Chapter 357: Technology, Ninjutsu, Killing Techniques
From the earliest "Blacksmith's Shop" plan to the later "United Iron & Steel Company," all were behemoths hidden behind the scenes and upstream. For various reasons, they had never been publicized, remaining unknown to most while silently making a fortune.
Not only did it support half of Kumogakure, but back when the Third Raikage reformed the system, just pulling a few "hairs" from it benefited the Cloud's ninja clans immensely.
Even in the current Federation era, the importance of the United Iron & Steel Company hadn't diminished in the slightest.
But few people knew about it.
Compared to United Iron & Steel, "Chakra Tech Company" needed to hang a sign and deal directly with customers to sell things, so there was no need to hide it.
Dana drafted the name in the Cloud Spire. He thought "Chakra Tech Company" sounded pretty good. Although it currently had nothing and only existed in office documents, it might become a behemoth like United Iron & Steel in the future.
What was the technology of the ninja world like? If you asked the younger Dana from the past, he would evaluate it as "a skewed tech tree."
But if you asked the current Consul Yotsuki Dana, he would say:
"Not skewed, but very biased."
Various technologies, ninjutsu, and secret arts blossomed, full of ninja world characteristics.
What technology should people in the ninja world develop? Shouldn't it be chakra-oriented? Should they go for electricity? Steam engines?
All roads lead to Rome. Why is only the path of his past life correct? Who can stand in an absolutely "unskewed" position to judge whether another world is "skewed"?
So Dana felt the ninja world's tech tree wasn't skewed!
But look at what fields the technology covered?
Hmm... combat, combat, and more combat.
What? You have a jutsu that can create water out of thin air?
People in the ninja world didn't care about the principles of creating water from nothing or the microscopic nature of chakra conversion. They only cared if the water volume was large enough to drown people, like Great Exploding Water Colliding Wave.
Maybe they also cared if the water was fast enough to slice people, like Water Severing Wave.
Can it kill people? If yes, it's good technology!
If you said this jutsu wasn't big or fast but could purify water pollution, irrigate farmland, or... Sorry, go eat dust in the river of history. Next!
Or if you said you could make lifelike complex structures and control them from a distance like an extension of your arm? Puppet technique! Very promising. Add some hidden weapons, get some poison. Done! Can kill people! Go to the battlefield.
If you said you didn't want to use this to kill people but to develop prosthetics to benefit society? Are you dreaming? Next!
Ninja controlled 99% of the supernatural power and technology in this world, but they only cared about combat-level matters.
What is good technology? Anything that can fight and kill is good technology. If it can't fight or kill, what does it have to do with me?
Plus, for centuries, various clans and villages habitually kept everything they mastered secret, guarding against leaks externally and hiding it internally...
This led to the situation in the ninja world where: "Technology" = "Ninjutsu" = "Killing Techniques."
"Chakra Tech Company" was a reverse process of devolving "Killing Techniques" into "Ninjutsu," and then turning "Ninjutsu" into technology. Many things didn't even need Federation researchers to develop from scratch; they just needed to convert them for civilian use and change their thinking.
The ninja world had countless talented people over centuries; it was far from lacking accumulation. This process would be fast.
Precisely because of this, the Federation didn't need to research from the beginning. As long as the thinking was correct, centuries of accumulation in killing techniques could help the Federation climb to a very high position.
After all, they had already unlocked Space-Time Ninjutsu...
It didn't sound like much before... but thinking about it now, using Space-Time Ninjutsu for assassination was as ridiculous as piloting a spaceship the size of an asteroid across thousands of light-years in a sci-fi novel just to rob Earth of H2O.
So the emergence of "Chakra Tech Company," relying on "Bionic Metal," was to bring chakra into the civilian field, pulling back the extremely biased technology application of the ninja world. At the same time, further liberating productivity.
This work was handed over to the Federation Third Research Institute, which specialized in structure and materials.
Dana was very dedicated to this, even more so than during the "United Iron & Steel Company" era. After the spring plowing experimental field matters concluded, he would visit the Third Research Institute whenever he had time.
With references from his past life and some basic electricity applications in the ninja world, some basic civilian products were quickly replicated and modified.
For example, chakra energy stoves, chakra air conditioning equipment, chakra lamps, chakra vibrators... all appeared one after another.
Although most appeared less sophisticated or even clunky compared to his past life, they were already excellent products in the ninja world.
These were things civilians could use!
Additionally, there were some products with ninja world characteristics that would be considered black technology in his past life.
For example, a Chakra Water Maker. Embedded with a basic Water Release jutsu, it could create water out of thin air. In humid environments, it could save chakra by condensing moisture from the air. Either way, it provided clean drinking water anytime, anywhere—a must-have item for home travel, long-distance trekking, and rural work.
It might be a bit childish for ninja, but it was very friendly for civilians.
Its shape was a bulky water cup. The built-in Bionic Metal stored enough chakra for normal use for half a year. When depleted, it could be recharged or have the Bionic Metal replaced.
There was also a Plus Version, embedded with both Water and Fire jutsu. Not only could it make water, but it could also heat it, allowing you to drink hot tea, hot soup, or hot porridge anytime, anywhere...
Another example was simplified prosthetics developed from incomplete puppet technique data captured on the battlefield. Without requiring the user to provide chakra (relying entirely on Bionic Metal), civilians could use them.
Using them for combat was impossible, and they were even a bit sluggish, but you could use them to eat, drink, and wipe your butt.
These were all converted from widely known technologies. The ninja world had plenty of black technologies darker than these.
In the future, maybe they could develop a "Flying Thunder God Engine" and let the Federation play with space jumps.
Dana personally led people to select a luxurious storefront in Cloud City, which would serve as the starting point for "Chakra Tech Company."
Located on the main road of the New District, opposite the "Grand Hotel," it was a three-story structure originally belonging to the Yotsuki clan, requisitioned by Dana with compensation.
In the future, this place would serve as a store selling "Chakra Tech Company" civilian products, similar to a direct-sale flagship store, and also act as a signboard.
Only by having a market and customers, continuously receiving feedback and funds, could technology progress, bloom, and bear fruit.