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Chapter 391 Visions for the Future
"Very successful..." Orochimaru murmured to himself, staring at the spinning fan.
He raised his head, faced the shocked crowd below, and announced in a calm yet fervent tone:
"This is just the beginning."
"This technology will completely change Konoha's energy structure. Soon, every light in the village will be lit up. The factory machines will be powered by a continuous supply of electricity."
His voice, amplified by the loudspeaker, resonated clearly throughout every corner of the venue, like a divine pronouncement.
"It will become the engine driving the progress of civilization!"
"Based on this technology, we are envisioning a chakra network covering the entire village. In the future, the transmission of intelligence will no longer rely on running ninjas and summoning hawks, but will be completed instantly through electrical signals."
"We will have remote communication equipment that will allow ninjas in different countries to talk as if they were face to face."
"We can even create chakra-powered vehicles, so that ordinary villagers are no longer limited to traveling on foot!"
A nuclear explosion of ideas detonated in the minds of all the listeners.
Nara Shikanobu's pen had fallen to the ground without him noticing. He stared blankly at Orochimaru on the stage, who was depicting the future, with only one thought in his mind.
This is a huge problem...
The world was about to become something he wouldn't recognize at all.
The lecture ended in awe of everyone present.
When Tobirama Senju erased the last formula from the blackboard and announced the disbandment, no one in the audience moved.
They were still immersed in that overly dazzling vision of the future constructed by science and ninjutsu, unable to extricate themselves.
After a long silence, the crowd slowly began to stir, bursting into a buzz of discussion.
"That's...that's amazing..."
"They can actually calculate ninjutsu...?"
"Chakra network?"
The tech ninjas, their eyes gleaming with fervor, rushed onto the stage, eager to ask Orochimaru for more details.
Most ordinary villagers, though confused by what they heard, genuinely felt a sense of awe and wonder.
The lecture was drawing to a close.
That concludes my explanation.
With those words, Tobirama Senju picked up the blackboard eraser and prepared to wipe away all the wisdom that filled the blackboard.
"etc!"
A voice suddenly rang out.
Tobirama stopped moving.
Everyone looked in the direction of the sound.
In the crowd, a younger Uchiha boy stood up beside Fugaku Uchiha. His face still had a touch of childishness, but his eyes shone with a thirst for knowledge that was beyond his years.
The boy took a deep breath and asked in a slightly trembling but incredibly clear voice, "If...if chakra can be efficiently converted into this energy called electricity, then, is this process reversible?"
"Could we do the opposite and transfer energy to the ninjas on the battlefield, directly replenishing their depleted chakra?!"
This problem is like a depth charge dropped into a calm lake.
All the ninjas, including Danzo and Shikanobu, widened their eyes instantly!
Remote...chakra replenishment?!
This... this will completely overturn the balance of the Shinobi World War!
Tobirama Senju turned his head, and for the first time during this lecture, his red eyes locked onto a specific person.
He scrutinized the brave Uchiha boy who had asked the question, and remained silent for a moment.
Just when everyone thought he was going to rebuke such a wild idea, Tobirama coldly uttered two words.
"Can."
The entire audience erupted in uproar!
"but,"
Tobirama's voice rang out again, extinguishing everyone's excitement: "Energy inevitably suffers losses during conversion and long-distance transmission. With current technology, the loss rate is as high as 99%, rendering it utterly useless."
He looked at the boy and continued, "To solve this problem, we need breakthroughs in three areas: basic materials science, spatial runes, and energy form locking. This is a massive project that will require at least ten years of research."
"..."
Tobirama Senju's cold and hard remark, which contained infinite possibilities, instantly made the minds of all the technical ninjas present boil.
The following statement, "Currently, it has no practical value," was like a bucket of ice water, instantly extinguishing all unrealistic fantasies.
The lecture ended amidst this extreme tension of contrasting emotions.
When Tobirama Senju erased the last formula from the blackboard and announced the disbandment, no one in the audience moved.
They were still immersed in that overly dazzling vision of the future constructed by science and ninjutsu, unable to extricate themselves.
After a long silence, the crowd slowly stirred and began to buzz with discussion.
"That's...that's amazing..."
"They can actually calculate ninjutsu...?"
"Chakra network? Remote chakra replenishment?"
The tech ninjas, their eyes gleaming with fervor, rushed onto the stage and surrounded Orochimaru, trying to ask him for more details.
The Uchiha boy who asked that groundbreaking question sat back down quietly after receiving the answer, but the flames burning in his black eyes were even brighter than before.
Fugaku Uchiha sat beside him, gently patted his shoulder without saying a word, but his approval was self-evident.
"..."
Fugaku withdrew his hand, but his heart was still stirred by the idea of remote chakra replenishment.
If it can really be achieved... no, if the Second Hokage says it can, then it definitely can! What an enormous advantage this will bring to Konoha in future wars!
Just then, a steady voice suddenly came from the loudspeaker on the other side of the venue. The voice was not loud, but it clearly drowned out all the noise.
"Next, Lord Uchiha Madara will speak about the origin and future of the Sharingan in the Third Martial Arts Arena."
In an instant, all the Uchiha clan members froze.
Fugaku suddenly stood up and exchanged glances with the clansmen around him. They all saw the same shock and fervor in each other's reactions.
He ignored the technical ninjas' discussion, immediately turned around, and strode towards the Third Training Ground.
The crowd split up again.
Villagers and ninjas who weren't interested in the Sharingan either flocked to Akimichi's barbecue stand or curiously went to look at Hatake Sakumo's strawberry greenhouse.
Most of the Uchiha clan members put down their work at this moment, as if they had received some kind of sacred summons, and formed a black tide, converging towards the solemn training ground.
Unlike the open-air venue where Tobirama lectured, the Third Training Ground was a semi-enclosed traditional building, more like a solemn ancestral hall.
When Fugaku arrived with his wife Mikoto, the place was already filled with Uchiha clansmen.
They stood quietly according to their seniority and status, no one whispering to each other, the atmosphere solemn to the point of being oppressive.
Uchiha Yogen also stood in the crowd with his wife Yozuki and young Obito.
At the very front of the training ground stood clan leader Uchiha Kagami, dressed in formal attire, his expression solemn.