Although the three small ones ignored their main body, Natsuhiko walked over to check on their progress.
Seeing the three already assembled Jutsu gaming machines behind the three small ones, Natsuhiko couldn't help but smile slightly and nod in satisfaction.
After seeing the progress, it seemed that they would meet the quota by the opening of the tavern.
Number One, dressed in red, unintentionally glanced and happened to see Natsuhiko's face with an excessive amount of a capitalist smile. Unable to hold back, the infant creature said, "Hey, isn't this Boss Hit***i? Why did you personally come to inspect our work?"
Natsuhiko's smile froze slightly.
Before he could respond, Number Two, dressed in blue, who had just finished installing a component, impatiently said, "Number One, run your mouth and hands at the same time!"
"Damn, even hanging yourself needs some amount of time!" Number One crazily scratched his own silver curly hair, "And we're all clones, why make it difficult for clones?"
Wearing green clothes, Number Three weakly said at this moment, "You...you guys shouldn't argue. Fighting is not good."
"Shut up, Number Three!" Both Number One and Number Two said loudly at the same time.
Number Three: "Wu..."
Why is it always me who gets hurt?
It seems everyone is quite busy; maybe it's better not to disturb them.
Natsuhiko silently retreated, not daring to disturb his clone's work.
He walked to the control panel of the prototype machine and began his daily routine.
Natsuhiko first took out a storage card, placed it on the nearby table, and unsealed it.
After the white smoke dispersed, six duel discs appeared on the table, the ones students used during the day to "test" cards.
Natsuhiko casually picked up one duel-disc with his left hand, and with his right hand, his fingers gathered chakra, rhythmically touching several hidden spots on the due- disc.
With a click sound, the bottom of the duel-disc opened, and a ping pong ball-sized sphere popped out, falling neatly into Natsuhiko's prepared palm.
Then, Natsuhiko placed the ball into a groove on the control panel of the prototype machine, fitting perfectly.
On the top right corner of the old-fashioned monitor connected to the prototype machine, a battery icon now had a lightning symbol, indicating that the prototype machine was charging.
After making sure everything was fine, Natsuhiko continued the same process, taking out balls from the other duel discs and placing them in the remaining grooves on the control panel.
These balls, used to seal the chakra of infant clones, had a similar principle—they were containers for storing chakra.
If they were to be named, perhaps "chakra capacitors," a term seen in Boruto, would be appropriate.
Because these balls primarily served as batteries, providing power to various machines invented by Natsuhiko.
With Natsuhiko's exploration of the rune system, he had developed many things that required chakra to operate.
This made Natsuhiko's already meagre chakra reserves even more unable to meet his needs.
To prevent being drained like Kakashi one day, Natsuhiko naturally prepared in advance.
That's where these chakra capacitors come in.
Natsuhiko, relying on his knowledge from his past life, could have chosen many simpler and faster ways to make money, but he chose to create the Jutsu game, not for profit, but for chakra.
All the players duelling with the duel discs didn't entirely use their chakra on the game's projection. Thirty percent of it was stored in the chakra capacitors inside the duel discs.
Since players only used the projection technique with the duel discs, they couldn't accurately determine where their chakra went, so they were unaware of being subtly fleeced.
The chakra capacitors that Natsuhiko just took out from the duel discs contained the chakra of students who had played the Jutsu game today.
So every time he heard students thanking him for letting them play Jutsu for free, Natsuhiko felt a bit sorry.
After all, while you might gain a little, I'm definitely not at a loss.
The only regret was that Natsuhiko hadn't solved the problem of transferring chakra from one person to another.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have been so easily drained by Kushina, but rather, he could have outputted madly until Kushina begged for mercy.
Ah, this is, of course, talking about playing cards.
As for the issue of chakra transfer, Natsuhiko also had some ideas.
In the original work, there were several techniques that could convert others' chakra into one's own.
Examples include Akado Yoroi's Chakra Absorption Technique, Jirobo's Earth Dome Prison, Gakido's abilities, and creatures like Samehada and White Zetsu that could naturally convert chakra.
Furthermore, in the Fourth Shinobi World War, Nine-Tails taught Naruto how to transfer chakra to others.
There were many methods, but unfortunately, they either hadn't appeared or were too difficult to obtain, not like before when Natsuhiko could easily covet them.
But now, with Natsuhiko's increased strength, it was time to start this research.
As for where to start...
"Choosing who to pick, choosing who to choose..."
Since Natsuhiko hadn't solved the chakra conversion problem, these chakra capacitors could only be used for the prototype machine and some other machines.
They couldn't be used on Natsuhiko himself or the infant clones.
But for him, it was already a great help.
After all, whether it was his research on rune properties or the development of rune ninjutsu, it heavily relied on various simulated analyses on the prototype machine, consuming chakra every minute!
Compared to the situation where the prototype machine ran for a while and Natsuhiko had to rest, now, with the chakra supplied by students, the prototype machine could operate continuously for twenty-four hours.
Thus, Natsuhiko's research progress was advancing significantly, with new discoveries every day.
If it weren't for his previous concerns about not having enough strength to protect Jutsu and related technology, Natsuhiko would have done this a long time ago.
Having tasted the sweetness, Natsuhiko naturally knew how to appreciate it.
Students in the academy had limited chakra, and there were many restrictions when playing, so the potential for providing chakra had reached its peak.
That's why Natsuhiko was so urgently preparing for the opening of the tavern.
Rather than letting those robust ninjas be drained every day by the little elder sisters in the red-light district, it would be better to have Natsuhiko drained.
Moreover, Natsuhiko knows more tricks...
The Jutsu cards and such are just foreplay.
Natsuhiko plans to introduce more rune creations.
Starting from Konoha, then spreading to the Land of Fire, and finally expanding to the entire Ninja World.
Making chakra not just a tool for killing but truly taking root and sprouting as the first gate technology in this world.
When his rune creations integrate into every aspect of the Ninja World, and everyone becomes dependent on these things.
The chakra continuously provided to Natsuhiko at every moment will undoubtedly propel his research on runes to the realm of the Sage of Six Paths!
No, even the so-called Original Runes are ultimately just the Sage of Six Paths' understanding of the essence of chakra.
It's just an understanding at the "Six Paths" level.
Not "primordial" enough.
It's not rooted in the fundamental truth of chakra!
Once Natsuhiko obtains enough Original Runes, he will initiate reverse engineering of the root of chakra,
Perhaps there will be a chance to explore the realm of the legendary chakra god...
Cultivate assistants from the Academy who can help implement his plan.
Promote rune creations in the Ninja World to harvest everyone's chakra.
Finally, gather the chakra of all the people in the entire Ninja World into one body, exploring the ultimate mystery of chakra...
Even becoming the god of chakra!
And this is the complete picture of Natsuhiko's plan.
Therefore, he has named this plan: the Chakra God Crowdfunding Plan.
(End of this chapter)
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