Naruto: I, Shikotsumyaku, Byakugan Princess

Chapter 112 Trap (4k)

Whoosh whoosh!
A group of ninja academy teachers carried their students at breakneck speed through the forest, pursued relentlessly by roaring wild beasts.

"Where did all these wild beasts come from in Training Ground Zero?"

Mizuki had Yuta on his back and Takaya in his arms. His short blue hair was wet and stuck to his face, making him look quite disheveled.

These students are the third group they have rescued.

As long as there were constant emergency signals from the sky, he couldn't stop for a moment.

From ten minutes ago.

Then, wild animals began attacking the students.

At first, they thought the students were just unlucky, but when they arrived at the destination, they realized that something was wrong.

The mad beast relentlessly attacked every creature in sight, letting their kunai pierce its body and taking bites of their flesh.

This frenzied state is very abnormal.

Moreover, there simply aren't that many ferocious beasts at Training Ground Zero, and even including those at Training Ground One next door wouldn't be enough.

By the time they realized the seriousness of the problem, the students' distress signals had already filled the sky.

Some teachers complained that the current Training Ground Zero is more fitting for the nickname "Death Forest" than Training Ground Forty-Four.

"It's said to be the work of spies from another village!"

A ninja academy teacher, who was also carrying several children on his back, shared the information he had just received from his comrades.

"During the rescue, it was discovered that special powder had been placed at several locations in the forest."

"Medicine powder?"

Iruka's curiosity was piqued: "What effect does it have?"

"Hallucinations! And mania!" The well-informed teacher's eyes were serious.

"The teacher who first discovered this drug said that taking it could make wild animals extremely calm, even their natural enemies could become friends, with no desire to attack."

"But once the medication is gone, they immediately become restless and eventually lose their minds, attacking everything around them in a frenzy."

"No wonder!"

Shui Mu raised an eyebrow; he finally understood why these beasts were so frenzied.

"By the way, have you guys noticed that it seems to have become quieter?"

Iruka frowned and suddenly said.

The group exchanged glances, as if they had thought of something, and then turned around together.

I saw.

The wild beasts that had been chasing them had all vanished without a trace, as if the beast tide had just been a strange illusion.

……

at this time.

Training Ground Zero.

The setting sun has faded, leaving only a rosy glow on the horizon.

Boo!
Wrapped in winter clothes, Sawada Fuka rode an elephant bird, circling in the sky, watching the beasts and people fighting below, and occasionally glancing at the forest to the east, as if she had ADHD.

She couldn't help but be nervous.

The effects of the medicine powder won't last long. Will the Cloud Village's feint attack strategy work? When will Konoha's reinforcements arrive, and are they already on their way?

Everything is unknown.

Below, Zhu Ri Hui Li sat cross-legged on the ground, his body occasionally emitting a halo, seemingly fiddling with something.

The elite troops sent by the Hidden Cloud Village were temporarily held back by Kazama Etsu. The commotion in the east was huge. Even just watching the trees falling from the sky, she could feel the intensity of the situation.

Could that elite Jonin be just a figurehead?
Is it really necessary for Kazama Koshi, who could be kicked into the hospital by Ashikaga, to take this long to beat?
Judging from the aftermath of the battlefield, she had already realized that Kazama Koshi might not be as simple as she thought, but her uneasy heart still couldn't help but let her imagination run wild.

The main problem is the immense pressure.

She was just an ordinary spy who couldn't even beat a ninja academy student. Riding a giant bird, she swaggered over Konoha Village. Who knows when a ninjutsu would strike from below and end her life before she could even react.

Tick ​​tock!

Tick ​​tock!

The hands of the watch turned hour by hour.

Sawada Fuka rolled up her sleeves; it was already 19:28 PM, with about two minutes left before nightfall.

If he waits until sunset to find him, it will probably waste a lot of time.

It must be quick!

Clutching the watch face on her wrist, Fuka Sawada closed her eyes in prayer.

below.

The beast roared as it fought against countless Naruto clones. Hui Li sat cross-legged in the center of the crowd, the chakra in his palm shining brightly, already solidified as if it were a physical substance.

Shikamaru looked up at the already silent sunset on the horizon, his mind constantly calculating the time.

In three minutes at most, it will be dark.

As the sun sets below the horizon, the scattering of light causes the reflection of the giant bird on the ground to appear infinitely elongated.

The good news is that you can link to his shadow with the slightest movement.

The bad news is that the shadows on the ground are becoming increasingly thin, making them difficult to see with the naked eye. Whether the shadow imitation technique can still function properly remains to be seen.

If Hui Li fails to complete the training within three minutes, they will be trapped here waiting for Konoha's rescue.

That would be too passive.

and……

Shikamaru looked at the giant bird that was always circling in the sky.

Even though Training Ground Zero is remote, it's still within Konoha Village, and reinforcements can arrive at any time.

These frenzied beasts were unable to break through their defenses, and the opponent continued to fly leisurely in the air, suggesting that there must be an even bigger trump card hidden behind them.

Perhaps the other side has an even more skilled opponent!

Perhaps something unexpected happened, or perhaps they were held up by the teachers at the Ninja Academy and cannot arrive immediately?

Is this person in the sky just a pawn holding them back?

Shikamaru put his ten fingers together in a 'pushing hands' stance, his brain working at lightning speed.

Roar!
The black wolf howled and pounced, but Naruto dodged to the side to avoid its bite.

Protect your head with your left arm, and lower and hook your right arm upwards!
A vicious uppercut, as sharp as a bullet, struck the wolf's belly, sending it flying.

His daily load has increased to 20 kilograms per limb, and the total weight of his limbs can reach an astonishing 80 kilograms, which is equivalent to the weight of an adult male.

Based on this, daily running and punching, and the long-term weight training finally bore fruit.

Woo!
The wolf that was hit vomited green mucus and couldn't get up for a long time.

The delighted Naruto was unaware that:

Another wolf, its eyes bloodshot, circled behind Naruto, arched its back, and leaped into the air, its sharp, gleaming teeth slicing viciously into the back of Naruto's neck.

collapse!
Naruto, screaming in agony, was instantly reduced to dust.

"Ahhh!"

Then another Naruto roared and filled the gap, stepping forward to fight the wild wolves.

"Naruto, are you okay?"

Choji, now two meters tall, sweated profusely as he pinned down a wild boar. Turning around, he saw Naruto's pale face, his expression a mixture of worry and shock.

Naruto's strength has always been the weakest in the class, and the title of "bottom of the class" has always hovered over him, even more resounding and ridiculed than the title of "monster".

He has now grown to this extent.

Looking at the dozen or so shadow clones around him, Choji was deeply shocked by Naruto's chakra reserves. If he wasn't mistaken, Naruto had already created more than five hundred clones.

"I'd do it ten more times, no problem!"

Naruto leaned against the tree trunk, panting heavily. The exhaustion deep in his brain and the pain coming from all over his body almost made him faint.

He still had plenty of chakra left in his body, but the pain and exhaustion from each of his clones' deaths kept accumulating, pushing both his mind and body to their limits.

"Don't push yourself, you'll die!" Ino quickly advised.

She knew the Shadow Clone Technique, or rather, every ninja in Konoha who specialized in Yin Release was familiar with it. It was a classic creation developed by the Second Hokage, combining Yin and Yang Release techniques.

It is a textbook example of ninjutsu.

During the First Shinobi World War, the Konoha ninja suffered heavy casualties due to the complex battlefield environment and numerous traps.

Here.

The Shadow Clone Technique was thus created.

Originally, this ninjutsu was called the Shadow Clone Technique. As it became more widely used, people gradually discovered the weakness of the Shadow Clone Technique: the transfer of fatigue, and some even died because of it.

Realizing the danger, the Third Hokage simply categorized the Shadow Clone Technique into different levels.

Add a few seals to lock the upper limit of the freely separating shadow clones. At most, five clones can be created at a time, instead of being randomly allocated based on an individual's chakra.

The original version was named "Multiple Shadow Clone Technique Entering the Sealed Scroll".

For an average ninja, the Shadow Clone Technique is sufficient.

If you really want to push the limits, those who understand Yin Release can go home and modify it themselves. Just delete the seals added by the Third Hokage and you'll have the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique.

Naruto used what was undoubtedly Konoha's only universal forbidden technique: the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique!
If he acts recklessly, he might actually be exhausted to death by ninjutsu.

"It's alright, Ino."

With trembling arms supporting him on the ground, Naruto struggled to his feet, his sky-blue eyes filled with determination.

"I'm going to be the Hokage!"

What's the point of being a Hokage if you can't even protect your friends?

Ino stared at Naruto's retreating figure, her lips trembling. Normally, she would have mocked Naruto's boastful words, but at this moment, she couldn't bring herself to utter a single harsh remark.

If even someone like this doesn't deserve to be Hokage, then who does?
The skill of speaking.

More shadow clones perished under the onslaught of the beasts, further reducing their numbers.

The tiger, which had been waiting in the front row for its chance, finally found its opportunity and pounced in an instant.

At the critical moment, Choji stepped forward to stop him.

Roar!
The tiger grabbed Choji's leg and bit his thick hamstring.

The sharp tiger teeth pierced directly into the flesh.

"Uh ah ah!"

Choji screamed in agony, clenching his fists and pounding them against the tiger that was biting him. After such a long battle, his reaction speed was no longer as quick as before.

"Choji!!"

Ino could no longer sit still. She drew her kunai and was about to step forward when she was stopped by a white cane.

Fresh blood flowed down his thigh.

The trouser legs were already stained red.

Boom boom!

Despite the pain, Choji continued to smash the tiger's head with his elbow.

The tiger, however, refused to let go, allowing Choji to attack. Its jaws held Choji tightly, as if it wouldn't stop until it had broken off Choji's leg.

"Shadow Clone..."

Naruto mustered his strength to help, but suddenly noticed a familiar figure walking past him toward Choji.

Her slender fingers, glowing with chakra, gently tapped the tiger's head.

In the blink of an eye.

The tiger that left Choji helpless had already been split in two!

……

Hui Li gently twisted her fingers along the "king" character on the tiger's head, and the huge head suddenly separated from the vertical line in the middle.

Red and white liquid was spilled on the ground, but a clean thin line remained in the middle.

hoo hoo...

Unafraid, the beasts continued their surging charge, but as soon as they approached Gray Glass, they were sliced ​​into pieces by the invisible wind threads.

The stench of blood rose into the sky, making the already ferocious beasts even more restless.

But no matter how restless or fierce they are, they cannot bridge the huge gap in strength.

She was like a giant reef, standing in front to block the beast tide, and none of them could get close to Naruto and the others.

"Your secret technique is complete?"

Watching Haili slaughtering enemies ahead, Naruto shouted with joy, as if his previous indescribable exhaustion was just an illusion.

Seeing that Hui Li had finally made a move, Choji breathed a sigh of relief as if he had found his pillar of support. His figure, along with the gruesome wound on his leg, shrank until it looked as if he had only been bitten by a house cat.

"more or less!"

Gray Glass gathered wind-style chakra in his palm as he looked up at the giant bird in the sky.

Combining Bagua Empty Palm with Wind Escape was just a skill she came up with on a whim.

The principle of Bagua Empty Palm is very similar to the preliminary movement of her 'high-pressure water jet'.

Before using the Eight Trigrams Empty Palm, one briefly accumulates a large amount of chakra in the palm, and then compresses it into a highly condensed chakra ball.

The difference is that the 'high-pressure water jet' needs to open a small opening in the condensed water sphere to release pressure and form a continuous cutting force.

The "empty palm" technique releases compressed power all at once, unleashing a pure physical attack similar to an air cannon.

Having the experience of compressing water escape from before.

At this point, practicing Bagua Empty Palm would no longer be difficult. This was the basis for her confidence in quickly learning the move after briefly recalling the principles of Empty Palm.

As she expected, things turned out differently.

She mastered the Eight Trigrams Empty Palm technique in no time, but for the rest of the time, she was actually stuck on how to combine the Wind Release technique with the Empty Palm technique.

At first, she was somewhat fascinated by the tearing effect of Wind Release and always wanted to compress Wind Release into a vacuum blade.

The results showed that this shape did not match the shape of an empty palm.

There is no solution that can be found in a short period of time.

The sun was about to set.

Having exhausted all other options, Hui Li had a sudden inspiration. Using the secret technique of gathering chakra through the Eight Trigrams Empty Palm, he solidified the gaseous wind release, transforming it into a super vacuum cannon capable of soaring into the sky hundreds of meters high.

Theoretically, there is no problem.

In reality, she couldn't judge whether it would be successful.

"There's no time to worry about that now, Shikamaru, Ino, get ready to make your move!"

As he spoke, Hui Li formed his hands into claws, one above the other, hovering at his right waist to gather power. In a short while, the highly concentrated wind chakra emitted a strange blue light.

Shikamaru and Ino, who had been waiting for a long time, responded in unison.

His hands eagerly formed hand seals, and the Yin Release chakra he had already refined within his body was instantly activated.

Shadow Imitation!
Shikamaru's eyes narrowed, and he knelt on one knee, forming the '未' hand seal with his hands.

An invisible force of Yin energy was injected into the shadow beneath his feet.

soon.

The reflection beneath his feet, barely discernible in the dim light, solidified into an abyss-like darkness under the influence of chakra.

Having already calculated the giant bird's flight path, Shikamaru quickly extended his dark shadow to a specific point, thinning and elongating it in the middle to form a fine, net-like structure.

While the Shadow Imitation Technique can be arbitrarily deformed, it cannot increase its surface area.

The change in the shape of the network can solve this problem.

Shikamaru licked his dry lips.

The next step is to wait.

Waiting for the shadow of that giant bird to fall into the trap that had been carefully prepared for it.

(End of this chapter)