After fighting for a while, Sarutobi Ryo had several cuts on his body.
"Hmph..."
Pakura held a kunai, a small, mean smile on her face.
"First, I'll hurt him, and then... I'll end him!"
Just as Pakura thought this, the battle outside changed suddenly.
A scream cut through the air.
This made her realize something was very wrong.
Yamanaka Hui, Hyuga Ruri, and the Umino couple worked together and quickly beat the three Sunagakure Anbu.
Because one of them was already hurt, the Anbu couldn't fight back as well.
"Damn it!" Pakura changed her plan. She wouldn't torture Sarutobi Ryo. Instead, she would kill him quickly and then help her friends.
"Looking somewhere else?"
The moment she looked away, something changed with Sarutobi Ryo.
A huge rock appeared above Sarutobi Ryo's head.
Bang!
He stomped on the ground, using his Magnet Release: Magnetic Field Rotation.
He took power from the Earth and sent it to his arm.
Then, using his body's strength, he threw the rock.
This time, the rock flew like a huge bullet from a cannon.
A loud whistle sounded, like the air itself was tearing. It was going faster than the speed of sound!
"!"
Pakura's eyes went wide, and she barely ducked.
She heard a huge crash, and a hole appeared in the ground behind her.
"Too slow..."
Sarutobi Ryo saw the rock fly so fast, but he still wasn't happy.
He knew that someone as strong as Pakura, or rather, someone as strong as he was, could dodge something moving at "Supersonic" speed.
Pakura had Swift Release, so if she paid attention, she could easily dodge.
So...
Sarutobi Ryo picked up some small rocks from the ground.
These stones had sharp edges.
Bang!
Sarutobi Ryo stepped forward, gathering power, and swung his right arm hard.
Boom!
The pebbles shot through the air, with sparks flying.
The sparks were from the heat of the rocks rubbing against the air really fast.
With one throw, he broke the sound barrier again, making the rocks go even faster.
Looking at the rain of Supersonic bullets flying toward her, Pakura knew she would die if she wasn't careful.
"Damn it!"
Pakura looked shocked. She didn't think he could do something like this.
"This guy..."
She moved left and right, trying to dodge.
Even so, the pebbles still cut her, leaving bloody marks.
Sarutobi Ryo used his right eye to see everything clearly and easily knew where Pakura was.
He threw more and more stones.
Does this guy have endless energy? Pakura wondered.
She didn't know that the power Sarutobi Ryo used came from the Earth. He was getting it for free.
After dodging many times, Pakura figured out what he was doing.
"He stomps on the Earth before he attacks. Is it some kind of Earth Release Ninjutsu?"
Pakura wasn't a sensory ninja, so she could only guess.
She couldn't imagine that Sarutobi Ryo had learned Magnet Release.
"Haa!"
Then, Sarutobi Ryo used all his strength.
The stones flew even faster, over 400 meters per second, almost 430 meters per second.
Pakura screamed, and blood appeared on her body.
She raised her arms to block, but a deep cut still appeared on her leg.
"Damn..."
Pakura tried to use Swift Release, but she was limping.
Her speed slowed down suddenly.
The weakness of Swift Release was now clear.
"So, it needs the legs... I thought the legs were just for show with Swift Release..."
Sarutobi Ryo's voice sounded, and Pakura's eyes widened.
Sarutobi Ryo was now behind her.
"You..."
Before Pakura could turn around, Sarutobi Ryo attacked.
He struck the back of her neck with his hand.
The power could break a bull's bones, but it would only knock out someone like Pakura.
And so...
Bang!
Pakura fell to the ground, unconscious.
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...No one knew how much time had passed.
Pakura woke up slowly.
"!"
It was very quiet, with only the sound of the wind.
A faint tapping sound came. She didn't know what it was.
"You're awake?"
The dark underground wasn't affected by Pakura's technique.
The hall above was destroyed, and a Warehouse was gone, but the other houses were still fine.
The Manor was big, and they could rebuild the living room.
The sound Pakura heard was from the workers rebuilding.
"Three of your four friends are dead, and one is badly hurt."
Sarutobi Ryo told Pakura what had happened.
"If you don't want him to die, then listen to me..."
"Hmph, you wish!"
Pakura looked at Sarutobi Ryo with hate in her eyes.
I'm not a child. Do you think I'll listen to simple threats?
"Your Sunagakure started this," Sarutobi Ryo said.
The Third Shinobi World War wasn't Sunagakure's fault.
But the Third Kazekage's disappearance was the final problem.
"As a Ninja, you must follow the Village's orders. Don't you understand that?"
Pakura was tied to a chair, but she held her head high, making her look proud.
Sarutobi Ryo: "Heh..."
*You laugh at me for not understanding the rules.
I laugh at you for being blindly loyal.*
In the real story, Rasa betrayed Pakura and used her to please the Elder Council and Kirigakure.
"What are you laughing at?!" Pakura asked angrily.
"I'm laughing at you for being too young..."
Sarutobi Ryo shook his head.
He looked at the system's [0%] injection progress on the screen.
"Then, next..."
Once he got to 20%, he could get "Swift Release."
"Let's begin..."
He wasn't in a rush to get Swift Release. He would get some information first.
Sarutobi Ryo walked to the side, and Yamanaka Hui appeared.
"Hehe..." Yamanaka Hui smiled evilly. "The Hero of Sunagakure is strong, so... your brain won't become mush too easily, right..."
"!"
Yamanaka Hui reached out her right hand, and Pakura struggled.
But she was weak and couldn't even use her chakra.
Why!
She remembered the girl with the Byakugan, Hyuga Ruri.
She realized that after she fainted, she had been hit with the Gentle Fist, and her chakra points were blocked.
Only the Hyuga's Byakugan Kekkei Genkai Gentle Fist Taijutsu could do that so easily...
"S-stop... Ah~~~!"
Pakura's screams echoed through the underground.
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