"The Uchiha Clan's Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique and Konoha's Shadow Clone are truly enticing!"
Closing the panel, Li Chuan began to ponder.
Honestly, his initial goal was just to rescue Dr. Smith, as HYDRA is a massive organization and provoking them would be very troublesome.
But these two Ninjutsu were so tempting.
Although the Great Fireball Technique never seemed to hit anyone in the plot, he felt that was just for plot convenience and didn't mean it was truly weak.
As the Uchiha Clan's most famous Fire Release Ninjutsu, the Great Fireball Technique has the characteristics of a large attack range, strong destructive power, and low Chakra consumption.
Moreover, its learning difficulty is only C-rank, requiring only six hand seals.
Even a powerful Ninja like Itachi would still occasionally use the Great Fireball Technique in battle.
Compared to the Fireball Technique Li Chuan currently knew, it was simply not on the same level.
Li Chuan's Fireball Technique involved shooting a fist-sized fireball, which wasn't very fast and had average power; its only slight advantage might be its longer attack range.
The Great Fireball, however, is truly grand; if mastered, the fireballs expelled would be several times larger than a person. An ordinary house could probably be directly blown up with one hit.
As for the second, the Shadow Clone Technique, there's even less to say; it's the protagonist Naruto's famous Ninjutsu, a B-rank Ninjutsu developed by the Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama.
Unlike the E-rank Clone Technique, which only creates a false illusion, this technique can truly create physical clones, and upon Release (release), the clones' memories and experiences return to the original body.
Once he mastered this Ninjutsu, his survival rate in the Marvel World would greatly increase, allowing him to send Shadow Clones to handle dangerous situations.
"But is it worth taking this risk?"
After thinking for a moment, Li Chuan hesitated again.
With his current strength, infiltrating the HYDRA Base to rescue Dr. Smith wouldn't be too difficult, but killing Baron Strucker and destroying the HYDRA Base wouldn't be so easy.
If he couldn't go to the Naruto World, then he would definitely risk everything to complete the mission and obtain the Ninjutsu.
But now, as long as he settled in New York, he could return to the Naruto World for six months, and later, completing some side quests might grant him even more time.
And as long as he could go to the Naruto World, he would naturally have the opportunity to obtain these Ninjutsu.
"One step slow, every step slow. If I don't dare to take risks, how can I become stronger?!"
Gritting his teeth, Li Chuan still made his choice; he would complete all three side quests.
Neither Marvel nor Naruto is a peaceful and stable World. Constantly seeking stability and not daring to take risks, only to regret not trying harder when truly facing an irresistible danger, would be too late.
As someone who had long fought in death matches to break through himself, Li Chuan did not lack a sense of adventure.
Obtaining new Ninjutsu and becoming stronger sooner would allow him to gain greater benefits in certain events in this World, and after going to the Naruto World, his strength would be even greater, giving him more choices.
This would form a virtuous cycle.
Of course, everything must have a limit; some adventures that are clearly suicidal and have no chance of success would be foolish.
"Xiao Liu, tell Uncle Li not to investigate anymore, and have Xiao San and the others come back."
With a plan in mind, Li Chuan got up and pressed the phone on the table again.
Since he already knew through the panel that HYDRA had taken Dr. Smith, there was no need to waste time.
In the city of Sokovia, there were many high-ranking officials and wealthy businessmen who had connections with HYDRA, and an investigation could easily alert them.
During these three years, in addition to pursuing Wanda, restoring his own strength, and expanding his company, Li Chuan had also been paying attention to intelligence about HYDRA.
The reason HYDRA could hide so well wasn't that they were truly that powerful, but because everyone thought the organization had been eliminated by Captain America during World War II.
Moreover, most of their overt identities were S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents, or government officials, wealthy businessmen, and so on.
For example, the Base on the high mountain outside Sokovia City was nominally a military experimental Base of the Sokovia government, and it was said to be related to the Sokovia rebellion and the S.H.I.E.L.D. peacekeeping forces that intervened back then.
He, however, was different; he had always known of HYDRA's existence and knew that the Base was a HYDRA Base. By having people diligently monitor it, he could naturally discover many clues.
At the same time, inside the HYDRA Base on the high mountain outside Sokovia City.
A strong HYDRA Agent was reporting on a mission to Baron Strucker, who wore a monocle and a black leather coat.
"My Lord, through hypnotic interrogation, we have obtained the origin and formula of the Great Strength Pill from Dr. Smith."
"Tell me."
Baron Strucker turned around with his hands behind his back, a look of interest on his face.
The strong HYDRA Agent bowed his head slightly:
"According to Dr. Smith, the Great Strength Pill was not entirely his own research, but was developed and produced based on a drug called 'Reinforcement Paste' provided by Li Chuan, the owner of Li's Group.
In terms of effect, that Reinforcement Paste's strengthening of the body is far superior to the Great Strength Pill."
"Interesting. Where did the Reinforcement Paste in Li Chuan's hands come from, and does he still have any stock now?"
Baron Strucker's interest on his face deepened.
The strong HYDRA Agent shook his head:
"The source is unclear. Dr. Smith's answer was that there was none left. Li Chuan originally gave him a sample precisely so he could replicate an identical Reinforcement Paste, but his ability could only achieve something like the Great Strength Pill.
Later, when the sample ran out, he asked Li Chuan for more for research but didn't receive any."
After speaking, he looked up at Baron Strucker and carefully suggested:
"My Lord, do you need me to lead a team to abduct that Li Chuan again?"
"Not for now. First, detain Smith and then hand him over to John Garrett along with the intelligence. Our current terms of trade are only Dr. Smith and the Great Strength Pill formula. Later… we'll see…"
Baron Strucker gently waved his hand, rejecting his subordinate's suggestion.
John Garrett, one of the high-ranking members of the HYDRA organization, and also an Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., was keen on experiments related to body modification.
Previously, through S.H.I.E.L.D. data intelligence, he learned that the Great Strength Pill, a very popular health product currently circulating on the market, had the effect of strengthening the body with long-term use.
So he made a deal with him, using the intelligence on superhumans he possessed to have him secretly capture Dr. Smith, who developed the Great Strength Pill.
He himself was not interested in body strengthening; he was only interested in researching and developing superpowers, so he agreed to the deal at that time.
As for the so-called Reinforcement Paste and the true mastermind, Li Chuan, that was not within the scope of his deal.
Moreover, kidnapping a scientist and kidnapping one of the wealthiest and most influential entrepreneurs in Sokovia were not on the same level in terms of impact and difficulty.
Of course, unless John Garrett was willing to increase the price, that would be another matter.