The Rain
The rain fell in a cold, steady curtain.
Perched high in a tree, Hiroki studied the documentation for the newly copied ninjutsu techniques. Below him, a small cave was tucked away beneath vines and moss. A faint fire flickered at its mouth, casting warm light on Kushina and Nawaki as they sat before Orochimaru, receiving a sudden, improvised lesson.
They couldn't stay at the outpost anymore.
It was gone—obliterated. The jonin stationed there, Kitagawa, had fled while transformed as Orochimaru. No one knew if he'd ever return.
The intelligence Hiroki had brought back convinced Orochimaru completely: the Land of Rain was preparing for war.The skirmish at the outpost would draw attention. Sooner or later, the enemy would come to investigate. Staying meant waiting to die.
Within minutes, Orochimaru made the call—move out immediately.He set up traps and sensory barriers around their new shelter, while Hiroki climbed to a higher perch to process the "spoils" he'd just obtained.
With a soft puff, four clones appeared beside him, sitting cross-legged on the branches. Their eyes went vacant, bodies motionless—mere husks.Hiroki's consciousness dove into the familiar dark-blue interface of his inner system.
Nine new files gleamed neatly on the memory disk.
"Let's start simple," he murmured, opening the first one.
[Thunder Release: Earth Walk.exe — 7.8MB]
The structure unfolded in his mind like code:
├── Execution Core (1.2MB)
│ ├── Thunder Attribute Conversion.bat
│ └── Ground Conduction Control.bat
├── Parameter Configuration (2.1MB)
│ ├── Current Intensity Table.config
│ └── Geological Adaptation.config
├── Physiological Interface (0.8MB)
└── Effect Data (3.7MB)
It was a basic lightning-based area jutsu—but Hiroki didn't even have lightning chakra. No matter how easy it looked, he couldn't use it.
Still, he scanned the code. It managed lightning control and expanded the reach of the element. Once he mastered lightning chakra transformation, he might even fuse it with pseudo-dark techniques.
He closed the file and opened the next.
[Thunder Release: Noise Wave.exe — 6.1MB]
├── Execution Core (0.9MB)
├── Parameter Configuration (1.4MB)
├── Physiological Interface (0.6MB)
└── Soundwave Data (3.2MB)
It was compact—almost elegant. Hiroki's eyes lit up.
//Core Mechanism:
Generates chakra oscillations of a specific frequency.OscillationFrequency = 18500 Hz;OscillationMode = "Chaotic Wave";Duration = 3.2s;
First stage: convert chakra to lightning.Second stage: trigger high-frequency vibration—through the vocal cords, throat muscles, or palms.Output: irregular chakra fluctuations forming shockwaves of chaotic sound.
Effects:
Disrupts illusions by scrambling chakra flow.
Interferes with enemy jutsu during hand seals.
"Wait…" Hiroki blinked.It transformed chakra into lightning, then vibrated it to create sound waves… disruptive ones.
He stared harder.
This could be changed.
He didn't have lightning affinity—but he did have wind chakra.Wind could oscillate too—faster, sharper. What if he used wind instead of lightning? Could he turn this "Noise Wave" into a Wind Release technique?
His pulse quickened. He immediately pulled up the framework for [Wind Style: Vacuum Sphere.exe] for comparison.
[Wind Style: Vacuum Sphere.exe]
├── Core Execution Module
│ ├── Chakra Collection.bat
│ ├── Wind Attribute Conversion.bat
│ ├── Compression Molding.bat
│ └── Launch Control.bat
He compared the logic line by line.Vacuum Sphere compressed chakra and fired it.Noise Wave vibrated chakra and released it.
Both were based on release dynamics—but one compressed, the other oscillated.
They could be fused.
He opened a new file: [Wind Release: Unnamed Soundwave.exe], and began the merge.
He copied Noise Wave's execution core, deleted the "Lightning Conversion" module, and inserted Vacuum Sphere's "Chakra Collection" and "Wind Conversion" functions.
Finally, he combined the compression logic from Vacuum Sphere with the oscillation pattern from Noise Wave.
Result:
// Wind Release: Unnamed Soundwave v1.0 – Core Code
function Wind_Release_Unnamed_Soundwave(release_location) {
// Step 1: Chakra Extraction & Wind Conversion
ExtractChakra(target="whole_body");
ConvertAttribute(type="wind", efficiency=0.85);
// Step 2: Compressed Carrier Formation
CompressChakra(pressure=0.3);
OscillationFrequency = 20000;
// Step 3: Release Mechanism
if (release_location == "palm") {
LaunchCompositeAttack(
type="Vacuum Bullet (penetration) + Soundwave (interference)",
direction="forward"
);
} else if (release_location == "throat") {
LaunchCompositeAttack(
type="Vacuum Bullet (penetration) + Soundwave (interference)",
direction="forward",
strength="medium"
);
}
}
When he opened his eyes, rain still pattered softly on the leaves.He didn't rush to test it himself—he'd learned that much restraint. Instead, he formed a seal and summoned a shadow clone for the experiment.
The clone stood, mimicking him exactly. Hiroki's eyes—all four pairs between him and the clone—were fixed on what would happen next.
"Chakra, extract," the clone whispered.
No visible air blast. No flash.Just a faint, high-pitched hum—like steel scraping glass.A pale blue ripple shimmered from his palm, slicing through the rain. Invisible wind bullets rode the wave, slamming into a tree dozens of meters away.
For a heartbeat, nothing happened.
Then came the crack.
The massive trunk split down the middle, deep gouges spreading outward. The crown shuddered—then the entire tree collapsed with a thunderous crash, splashing mud and rainwater into the air.
At the cave's entrance, Orochimaru's eyes snapped open.
Kushina and Nawaki jolted upright, staring at the fallen tree—and at Hiroki, still standing calmly above them, lowering his hand.
"What… just happened?" Nawaki whispered.
"Why didn't we even sense that chakra?" Kushina muttered.They were all genin. How could the gap between them already feel so vast?
Her fists clenched. She couldn't wait to return to the village—to train, to learn the Uzumaki sealing arts from Lady Mito herself.She refused to be left behind.
Orochimaru didn't look at the tree. His gaze locked on Hiroki.
He could feel it—the wind, the vibration, the sonic disruption.Wind Release.But there was something else. Noise. A trace of lightning's sharpness without the element itself.
Impossible.
That was the structure of Noise Wave. Hiroki must have copied it…But how? He didn't have lightning chakra.
No—he changed it.He rewrote the jutsu.
Orochimaru's eyes narrowed. The combination of Vacuum Sphere and Noise Wave—two techniques of entirely different chakra natures—should've been incompatible. But this child had fused them in hours. No training, no failed attempts, just… code.
Even the Second Hokage hadn't created jutsu that fast.
"This boy…" Orochimaru murmured to himself, watching the faint smile on Hiroki's lips."He might possess a talent that surpasses the Second Hokage himself."