"BOOM!!!" Delta bore down on Jiraiya, radiating aggression!
Her shapely backside lifted as she threw a jab with her slender arm!
Jiraiya dared not underestimate the gust rushing at his face. He raised his powerful hand, catching the jab in the web between his thumb and forefinger!
"BAM—!" Fist met palm, and the dull impact... nearly split the web of Jiraiya's hand!
"!?" His face twitched with pain...
"Not much of a hand-to-hand fighter, are you, you dirty old man!" Delta gave a wicked smile, suddenly opened her fist to clamp down on Jiraiya's wrist, then twisted her hips, sweeping a vicious kick toward his head!
Her expression abruptly turned savage. "One down first!"
"Whoa!" Jiraiya bent backward to his limit... dodging the decapitating kick!!
"Don't underestimate Sage Mode's perception and response to danger, little girl!!!" Ignoring his trapped wrist, Jiraiya thrust his other hand forward and seized Delta's slender throat!!!
"Crack!" He tried to twist and break it, but failed. Instead, his palm throbbed painfully against its hardness!
He marveled inwardly: Just as I thought, her entire body is made from something like carbon fiber, ensuring hardness while preserving agility and flexibility. Amado Sanzu really is a rare genius.
"Oh my, grabbing a young girl's neck without asking... I take it you don't want this hand anymore?"
With that, she mercilessly snapped off Jiraiya's hand at the wrist!!!
"Spurt!" White fluid sprayed out...!!
Though flesh and bone had been broken... Jiraiya did not so much as furrow his brow.
"Crack, crack!!" In the next instant, a gnarled Miniature Wood Dragon sprouted from the severed end of his arm. It wound around Delta's shoulder and neck, passed beneath her armpit, bound her in three coils, then circled her waist and sank its fangs into her left flank!
"What...!?" Delta's face