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As the door to the Training Pod opened, bursts of steam billowed out. Pakura crawled out of the pod, dripping wet from head to toe. Her expression was one of exhaustion and satisfaction, and her eyes shone with a dazzling brilliance.
"Drink some water! It looks like it was a success!"
Vegapunk grabbed a cup of water from nearby and handed it to Pakura. She drank it all without hesitation. This Training Pod hadn't been filled with any nutritional fluids; the moisture soaking Pakura's clothes and the steam that had just emerged were entirely the sweat she had produced during the experiment.
After a cup of lightly salted water went down, replenishing a bit of her spent stamina and hydration, Pakura finally regained her senses. Then, her face flushed red. The tight experimental suit she was wearing was already form-fitting enough, but after being soaked with sweat, it had become translucent, looking even more enticing than if she were wearing nothing at all. She couldn't help but shrink back slightly.
However, Vegapunk was in no mood to admire this enticing scene right now. What he cared about most was whether Pakura's Bloodline Removal was the same as what he had calculated.
"Alright, take a short break. In a little while, we'll go to the training room to test your current Kekkei Tota. I wonder if it matches what I calculated?"
If it matched, it would mean that Vegapunk's understanding of Chakra attribute fusion was correct, and he could naturally continue his deductions.
If any problems arose and the fused Kekkei Tota was different from what Vegapunk had envisioned, then all the hypotheses and calculation models up to now would have to be scrapped and restarted. This was why Vegapunk couldn't help but be serious.
A serious Vegapunk still possessed the vigorous and resolute demeanor of a scientist. After Pakura rested for about ten minutes, changed her clothes, and recovered her stamina, she went with him to the training room specifically used for destructive Ninjutsu experiments.
The entire laboratory was made entirely of metal—a metal alloy created through Vegapunk's magnetic field and Lightning Metallurgy abilities. In terms of strength, it far surpassed ordinary steel. After all, Vegapunk's magnetic field manipulation was enough to make the lattice structure of the smelted alloy flawless.
Many Sand Ninjas even held the various alloys created by Vegapunk in high esteem. Some high-grade alloys that leaked out were priced at nearly half that of Chakra Metal.
Of course, this was also because Vegapunk spent the vast majority of his time doing experiments and had no interest in the repetitive work of smelting alloys. Unless necessary, he wouldn't make them at all. Therefore, what leaked out were all alloys dismantled from various discarded experimental products.
In this laboratory, if some of the alloy targets were broken by Pakura, they would be cleared out directly by Vegapunk. That was the source of those alloys. The quantity was certainly not large, so the price was naturally high.
After Pakura arrived at the training room, she took a deep breath. Once Vegapunk had adjusted various filming and testing instruments, she activated her Bloodline Removal ability.
With a slight reach of Pakura's hand, a brilliant beam of multicolored light instantly struck a humanoid target. After a dozen seconds, the entire target gradually began to turn glowing red and drip metallic liquid.
"Alright, stop!" Vegapunk waved his hand. Pakura immediately ceased her attack, but there was still a hint of dissatisfaction in her eyes.
The power of this Kekkei Tota didn't seem very strong; it looked no different from her Scorch Release!
The only benefit was its extremely fast attack speed. Not only did it not require hand seals, but when it fired, its speed exceeded all Five Elements Ninjutsu. Even if this light simulated by Chakra didn't reach the speed of actual light, it could still be called the fastest Release Technique in the Ninja World.
Although her Scorch Release Ninjutsu also didn't require hand seals and could be cast with a thought, and the speed of the two fireballs was considered agile, there was no way they could compare in speed to this light-based Ninjutsu.
Vegapunk clearly saw Pakura's thoughts. After looking at the test charts of several instruments, he said to the unimpressed Pakura: "Remember the characteristics of this Release Technique I told you at the beginning? Matter penetration, biological lethality! Physical destruction was never the development direction of your Release Technique. Being able to have power close to a normal Bloodline Limit is already strong enough!"
Pakura frowned upon hearing this: "But my Ninjutsu didn't penetrate this target either!"
"That's only how it looks on the surface," Vegapunk shook his head. "Let's proceed with the second round of experiments! You'll see the true horror of your Ninjutsu soon!"
As he spoke, he activated his ability, manipulating the humanoid metal target to sink below, and then a metal wall rose from the ground.
Vegapunk then brought in some live animals like desert lizards from other laboratories. After tying them up, he placed them behind the metal wall. "Alright, you can try your Bloodline Removal Ninjutsu again!"
Pakura nodded and fired another brilliant multicolored light beam. However, this time, as soon as it hit the metal wall, Vegapunk called for a stop.
When the metal wall was removed, revealing the desert lizards behind it, Pakura was surprised to find that although her attack hadn't penetrated the metal wall, it seemed to have indeed caused a huge impact.
The desert lizards were currently bleeding from their seven orifices, struggling and thrashing wildly. A moment later, even the scales on their skin began to fall off, and blood seeped out all over their bodies. After a brief, miserable struggle, they died completely.
"Is this my Bloodline Removal?" A look of surprise appeared on Pakura's face. Vegapunk nodded: "Correct, this is the true power of your Kekkei Tota. Next, we'll switch to other materials to block your light beam, and next time we'll use animals with Chakra to test the resistance."
Finally, after a night of experiments, Vegapunk reached a conclusion. Pakura's Bloodline Removal Ninjutsu had a terrifyingly high lethality against biological organisms. If no defense was made, any animal, whether it had Chakra or not, would instantly be turned into a pool of thick blood by the rainbow light beam.
When defense was applied, the performance varied depending on the defensive Ninjutsu, or rather, the defensive material and its thickness.
Among them, lead had the strongest defensive power against Pakura's Bloodline Limit, followed by metal, then various rocks and soil. Remaining defensive abilities like Water Release could only be described as better than nothing.
Then there was the resistance of those with or without Chakra to Pakura's Bloodline Removal Ninjutsu. The stronger the Chakra, the higher the resistance to Pakura's Bloodline Removal Ninjutsu—of course, this referred to the Ninjutsu after it had penetrated the defenses.
According to Vegapunk's estimation, for a Jonin-level Chakra user using Earth Release Ninjutsu—the best defense among the Five Elements Ninjutsu—a thickness of at least five meters was required to basically defend against the lethality of Pakura's light beam. Even then, it was possible to be left with many minor, untreatable sequelae.
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