Chapter 135: New Teammates
Haruno Sakura also readily lifted her mask, revealing her emerald-like eyes.
At first, her impression of Shino was not very good.
There was no problem with a skilled person being a little arrogant, but she did not approve of his habit of teasing new recruits.
It gave one the feeling of the strong bullying the weak.
However, Shino's frank and magnanimous admission of defeat had won back a lot of impression points for himself. Sakura immediately felt that this person was quite genuine.
She immediately said with a smile, "Haruno Sakura. Please take care of me!"
Katsura-U slapped his forehead and shook his head helplessly.
"What did I just say?"
He glanced at the two of them irritably.
"Some people, as soon as they use a ninjutsu, they automatically expose their identity."
"This mask thing is becoming more and more of a formality."
After that, Sakura's test was simply declared to have passed.
There was no way for it not to pass; the proctor had been beaten to the ground.
Although Shino thought to himself that if they fought again, he would indeed lose, it would definitely not be so miserably.
He had a point. Who would fight someone who had mastered the Monstrous Strength Technique with taijutsu? You wouldn't have enough lives to die. Unless your taijutsu had already reached Gai's level.
Hn, Shino felt that if he had been prepared and had known Sakura's information in advance, then he might have been able to last a long time in that test.
Then, at the two's request, Sakura used a few of her signature ninjutsu to satisfy their slight curiosity.
—Of course, they were all ninjutsu whose information had already been exposed or were insignificant. As for the Sakura Rush and the modified Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals, which were still in the development stage, she still had to keep them a secret for the time being.
For example, the few ice jutsu she had collected in the Land of Snow.
If the Ice Style: Tearing Dragon, Fierce Tiger and One-Horned White Whale had only left the two of them stunned, then the Ice Clone and its accompanying Clone Explosion Technique had deeply won the hearts of these two veteran Anbu. They exclaimed that the girl was insidious enough, cunning enough, and was truly a natural-born Anbu candidate.
Finally, the Water Style: Wind Blade Raging Stream made its appearance. This water ninjutsu, which carried the aesthetic of violence to its end, possessed a presence that could instantly silence the entire field. Yes, silence, not stun—the two who had been quite excited just now fell silent at once upon seeing this ninjutsu.
Katsura-U tried it out and found that the few defensive ninjutsu he used were instantly broken in front of the Wind Blade Raging Stream. "This ninjutsu is a bit unreasonable..." he muttered to himself. Of course it was unreasonable; the Wind Blade Raging Stream was an S-rank ninjutsu.
If one were to simply rank it in the traditional way, according to the difficulty of the ninjutsu, then it would not be an exaggeration to call the Wind Blade Raging Stream a super S-rank ninjutsu. Super S-rank casting difficulty, super S-rank killing power, and its consumption was less than an ordinary S-rank ninjutsu. Its only drawback was its area of effect.
On the basis of the Water Gun Jutsu, Sakura had also incorporated the nature transformations of Water and Wind, making it possess both magical damage and physical attack. Only something that was simultaneously completely immune to physical attacks and chakra ninjutsu could truly defend against this ninjutsu, or one could rely on quantity to exhaust its impact force.
In short, this ninjutsu was Sakura's masterpiece, an infinitely powerful offensive water ninjutsu. Apart from the ridiculously high requirement for chakra control, it had almost no particular weaknesses. Even its chakra consumption was much lower than an ordinary S-rank ninjutsu.
Those flashy but trashy A-rank, B-rank, and even C-rank jutsu would all have to obediently bow their heads in front of this ninjutsu and be honestly pierced by the water stream shot out at super high speed.
As for Shino, after witnessing this ninjutsu, the fantasy he had just had of being able to defeat Haruno Sakura instantly vanished into thin air.
He simulated in his mind how to deal with this ninjutsu.
It was obvious that the speed of the water stream shot out by this jutsu was extremely fast. He was afraid that it would be absolutely impossible to dodge it after the jutsu was completed. To deal with her, one could only dodge or interrupt her jutsu when she was forming the hand seals, or even not give her the chance to make this seal from the very beginning.
The hand seal time for the Water Style: Wind Blade Raging Stream was only a little over a second, and the lower-tier Water Gun was less than a second. This meant that there was still time to react when one discovered that Sakura was about to use a water jutsu... This was the initial tactic of the Snow Ninja, Kakuyoku Fubuki, and then she had died. Shino thought hard for a long time. The countermeasures he came up with all had great loopholes. He felt that if the enemy had a ninjutsu that was not slow to activate and was unstoppable, then a frontal battle would be too strenuous. The most likely outcome would be defeat in just a few moves.
He was a little glad that he had been defeated by the girl's Monstrous Strength Technique.
After all, the Monstrous Strength Technique - Castle Tower Kick could still change direction halfway, but the water stream shot out by the Water Style: Wind Blade Raging Stream was instantaneous and could not turn corners!
After that, Shino readily declared that Sakura's test was passed.
The next arrangement was to meet her new Anbu teammates.
However, before that, there was still plenty of time—because the test had ended too quickly.
With a full hour of spare time, Katsura-U took Sakura on a tour of the Anbu base, and by the way, for a shower and a change into the Anbu uniform.
Nothing that the masses would love to see happened in the bathroom.
—No matter what a kunoichi looks like, her figure is always among the most perfect in a crowd. As they frequently train, they usually don't have a single trace of excess fat. Their slender figures in a bathhouse are definitely a standout presence. And most of them know a few secrets of using chakra to maintain their skin. That kind of skin looks as if it has been edited with PS software. The more extreme ones can achieve skin as smooth as congealed fat, so tender it could be broken by a puff of wind. Those are the real flower vases... In fact, using medical ninjutsu to deal with skin blemishes is like a physical PS software.
Unfortunately, there was basically no one in the bathroom at this time.
She put on the Anbu bodysuit.
Apart from being a little tight, she felt that this kind of particularly close-fitting clothes looked very heroic on her. Her reflection in the mirror was stunningly clean and neat.
She made faces at the changing room mirror for a while:
From a particularly cold, straight-faced expression to a gradually forming smile that curved her lips perfectly.
From a very handsome, valiant sunny youth to a delicate girl full of coquettish charm.
She felt that the latter version of herself looked particularly awkward.
But when she was being handsome, she was much more handsome than in her previous life—so as they say, when a girl is handsome, there's no business left for the boys.
Sure enough, she was still a man at heart... a tomboy.
As she was changing, she heard the rustling sound of clothes from the side. After the girl had changed, she went out and saw a beautiful woman with waist-length long hair. The bodysuit perfectly highlighted her exquisite, slender waist, full hips, and the stunning curve of her chest.
"A rookie?" the woman asked casually as she put on her mask, seeing a strange face.
Her voice had a trace of hoarse magnetism, adding a touch of sexiness.
"Hn," Sakura replied muffledly, tugging at the clothes on her chest. She hadn't felt it when she first put it on, but now, after walking a few steps, she felt her chest was a little constricted.
"So uncomfortable," she muttered.
The bodysuit was issued completely according to the body data she had reported. It was actually very close-fitting, soft, and comfortable. It was just that this was the first time she had worn this kind of clothing, and she always felt that the feeling of the clothes being completely pressed against her skin was strange.
"Don't pull it. It won't be a problem once you get used to it."
The female Anbu member reminded her. She had packed her ninja tool pouch and had a long sword on her back. She stood up straight and walked two steps in the changing room. With her tall figure, she looked really valiant and heroic.
Seeing that the female ninja had packed up and walked straight out, leaving only a faint dark fragrance, Sakura silently stood up straight and quietly made a comparison. She was already not very short, but she was still half a head shorter than that beautiful woman. A faint sadness rose in her heart.
Katsura-U soon waited for the girl to come out.
She was wearing the black sleeveless bodysuit issued by the Anbu, with an Anbu defensive vest over it, her two fair arms bare, and her hair tied in a high ponytail, looking neat and capable.
Her whole person looked outstanding and straight, a refreshing sight.
Katsura-U secretly nodded and said, "Let's go. Your teammates have already arrived."
The meeting with her new teammates was on the rooftop of a tall building nearby.
Two people dressed as Anbu were leaning against the railing, overlooking Konoha from the rooftop, taking in the great scenery of the village.
A man and a woman, both looking very familiar.
"It's you?!"
Haruno Sakura was very surprised.
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