In the preparation room, Neji lay stretched out on the sofa, clearly in high spirits as he looked at his fully healed arms.
"You really are Lady Tsunade's disciple. You healed everything in just a few minutes—I don't feel any pain at all."
Shizune stood and walked to the door.
"Come with me. Lady Tsunade and Lord Hikaru want to see you."
Neji, who had just begun to relax, immediately sprang up and appeared behind her in a flash.
"Really?! Lord Hikaru wants to see me?"
Shizune sighed inwardly and corrected him quietly.
"It's Hokage-sama and Lord Hikaru."
Only then did Neji realize how inappropriate his excitement was. He took a deep breath, trying to suppress his giddy smile and regain composure.
"Understood."
Noticing the sparkle of admiration in his eyes, Shizune couldn't help but pinch the bridge of her nose.
Is this Hyūga kid really a Hikaru fanboy? He just completely ignored Lady Tsunade…
Oh well. It wasn't a big deal. It was Lord Hikaru who requested to see him—Lady Tsunade merely agreed.
A few minutes later, Shizune led Neji to the viewing box where Tsunade and Uchiha Hikaru were seated.
Hikaru looked up at Neji, who stood beside Shizune practically vibrating with excitement. It was hard not to notice just how different he was from the Neji in the original timeline.
I remember him being calm and serious… How'd he turn into this? Maybe it's because he's proud of that "gun" he developed?
Then again, I've disrupted enough in this world already—Neji changing because of me wouldn't be too surprising.
"Hyuuga Neji, do you know why I asked to see you?"
Neji nodded immediately and reached into his ninja tool pouch. He pulled out the scroll he had revealed during the match and unfurled it on the ground.
The two-meter-long scroll was spread out smoothly. With a flick of his fingers, he released three seals from smallest to largest.
Boom.
Boom.
Boom.
As the three strange ninja tools appeared, Hikaru stared in disbelief.
No way… This kid's a reincarnator, isn't he?!
Beside him, Tsunade walked over with curiosity and examined the iron contraptions. She reached for the one Neji had used earlier.
"Please don't touch the trigger, Lady Tsunade," Neji warned quickly. "It might fire by accident."
Tsunade nodded and picked up the first weapon carefully, weighing it in her hands.
"It's lighter than I expected… About three pounds, maybe."
Meanwhile, Hikaru approached the second, larger tool. This one was about a meter long. The front end was a slender barrel around sixty centimeters, with a gunstock-like rear, and even a small aiming node mounted on top. Toward the back, a tiny ruler marked distance or precision.
Hikaru's brain short-circuited.
This… This is basically a sniper rifle! It looks like an M24 without the magazine!
It wasn't exactly useful to him, but damn if it wasn't impressive.
He examined every part of the structure with fascination, then turned to Neji.
"You made all these?"
Neji nodded—then hesitated and shook his head slightly.
"Not alone. Lord Hikaru, you once said, 'If the Byakugan can see enemies from miles away, why not just shoot them from that distance?'"
"After that, the Hyūga elders began exploring long-range combat. We started training in archery. Combined with the Byakugan, archery can be surprisingly lethal."
"But the effective range of a bow is still limited. Only Hyūga who have mastered Gentle Fist and Eight Trigrams Palm can wrap chakra around an arrow to kill at a thousand meters."
"My teammate Tenten is from a family that forges ninja tools. When I told her about my idea, she said we might be able to channel chakra through a barrel, stabilizing and compressing it."
"With her help, we designed blueprints for three kinds of ninja tools over two years."
"But forging them was a nightmare. To keep the chakra trajectory stable and accurate, the tolerances had to be perfect. It took Tenten's father a whole year just to produce them."
Before Hikaru could even comment, Neji launched into an enthusiastic explanation, gesturing toward each weapon like he was giving a demonstration to his idol.
"Lord Hikaru, look!"
"This first one—Lady Tsunade is holding it—is the most basic model. Its range is only about two hundred meters, but it's very easy to use and only takes a small amount of chakra. With just a bit of training in chakra compression, even Genin can fire ten to twenty rounds!"
"This second one—the one you're holding—when paired with Byakugan observation, can hit targets over two kilometers away! It uses a lot more chakra, but the damage is significantly higher. A Genin might manage one or two shots. A Chūnin could fire around five."
Then Neji stepped toward the final weapon: a massive steel construct nearly his height. He touched it gently, reverently, like it was alive.
"And this one… To be honest, Tenten and I designed it for power and range. We didn't even think about how much chakra it would require. Only high-level Jōnin could handle it."
"I haven't been able to fully test its output yet, but based on calculations, its range could be anywhere from twenty to thirty kilometers."
Hikaru's jaw tightened slightly. This wasn't just a big weapon—it was practically artillery. Its appearance even reminded him of a mortar, but the sheer scale...
This… this could be considered modern artillery in my old world.
And that range—20 kilometers is probably a conservative estimate. With chakra, maybe even 40 or more.
So this is what happens when chakra meets modern weapons…
Out of the corner of his eye, Hikaru noticed Neji looking up at him expectantly, his expression glowing with pride, eagerness, and—yes—pure fanboy energy.
Ah… I see. He hasn't become arrogant. He's just... my biggest fan.
"Ahem."
"You've done well. You're truly one of the finest among Konoha's new generation."
Then he raised an eyebrow.
"By the way… Have you named these three weapons yet?"
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