Ninja Pot Shadow

Faced with the Five Elements Sealing Technique, a sealing technique that involves the continuous circulation of the five elemental chakras, Maki was completely baffled. How could he break it? He had absolutely no clue.

This is a technical job that involves a lot of knowledge. If you don't know it, you just don't know it. Being brave and aggressive won't help.

Could his own shadow break this seal? He didn't know.

Don't be fooled by the Third Hokage's cheerful demeanor, saying he'll have Ino unseal Gaara after the match.

Maki didn't believe this at all. He was sure the other side would use Gaara's injury and need for rest as an excuse to negotiate.

Normally, they would talk, but now they're on the verge of betraying us, and suddenly they're talking about using the vanguard troops to negotiate? That's absurd!

An excellent actor is not necessarily an excellent politician, but an excellent politician is definitely an excellent actor.

The Third Hokage's politician's face is well-known in all the ninja villages. He can't directly detain the Jinchuriki of Sunagakure, but he can delay for ten days or half a month. Is now the time to delay? Not a day, not even an hour can be delayed. Without the help of the Tailed Beasts, what are they supposed to fight for?

Machi is caught in a dilemma.

After the tailed beasts were sealed, the situation on the field took a sharp turn for the worse.

Gaara's own chakra was inferior to Ino's, so he had no choice but to use the sand in his gourd for defense.

Ino used the Body Flicker Technique to move at high speed, so fast that Gaara couldn't keep up with her movements. In that instant, the enemy seemed to be on his left. He turned his head to the left and then felt a vicious uppercut hit his chin.

He was forcefully knocked into the air, flying more than three or four meters into the air.

Just as he was about to land, Ino reached out a hand, grabbed his neck, and tightened her grip with her five fingers.

Gaara was only about 1.46 or 1.47 meters tall at this time, and compared to Ino who was 1.65 meters tall, he was a whole head shorter. Now that his body was lifted up and his feet were off the ground, he looked even smaller.

The Sunagakure ninjas looked at each other in disbelief. They never expected that their village's monster would be so thoroughly defeated by a Konoha genin. Could they, with their meager numbers, really defeat Konoha?

“Just admit defeat. You’re no match for me,” Ino said.

Gaara's weaknesses are too obvious now. His sand can be countered by bubbles, and his One-Tailed Beast can be sealed. Anyone with strong taijutsu can easily defeat him.

What's the point of just making threats?

Gaara now felt surprisingly calm. The monster seemed to still be roaring inside him, but the seal was extremely strong, like a high wall, completely separating the two.

He found peace on the battlefield of Konoha Village, a peace he hadn't experienced in years.

"I won't give up." He said firmly, and putting aside his hysteria, Ino could already see a bit of the stubbornness of the future Fifth Kazekage in him.

Is this the magnanimity of a shadow? Very good, very spirited!

She grabbed Gaara's short red hair and delivered a powerful straight punch to his face. Gaara was in pain and flew backward. Before he could land, Ino appeared behind him, raised her right leg, and delivered a whip kick to the back of his neck.

In the critical moment, the sand in his gourd automatically appeared as a defense. It was too hasty, and the sand shield shattered on the spot. Gaara was also kicked more than ten meters away. He spat out blood, tried to stand up several times but could not get up.

"Gara, admit defeat! Admit defeat now!" Temari, the older sister, was quite nice. She disregarded the village's plans and ignored the gazes of several Sand Village ninjas, shouting from the contestants' seats.

"I won't lose... I can't lose, Mother, Yashamaru... Father... I can't lose... Monster, give me your power, give it to me now!" Gaara kept shouting in his heart, and Shukaku, the One-Tailed Beast, also tried to respond, but both were blocked by the Five Elements Seal.

Jiraiya, observing from a distance with binoculars, couldn't help but shudder when he saw Ino beating Gaara. The boy being beaten was truly pitiful.

The Jonin and clan heads in the stands were all extremely surprised.

They looked at Ino, who was beating up the One-Tailed Jinchuriki, and then at their own children, sighing with emotion. "You've had it tough, kids! We're looking at things from the perspective of our time, and we never imagined you'd be facing such immense pressure! We understand, we understand you. You've really had a tough time."

Shikamaru's gaze towards Shikaku was extremely complex. See? I've said it hundreds of times, and you never believed me. Now you believe me, right? Do you know how much pressure I'm under? I'm the one who's been dragged into this the most!

"Hmm?" Ino sensed that the tailed beast inside Gaara was trying to break the seal. Gaara's ferocity was rapidly fading. The two had reached a consensus. He seemed to be receiving the tailed beast's chakra in a relatively calm way. Were these two united against a common enemy because of what she had done to them?

Well, I might as well collect the tailed beast chakra while I'm at it, since I'm just killing time anyway.

Ino stopped using taijutsu and quickly formed hand seals, gathering all of her chakra.

"Water Release: Big Explosive Water Wave!"

Ino made a comparison: at this time, her "spirit" of 9 points was equivalent to three Tsunades, or six Asumas, or more than ten Kakashis...

Her chakra was incredibly abundant. With just two hand seals, she extracted a large amount of physical energy from her cells. After combining it with her spiritual energy, the massive chakra underwent a water-attribute transformation. The resulting Great Explosion Water Wave generated an even larger flow of water, as if a giant gate had appeared out of thin air, directly summoning seawater from the ocean.

Chapter 156 Collecting the One-Tailed Chakra

With a deafening roar, an endless torrent of water rushed into the match venue, instantly turning the football field-sized area into a swamp.

As the referee, Genma Shiranui moved swiftly, like a monkey, climbing up a tree, and then looked down with lingering fear.

The water was surging and overwhelming, and apart from the lack of life, it seemed no different from real seawater.

The spectators in the stands could only watch the spectacle, but the ninjas who knew the ropes were stunned.

One by one, they stood up and took a closer look.

Has this young lady from the Yamanaka family made a pact with the sea? This is completely different from our understanding of water escape techniques!

The waves surged more than ten meters high, crashing against the walls of the arena with a series of loud noises, and the entire arena was covered by water.

The chatter of the crowd was drowned out by the roar of the waves.

Many ninjas were rubbing their eyes; it was the first time many of them had ever seen such a massive water-style technique.

Old man Kosuke, carrying the blame, wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes. This familiar scene reminded him of the deceased Second Hokage.

Previously, many ninjas perceived Ino as a genius of the Yamanaka family, but this was mostly flattery. With the Yamanaka family as her backing, she naturally had a higher starting point than ordinary ninjas. When talking about their daughter, it was just a few words of mutual praise and that was it. Many ninjas didn't take it too seriously. Aren't there many genius ninjas of that age in the ninja world? They're all just packaged up!

When they saw the overwhelming torrent of water, they changed their minds. "You mountain folk are being too conservative!"

Is this the realm of genius? This is monster!

It seems to be slightly inferior to a humanoid tailed beast, but it is already far superior to an ordinary ninja.

Haiyi gave a series of comments in Ino's direction.

"This child just misuses chakra without any method. I need to criticize her next time."

His old buddies, Shikaku and Dingza, could only nod in agreement. Yes, you're right. Whatever you say is correct now.

Rino was also showing off to the wives of several ninja clan heads, saying things like, "Our Ino only knows how to study," and "Our Ino is not good at housework," and so on, making up a bunch of nonsense.

The ladies could only offer their congratulations. One said, "I wish my daughter were half as smart as your Ino." Another said, "My silly boy can't even use a C-rank ninjutsu properly. I really envy you."

Gaara was swept underwater by the Great Explosion Water Wave. The massive water pressure pressed down on him, and he was about to suffocate. He had no choice but to use the tailed beast chakra seeping out from the seal's gaps to create a Sand Shield for his defense.

Ino created eight shadow clones, and together with her main body, she used nine "Water Release: Water Rush Waves" simultaneously.

A waterspout surrounded Gaara from nine directions, the swirling water crisscrossing and pressing him deeper and deeper. Gaara held his breath and felt as if he were surrounded by water all around him, the water squeezing him in the middle, unable to move at all.

"Water Release: Great Water Prison Technique!" Ino improved the Water Prison Technique.

At this moment, the nine Water Release: Water Waves transformed into a fence, and the water flow exerted a suction force on Gaara from nine directions. He was fixed in place by the water flow, neither touching the sky nor the ground. The Five Elements Seal had left a back door long ago. As the Water Waves spun at high speed, the chakra belonging to Shukaku the One-Tailed Beast was also unknowingly dissipated, absorbed by the seal, and then drawn out of his body by the Water Waves.

The surrounding area was filled with water stained with Ino's chakra, so even with her Byakugan, her subtle movements couldn't be seen.

"Father, this mountain girl who came to our house to play with my sister seems very powerful?" Seven-year-old Hyuga Hanabi asked her elderly father, Hyuga Hiashi, who was standing beside her.

The Great Explosive Water Wave and the subsequent Great Water Prison Technique greatly surprised Hiashi Hyuga, who had been on the battlefield and fought against Jonin from Kirigakure.

From his current perspective, many so-called Kirigakure Jonin's Water Release techniques are only at this level, or even worse. Those Kirigakure ninjas often need to take advantage of the terrain and use water from the natural environment to perform Water Release techniques, while Ino is creating water flow out of thin air.

I always thought my daughter was similar to the Yamanaka family's daughter; we were always evenly matched. But now? The Yamanaka girl possesses such a massive amount of chakra? You can actually fight her to a standstill? You must be joking!

Hiashi Hyuga secretly pondered that if he closed the distance and used his superior taijutsu to gain the upper hand, he would have a chance of winning. He could probably defeat Ino within a few moves, as Ino's taijutsu was far from sufficient in his opinion. On the other hand, if he allowed his opponent to create distance and use ninjutsu of this scale, the outcome would be uncertain.

Genma Shiranui, acting as the referee, also experienced the helplessness of Hayate Gekko earlier. With such a massive ninjutsu, was he really needed as the referee? He had already jumped onto the tree, but the force of the water flow was too strong, and the tree beneath his feet looked like it was about to break.

He looked up at the Third Hokage.

The Third Hokage nodded slightly, and Genma Shiranui quickly rushed up to the stands.

Amidst the discussions among the Jonin and dignitaries, Ino went all out, extracting the One-Tailed Beast's chakra.

The Akatsuki used the Gedo Mazo as a base and the Illusionary Dragon Nine Seals as a technique. The nine heroes worked hard for three days and three nights before they were able to completely extract the One-Tailed Beast.

Ino was no match for Gaara in either software or hardware. Her forceful extraction was like a tug-of-war, which was very strenuous. The nine water waves were constantly spinning, and the Five Elements Seal was disrupting Gaara's original sealing technique. With this two-pronged approach, she managed to extract a fist-sized cloud of misty chakra in just over a minute.

The amount of chakra in the One-Tailed Beast is incomparable to the chakra vortex in the Nine-Tailed Beast, where even a small amount can create a vortex the size of a washbasin.

"What a weak tailed beast," she cursed inwardly, then immediately sealed away the remaining chakra.

In any case, we've got the One-Tailed Beast's chakra.

After releasing the seal of the Great Water Prison Technique, she lifted the unconscious Gaara and gestured towards Genma Shiranui.

Genma Shiranui understood her meaning and shouted, "Katsuya Yamanaka!"

At this point, all three contestants from Sunagakure were eliminated, leaving only Konoha ninjas. Of course, this was a fair outcome, as the match order was randomized and there was absolutely no behind-the-scenes manipulation.

"Hercules, here's your brother back." Ino tossed Gaara to Temari.

Seeing Gaara, who never sleeps, faint, Temari felt a pang of heartache. She called out to Ino, "Hey, release my brother from the seal!"

You're asking me to lift the seal without any benefit? How can you be so shameless?

Ino scratched her ear and began to feign ignorance: "A seal?"

"Release the seal on my brother!"

"Whose seal is this?"

"...The seal on my brother!"

Ino looked at her as if nothing had happened: "What happened to your brother?"

"Fuck your mother!" Temari was furious and swung her ninja fan to fight her, but Kankuro held her back tightly. "Big sister, stop messing around! You can't beat her!"

Chapter 157 The First Battle Between Naruto and Sasuke

Ino ultimately didn't release Gaara from the seal. This kind of thing definitely needs to be decided by the Third Hokage. Besides, she quite liked seeing the expressions of helplessness and confusion on the faces of these Sand Village ninjas.

The group of Sunagakure ninja were completely bewildered. The arrow was on the bowstring and had to be released, but the most crucial link had failed. Their Kage was not making a decision, and the group of ninja dared not alert the enemy or coordinate their actions. They could only exchange glances and speculate wildly.

The more I watch it, the funnier it gets.

Ino made it to the finals and immediately went to the stands to watch the next match. She had fought two tough battles and it was time to watch others' matches. The winner of this match would be her opponent in the finals.

Naruto vs. Sasuke!

This was a battle that didn't happen during the Ninja Exams in the original timeline. She put her hands behind her back and went to watch from the sidelines. Choji thought about it and felt that she had worked quite hard, so he handed her a bag of potato chips. She didn't stand on ceremony at all. She was hungry after fighting for so long, so she started munching on the chips.

Genma Shiranui actually wanted to reach out and call out to her.

Look at this! The stadium, which was perfectly good, has now been turned into a giant artificial lake. Are you just going to pack up and leave? Don't you have anything to say? At least get this water out of there!