Chapter 135: The Art of the Thousand Crows
Sasuke clamped his hand over Pakura's mouth. He pried open her lips and teeth, and upon sensing no hidden poison, abstained from breaking her jaw.
"Water Style: Water Rope!"
He formed the hand seals, temporarily restraining her. To prevent her from using her Scorch Style to melt the rope, he turned her around and pressed her against the wall of poison gas bombs.
"No!" Pakura, who had been fearless even in the face of death, finally felt a tremor of fear.
Sasuke held her delicate body against his, but he did not act as she might have imagined. Instead, he dipped his finger in the blood marrow of the giant hawk and drew a sealing talisman on her back, completely sealing her chakra. As a precaution, he added several more layers.
"Hmm~" she felt an intense itching on her back and couldn't help but moan softly.
"Done!" Sasuke clapped, stopping his fingers when he saw there was no more space on her back. He then pushed her against the wall of bombs and smiled sinisterly in her ear. "Heh, do you regret not detonating the gas bombs now?"
A blast of hot air hit her ear, and Pakura, filled with shame and anger, snapped, "You Konoha thief, kill me or cut me up, it's your choice. This lady has never regretted her decision, and I hate you war-crazed lunatics who do not value civilian lives."
At that moment, several shadow clones emerged from a corner of the warehouse and formed hand seals. "Water Style: Great Water Prison!" A huge sphere of water enveloped all the gas bombs.
"Do you regret it now?" Sasuke whispered in her ear again.
"You were lying to me?" she realized. The Sasuke in front of her was no war-crazed lunatic. He cared more about the bombs' safety than she did. His reckless attack had only been a ruse to exploit her compassion and subdue her.
"What's with that look?" he chuckled. "Isn't tactical deception a standard ninja technique?"
"Hmph! You big liar!" she snorted, feeling aggrieved.
Just then, Tekudō arrived with a squad of soldiers. "Captain," he said, peeking in, "looks like I came at the wrong time?"
"Ahem!" Sasuke realized how ambiguous the scene looked and quickly stepped away.
"Tekudō," he barked, "why are you still hiding there? Get in here and seal these gas bombs!"
"Alright!" Tekudō said, running in happily. Tsk tsk, the captain has a good eye, he thought, admiring Pakura. No wonder he's been so dismissive of the hostesses I've hired. He's only interested in top-class beauties like this one.
"Tekudō, hurry up!" Sasuke shouted, kicking him in his plump rear.
After the battlefield was cleaned up, Sasuke went to support Shun and the others. The guardian ninja of the Sand Village were formidable, but they were facing opponents who were just as formidable, and twice their number. Shun was the first to finish his battle, employing a single, elegant genjutsu-sword technique. Yeshan, not to be outdone, unleashed his ultimate technique, the Void Sword, and decapitated his opponent in one blow.
Only Hyōzō was struggling, but with the support of Fūjin, Raijin, and Aoi, the Sand ninja he was fighting could not escape.
"Big brother, we've been listening to you. Can we get our reward?" Fūjin and Raijin asked, running over to Sasuke. He tossed them two energy blocks and continued to observe. The remaining Sand guardian saw the opening and tried to escape.
"That path is blocked," Yamashiro Aoi said, intercepting him. "Thousand Crows Scatter Jutsu!" he called out, unleashing a genjutsu.
A flock of crows appeared before the guardian ninja's eyes, obstructing his vision. Aoi then threw two kunai. The guardian, having just broken free of the genjutsu, was unable to effectively dodge and could only use his own arm to block the devastating blows.
"Secret Technique: Stone Needle!"
Aoi took the opportunity to activate his ninjutsu, channeling chakra through the black ropes tied to the kunai and into the Sand Village guardian ninja's body. The latter tried to continue to escape, but found that his body was immobile. He was now completely under the control of Yamashiro Aoi's Stone Needle Secret Technique.
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