The young researcher was clearly less stiff this time. If anything, he looked a little excited.
The second set was laid out in a zigzag.
When the main blast went off, the first two tags detonated smoothly, and the third followed. But at the fourth bend, a section of thread suddenly snapped.
The last two tags only partially detonated. The rest failed to go off.
The Sealing Squad elder frowned. "The bend can't take it."
The head of the Ninja Tools Unit immediately said, "That's not the problem. This spot heats up too quickly. The thread burns through first."
"Then use coated thread."
"That'll make it thicker!"
"Thicker is better than snapped!"
Just as the two looked ready to start arguing again, Chisen spoke.
"Test the third set first."
Listening from behind them, Shizune felt her heart rise into her throat. "Maybe-we should wait and deal with the second set's problem-"
Chisen glanced back at her. "Even if the third set breaks, it'll tell us why."
Shizune was left speechless. In the end, all she could do was grip her clipboard tightly.
When the third set was laid out, even Kakashi closed his book.
"If this works, things will get interesting."
The main blast was triggered.
The first report was muffled.
Unlike the sharp cracks of the first two tests, it sounded as though some compressed force had suddenly swelled at the center.
Immediately afterward, the first outer ring lit up all at once.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The three blasts almost overlapped.
The next instant, the second ring was drawn in, and the third connected right after it. Rather than spreading outward, the bursts of light seemed forcibly trapped by the looping structure, crashing into one another. With a final roar, they compressed into a much larger shock wave that