Becoming the Tsuchikage in the Naruto World

Chapter 239: The Lightning Release R&D Team

After everyone had arrived, Ōnoki said, "This time, Ishiro obtained three A-rank Lightning Release ninjutsu from the Takigakure S-rank rogue ninja, Kakuzu. Combined with the several A-rank Lightning Release jutsu previously developed by Ishiro, the village's number of high-level Lightning Release jutsu is barely enough to form a system."

"However, there are still too few low-level Lightning Release jutsu. According to normal proportions, we need at least several hundred C-rank and dozens of B-rank Lightning Release jutsu to make up for this weakness."

"The purpose of today's meeting is to discuss the formation of a team dedicated to researching and developing Lightning Release, using these A-rank jutsu as a foundation to develop as many C-rank and B-rank jutsu as possible."

"Everyone, share your thoughts."

Ishiro said, "Previously, when researching medical ninjutsu, we gained a lot of inspiration from the students at the Ninja Academy. We can do the same this time."

"We can solicit ideas for ninjutsu development from everyone in the form of missions. The target of this solicitation can be all the ninjas in the village."

Ikura chimed in, "That's right. Not only can we collect everyone's own ideas, but we can also collect information on the types of Lightning Release ninjutsu they have encountered on past missions."

Saka said, "It would be best to form a group of Jonin or even Elite Jonin who are skilled in Lightning Release for long-term research."

Hearing Saka's words, Ishiro immediately said, "Koku, the Anbu member who used his Byakugan to learn Cloud ninja Lightning Release with me last time, would be a good choice."

Mei also nodded and said, "These suggestions are all viable. When posting the missions, the rewards can be higher. We can even promise the ninjas who submit proposals that if the ninjutsu is successfully developed, we can even give them, the ones who provided the ideas, a copy."

Ishiro was somewhat surprised. When did Mei, the advisor in charge of finances, become so generous?

Not only was Ishiro surprised by Mei, but Ikura and Saka also had the same doubt.

Feeling the three's gazes, Mei glared at them fiercely and said, "The Daimyo of the Land of Lightning sent an envoy to request an audience with our Daimyo, expressing a desire to join the trade route. They also suggested opening a water trade route. The Daimyo was very pleased and allocated another sum of funds to the village."

As she spoke, she glanced at Ishiro again and added, "The Daimyo knows it was you who destroyed the alliance between the Mist and Konoha and helped the Cloud. After winning over the Land of Lightning, he even praised you."

Ishiro rolled his eyes. This matter reminded him of his nickname, the "Fox of Iwa."

Ōnoki then said, "Let's do it this way. Next, let's discuss who will be in charge of this matter."

After speaking, Ōnoki's gaze fell on Ishiro. Not just him, but everyone else was also looking at Ishiro. Among the several high-level officials, Ōnoki couldn't use Lightning Release. Only Ishiro and Ikura had some proficiency in it.

Compared to Ikura, who only used Lightning Release as a special technique in special situations, Ishiro placed much more importance on it.

Ishiro subconsciously wanted to refuse, but thinking that his proficiency in Lightning Release indeed needed to be improved further, he braced himself and agreed.

Seeing Ishiro agree, Ōnoki nodded in satisfaction and said, "You can choose the personnel yourself. If the Byakugan and Sharingan are useful, you can also ask Mei for them."

Ishiro nodded to show he understood.

After the meeting was dismissed, Ishiro went directly to Kitsuchi. Now that Kitsuchi was a Tsuchikage's Assistant, it was very convenient to do many things. Ishiro directly entrusted him with helping to find suitable ninjas.

As for the idea of posting a mission to collect ideas for developing Lightning Release, that was easy. Ishiro went to the Contribution Office, marked the prices for development ideas of various levels of Lightning Release, and then left it at that.

Later, when the Mission Office had any gains, someone would be assigned to deliver them to Ishiro.

Before the official development began, Ishiro still had to learn those three A-rank Lightning Release jutsu.

Kakuzu's three A-rank Lightning Release jutsu included both group and single-target types, making them very valuable for research when combined.

While Kitsuchi was helping to find suitable researchers, Ishiro was at the training ground, learning Lightning Release while supervising his disciples' training.

Perhaps it was because they were stimulated, or perhaps after becoming true ninjas, they had a greater appreciation for training. The three children of Squad Three all exceeded the tasks Ishiro had assigned.

Among them, Himeki Suda finally began to arrange training for her little kitten. It was also on this day that her little kitten got a name: Fūka (Wind Fire).

Little Fūka's training load was not large, and the content was also simple, mostly physical and agility exercises.

Little Fūka was perhaps influenced by Himeki Suda's emotions, or perhaps stimulated by the battle between Ishiro and Kakuzu that day, but it showed no resistance to training.

And although the three from Squad Four hadn't experienced it personally, after listening to the descriptions from Himeki Suda and her two teammates, they also slowly adjusted their mentality. Especially the two girls, Yuran Kawazoe and Kanako; they no longer slacked off and instead joined Himeki Suda in increasing their training load.

Seeing this, Ishiro felt no particular joy. The diligence of his previous two batches of students was no less than that of Himeki Suda's group now.

A few days later, Ishiro had barely learned the three A-rank Lightning Release jutsu. Then he gathered the researchers Kitsuchi had selected for him.

The research team consisted of seven people, including Ishiro and Koku. Ishiro appointed Koku as the vice-captain and threw all the daily affairs to him.

Of the remaining five, four were Jonin, and one was a Chunin. The four Jonin's original primary attribute was Lightning Release, but because the village's Lightning Release was too lacking, they all ended up choosing to train in other attributes.

The Chunin was different. His name was Qi. He had only completed the nature transformation training for one attribute: Lightning. Because his talent in other attributes was too poor, he had been focused on developing Lightning Release all along.

It was just that his development talent was not high, and there were too few Lightning Release jutsu in the village to learn from, so he had never achieved anything. This time, when Kitsuchi was looking for researchers, he was the only one who volunteered.

Ishiro thought highly of him. Although his strength was only Chunin level, he was the only one whose interest and work were the same. He might bring a surprise during the subsequent development work.

The first thing the Lightning Release R&D team did was to train in A-rank Lightning Release. Koku and the four Jonin were fine; although it would take them some time to train in A-rank Lightning Release, there were no prohibitive conditions.

But Qi was different. His chakra amount was insufficient. All he could do was research; he couldn't attempt to practice it.

However, Qi didn't mind. He was used to this kind of thing. When Ishiro had developed the three A-rank Lightning Release jutsu before, he had found a way to exchange for one, but he could only look at it, not practice it.

At that time, Qi had even conceived a C-rank Lightning Release from the ideas of Chidori, but it had not yet been successfully developed.

Ishiro didn't pay mind to these things, because his purpose was never for them to learn the ninjutsu. Ishiro's purpose was research; it was enough for everyone to understand the principles of these A-rank Lightning Release jutsu.

Ishiro gave the five of them ten days to understand all the Lightning Release ninjutsu in the village, including Kakuzu's three A-rank jutsu and the three A-rank jutsu Ishiro himself had created.

Everyone was an experienced ninja; Ishiro didn't need to say more. Ishiro just followed the procedure and placed a sealing jutsu in each of their minds, and then waited for the official start of Lightning Release development ten days later.

With the precedent of the comprehensive upgrade of medical ninjutsu, this time when Ishiro posted the mission to collect ideas for Lightning Release ninjutsu at the Mission Office, the village ninjas' participation was surprisingly high.

After ten days, the Mission Office had collected several hundred low-level Lightning Release concepts with different uses for Ishiro.

According to the staff at the Mission Office, nearly a thousand people had come to submit Lightning Release concepts. It was just that the content submitted by most people was similar, basically some rough ideas they had analyzed when fighting enemies.

The Mission Office staff did some sorting, summarized these several hundred ninjutsu concepts, and sent them to Ishiro.

Ishiro was somewhat surprised by the efficiency of the Mission Office and even went through them carefully to be sure. The result was a pleasant surprise: before even starting the development, just by roughly pondering them, his own understanding of the lightning attribute had already improved.

This surprise was not small. Originally, Ishiro's enthusiasm for developing Lightning Release was actually not high, but now it was completely different. Ishiro felt he had a hope of making his mastery of Lightning Release reach the level of his Water Release through this round of lightning attribute development.

The members of the R&D team were gathered again by Ishiro, and next, they entered the domain Ishiro was best at.

For developing ninjutsu, Ishiro now had his own set of methods. First, build a theoretical foundation, then make various assumptions, and then follow a priority sequence for tedious trials.

The people in the R&D team were encountering Ishiro's systematic method of developing ninjutsu for the first time, and it was as if a whole new world had been opened up to each of them.

Especially Qi, the only Chunin in the team. He had been trying to develop ninjutsu for many years but had never made any progress because he lacked the proper method. Now, suddenly exposed to Ishiro's method, he immediately felt as if the whole world had become different.

Then, under the astonished gazes of the other members of the R&D team, Qi completed the transformation from Chunin to Jonin.

As Qi fell completely into a dazed state, the other five, including Koku, subconsciously turned their gazes to Ishiro again.

At this moment, they only had one thought in their minds: Ishiro was indeed the most famous instructor in the village.

Ishiro rubbed his nose, somewhat surprised, but didn't explain anything. In this situation, it wasn't appropriate for Ishiro to tell everyone that this was a method summarized by his disciple, Ogura Saki.

Ishiro just signaled for everyone to wait for Qi for a bit.

After a long while, Qi returned from his daze, knelt on one knee before Ishiro, and performed a ninja's pledge of allegiance.

The four Jonin looked at Qi with some envy. Originally, the gap in strength and status between them was obvious, but with Qi's sudden move, their sense of superiority vanished in an instant.

Not only was their sense of superiority gone, but if they considered the age difference, Qi's future would most likely surpass theirs.

Ishiro felt helpless. It wasn't good to say anything in this atmosphere, so he just asked Qi to get up and prepare to start work.

The Lightning Release development process went even more smoothly than the village's higher-ups had expected. Perhaps it was due to Ishiro's systematic method, or perhaps everyone in the R&D team had a certain talent for ninjutsu, or perhaps the reference effect of the six A-rank Lightning Release jutsu was strong enough.

The R&D team took less than three days to complete the development of the first C-rank ninjutsu.

However, during the development process, Qi's performance surprised everyone in the team.

Because he had been thinking about Lightning Release development for several years, Qi proposed many details that Ishiro and the others hadn't thought of. Often, while Ishiro and the others were still thinking about problems from the perspective of casting ninjutsu, Qi had already proposed several research difficulties that needed to be overcome.

It was no exaggeration to say that if Ishiro's set of theories were disregarded, Qi's contribution already exceeded the sum of Ishiro and the other five. Basically, the entire R&D team's train of thought followed Qi. At times, Qi even had to interrupt his own train of thought to explain to Ishiro and the others.

At first, Qi spoke somewhat cautiously, afraid of displeasing Ishiro, but he soon found he was wrong. It seemed that in Ishiro's eyes, the more outstanding he was, the happier Ishiro was.

Qi naturally didn't know that the better he performed, the sooner Ishiro could withdraw from the R&D team. Qi believed that this kind of thinking from Ishiro was perhaps the magnanimity that a Kage of a village must possess.

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