How could those two Chunin have ever seen such a dazzling display of Lightning Release?
Caught off guard, Aramura Taku and Hanyū Hiko were engulfed by the arcs of electricity.
How could the two Chunin who had come looking for trouble have imagined that a mere Genin could unleash such a spectacular Lightning Release?
Afraid that Mukai would escape, they had gotten as close to him as they possibly could.
Now, with the electric arcs raging around them, things ended in tragedy for them.
The ultra-high-voltage arcs looked terrifying.
Judging by the way they danced about,
they could almost rival Kakashi's Chidori.
In truth, Mukai had deliberately and precisely raised the voltage to an extremely high level,
while reducing the current, creating the effect of electricity breaking through the air over an extremely long distance.
At ultra-high voltage, the arcs breaking through the air were still intimidating!
But when they actually struck a person,
the effect was only a little worse than a Tesla coil: a sting and a period of paralysis, nothing lethal.
A Special Jōnin hiding behind them saw the wildly dancing arcs
and the dazzling, spectacular Lightning Release, and was just as shocked.
He was about to use the Body Flicker Technique to rush over when he felt a scorching heat wash over him,
and a blazing fireball blocked his path.
"Who's there?"
As soon as Yabuki shouted the question, he knew there was no need to ask.
In Sunagakure, the blazing fireball before him
had always been Pakura's signature skill.
Pakura of the Scorch Release! Scorch Release-Extremely Steaming Murder!
Sure enough, the blazing fireball hovered in the alley, blocking his path,
continually drawing moisture from its surroundings like a ghost lantern.
A cool voice came from the entrance to the alley:
"Special Jōnin Yabuki Tetsuya,
why are you here instead of out on a mission?
Those kids are having a duel.
What are you butting in for?
Would you like to try charging through my Scorch Release?
Let's see whether your beast control is stronger, or my Extremely Steaming Murder."
Pakura was tall, with green hair in a bun and orange locks at her temples. She folded her arms across her chest, making her voluptuous figure look even fuller.
But this sexy kunoichi's skill was even hotter than her body!
Scorch Release, a special Kekkei Genkai formed by combining Wind Style and Fire Style, was a highly lethal skill whose power had been tested on the battlefield.
The fireball before him, for instance, could instantly drain all the moisture from an opponent's body, leaving nothing but a dried corpse!
For Yabuki, who relied on living beasts in battle,
Pakura was practically his natural enemy!
Sunagakure's elite Jonin Pakura leaned against the alley wall,
prodding the Extremely Steaming Murder fireball floating in midair again and again,
paying Yabuki no mind at all.
Special Jōnin Yabuki Tetsuya instinctively took a step back, putting more distance between himself and the intensely hot fireball.
He looked warily at the shapely Pakura and took a fire-sealing scroll from his ninja tool pouch. "Pakura, what are you doing here?
Attacking a ninja from your own village-
are you trying to defect?"
From Pakura's position, she could keep an eye on Yabuki Tetsuya
while also watching Mukai out of the corner of her eye.
When she saw Mukai charge forward with electric arcs more than half a meter long,
even Pakura, who had been protecting him from the shadows, was shocked.
Those arcs are so violent. This kid Granny Chiyo asked me to protect must be hiding his true abilities!
Even Special Jōnin from Kumogakure can rarely produce a Lightning Release this powerful!
And now I'm seeing it from a Sunagakure Genin?
Could this kid be a genius, like Sasori?
No wonder Yabuki Tetsuya was nervous and wanted to rush to their rescue.
But when Mukai reached the two men paralyzed by the arcs,
and they had not been burned to a crisp by the Lightning Release,
the corner of Pakura's mouth twitched.
I gave this cocky brat too much credit. It was all for show!
Such an impressive-looking attack, and he didn't even kill one of them!
How lame!
Still, the move is pretty intimidating.
It's just as well he didn't kill either of those small fry.
That saves me a lot of trouble dealing with the aftermath!
I like a kid who saves me trouble!
Seeing that the two men were paralyzed by the arcs and unable to move,
Pakura raised her assessment of the practicality of Mukai's move
by two levels.
To be able to paralyze two Chunin at once
was already very good
for a Genin.
The skill covered a considerable area and combined offense and defense,
making him look like an oversized hedgehog.
Now that Mukai was out of danger,
Pakura could take her time toying with Yabuki Tetsuya.
She made the Scorch Release fireball bounce up and down in front of Yabuki Tetsuya.
"Put those filthy ideas of yours away!
The village doesn't have time to deal with your rotten business right now,
but that doesn't mean you can do whatever you please!
Tell the master behind you to put those little schemes away too.
Otherwise, even the Third Kazekage won't be able to protect you!"
As Pakura warned Yabuki Tetsuya,
she watched the little tavern with interest.
Mukai's parents watched their child in stunned silence
as he pinned down and beat the two troublemaking Chunin like an expert.
Those two were genuine Chunin of the village!
Their child, who had always been such a nice guy,
was beating Chunin they normally had to look up to as if they were punching bags.
The two exchanged glances, both finding it hard to believe.
It had to be said, a beating where every punch landed was truly satisfying!
More than ten seconds passed, and Mukai saw that the paralysis was about to wear off.
As the two men's twitching gradually subsided,
Mukai extended two fingers from his fists.
Not his middle fingers, but his index fingers, from which two bright white arcs flickered,
making the men on the ground shudder all over again.
Just two high-voltage, low-current arcs-
he could handle the Chakra consumption!
Ora, ora!
The simple act of beating them with his fists had dispelled much of the frustration and anger he had felt since transmigrating.
Damn it, do you think I wanted to transmigrate here?
I've already been carefully trying to lie low in the Shinobi World and build a Gundam,
and you bastards still had to come provoking me?
I can't kill you, but that doesn't stop me from beating you up!
"Mukai, stop hitting them! Stop!"
His original body's mother came over and finally pulled Mukai, who had turned into Ip Man, away.
Mukai finally stopped, panting, and spat at the two bruised and battered men on the ground.
When Mukai noticed the woman at the distant entrance to the alley, he knew the matter would end there.
Green hair, orange locks at her temples, and that voluptuous figure-
who else could it be but Pakura of the Scorch Release?
It seemed Pakura was on Granny Chiyo's side, and the people who had come looking for trouble
were probably targeting not him, but Sasori.
The waters in Sunagakure run deep!
Only then did Pakura disperse the hovering, blazing fireball
and jerk her chin toward Mukai's family tavern.
"This is just a warning. If you don't want those two idiots to become dried corpses, go take them away!
Stay away from that kid from now on. He's under my protection!"
Yabuki Tetsuya didn't even dare threaten Pakura.
He kept to the other side of the alley as he moved away from her,
only then daring to use the Body Flicker Technique to appear behind Arakawa Taku and Hanyū Hiko. He slapped each of them.
"Idiots! A little booze and you don't know what's good for you?
Apologize to the owner and compensate him for his losses!"
Arakawa Taku and Hanyū Hiko had been pinned down and beaten by Mukai for three rounds.
Bruised and battered, the two were still about to make threats, but when they saw the fierce look in Yabuki's eyes,
they finally realized they had messed up.
After the three left compensation money and slunk away,
Pakura withdrew Extremely Steaming Murder and flashed to Mukai's side.
She first nodded to Mukai's original body's parents in greeting, then tossed him a scroll.
"Kid, that Ninjutsu you created looks pretty good,
and I like your personality too.
In that case, I'll be generous and accept you as a member of my team.
There are two Ninjutsu in that scroll for you.
Meet me at the village entrance the day after tomorrow. You're coming on a mission with me, got it?"