Arc III Chapter 7

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Arc III Chapter 7

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Asami grinned. “I think I have a solution for our little problem, Naritomo?”

“And that would be?” Naritomo raised an eyebrow.

“To avoid a costly urban campaign, I recommend levelling the playing field, in the literal sense of the word.”

“What do you mean?” Naritomo had a hunch.

“We won’t fight for every house, every floor, every basement. It would be futile. Instead, we should just flatten the entire city. We will level the entire city, razing it down to the ground if necessary.” Asami sparkled with childish glee.

“...” Naritomo stiffened, staring at her together with the rest of his staff. His face paled. “I don't want to question your authority, but do you understand the implications of your actions?”

Now the second step. As you might know, there exists a direct correlation between the amount of chakra and the potency of your jutsu. The more chakra you use, the stronger your katon, the stronger your raiton, the stronger your suiton, the stronger your futon. The amount of chakra increases potency. The same principle applies to my sphere.” Her sphere expanded.

“The more chakra I mobilise, the more volume, density, concentration will increase. Lastly, I combine my chakra with my elemental affinity, katon, to generate even more power.”

Her element enriched her sphere. Naritomo and his men felt the raw unrestrained energy, the immense power her chakra radiated.

Aurora was satisfied. “And last but not least, now I compress my chakra.” Her hand closed, and in the fraction of a second, the sphere imploded, contracting, forming a nucleus of pure purple chakra. Her control maintained the pressure. After all, she needed to be careful. A single lapse in concentration, and her creation would rip the whole tent apart.

“And then ...” Asami raised her palm, blowing her little child away. Her chakra dispersed into fine purple mist.

“...” Naritomo started sweating, well aware that she was serious about the prospect of razing Shimabara to the ground. “How strong do you expect the explosion to be?”

Asami hesitated. “Hard to say ... The theoretical yield ranges from nothing to significant, depending on the amount of chakra used. To be honest, I don't even know whether the jutsu works at all. But don't worry, it will work. I will make it work, by brute force if necessary. But before we level Shimabara, we should try a more civilised approach, namely diplomacy.”

Naritomo blinked. “Diplomacy?”

Asami offered an innocent smile. “Indeed, diplomacy.”

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