Naruto: The Scientific Ninja

Big News! Unlock More Chapters Every Week!

Hey everyone! Your favorite author, Mike, here with a super cool way for you to get even more chapters of your beloved novels every single week! I'm talking about more daily releases, and it all depends on you!

How to Get More Chapters on Webnovel!

It's simple: Weekly "Power Stone" Goals!

For every 200 Power Stones collected across all my novels on Webnovel each week, I'll add one extra chapter per day for the entire following week!

Hit 200 Power Stones? You get 3 chapters daily instead of 2!Hit 400 Power Stones? That's 4 chapters daily!...and so on, all the way up to 7 chapters daily if you hit 1000 Spirit Stones in a week!

These daily chapter boosts will run from Monday to Sunday of the following week, then reset for the next challenge!

Patreon Free Members: Another Way to Boost Chapters!

But wait, there's more! We can push those daily chapters even higher with a little help from my Patreon!

For every 10 new FREE members who join my Patreon each week, I'll add another extra chapter per day!

If 10 new free members join, that's an extra daily chapter.If 20 new free members join, that's 2 extra daily chapters!

Remember, even free Patreon members get 10 advanced chapters of all my novels compared to Webnovel, so it's a win-win! Find my Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/iLikeeMikee

The Ultimate Goal: Up to 12 Chapters Daily!

Combined, we can reach an incredible maximum of 12 chapters per day across all my novels!

Let's say in one week we hit 1000 Power Stones on Webnovel and 50 new free members join on Patreon. That would mean you get 12 chapters daily (7 from Spirit Stones + 5 from Patreon members) for the entire following week!

Special Bonus for Patreon Subscribers!

And for those of you who subscribe to a paid tier on my Patreon (starting at just $5!), if we hit these awesome weekly goals, you'll enjoy a massive 15 chapters daily during that boosted week! That's right, even more content just for you, my dedicated supporters!

Let's smash these goals and get tons of chapters every week! Your support makes all this possible!

And now, without further ado, let's continue with the chapter!

- - - -

Chapter 45: Shadow Clone Technique

For an ordinary ninja to exchange for a B-rank ninjutsu, they must complete at least one A-rank mission. And that was during wartime. In times of peace, it required at least three or four. But for an ordinary ninja with no strength or background, the whole point of exchanging for a B-rank ninjutsu was to gain the strength needed to complete an A-rank mission in the first place. Didn't that create a logical dead end?

It was a question of whether ordinary ninja could ever complete the "primitive accumulation" of strength, whether they had the ability to break the innate shackles of their birth. To break this stalemate, many ordinary ninja could only fight hard, take risks, and try to complete missions far above their own strength level. If a ninja was lucky enough to survive this gauntlet, the sea would be wide for the fish to leap, the sky high for the birds to fly, and they could quickly ascend to a higher level.

This, Sasuke realized, was the entire purpose of the policy formulated by Konoha's leaders. The only loss was to the ordinary ninja, who suffered and died in the process.

"Sasuke, you don't really want to trade this S-rank mission record for a B-rank ninjutsu, do you?" Torifune asked, acting the part of a wise and experienced leader. "S-rank records are rare. You will definitely need them in the future. Don't be in a hurry to exchange them."

"Lord Torifune, I only know a few low-level water techniques for now. I'm in urgent need of ninjutsu," Sasuke said, feigning indecision.

"Sasuke, I took advantage of you this time," Torifune said generously, "so I'll teach you a ninjutsu as compensation. As long as it's not an A-rank jutsu or a family secret, I can teach you anything I know."

"Thank you for your kindness, my lord," Sasuke replied, overjoyed but not carried away. "But how can I allow you to spend your own high-level mission records to teach me? Tomorrow, after our patrol cycle ends and I return to base, I will go to the logistics department to make up for the merit points for the ninjutsu exchange."

In Konoha, it was a rule that even if a master taught a disciple a standard ninjutsu, it would still consume mission completion records and merit points.

"Hahaha! Sasuke, you're too polite!"

"Well, since you insist, I won't be polite," Torifune said, feeling he had made a great deal again.

"Sasuke, what ninjutsu do you want to learn?"

"Lord Torifune, I want to learn the Shadow Clone Technique."

"The Shadow Clone Technique?" Torifune patted Sasuke's shoulder, his expression serious. "Sasuke, with your amount of chakra, I suggest you think again."

"Lord Torifune," Sasuke replied, laying out his plan, "I also know that my own chakra amount is insufficient, but this time when I return to the base, I also plan to exchange for the relevant knowledge to develop a second attribute chakra. If the development is successful, I believe the amount of chakra will definitely increase greatly."

"Develop a second attribute chakra?" Torifune was startled. He looked at Sasuke with a hint of pity. "Sasuke, you may be disappointed."

He then explained the problem. You don't develop a second chakra nature to increase your chakra. Rather, you must already have sufficient chakra and potential in order to develop a second nature. The amount of chakra was the cause, and the second attribute was the result, not the other way around.

"Sasuke, don't be discouraged," he consoled him. "In theory, every ninja has the potential to develop all chakra attributes; it's just a matter of quantity. Although your chakra level is average, if you can take a lot of Nara's secret medicine to nourish yourself and make up for the potential lost in previous years, you still have a great chance of reaching the chakra amount of a higher-level ninja."

"My lord, a common Nara secret medicine costs tens of thousands of ryō, and I would need to take a lot. Do I look rich to you?" Sasuke said, his face a mask of disappointment, though his mind was racing.

Nara's secret medicine is just for nourishing a deficit, he thought. What kind of recipe could be as useful as food therapy? And I have now mastered the Akimichi clan's digestion technique. Isn't that the best food therapy method of all? As long as I eat enough, it will be converted into a steady stream of energy and subtly nourish the cells of my whole body. It won't take long to completely make up for my previous physical deficiencies.