Shion's unexpected appearance interrupted Sasuke's plan.
If it had been someone else, he could have chosen to ignore them. But Shion was different. She was a member of Yakumo's team. Even if she had little combat ability, all she needed to do was shout a warning to Yakumo at a critical moment, and she could ruin any perfect ambush.
She has to be dealt with!
Sasuke made up his mind in an instant.
He temporarily dispelled Chidori, then lunged at Shion.
Seeing Sasuke pounce, Shion was startled and hurriedly backed away.
She had only secretly slipped over because she was worried about Yakumo and wanted to check on her after seeing how fierce the battle was. She had not expected to run straight into Sasuke, who was preparing to ambush Yakumo.
Whoosh!
In the blink of an eye, Sasuke closed in on Shion and swung a hand chop at her without mercy. He wanted to end the fight quickly, knock Shion unconscious, and eliminate this threat.
But just as his hand chop was about to hit Shion—
Jingle.
Accompanied by a crisp ringing sound, a golden light flashed across Shion's chest and transformed into a transparent shield. It actually sent Sasuke flying.
Bang!
Sasuke flew a long way before finally managing to steady himself after crashing into a large tree. He looked puzzled. "What happened?"
Only then did Shion remember her bell artifact, and she let out a sigh of relief.
Her bell artifact would activate automatically only when it detected malicious intent.
When she sparred with her classmates at the Ninja Academy, even when she was beaten up, the bell artifact on her chest usually would not activate.
Clearly, Sasuke had been so intent on dealing with Shion that he had failed to control his thoughts, triggering her bell