- Congratulations on your victory," the jonin bowed very respectfully as Ryo Nara and Orochimaru landed next to each other.
The kunoichi noted with regret that the younger shinobi was badly injured, having lost not only his mane of hair, but also his face, which had been badly burned.
- Kumo will be on the offensive in this area very soon, and we're in no condition to fight armies.
- We've done our job," Nara agreed, "especially since at least one of the brothers is dead.
Hyuga's eyes went wide.
- So that explosion.
- A parting gift," the young genius smirked.
While we redeployed to another part of the defense line and retreated toward the main camp, taking with us the survivors of the ambush the brothers had discovered, I was doing the tedious and unpleasant task of expending a large amount of chakra to wash out the hostile chakra from my wounds, which made healing difficult.
Although the chakra used by Kingin Kyodai wasn't quite the same as the nine-tailed fox's chakra - Samehada was the best indicator here, eating her brothers' chakra with gusto, while the biju's reference chakra was abhorrent - it still retained most of its properties, such as strong toxicity, preventing the normal use of iryojutsu.
The Iyaku Fuin was working at full capacity, but it was not making much progress, so I had to break the seal and deal with my own health personally. And judging by the frequent chakra bursts from my mission partner, Orochimaru was doing the same.
Luckily, I'd been training with Kushina quite often, and the necessary skill, along with excellent control, had done its job, and soon enough, I could begin to repair the arm and head that had suffered the most.
Despite the very serious injuries sustained in the last battle, I was quite pleased to have tested not only Kirigakure's great sword in action, but also the body modifications that allowed me to physically keep on par with the jinchuriki who used two and three tails.
This is a very impressive power when used not by a young girl who has not yet come into her power, but by the mature shinobi of the S-rank, who have lost some of their power due to their impressive age, but nevertheless have retained a good physical shape.
After numerous training sessions against experienced and technical opponents such as Sakumo Hatake and Mito Uzumaki, it was exciting and new to fight against nakedly powerful foes. Yes, there were some serious flaws, especially with Orochimaru, which prevented me from taking full advantage of my abilities, Fuinjutsu and most of the ninjutsu that had been my strengths and were almost useless against the cover, including the clone-assisted clan hijutsu, but even with all that, I got off easy and almost certainly maimed one of my brothers, if not killed them.
Had it not been for the necessity of direct combat with no way to prepare the terrain beforehand and the lack of a proper support squad... the Kingin Kyodai would have died there without a doubt.
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