Chapter 68 - 68 (2/2)
Just a few minutes ago, Ryo found out that Pakura was able to attack in just too many fashions.
Aside from the corporeal Heat Orbs, she could also emit some kind of heat wave. This made her able to make all of her moves scorching.
Therefore, Ryo intends to use Hiro's and Haname's water to Pakura and then destroy the puppets.
And to face his foe, Ryo chose the fighting style he was best at, relying on his extreme speed to win.
Haname and Gamahiro released some Water Release Jutsus to give a head start for Ryo. They were evaporated as soon as they went near Pakura.
When in his Ice-Lightning Chakra mode, Ryo is so fast that a three Tomoe Sharingan can only capture his afterimage. And now that he's sheltered with water vapor, there was no way to perceive his movements. Pakura had only one thing to rely on, and that was passive defense.
Ryo blinked in front of Pakura. Using the water vapor, he condensed an ice blade and went for a direct stab.
However, Pakura was already prepared for his strike, what was in her place was actually a shadow clone. Ryo felt his c_h_e_s_t become tight and almost went out of breath. He immediately condensed an Ice Armor.
That was right on time; the Heat Orb that was getting close hit him right when the armor was formed.
Ryo was in cold sweat. If he was one second late, he would've been scorched into ashes.
Ryo felt Pakura in the direction from which the Orb came. He immediately condensed a [Thousand Flying Ice Needles of Death] shooting them at her. But she escaped them easily and went again into hiding.
By then, the moister level was already really low around Ryo. However, Haname and Gamahiro kept supplying him with water.
Pakura kept using her Scorch Release to evaporate the water, and Ryo found himself in a tough situation. He did not expect that she would be able to hide her presence and Chakra just like him. To top that off, his Sharingan's vision was limited because of all the dense water vapor. Now all he could do was waiting for her to take the initiative. If she didn't, he had no way to find her.
In no time, the Sand camp should get the news and send massive reinforcement. This fight wasn't going in his favor.
Ryo used his clan's Telepathy to ask Gamahiro and Haname to stop providing him with water and proceed immediately to destroy the puppets while he continues putting an eye on Pakura.
”Hey, Ryo Yamanaka! Want to make a deal?” Suddenly, her voice came from his left, he instantly teleported with his ice release and appeared before the voice's source. All he found was a shadow clone.
Handling Pakura was much more trouble than Ryo's ever expected, and the Sand troops were coming soon. He had to make a compromise.
”Go ahead, what kind of deal?”
”Tell me how you learned the technique you're using to hide your presence, and I'll leave immediately.”
Her condition was unexpectedly simple. He only had to tell her about that Sand spy from back in the day, and he would get to destroy over a 1000 puppets and a safe retreat for him and his team. It was an incredibly good deal.
”I hope you keep your promise!” after he said that, Ryo went on and told her about that spy.
”Can you tell me a bit more? Do people get tortured in your prisons?” Pakura's voice was slightly shaky, and Ryo guessed that she was somewhat unstable.
”That, I don't know.” Ryo really didn't know about that. In the Anime, he saw Fujin and Raijin and how they were controlled with food. Seeing their conditions, he thought that no one deserved such treatment.
”Is that so? Thanks for the news. Now, it time for my part of the deal.” Her voice disappeared. Soon afterwards, Ryo felt her Charka along with the Chakras of her few surviving teammates far away from him.
”Ah well!” Ryo had a sigh of annoyance. Ever since he came to this battlefield, this was the first time that he's ever been matched tactically. It was hard for him to swallow.