"Wow... amazing..."
Behind Hirakawa Shin'un, a twelve-year-old Konoha Genin blankly at Hirakawa Shin'un's back and collapsed to the ground. Recalling everything that had just happened, fear still welled up in her heart, and her whole body began to tremble uncontrollably.
However, when she realized that all the smoke and dust around her had dissipated, the young Konoha Genin still managed to control her trembling legs and shakily stand up.
She looked up slightly and shifted her gaze, seeing the enormous tiger head covering her head. The ferocious tiger eyes on the huge tiger head, flashing with red light, seemed to be staring at her, even though she knew she was not as important as the giant tiger puppet, she still couldn't help but tremble.
"How are you? Can you still move?"
Just then, a voice suddenly came from in front of her asking a question.
Upon hearing the question, she immediately looked in front of her. The first thing she saw was Hirakawa Shin'un's silver-white hair, followed by the emerald red pupils in Hirakawa Shin'un's eyes.
At this moment, in her eyes, Hirakawa Shin'un was turning his head halfway to look at her. His slightly cold face contained a serious expression, accompanied by streaks of electricity. The dazzling sharpness emanating from his emerald red pupils seemed to solidify into reality.
Combined with the terrifying Chakra aura that hadn't dissipated from when Hirakawa Shin'un released his Lightning Release Ninjutsu, she felt a heavy, oppressive aura, similar to that of a powerful figure, pressing down on her.
Faced with the formidable aura emanating from Hirakawa Shin'un at this moment, which was beginning to take shape, even ordinary ninjas would tremble with fear.
"Hmm?" Perhaps because she was facing Hirakawa Shin'un at this moment, her mind was still a little sluggish. After a slight pause, cold sweat broke out on her forehead before she replied.
Please rest assured, I am in good condition.
Nodding, Hirakawa Shin'un turned to look at the giant tiger puppet in front of him, which had been in a state of stagnation. After observing that the giant tiger puppet was gradually moving freely as the electricity on its forearm dissipated, he said, "Then take them and get out of here quickly."
"Ah... yes... I understand." Upon hearing Hirakawa Shin'un's words, the twelve-year-old Konoha Genin immediately turned to look around.
The ninja that Hirakawa Shin'un just rescued wasn't just her; there were also two or three Konoha Ninja lying scattered on the ground around them.
She escaped most of the aftershocks because she happened to be standing behind Hirakawa Shin'un, but the others weren't so lucky.
As can be seen, most of the people lying on the ground have suffered injuries of varying degrees, some of whom are even unconscious, bleeding profusely from their lower abdomens. Without immediate treatment, they may not live long.
"Come on, stand up."
After taking a few steps back and forth, she helped up the Konoha Ninja who could still walk, dragged two seriously injured ninjas, and quickly left towards the friendly forces behind them, leaving the scene to Hirakawa Shin'un and the Giant Tiger Puppet, who had the strongest presence on this small battlefield.
"Hmm, next..."
As the footsteps beside him faded into the distance, Shin'un looked up at the giant tiger puppet's fierce, red-glowing eyes. He gently shook his right arm, which was still numb and out of control due to the electric current.
"Although using Lightning Release: Great Lightning Spear just now was a bit rushed... I'm surprised I was injured so badly by my own Lightning Release..."
"Sigh~" Shin'un sighed helplessly and shook his head, saying, "The teacher would laugh himself to death if he knew about this."
"Hmm... let's deal with the immediate problem first."
A few random thoughts flashed through Shin'un's mind, but he straightened his expression and activated his Chakra to prepare for battle.
While keeping watch, Shin'un turned his head to look to his side and, somewhat awkwardly, spotted several figures at the far end of his field of vision.
"Not having sensory abilities is definitely inconvenient..."
Seeing that the Konoha Ninja he had rescued had returned to their group, Shin'un immediately felt relieved.
With a smile, Shin'un raised his intact left arm high and made several coded signals with his palm.
Moments later, hundreds of Konoha Ninja, having received their leader's signal, howled like wolves and bypassed Shin'un and the giant tiger puppet, heading straight for the twenty or so Sunagakure on the other side.
Hearing the excited shouts of some Konoha Ninja, Shin'un couldn't help but laugh. Ignoring whether the puppeteers operating the giant tiger puppet in front of him could hear him, he said directly:
"They're getting a little too excited."
"That's true. A situation like this, where hundreds of ninjas are fighting against just over twenty, is probably the first time such a thing has happened during the Second Shinobi World War."
"After all, while the tactic of fighting side-by-side is shameless, it is indeed comfortable when the numbers are vastly different."
"Actually..."
"Thump!!!"
Shin'un was speaking when the giant tiger puppet, which had been standing still, suddenly moved.
With a powerful stomp of its four thick tiger legs, the giant tiger puppet slammed its feet into the ground, producing a deafening sound like thunder. As a shockwave carrying mud spread across the ground, the enormous tiger-shaped puppet suddenly displayed an incredible speed beyond its own weight, charging straight toward the twenty-odd Sand Ninja who were huddled together fleeing for their lives in the distance.
Seeing this, Shin'un's smile became even brighter. His Chakra circulated rapidly within him, and the hand seals he had already formed on his left hand came into play, unleashing Lightning Release release.
Lightning Release: Lightning Chain Prison!
Chakra surged forth violently, and chains of lightning rapidly formed in Shin'un's left palm, extending and expanding outwards at lightning speed. They arrived directly in front of the giant tiger puppet, and the chains of electricity intertwined to form a massive lock made of electricity.
"Awooo!!!"
Suddenly, a rapidly woven lightning lock appeared in front of them, and the puppeteer in charge of controlling the giant tiger puppet reacted quickly.
With a roar resembling a tiger's howl, the giant tiger puppet braced itself on its hind legs, carving two deep furrows in the muddy ground amidst the torrential rain, and stopped just before touching the lightning chains.
"Call..."
Seeing the giant tiger puppet stop not far away, Shin'un slowly exhaled, trying his best to calm down the surging Chakra within his body. Even with his current Chakra reserves, he still felt somewhat strained.
Shin'un raised his head and looked around.
Above, there was a tall dome formed by interwoven chains of lightning, and all sides were sealed off by the same chains of lightning, like an inverted bowl separating the space inside from the outside world. Anyone or anything that dared to enter or leave the Lightning Chain Prison had to first undergo the test of this layer of lightning chains.
However, judging from the fact that the raindrops falling from the sky were instantly evaporated by the leaping arcs of electricity on a lightning chain, it is clear that the lightning chain contains considerable power.
Shin'un clearly observed the raindrops being evaporated by the electric arc and nodded in satisfaction. "Although this is the first time I've used it, this move, which is an improvement on Lightning Release: Lightning Net, seems to be quite effective. It's just a pity that it also has many limitations."
As he spoke, Shin'un looked at his left hand.
A ball of lightning gathered in the palm of his left hand, from which dozens of lightning chains extended to connect to the dome above.
The scene is somewhat similar to another Ninjutsu technique of Shin'un, since when he uses Lightning Release: Lightning Snake, a ball of lightning will also gather in his palm. He can remotely control the other end of the Lightning Snake to attack the enemy through this ball of lightning that connects all the Lightning Snake.