blogombal Chapter 393 Attack Encountered, Star Ninja's Peacock Technique
Chapter 393 Attack Encountered, Star Ninja's Peacock Technique
"Hey? Karin, why is your face so red? Is it too hot?" In the changing room, Ino looked at Karin's flushed cheeks, which resembled tempting fruit, and asked curiously.
Instantly, Hinata's gaze was also drawn to them, her eyes filled with surprise. "Karin, is she sick?"
"Uh? No, no." Karin quickly laughed it off, then awkwardly chuckled at the two suspicious looks she was getting. "Maybe it's because of the hot spring! Ahahaha..."
Damn it, I was planning to use shadow clones to get closer to Ishikawa-kun. That way I could achieve my goal without anyone noticing and wouldn't be too embarrassing!
But now that things have been unexpectedly interrupted, how will she face Ishikawa afterwards?
"Hey, you three, come out here right now, there's an emergency." Just as Karin was feeling uneasy and at a loss, Ishikawa's voice rang out from outside the door, making her turn pale and her breathing become erratic.
No, you're going to talk about what happened earlier, aren't you?
"Karin, what are you standing there for? Come on, it seems something has happened." Ino had no idea of Karin's worries. Seeing that she was dressed, she grabbed her and rushed out.
"Wait, I haven't..." Karin was still struggling when Hinata pushed her out of the changing room from behind.
In an instant, Ishikawa and Puck came into view, causing Karin to dart away, her face flushed, and her heart pounding!
“Ishikawa-kun, I…”
"We'll talk about this later; the village has been assigned a task."
Just as Karin gritted her teeth, preparing to apologize first to avoid being scolded, Ishikawa casually waved his hand and changed the subject.
His expression and eyes were completely normal, as if nothing had happened!
In an instant, Karin's anxious worries subsided, but seeing Ishikawa's calm attitude, she couldn't help but feel indignant and want to cry!
Does this guy even know how she feels...?
"A mission?" "No wonder the Hokage's ninja dog Pakkun is here." Hinata Ino didn't think much of it, and her gaze fell on Pakkun, and she suddenly realized.
"Sorry, you can't go back to the village for now! I've handed the mission over to Ishikawa. I wish you all the best." Puck stretched out his claws at the three girls, then nodded to Ishikawa and turned into white smoke, returning to Konoha.
"Let's go. We'll discuss the mission details when we get back. The inn is ready; we'll rest here tonight!" Ishikawa glanced at Karin, who was looking at Ino and Hinata with curiosity, and then turned and left without saying a word.
Why does this guy look so resentful? What's going on? He was clearly the one who got startled...
"Damn it, why are you keeping me in suspense at a time like this! Ishikawa-senpai, this indecisiveness is really making me uncomfortable~" Ino shouted angrily as she watched Ishikawa's retreating figure, and quickly chased after him.
Since we've already come this far, can't you just explain it now?
Hinata chuckled upon seeing this, then followed closely behind Karin, whose gaze was equally unsurprised.
Nothing happened that night!
The next day, on the northern border of the Bird Country.
"That is..."
Just after crossing the border, Ino suddenly stopped and stared in astonishment at the thick yellow fog that shrouded the cliff.
Looking to the left and right, one sees endless, towering chasms on both sides, clearly a natural barrier!
"That's a natural fortress of the Land of Bears, a border line of poisonous miasma that is said to isolate life from invasion by enemy countries." Ishikawa appeared in an instant, and his words surprised Ino and Karin Hinata at the same time.
A border line? You can do that?
"White Eyes - Open..."
Instinctively, Hinata formed hand seals, veins bulging at the corners of her eyes, and looked into the depths of the canyon. In an instant, the sight of lifeless bones scattered everywhere came into view, startling her so much that she couldn't help but take a half step back.
"Wow, so many corpses! Ishikawa-senpai, how are we going to enter the Bear Country to complete our mission?"
“Yeah, how are we supposed to get across like this? Isn’t that Star Ninja Village inside the Land of Bears?” Karin nodded in agreement, looking at the natural poisonous miasma that stretched for hundreds of meters and felt a bit of a headache.
Even she couldn't possibly use her chakra to fly across that distance.
"By the way, since you knew about this, Ishikawa-senpai, did you prepare for it beforehand?" Ino, who was also having a headache, couldn't help but ask with a smile after seeing Ishikawa's calm and collected demeanor.
"There's no preparation, but there are many ways to get through." Ishikawa shook his head, his hands rapidly forming hand seals as chakra exploded.
"Earth Release: Fighting Blade Staff".
The next instant, to the astonishment of Karin and the other two girls, a rock pillar half a meter in diameter suddenly shot out from the ground beneath their feet, rapidly extending over a hundred meters and directly spanning the poisonous miasma to form an earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a type of earth-based stone bridge).
"Sri Lanka, number one..."
Ino's eyes lit up and she subconsciously said, "That's a distance of over a hundred meters. I didn't expect Ishikawa-senpai to build a bridge so easily with Earth Release."
"Shield your breathing! It'll be troublesome if you accidentally inhale those poisonous gases!" Ishikawa shouted, then took the lead, stepping onto the stone pillar and transforming into a blur as he rushed towards the other side.
Karin and the other two responded immediately, simultaneously holding their breath and unleashing their chakra to quickly catch up...
With the ninjas' explosive speed, Karin and her two companions covered half of the hundreds of meters in less than a second! Ishikawa's side was almost on the other side, just one step away from crossing the poisonous miasma.
But in that split second, "whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh..."
Suddenly, several shurikens shot out and arrived in an instant, causing Ishikawa's expression to change slightly. His white-toothed longsword was instantly drawn and used to parry.
At the same time, a muffled groan suddenly rang out!
"Peacock's Wonderful Technique - Beast..."
A sudden roar rang out, and a ferocious giant beast made of purple chakra flew out of the forest, staring menacingly at Ishikawa and the three girls, poised to attack.
"Go back, Konoha ninja. We'll handle the Hoshigakure situation ourselves, or don't blame me for being impolite!"
"You're welcome? Are you threatening us?" Ishikawa scoffed disdainfully, but his gaze toward the chakra behemoth was intense.
Is this the Peacock Technique of the Star Ninja? It's truly extraordinary; to condense such unique chakra from a mortal body!
"It seems you won't go back unless I teach you a lesson. Well then, excuse me..." Almost as soon as Ishikawa finished speaking, the newcomer gave another low shout, and the chakra behemoth in mid-air pounced directly at Ishikawa.
"Thunder Slash!!"
Without hesitation, Ishikawa's longsword flashed with lightning, unleashing its ultimate power. Lightning-attribute chakra, imbued with the Chidori Lightning Release, wrapped around White Fang and extended it several meters, severing the chakra behemoth in the unexpected gaze of the newcomer.
At the same time, the severed chakra beast rapidly reassembled into two giant beasts under the control of the newcomer, which pounced on Ishikawa and the stone bridge beneath his feet, respectively.
"Damn it, don't underestimate us!!"
Seeing that the other side was about to destroy the stone bridge and kill them in the poisonous miasma, Karin was instantly enraged. Her golden chakra chains struck first and locked the chakra behemoth's neck.
At the same time, Ino quickly locked onto her opponent with hand seals, about to unleash her mind control technique, while Hinata simultaneously widened her Byakugan to see through the opponent's disguise.
"Sorry, my teammates are stronger than you think. It's not certain who will teach whom a lesson." Ishikawa chuckled, then swung his long sword, cutting down the chakra behemoth and charging forward.
"Oh no! There's no other way!!" The newcomer sensed something was wrong upon seeing this. Seeing that there was no way to fight back, he could only grit his teeth and jump into the poisonous miasma to temporarily avoid the attack.
The next second, to the astonishment of Karin and the others, purple wings burst forth behind them, and they soared into the sky, disappearing in the blink of an eye...
"Is that you, Summer?"
Watching the departing figure, Ishikawa's left eye flashed red as he murmured with certainty.