Chapter 116: This Extra Has Lasted Two Chapters, Are We Keeping Him Around for New Year's?
In the moment that decided life and death, Kakuyoku Fubuki made the wrong response.
She suddenly turned, and in her haste, she swung her hand, trying to block that small fist—
And then, she typed "GG" amidst laughter and cheer.
Alright, there was no laughter and cheer. Kakuyoku Fubuki just looked in horror at the small, fair fist that the girl had swung, which was coming at her with an unimaginable force.
She swung her hand to block that immense power.
The armor, which claimed to be able to nullify taijutsu, instantly had its immunity limit exceeded by the force it bore. In that instant, in front of the Monstrous Strength Technique, her arm and armor became as soft as tofu. Under the bombardment of the Star Cannon Hammer, they collapsed, deformed, and turned into a puddle of bloody mud mixed with armor fragments.
Then, the fist of the Star Cannon Hammer, with the momentum of a thunderbolt, imprinted itself on the Snow Ninja's chest.
The next moment, Kakuyoku Fubuki's corpse was sent flying over a hundred meters away.
Looking at that lifeless body falling dejectedly to the ground, a phrase suddenly popped into Sakura's mind: a ruthless hand that destroys a flower.
I never thought I'd become a ruthless person who destroys flowers... the girl complained about herself silently in her heart. But to be honest, the phrase was quite fitting.
In terms of ruthlessness and cruelty, the Monstrous Strength Technique could even seriously injure one of the Sannin, Jiraiya, to the point of near death with a single punch. Although Sakura's nin-taijutsu currently only had thirty to forty percent of Tsunade's power, it was still well-deserving to call this punch fierce and ruthless.
Kakuyoku Fubuki had many weaknesses: her taijutsu was not refined, her reactions were not fast, but the biggest problem was her lack of effective combat experience. The tactics she chose were very naive and ridiculous. She was too fixated on the girl's water jutsu, and as a result, when Sakura bluffed her a little, she overreacted and revealed an opening. Then, facing Sakura's beyond-standard nin-taijutsu, she didn't know how to adapt to the situation, nor did she have a backup plan like the Substitution Jutsu. To be killed by the Monstrous Strength Technique with a single punch was truly not an injustice.
Relying on the powerful armor, when the enemy couldn't break her defense, she was in an invincible position, and could naturally fight as she pleased. However, the final result of long-term reliance on the armor was the loss of the ninja's own ability to adapt to the situation. When facing an enemy who could destroy the armor, she would be at a loss.
This was one of the shortcomings of this armor.
In terms of being a flower, Kakuyoku Fubuki was truly a flower in a greenhouse.
Even so, Sakura had never thought that the battle would end so easily... During the probing earlier, she had still felt that her Ice Style was quite good, and her defense was also very troublesome. But in the end, she was a paper tiger.
She retracted her Star Cannon Hammer stance and washed her hands with chakra-infused water.
She turned her gaze to the battlefield on the other side.
Naruto's opponent, Fuyukuma Mizore, was an extremely burly ninja. So it was obvious that his taijutsu was also astonishingly powerful. Although it lacked agility, its strength was more than sufficient.
After the two of them had fought a round with their not-so-proficient Ice and Wind Styles, they had tacitly begun to engage in a taijutsu battle.
Naruto's taijutsu was a cut above, and with the coordination of his shadow clones, he had almost completely suppressed his opponent. However, Fuyukuma Mizore had thick skin and was protected by his armor. Naruto's punches and kicks were like tickles to him. After tangling for so long, the two were still in a stalemate.
Kakuyoku Fubuki's defeat broke this stalemate.
Seeing the scene of the female ninja's tragic death, Fuyukuma Mizore let out an uncontrollable roar of anger. He completely ignored Naruto's presence and charged towards Sakura without any regard for himself.
How could Naruto miss such a golden opportunity?
"Rasengan!"
The little blue ball, making its first appearance in this book, achieved success in its debut battle, knocking the Snow Ninja, Fuyukuma Mizore, to the ground in one fell swoop.
A few minutes later.
Kazahana Dotō's lifeless corpse lay on the snowy ground, the scorched black marks left by the Raikiri clearly visible.
The process of Sasuke defeating Kazahana Dotō was basically unremarkable.
As the daimyo of the Land of Snow and the leader of the Snow Ninja, Kazahana Dotō was indeed a bit stronger than the other Snow Ninja. At least he wasn't instantly killed by Sakura's punch like Kakuyoku Fubuki, nor was he defeated by a single Rasengan from Naruto after losing his reason due to excessive grief and anger like Fuyukuma Mizore. But when he discovered that his subordinates had been dealt with separately, and the expected three-on-one siege of Haruno Sakura had turned into him being besieged by three, his will to fight instantly collapsed.
Kazahana Dotō's combat experience was not very much either—to put it bluntly, there weren't many battles in this backwater place to begin with, so naturally, no experienced ninja could be produced. The last time Kazahana Dotō had probably fought was during the coup a dozen or so years ago.
The only reason he could hold on for so long was because of the magical armor on his body and his endless stream of Ice Style ninjutsu.
However, when he was left to fight alone, Kazahana Dotō began to panic, his fighting spirit completely gone. Not only did he have to deal with Sasuke's increasing speed, but he also had to divert his attention to avoid being ambushed by Sakura and Naruto, who were standing outside the battlefield. With his mind split in two, he was soon caught by Sasuke's opening, and a single Raikiri pierced through his armor and his chest at the same time.
This ruthless hero, who had killed his brother to usurp the throne, fell to the ground, spitting out bloody foam, his hands weakly grasping at the air a few times, and then he died in silence.
The sky was already beginning to brighten at this time, and a sliver of dawn was faintly visible on the horizon.
In the faint light, the scene inside the dark castle was gradually visible. The Snow Ninja were either injured or dead, their base completely collapsed. Apart from the three members of Team 7, no other figures could be seen.
Sakura walked over to Kazahana Dotō's side. The tip of her sandal lightly nudged his body, which was beginning to grow cold, confirming his complete death. "Well then, mission complete."
She bent down and picked up a piece of armor fragment that had been sent flying by Sasuke's Raikiri, holding it up to her eyes to examine it carefully.
She was very surprised by this kind of armor plate, which could absorb chakra and also had very strong physical defense. If not for the fact that the three of them all had their own powerful offensive ninjutsu that could break this armor, this mission might have turned into a bitter struggle.
"This armor is amazing," Sakura praised. "I wonder what it's made of?"
Sasuke also flipped it over with great interest and looked at it carefully. "I've never seen this kind of metal either. It might be an alloy I haven't seen before."
Perhaps it's some kind of precious alloy? There were only three or four sets in the entire Land of Snow, which showed how precious it was.
Sakura washed it clean with water and rubbed it in her palm. The smooth texture was very comfortable to the touch, like high-quality porcelain.
Could it be metal-ceramic?
"I can study it when I have time," she thought to herself. But she was afraid she wouldn't have much time—she was too busy researching ninjutsu.
And this kind of armor was no longer of much significance to her. She herself did not lack powerful defensive ninjutsu.
On the contrary, the weight of the armor would be counterproductive.
The girl shook her head and put the alloy into her ninja tool pouch.
"Can we wear this kind of armor too?" Naruto was not interested in these academic questions and asked directly.
"We probably could. I don't see any usage restrictions. But I'm not wearing something pulled off a dead person!" the girl shook her head vigorously, shaking off the chill. "And all three sets were broken by us."
Sasuke also waved his hand in denial. "We don't need this kind of thing either. Relying too much on it will actually lower our adaptability, just like this Kazahana Dotō."
Naruto thought for a moment, then also shook his head and muttered to himself, "Yeah, it can't block Sakura-chan's fist anyway..."
Sakura then gave him a sharp glare. "Hmph!"
"Forget it, let's leave the things here and go back and tell them first," she said, stretching. "I'll leave a clone here to clean up. Everyone, go back and rest!"
On the horizon, under the bright red morning clouds, the first ray of sunlight quietly broke through the horizon.
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