"Ice Release Secret Technique: Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals!"
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Crack, crack, crack... crack, crack, crack...
In an instant, thirty-eight ice mirrors surrounded the council hall from above and below, front and back, left and right.
Some of the hall's furnishings were knocked askew or shattered by the technique.
Although the Root Jonin had never seen an Ice Release secret technique, they were all elite fighters picked from hundreds. One of them managed to escape its range just before the Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals took shape.
Seeing that she had trapped only seven, Haku immediately instructed the Royal Guard to notify the four teachers at the Ninja Academy.
"Hah!"
The Daimyo's Residence had a distinctive layout, with corridors on either side of the seat of honor leading straight outside. After receiving the Daimyo's discreet instructions, the Royal Guard rushed out without looking back.
"This is... Ice Release ninjutsu?!"
"A kekkei genkai?"
"Hey, how are you holding up?"
After a brief moment of shock, the seven trapped Root Jonin scattered, trying to escape through the gaps between the ice mirrors.
"It's no use."
Haku had already stepped into an ice mirror. Her body instantly became a streak of light, darting from mirror to mirror, each passage accompanied by a dense rain of senbon whistling through the air.
In the original story, Haku had gone far beyond merely holding back against Naruto and Sasuke. She had countless opportunities to shoot them dead, but her kindness had kept her from ever truly striking to kill.
Now, however, Haku not only intended to kill these intruders, but had also summoned the forces under her command to surround and kill the Jonin who had escaped.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...
Clang, clang, clang...
Haku's senbon were fast, but the people trapped inside were a