Wok Shadow Ninja

Chapter 68: Soaring Chakra

Shikamaru took a small bite from the side and was also overwhelmed by the spiciness, but he forced himself to keep eating. Asuma, on the other hand, ate half a plate as if nothing was wrong.

Ino wasn't incapable of eating spicy food, but after half a year of eating the bland meals of the Yamanaka family since her transmigration, the sudden shift to such a heavy flavor was a bit too much for her.

After mentally preparing herself, she found the spiciness more bearable when she took another bite.

After eating about a third of it, she was surprised to discover that the curry rice was incredibly invigorating. After two days of traveling through the forest, her somewhat exhausted body recovered more than halfway, and her total chakra reserve even faintly increased by a small margin.

Could this curry rice actually increase chakra capacity? Ino's own chakra was very close to reaching the 7-point "Stamina" mark. However, limited by her natural physical talent and the significant drug resistance from consuming large amounts of secret medicine, her body always fell just short, and her chakra had yet to break through that threshold.

She glanced at the bright red curry rice, took two deep breaths, and continued eating. Worried that her stomach capacity was limited, she asked Granny Shijimi to serve her a plate of curry rice with double the spiciness.

After finishing the double-spicy curry rice, she still felt like she was just shy of the breakthrough. Gritting her teeth, she shouted to Granny Shijimi, "Granny, give me a plate of quadruple-spicy curry rice!"

Shikamaru was shocked. Good grief, are you seriously competing over curry rice? Women are truly terrifying!

The moment the quadruple-spicy curry rice entered her mouth, Ino felt as if her entire body was on fire. Steam billowed from the top of her head, her fair skin turned bright red, and an intense heat surged from her stomach to every corner of her body.

Choji, with curry smeared all over his mouth, stopped eating and cautiously stared at Ino, unsure of what she was doing.

Ino didn't have time to deal with them.

She closed her eyes and clenched her fists, feeling the previously unresolved medicinal energy in her cells completely dissipate. The dampness accumulated from long-term water-style training was swept away, and her physical energy instantly surged to a peak. With a light shout, she mixed her mental energy with her physical energy to create chakra. She glanced at her status panel and saw that her "Stamina" had finally reached 7!

Her physical condition was unusually good at this moment. Without hesitation, she directly invested the two saved "Pot Points" into the "Stamina" attribute, causing the number to change again, rising from 7 to 8.

A faint blue chakra glow emanated from her body. It wasn't very noticeable, but it was definitely there.

Ino's sudden surge of chakra caused Asuma's cigarette to fall from his mouth. What was he seeing? After eating two plates of curry rice, his subordinate had suddenly erupted with such powerful chakra? He clearly understood that the amount of chakra Ino was now emitting had surpassed his own. At the very least, he couldn't achieve this level of chakra externalization.

What kind of joke was this?! He wasn't some resource-starved civilian ninja. His father was the Hokage! He had access to the richest resources, the best teachers, and the most scientific training methods since childhood. And now, he was being surpassed by...

Ino didn't have time to consider Asuma's feelings. She felt the chakra energy inside her body was as dense as a stream of scorching magma.

Was her current chakra comparable to Tsunade's? Tsunade was only at an average level among Kage-level shinobi, yet even she possessed such vast chakra. How terrifying would those with "Stamina" at 9 or 10 be?

"I'm going out to practice ninjutsu!" Leaving these words behind, Ino hurriedly ran out of the house, found a low-lying area, and unleashed a "Water Release: Exploding Water Wave" at her feet!

The output of the "Exploding Water Wave" was a bit small, so she added three hand seals to the original technique and increased her chakra output, upgrading the B-rank ninjutsu "Exploding Water Wave" to the A-rank "Great Exploding Water Wave"!

The advantage of having a large chakra reserve was immediately evident. When she fought against the bandits, her "Exploding Water Wave" could only cover an area the size of a basketball court, with a height of about five or six meters. Now, the "Great Exploding Water Wave" seemed endless. By her estimation, the technique covered an area at least the size of a soccer field, with waves reaching over ten meters high. And this was just after her breakthrough, with her chakra control still not fully stabilized.

With more chakra, the amount of water produced increased, and the impact force became significantly stronger. If the previous impact force was 1, it was now 5.

Ino was very satisfied. In battle, she could first use the "Great Exploding Water Wave" to create water, then follow up with offensive ninjutsu like "Water Dragon Bullet" or "Water Trumpet," defend with "Water Wall," and if things got tough, she could use "Hiding in Mist Technique." If she encountered the Sharingan, she could use shadow clones, and with her family's secret techniques that could catch enemies off guard, she was well-equipped for both offense and defense.

At this level, at this point in time, her self-preservation ability was already very strong. During the Konoha Crush, as long as she didn't recklessly challenge characters like Orochimaru or Kabuto, she could definitely survive.

The water she had released had completely altered the terrain of the area, and there was no way to take it back. Just as Ino was about to return to the Curry of Life shop, she suddenly heard a "plop" behind her.

Who had fallen into the water? The amount of water was substantial now, almost like a river had appeared out of nowhere. If a couple of passing villagers drowned, it would be a huge mistake on her part. She quickly turned to look.

She couldn't see the person clearly, but they didn't exhibit the usual struggling or calling for help that someone who fell into water would. It was as if they had sunk straight to the bottom.

Ino dove in to rescue them.

It was then that she saw the face of the person who had fallen in.

Her eyebrows twitched involuntarily.

Green spandex, a bowl cut, and thick eyebrows this was Rock Lee from Konoha! What was he doing here?

He was a year older than Ino. The original Ino only liked handsome guys and had no impression of him, only knowing that he existed in the ninja academy. They had never even spoken.

Ino swam to his side.

From the looks of it, he had overexerted himself and, not paying attention to his footing, had fallen into the river she had just created.

Ino manipulated the water flow, pushing him forcefully from the riverbed to the shore.

Rock Lee lay on the ground, extremely weak. He tried to stand up twice but failed both times.

In a daze, he muttered, "Don't stop me, Master Gai... I can still run! Ten laps around the Land of Fire... I can do it! If I can't, I'll jump rope three thousand times."

Ino leaned in to listen, then sighed. Good grief, you're training way too hard, buddy. You've run all the way to another country! Does your master know?

As fellow villagers, she couldn't just leave him to die. Ino tried to pull Rock Lee up.

She couldn't budge him! With the water's help, it was manageable, but on land, he was as heavy as a rock. Ino's pitiful 2 points of strength weren't enough to lift him.

"Are you wearing weights? You're really going all out, huh... It's not that I don't want to help, but I really can't lift you... Asuma-sensei, Shikamaru, Choji! Come help!" Ino quickly resorted to summoning her teammates for assistance!

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