After the Wheel of Fortune finished charging, Peter could clearly feel a wild energy flooding every corner of his body.
Surging electricity raced freely within him, yet it brought no burning pain—only an indescribable, exhilarating comfort.
It was as if every cell in his body was cheering, electrified by the lightning.
"Peter, you…'
Dr. Connors, watching the fine arcs of electricity dancing around Peter, felt his eyelids twitch and instinctively stepped back.
The scene before him had completely surpassed the bounds of his knowledge.
"Just a new ability. Don't worry, I can control this power perfectly; it won't cause any side effects."
Peter gave Connors a brief explanation, then activated his Byakugan to observe the miraculous changes inside his body.
He discovered that, in this fully-charged state, every cell was hyper-activated, markedly boosting his physical capabilities.
It felt exactly like the cell-activation from Lightning Release Chakra that Sasuke described when practicing Chidori in Naruto.
Except his current sensation was far more intense.
In this state, his strength, speed, reflexes—everything—were skyrocketing at a rate visible to the naked eye.
"Dr., time me."
As he spoke, Peter casually snatched a stopwatch from the lab bench and tossed it to Dr. Connors.
Connors caught it reflexively, looking bewildered.
The next second.
Peter's figure vanished from where he stood without warning.
Connors' vision blurred; a pale-blue after-image of electricity completed a round-trip sprint across the vast laboratory.
It happened so fast he thought he was hallucinating.
"How was it?" Peter's voice sounded beside him.
Connors snapped back to reality, glanced at the stopwatch, and his mouth fell open in an "O."
The display showed a number he couldn't believe.
"Two point six two seconds?!"
Dr. Connors' voice trembled.
The top-floor lab was easily over fifty meters long.
A round trip was roughly a hundred meters.
Under three seconds for a hundred meters?
Was that humanly possible? Faster than a Ferrari speeding down a highway.
"So my physical speed's increased by about fifty percent…"
Hearing the result, Peter couldn't keep the corner of his mouth from lifting.
Even this basic charged-up speed was already outrageous.
And this was merely the most fundamental mode after a full charge.
His true trump card hadn't even been deployed yet.
So… next!
Guided by his will, Peter began extracting Chakra from his cells.
Because his body was now almost entirely composed of electric current, the Chakra he produced was naturally Lightning-natured, no conversion needed.
Feeling the abundant Lightning Release Chakra within, he didn't hesitate, immediately channeling it evenly out through every acupuncture point.
Crackle-crackle-crackle!!!
A terrifying burst of electricity roared to life.
Brilliant blue light erupted from his body, coalescing around him like a Super Saiyan aura, forming a complete lightning armor.
Success!
The forbidden technique of the Fourth Raikage—Lightning Release Chakra Mode—had been effortlessly recreated by Peter in an entirely different way.
Blinding electric light shot upward, nearly searing Dr. Connors' eyes.
Connors instinctively retreated to a corner, squinting at the dazzling Peter, his mind reeling.
If the lightning was this fierce while Peter stood still, what catastrophic devastation would it unleash in battle?
"Dr., please test me one more time."
Peter wanted Connors to clock his speed in Lightning Release Chakra Mode.
He had only just lifted his foot—boom, boom, boom!
The floor tiles shattered like tofu under the slight movement, and Peter, caught off guard, crashed through.
That "gentle" step had pulverized three layers of floor tiles.
After Moonwalking back to the top lab and using the horse talisman to repair the floor, Peter gave an apologetic look.
"Should be fine now, Dr."
Connors sighed and started the stopwatch.
"Three, two, one."
The instant he pressed the button, Peter shot out like an arrow and returned in the blink of an eye.
Only after he was back did the terrifying sonic boom reach Connors' ears with a delayed roar.
Connors hit the stopwatch: 0.5 seconds—but that reading was meaningless, since he'd reacted long after Peter had returned.
Judging from what he'd just seen, Peter had unquestionably broken the sound barrier.
"F***!" Even the usually mild-mannered Dr. Connors couldn't help cursing.
"Peter, you just ran faster than sound?"
Connors felt the worldview built over decades of scholarship crumbling.
Ignoring Connors' monster-staring gaze, Peter turned to the corner fire-hydrant.
Now came the crucial test.
Water was Electro's fatal weakness—could the Lightning armor eradicate that vulnerability?
Without hesitation, Peter wrenched open the hydrant.
Whoosh!
A cold, high-pressure jet burst out.
Connors' heart leapt to his throat.
He feared Peter would short-circuit and be badly injured.
Yet the expected blackout and power failure never came.
Wrapped in Lightning Release Chakra Mode, the water was repelled by an invisible membrane before ever touching him.
Though the high-pressure stream struck head-on, not a drop wet Peter's body.
In Lightning Release Chakra Mode, he was completely immune to water.
Electro's greatest weakness had been overcome.
Add high speed, high attack, high defense, and water immunity to the Lightning armor.
Coupled with his mastered Finger Pistol… a technique name flashed through Peter's mind.
Hell Stab: One-Finger Pierce!
Now there was no holding back!