As Dosu charged at her, Sakura remained calm. With a thought from her and a crack, blue lightning struck out of thin air, hitting Dosu as he ran.
In fact, Dosu had wanted to dodge the moment he heard the lightning, but unfortunately, it was too fast to give him any chance to react.
Struck by lightning, Dosu began trembling violently all over. Sakura did not let him off, either. Instead, while the lightning held him immobile, she summoned several more bolts to strike him.
At once, Dosu shook even harder, and smoke began rising from his bandages.
After a moment, Sakura decided that was about enough and dismissed the lightning.
Without the lightning holding him up, Dosu went limp and crashed heavily to the ground, clearly unconscious.
Because of the lingering current, however, his body still twitched from time to time.
Looking at the charred Dosu, everyone shuddered involuntarily. This girl was ruthless.
Once their initial shock at Sakura's strength passed, Shikamaru and the others began secretly wondering whether they had ever offended her, and if they had, whether they should go apologize first...
Seeing Dosu lying there, the referee, Gekko Hayate, walked over to Sakura. He first gave her a slightly surprised look, then glanced at the wretched Dosu with lingering apprehension before announcing the result.
"Sakura Haruno versus Dosu. Sakura Haruno wins!"
The entire arena erupted in enthusiastic cheers. Before watching, they had thought this would be a boring match. They had never expected this pink-haired girl to give them such a wonderful surprise. It had been a feast for the eyes.
Ordinary people who were not ninja knew nothing about the intricacies of ninja arts. What they loved watching most were scenes like this, packed with spectacular effects.
The Konoha ninja seated together, meanwhile, were not