Hikari snapped awake, her body's instincts outpacing her thoughts. Before she could even see what had attacked her, scarlet chakra surged out.
Hum!
With a faint sound like bones grinding together, several scarlet Susanoo ribs instantly solidified around her.
Although it was only the most basic skeletal form, it still flung the "unidentified object" pressing down on her straight off.
"Ow!"
A cry rang out, hazy with drunkenness and pain.
Hikari quickly sat up. By the scarlet glow of her Susanoo, she finally got a clear look at her attacker.
It was Tsunade, who had been knocked onto the floor by the Susanoo's ribs and was now rubbing her lower back, looking utterly bewildered!
Hikari's gaze involuntarily fell on Tsunade's frontal armor. Her neckline had fallen slightly open in the tumble, and now her chest heaved as she sucked in breaths of pain.
Its astonishing size was visually overwhelming even in the dim light.
Hikari froze.
She instinctively lowered her head and looked at her own frontal armor. She was reasonably well-developed herself, but hers was clearly in a different league.
Then she raised her hands and, somewhat dazedly, traced Tsunade's impressive curves in the air before tracing her own.
H-how could they... be so big?
The thought surfaced unbidden, bringing a mixture of shock, confusion, and even a subtle trace of defeat.
She normally paid little attention to such things, but such a direct comparison still dealt her quite a blow.
Was... was that a size of frontal armor a normal human could even have?
By now, Tsunade was fully awake too. Sitting on the floor, she looked at the black-haired girl before her, who still had part of her Susanoo skeleton up and wore an expression caught between wariness and bewilderment, then glanced around the room.
*Had she