Ingenious Ideas

"Is that a Chakra Shield with earth-nature chakra transformation mixed into it?"

Chiyo, who could also use Chakra Shields, could hardly believe what she was seeing.

Using a Chakra Shield was nothing new. Adding chakra nature transformation to it was somewhat difficult, but not incomprehensible.

But the one using this advanced ninjutsu—something most shinobi had no idea how to even begin learning—was actually a bear.

"This is no ordinary summoned beast. It's a proper ninja beast!"

Compared with the Inuzuka Clan's fighting partners—the ninja hounds—it was only somewhat lacking in intelligence. Its combat power was certainly no weaker.

"This is Mizuki-sensei's summoned beast. I'm only borrowing it."

She had no ability to raise an exceptional summoned beast herself. Most shinobi in the Shinobi World did not possess that ability either.

"Besides, this isn't just ordinary ninjutsu!"

Ninja beasts using ninjutsu was rare, but not particularly strange. Even if the technique was highly advanced, there were always species vastly different from humans that possessed extraordinary gifts.

However, with Chiyo's sensory abilities, she could naturally tell that the Chakra Shield contained natural energy.

"That is the power of senjutsu..."

As soon as she finished speaking, Gold Dust Shuriken after Gold Dust Shuriken crashed into the enormous, solid Chakra Shield. The clang of metal rang out without end, forcing even the charging giant bear, Bota-kun, to halt involuntarily.

After the collision, the Chakra Shield remained completely unharmed, but Bota-kun seemed somewhat exhausted and stopped to gasp heavily.

"I refuse to believe an ordinary wild beast could be trained into such an advanced life-form capable of using senjutsu."

"Well, this is also an application of the Combination Transformation Technique, I suppose. Mizuki-sensei always has plenty of ideas."

Sakura felt rather helpless as well.

It was her first time using such a bizarre method in