Naruto: Building the Strongest Uchiha Starting with Gacha Pulls

Chapter 172 Thousand Bird Blade

"While the chakra conductivity of this sword is not yet comparable to that of weapons made entirely of chakra metal, it is already sufficient to provide a positive boost to swordsmanship."

Gen Uchiha shifted the chakra attributes he channeled into the sword, watching the flames that had appeared on it quickly transform into flashing lightning. "Since that's the case—"

After a moment's thought, Uchiha Gen increased his chakra output and tried to control the shape of his chakra.

In the original work, during the Shippuden era, Sasuke developed a series of derivative ninjutsu based on Chidori, including Chidori Stream, Chidori Senbon, Chidori Sharp Spear, and the forbidden technique Kirin, etc.

These all require a high level of skill in the transformation of lightning techniques, but there is one that has relatively lower requirements in this regard.

That technique is called Chidori Blade. It involves injecting the lightning chakra released by Chidori into the blade, enhancing its sharpness and also causing a paralyzing effect.

Chidori itself is an A-rank ninjutsu, and other derivative ninjutsu of the Chidori series are at least as difficult as Chidori, with a difficulty level of A-rank or higher. The only exception is Chidori Blade, which is only B-rank.

Because this technique doesn't require that much skill, as long as you know Chidori, you only need to slightly change the release method and incorporate it into your weapon.

Since the weapon carries chakra and fixes the form of the lightning release, the requirements for the form change are not that high. As long as the chakra conductivity of the weapon itself is high enough and the material can withstand the impact of the lightning release, it can be performed relatively easily.

Sasuke did it using the Kusanagi sword he obtained from Orochimaru.

In the past, Sengoku ninja swords were not too bad in terms of material to withstand the lightning release of ninjutsu, but they were not good at chakra conduction and could not release the Chidori Blade smoothly. But now it may not be so bad.

With a brief attempt and some experimentation, Uchiha Gen quickly made the Sengoku ninja sword in his hand glow with dazzling electric light, making the straight sword look like a blue sparkler.

"It works, but while it complements the Hatake swordsmanship and allows for strong combat power thanks to the Sharingan's perception, it conflicts somewhat with the Uchiha-style swordsmanship."

The ninja sword drew a dazzling blue streak in mid-air, with sparks scattering from its tip.

Seeing this, Uchiha Gen frowned slightly.

His Uchiha-style swordsmanship is already quite advanced, and it would be a pity to give it up now, as it would be a waste to focus on his lightning-style swordsmanship.

Is it possible to combine the two sword techniques, incorporating both lightning and fire attributes, to further unleash their power?

In the original work, Sasuke Uchiha was also proficient in both Lightning Release and Fire Release, but his swordsmanship was mainly based on Lightning Release. In this respect, he could not provide any reference for Gen Uchiha, and he had to rely on himself.

However, this is destined to be a difficult task, not so easy to do, and will take a lot of time. It cannot be completed overnight, so it can only be put on hold for the time being.

After returning to camp after a series of tests, Uchiha Gen, with a rather excited mood, began to cooperate with the Nara clan head in handling the affairs left behind by Orochimaru, occasionally asking for advice, and also marking on the map based on the recent mission situation.

This scene was witnessed by the old patriarch of the Nara family.

"These places—the things you just asked me about—were for checking out places near the camp where there might be hidden sentries?"

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By the flickering candlelight, the old patriarch of the Nara clan looked with great interest at the points that Uchiha Gen had marked on the map.

With his intelligence, he could understand the meaning of these markers on the map at a glance.

These were all chakra fluctuations that the latter sensed through Kagura's Mind's Eye, but which were not within the scope of the Konoha ninja's investigation.

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To be honest, wise men like Orochimaru and the old patriarch of the Nara clan would obviously not make any mistakes in their troop deployment. The area within 30 kilometers of the camp was entirely within the vigilance range of the Konoha ninja.

With the Byakugan of the Hyuga clan, the sensory abilities of the Yamanaka clan, and the ninjas of several clans skilled in reconnaissance such as the Aburame and Inu clans, the vigilance range can be covered almost around the clock and in all directions, making it virtually impossible for anyone to sneak up near the camp.

The locations marked by Gen Uchiha were all beyond a 30-kilometer radius.

For Konoha, this distance is sufficient to ensure the safety of the area around the camp. If they were to scout further outwards, the area would expand exponentially, and conducting such intensive searches would require far too many scout ninjas, making it a losing proposition.

For the Cloud Village ninja, this distance is not enough to trigger Konoha's sensitive nerves unless a large force appears.

Although it's impossible to directly investigate the situation at Konoha's camp, it's enough to find out when a big commotion occurs here.

At least if Konoha mobilizes a large number of troops, they will know and can relay the news back to their own side to prepare for defense in advance.

However, by then, Konoha will definitely take other measures in advance, sending out a large number of sensory teams to clean up the area around the camp.

The key to victory or defeat lies in the strategic maneuvering between the two sides at the command level, as well as the quantity and quality of the sensory ninjas.

"Well, Senior Lu Ping, I just did it on a whim, trying to see the surrounding terrain from the enemy's perspective to see if there was anything our troops missed during the search."

Uchiha Gen nodded to the old patriarch of the Nara clan.

The old patriarch of the Nara family was named Shikahira. His beard and hair were slightly white, and his face was thin. He looked ordinary, except for his pair of calm and serene eyes, which revealed his extraordinary nature.

"Your markings do seem to make some sense. At least in terms of terrain, these places are relatively good spots for concealment and observation. Right now, there are two spare squads in the camp's reconnaissance team as reserve forces. You can take one out to investigate and test it out."

"Alright, then let's treat this as a normal patrol mission. If we encounter enemies, we'll classify it according to the normal mission difficulty level."

Uchiha Gen stood up from his chair, looking energetic.

As everyone knows, he loves doing missions the most.

Orochimaru has now delegated some authority to him, allowing him to use that authority within a certain scope to assign himself tasks that can be completed in a short time to rack up task counts.

Even though he's already over level 40, in a normal battle, if there aren't any Jonin among the enemies, he'd only reach B-rank at most. The experience points wouldn't be much for him right now, but every little bit counts, and over time, they'd add up to a considerable amount.

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