"Stop! You'll kill him!"
A Sunagakure ninja could no longer hold back and shouted sharply for him to stop.
Goten completely ignored the shouts around him.
He kept one hand pressed against Kankuro's lower abdomen, while his other hand was free to reach over and gently toy with the pink hair beside Sakura's ear.
"Watch closely, little wife. This is called brute-force therapy."
Sakura's body tensed. Embarrassed and anxious, she wanted to slap away the hand messing with her hair, but she didn't dare disturb him.
The immense ki within Goten turned into a flood bursting through a dam, forcing its way into Kankuro's body.
Golden energy rampaged through Kankuro's meridians, paying no heed to the fragile tissue as it roughly enveloped and compressed every trace of poison.
Kankuro shook like a leaf, golden lines emerging beneath his skin.
"Urgh... aah..."
An inhuman howl rose from his throat.
"See? These toxins are like disobedient little bugs."
Goten suddenly leaned close to Sakura's ear, his warm breath brushing her sensitive outer ear.
"Give them a beating, and they'll behave."
Heat spread down her neck. Sakura went weak all over and nearly sank to the ground.
At that very moment, Goten swiftly lifted his palm from Kankuro's abdomen.
"Pfft!"
Kankuro's mouth flew open.
He spat out a fist-sized ball of thick, blackish-purple substance.
The ball of poison landed on the sand, sizzling as it corroded the ground and released a foul-smelling cloud of black smoke.
Goten immediately backed away two steps, pinching his nose in disgust.
"Damn, that stinks worse than Naruto's socks after a month without washing."
"Cough, cough... cough..."
Kankuro coughed violently a few times and slowly opened his eyes.
He had only just regained consciousness when he heard that remark. His chest tightened, and he nearly passed out again.