章節 54: Leek Harvest
The earth trembled beneath their feet as Choji, fueled by determination and the unwavering spirit of his friends, unleashed the full force of his Butterfly Mode.
"This attack… is worth my entire life!"
With muscles bulging and chakra surging, Choji unleashed his ultimate attack, the Butterfly Bomb! His arm propelled through the air, smashing down toward Jirobo like a meteor. Jirobo's eyes widened in surprise, realizing too late the true extent of Choji's power.
"W-wait! Don't be hasty!" Jirobo begged for mercy, but he had unfortunately crossed the finish line with his earlier taunts, earning his 'villain talk-too-much award'. So, Choji showed congratulated him no mercy.
Boom! The impact was cataclysmic, an explosion of earth and dust obscuring the battlefield.
As the debris settled, a triumphant smile crossed Choji's face. He had done it. Jirobo lay defeated, his body lifeless on the forest floor.
Exhausted and battered, Choji stumbled back. Turning towards the direction his friends left, he struggled forward, but eventually his legs giving way beneath him. Leaning against a sturdy tree, he left his final message, a guide to the reinforcements behind.
He collapsed, his breathing heavy and labored. The battle had taken its toll on him, and his consciousness slipped away, succumbing to the strain of using the final pill.
Time seemed to stand still as Choji drifted into unconsciousness. The once chaotic battlefield now held an eerie silence, broken only by the distant rustling of leaves.
But then, the tranquility shattered as a low rumble reverberated through the air. The ground beneath Jirobo's prone form trembled.
From the depths of the earth, a colossal drone emerged. Its enormous carapace looms with an undeniable presence, revealing a menacing maw that stretched wide open.
With swift precision, it descended upon Jirobo's lifeless form, engulfing him whole. The drone's jaws closed shut, sealing the valuable corpse within. And with a fluid motion, it burrowed back into the ground.
At another location, the battlefield was a dense forest, where rays of sunlight fought their way through the thick foliage, casting a dappled pattern upon the ground.
Amidst the chaos and carnage, a lone pale figure stood resolute, his heavy injuries tells of his tough encounter, but his pale eyes continued to focus on his opponent. It was Neji Hyuga, the prodigious young shinobi of the Hidden Leaf Village, facing off against Kidomaru of the Sound Four.
The tension in the air was palpable as Neji's Byakugan, the all-seeing eye of the Hyuga clan, met his match. A glimmer of desperation flashed in Neji's eyes as he analyzed Kidomaru's movements. He knew he had to end this battle swiftly, before his own stamina waned.
Kidomaru, a master of long-range combat and a member of Orochimaru's elite group, the Sound Four, grinned wickedly as he prepared to unleash his deadly last blow.
A golden gleam radiated from the arrow in Kidomaru's hand as he drew his makeshift bow, an ethereal weapon capable of firing his special arrows with unrivaled precision and strength. Neji's keen senses picked up on the subtle shift in the air as Kidomaru drew back the string, the tension building with each passing moment.
In an instant, a golden arrow drilled through the air towards Neji, guided by Kidomaru's expert marksmanship using the attached guiding thread.
But Neji's years of training and strategy kicked in, his body struggling to move as he slightly dodged the incoming projectile, avoiding a fatal blow with hairbreadth precision. The ground beneath him became a canvas of destruction, as the arrow carried him backwards with its momentum, smashing him against a tree!
Focusing his chakra, Neji unleashed the full might of his Gentle Fist technique, delivering a counterattack with unparalleled force along Kidomaru's thread. Kidomaru's defenses faltered, and Neji's strike found their mark, incapacitating his foe.
But Kidomaru was no ordinary adversary. Kidomaru's body contorted with unnatural flexibility, swinging forward to deal the finishing blow.
Neji's Byakugan, however, saw through Kidomaru's assault.
With a surge of his remaining chakra, Neji lunged forward. The young Hyuga then unleashed a whirlwind of attacks, his palms striking with precision on Kidomaru's pressure points.
As Kidomaru crumpled to the ground, defeated but not yet vanquished, Neji spun dramatically to a halt. After his impromptu speech, he knew he had given everything he had, and it was time to rest. His body staggered, his body strained from the intense battle.
But as Neji's vision blurred and darkness threatened to claim him, a peculiar sight caught his eye.
In the blink of an eye, a monstrous figure emerged from the ground. It was a colossal zerg drone, its pulsating exoskeleton glistening with a sickly green hue. With a cavernous maw that seemed to defy reason, the creature swallowed Kidomaru whole, leaving no trace of his existence.
Shock and disbelief surged through Neji's weary mind as he watched the horrifying spectacle unfold before him. The zerg drone, an abomination of nature, returned to the earth with a fluid grace, its tendrils plunging into the soil like roots seeking sustenance.
"What… was… that…" Engulfed in a disorienting haze, Neji descended into a profound coma.
Within the creature's unholy chamber, Kidomaru's limp body hung suspended, attached to the drone's life-sustaining appendages. It was as if the abomination had assimilated the fallen shinobi, using his life force to fuel its own twisted existence.
The life-sustaining connection became an ethereal tether, simultaneously nourishing its recipient while ensnaring them within the depths of an unyielding coma, a state of powerless unconsciousness.
[Lord Shino, the living specimen Kidomaru has been acquired and modified life-sustaining transport drone is returning to base. The corpse of Jirobo has already been deposited at base.]
"Good work, Karina. And what about the other three?"
[Lord Shino, the Sound Four battles are still ongoing as shown on screen. As for Kimimaro, the drones have failed to approach the battlefield because the ground had been embedded with bones. The drones had failed to burrow through the chakra-infused bones, and manual tunneling will be required.]
Shino's piercing gaze traversed the labyrinthine array of screens, their illuminated surfaces flickering with vivid depictions of the battlefield, three of which captured the relentless struggle of his classmates with unparalleled clarity: Kimimaro versus the army of Naruto, Shikamaru using his shadows to play bondage with Tatuya, Ukon Sakon versus Kiba Akamaru.
"Karina, deduct another point from the Kiba Interruption variable."
[Done, but Karina suggests Lord Shino simply beat the rude dog. How dare he interrupt Lord Shino's valuable words! He should be punished- umph-]
"Alright, that's enough Karina. No need to get so worked up. It's just a trivial matter. He'll get his retribution in the future."
Karina's head lifted, her face puffed with a tempestuous rage, yet as she swallowed the seething fury that consumed her, an ambiguous silence hung in the air before she ultimately parted her lips, "Fine. Karina will listen to Shino-sama and let off the stray dog for now."
Near the location of Kiba, Shino sensed some of his ambushing drones return to hibernation. It seemed that Karina was really going to teach poor Kiba a lesson had he not stopped her.
In the vicinity of Kiba's whereabouts, Shino's heightened perception detected a subtle shift in the locations of some of the arranged drones, their hidden presence retreating into a dormant state, an ominous sign that hinted at the impending culmination of Karina's vengeful wrath, a storm of retribution that threatened to engulf Kiba had he not intervened.
And the lesson would probably be a deadly one given his current perilous situation.
"Karina, how long until the support from the Sand Village arrive?"
[Lord Shino, they should have already arrived nearby, but they are planning which battlefield to support. High-risk target Gaara has destroyed the surveillance bugs in the area, and there is no real-time update on their strategy. But according to the database, Gaara will support his brain-washer, Naruto. Kankuro will support the dog who got beaten down. And Temari…]
Karina raised her head, her amorous gaze fixed on Shino, "She should be going to catch the cheating Shikamaru who is groping others with his shadow technique."
Shino's eyes, an abyss of enigmatic depths, smoldered with an electric intensity as they fixated upon the delicate residue of mayonnaise clinging to the plush contours of Karina's lips, an unexpected allure that bewitched him.
And as the weight of his heated gaze bore upon her, Karina responded with a tantalizingly provocative act, her tongue sensually caressing her lips, erasing the trace in a gesture laden with intrigue and unspoken possibilities. "Shino-sama, would you like to transform Temari into one of your queens? Karina would be happy to help."
With a mischievous grin, Shino's hand rose to gently tap Karina's forehead, an innocent gesture that belied the underlying complexities of their enigmatic dynamic, hinting at a depth of playful intimacy that only they could comprehend. "Do you really want me to bring a violent women like that home? You're not afraid our base gets torn apart?"
"Hee hee, Shino-sama, as long as its your desire, Karina will find a way." Karina's proximity heightened, drawing her nearer until her warm breath, like a tantalizing whisper, delicately caressed the surface of the remote control.
Handing the remote control over to Karina, Shino's head shook imperceptibly, his gaze transfixed upon the screen that unveiled the unfolding drama of Shikamaru's battlefield, where the unexpected arrival of Temari unfurled the forbidden scroll, recording the second spark of the duo's entwined destinies.
Eagerly lending her assistance, Karina facilitated his vision's focus, zooming in and granting him a glimpse into the exquisite allure of Temari's youthful form, captivating and enigmatic.
Yet as the tendrils of temptation coiled around Shino's consciousness, a profound sense of restraint compelled him to shake his head in an act of reluctant defiance. "Let's leave this to the future. For now, let's focus on increasing our strength. You're the only one I need for now, Karina."
"Ah! Shino-sama! How could you say that!" Rising with an air of anticipation, Karina's form quivered, an enigmatic dance of tremors that coursed through her being.
In the breathless span of fleeting moments, Karina's eyes ignited like smoldering embers, their fiery intensity fixated unwaveringly upon Shino, as her alluring silhouette ascended with an effortless grace, delicately traversing the space between them to claim her seat upon the chair that beckoned her.
A tantalizing heat emanated from her every pore, enveloping the air with an intoxicating aura, as her hushed whispers, laden with secrets untold, seared into the depths of Shino's ear, their steamy tendrils of enticement coiling around his very core. "Shino-sama, if you say that, it makes Karina can't help it…"
"Be serious. Kidomaru will be brought here soon. We need to extract all of his value before his death, and we can't waste a moment."
"Ha… Don't worry, Shino-sama. Karina has everything under control. Karina will claim her reward from Shino-sama before the prisoner arrives. Ha…"
A shadow descended upon Shino's countenance, his eyes darkened dangerously, "Oh, are you saying my speed is too fast?"
"No, Shino-sama. It's because Karina is happy," Karina paused, her bewitching voice lingered in the air as her hands danced over the console, "So, Karina will be using a new jutsu…"
Within the depths of Shino's gaze, a minuscule tremor rippled through his eyes, causing them to contract, their once expansive orbs shrinking with an unsettling intensity, as a foreboding sensation of tightness hinted at a perilous path that lay before him. Shadow Strangle Jutsu?
As the weight of curiosity hung heavy in the air, Shino delved into the depths of his interrogation, seeking to unravel the enigma that shrouded Karina's newfound jutsu, yet time itself seemed to warp and distort, flowing with a languid, viscous quality akin to quicksand.
The arrival of the unconscious Kidomaru disrupted the delicate exchange, signaling the arrival of a crucial moment for interrogation, where hidden truths would be pried loose from the depths of shadows to nourish the rise of a new era in Shino's domination.
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