Chapter 133 – Comprehending Gravity
In Ishiro's memories, the Tenseigan had various abilities:
controlling puppets, manipulating giant stone golems, manipulating souls, and powers related to gravity and repulsion.
In Tenseigan Mode, one could even divert moonlight with a massive sword.
These powers coincidentally corresponded closely to some of the ninjutsu recorded in the village's secret scroll.
The Rinnegan's abilities were broadly similar—puppets, soul manipulation, and gravitational control—but they did not match the scroll's techniques as precisely as the Tenseigan's.
This made Ishiro wonder:
Could a member of the Ōtsutsuki clan have contacted Iwagakure?
Or perhaps the First or Second Tsuchikage had inherited some Ōtsutsuki legacy?
Unfortunately, in the world of shinobi, intelligence was highly valued and rarely recorded.
Most knowledge was passed down orally, generation after generation.
Only in the past few decades, after the founding of the hidden villages, had information on enemy nations been systematically collected and recorded.
Before that, ninja rarely kept mission records.
Currently, Ishiro didn't have access to the village's true secrets.
Even if he suspected something, he couldn't verify it.
And he doubted the village even had written records—otherwise, Ōnoki wouldn't have treated those strange S- and A-rank techniques so casually.
For someone like Ishiro, whose strength and status were not yet high enough, it wasn't the time to worry about such things.
The most important task was still to improve his strength—to survive the oncoming ninja world war.
And right now, he had the perfect way to grow stronger:
the S-rank gravity technique.
Although Ishiro had read its training method, he honestly didn't understand it.
No wonder Ōnoki had advised him not to practice it lightly.
The difficulty was truly high.
But Ishiro had his own ideas.
Previously, he had a long-term goal—to train chakra fusion.
Among the two chakra natures he chose, Water had already met the standard, but Earth had always been lagging behind.
Originally, Ishiro planned to deepen his earth affinity by developing the Weighted Rock Technique.
But now he changed his mind:
He wanted to enhance his earth chakra comprehension by learning this gravity ninjutsu.
Unlike Ōnoki and the other shinobi who grew up in the ninja world,
Ishiro—thanks to his past life's knowledge—had a stronger understanding of natural laws.
For example, he knew:
the farther from the ground, the weaker the gravitational pull.
Yet living constantly inside an unchanging gravity field made it very hard to "feel" that force.
Thus, Ishiro decided—
he would go into the sky to try sensing it.
Once he decided, he acted immediately.
Ishiro used the Light-Weight Boulder Technique to ascend as high as possible.
In theory, it sounded simple.
But in reality, things were not ideal.
The planet he stood on was similar in size to Earth.
Even at high altitudes, the gravitational difference was extremely minimal.
Ishiro soared up to five or six thousand meters,
but still couldn't feel any meaningful change.
Frustrated, he pushed another thousand meters higher.
At this height, the Light-Weight Boulder Technique was clearly reaching its limit.
No matter how hard he tried, Ishiro couldn't ascend further.
He didn't understand why, but didn't dwell on it.
Looking around at the clearly thinner atmosphere,
he wondered what would happen if he canceled the Light-Weight Boulder Technique here.
Considering his body, strengthened by years of training and chakra reinforcement,
he felt confident he would survive.
With that, Ishiro deactivated the technique.
Immediately, he felt himself enter a weightless state—and began free-falling.
At first, Ishiro had planned to quickly reactivate the technique and halt the fall.
But on impulse, he changed his mind.
He decided to let himself fall freely.
For about twenty seconds,
he dropped from thousands of meters above the ground,
before hastily forming seals to activate Light-Weight Boulder Technique again.
However—
Because of the long free fall and the delay from forming seals,
by the time Ishiro acted,
his falling speed had become terrifying—
even faster than his normal Body Flicker speeds.
And he was falling straight downward.
Had he delayed just a few seconds more,
he would have smashed into the ground and turned into bloody paste.
Exerting all his effort, Ishiro reversed his velocity with the technique—
barely stopping about a hundred meters above the ground.
Even though he survived, the experience left him shaken.
Landing shakily, Ishiro deactivated the Light-Weight Boulder Technique, intending to rest.
But something was different.
Maybe it was lingering fear,
maybe it was the trauma from weightlessness—
but when he canceled the technique, he sensed gravity differently.
Because he had just been studying the gravity-related S-rank ninjutsu,
Ishiro noticed this subtle change immediately.
He carefully focused on it—
He did sense something strange,
but the sensation was too brief, vanishing quickly as his body adapted back to normal.
Damn it, Ishiro thought.
If only my body weren't so tough, maybe I could have sensed more.
Still, it was progress.
Originally planning to rest, Ishiro changed his mind.
He checked his chakra—barely any was consumed.
Let's do it again!
Repeating the process,
Ishiro once again ascended into the sky,
closed his eyes,
deactivated Light-Weight Boulder Technique,
and began freefalling.
As he fell, he counted:
"One, two, three... twenty!"
After reaching twenty,
he quickly activated the Light-Weight Boulder Technique to counteract his speed.
Then, while still immersed in the lingering feeling of weightlessness,
he meditated on the sensation of gravity.
It worked.
Over the next few days,
Ishiro used all his time reserved for earth chakra meditation for this method.
Though repetitive,
his understanding of earth chakra improved dramatically.
However, as his body gradually adapted to the experience,
the method's effect weakened.
But Ishiro didn't panic—
he had another plan:
Ask Ōnoki for help.
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Ōnoki knew Ishiro hadn't been assigned to the front lines yet,
as he was focusing on training the S-rank technique.
So he didn't rush him.
Now, seeing Ishiro seek him out, he grew curious about the boy's progress.
When he heard Ishiro's bizarre training method,
Ōnoki was both shocked and furious.
He harshly scolded Ishiro—
But in the end, he agreed:
he would spare a few minutes each day to assist Ishiro.
Considering how busy Ōnoki was,
Ishiro was truly grateful for this favor.
Thus, each day:
Ōnoki would fly Ishiro high into the sky
Then, Ishiro would deactivate Light-Weight Boulder Technique
Ōnoki would immediately apply Weighted Rock Technique on Ishiro
This made Ishiro fall even faster than before.
At the last moment,
Ōnoki would switch from Weighted to Light-Weight Boulder,
stopping Ishiro from crashing into the ground.
Because of this process,
the weightless sensation Ishiro experienced grew far stronger.
Although his body suffered greatly,
Ishiro forced himself to concentrate purely on perceiving gravity.
The results were incredible.
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After one training session, Ishiro tested himself:
According to a classified training scroll,
the chakra cost of forming a standard-sized Earth-Style Wall could be used to measure one's earth affinity.
When Ishiro performed the test,
he found—
he met the minimum standard!
He could now begin chakra fusion training!
Ishiro's eyes brimmed with tears.
Since the moment he transmigrated,
he had dreamed of using chakra fusion to evolve his body—
to ascend to a higher form of existence.
Today, he had finally taken the first step.
Though the road ahead was still long,
at last, he had qualified to walk it.
He quickly composed himself.
There was no rush to begin fusion immediately.
Since his earth affinity was still relatively new,
it would be better to further refine his chakra control.
Thus, for the next ten days,
Ishiro continued practicing with Ōnoki's help.
Although the effects declined daily,
he still made steady gains.
After ten days,
Ishiro decided the method had lost effectiveness.
There was no need to keep wasting Ōnoki's precious time.
He proposed ending the training and heading to the front lines.
Ōnoki naturally agreed.
The situation in the ninja world was becoming increasingly tense.
Although Iwagakure had deliberately avoided provoking Konoha (due to Minato),
the escalating battle between the Sand and Leaf was dragging the whole world toward war.
Ōnoki was busier than ever.
Before letting Ishiro go,
Ōnoki sternly warned him:
"Don't try that crazy training method alone."
Then he hurried back to his endless paperwork.
Ishiro, after packing up,
once again set off for the front lines.
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