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Where should Yukina go after the Fourth Ninja War?
Bleach 116
Cultivation world 149
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Pakura and the others could only stare in disbelief at the Garuda puppet, they were utterly speechless.
Kensei was the first to come to his senses and let out a loud exclamation.
"This is one badass puppet you've got, Shiro! Quite impressive—KAKAKAKA!"
Pakura let out a derisive snort at Kensei's words and replied coldly.
"You really think having a huge puppet like that gives you an advantage over me?"
"This puppet is nothing more than a bigger target for my Scorch Release jutsu. You've really disappointed me, Shiro-san."
When Shiro heard Pakura's words, he let out a dark chuckle. "Little girl, you truly underestimate the art of puppeteering. I'll show you the true potential of this craft — the very art the Second Kazekage used to revolutionize Sunagakure's forces and overcome its shortage of shinobi."
Pakura's eyes narrowed, a spark of anger flickering within them—Shiro's words had struck at her pride as a Sunagakure shinobi.
Pakura ceased her taunts and formed a quick hand seal—instantly, three crimson, scorching orbs hovered above her."
"Scorch release: Scorching Orbs Jutsu."
"SWISH, SWISH, SWISH."
With a wave of her arm, Pakura sent the scorching crimson orbs hurtling toward the puppet at breakneck speed, intent on destroying it. Shiro, however, only smiled and twitched his pinky.
The Garuda puppet opened its beak wide, a square piece of paper emerged, marked with a sealing kanji.
In that instant, the sealing kanji shone with a brilliant blue light, a dark green barrier shrouding the puppet, as the scorching crimson orbs collided with it.
"BOOM, BOOM, BOOM."
The scorching crimson orbs erupted in fiery explosions as they collided against the dark green barrier, leaving Pakura stunned at how effortlessly it blocked her jutsu.
Zangetsu wasted no time. He raised his right arm, shaped his hand into a gun, and muttered under his breath.
"Water Style: Water Gun Jutsu."
"SWISH."
A compressed water bullet shot toward Pakura at incredible speed, but instinctively, she sidestepped it just in time and dodged the water bullet.
A smirk tugged at Yukito's lips as he observed Pakura's position, and with a subtle flick of his hand, he gave his signal.
When Kira saw Yukito's signal, he quickly executed a series of hand seals and muttered once he finished.
"Demonic Illusion: Death Binding Chains."
Pakura froze as Kira's genjutsu struck, black chains erupting from every direction, coiling around her and tightening with relentless force.
At the same time, Kensei threw a couple of senbons, soaked in poison, piercing the side of her neck.
"PU. PU, PU, PU."
After seeing Kensei successfully pierce Pakura with his poisoned senbons, Yukito smirked and quickly executed a single hand seal.
"Secret Jutsu Crystal Ice Mirrors."
Multiple ice mirrors began materializing around Pakura, appearing from thin air one after another, and Yukito stepped into one of them without any hesitation.
Hebiki then turned to Kensei and asked.
"Kensei, how long before your poison takes effect on her?"
Kensei let out a manic smirk at the question, his reply laced with madness.
"I guess it will take a full five minutes for the poison to fully take hold, since she's in top physical condition—unlike the prisoners I experimented on back in the village."
Upon hearing Kensei's reply, Hebiki and the others nodded, and Hebiki immediately spoke.
"For now, we'll follow Yukito's strategy. Shiro, Zangetsu, Kira—you three go support Yukito."
"I and Kensei will position ourselves here in case Pakura escapes Yukito's jutsu, per his strategy."
Shiro, Zangetsu, and Kira nodded before shunshining from their spots.
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With Yukina
Yukina moved with lethal precision, slicing down the Suna shinobi before her, her katana glowing as she coated it with wind chakra.
Zabuza and the other ninja swordsmen apprentices followed her lead, ready to intercept any sneak attacks from the Suna shinobi.
Suddenly, multiple black spikes rained down from the sky, striking her and her comrades.
"SWISH, SWISH, SWISH, SWISH, SWISH."
Thanks to Yukina's hidden sense, she anticipated the sneak attack and swiftly began executing a series of hand seals with incredible speed and precision.
Yukina completed the hand seals, inhaled deeply, and released a sweeping gust of wind, erecting a protective barrier above the Kirigakure shinobi against the incoming sneak attack.
"Wind Style: Great Gust Barrier Jutsu."
"CLANK, CLANK, CLANK, CLANK, CLANK."
Yukina's wind jutsu knocked all the black spikes away successfully protecting her comrades. She then carefully examined the ones near her, she was shocked to discover they were made of iron.
'Are those some kind of ninjutsu or weapons used by the Suna shinobi?'
Sensing a sneak attack from her blind spot, Yukina quickly turned, kicked Jito out of the way as a black iron spear hurtled toward him, and blocked it with her katana.
"SWISH."
"CLANK."
Yukina gave a bloodthirsty smirk when she sensed a powerful chakra signature nearby.
'Those spikes, that spear… no doubt ninjutsu. A Kekkei Genkai user. This is going to be fun. Their chakra… as dense as mine—I can sense it with perfect clarity.'
With a crazed smile lighting up her face, Yukina shunshined from her spot without a second thought.
Zabuza and the other apprentices of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen frowned as Yukina shunshined away, while Jito began cursing her.
"Damn that woman—how dare she kick me like I'm trash and leave us in the middle of a battle!"
Mangetsu let out a sharp snort. "You really ought to be grateful—she just saved your pathetic life."
Ignoring Mangetsu and Jito, Ameyuri focused on Zabuza, concern lacing her voice as she spoke.
"Zabuza-kun… where did Yukina-chan go?"
Zabuza narrowed his eyes at the direction Yukina had shunshined toward and replied.
"She went to face the one who just ambushed us. I have no doubt about it."
When they heard Zabuza's reply, they all narrowed their eyes. Taichi then asked,
"Should we go and back her up?"
For a moment, Mangetsu stared seriously toward where Yukina had shunshined, then slowly shook his head.
"No. If we go to back her up now, we'll break our formation and give Suna the advantage. All we can do now is trust Yukina-chan."
He then smiled and continued.
"We all knows just how strong Yukina-chan is—she beat all of us the last time we sparred. I'm certain she'll be alright."
Zabuza and the others smiled after hearing these words they then lunged toward the nearby Suna shinobi, reigniting their fierce battle.
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