Double-transformation: I, Sakura Haruno! Will crush the pirates!

"Ahem... Sakura Haruno, Ino Yamanaka, please enter the area!"

Sitting cross-legged beneath the sculpture, Moonlight Gale coughed twice, calling for the participants of the next match.

Upon hearing the names of the two girls, the expressions of the Konoha ninjas became subtle.

Even if you try to stagger the timing, it's still a bit too much of a perverse pleasure to have two good friends fight each other.

The Jonin leading the group all looked toward Hiruzen Sarutobi, who was sitting on the high platform.

"Ugh, why am I fighting Sakura?!"

The duck slid off to the ground, and Ino covered her head.

"It's okay, just like me, it will be over soon."

Choji, who was standing next to him, stuffed potato chips into his mouth and offered a comforting message that was hard to tell if it was mockery or not.

"Think positively, at least Sakura won't seriously injure you, right?"

Shikamaru put his hand on Ino's shoulder, tilted his head towards the group of unconscious ninjas on the medical side, and wore a wicked smile.

Ino was also furious after being betrayed by her two teammates.

"Hmph, don't underestimate me, I'll show you how to win!"

Stimulated, Ino snorted heavily as she strode into the arena.

Behind her, Shikamaru and Choji raised their hands and clapped.

"Go, Sakura-chan! Don't lose to Ino!"

Naruto, who was hanging on the railing, encouraged Sakura, while Sasuke, standing next to him, disdainfully moved away from Naruto.

"Ino!"

Sakura forms a hand seal with one hand and holds it upright in front of her chest.

A chilling wind howled through the room, and frost swirled within the boiling chakra.

The girl's hair and eyes faded to snow-white, and her jet-black ninja outfit was dyed a crisp, clean white, as if she were draped in the cold wind of a lost wasteland.

Sparkling ribbons fluttered around her, making her both breathtakingly beautiful and extremely dangerous.

The storm and raging waves, carrying frost and snow, barely brushed past the edges of the ninjas, yet already formed a layer of ice crystals on their hair and eyebrows.

"Is that the technique that froze the exam hall? The monster of Konoha!"

Many ninjas from other villages bulged their eyes and gripped the fence tightly, only to find their hands frozen to the ground.

"Ino..."

Sarutobi Asuma looked worried and tried to light a cigarette, but found that he couldn't light a match in this environment.

"Sakura, what are you thinking?"

Kakashi shook the ice shards off his head, crossed his arms, and looked at the two girls on the stage.

"This kind of technique doesn't seem like something you'd use on an ally, does it?"

Ōnoki took the opportunity to sow discord.

The leaders of the other two ninja villages remained silent, their eyes fixed on Hiruzen Sarutobi.

"It's alright, I trust the child's judgment and her enthusiasm for her companions!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi remained calm and composed, completely ignoring Onoki's hurtful words.

"Ino, admit defeat! You'll die if you keep going like this!"

Despite being in the midst of a cold wave, Shikamaru and Choji were sweating profusely. After breaking free from the ice, they shouted at Ino.

"I do not!"

The girl's clear voice pierced through the wind and snow.

Stubbornly going against the cold current, it unleashed its seal of opposition against the king protected by ice and snow.

"If we back down now, we'll never see Sakura again!"

Ino pulled out kunai, shuriken, and wire from her ninja tool bag, and threw the shuriken at Sakura first.

Then, thread the wire through the kunai and throw it forcefully at the ceiling of the examination room.

"call!"

Sakura exhaled as she watched the shuriken fly towards her.

The terrifying freezing air exhaled from the girl's mouth instantly solidified the shuriken.

Then a crisp sound rang out, and the steel shuriken shattered and dissipated into powder.

"My goodness, does Sakura really hate Ino that much?"

Naruto's eyes widened, he rubbed his arms to warm them, and took a few steps back with his teeth chattering.

"Hmph, you idiot! It's precisely because you approve of it that you have to go all out!"

Sasuke, who was also freezing, kept his hands in his pockets and snorted coldly.

Naruto rolled his eyes at Sasuke's words.

Do you, you arrogant Uchiha, even know what recognition means?

If this is what you call approval, then he'll go and win over the young lady of the Hyuga family tomorrow!

"Sayonara, Ino, what should we do now, facing a formidable enemy that we can't possibly defeat?"

Sakura clasped her hands together, and four or five enormous frost beasts roared as they rose from the ground.

Without hesitation, he rushed toward the girl who was struggling to survive in the wind and snow.

"Don't underestimate me. I've done a lot of training to catch up with Sakura!"

Ino pulled hard on the steel wire at her fingertips, and her light body was immediately lifted up by the tightened wire.

He floated in the sky, rushing towards Sakura in front of him.

A ninja's battle is about making use of all available information.

At this moment, Ino was betting that Sakura would never use a lethal ninjutsu on her, so she used her own body as a weapon to launch an attack.

"Haha, a smart decision!"

Sakura withdrew her chilling aura and instead threw a punch at Ino in the sky.

Having witnessed Sakura blast the earth with a single punch, Ino dared not take the punch head-on and quickly pulled on the steel wire to adjust her body's trajectory.

boom!

The fist pierced straight through the wall, creating a large hole in the tower and sending up waves of air.

The suspended walkway collapsed halfway, and the ninjas watching could only use their chakra to cling to the wall.

However, no one dared to voice any complaints.

Ino glanced at him out of the corner of her eye, her teeth clenched tightly.

Okay, okay....

That brat Sakura, how could she be so cruel to her best friend!

"Let me show you the results of my cultivation over this period of time!"

Ino flipped in mid-air and landed directly behind Sakura.

He suddenly slipped his hands under Sakura's armpits, forming a grappling grip on her neck.

Ino's chakra accumulated to a great extent, and finally pierced into Sakura's body from her palm.

"Ninja Technique: The Art of Disturbing the Heart and the Body!"

Ino, who is able to recognize the gap between herself and Sakura, is not concerned with how to control her at this moment.

Instead, he used the mind-disruption technique he learned from his father, hoping to disturb Sakura's mind and actions, and then slowly seek a turning point.

As chakra was injected and the feedback from the activation of the technique returned to her body, Ino's face lit up with joy.

Yes, that's fine. All I need to do next is keep my distance from Sakura!

"Hey, Ino!"

A shout caught the blonde girl's attention; she looked up and saw...

Endless authority flowed between his silvery-white pupils, while dark lightning erupted and danced wildly in the void.

The will of the overlord sang with fervor, shaking the heavens and the earth in an instant.

The blizzard, accompanied by substantial impact, slammed into the surrounding high walls, creating vine-like cracks.

"Hey, hey, hey, are you kidding me? Can mere aura have this much power?"

Darui, who had been silent for so long, could no longer contain himself and was so shocked that he lost his voice.

"Konoha... are you going to be suppressed for another fifty years?"

As he pondered, Onoki's gaze darted back and forth between Sakura Haruno and Hiruzen Sarutobi, before finally letting out a long sigh.

At the center of the field, impacted by the overwhelming color, snowflakes were stirred up from the ground.

Standing amidst the swirling snow, Ino felt not only the chill on her body, but also a chill that seemed to originate from her very soul.

'What kind of spirit is this... my consciousness feels like it's about to... fly out...'

Ino's eyes rolled back, and her body trembled and began to sway.

In a hazy state of consciousness, I seemed to see myself as a child, sitting next to Sakura who was sobbing.

She was such a crybaby back then, yet somehow she grew into a beautiful camellia blooming in the cold winter?

However, Sakura alone did not want to show any weakness in front of this flower that she had nurtured with her own blood and sweat.

"Sakura!"

At this moment, the girl's indomitable spirit was like a burning ember, propelling her inch by inch out of the darkness.

With a hoarse voice, Ino called out her friend's name and raised her right hand to clench it tightly!

Give it your all, gamble everything.

Fist!

Chapter 136 A Caged Bird with Broken Wings

"Come on, Ino!"

Sakura wore a rare, gentle smile.

He opened his arms to Ino, who was throwing a punch at him.

Snapped!

Ino's final punch landed on Sakura's face with a soft thud.

At the same time, she collapsed into Sakura's arms, completely exhausted, and was held by her.

"Mo, when exactly did you become so powerful?"

Ino pressed her face against Sakura's chest, gently inhaling Sakura's scent.

"Probably because I didn't want Ino to worry about me anymore!"

Sakura, holding Ino's arm, carried her on her back.

"Then, from now on, Sakura will be stronger! I'll take you as my role model!"

Ino's voice grew softer and softer until her head lolled to the side and she fell into a deep sleep.

"Okay! It's a deal!"

She gave a soft reply and then carried her toward the referee.

Hayate Gekko stepped forward to check on Ino and, after confirming that she was unconscious, announced the result: "The winner is Sakura Haruno!"

With Ino by her side, Sakura intended to go to the second floor.

But when he looked up, he saw that the entire suspended corridor of the tower hall seemed to have been completely destroyed by him.