chsdbacks Chapter 108: Is the teacher from the previous era?
Chapter 108: Is the teacher from the previous era?
Deep within Mount Myoboku, shrouded in mist and clouds.
On the stone table were several exquisite wooden and iron components. Gamamaru, with his round belly, held up a strange, self-made device and presented it to Manji like a treasure.
"Teacher, this is my newly invented camera. It can freeze the scene in front of you permanently, preserving a fleeting moment!"
Wanci looked at the somewhat crude machine in front of him, without a trace of surprise in his eyes, and simply smiled and waved his hand:
"Okay, okay, I got it. Let me try it."
Wanci casually took the camera, his fingertips skillfully adjusting the angle and focusing, his movements fluid and effortless. With a soft click and a flash of white light, a photograph with a blurry image slowly appeared.
This is the first photograph ever taken in the history of the ninja world.
Gamamaru's toad-like eyes widened in astonishment and confusion, his little hands frozen in mid-air.
That's not right...
The teacher was clearly seeing a camera for the first time. Shouldn't he be full of curiosity, flustered, and looking completely bewildered?
But the teacher's demeanor clearly indicated that he had used it before, and was even more skilled than the inventor himself!
Gamamaru had originally wanted to show off in front of his teacher, but seeing the teacher's unworldly expression, all his expectations were dashed, and he felt a surge of frustration.
"Teacher...how do you use it so skillfully?"
Gamamaru couldn't help but ask in a low voice.
This has been a long-standing question for him—no matter what novel things he creates, Master Manji always seems unfazed, as if everything in the world is already within his expectations.
Even Gamamaru himself found the invention novel, but the teacher seemed to have seen it countless times before.
Wanci simply smiled lightly, secretly shaking his head in his heart.
Can I tell you that in my past life, cameras were already commonplace?
Wanci deliberately gave an irrelevant answer, waving his hand and saying, "No need to praise me, no need to praise me..."
Gamamaru's lips twitched, speechless with chokehold, so he had to ask a question he'd been holding back for a long time: "Teacher, why have you always forbidden me from creating lethal weapons?"
Wanci picked up the cup of tea on the stone table, gently blew on it to cool it, and slowly shook his head: "The time is not right yet. When the time comes, I will naturally let you start preparing."
Wanci had his own plans in mind.
The current ninja world doesn't need technology with mass destruction; his real target is the Otsutsuki clan that will descend upon us in the future.
He wanted Gamamaru to take the technological route and try to break through the level of life in another way.
Just like Orochimaru in later generations, who used technology to break the shackles of bloodline and reverse the cycle of life.
He already possessed an immortal body, so he didn't need to pursue eternal life. His mind contained countless pieces of knowledge and ideas from his past lives, which he was waiting to realize step by step through the Toad Pill.
"Oh right, Gamamaru."
"Have you been dreaming these past few days?"
Wanci put down his teacup and asked in a calm tone.
"Hey!"
Gamamaru nodded immediately, his eyes lighting up: "I did it! All my technological inspirations come from my dreams! Yesterday I dreamt of a strange watch covered in dense text and symbols, and I still remember it clearly!"
"Then write it down and show it to me."
Wanci casually took out a pen and paper and pushed them in front of him.
Hamamaru immediately lay down on the stone table, gripped a short pen, and wrote rapidly. The symbols and characters were neatly arranged, gradually forming a tidy table.
As he was writing, Gamamaru suddenly had a thought that sparked a tentative idea.
Wanci's gaze fell on the paper, his pupils narrowing slightly.
The contents of the paper were none other than the periodic table of elements.
It's this thing...
Wanci's lips twitched slightly as he silently complained in his heart.
Well, that makes sense.
In his past life, Mendeleev dreamed of the periodic table of elements. It's also plausible that Gamamaru, who has the ability to foresee dreams, would dream of this.
But Gamamaru, without any prior knowledge, conjured up a complete periodic table out of thin air.
Compared to Mendeleev, Gamamaru is more like Ramanujan, directly dreaming of the final answer.
If he hadn't already examined Gamamaru's soul and confirmed that the other party was not a transmigrator, he would probably have suspected that one of his own kind had come.
Just then, Gamamaru suddenly clutched his head and let out a frustrated wail: "Oh no! I completely forgot! There's only one left! Damn it!"
"Why...?"
While muttering to himself, Gamamaru secretly glanced at Manji out of the corner of his eye, his eyes full of ulterior motives.
Wan raised an eyebrow slightly and instantly saw through his trick.
This little guy did it on purpose.
He decided not to expose them and just stared at the toad pill with great interest.
"I can't remember... why can't I remember! There's only one left!"
Gamamaru continued to feign wailing.
When he opened his eyes again, he was met with those eyes that seemed to be smiling but not smiling, just like those he had seen thousands of times before.
The immortal and the frog stared at each other silently, and the air instantly became quiet.
Wanci spoke first, his smile carrying a profound meaning:
"What, do you want me to help you add the last element?"
Ta-da!
Gamamaru froze abruptly, his heart skipping a beat.
They saw right through me.
From the moment he wrote down the periodic table, he noticed something was off about his teacher's gaze, as if he had seen the table before.
He deliberately left out the last one in order to test the teacher.
Gamamaru pursed his lips and remained silent.
A few seconds later, Wan Ci smiled faintly, picked up the pen, and without hesitation filled in the last blank at the end of the table.
Gamamaru stared at the complete periodic table on the paper, his entire body frozen, his wide eyes filled with disbelief, as if he had seen a ghost.
"teacher……???"
Gamamaru opened his mouth, but could not utter a complete sound; only a shocked tremor remained.
The teacher's actions have already explained everything—
He already knew about this table, knew every symbol, and even knew what the last missing element was.
How does the teacher in front of me know all this?!
Logically speaking, there's no way they could know!
Unless this table existed before me! And the teacher definitely saw this table!
"Teacher, you're amazing!"
Gamamaru gasped in surprise, his round eyes filled with admiration and shock.
It opened its mouth, wanting to ask further, "But... why would you..."
Before he could finish speaking, Wanci chuckled softly and interrupted him.
"Hehehe, alright, Gamamaru, go do what you need to do, I should go."
Wanci wore a mysterious smile on his face.
Before Gamamaru could speak again
A thin layer of white mist rose around Wanci, and his entire body quickly faded into the mist, disappearing without a trace in an instant.
"teacher……"
Gamamaru stared at the empty seat, swallowing back the question that was on the tip of his tongue. He could only give up asking the question with great reluctance, his little head filled with unresolved doubts.