Chapter 30: The Hastily Concluded Konoha Crush Operation — A Huge Harvest!
Inside the competition grounds, the moment Gaara fell, the tide of battle reversed in an instant.
On the invaders’ side… 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtDdVndyqlV
With their strongest force, Orochimaru, “dead,” the Kazekage vanished, and Gaara defeated, 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjfHKY9Nf89
their morale instantly plummeted to rock bottom. 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg3Xd2Jk5FU
Many shinobi had already lost the will to fight—some even started fleeing outright.
Meanwhile, on Konoha’s side… 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9OSkd33Xiw
Hinata’s overwhelming display of power, combined with the sudden descent of that earth-shattering Buddha Palm, 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEHJNLHlTLP
had their momentum surging like a tidal wave.
In the blink of an eye, the invaders were being pushed back relentlessly by the Konoha shinobi.
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“The situation’s completely flipped, huh~”
Kakashi drawled lazily.
Then he glanced toward Hinata again.
Right now, she was energetically fighting off invaders left and right, 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡci1K2N9FZv
showing absolutely no sign of having expended a massive amount of chakra. 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2n0F9Gn9tu
If Kakashi hadn’t personally witnessed her unleashing “Roar of the Thunder-Flame Dragon” just moments ago, 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJJ31eGJCar
he absolutely wouldn’t have believed the girl in front of him had just released such a terrifying technique.
“I really didn’t expect this… 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHeKyjUDuZ2
Her chakra reserves are actually this enormous.”
Kakashi felt something very strange about the situation.
There was no way Hinata could naturally possess such terrifying chakra volume. 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKJsOnTZgq3
Yet she had casually unleashed a technique of that caliber without even breaking a sweat. 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWNW5KZuwnX
That was… extremely thought-provoking.
Rapid strength growth? Sure, that could be explained by excellent training methods. 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9my6ktYlpJ
Fast mastery of techniques? Fine, she could just be a natural genius. 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIXAYQbA7P3
But a sudden, explosive increase in chakra reserves? 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaJQB3Hg7pE
That was impossible to explain away.
“Could it be… 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjoWW2Odxdp
Byakuya has some kind of secret method to massively increase chakra volume?”
The moment that possibility occurred to him, 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7D7shfB8lK
Kakashi instantly became restless.
His own greatest weakness had always been his pitifully small chakra pool. 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsTCp0ezQmi
If he could somehow fix that flaw…
“Looks like… I really need to have a little chat with Byakuya…”
……
Quite a few Konoha shinobi had also noticed Hinata’s absurd chakra volume. 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFVPhGSlMBN
But strangely enough, 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnoN3pZhMUl
they all tacitly chose to say absolutely nothing about it.
After all… secrets regarding one’s personal cultivation were just that—personal. 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjA5mujAP5d
If you could beat her, maybe you could consider kidnapping or threatening her for the method. 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw5GH6frqSk
But if you couldn’t even win… 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Ledlkj4h2
then the only choice was to silently give up.
……
The way people looked at Hinata had clearly changed.
Byakuya had noticed this long ago. 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfHBOGZ8x8o
But he didn’t care in the slightest.
So far, everything Hinata had revealed was only her surface-level strength. 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5HTSzDGkH5
She hadn’t even used “Pikachu Mode,” let alone fully manifesting a complete Pikachu form. 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYZW4x4AQGX
Moreover… 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjJazIZ8uEu
her true ultimate killing move wasn’t “Tailed Beast Transformation” at all.
It was actually the seemingly trash-tier skill: Thunderbolt.
At first, 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3zZth3IUbj
even Byakuya had thought Thunderbolt was an utterly useless, gimmicky technique. 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ans2soUYu
After all, in that certain anime, Pikachu’s Thunderbolt was always hit-or-miss—sometimes useful, sometimes completely pointless. 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl2zOfj6EQu
So he had subconsciously dismissed it as garbage.
But after conducting experiments… 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8XzHEXvOmk
he discovered that this world’s version of Thunderbolt was actually an insanely powerful ultimate move!
The strength of an electric attack doesn’t depend on voltage alone, 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡisKzRkGGYw
nor simply on current. 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡigRdIxdNA3
It depends on the amount of current that passes through the human body. 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqOhEapyg6o
And that, in turn, is determined by three factors: the total power of the electric attack, the body’s resistance, and the voltage of the electric attack.
“Thunderbolt” specifically referred to the voltage of the electric attack. 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqjDkWs5VJ0
Total power could be controlled by adjusting chakra consumption. 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAOWScTzHa1
Human body resistance, meanwhile, was affected by the electric attack’s voltage and the target’s own defenses.
The higher the electric attack voltage, the lower the body’s effective resistance became.
In short—— 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG0eeEImAyS
as long as you poured in enough chakra, 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6TzDYfkXna
the power of this technique was absolutely horrifying. 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhcC6RVvOhO
Even though it was “only” 100,000 volts, 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9B6RslijwC
it could instantly fry a person to death!
Of course… 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWeHLDeAn5j
when used against truly top-tier powerhouses, it wouldn’t kill them outright. 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0vQdxFbA05
But that was where its second ability came into play:
Guaranteed hit!
Once released, the target simply couldn’t dodge it. 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl4kQJnQ9mh
Even if it didn’t kill, the paralysis effect was devastating. 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVVax9X3EJ3
Once an enemy’s body was paralyzed… 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJdVfz71IC4
they were nothing more than fish on a chopping board.
So… 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBWPDkh5c76
Byakuya wasn’t worried about Hinata in the slightest. 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO48bI79LwP
And as for himself? 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8mCV5D57su
Even less so.
As his own strength continued to grow… 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdZfSILhPUa
so did his audacity.
Right now, the only thing he cared about was how quickly Hinata’s strength was rising.
“Hinata-chan’s progress really is pretty fast. 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPDuRbtRIrU
She actually mastered Blaze Release this quickly.”
Blaze Release was the kekkei genkai born from fusing Lightning and Fire chakra natures. 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs0mTOdKI8K
The name had been chosen by Byakuya himself.
He had noticed that, in this world, no one seemed to have ever successfully fused Lightning and Fire chakra before. 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWk1bCt3ZSP
Or perhaps someone had once… 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtUjDRWfmBu
but the knowledge was long lost.
So he named it “Blaze”, after the ancient fire-starting tools of old. 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0zzYJATrfz
Since lightning could give birth to fire… 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡECK2kDPbYE
the name felt perfect.
“All things considered… 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEKIHnx315r
this wave was a massive profit~”
Byakuya suddenly thought about the gains he had reaped this time.
With this series of actions, he had directly earned two million plot points. 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCGqal3eZOd
It was an absolute jackpot.
In a great mood, Byakuya 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOou8yPClb5
casually kept swatting away invaders while 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrkWHVQaw75
simultaneously opening the lottery.
【Congratulations! You have drawn Charmander (Bronze) Card!】 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb0jyb1L43n
【Congratulations! You have drawn Squirtle (Bronze) Card!】 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxknZjnHByp
…… 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLBzbKnM7mi
【Congratulations! You have drawn Kekkei Genkai (Wood Release)!】 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYjcwKImBtR
…… 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlQiVM3Loq9
【Congratulations! You have drawn Groudon (Diamond) Card!】 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ3o3Zy0NKE
……
“Huh?”
While drawing, Byakuya suddenly froze.
He seemed to have just seen a diamond card flash by.
He hurriedly opened his system inventory to check.
【Groudon (Diamond): Upon use, gain Groudon Spirit and become Groudon’s Jinchūriki. 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4fBXdY65Or
Special Effect: Power of the Earth (While standing on the ground, you are the God of the Earth). 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw8iHx3voqL
Skills: Temperature Regulation (Can freely control the temperature of any target). 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy4rABSwiix
Amplification: Massively increases total chakra volume, massively increases chakra control, massively increases physical strength. 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAQYNWKwaMU
Nearby Compatible Hosts: None】
“Whoa… 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs4zYtv8FNh
God of the Earth, huh…”
Byakuya couldn’t help but mutter under his breath.
He really, really liked this card. 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLtg4Zt69XP
But… he still forcibly held back the urge to use it immediately.
“I’ll keep it for now. 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Z81adYALx
I’m still waiting for my good old Rayquaza…”
……
The battle in Konoha Village soon came to an end while Byakuya was happily drawing cards.
This great war had been an enormous boon for Konoha.
Not only had they successfully “slain” Orochimaru, 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvrNlQfZxsq
they had also captured the One-Tail Jinchūriki Gaara, along with a huge number of Sunagakure shinobi. 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTLKypQ4NlX
At the same time, they had once again demonstrated Konoha’s overwhelming might to the entire shinobi world.
After this battle, 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKxe6YM3MHr
the reputation of Konoha’s terrifying strength would shake the entire ninja world once more!
And their own losses? 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWJL5LkmBcQ
Practically negligible.
Even better—— 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAewfYOO7v5
a brand-new hero had emerged: Hyūga Hinata!
With her own power, she had single-handedly defeated the fully transformed One-Tail Jinchūriki. 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeKllcajisJ
Such overwhelming strength, combined with her prestigious clan background, 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6QS7SrF1Dm
suddenly made her one of the hottest candidates for the position of Fifth Hokage.
Of course… 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx4nOk9nUOu
there were also some who vehemently opposed the idea…
“I absolutely refuse to let Hyūga Hinata become the Fifth Hokage!”
Inside the office, 7Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYDfJyBFaNK
Danzo Shimura slammed his fist on the table with furious force and shot to his feet.
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