Chapter 548: Person of God's Paper
The battle came to an abrupt halt.
Crash, crash, crash—
The waves stirred up by the fierce fight, the water splashing all over the sky, amidst the splashing sounds, gradually calmed down.
Tap, tap.
Black sandals stepped on the azure sea surface, the steps light and steady, the sound of footsteps like a small drum beating on the heartstrings of the Angel of Paper.
An indistinct slender figure slowly emerged from the sky full of water mist.
The girl raised her head, her face calm.
Haruno Sakura looked at the paper-winged angel flying high in the air in the distance. Suddenly, the corners of her mouth curled up, and she walked slowly towards that person.
Until she stood in front of that woman.
Rustle, rustle.
The sea surface returned to calm. Slightly undulating waves washed over the soles of her shoes wave after wave. White foam playfully drilled into the gap between her feet and shoes, submerging her fair insteps, caressing her slender ankles, emitting a soft sound.
Haruno Sakura's voice, however, was much colder and harder than this: "Not fighting anymore?"
She looked up at the woman in the sky, her eyes narrowing slightly, and took another step closer.
"What... aren't you holding the absolute advantage?"
The faint smile on the corner of the girl's mouth suddenly seemed dazzling.
Konan remained silent.
Indeed, for Konan, who immunized against physical attacks through the secret technique of turning into paper, most of Haruno Sakura's attack methods, including Taijutsu, and most Water Release and Ice Release ninjutsu, had no effect on this woman.
Konan, who utilized the Dance of the Shikigami almost like an instinct, was practically in an invincible position.
—"Practically".
Taking the initiative to stop the close-quarters combat meant that Konan had already realized—
In this battle, she didn't hold the upper hand.
The opponent's super strong Taijutsu and reactions smoothed out the absolute advantage brought by the Dance of the Shikigami.
Konan was not in an "invincible position". On the contrary, if they continued fighting, she would very likely run out of stamina and suffer defeat due to continuously maintaining the high-consumption secret technique!
The Angel of Paper didn't speak.
After a round of fierce fighting, Konan was already panting slightly.
Right now she was trying her best to control her breathing, concealing the fact that her breathing had become rapid.
But the slightly damp hair at her temples, and the tight suit that had become transparent and clung to her body after soaking in sweat, were exposed to the sight of the girl's emerald eyes.
These details didn't escape Haruno Sakura's notice.
"Those aren't traces of being wet by seawater..." The girl's gaze swept over Konan's exquisite face and landed on her body. The slightly sweat-damp clothes clung tightly to the woman, further highlighting her curvy figure, making her look extremely tempting. Unfortunately, Haruno Sakura had no mind to appreciate it; she was thinking about something else.
"Those are sweat stains..." She suddenly realized.
Sakura raised her eyebrows.
"So that's how it is." Wearing a half-smile on her face, she said faintly, "Your chakra and stamina are already running low."
"Right, Senior Sister?"
Haruno Sakura and Konan's masters were not the same, but their grandmaster was the Third Hokage, and they both received similar Konoha-style ninja education, so calling her "Senior Sister" could also make sense.
It's just that such a warm word as "Senior Sister", coming out of Sakura's mouth, became full of sarcasm.
Fellow disciples?
Not only was there no sisterly affection between the two, but they were instead fighting desperately here like mortal enemies!
Konan still remained silent, her face icy cold and pretty face like frost.
She frowned her willow eyebrows slightly, the expression in her eyes becoming increasingly cold and stern.
Haruno Sakura didn't mind her silence, still speaking as if talking to herself: "Right. That kind of secret technique of turning into paper, with such powerful and unique effects, naturally consumes a considerable amount of chakra... So that's why you stopped. Because if we continue fighting, the one who won't be able to hold on will be yourself!"
Konan's pupils shrank violently.
"So what?" The woman suppressed the palpitation in her heart and said coldly.
"That means," Haruno Sakura sneered coldly and said, "From the very beginning of this battle, you had no chance of winning at all! The only suspense is how long you can struggle under my hands..."
"In other words, when your chakra will run out!"
The girl shouted sternly!
"Bastard!" Konan's expression changed drastically. She, who had always kept a straight face with no expression, couldn't help but become alarmed and angry, "Don't look down on people!"
While speaking, the woman abruptly raised her right hand, flipped her wrist, and the chakra in her body violently surged.
Haruno Sakura said Konan's stamina and chakra had already been consumed quite a bit, but with this sudden outburst of the Angel of Paper, the chakra on her body showed not the slightest sign of exhaustion, still vigorous and surging, her momentum astonishing!
As a genuine Kage-level ninja, Konan's strength was not as weak as her soft and beautiful appearance looked! Even having consumed a lot of stamina, the remaining power of this woman was still magnificent and impressive!
"Secret Technique: Person of God's Paper!"
She abruptly opened her five fingers, without even forming seals, and the massive chakra on her body was skillfully driven and operated at high speed by her.
The seawater under Haruno Sakura's feet suddenly deformed and cracked, as if congealed; in an instant, the vast sea actually turned into countless pieces of paper!
No, those weren't ordinary white papers.
Those papers clearly had dense formulas drawn on them, and the backs impressively had a huge "Explode" character printed on them—these were explosive tags!
This was Konan's "Person of God's Paper" secret technique. It could turn paper and explosive tags into anything, even seawater, and taking advantage of the moment the two stopped fighting to talk, silently drove it to flow under the girl's feet!
In an instant, the seawater under Haruno Sakura's feet abruptly turned into thousands, tens of thousands of explosive tags!
Thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, even—
"One million tags."
Konan looked down from above, her face returning to its cold sternness, and said faintly.
Then, she abruptly swung her right hand down!
Swish swish swish—
The explosive tags transformed from seawater seemed to become extremely light, flying up against the wind, and following Konan's gesture, stuck onto Haruno Sakura's body at an extremely high speed.
Putting it into the book took a large paragraph, but in reality, Konan's right hand only raised and swung, two light and swift movements, completing her jutsu in the blink of an eye; the previous instant was calm and tranquil, the next instant, the seawater transformed into countless papers, like birds returning to their nest, rustlingly sticking tightly to the girl, wrapping her solidly, completely turning her into a paper person!
Konan succeeded in one strike.
Taking advantage of the gap in a major battle to secretly prepare ninjutsu to plot against someone, this had always been Haruno Sakura's style. Now being paid back in her own coin, who knows what Sakura's mood was at this moment?
It's just that the girl was now wrapped into a mummy by countless explosive tags, unable to see or speak, looking entirely like a slender white pupa, obviously unable to give the answer to this question.
In the sky.
"The power of one million explosive tags..." The Angel of Paper soared high in the air, indifferently looking down at the tiny paper person at her feet, thinking calmly in her heart, "What are you going to do?"
While her mind raced, her movements were without hesitation. The five spread slender fingers abruptly clenched tight, and a sharp chakra brazenly overflowed from her fist.
"Die!"
On the sea.
The explosive tags sizzled. Then, a huge ball of fireworks suddenly exploded!
Boom boom boom—!