Naruto: I Borrow from the Future

Konoha Village.

A rare rainy day.

Qingye walked into the courtyard, looked at the dense dark clouds in the sky, and felt a surge of energy.

He finally got what he was waiting for!

During this time, he had been thinking about trying to complete the S-rank ninjutsu, Lightning Release: Kirin, but this ninjutsu required the creation of a prerequisite celestial phenomenon.

In normal weather, you would need to manually create a large amount of water vapor using fire-style techniques or explosive tags, which would either consume chakra or cost money.

With his current chakra level of 1 chakra during his loan repayment period, he cannot afford to waste it like this.

But if we wait until a rainy day and simply take advantage of the naturally occurring weather phenomena, that would be much more convenient.

Now we've finally gotten what we've been waiting for.

Qingye took the Raikage-Kiba, a gift from Kurozuki Raiga, and after a brief hesitation, left the village.

The Qilin technique is quite a big deal.

Practicing within Konoha Village would be too conspicuous.

After completing the village exit registration, Qingye followed the flow of the Nanhe River northward for dozens of miles before stopping at a place where the darkest clouds were.

"Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique!"

As the fire dragon soared into the sky, the scorching heat carried the moisture in the surrounding air with it. As the fire dragon plunged into the dark clouds, the once calm clouds almost immediately became restless!

Large areas of dark clouds collided and compressed against each other in the sky, with flashes of silvery lightning appearing faintly within the clouds.

Noisy!

Qingye simply formed a hand seal, raised his right hand high, and gathered lightning chakra in his palm.

The lightning in his hand seemed to establish a connection with the lightning brewing in the thunderclouds high in the sky, as if he could control the lightning in the sky from a distance while standing on the ground!

"This power... it's really hard to control!"

Qingye clicked his tongue in amazement.

This S-rank ninjutsu was specially prepared by Sasuke Uchiha in the original timeline to end Itachi Uchiha's life, and it even forced the latter to use Susanoo to defend against it. Naturally, this technique is not so easy to master.

click!

A flash of lightning!

During the attempt, in a moment of carelessness, a portion of the lightning, seemingly held in the palm of someone's hand, suddenly spilled out, and a bolt of lightning instantly struck the waters of the Nanhe River below.

Lightning flashed across the river.

The sudden, intense heat caused a burst of steam to rise from the spot where the river was struck.

boom!

A sudden explosion!

"Um?"

When Qingye looked down, she found that the place where Nanhe River had been struck by lightning had inexplicably exploded, and when she looked over, she could still see the flames that had not completely dissipated.

What's going on?

and many more!

This doesn't seem like the first time I've encountered this, does it?

It seems like something similar happened during the Battle of Kannabi Bridge, but Huang Tu arrived later, and I didn't have a chance to think about it in detail.

Why does lightning strike a river and cause an explosion?

A guess popped into Qingye's mind, and he slightly moved his raised right hand, intending to give it a try.

With a pull in his hand, a bolt of lightning struck down from the sky!

It struck the river again, but this time there was no explosion as Qingye had anticipated.

"What exactly is going on?" Qingye frowned secretly.

He initially thought that the lightning struck the water, causing a chemical reaction that electrolyzed the water into hydrogen and oxygen, which then exploded under the high temperature triggered by the lightning.

But why couldn't it be reproduced?

Could my assumption be wrong?

But there was also the battle at Kannabi Bridge before, which clearly happened twice.

Even if both coincidences were coincidences, there must be some underlying principle behind them, right?

Unable to figure it out for a moment, Qingye thought for a moment, then bit her finger and formed a hand seal.

Bang!

"Meow?"

Nine lives peeked out.

Why did you summon me?

"Nine Lives, go find me a book..."

After giving the instructions, he told Kyubi to go back and that the Ninja Cat Express would arrive in a while.

"Electrolysis of water experiment..."

"Where are my conditions lacking? Cathode and anode... Hmm? Do I need direct current?"

He pondered in the blue night.

What should I do?

After thinking for a moment, he took out a scroll from his ninja tool bag, opened it, and took out the two lightning swords, Kiba.

He picked up a thunder blade and guided it towards the thunderclouds in the sky, but this time Qingye changed his approach. Under the guidance of the thunder blade, continuous lightning bolts struck down one after another!

Lightning flashed across the water's surface, and after several adjustments, it seemed as if some kind of gas was rising and bubbling up from the water's surface.

wow——

A sudden flash of fire appeared on the water's surface!

"No explosion?"

The electrolysis of water was successful, and it seems that hydrogen and oxygen have also been produced, but the explosion I hoped for did not occur... What condition is missing this time?

"Let's start with the Qilin."

Qingye sighed.

First, we need to complete this large-scale, powerful ninjutsu, and then gradually figure out how the previous explosions were caused.

If it can be consistently reproduced, it might become another very useful ninjutsu.

……

Time passed day by day.

During this period, the battle situation in Konoha was basically stable, but it is said that there are signs of escalation of conflict in the Hidden Mist battlefield.

Nohara Rin walked through the Uchiha clan's territory carrying her bag; she had just laid flowers at Obito's grave.

Mustering her courage, she stopped a passerby to ask. Contrary to her expectations, the person wasn't a menacing figure. After getting the answer she wanted, Nohara Rin breathed a sigh of relief and quickly thanked them.

"The Uchiha clan isn't so hard to get along with after all..."

Nohara Rin patted her chest, feeling relieved.

That's right. Neither Obito nor Aoya are difficult people to get along with... The rumors about the Uchiha clan in the village are just rumors after all.

Following the directions I had been given, I arrived at Qingye's house and gently knocked on the door.

Not long after.

"Lin? What brings you here?"

Qingye was slightly surprised.

"Um, I made something, I don't know if you'll like it, Qingye."

Nohara Rin tried to cheer herself up, but her movements were still a bit flustered. She hurriedly took a bento box out of her bag, and when she opened it, it was full of strawberry daifuku.

Qingye blinked, not understanding what was going on.

"Is it because I saved you before? But Lin, you already thanked me, right?"

"How can you do that? That was a life-saving favor!"

Nohara Rin was very serious, but spoke somewhat shyly: "However, I really can't think of anything to give you as a thank you gift, so I can only make some desserts... I hope you won't mind, Aoya."

His voice trailed off towards the end, sounding guilty.

The other party saved him from the hands of the Iwagakure Jonin, but all he could do in return was give them these things.

But as an orphan, she really didn't have anything worth mentioning.

"How could I possibly dislike it?"

Qingye smiled, took the bento box, picked up a piece and tasted it. The soft, chewy texture and sweet and sour flavor blended in her mouth: "Mmm, the taste is absolutely perfect! Lin, did you make this yourself? You're amazing!"

Nohara Rin breathed a sigh of relief and said with a sweet smile, "If you like it, Aoya, I can make more for you next time."

"Okay, come in and talk."

Aoya put away the lunchbox and led Nohara Rin into the house.

A thought suddenly struck him, and he felt a sense of being watched. He went out to look around and carefully scanned the area, but found no one there.

Is it just my imagination?

No, you can't think like that!

But who would come and stare at me?

This is Uchiha clan territory, so no one in the clan should be this bored... So it must be either Hiruzen Sarutobi or Danzo Shimura's people?

Between the two, the latter is more likely.

or……

Is it a White Zetsu?