"Whew, this was really exhausting."
Sparkle used her ropes to make a hanging chair, then sat beneath a tree.
Whenever she was idle, she automatically entered a state of "austerity."
Her physical strength was automatically suppressed to that of an ordinary person, and at that level, the kimono on her body was as heavy as iron armor. Under those circumstances, merely standing was already quite strenuous for Sparkle.
Of course, under these conditions, the effects of Cursed Binding were especially good.
The harsher the "weighted training gear," the greater the effect it produced on Cursed Binding.
Though this was construction work, Sparkle did not move. She merely extended Zhui Xia from her sleeve and used the ropes in place of her hands.
Sparkle was even studying whether she could use ropes to form hand seals in her place. She had already learned to form seals with her feet, so using ropes instead was no problem.
Ninjutsu was code. As long as one could execute that code, even borrowing someone else's hands to form seals was fine. Orochimaru, Mitaraishi Anko, Sasuke, and others had all done it.
"No wonder those princesses in period dramas spent all day sitting down."
Especially those princesses dressed in Twelve-Layered Robes. They rarely stood up. Thinking about it now, it was probably because those robes were so heavy that standing took too much effort.
After resting for a while, Sparkle recovered her stamina and tidied up her appearance.
"Next—Summoning Jutsu!"
A frozen "snow woman" appeared before Sparkle.
Previously, this "snow woman" could only move alongside Sparkle like a stand-in.
But earlier, Sparkle had resonated within a dream and sought guidance from Master Jingliu.
"Though it's somewhat dangerous..."
Sparkle controlled the summoned Ice Crystal Jingliu, then activated Resonance once more.
This time, Sparkle let the power of