As promised, the extra chapter is here.Rember, every ti we reach an additional 50 Power Stones, even more bonus chapters will be unlocked.
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Naturally, Sunagakure possessed its own sensory units.
By tracing the lingering chakra signatures and movent trails left behind by i Terumi's group, they quickly locked onto their route and pursued at full speed, refusing to let their prey escape so easily.
As the thick fog gradually dispersed, visibility returned,
and the two fleets finally ca into full view of one another.
The contrast was impossible to ignore.
The Mist Village's ships were aligned, disciplined, and battle-ready, their formations steady and their chakra surging with confidence.
Sunagakure's fleet, in comparison, looked utterly battered and disordered,corroded hulls, torn sails, wounded shinobi crowding damaged decks.
i Terumi had already returned to the flagship.
Standing proudly at the bow, hair and cloak fluttering in the sea wind, she surveyed the pursuing Sand Village forces. Taking in their miserable state, she burst into unrestrained laughter, her voice echoing across the waves.
Kisa Hoshigaki and Mangetsu Hōzuki watched from behind her, their eyes sharp with newfound respect.
She had infiltrated the enemy formation with only two companions,
yet she had left an entire Sand Village force in chaos before they had even laid eyes on her.
Seems we underestimated this woman…
Kisa and Mangetsu exchanged a glance, silently reaching the sa conclusion.
On the opposite fleet,
Granny Chiyo fixed her gaze on i Terumi, who stood tall and composed at the prow of the Mist ship, radiating confidence and authority.
"Hmph. So it was you, woman, who launched that attack?"
i answered with a calm smile.
"Your Sand Village invaded the Mist first, yet you dare call it a sneak attack?"
"Is Sunagakure always this shaless?"
Chiyo's expression remained unchanged.
"In the ninja world, the rule is simple,the strong devour the weak."
"Pretty words won't sway an old woman like ."
i's eyes narrowed slightly as she replied, unfazed.
"Exactly. Which ans those who were ambushed have no right to complain."
For a brief mont, Chiyo was silent,then she laughed sharply.
"Good. Very good."
"You're impressive, child. If we weren't enemies, we might have beco friends."
"Powerful female shinobi are rare in this world."
"Other than Tsunade of Konoha, you're the first woman I've truly acknowledged."
i tilted her head, intrigued.
"Tsunade,the granddaughter of the God of Shinobi, one of the Legendary Sannin?"
"I would like to et her soday."
Chiyo snorted coldly, her chakra beginning to surge.
"That depends on whether you live long enough to do so!!!"
In that instant,
Granny Chiyo finally released her true power.
As Sunagakure's strongest living shinobi, she made no attempt to test the waters. From the very start, she revealed her ultimate trump card,
a forbidden puppet technique said to possess the power to conquer an entire city.
White Secret Technique: Chikamatsu's Ten Puppets!!!
The true strength of the Ten Puppets had long been underestimated.
Though far fewer than Sasori's Hundred Puppet Performance, each of Chikamatsu's creations was vastly superior to ordinary puppets, imbued with terrifying lethality and precision. In their legendary clash, Sasori's puppets had fallen in droves, most destroyed in an instant.
Now, Chiyo summoned them without hesitation.
It was proof of her burning anger,
and of the serious threat she perceived in the woman before her.
i felt a stir of tension in her chest. She knew exactly what this technique represented.
Before departing, Lord Chiba had personally briefed her on Chiyo's Ten Puppets in detail.
She didn't know how he obtained such information,
but his intelligence had never once been wrong.
"So this is the White Secret Technique… Chikamatsu's Ten Puppets."
She exhaled softly.
Chiyo's eyes flickered with surprise.
"You're young, yet well-inford."
i smiled faintly.
"Not because I'm knowledgeable."
"Because our Mizukage told ."
"The Mizukage? That brat nad Chiba?!"
"Where did he get that information?!"
i offered no reply.
Chiyo scoffed,she hadn't expected one.
With a sharp command,
the naval battle finally erupted in full!!!
In a blur of motion, the two leaders,
Granny Chiyo and i Terumi,
charged straight at each other, chakra surging like colliding storms!
At the sa ti, elite shinobi on both sides plunged into chaotic combat.
Sunagakure's veterans,Ebizo, Satetsu, Otokaze, Sajin, and others,unleashed massive waves of chakra, launching Wind Release techniques and precision ninja tools in a relentless long-range barrage.
The Mist Village answered imdiately.
Kisa Hoshigaki.
Mangetsu Hōzuki.
Ao.
Bi.
The elite Mist shinobi surged forward without hesitation.
Kisa let out a feral grin as he drew Sahada, its massive body radiating oppressive chakra. Facing the rain of shuriken, he kicked off the deck and charged headlong through the barrage, leaping directly onto an enemy ship.
Sahada awakened instantly.
Its living blade writhed, spines twisting as its massive maw opened wide, hungering for chakra and blood.
BOOM!!!
Kisa swung Sahada in a brutal arc, instantly blasting three or four Sand Village shinobi into the air. Flesh was torn, chakra ripped free, and the blade fed greedily as screams echoed across the deck.
For a mont, the Sand Village forces were completely shaken.
Kisa Hoshigaki's strength was in no way inferior to i Terumi's.
With Sahada in hand, he was nothing short of a rampaging sea demon.
Elsewhere, Mangetsu Hōzuki roared as he raised the Twin Blades: Hirakarei.
"Hirakarei,Release!!!"
Chakra erupted from the circular vents along the blade, rapidly expanding into a massive shield that intercepted the enemy's opening barrage.
In the next heartbeat, the chakra shifted shape,
condensing into a gigantic battle axe, which Mangetsu gripped with both hands and slamd downward with overwhelming force!
BOOOOOOM,!!!
Half of an already-damaged Sand Village warship was obliterated, the deck collapsing inward as timbers snapped apart.
Screams rang out as countless shinobi were hurled into the sea, splashing violently into the churning waves.
anwhile, Ao, Bi, and the others clashed head-on with Satetsu, Otokaze, Sajin, and their peers, elite jōnin battling fiercely amid flying steel and chakra blasts.
And at the heart of the battlefield,
Granny Chiyo had already unleashed Chikamatsu's Ten Puppets, sending them surging toward i Terumi in a relentless, coordinated assault!
i did not retreat.
Her hands flashed through seals, chakra boiling violently around her body.
"Lava Release: Corrosive Monster Technique (Yōton: Yōkai no Jutsu)!!!!"
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