Chapter 6: Chp-6: Training at Night, Slacking by Day
In the forest behind the mountains.
Hyuga Satoru fiddled with the bow and arrow in his hands. The bow was about half as tall as he was, but thanks to his consistent physical training, handling it didn't feel too cumbersome.
The bow was made from an unnamed wood with exceptional flexibility. The bowstring had a slight metallic sheen, giving it a cold, sharp appearance.
Satoru plucked the bowstring a few times, testing its elasticity, and found it satisfactory.
"Free stuff is always the best!"
Hyuga Satoru was quite pleased with the bow's quality. After all, it was free, so he couldn't ask for more. Regardless of what Rin Uchiha's intentions were, something offered freely should not be refused. He estimated that he couldn't afford such a bow with his current savings.
Bows were generally more expensive than other ninja tools because very few ninjas used them, making them rare and valuable.
Satoru picked up an arrow and nocked it on the bowstring. To create an electromagnetic cannon, he needed to first establish an acceleration magnetic field.
The principle of an electromagnetic cannon is quite simple: a metal projectile is continuously accelerated within a magnetic field, gaining extremely high initial velocity and range.
The critical part is the acceleration process, known as electromagnetic propulsion.
Satoru recalled that in his previous life, both the United States and China had military competitions involving electromagnetic cannons. The main technical challenge was the electromagnetic propulsion process.
To accelerate a projectile to the desired power, an enormous amount of current is required. The US was limited by this, preventing the deployment of electromagnetic cannons on aircraft carriers. In contrast, China broke through this technical barrier and excelled in electromagnetic cannon applications.
For Satoru, he could bypass the step of converting electromagnetic induction to a magnetic field, directly setting up the propulsion magnetic field on the bowstring. This was why he needed a metal bowstring. He couldn't yet alter the magnetic field of other materials.
One thing that displeased Satoru was that his arrows weren't entirely made of metal. The shafts were still wooden, which would inevitably affect the efficiency of electromagnetic propulsion.
However, fully metal arrows likely didn't exist in the ninja world. Such a design wouldn't conform to weapon forging principles—too heavy and lacking in flexibility unless custom-made.
But for Satoru, the specific arrow type wasn't as important. He needed an arrow capable of being used as an electromagnetic cannon!
He drew the bowstring to a full moon stance with his fingertips.
Blue electric sparks danced along the metal bowstring, with faint currents visible at the arrowhead.
With his Byakugan activated, the surrounding one-kilometer radius was within his sight. When he sensed the electromagnetic propulsion on the bowstring had reached its limit, Satoru released his fingers.
Whoosh!
A sharp, piercing sound accompanied the arrow's flight.
The entire arrow turned into a blue arc of lightning, vanishing instantly.
Through his Byakugan, Satoru clearly saw the arrow embed itself into a tree trunk about 800 meters away, leaving only a small section of the fletching visible.
A look of joy appeared on Satoru's face. The sharp sound indicated that the arrow had broken the sound barrier, meaning its speed exceeded the speed of sound! The entire process from release to impact took about a second, with a velocity around 800 meters per second. A typical handgun's muzzle velocity is about 400 meters per second, so this arrow far surpassed that!
Though it didn't reach the power of the electromagnetic cannons he remembered, it was already terrifying in the ninja world!
Ninjas typically had short attack ranges. This kind of attack range combined with the Byakugan would turn him into a sniper!
A real sniper, shooting from 800 meters away and hitting the target with a single arrow!
Satoru made his way to the impact site and, with some effort, pulled the arrow out of the tree. The high temperature generated by the arrow had left scorch marks on the tree trunk.
Similarly, the wooden part of the arrow was severely charred from the high temperature during its high-speed flight, rendering it unusable for another shot.
Satoru felt a twinge of pain. This meant his plan to reuse arrows for training was unfeasible, and he would need custom-made all-metal arrows.
"With my current chakra reserves, I can fire at most two arrows. But because the principle is electromagnetic propulsion, the arrows won't emit chakra signals during flight, making it highly stealthy and effective for sniping."
Satoru pondered the pros and cons of his shot.
Long-range sniping capability, combined with the Byakugan's almost 360-degree field of vision, made him the ninja world's version of an electromagnetic sniper!
The only limitation was the lack of enough arrows…
Satoru sighed. Custom metal arrows wouldn't come cheap, especially as consumables. He suddenly thought, what if he made arrows out of chakra metal? Would the power be different?
Different metals had varying efficiency in magnetic fields. Would chakra metal gain more kinetic energy in a magnetic field?
He retrieved a sealing scroll and stored the large bow. He didn't want to carry such a big bow around all the time, and the sealing scroll had cost him a pretty penny, causing him some heartache.
"I need to find a way to make money," Satoru muttered.
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The next day.
Satoru yawned as he arrived at the Ninja Academy. Anko, beside him, blinked her eyes at him, "Satoru, why do you look so exhausted again?"
"Because I train every night."
"Really?"
Seeing Anko's mischievous look, Satoru didn't bother explaining. Last night, besides completing his necessary training, he also pondered ways to make money.
Should he cosplay as the Thunder King and perform on the streets? But this was the ninja world, and lightning release was too common.
It would be a long time before he graduated, became a Genin, and started taking missions. His electromagnetic force training plan would have to be put on hold.
"Satoru, do you remember there's a practical exam today?" Anko suddenly said.
"Practical exam?" Satoru looked at her.
"No way, it's almost the end of the first semester, and you don't know?"
Satoru paused, then quickly recalled that it had indeed been a long time since he started at the Ninja Academy. These days seemed to coincide with the end-of-semester exams.
But he couldn't be blamed. He trained every night, and during the day, he just went through the motions and slept, losing track of time.
"Great."
Seeing Satoru in a daze, Anko sighed and rubbed her forehead.
"You might embarrass yourself this time. Many people hope to see you, a Hyuga clan member, mess up."
"Do you know, many in the class laugh at your laziness, saying you're as bad as Obito, always sleeping in class…" Anko grumbled.
Satoru remained silent, his eyes flickering as he thought deeply.
Soon, Daikichi Fujino arrived in the classroom. After explaining the relevant matters, he organized the students to head to the training ground for the practical exam.
His gaze swept across the students on the field, a look of pride on his face. After a semester of teaching, many students had made significant progress and would undoubtedly contribute to the village with their Will of Fire in the future.
However, when his eyes fell on two figures, his expression turned strange and helpless. One was Obito Uchiha, an oddball among the Uchiha clan. Fortunately, Rin Uchiha balanced things out; otherwise, the students' impression of the Uchiha clan might have changed.
The other was Hyuga Satoru.
Though Obito was a bit dumb, at least he wasn't lazy and was very enthusiastic in class. But Satoru… was just too lazy!
He slept in class and ran to the bathroom after class.
What was going on? Fujino Daikichi felt a headache coming on. Were there really this many oddballs in this generation of clan members?
One Uchiha? One Hyuga?
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