Chapter 432: The Power of Mōryō
Ino paid no attention to them, constantly making the donkey go faster.
At this moment, she was a bit annoyed. Just yesterday, she had bragged to Shion that "death is just another great adventure," and today, she was being proven wrong.
The line between life and death was not so clear to her. She was indeed not afraid of normal physical death. Whether her head was cut off or her heart was pierced, her old friend the Death God could, within his domain, help Ino hold on to her last breath, and then slowly recover with her elementary Sage Body.
Given their relationship, this was entirely possible.
However, nothing was absolute. If the injuries were too severe, to the point where her body could no longer recover, and she had no more attachment to the ninja world, she could use the fourth stage of the "Mind-God Switch Technique," using her own consciousness to replace the Death God's consciousness. The Infinite Tsukuyomi could hang Ino Yamanaka on a tree, but could it hang the Death God on a tree?
Ino was not afraid of death at all, but this Mōryō power seeping out of the sealing ground in the Land of Swamps was different. According to rumors, this thing possessed the power to destroy the world.
For ordinary people, death and destruction were the same thing. But for Ino, they were two different concepts.
She was not afraid of death, but she was very afraid of destruction, afraid of that chaotic, disorderly entropy that could erase her entire consciousness.
If her body died, she could still think of other ways. If her consciousness was gone, then it was really gone.
At this moment, the sense of crisis from the northwest was getting stronger. She whipped the donkey hard. The donkey's rump was whipped raw. This donkey had been well-fed by Shion and the others; it was fat and strong, with extremely powerful hind legs. After being whipped by her, the donkey's ears perked up, its nostrils flared to their widest, and its four hooves flew up and down, galloping as if it were flying on clouds.
"Faster! Even faster!"
"Don't stop! We'll rush through in one go!"
"Charge!"
The donkey was being driven mad, and the passengers on the cart were also going mad.
Sakura no longer disdained Naruto. At this moment, she was shouting "Na-ru-to!" while holding on to the fully-armored Naruto. Sasuke also looked a bit tempted, but with Shion on Naruto's left and Sakura on his right, there was simply no place for him to grab.
The four ninja—three men and one woman—behind them had been chasing for a long time, but they couldn't catch up.
They had obtained some of the demon Mōryō's power from their leader, Yomi. They had originally thought that dealing with four "unremarkable" Konoha ninja would be a piece of cake. Ino and the others' frantic escape had further confirmed this guess. But they had never expected that donkey to be able to run so fast.
The four quickly used their trump card. The trace of Mōryō energy stored in their bodies entered their chakra pathways, and their speed suddenly increased by a large margin.
Previously, with the four guys following behind, Ino hadn't paid them any mind. They posed no threat, so what was there to pay attention to?
Now that the four had used the power of Mōryō, she, who had her perception open the whole time, immediately slowed down and looked back. This was a good opportunity to study it up close.
The four had the faces of villains, each one more arrogant than the last.
"Stop! Don't let me catch you!"
"Konoha brats, I'm going to break your arms and legs!"
"They're just kids, don't scare them. The one driving, stop, and I will spare your life! As long as you let me have some fun!"
Ino's brows furrowed. Where did these idiots come from?
"Sasuke, you drive. I'll take care of them." Ino moved aside from the driver's seat. Sasuke used both his hands and feet to reach for the reins in a rather pathetic posture. This cart was going too fast, and the road was not smooth. He, as a passenger, was terrified. At one point, he even felt that his heart would jump out of his mouth—not because he was scared, but because it was just too bumpy!
The pursuers' foul language became more and more ear-piercing. Ino didn't understand the nature of Mōryō's energy and immediately decided to capture them alive for research. She opened with the Flying Thunder God.
She predicted their positions and then threw out four special kunai like lightning.
Four ninja, leaving two alive would be enough. On the speeding donkey-cart, the conditions were too poor, and there was no time for a careful study.
She threw the kunai, sensed the markers, broke through space, and killed the enemy. These four steps were completed in 0.1 seconds. The ninja who had wanted to "have some fun" with her still had a sinister smile on his face, but blood was already spurting out of his neck like an arrow. His life force was rapidly draining. As he subconsciously clutched his throat, Ino had already broken through space and, like killing a chicken, had killed the second ninja, who had no time to resist, with her superb neural reaction speed.
Ino's planned route was very complex. While sensing the position of the next special kunai, she nonchalantly pulled the short sword from the second dead person's throat. Before the blood could splash on her, she held the short sword in a reverse grip and pierced the left leg of a ninja behind her.
That ninja had not originally been in this position. It was because after Ino had killed the first ninja, out of fear of the unknown, he had subconsciously taken a step back to the left, and this step had brought him right onto her blade.
The other's reaction was all within Ino's expectations. She pulled out the short sword again, and as if she had just done something insignificant, she broke through space and slammed the hilt of her sword into the back of the fourth ninja. With a "wah," he spat out a large mouthful of blood.
Two dead, two injured. Ino didn't know what ninjutsu they were good at, nor did she care. She forcefully grabbed the two captives by the collar, leaped up, and returned to the donkey-cart.
The two were scared silly. Their lips trembled. They hadn't even seen clearly what had happened, and their two companions were already dead.
They couldn't help but curse Ino in their hearts. You're so strong, why the hell were you running!?
If you had said so earlier, we wouldn't have chased you!
"Weaker than I thought. Sakura, come and help." Ino wiped her finger on the chakra blade, infused it with Water Release chakra, and then nonchalantly stabbed the two captives twice.
The Water Release chakra temporarily sealed their two chakra pathways. This was a technique learned from the Hyuga clan's Gentle Fist. It couldn't last long, but it was enough to restrain them for a while.
Ino took out a storage scroll, unsealed it, and immediately prepared a potion on the spot.
Then she signaled to Sakura, who pried open the captives' mouths, and a bowl of knockout drops was poured down each of their throats.
Naruto subconsciously covered his nose. The smell of this medicine was a bit familiar...
Shion also looked at her in astonishment. Why are your movements so practiced?
Sasuke was driving, and the speed immediately slowed down. Sakura asked Ino in a panic, "Are you going to interrogate them?"
"Interrogate what? These guys, look." Ino, as if dismantling furniture, stabbed the captive's stomach twice. The scene of her cutting open his belly made Shion quickly turn her head away. Barefoot, she even shrank her feet. Sakura, as a medical-nin, however, cried out in surprise.
Ino forcefully cut out a kidney from the captive, held it up to the sunlight, and examined it closely. "Look in here, this thing that looks like a black roundworm. This should be what the priestess calls the power of Mōryō."
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