finally snapped out of his deep thoughts.
Inside the tent, after handing over his duties to Jiraiya, Orochimaru looked at Sarutobi Asuma and asked, "I heard you fought the Third Mizukage and won?"
"I wouldn't say I won,"
Sarutobi Asuma shook his head.
If the fight had continued, he definitely would have won, but since the Third Mizukage retreated, it didn't count.
"Oh, and Lord Orochimaru, I have something here that you might find extremely interesting."
Sarutobi Asuma said with a smile.
"Oh?"
"Could it be another Kekkei Genkai development process?"
Orochimaru asked with great interest.
Sarutobi Asuma didn't answer. He took out a sealing scroll from the large scroll on his back and unsealed it.
Revealed were two corpses.
"Shikotsumyaku?"
Orochimaru's eyes lit up.
Jiraiya frowned, looking at Orochimaru and then at Sarutobi Asuma. He felt a very bad premonition about these two being together.
"It's the Shikotsumyaku, a Kekkei Genkai from Kirigakure."
Sarutobi Asuma stated, "This Kekkei Genkai is highly valuable for research."
Orochimaru was naturally aware of some information regarding the Shikotsumyaku. The ability to regenerate bones held immense appeal for him.
"I'll take this. What do you want in return?"
Orochimaru resealed the corpses and put away the sealing scroll.
"All I want is for you to share your research with me, Lord Orochimaru. Of course, I will compensate for any shortcomings with other valuable items or knowledge."
Sarutobi Asuma said with a smile.
The value of the two corpses certainly couldn't be enough to exchange for Orochimaru's research results.
"No problem!"
Orochimaru readily agreed.
He enjoyed this kind of interaction with Sarutobi Asuma.
Jiraiya, however, felt a terrible headache.
Orochimaru was gradually heading down a wicked path, and now with Asuma joining him, this...
However, Jiraiya couldn't object to the current matter.
After all, Sarutobi Asuma had presented the corpses of Kirigakure ninjas, not living individuals.
Jiraiya's concern was that Orochimaru, if he continued like this, would eventually break through the boundaries of morality and ethics.
Moreover, within Konoha, he had already sensed something.
"Orochimaru, I hope you don't stray down the wrong path!"
Jiraiya silently prayed as he watched Orochimaru leave.
He didn't want to face Orochimaru one day.
"Lord Jiraiya, just tell my Shadow Clone when you need me."
Sarutobi Asuma knew Jiraiya would need some time to sort out the front-line situation before taking action against the Stone Ninjas. Therefore, he left behind a Shadow Clone and his main body disappeared.
Jiraiya didn't even have a chance to object, only grumbling inwardly, "As expected, fieldwork is much more enjoyable!"
"It's been so long, I wonder if those young ladies have missed me..."
Helplessly, Jiraiya began to bury himself in work.
On a mountain peak.
Sarutobi Asuma directly used Electromagnetic Release to extract iron sand from the mountainside, then kneaded it into solid pellets, each about the size of a thumb.
One pellet hovered in front of him. Asuma raised his right hand and flicked his finger. Electricity flashed, and power erupted, accelerating the pellet as it shot out.
Boom!
The opposite mountainside was immediately showered with flying rocks, and a large hole was blasted into the mountain.
As the dust settled, Asuma squinted and saw that it hadn't penetrated.
And it was only about 200 meters away from him.
"It seems ordinary iron balls will melt quickly, and the speed of the pellet's flight wasn't that fast."
Asuma continued to experiment.
He was already quite familiar with the principle of the Electromagnetic Cannon, so developing this jutsu wasn't difficult.
However, many details required him to test them one by one.
For Asuma, this was also a process of familiarizing himself with Electromagnetic Release, a Kekkei Tōta.
In the blink of an eye, three days passed.
August 15th, 10 AM.
Having already destroyed a mountaintop, Asuma received feedback from his Shadow Clone's memory: Jiraiya had summoned him.
Swish!
Asuma vanished from the mountaintop and flew directly back to the main camp.
However, this time he wasn't using Scorch Release Chakra Mode to fly; he used Electromagnetic Release, and his flight speed was much faster than Scorch Release Chakra Mode.
In the commander's tent, when Asuma arrived, over a dozen Jonin had already gathered there.
Seeing Asuma, everyone greeted him.
Asuma, with a smile, politely paid his respects to each of the seniors.
A moment later, the tent quieted down, and Jiraiya spoke, "You are all aware of the Third Hokage's order. We need to end this war as quickly as possible. Does anyone have any suggestions?"
As soon as he said this, a Jonin immediately stated, "To end the war, we must make the Stone Ninja surrender. The only way is to inflict mass casualties on the Stone Ninja, making them unable to bear the losses of war."
But someone immediately shook their head, "It's almost impossible for the Stone Ninja to surrender; at most, we can negotiate!"
"Even if we negotiate, we need to hit them hard, even invade the Land of Earth."
...
One by one, the Konoha Jonin offered their opinions. Jiraiya remained noncommittal, finally focusing his gaze on Asuma.
Asuma immediately said, "I believe everything the seniors have said is correct."
"Given the current situation, after Big Brother Minato caused heavy losses to the Stone Ninja, we've already made our intention to negotiate clear. The Stone Ninja might also be considering it, but they're not willing to give in."
"Therefore, whether we want them to surrender or make up their minds to negotiate, the first step is still to fight!"
"However, I think capturing the Stone Ninja whenever possible is the best approach."
Capture?
Everyone in the tent was stunned.
"Asuma, although the Stone Ninja suffered heavy losses, their strength is not inferior to ours."
"If we intend to capture them alive on the battlefield of life and death, we might instead suffer heavy losses and lose the advantage we've finally gained!"
Several Jonin pointed out the flaws in Asuma's plan.
Asuma smiled and said, "Everyone, I am aware of this."
"However, if it's about capturing them alive, you can leave that to me."
"Compared to killing people, I actually prefer to capture enemies!"
Everyone listened, stunned.
Isn't this a bit too overconfident?
Jiraiya looked at Asuma and said solemnly, "Asuma, are you sure you can do it?"
"Why don't we try it now?" Asuma chuckled.
Everyone exchanged glances again. Was he joking?
However, Jiraiya knew that Asuma wasn't joking, nor would he joke about the lives of his comrades, so he nodded.
Asuma immediately raised one hand, converting his chakra into a strong electrical pulse signal that radiated outward.
Silently, in just an instant, inside the tent, everyone, including Jiraiya, lost control of their bodies and fell to the ground with thuds.
"What's going on?"
"What Ninjutsu is this?"
"I can't control my body's movements accurately at all!"
The tent erupted in chaos, but Jiraiya immediately identified the technique. "This is Tsunade's Body Disturbance. She uses Chakra to generate electricity that disrupts the information transmission in the human nervous system."
"However, Tsunade can only achieve this through physical contact."
"Is Asuma using Electromagnetic Release to achieve the same effect?"
Soon, everyone's bodies regained control.
This was because Sarutobi Asuma's interference with the bio-electricity, or bio-electrical pulse signals, in everyone's bodies was only temporary.
In fact, he had been able to disrupt nerve signal transmission from a distance before.
It's just that Sarutobi Asuma had used Lightning Style before. Against Stone Ninja, the first time might have been effective, but once the Stone Ninja became accustomed to it, they would quickly find a way to counter it.
For example, they could harden their body's surface directly with Earth Style to block it.
But now, Sarutobi Asuma was directly using Electromagnetic Release to control electromagnetic forces, affecting the body's internal bio-electricity and bio-magnetic fields from a distance.
This could cause a person to lose control of their body for a short period.
And even a very short period could be decisive in combat.
Sarutobi Asuma had now officially named this technique Electromagnetic Body Disturbance!
Sorry, I had guests over, so I'm a bit late today.
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