The laser slammed into a small mound of dirt behind the Shinju!
"Boom!!"
The mound was blasted flat in an instant, sand and dust scattering everywhere!
Right after that, Delta used the thrusters under her feet to rush straight from the front toward Shinju's position! She came in with a quick combo right off the bat!
Shinju raised his hand to meet her attack, trading a few blows with Delta!
Suddenly, Shinju sharply sensed that Delta's expression had changed—it looked like she was about to pull something dirty!
Sure enough!
In the next moment, Delta's left eye flared with light, and a chakra blade appeared from it!
Shinju flipped away, dodging the sweeping slash, then fired off a Shinra Tensei and blasted Delta back!
Taking advantage of the opening, Shinju formed hand seals and shouted:
"Sage Art: Wood Style: Binding Vines!"
"Swish swish swish—!"
Dozens of vines burst from underground, lashing toward where Delta was!
"Swish swish swish!"
Under the overwhelming power of Wood Style, Delta was quickly wrapped up tight like a rice dumpling!
After finishing all that, Shinju said, "This modified cyborg really has a lot of tricks. She can actually absorb and return ninjutsu like an Ōtsutsuki…"
"And that purple beam she fires—if I took one straight on, it'd really be rough…"
Beside Shinju, Ichiyo was sweating (꒪⌓꒪)
So this is the power of the Sixth Hokage of Konoha?
He's insanely strong!
You could say this battle had never been in doubt from the very beginning.
From start to finish, Ichiyo didn't see even the slightest trace of panic on Shinju's face.
Even those few taijutsu exchanges with Delta seemed like he was deliberately holding back!
Ichiyo firmed up his resolve—he would definitely stay in Konoha from now on and become a disciple of the Sixth Hokage, learning from him!
Compared to that pervy deadbeat, the Sixth Hokage was way stronger!
Shinju gave a light tug on the stunned, motionless Ichiyo:
"What are you standing there thinking about? Hurry back to your orphanage."
Ichiyo: "…"
Sure, that's not wrong to say, but it sounds kind of weird in my ears!
Soon, Ichiyo left, and Shinju planned to use Flying Thunder God to take Delta back to the Hokage's office and report to his main body.
However, just as he walked up to Delta, he saw a blazing white light shining through the gaps in the vines!
"Buzz!!"
"Boom—!!"
Delta exploded!
But because the Binding Vines blocked most of the blast's force, this explosion of Delta's didn't seem to cause any real damage aside from kicking up some dust!
After the explosion, Shinju calmly undid the vines and found that Delta inside had already become a pile of parts and ash!
"Great. No person left again," Shinju muttered speechlessly.
...
Elsewhere in Konoha, the drone Delta launched earlier was desperately flying in a certain direction!
...
Inside Konoha.
After searching the whole village and still not finding the vessel, Koji Kashin was about to lose it.
"Where exactly did Konoha hide the vessel?"
...
Hokage's office.
A pile of parts was spread out on Shinju's desk—these had just been brought back by his clone!
"Kara is this bold now? Just going straight for brute force?" Shinju looked a bit incredulous.
After all, Kara's actions had always been extremely secretive, they even gave their members scrolls so they'd kill themselves if captured by Konoha…
"Maybe this one was just reckless," Shikamaru guessed.
Shinju sighed. "There's a lot of excellent chakra tech packed into this woman's body. If only we could hand it over to the research division…"
Shikamaru: "Don't overthink it. Kara's slick."
"By the way, your clone trained with Ichiyo for so long—any new discoveries?"
Shinju shook his head. "No major breakthroughs. Unfreezing that thing should be a gradual process… Kara spent so long on it and still hasn't finished unfreezing it."
Shikamaru nodded. "Alright."
Half a day later, Shinju got off work, planning to just find some place casually and grab a simple dinner.
Walking through the bustling streets filled with voices, a smile appeared on Shinju's face.
Peace and happiness were the best state for the village.
Suddenly, his expression froze. He turned back and looked toward a certain rooftop!
There was a dark figure there—gone in a flash!
If the other person hadn't run, it wouldn't have been a big deal—but once they ran, Shinju's interest flared, and he leapt straight up onto the rooftops!
By the time Shinju landed on the roof, that dark figure had already vanished!
Shinju searched around the area again, and only spotted Jiraiya-sensei on a tall tower peeping on girls taking a bath.
"Sensei, you should really stop staring at pretty women so much. Doesn't Tsunade-sensei satisfy you enough? Look how pale your face is!" Shinju said helplessly.
To Shinju's words, the rebellious Jiraiya treated them like air, holding his telescope completely still!
Shinju was speechless, spread his hands, and walked away.
He had barely gone far when his eyes suddenly widened—something was wrong! (๑ʘ̅ д ʘ̅๑)!!!
When he rushed back again, Jiraiya on the tower had already disappeared!
"Was that person really Jiraiya-sensei?"
Shinju folded his arms, momentarily confused.
Unable to figure it out, Shinju simply stopped thinking about it and went out to buy one of every kind of street snack.
However, because of the idea he'd had that morning about making his own snacks, the taiyaki and takoyaki in his mouth all tasted kind of ordinary…
"I can make a few finished products first, do some market testing… and drag Naruto and Sasuke over to help."
...
The next evening.
Neji and Tenten were out shopping!
Suddenly, Tenten sniffed. "Neji, hurry, smell that—there's a really weird smell!"
Neji took a big breath… and was almost knocked out cold by the stench!
"Who's boiling poop in the market?! !!!∑(°Д°ノ)ノ"
Tenten: "Honestly… it really does smell kind of like that!"
"This is way too lacking in public decency. Let's grab the culprit! (ꐦ ಠ 皿 ಠ)"
Following the scent around the streets, the two finally stopped in front of a small stall.
When he saw who was standing behind the stall, Neji's expression turned shocked.
"Naruto? Sasuke? You two are… running a stall? (꒪⌓꒪)"
Seeing it was someone he knew, Naruto grinned and waved.
"Neji, sit down! I'll make you some snaks to try… ( ˝ᗢ̈˝ )"
Neji pointed in disbelief at the pot in front of Naruto. "Snaks?"
Naruto nodded. "Something Shinju came up with. First day testing it out at a stall today. Smell's rough, but it tastes great! (´◊ω◊｀)"
As he spoke, Naruto picked some up for Neji.
"Here, open up and try it… (•‾̑⌣‾̑•)✧˖"
Neji panicked: ◝₍ᴑ̑ДO͝₎◞
"I don't want it, I don't want it… actually, it smells kind of good! (⊙o⊙)"
...
Another space.
In a vast room stood a strangely shaped sleeping capsule.
Inside lay a beautiful woman.
Amado took a sip of coffee. "Delta really gives me headaches. Does she still not know how strong the Sixth Hokage is? She just wasted a perfectly good body!"
Koji Kashin stood beside him, speaking quietly.
"Then just tweak her programming. This woman is unbelievably dumb."
Hearing that, Amado's lips curled slightly, barely noticeable.
"Enough. I'm sure she'll learn her lesson next time."
When he finished, Amado beckoned, and the drone that had flown from Delta's back landed in his hand.
After that, Amado implanted the drone into a new body…
The woman in the sleeping capsule opened her eyes…
"Damn Sixth Hokage!"