Chapter 168 Heavy Electromagnetic Railgun
Chapter 168 Heavy Electromagnetic Railgun
The battlefield of the Land of Grass, on the northwest flank.
The battles here have deviated from the conventional understanding of the ninja world; there are no shuriken flying everywhere, nor shouts of ninjutsu clashing.
All that could be seen were silent yet deadly streaks of dark blue light, and the desperate screams of the Iwa ninja.
"Stop him! Quickly, stop that guy with the black hair!"
A captain from the Iwagakure garrison roared hoarsely, his eyes bloodshot and his hand gripping his knife trembling violently.
Ahead of him, Nishikawa Tetsu was speeding through the rocky forest.
"Earth Release: Rock Collapse!"
Three Iwa ninjas joined forces, and huge rocks collapsed from the cliffs on both sides, attempting to bury the figure alive.
Nishikawa Tetsu looked up and calculated the trajectory and gaps between the falling rocks.
Without forming any hand seals for defense, he stomped his left foot hard and narrowly passed through the gap between the two boulders.
"Right now, his arm guards are overheating!"
The ninjutsu just now only forced Nishikawa Tetsu to run to this position, and the bee sting was overheating and emitting some white smoke. Iwa ninja seized this opportunity and immediately flanked from the side, the kunai in their hands gleaming coldly.
"Innocent."
Nishikawa Tetsu raised the corners of his mouth slightly and suddenly reached for his waist with both hands.
"Click".
Two compact, sleek, silver-gray short guns instantly appeared in his hands. Unlike the electromagnetic pistols used by medical ninjas, his guns were much more powerful and efficient.
"At this distance, forming hand seals is a superfluous action."
Nishikawa Tetsu crossed his arms, and the muzzle of his gun emitted a ghostly blue arc of electricity.
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"
A crisp popping sound rang out, like popping beans.
The Iwa ninja who rushed up was just about to form hand seals to release Earth Release, but before he could even finish half of the seals, his vital organs, including his brow, throat, and heart, were pierced through.
"What?!"
The Iwa ninja behind him was horrified to discover that his Earth Wall was no match for the continuous barrage of fire.
The first blow dented the earthen wall, while the second blow pierced through it and entered his chest.
"Within this range, I can pull the trigger faster than you can form hand seals."
Not everyone has Itachi's abnormal hand seal speed; Nishikawa Tetsu is like a dragon on the battlefield.
He would sometimes dodge the rock spears by sidestepping, then retaliate with two headshots; at other times, he would fire his two guns at each other, clearing out the surrounding henchmen.
"Close combat! Let's fight him hand-to-hand! I don't believe his gun can stop this hammer!"
A Jonin from Iwagakure, skilled in taijutsu, noticed something amiss and charged forward, wielding two heavy iron hammers and roaring.
"Earth Release: Hardening Technique!"
His skin turned dark brown, greatly increasing his defensive capabilities, and the iron hammer, accompanied by a whistling sound, smashed towards Nishikawa Tetsu's head.
Faced with this powerful blow, Nishikawa Tetsu put away his two guns and did not retreat.
He extended his left hand directly, palm facing the incoming hammer.
"You're asking for death!" The Iwa ninja grinned maliciously.
But just an inch before the hammer touched Nishikawa Tetsu's palm.
"Magnetic repulsion field - reversal".
"Sizzle—!!!"
A terrifying repulsive force erupted at point-blank range.
The heavy iron hammer, weighing over a hundred pounds, bounced back as if it had hit an invisible rubber wall, even faster than it had come from.
"Snap!"
The Iwa ninja couldn't even hold the handle, and the hammer slipped from his hand, smashing hard into his own chest.
"puff!"
He spat out a mouthful of blood, his hardened skin cracked instantly, and his sternum collapsed.
Before he could fall, Nishikawa Tetsuya already had a chakra scalpel in his right hand. The blue chakra was incredibly sharp, and it instantly severed the other man's carotid artery.
"Melee combat?"
Nishikawa Tetsu flicked the blood off his hands and coldly stepped over the corpse.
"Anyone containing metal is not even qualified to wield a knife in my territory."
The killing continued.
Nishikawa Toru was like a ghost, wandering within Iwagakure's defensive lines.
Whenever an Iwa ninja attempts to form hand seals, the deadly electromagnetic projectiles precisely interrupt their casting rhythm; whenever a rain of shuriken strikes, the invisible magnetic field deflects all metal weapons.
"A monster...this is a monster!"
"Ninjutsu is useless against him! And taijutsu can't even get him close!"
The psychological defenses of Iwagakure began to crumble. Their proud "Will of Rock" seemed so fragile in the face of an enemy they could not understand or even touch.
"Assemble! Everyone assemble! Surround him with earthwork walls!"
A surviving commander attempts to regroup.
Dozens of Iwa ninja gathered together, and layers of earthen walls rose up, protecting them inside like turtles.
"Even those highly penetrating projectiles couldn't possibly pierce ten layers of reinforced earthwork!" the commander shouted to bolster his courage. "If he dares to get close, unleash a barrage of ninjutsu!"
Nishikawa Tetsu stopped and looked at the earthen and stone fortress.
He raised his left arm, which had already cooled down, took out a spare high-energy battery from his waist, clicked it on, and then adjusted the knob on the arm guard.
Nishikawa Tetsu stopped and looked at the incredibly thick earthen and stone fortress.
"Indeed, the pistol's power is insufficient."
He put away his two guns, not bothered by the opponent's defensive tactics, and instead bit his right thumb.
"Then let's change to a different model."
Nishikawa Tetsu formed a hand seal and slammed it onto the ground.
"Spiritual communication!"
"Bang!"
A burst of white smoke exploded.
A toad about half a person's height appeared on the battlefield, carrying a heavy black metal box on its back.
Thanks.
Nishikawa Tetsu opened the box and took out the scientific ninja tools.
It was an electromagnetic cannon about one meter long, with a thick barrel wrapped with even denser coils, and the gun body was connected to that metal box—inside which was a high-capacity chakra battery pack.
"What is this?!"
The Iwa ninjas hiding behind the earthen wall saw this scene through the gaps, and their eyelids twitched wildly.
"Ten layers of earthflow wall?"
Nishikawa Tetsu knelt on one knee, set up the heavy electromagnetic cannon, and pulled the scope to his eyes.
"Let's try this. Hmm, for our first real-world test, let's start with 70% power."
He reached out and switched on the battery.
"Buzz—Buzz—Buzz—!!!"
The heavy machine emitted a charging sound like the growl of a wild beast, and the air around the muzzle began to distort due to the powerful magnetic field, with blue arcs of electricity leaping wildly between the rails.
"Heavy electromagnetic railgun."
"Fire!"
"boom----!!!"
Unlike the blue-white beam of a regular electromagnetic gun, this heavy electromagnetic gun has a purplish-black beam, and the beam is also larger.
The purplish-black beam of light instantly struck the thick earthen wall, which was as fragile as paper and was pierced through in an instant.
"Rumble rumble rumble—"
The entire earthen fortress was instantly ripped open from the inside, as if it had been smashed to pieces by an invisible giant hand. Countless fragments of stone mixed with severed limbs were hurled into the air, and most of the dozens of Iwa ninja who had been hiding inside were killed or wounded by this single blast.
A long, charred trench was left on the ground. Nishikawa Tetsu shook his arm, which was numb from the shock, and stuffed the scorching heavy electromagnetic cannon back into the box on the toad's back.
Nishikawa Tetsu patted the toad beneath him: "Thanks, buddy."
The toad croaked as if to say hello, then vanished in a puff of white smoke.
The remaining Iwa ninja stared blankly at the scene, their weapons clattering to the ground.
This is beyond their understanding of ninjas.
"That...that kind of power..."
The remaining Iwa ninja stared blankly at the scene.
No one dared to take another step forward.
The boy standing in the smoke and dust was no longer human in their eyes, but a death god who controlled thunder.
"Next."
Nishikawa Tetsu's cold voice echoed across the battlefield.
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