Chapter 43: Mastering the Lightning Release Stimulation Technique in One Day — Near-Kage Level Strength

"The Lightning Release stimulation technique mainly has two stages."

Kakashi explained seriously.

The first stage was to use Lightning Release chakra to stimulate the muscles throughout the body, enhancing their capabilities.

At this stage, speed, strength, and explosive power would all increase dramatically.

Just look at the Chunin Exams in the original story.

Sasuke had originally been completely inferior to Rock Lee in terms of speed. Yet after undergoing special training with Kakashi and learning the Lightning Release stimulation technique, his speed was actually able to match Lee’s.

That alone showed just how much the Lightning Release stimulation technique could enhance the body.

"As for the second stage, it involves using Lightning Release to stimulate various parts of the nervous system, especially the optic nerves," Kakashi said with a serious expression.

This was the more troublesome stage and the one most likely to cause injuries.

Nerves were far more fragile than muscles.

Moreover, damage to the nervous system was much more serious than muscle damage.

But if this stage succeeded, the benefits would also be enormous!

After all, if your speed increased without a corresponding increase in reaction speed and perception, you’d actually die even faster!

Reiji nodded slowly, roughly understanding.

He thought of Sasuke’s battle against the Fourth Raikage in the original story.

The Fourth Raikage had actually managed to dodge Amaterasu after Sasuke activated it through his line of sight!

That showed that whether it was visual perception, the brain’s reaction speed, or physical speed, the Fourth Raikage was far beyond ordinary people!

Kakashi’s Lightning Release stimulation technique could essentially be considered a weakened version of the Fourth Raikage’s Lightning Release Armor.

If only he could directly learn the Fourth Raikage’s Lightning Release Armor...

Reiji couldn’t help thinking this.

But he also knew it was impossible.

The Fourth Raikage would probably only want to kill him.

He could only hope that once his strength became high enough, he would be able to observe the Fourth Raikage’s Lightning Release Armor during an actual battle.

Soon, under Kakashi’s guidance, Reiji began the first stage of training.

From his limbs to his chest, abdomen, and waist, he sequentially used Lightning Release chakra to activate the muscles in each corresponding area.

"You’re progressing quickly. Looks like your Lightning Release talent is pretty impressive."

Kakashi sighed slightly.

But as soon as he finished speaking, he shook his head, realizing that he had just said something obvious.

Someone who could develop so many advanced Chidori techniques clearly couldn’t have poor Lightning Release talent.

After roughly two hours.

Reiji successfully completed the first stage.

Fine electrical arcs occasionally flickered across his entire body.

He rapidly jumped and flashed around the nearby area several times, discovering that his speed had increased significantly compared to before!

However, because his speed had increased, he now needed to activate his Sharingan just to keep his perception up with it.

"The improvement really is substantial."

Reiji was satisfied.

The reason he had learned the Lightning Release stimulation technique in the first place was to increase his speed.

He understood his own situation very well.

Compared with true Kage-level experts, what he lacked wasn’t the number of ninjutsu he knew. What he lacked was basic strength and speed.

There was nothing he could do about it.

His age was still a limitation.

Before his body reached its physical peak, he could only rely on various methods to increase his basic speed and strength.

"Alright. Now we’ll move on to the second stage."

Kakashi spoke, his expression becoming slightly more serious.

Although Reiji had mastered the first stage with ease, the second stage would definitely take much longer!

There was only one reason.

The second stage was simply too easy to injure yourself during.

If you accidentally damaged your nerves, you’d need a long period of rest to recover.

That was also why Kakashi had originally intended to refuse.

He had been worried that this stage would consume too much of his time.

Reiji’s expression also became serious.

He carefully attempted each step.

However.

He soon discovered...

This stage didn’t seem very difficult either?

As he followed Kakashi’s instructions and stimulated his nerves, he summarized the key points of this stage in his mind.

First, he needed extremely precise chakra control.

If the chakra used to stimulate the nerves wasn’t controlled properly, he would injure himself.

With the chakra control ability granted by his Indra talent, Reiji could easily manipulate the chakra within his body.

Second, he needed to stimulate each corresponding nerve with the appropriate amount of chakra.

Too little chakra wouldn’t provide enough stimulation.

Too much chakra would damage the nerves.

Therefore, he had to maintain the chakra used for nerve stimulation at the optimal level.

Even Kakashi couldn’t provide an exact amount.

He could only have Reiji gradually experiment, starting from a small amount and slowly increasing it.

But Reiji possessed the Lightning Release talent obtained from the system.

With this talent, he could easily understand exactly how much chakra was required.

For a moment, Reiji couldn’t help sighing inwardly.

In the shinobi world, talent and bloodline really were the most important things!

Time slowly passed.

Kakashi became increasingly shocked.

At first, he watched Reiji stimulate his nerves cautiously, controlling his chakra carefully out of fear that he might make a mistake.

But gradually, Reiji became more and more relaxed.

He could practically control the amount of chakra at will.

Several times, Kakashi thought Reiji was about to injure himself, only for the amount of chakra to turn out to be exactly right!

Soon.

Reiji completed the second stage of training.

After spending a little more time, he managed to stimulate both his muscles and nerves simultaneously.

At this point, he no longer needed to rely on his Sharingan.

Simply relying on the heightened perception from his activated nervous system was enough to keep up with his increased speed!

"I wonder how far my reaction speed is from that of the Fourth Raikage, who could dodge Amaterasu at close range..."

Reiji couldn’t help wondering.

"You actually completed it in a single day. You’re truly a genius."

Kakashi sighed with deep emotion.

He had never imagined that one day he’d be the one praising someone else for being a genius.

Reiji mastering it in a single day should have been a good thing.

It meant Kakashi wouldn’t have to sacrifice too much of his already limited free time.

It wouldn’t interfere with his appreciation of literary works.

But now, after seeing Reiji master the Lightning Release stimulation technique in a single day, Kakashi still couldn’t help feeling somewhat defeated.

Mastering it in one day meant that Reiji’s Lightning Release talent was very likely superior to his own!

"It’s all thanks to your explanations, Senior."

Reiji spoke modestly.

Suddenly, the system’s voice rang out in his mind:

[Congratulations, Host. Your overall strength has increased to Near-Kage (Weak).]

[The Host’s overall strength has advanced by one stage. The system is currently analyzing a new talent...]

[Currently analyzing Uchiha Shisui’s talent... Analysis complete. Beginning enhancement...]

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