This kind of pleasure was something others could never understand. They might call it perverted, but Chinatsu didn't care. Others couldn't bear the thought of being stabbed in the kidney, but Chinatsu had been stabbed more than once during her previous battles, especially when fighting high-level opponents like Kakuzu and enduring near-lethal injuries to refine her combat instincts.
After Orochimaru was pierced in the kidney by Chinatsu, his face only contorted slightly. As a master of forbidden techniques and body modification, he possessed abnormal vitality and regeneration far beyond ordinary shinobi, so a kidney stab wouldn't kill him. And precisely because of this…
Chinatsu pulled out her arm, aimed at the other side of the kidney she had just stabbed, and swiftly and accurately pierced again from a different angle, ensuring maximum internal damage.
Orochimaru's face was filled with one word: "Pain!" Even with his tolerance, this level of repeated internal damage was unbearable. He never imagined that Chinatsu was such a dangerous opponent, combining precise brutality with cold calculation.
This woman… might be even more troublesome than I anticipated!
Orochimaru instantly realized this battle could not continue. His goal had never been to fight to the death it was to obtain a suitable body. Continuing here would only lead to unnecessary losses.
Hashirama and Tobirama, restrained by the Impure World Reincarnation, immediately turned and charged toward Chinatsu to intercept her. Left with no other option, Chinatsu activated the Flying Thunder God Technique again, teleporting to a marked location on a nearby tree.
Speaking of which, the Flying Thunder God Technique truly lived up to its reputation. No wonder the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, could dominate battlefields using this technique in combination with the Rasengan. The instantaneous movement and unpredictability made direct confrontation extremely difficult.
Even with only a basic grasp, Chinatsu could already feel the tactical advantage it provided.
Standing on the tree trunk, Chinatsu scanned Hashirama, Tobirama, and Orochimaru, quickly formulating a plan in her mind.
Chinatsu: Watch closely… I'll show you something beyond ordinary ninjutsu.
She took a deep breath, preparing her next move. But suddenly, she sensed multiple chakra signatures approaching rapidly from a distance.
Reinforcements.
Chinatsu froze for a moment before realizing the situation. This was still the Chunin Exams, and such a large-scale battle disturbance would inevitably attract attention.
Orochimaru also noticed. He clicked his tongue in annoyance. This situation had already deviated too far from his expectations.
He had to retreat.
"First Hokage! Second Hokage! Delay her!"
Orochimaru issued a command and immediately used his snake-based techniques to escape, his body slithering away with unnatural speed through the forest.
Determined to stop him, Chinatsu did not hesitate. However, Hashirama and Tobirama though weakened compared to their prime and far from the level shown during the Fourth Great Ninja War were still extremely dangerous under Edo Tensei control.
Their interference bought Orochimaru precious time.
There was no clean solution.
So Chinatsu made a decision.
Brute force.
She began moving rapidly using Flying Thunder God, constantly repositioning. Tobirama, who originally created the technique, should have been able to counter it but in this incomplete Edo Tensei state, without full consciousness or independent will, his reaction speed lagged behind hers.
Orochimaru had already retreated a considerable distance, believing he had escaped.
But Chinatsu had already predicted his route.
Hashirama. Tobirama. Orochimaru.
All aligned.
Perfect.
Chinatsu raised her hand slowly.
Wood Release? Sage Mode? Dojutsu?
No.
This time it was something else entirely.
Chinatsu had long explored the limits of ninjutsu. Most techniques were simply scaled variations larger fireballs, stronger winds, denser chakra constructs. True innovation was rare.
But Chinatsu had something others didn't.
Knowledge.
Standing on both the foundation of chakra control and conceptual understanding from another world, she attempted something unprecedented not a traditional ninjutsu, but a fusion of theory and chakra manipulation.
Using Fire Release as a base ignition, she began compressing chakra while simultaneously manipulating surrounding energy particles through Sage Mode perception.
Heat.
Pressure.
Containment.
Her control had reached an extreme level balancing destructive forces within a confined sphere of chakra.
This was no ordinary technique.
"Ninja Art…"
Her eyes sharpened.
"Fusion Release: Compressed Detonation!"
She hurled the condensed mass forward.
For a split second
Silence.
Then
Impact.
The reanimated Hashirama and Tobirama were engulfed first, their regenerating Edo Tensei bodies caught in the expanding core. Orochimaru, just beyond the center, turned too late before being swallowed by the blast.
A controlled explosion erupted, far smaller than a real-world equivalent, but with devastating density and concentrated force.
The forest trembled.
Shockwaves tore through trees.
A pillar of smoke rose into the sky.
Chinatsu stood still, her long hair whipping violently in the aftermath.
At that moment, she felt something close to exhilaration not madness, but the satisfaction of surpassing limits.
This… is my path.
Just before the explosion occurred, a figure arrived at the battlefield.
The Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi.
Alive. Watching.
His staff gripped tightly in his hand, his aged eyes widened in shock as he witnessed the scale and nature of Chinatsu's technique.
This was not standard ninjutsu.
Not even something recorded in Konoha's archives.
In his memory, Chinatsu was merely a talented kunoichi with unusual abilities.
But what he saw now…
Was something far beyond that.
A dangerous existence.
Hiruzen's expression grew serious.
If such power were ever turned against the village…
Could Konoha withstand it?
For the first time, the "Professor" of Konoha felt uncertainty.
And Chinatsu… stood at the center of it all.
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