NCCnovel Chapter 390 The Essence of Ninjutsu
Chapter 390 The Essence of Ninjutsu
And in the center of the platform, Tobirama Senju was already standing there.
He had his back to everyone, facing a huge, spotless blackboard, and held a piece of white chalk in his hand.
1:00 AM to the exact second.
There was no opening statement, no greeting.
Tobirama Senju turned around and scanned the entire scene with his sharp red eyes. His cold gaze caused many of the ninjas present to instinctively straighten their backs.
Then, he turned around again and dropped the chalk onto the blackboard.
"squeak--"
The chalk strokes across the blackboard were the only beginning of this lecture.
Immediately afterwards, a long string of symbols, formulas, and scribbled array diagrams, so complex they were enough to make one's scalp crawl, began to spread across the blackboard with a cold and precise speed.
∫(∂Ψ/∂t) dV =-∮(J +∂D/∂t)·dS
E = (k * C_n * C_s * V) / T
Danzo, sitting in the audience, had his eyes shining.
His pencil flew across the notebook, the scratching sound becoming almost the only accompaniment in the room.
In his view, it was not cold mathematics, but the backbone and steel bars that supported Konoha, the steel behemoth, to stand firm!
Every curve represents an impregnable city wall; every symbol signifies a foolproof defense system!
Meanwhile, the Nara deer beside him felt a long-lost pain called "not being able to think straight."
At first, he tried to keep up with Tobirama's line of thought. Thanks to the Nara clan's talent, he was able to understand that the formula was a basic model about the total amount of chakra and output efficiency.
But starting from the third line, it felt like a nine-tailed fox had been forcibly stuffed into his brain.
This is troublesome...too troublesome...a hundred times more troublesome than calculating the village's fiscal expenditures and strategic plans for the next ten years!
Nara covered his forehead with his antlers, feeling a throbbing pain in his temples.
"The essence of ninjutsu is the use of energy."
Tobirama finally finished writing the last formula, and the blackboard was now completely covered with it, leaving no gaps. He put down the chalk, dusted off his hands, and spoke coldly.
"Let's take the most basic Water Release: Water Chaos Wave as an example."
He pointed to an area on the blackboard.
"Its composition can be broken down into three core variables: the purity of the chakra nature transformation, represented by P; the stability coefficient of the form transformation, represented by S; and the energy output power per unit time, represented by W. The three together determine the final power of the technique, D. The formula is: D = P * S * f(W)."
"Most ninjas, throughout their lives, only vaguely improve these three variables."
Tobirama's words were devoid of emotion, yet they were like a scalpel, precisely dissecting the fighting style that all ninjas were proud of, dismissing it as primitive brute force.
His words never stopped, and the chalk in his hand never stopped, as more and more formulas and charts spread out on the blackboard.
A simple water-style ninjutsu was completely broken down into the flow rate of chakra through the body's meridians, the nodes of nature change, the proportion of chakra combined with water in the mouth, and the pressure value of the shape change when it is expelled.
He clearly marked each step with cold numbers and logically structured charts.
"..."
Tobirama Senju pointed to another area where a simple water turbine model was drawn. "The kinetic energy contained in the rushing water of the Naka River is converted into mechanical energy through the rotation of the turbine. This energy can be efficiently converted into the purest lightning-attribute chakra energy through the chakra booster converter designed by Orochimaru, which we call—electricity."
The audience was completely silent.
Jiraiya felt like his brain had turned into mush. He stared blankly at the incomprehensible writing on the blackboard, the only thing he could understand being the character for water.
In Yahiko's notebook, there was a simple line drawing of a little person spitting water out of their mouth, with the words "Awesome formula = spraying lots of water?" written crookedly next to it.
And in the front row.
The yawns of the Nara deer had stopped sometime earlier.
His brain was working at supersonic speed, and he saw a whole new world in those seemingly boring formulas.
If ninjutsu can be quantified, then war, logistics, intelligence... everything can be calculated! An unprecedented blueprint for Konoha, composed of data and logic, is unfolding wildly in his mind.
"...Based on the above theory, the Namga River Reservoir has a combined hydraulic and hydroelectric generator unit."
Tobirama Senju finally moved from pure theory to practical application.
"We no longer actively output chakra. Instead, we use the kinetic energy of the water flow to drive the core of the Transformation Technique through a turbine, passively drawing energy from nature and converting it into the standardized electrical energy we need."
"The theoretical explanation is now complete. Next, we will conduct an empirical demonstration."
No sooner had Tobirama finished speaking than a familiar figure walked onto the podium.
It's Orochimaru.
He was holding a tray with a peculiar device on it.
It was a transparent crystal about the size of a fist, with intricate runes visible to the naked eye engraved inside. Several thin metal wires extended from the crystal base, one connected to a light bulb no bigger than a fingernail, and the other to a small fan made of several iron plates.
"This is the latest miniature chakra power supply experimental device developed by Class Zero."
Orochimaru's voice carried a hint of barely perceptible fanaticism as he placed the device in the center of the podium.
"According to the Second Hokage's formula, lighting this bulb and driving the fan requires 0.001 standard units of chakra, which needs to be continuously input for three seconds."
He extended a finger, and a faint glow of chakra emanated from the fingertip.
Under the gaze of thousands, he gently touched the crystal with his fingertip.
Chakra, precisely injected.
Time seemed to stretch out at that moment.
one second.
two seconds.
The light bulb is not lit.
The fan is not spinning.
A slight commotion arose from the audience.
Did we fail?
However, the Great Serpent's expression remained unchanged, and his fingers were as steady as a rock.
three seconds.
Time's up.
Just as he withdrew his finger.
"Snapped!"
A soft sound.
The tiny light bulb suddenly burst forth with dazzling light!
Immediately afterwards, the simple little fan began to spin wildly, making a whooshing sound and blowing the tablecloth at the front edge of the podium.
The entire venue fell silent.
Everyone was speechless with awe at the magical scene before them.
They weren't unfamiliar with ninjutsu; they'd even seen much grander and more destructive techniques. But they'd never seen anything so precise, so...scientific!
This is the spark of civilization!