Naruto: The Abstract Strategist of the Akatsuki

Chapter 318 Heart Turnaround

"Are they going to use the Thunderous Blade of the Bull again? But isn't this a bit too much of a bad situation? The sheer size of the Expansion Technique will weaken the power of the combo attack."

Standing behind the Raikage, Darui, the Fifth Raikage from the Boruto era and now the Raikage's right-hand man, stroked his chin and shared his thoughts.

Darui is right. The core of Jue Niu Lei Li's attack lies in exerting force from both the front and back simultaneously.

However, for a creature of enormous size, the distance between its front and back is too great. If it attacks from both sides simultaneously, the power of the Thunder Cleaver will be weakened into two separate Thunder Cleaver attacks.

Although Lei Li's hot knife is called a knife, its actual attack is more of a blunt weapon.

The target is the bones in the human body.

It is significantly different from piercing lightning techniques such as Chidori and Hell Thrust.

However, when facing large or obese targets, the effect of the Thunder Blade is reduced to mere piercing.

One elbow strike and it's all fat; you can't touch the bone at all.

But if you want to break through the fat, you might as well use a piercing ninjutsu.

Ino and Sakura below were clearly not stupid and understood this as well.

Therefore, they did not consider using the Jue Niu Lei Li hot knife in the first place.

Moreover, this move is too lethal. When facing opponents weaker than them, they can control their strength and just knock them unconscious as much as possible.

It can deal with the two equally matched opponents, one of whom is a martial arts type and belongs to the Akimichi clan in terms of physical strength.

Even if the other person loses weight and doesn't have to worry about fat or body shape, it's still impossible to control the force.

If you're too light, you won't be able to stun the opponent; if you're too heavy, you might just kill them.

That's the downside of this type of deadly ninjutsu.

Fortunately, they have other combined moves.

"Ino, I'm leaving you to it."

Sakura stepped forward and swung her fist to block Akimichi Riyako's attack.

The core operation of this combined ninjutsu is carried out by Ino.

Sakura is useful, but she's not difficult to use.

This is actually quite normal.

Why is it that in Team 7, with Naruto and Sasuke together, Sakura acts like a third wheel?

The reason for this is that Naruto and Sakura have some overlapping characteristics.

Sasuke is a master of mechanics, developing various new ninjutsu and possessing a wide range of skills.

Naruto is all about stats; his left punch deals high damage, his right punch deals high damage, and he occasionally throws in a Rasengan as a token gesture.

What about Sakura? She also relies on stats, she doesn't have any skills, but her stats are not as good as Naruto's.

This shows that Sasuke's intelligence may not be as high as Sakura's, but his ability to develop ninjutsu far surpasses that of the other two.

After all, he is the reincarnation of Indra's chakra, who developed the concepts of hand seals and ninjutsu.

Sakura may have a higher score in theoretical exams and her IQ, but she has no talent in developing ninjutsu.

This combined ninjutsu was entirely Ino's idea.

Just as Bai Mo said when he recommended Ino to Tsunade as her disciple, the Yamanaka clan's Mind Transfer requires precise control, and Tsunade's skills—medical ninjutsu, superhuman strength, Hundred Healings Technique, and Creation Rebirth—also require precise control.

While practicing one skill, the proficiency in the other will also increase accordingly, preventing it from becoming neglected.

Therefore, just like Naruto and Sasuke, Sakura and Ino, who are also Tsunade's disciples, have split into two different forms.

One is numerical, and the other is skill-based.

Ino made her move!

"The Art of Mind Transference!"

Without saying a word, Ino unleashed her family's secret technique on Akimichi Riyako.

The two attacks just now have confirmed that Akimichi Riyako is the main damage dealer in the opponent's team.

Once this is resolved, the Sarutobi clan will be no threat.

"This is a doubles competition, so what if you control her?"

Sarutobi Uma was startled to see his teammate being restrained and his attack stopped, but he quickly recovered.

The Yamanaka clan's Mind Transfer Technique has a limited duration of control in battle without the cooperation of other ninjas.

She couldn't stab herself with a kunai, otherwise she would get hurt too.

They couldn't just raise their hands and surrender.

In a two-player game, both players on one side must simultaneously choose to surrender for the game to be valid.

So Sarutobi Amane doesn't need to do anything right now, she just needs to stall for time and wait for Ino's consciousness to be driven away by her teammates again.

But is that really all there is to it?

Having subdued Akimichi Riyako, Ino, to everyone's astonishment, immediately began forming hand seals again, her enormous hands making a familiar gesture.

"This is……"

"Mind Transfer Technique - Stage Two!"

The speed was so fast that even the others didn't have time to react.

Only Sakura, who is Ino's teammate, knows what Ino did.

As Ino used the second stage of the Mind Transfer Technique, Sakura had already charged forward, fists clenched.

The target isn't Sarutobi Amuma, nor Akimichi Riyako, but... Ino!

boom!

Ino was sent flying by a punch.

At the same time, Akimichi Riyako, who had lost consciousness, also spat out a mouthful of blood. Her consciousness returned to her body, and before she could even say a word, she fainted again.

This is the effect Ino achieved by utilizing the characteristics of the Mind Transfer Technique, combined with the powerful strength and precise movements honed through training in medical ninjutsu.

The drawbacks of the Mind Transfer Technique were already mentioned during the Chunin Exams.

Once you turn around and control the enemy, you cannot allow your teammates to launch an attack.

Because you attacked a controlled enemy, your teammates from the Mountain Clan who released their Heart Transformation will also be damaged.

It can be described as a reverse death by blood.

Based on this characteristic, Ino developed the Mind Transfer Technique - Second Stage.

After entering the enemy's body, relying on precise chakra control and continued chakra intensity, the user controls the enemy's body to use the Mind Transfer Technique again.

The target is one's own body.

In this way, their consciousness will be transferred entirely from the enemy's body to their own.

At this moment, the special properties of the Mind Transfer Technique were activated again.

When you attack your own body, the damage will be simultaneously transferred to the enemy's body.

Sakura landed a punch, and Ino was seriously injured.

If this punch were to land on Akimichi Riyako, the opponent, with her large body, strong physique, and the Multiplying Technique, would be able to withstand a significant amount of the force.

But when it hits Ino, the percentage-based damage is applied simultaneously.

Akimichi Riyako also fainted instantly.

And because of the severe injuries, his consciousness returned to his body.

The connection to the Mind Transfer Technique has been severed.

Before Sakura could even retract her fist, she immediately transformed it into a palm and began using medical ninjutsu to treat Ino.

It also stimulates the inhabitants of the well, causing them to awaken.

After Ino woke up, she immediately began to cooperate with Sakura in treating herself.

Unfortunately, the two of them have not trained long enough and have not accumulated enough chakra to activate the Hundred Healings and use Creation Rebirth. Otherwise, recovery would be instantaneous.