As ninja tools tested on the battlefield, the Special Equipment Unit's technological achievements had now earned a formidable reputation throughout Konoha.
Faced with this war machine built solely for slaughter, the medical ninja—already unskilled at direct combat—immediately went pale...
Yet as insiders entrusted personally by Director Yamada, they knew full well that the operation had already begun. If outsiders were allowed in midway, not only would it be of no help, it might instead create unnecessary risks!
Caught between a rock and a hard place, someone nervously stepped forward to explain, hoping to reason with Erina and appeal to her emotions until she backed down.
But Princess Sarutobi was frantic with worry right now. How could she possibly listen...
"Big Sis Erina... it's not that we won't let you through, but once the connection technique begins, it can't be interrupted at will. If something goes wrong..."
"Move!"
Behind her mask, Erina let out a sharp cry!
The eight prosthetic limbs behind her shifted shape at once, converging into a single thrust forward! They rang out with a resounding metallic boom!
Compared to their sluggishness when they had first appeared against the puppet master unit, the prosthetic limbs—after several rounds of modification—were now astonishingly fast... The doctor who had stepped forward to explain had no time to react and was about to suffer a devastating blow!
At that critical moment, Princess Tsunade intervened. She shoved aside her terrified colleague with one hand while simultaneously channeling Monster Strength through the other, meeting the prosthetic limb extended by the exoskeleton head-on!
"Bang..."
The immense chakra inherited from the Senju bloodline surged forth!
The mechanical arm, embodying the Special Equipment Section's accumulated wisdom, unleashed a force of a thousand pounds!
As the two clashed head-on, the resulting tremor was like an invisible drumstick slamming