Overdrafting the Future, Starting in Naruto

Chapter 14: Eight Years of Gains!

Pushing down the negative emotions in his heart, Kinoshita Genichi roused his spirits and began to take stock of the gains from this overdraft of the future.

First, he had now mastered the two ninjutsu, Water Formation Wall and Water Dragon Bullet. Furthermore, he had simplified the hand seals for both using the Kuji-kiri.

The original hand seals for Water Formation Wall were Tiger -> Snake -> Tiger -> Snake -> Tiger -> Snake. The version Genichi had now mastered was just two seals: Zen -> Snake.

The original hand seals for Water Dragon Bullet were Rat -> Hare -> Snake -> Tiger. His current version used three seals: Zai -> Snake -> Tiger.

Genichi was very satisfied. This was a further step taken while standing on the shoulders of Senju Tobirama. Correspondingly, his understanding of the Kuji-kiri was now far deeper than it was before the overdraft.

For other ninjutsu, he now had the Shadow Clone Technique and the Water Clone Technique.

In addition, he had a genjutsu: Demonic Illusion: Bringer-of-Darkness Technique.

Genichi raised an eyebrow slightly. The Shadow Clone Technique and the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique were likely what his future self had traded the Rasengan for. This was part of his plan; the Shadow Clone was a stepping stone for him to develop the Water Clone himself, and from the looks of it, he had succeeded.

As for genjutsu, that was another path Genichi had chosen to pursue. He hadn't expected to get an A-rank genjutsu like this one in return. It seemed he had received a bit of support from Hiruzen.

"And to be able to master the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique, it seems my talent in genjutsu isn't bad either."

The eight years he actually overdrafted would take him up to the age of fourteen. An A-rank difficulty represented an extremely high level of challenge, one that surpassed the Jonin level. As for the Rasengan, Genichi had just followed the training method, so it wasn't a great measure of his talent.

"So, my body is a bit lacking, but my brain is pretty good." Genichi's brow furrowed.

With this overdraft, he could feel that his physical attributes had once again improved significantly.

After a moment's thought, Genichi grabbed his tantō, said goodbye to his parents, and slipped out of the house to his usual training spot.

He crouched low, his right hand resting on the hilt of his sword. His sharp gaze was fixed on a massive tree ahead that would take several people to encircle.

The next moment, chakra exploded from under his feet, and his entire body shot forward. With a flash of his blade, Genichi drew his sword and whistled past the tree trunk.

An instant later, with a loud roar, the massive tree crashed to the ground, kicking up a rolling cloud of dust.

Nearly ten years of power behind that drawing cut!

"I'm starting to have the style of a true swordsman," Genichi remarked, looking back at the fallen tree with a smile curving his lips.

After sheathing his sword, he walked to another tree, plucked a leaf from a branch, and clamped it between his palms. A moment later, he opened his hands. The leaf resting on his left palm had been cleanly split in two.

Wind Release nature transformation. But it was only at this basic, preliminary stage.

"If I want to cut a waterfall like Naruto did, my chakra capacity alone is a huge problem," Genichi shook his head internally.

As the two halves of the leaf fell, Genichi formed a hand seal, and a green chakra glow appeared on his hands.

Medical Ninjutsu: Mystical Palm Technique!

However, this was the only medical ninjutsu he had obtained from the overdraft. Most of what he gained was knowledge: various forms of human and animal anatomy, animal experimentation, pharmacology, and so on. This included knowledge of cell transplantation.

Thinking of this, Genichi's right arm made a motion, his forearm twisting like a pretzel, yet he felt no pain at all.

"Soft Physique Modification?" Genichi's lip twitched.

The future he had overdrafted ended in Konoha Year 50. Had Orochimaru completed his Soft Physique Modification by then? Had his future self become one of Orochimaru's test subjects?

His arm returned to normal. Genichi then tried performing hand seals at full speed, his hands moving so fast they left afterimages.

Hands together -> Tiger -> Hare -> Snake -> Horse -> Ram -> Bird -> Tiger -> Hare -> Snake -> Horse -> Ram -> Bird -> Tiger -> Hare -> Snake -> Horse -> Ram -> Bird -> Dog -> Rat.

Twenty hand seals, completed in two, maybe less than three seconds. That was over eight seals per second. This was the sequence for the Evil Sealing Method.

In fūinjutsu, besides the Evil Sealing Method, Genichi had also mastered the Fire Sealing Method.

"It's a bit lacking... but I'm not his disciple, after all." Genichi wasn't disappointed. He would just have to trade more ninjutsu to get his hands on the Four Symbols Seal. Combining two Four Symbols Seals, he could figure out and develop the Eight Trigrams Seal, to be used for sealing a Tailed Beast. This was his ultimate goal for learning fūinjutsu.

As for human experimentation... should he open his own lab?

Genichi sighed. No money. And his current knowledge base was still insufficient.

Turning towards the cliffs, Genichi prepared to test how much his physical strength had improved.

Overall, the gains from this overdraft were immense. Not considering his chakra capacity, Genichi could now be called a minor expert in Water Release, even if he had only mastered four water ninjutsu. In reality, even a Special Jonin might not have mastered so many jutsu.

His nature transformations had also expanded from just mastering Water Release to now mastering four types: Water, Yin, Yang, and Wind. However, Genichi could also sense that improving his Yang and Wind Release in the future would be difficult. He would need another cheat.

Genjutsu, on the other hand, was something he could develop much further. Although genjutsu was easily countered by the Uchiha clan, they were currently on the same side, so he didn't need to worry about that too much.

In summary, his gains this time were even greater than the last. His present efforts had not been wasted by his future.

At the base of the cliff, Genichi began to climb with his hands. He wanted to test his stamina.

The first time, he had climbed with his bare hands.

This time, he was lifting a giant boulder, his feet moving on the cliff face as if it were flat ground.

He went back and forth, again and again, until he collapsed in exhaustion.

"It's doubled. My six-year-old self has the body of a fourteen-year-old... no, the body modification must have given it a bit of a boost."

"However, my stamina is still not good enough. It's far worse than Kakashi's."

Although comparing himself to an adult Kakashi was a bit unfair, Genichi knew it clearly. If he grew up normally to adulthood, he would definitely not be able to match Kakashi. He remembered Kakashi's stamina was rated a 6 in the databooks. In that case, he himself was probably a 4. With hard work, a good diet, and supplements, maybe he could reach a 5.

But even reaching a 6 wouldn't satisfy Genichi.

He wanted "chakra by the ton."

He wanted to be able to cast large-scale Water Release jutsu even in an environment with no water. No, he wanted to cast "Sea Release"!

The only chakra affinity Genichi had tested for was Water Release. This meant it was the area where he could most easily achieve success, and it might also have the highest ceiling.

However, everything, absolutely everything, would be limited by his chakra capacity.

Genichi knew very well, in his current situation, even if he could perform Water Release without hand seals, so what? Even if he exhausted all of his chakra, the power of one of his water jutsu probably couldn't compare to Tobirama just casually playing around.

After all, in an actual battle, one couldn't always rely on having a geographical advantage. On the contrary, most of the time, there was no advantage. One had to fight in an environment without water.

"My direction isn't wrong... Body modification, Tailed Beasts, fūinjutsu."

Genichi stood up, but then his movements suddenly froze. "The Samehada greatsword doesn't seem like a bad idea either."

"But it's probably impossible to get the Samehada through overdrafting the future. I'd have to steal it myself."

"Hmm, I'll keep it as a backup plan."

Putting away his tantō, Genichi started walking home. But he was still thinking about one more thing.

Should he graduate early?

He was considering this question because the Ninja Academy had very little left to teach him. And as long as he was at the Academy, it would be much harder to obtain more resources for improvement.

"If I don't graduate early, can I still obtain the resources I need to get stronger?"

Genichi asked himself this question and began to think deeply.

(End of Chapter)