The nearly transparent flame represented an extremely clean and complete combustion—it showed that Ino's Chakra had not diffused or burned away in the slightest, representing the ultimate mastery of nature transformation. In contrast, whether it was the Uchiha or the Sarutobi, the distinct hues of the Fire Release Ninjutsu they exhaled were manifestations of Chakra not being fully utilized—it was uneven.
What a clean flame... If not for the heat it radiated, one wouldn't even notice that a flame existed on this small person's hand!
A temperature higher than ordinary Fire Release!
Greater concealment than ordinary flames!
Nana and Kana hardly dared to imagine: if such a flame landed on a body, would there still be any chance of survival?
"By utilizing the vibration of the Tiger Seal, this flame can be struck outward. If combined with the Ram Seal, it can be given a shape... and doing so effectively means..."
A hint of mischief appeared on Ino's small face—
Nana followed Ino's rhythm and said, "In other words, this mass of Azure Flame can be as flexible as a clone, under control, and can change direction or move at will. It's not like a shuriken or those Ninjutsu that can only go straight—trying to control their changes is very difficult. Instead, it's more like an elemental clone..."
Ino nodded. "Nice! Very good, very good, Nana, you've already learned to jump ahead with the answers... It's exactly like that."
"Azure Flame—isn't the name I chose quite fitting? Look at it, isn't it as clean as the sky?"
With a quick hook of Ino's hand, the Azure Flame scattered into a starry spray in her palm, and a majestic heat erupted in an instant.
"If I didn't want to perish together with the enemy, otherwise, I'd first create a large mist, let the water vapor cover a vast area, and then have all twelve meridians sound as one, letting the ultimate flame explode all at once, hehe..."
Ino boasted.
Kana listened with a forehead full of black lines. "Princess Ino, such an idea is truly terrifying!" One could imagine—under high-temperature steam, what creature could survive? They'd all be steamed through.
It was even more terrifying than being burned to ash by Fire Release!
Ino showed an innocent smile, intentionally acting cute: "Who said that? I'm such a cute girl, I'd never do something so scary." Then, she said to the two again, "I've explained what needs to be explained. For the next part, you'll need to experiment and practice yourselves. You must do the Slippery Pulse String Vibration every day..."
Ino was putting her heart and soul into training these two beautiful secretaries—raising two powerful enforcers so that when there were battles in the future, she wouldn't have to do everything personally.
Those who work with their minds govern others; those who work with their hands are governed by others.
A person of noble character—
Does not stand near a crumbling wall.
"Yes, Princess Ino."
The two secretaries bowed respectfully.
Kana suggested, "Princess Ino, the weather is so nice, why don't we go for a walk? I heard there's a Summer Festival happening in the Village..."
Nana also said, "Yes, yes, the Summer Festival is so lively. There will be acrobatics performances, goldfish scooping, and..."
Ino glanced at the two of them. Kana and Nana were only sixteen, an age for being lively, loving excitement, and playing. Yet she happened to have a personality that 'never left the house,' being too lazy to wander the Village and unwilling to play with peers—as her ability to control her focus grew, she drifted further from those her own age. So, her two little secretaries had been following her in a life of quiet seclusion for a long time... Ino's 'calm indifference' was undoubtedly a form of torment for them.
"Since that's the case... then let's go out for a walk!"
After informing Mrs. Yamanaka, the three of them—two large and one small—set off. Mrs. Yamanaka was happy to see Ino willing to go out; her whole being radiated joy, as she had been worried before that Ino was too reclusive and unwilling to leave the house.
Stepping out of the streets occupied by the Yamanaka Clan and onto the bustling main road, Ino felt as if she were in another world... The last time she came out was the last time... Hmm, when was the last time?
Ino found it too much effort to think about, so she simply stopped.
In any case, it had been a long time.
Nana and Kana each took one of Ino's hands and jogged into the crowd. After weaving through for a while, they reached a mask stall. Each picked a mask and asked Ino, "Does it look good?"
Nana chose a white face with narrow eyes and a somber expression, while Kana took a calico cat mask.
"It looks good..."
Ino gave a casual, perfunctory answer—based on the experience she'd gained from the internet in her 'previous life,' when a girl asks if something looks good, you must say it looks good.
"Ino, aren't you going to pick one?" Nana and Kana were jubilant, snapping the masks onto their faces and urging Ino to buy one too.
"I don't like these kinds of masks! They're hard and not comfortable at all. If you like them, when we get back, I'll teach you how to make a kind of mask that's guaranteed to be better than this..."
The mask stall owner was displeased upon hearing this and said with a nasty expression, "How can you talk such nonsense, kid? My, Mitsui Hisashi's, masks are the best—why don't you ask around in all of Konoha?"
Ino looked up, her deep blue eyes scanning Mitsui Hisashi from head to toe. She spat out, "You won't even be able to afford a four-course meal in this lifetime!" Then she turned around and told her secretaries, "Smash his stall for me! Any old trash thinks they can do business..."
"This..."
Nana and Kana hesitated; smashing someone's stall over a disagreement, this... "This what? Now I suspect he's an enemy spy, intentionally coming to Konoha to ruin our Village's reputation and lower our economy... Take him to the Intelligence Department and let Morino Ibiki interrogate him. Yes, tell Morino Ibiki that this spy is extremely cunning and requires him to use every means necessary..."
"Hey, whose kid are you?"
Ino flashed a middle finger at Mitsui Hisashi.
"Dumbass!"
Nana whispered, "Princess Ino, are we really going to..."
Ino rolled her eyes again, thinking to herself, "Don't you know I'm just scaring him? You've been with me so long for nothing." She wouldn't go as far as smashing someone's stall over a single comment—after all, this was Konoha, and there was still a Public Security Division. As the princess of the Yamanaka Clan, a person of high status, there was no need to invite such trouble—
Especially trouble from a bunch of people who were already as good as dead.
Ino said, "Let's go... If you argue with a dumbass like that, you'll become a dumbass too. Look at you, in just this short while, your IQ has dropped to the soles of your feet."
Nana:...
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