Naruto: Orochimaru's Disciple

Chapter 173 - 174

Chapter 173: Speculation on a Cancer Cell Chakra Autonomous Extraction Device

After sustaining the conversion device for fifteen minutes, the Nara genin was nearly drained dry. Kenichi signaled for Zero Tails to stop.

"It looks like, at the current pace, a genin's chakra is enough to keep flight going for a while." Kenichi stared at the notes in his hand, running numbers in his head. "If we want longer flight time and higher altitude, then that means..."

He did not finish the sentence out loud, but the conclusion was obvious.

An ordinary person could not withstand the extraction at all. If ordinary people were used as fuel, then they would have to capture and imprison a large number of them just to maintain flight.

The problem was, ordinary people got their stamina drained almost instantly, while one ninja could match many ordinary people on sheer output. In most cases, using captured shinobi as "batteries" was simply the most efficient option.

If they could capture chunin or jonin, then the supply of chakra would increase drastically, and the kinetic energy they could generate would follow.

The only real question now was how much chakra Zero Tails could extract and convert at one time.

With that in mind, Kenichi had Shiori escort the Nara genin and the ordinary man back. He went with her, retrieved the chunin and the jonin from the lab, and prepared to test them as well.

Even among jonin, not everyone had several times more chakra than a genin. But at the very least, a jonin's chakra quality was better. Kenichi wanted to see how much Zero Tails could extract and convert from that level.

After that, they would test how much buoyancy the conversion capability could generate, and then determine whether the laboratory could truly be built in the air.

Compared to the Nara genin, who had relatively few restraints, these two Konoha shinobi were in far worse condition. The Konoha jonin had it especially bad. His collarbone had been pierced, and his chakra had been sealed with a specialized technique.

Kenichi did not waste words.

He removed the seal, then immediately applied a different one to prevent the jonin from mobilizing chakra on his own.

Then he instructed Zero Tails to begin extracting.

By this point, they were no longer inside the lab. Flight tests could not be done indoors, and the conversion device itself was large enough that assembling it inside the lab was a pain.

"Compared to that genin..." Kenichi murmured, sensing the chakra being pulled from the jonin's body. "The extraction is slower."

The rate really was slower. Kenichi could feel the chakra loss clearly, but it did not rip out in a violent rush like it had with the genin.

The tradeoff was worth it.

The device shot out of the forest and surged into the sky at a frightening speed. Kenichi immediately told Koji to bring it down.

So it worked.

Zero Tails could achieve flight by extracting a jonin's chakra, and the conversion device was effective. By Kenichi's rough calculations, this jonin alone could provide a tremendous amount of energy to sustain flight.

But that was only the weight of a single conversion device.

What happened when they added the actual "base" on top?

With that in mind, Kenichi brought Zero Tails and Shiori to his laboratory and began hauling out the stones he had excavated for construction. He loaded a full ton of stones onto the conversion device first.