Chapter 229 - 227: I, Lu Hansan, Have Returned

Chapter 229: Chapter 227: I, Lu Hansan, Have Returned

Kano originally planned to wait at home for half an hour. Since her Shadow Ninja was still over there, she could just teleport back once the cooldown ended, and by then, the Shadow Ninja would have respawned.

However, as the three connections vanished one after another, Kano had a bad premonition.

They couldn’t have started fighting, could they?

No, she had to get back immediately. Kano considered several methods in a short amount of time.

She could use Summoning Jutsu to summon a dragon with incredible flight speed. But Kano imagined the Chakra consumption and the speed involved. It would be too fast for her to handle, and the cost was so high she’d need to activate her Creation Rebirth Seal.

Even then, it would take over half an hour.

Another option was to use an upgrade scroll to level up the Shadow Monarch skill again, resetting its status. That way, both the Shadow Ninja and Shadow Exchange would be fully available.

The problem was that if the status reset, the only Shadow Deer left in the Land of Swamps would be retracted, meaning she wouldn’t be able to use Shadow Exchange to get back. Furthermore, for some reason, the system wasn’t responding; while some functions still worked, the Quests and Shop were stuck.

To get back quickly now, she had to use Space-Time Ninjutsu. Kano thought of the Flying Thunder God, but the only two people who mastered that jutsu were dead. Both were in the Shinigami’s stomach; even using Edo Tensei now would be too late.

However, while she didn’t have the Flying Thunder God Technique, there was the Flying Thunder God Formation. Kano immediately jumped out the window to find Tsunade.

On the way, she used her ring to send a message to Konan explaining the situation, asking her to hold back the boss so he wouldn’t hurt Naruko and the others.

Kano then arrived at Tsunade’s office and gave a brief explanation of the situation.

"You, can’t you be a bit more stable? You almost got yourself killed this time. Every time I let you out of Konoha, you cause a major incident—last time at the Chunin Exams too. Wait a moment, I’ll call them over; those three are indeed in the Village."

Within minutes, Raido Namiashi, Iwashi Tatami, and Shiranui Genma arrived at the Hokage Office. These three were once the Fourth Hokage’s guards; they mastered the Flying Thunder God Formation and were the ones who could barely keep up with Minato.

"You three are responsible for using the Flying Thunder God Formation to send Kano to the Land of Swamps!"

Kano spoke up to interrupt.

"I’ll be one of the three. Although I haven’t learned the Flying Thunder God, I can still use the Flying Thunder God Formation. Raido-sensei, Genma-sensei, coordinate with me. I can sense the specific location."

Over the past two years, Kano had used her authority to view actual sealing scrolls and tried to learn the Flying Thunder God. Unfortunately, she failed; the difficulty of that thing was truly high. While she hadn’t mastered the Flying Thunder God, she had no problem with the Flying Thunder God Formation.

Rather than letting others send her there, it would be faster if she participated in the process herself.

"Sigh, looks like I don’t get a part in this job traveling with the big star this time," Iwashi scratched his head and sighed, feeling quite regretful.

"Next time, I’ll take you next time."

Kano felt a bit bad about breaking up their squad. But upon hearing Kano’s response, Tsunade slammed the desk in anger.

"There will be no next time!"

Kano didn’t want to listen to Tsunade’s lecturing. She raised her hands and began forming seals alongside the two teachers.

The next moment, the three appeared on top of the deer cart.

"You monsters! Die! Die! I still have to protect the Priestess!"

Kano spotted Ashiho surrounded by stone golems. He was resisting desperately, but he was likely about to be crushed by them.

"You’re not dead yet?"

Kano asked aloud, but she had no intention of stepping in to save him. On the other hand, Genma moved in and pulled Ashiho out in a few steps. Ashiho was in quite a sorry state; his glasses were shattered, and there were few parts of him left unscathed. He looked extremely pathetic.

"Miss Kano, I’ve apologized many times, and besides, that matter wasn’t my fault. There’s no need for you to hold a grudge until now, is there?"

Kano curled her lip.

"I’m not holding a grudge against you!"

Kano wouldn’t admit to the grudge, but she still couldn’t forget that disastrous secret technique. Moreover, she really hated his simp-like behavior; she figured the Priestess Shion probably hated it too.

You say Naruko is a simp too?

That’s different. Naruko simps for Kano, and Kano likes Naruko; that’s mutual affection. The likes of Ashiho and Sakura can’t even be compared to Naruko.

Despite this, Kano had Genma and Raido stay behind to protect Ashiho, while she prepared to head back toward the shrine.

The Shadow Dragon hadn’t respawned yet; currently, only one Shadow Deer remained alive. But riding a Shadow Deer at high speed was truly unfriendly to one’s backside, and Kano didn’t want to hurt her delicate little butt.

Besides, the Shadow Deer was a ground runner after all. With so many stone golems around, it wouldn’t be able to run at full speed.

"Through the sky? Then I’ll have to use Summoning Jutsu. I really don’t want to use that one."

Kano’s Chakra reserves were truly small, comparable to Kakashi’s. This was even after she had exchanged for some Chakra from the system; otherwise, it would be even less.

However, the Creation Rebirth Seal made up for this—saving for a thousand days to use in one.

But because Kano had messed around trying to modify the location of the Creation Rebirth Seal tattoo, she had accidentally ended up with it on her lower abdomen and couldn’t change it back. Whenever she activated the seal, a heart-shaped tattoo would appear. If anyone saw that, she’d die of embarrassment.

But she was pressed for time now. She needed to summon a purer one, preferably a dragon with pure stats—high speed and high defense.

After all, back during Pain’s attack, only Shadow Deer Tube had the strength to keep fighting after taking a hit. The others, even the surviving Shadow Orochimaru and Shadow Hidan, had long lost their combat effectiveness.

"Creation Rebirth Seal—Release!" She spat into her palm and formed hand seals.

"Summoning Jutsu!"

Kano leaped high into the air. Dragon-type Summoning Beasts sometimes didn’t appear in a puff of smoke like normal ones. Like that time with Little Blue; when summoned, she appeared in the deep sea and swam for a while before reaching Kano. But Kano could faintly feel that the dragon she summoned was coming.

"If that is endless darkness—then obey the Light Dragon and dye the darkness! Blue-Eyes White Dragon!!"

A giant white dragon dove from the sky, crushing the creatures on the ground with a terrifying aura of destruction. It swept under Kano’s feet, catching her and flying forward at high speed.

"Full speed ahead!"

With all her Shadow Ninjas currently down, Summoning Beasts and Genjutsu were Kano’s entire combat strength.

In just dozens of seconds, Kano had arrived above the massive crater. Seeing the enormous scope of the pit, Kano couldn’t help but be amazed.

"The power is just too great. Are Sakura and the others still alive?"

Relying on her excellent vision, Kano looked down from the heights. She didn’t see Sakura or Karin, only Sasuke and the berserk Naruko fighting the Six Paths of Pain.

In passing, she also saw Naruko’s blood-stained, tattered orange jacket. It was then that Kano remembered the blood bottle hanging from her waist had also fallen; that was the menstrual blood she had collected to summon Katsuyu.

She had figured out why Naruko had gone berserk and lost control—she probably thought Kano was dead.

In other words, as long as she made her appearance, she could quickly end this meaningless battle?

No sooner said than done, Kano immediately jumped off the dragon’s back.

"Naruko! I’m back!"

Kano shouted downward, letting herself free-fall.

The berserk Naruko heard Kano’s voice and looked up at the sky, as if seeing an unbelievable sight.

Sasuke also lowered the Chidori in his hand. Watching the small and cute figure in the air, he slowly deactivated his Mangekyo Sharingan.

"Heh, I knew you wouldn’t die that easily."

Seeing the two opponents stop fighting, Pain also halted. He hadn’t intended to fight them in the first place.

Naruko stared blankly at the beautiful scenery in the sky. The dark red Chakra on her body gradually faded, and even her crimson slit pupils stopped trembling.

Seeing Naruko indeed regaining her senses, Kano smiled and held her skirt, shouting:

"Catch me!"

Kano was already looking forward to the incredibly romantic sight of Naruko leaping high and catching her in a bridal carry.

However, to Kano’s expectant eyes, Naruko remained dazed. The red in her eyes simply faded back to a clear blue, and the crimson Chakra slowly receded.

Kano assumed Naruko hadn’t fully woken up yet; after all, it would take a few more seconds before she hit the ground.

"idiot, hurry up and catch me!"

Kano smiled and reminded Naruko again, hoping to speed up her recovery. Until the Nine-Tailed’s influence completely vanished, Naruko just stared blankly, not moving at all.

"idiot! What are you doing!"

"Hurry and catch me, I’m going to hit the ground!"

No matter how she shouted, Naruko had no reaction, except for a little blood starting to leak from her nose. A bad premonition suddenly surged in Kano’s heart.

"Naruko, you idiot! I hate you! Get out of the way!"

Just one second before colliding with Naruko, she finally had a reaction.

"Pink..."

Immediately after, face met Kano’s butt in an intimate contact—BOOM! Kano sat right on Naruko’s face, smashing a small crater into the large one.

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