The mental shock wave shot toward Sakura like black lightning, moving almost too fast for the naked eye to follow.
Rumble! The stream of memories exploded inside her mind.
Sakura's face instantly turned white as paper, veins bulging and throbbing on her forehead.
She could clearly feel the terrifying power contained in this mental shock wave. It was more than twice as strong as the ordinary data bombardment from before, carrying countless additional memory fragments.
Before the mental shock wave even reached her, she felt as though countless red-hot steel needles had been stuffed into her brain. The agony made her curl up involuntarily, her clenched teeth grinding together. A trace of blood even seeped from the corner of her mouth.
"Ghk!"
Outer Sakura's consciousness teetered in the flood of information, like a candle in the wind that could go out at any moment.
For the first time, Inner Sakura's consciousness also showed clear signs of disturbance. Her earlier composure vanished, replaced by a trace of gravity. "Hold on! Don't let it overwhelm you!"
Inner Sakura roared inside her mind, her voice carrying unprecedented tension. "Mobilize all your chakra and build a barrier around your brain! Hurry!"
Sakura mustered every ounce of strength to mobilize the chakra within her. Blue chakra surged from her body, barely forming a trembling barrier around her brain.
The barrier was as thin as paper. Under the pressure of the mental shock wave, it kept twisting and warping, looking ready to shatter at any moment.
Meanwhile, Inner Sakura began clumsily but resolutely sorting through the incoming information—she knew they could not withstand it head-on. Their only option was to organize the information and divert the force of the mental shock wave. Even diverting a sliver would offer a chance of survival.
She separated the everyday