AI Model: gemini-3.0-flashChapter 69: So You Like Playing with Strings?
The sticky heat in the air grew heavier and heavier. At some point, the surrounding trees had been covered in layers of white, sticky silk webs.
These webs didn't just block one's vision; every single silk strand carried an evil aura capable of severing Chakra.
"Everyone, stop!"
Nara Shikamaru abruptly raised his hand, his shadow instantly assuming a defensive posture beneath his feet. "Something's not right. It looks like we've walked into a trap."
Naruto, at the very front of the team, also stopped impatiently. He casually flicked out a wind blade to cut the silk strands in front of him, but the thing merely bounced once and trapped Naruto's wind blade in its stickiness.
"Oh boy, this is really gross."
Naruto looked at the white mucus on his fingertips that he couldn't shake off no matter what, his brow furrowed. However, in his blue eyes, that mischievous light emerged once again.
[This stuff was made by that spider-guy Kidōmaru, right?]
[Even though that guy has six arms and three eyes and looks pretty scary, this silk-spitting ability... if you look at it from another angle, it's practically an artistic talent.]
Just as Shikamaru and Kiba were on high alert, Naruto's inner thoughts'started driving' right on time on that virtual screen spanning the sky.
[If this talent were used for... ahem, used to create those kinds of beautiful scenes.]
[For example, a weak, fair-skinned girl—let's say our family's shy Lady Hinata. She accidentally enters a spider cave and gets her ankles entangled by shimmering silk threads, then her wrists...]
[She struggles in the air, and the more she moves, the tighter the elastic silk constricts, leaving stimulating marks on her dark Ninja uniform... that feeling of going from resistance to exhaustion, and finally having no choice but to give up...]
[Hiss—this bondage vibe is just too good! Kidōmaru is wasting his talent as a Ninja; he should be illustrating 'make-out tactics'!]
Hyuga Hinata, hidden in the shadows of the tree canopy behind them, almost lost her grip on the branch and fell headlong.
Even though the battle hadn't even started, she felt her body growing hot, as if countless invisible silk threads were actually crawling over her body following Naruto's imagination, tightening around every inch of her skin.
"Nar... Naruto-kun... actually likes that kind of thing?"
Hinata covered her cheeks, which were so red they looked ready to bleed, but there was no retreat in her white eyes; instead, a strange sense of competitiveness ignited.
Since this is Naruto-kun's preference... then I can't lose either!
Right then, a sharp, ear-piercing cackle came from above.
"Hehehe, I've found a few cute little bugs."
A dark-skinned man with six arms hung upside down in the center of a giant web, looking like a predator eyeing its prey. "I am Kidōmaru. Since you've come, just obediently become part of my collection!"
Puff, puff, puff!
Like rain from the sky, dense clusters of white balls smashed down. They were Spider Sticky Goldmade from highly compressed Chakra, which would become as hard as iron upon contact.
"Scatter!" Shikamaru roared.
But the range was too large; even Neji's Rotation couldn't possibly cover the entire team in an instant.
At this dangerous juncture—
"Don't you dare touch... Naruto-kun!"
A soft but firm shout rang out.
A figure suddenly rushed out from the side. She didn't dodge; instead, she gave a light leap and charged into that rain of mucus.
It was Hinata!
She didn't use her signature defensive move, Rotation. Her ten fingers were spread wide, and from her slender fingertips were connected ten almost invisible blue Chakra threads; what she emitted wasn't ordinary Gentle Fist Chakra.
[Hyuga Style Secret: Gentle Fist Art: Puppet Netting!]
This was a new move she had learned through a reward during that somewhat special tactical meeting yesterday.
"Break!"
With a seemingly delicate flip of Hinata's wrist—
Those ten Chakra threads instantly wove into a massive invisible net. This net was designed for cutting and control!
All the Spider Sticky Gold being shot down, upon touching Hinata's seemingly fragile threads, was instantly sliced into powder floating in the air, like tofu being swept over by a laser.
Kidōmaru's smug grin froze on his face. "What?! My secret technique was actually cut? Where did those Chakra threads come from?"
Meanwhile, Naruto stood in place with his hands in his pockets, not having dodged at all. Looking at the powder drifting around him and the girl standing before him—her back slender yet possessing the aura of a queen—his eyes instantly lit up like two lightbulbs.
[Holy crap?!]
[Is... is this my Wife Hinata? This technique, the rhythm of her fingertips... she's not playing cat's cradle; she's playing with dominance!]
[Look at the vibration frequency of those Chakrathreads! Kidōmaru's spider silk is physical bondage, but Hinata's move... it's practically direct control!]
[I originally thought I'd be watching her get tied up, but now it seems... she wants to turn the tables? If she used those ten threads to gently wrap around my fingers, or wrap around... ahem, and then control me like a puppet, making me walk toward her step by step... even though I'm resisting, my body honestly falls into her arms...]
[Is this the legendary—reverse discipline?! Heavens, this is way too exciting! Please, definitely use this move on me! I'd be willing even if I'm tied up like a zongzi!]
[Ding!]
On the battlefield, Hinata's body jolted. The words "reverse discipline" and "willingly" coming from the heavenly curtain caused her Chakra to surge instantly.
So... as long as I become a bit more assertive, Naruto-kun gets this excited?
[Detected that host Hyuga Hinata is responding to the special expectations of the target.]
[Bond Halo strengthened: In this spider's nest, you are the sole predator.]
[Reward: Gentle Fist Art: God-Binding Silk(When the opponent uses string-based skills, you can ignore level differences and directly seize control).]
Hinata looked up. Those gentle white eyes now actually radiated a hint of alarming majesty.
She looked at the six-armed monster above her, her lips curving into an aggressive smile that she would never normally have.
"Do you like playing games with strings too?"
Kidōmaru's hair stood on end from that smile, instinctively sensing something was wrong. His six hands formed seals simultaneously: "Die! Ninpo: Rain Spider!"
Thousands upon thousands of spider silks gushed out like a tide.
But Hinata simply raised one hand and made a sudden grasping motion in the air.
"Now, this net belongs to me."
Vrrr!
Those spider silks controlled by Kidōmaru actually stopped mid-air, then reversed direction, frantically wrapping back around Kidōmaru himself.
"How is this possible... my body... can't move?!"
Kidōmaru screamed in terror. He found his six hands were uncontrollably pinching himself, his body being twisted into strange poses like a marionette by that overbearing blue Chakra thread.
In just a single exchange.
This elite of the Sound Four was pinned in mid-air by the Hyuga heiress—who usually didn't even dare to speak loudly—using his own most proficient technique.
This wasn't just bondage; this was the Gentle Fist's direct control over Chakra meridians.
"So... so strong..." Behind her, Shikamaru's jaw almost hit the ground. "Is this still the Hinata I know?"
Naruto, meanwhile, let out a loud whistle, his face filled with pride and an indescribable sense of expectation.
[As expected of the main wife! This automatic bondage move is too perfect! I'll definitely have to have her teach me later... preferably the kind of private tutoring alone at night.]
In mid-air, Kidōmaru let out wordless whimpers. The girl on the ground gently withdrew her fingers. Although her face was still red, her back already held a bit of the dominance of a future mistress of the Ninja World.