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Back Mountain Forest.
Satoru Hyūga toyed with the Bow & Arrow in his hand. The bow was half his height. Fortunately, he had never slacked off in physical training, so handling it didn't feel strenuous to him.
The bow body was made of a kind of wood whose name he didn't know. It boasted great toughness. The bowstring reflected a faint metallic sheen, giving off an icy air.
Satoru Hyūga plucked the bowstring a few times with his fingers. The elasticity was decent.
"Freebies are just awesome!"
Satoru Hyūga was pretty satisfied with the quality of the bow. After all, it was free. What more could he want?
No matter what Uchiha Rin was up to, free gifts were not to be turned down. He roughly calculated that with his current savings, he might not be able to afford this Bow & Arrow.
Bow-type ninja tools were pricier than other ninja tools. After all, very few ninjas used bows. As the saying goes, rarity drives up the price.
Satoru Hyūga picked up an arrow and nocked it on the bowstring. To create an electromagnetic cannon using the bow, he first had to set up an accelerating magnetic field.
The principle behind the electromagnetic cannon was quite simple. A metal shell was continuously accelerated in a magnetic field to achieve an extremely high muzzle velocity and a very long range.
The most critical part was the acceleration process, which was the so-called electromagnetic propulsion.
Satoru Hyūga recalled that in his past life, the Eagle and the Rabbit engaged in an arms race, and electromagnetic cannons were part of it. The main technical hurdle also lay in the electromagnetic propulsion process.
If one wanted to accelerate the shell to the desired power level, the amount of electric current needed was extremely large. The Eagle was constrained by this and couldn't apply electromagnetic cannons to aircraft carriers for a long time.
In contrast, the Rabbit had overcome the technical hurdles and far surpassed the Eagle in the application of electromagnetic cannons.
However, for Satoru Hyūga, he could bypass the step of converting the magnetic field through electromagnetic induction and directly set up a propulsion magnetic field on the bowstring. This was also the reason he needed a metal bowstring. For other materials, he didn't yet have the ability to alter their magnetic fields.
What left Satoru Hyūga a bit disappointed was that not all of his arrows were made of metal. The arrow shafts were still wooden, which would surely impact the efficiency of electromagnetic propulsion.
But it was likely that there were no all-metal arrows in the entire ninja world. This didn't comply with the laws of weapon forging. No one would use all-metal arrows because they were heavy and lacked toughness, unless they were custom-made.
But for Satoru Hyūga, the arrows didn't matter. All he wanted was an electromagnetic cannon that could be launched with a bow!
He drew the bowstring with his fingertips until it formed a Michiru Tsuki.
Denka danced on the metal bowstring, and a weak current could be seen flowing on the arrow tip.
The Byakugan was already activated, and a one-kilometer radius was within his line of sight. When he felt that the electromagnetic propulsion on the bowstring had reached its limit, Satoru Hyūga let go of his fingers.
Whoosh!
Accompanied by a sharp, ear-piercing blast!
The entire arrow turned into a blue lightning arc and disappeared in an instant.
From the view of the Byakugan, Satoru Hyūga clearly saw the arrow strike and embed itself in the trunk of a tree about 800 meters away, with only a small part of the arrow tail showing.
Satoru Hyūga wore a delighted expression. That explosive sound was the sound of breaking through the sound barrier, indicating that the speed of this arrow surpassed the speed of sound!
The entire process from shooting to hitting took only about one second. The speed of the arrow was around 800 meters per second, while the speed of a regular pistol was about 400 meters per second. The speed of this arrow far exceeded that of a pistol!
Although it was still far from the power of the electromagnetic cannon in his memory, in the ninja world, it was already quite terrifying!
You know, ninjas generally have a short attack range. With this attack range ability combined with the Byakugan, it was enough for him to become a sniper!
Truly, he could draw the bow and shoot an arrow from 800 meters away, killing the target with one shot!
When he reached the position where the arrow hit, Satoru Hyūga struggled a bit to take the Bow & Arrow off the tree trunk. The intense heat carried by the arrow left burn marks on the tree trunk.
Similarly, because its middle part of the arrow was not made of metal, it had been severely burned under the high temperature generated by the high - speed movement. It was basically impossible to reuse it.
Satoru Hyūga felt a bit heart - achey. This meant that his idea of reusing the metal arrows for training wouldn't work. He had to order customized all - metal arrows.
"With my current chakra, I can shoot at most ryo arrows. But since the principle is electromagnetic propulsion, the Bow & Arrow don't give off chakra fluctuations during flight. It's well - concealed and has great sniping capabilities."
Satoru Hyūga pondered for a while and analyzed the advantages and disadvantages of this arrow.
The ability to snipe from an extremely long range, combined with the almost all - round view of the Byakugan, made it a proper electromagnetic sniper rifle in the ninja world!
The only limitation was that he didn't have enough arrows...
Satoru Hyūga helplessly puckered his lips. The customized metal arrows probably wouldn't be cheap. As consumables, the cost was even higher. Moreover, he suddenly wondered, if the arrows were made of chakra metal, would their power be different?
You know, different metals have different propulsion efficiencies within a magnetic field. Would chakra metal gain greater kinetic energy within a magnetic field?
Satoru Hyūga took out the Scroll of Seals and put the large Bow & Arrow into it. He didn't want to tote around such a big bow all day. The Scroll of Seals also cost him a lot of money, making him feel heart - achey.
「I have to find a way to make money.」 Satoru Hyūga smacked his lips.
The next morning.
Satoru Hyūga yawned while coming to the ninja academy. Anko standing next to him winked at him and said, "Satoru, why do you look listless again?"
"Because I've been cultivating every night."
"Really?"
Looking at Anko's mischievous look, Satoru Hyūga didn't bother to explain. Last night, he not only had to finish the necessary training but also spent a long time thinking about how to make money.
Should he perform street shows like the Lightning Master? But this was the ninja world, and Lightning Release was too common.
There was still a long time until he graduated and became a Genin who could take on missions. His Electromagnetic Force cultivation plan had to be put on hold.
「Satoru, remember? There's a Practical combat assessment today!」 Anko blurted out.
「Practical combat assessment?」 Satoru Hyūga lifted his head and looked at her.
「No way! The first semester is almost over. Don't you know that?」
Satoru Hyūga was taken aback for a moment, then quickly recalled. It seemed like he had been studying at the ninja academy for ages. These days were probably the final assessment days of the first semester.
But it's not his fault. After all, he trained almost every night and just goofed off and slept during the day. He had little concept of time.
"Shit."
Looking at Satoru Hyūga who was in a daze, Anko helplessly massaged her temples.
"You're probably going to make a complete fool of yourself. Quite a few people are hoping that something bad happens to you, a ninja of the Hyūga clan!"
"Do you know that many people in the class are laughing at you for being lazy and sleeping in every class? You're just as much of a dunce (the lowest-ranked student) as Obito Uchiha..." Anko kept on ranting.
Satoru Hyūga didn't say a word, his eyes flickering. It was hard to tell what he was thinking...
Soon, the head teacher, Fujino Daikichi, came into the classroom. After going over all the relevant details, he organized the students to go to the playground for the Practical combat assessment.
His gaze swept over the students on the playground, showing a proud expression. After a semester of teaching, many students had made remarkable progress and would surely contribute their Will of Fire to the village in the future.
However, when his gaze landed on two figures, his expression became strange and helpless. One was Obito Uchiha. This guy was definitely a weirdo among the Uchiha. Fortunately, Uchiha Rin managed to save the face of the Uchiha clan. Otherwise, the students' impression of the Uchiha might have changed.
The other one was Satoru Hyūga.
Although Obito Uchiha was a bit stupid, at least he didn't slack off and was very enthusiastic in class. But this Satoru Hyūga... He was just too lazy!
He just dozed off in class and rushed to the toilet as soon as class was over.
What was going on? Fujino Daikichi had a splitting headache. Are there really so many weirdos from the clans in this class?
One Uchiha? One Hyūga?