Uchiha Naruto's Evil Sealing Method finally broke under the erosion of Higuchi Orochi, who had been hiding within the Cursed Seal.
The pitch-black, serpentine Cursed Seal had spread from the back of Yamanashi Inaba's neck to her face, crawling across every part of her body like a depraved tattoo on her snowy skin.
Cursed Seal One!
A powerful surge of chakra erupted from Yamanashi Inaba's petite body. She strained her arms against the umbilical cord binding her, opening a small gap and gaining a precious moment to breathe, then clapped her hands together.
Wind Release: Gale Palm!
The wind-nature chakra changed shape and compressed, producing a violent gale from her hands. It blew the umbilical cord wrapped around her loose, and Yamanashi Inaba seized the chance to slip free and leap away.
"That was the White-Scaled Snake Demon's voice. What I heard last night really wasn't my imagination. That monster still won't leave me alone."
Having escaped the umbilical cord's restraints in her Cursed Seal One state, Yamanashi Inaba stared fixedly at the slowly retracting cord with one black eye and one white. Her eyepatch had fallen off at some point.
Every previous use of the Cursed Seal had drained Yamanashi Inaba's life force, but after taking the Mind Awakening Pill and returning from death in the coffin, she could enter Cursed Seal One with ease.
It was only after Uchiha Naruto placed the Evil Sealing Method on her that she had stopped entering this state.
Although the Cursed Seal state was immensely powerful, its consumption of stamina and chakra was equally terrifying. She had to finish this quickly.
"Waaah!"
After the umbilical cord withdrew completely between the Evil Spirit's legs, a scalp-prickling infant's cry rang out from its mangled abdominal cavity.
A short, blackened infant's arm tore through the