"Don't underestimate me, bastard! I didn't become a chunin for nothing!" Kizashi Haruno roared.
"Ow, ow, ow..."
Kizashi Haruno's "starfish head" had one point chopped off by a puppet with blades for arms, forcing him to retreat two steps.
However, his spirited declaration had already drawn Pakura's attention.
After forcing back a Konoha chunin who had tried to rush a puppet master head-on, Pakura gave a sharp cry and raised her crossed hands. The three clusters of "flames" around her instantly gathered above her head, forming a larger "fireball" that she sent directly at Kizashi Haruno.
Kizashi Haruno did not dare let his guard down...
Just moments ago, a Konoha chunin had had one arm roasted dry by those flames. If not for Captain Akaseki's Mirror Clone cover, he would have lost his life!
As Kizashi Haruno was chased all over the place by the drifting "fireball"...
Uchiha Rebound—
Akaseki suddenly darted out from the side, raising his war fan to meet the "fireball."
Pakura's face lit up at first when she saw this, but the next moment...
Her "fireball" was actually deflected back at her!
Pakura hurriedly dodged...
"Aah—"
The "fireball" directly struck a puppet master. Although Pakura immediately dispelled the ninjutsu, half his face was still roasted dry... and he could not help glaring furiously at her.
At last, Akaseki had roughly figured out how her Kekkei Genkai worked.
Its Chakra attributes were "wind + fire," but rather than using wind to fuel flames in the conventional manner, it fused the "Ripple" of Wind Release with the "Burst Flame" of Fire Style...
Its essence was not actually "fire." Instead, it used the rippling force of Wind Release Chakra to conduct explosive Fire Style power into the human body.
It could not directly inflict damage, but it could make