Chapter 71: Trypophobia?
"To think they could actually deal with Tayuya and the others..."
Kimimaro slowly raised his eyelids. "But it ends here. For the sake of Lord Orochimaru's dream, you all must die here."
Having said that, his pale fingers gripped his collar.
Rip—!
He violently tore his shirt to shreds.
Then, a scene occurred that made one's skin crawl.
Puchi!
A dull thud sounded.
At Kimimaro's shoulder, the skin suddenly bulged as a sharp white bone pierced through the flesh and grew out. Expressionless, he gripped the bone and pulled it outward with force.
A bone blade covered in dark red viscous fluid was forcibly extracted from his body.
"Dance of the Camellia."
Kimimaro assumed a combat stance. With bone spurs constantly emerging from various parts of his body, he looked like a pale monster covered in thorns.
Sakura frowned, her gloved fists tightening slightly. "So this is the Bloodline Limit that can manipulate bones... It can be used for defense and as a weapon. This method of pulling out bones is practically self-mutilation."
However, just as this terrifying atmosphere was about to solidify the air...
Uzumaki Naruto, standing at the very front of the team, now had an expression that was... subtle.
He didn't show fear; instead, his brows were furrowed, the corners of his mouth were turned down, and he even subconsciously shrank his neck back.
That ninja world sky screen popped up with the familiar bolded bullet comments again.
[Ugh... I can't take it, I can't take it. This is way too gross.]
[Even though I know it's a Bloodline Limit, brother, you're basically littering everywhere!]
[Is it really okay to start stripping and performing such R-rated scenes right away? Is this some kind of weird fetish?]
Although Naruto stood still, the desire to complain in his heart was uncontrollable. This gross and bizarre combat style made him feel very uncomfortable.
[Just imagine, if a fight breaks out later, getting cut is one thing. But what if his bones shatter a little, and those stinky bone fragments... spray everywhere like a sandstorm!]
[If I happen to be gasping for air with my mouth open and inhale a mouthful of ancient bone dust... Ugh!]
[Is this a battle? This is biological warfare! This is the desperate counterattack of a severe bone hyperplasia patient! Just looking at it makes my whole body itch; I feel like I'm getting Trypophobia!]
Haku, standing beside Naruto, suddenly stiffened.
She had originally been prepared for a life-and-death struggle, several senbon ready to be launched.
But after hearing those disgusting descriptions, Haku's usually calm face instantly changed.
An emotion driven by germophobia instantly occupied her mind.
She couldn't imagine her most revered Lord Narutobeing covered in that slimy and unhygienic bone debris under this monster's attack.
Absolutely not!
Such a thing, even just thinking about it, was a defilement of Lord Naruto's image!
At this time, the complaints in the heavenly curtaindid not stop.
Naruto's gaze drifted longingly toward Haku by his side, who was dressed in pure white and looked clean and translucent.
[Sigh, as expected, my Haku is much more pleasant to look at.]
[Look at this refreshing Ice Release, look at this clean temperament despite wearing a Ninja outfit. This is what you call art! This is what you call hygiene!]
[If... if Haku could use that kind of Ice Release that freezes even the air to instantly seal up this hedgehog man who keeps spitting out trash...]
[Right! Just like freezing a fly in transparent amber!]
[It preserves the integrity of the specimen while isolating all the bacteria and bone fragments. Placing it in the room during summer could even serve as a human-shaped air conditioner—both aesthetic and practical. That's the best final destination for this bone hyperplasia guy!]
Buzz—!
As the keywords "amber specimen" and "human-shaped air conditioner" fell, Haku felt the gently flowing Ice Release Chakra within her body suddenly become violent and cold, as if guided by something.
It was a resonance from the depths of her soul—
[Ding!]
[Detected host Haku has received Naruto's strong vision for "absolute germophobia" and "artistic encapsulation."]
[You are not just his weapon; you are the defender of his quality of life. For any target that may cause visual pollution and physiological discomfort, the most thorough purification should be given!]
[Special Reward Outburst: Ice Release Bloodline Limit Advanced—Ice Release: Absolute Zero Freezing!]
Haku slowly raised her head. Her brown eyes, usually soft, had now completely turned into a sheet of icy blue, devoid of any warmth.
She casually threw away her senbon; such trivial attacks were no longer worthy of Lord Naruto's aesthetics.
"To think you wanted to let such an impure thing touch Lord Naruto's breathing space..."
Haku stepped forward. Her hands did not form seals but instead spread out elegantly to her sides, as if to embrace the moonlight.
"I will never allow it."
Opposite her, Kimimaro was about to attack when a warrior's intuition made him shudder.
"This Chakra...?"
Before his bone blade could swing, Kimimarodiscovered to his horror that the surrounding air, along with the dust within it, had been frozen!
"For the sake of my Lord's clean world... please become a quiet decoration."
Haku's voice was cold and clear.
"Secret Technique: Dustless Sealed Burial."
Crack!
There was no explosion, nor were there any flashy light effects.
In just an instant, a pale cold current centered on Haku swept across the entire clearing in a fan shape. This cold current was incredibly fast; the bone Kimimaro was about to thrust out was still in mid-air when it was frozen in place.
A ten-meter-high ice mountain appeared out of thin air on the grass.
This block of ice was completely transparent, without a single impurity. In the center of the ice mountain, the previously overbearing Kimimarowas completely embedded inside, maintaining his attack posture. His blood-stained body and bone spurs were clearly visible.
Like an exquisite insect specimen, it exuded a strange sense of beauty.
Even the fine hairs on his skin and the drop of blood about to fall from the bone blade were sealed in this moment by the low temperature.
The air on the battlefield instantly dropped to the freezing point mist.
Haku gently exhaled a breath of cold air and slowly withdrew her hands, her sharp aura instantly retracting. She turned, slightly tidied her somewhat messy bangs, and then looked at Naruto with some trepidation, revealing a submissive smile that sought praise.
"Lord Naruto... handled this way, does it look acceptable to you?"
Naruto's eyes were wide as he looked at the giant ice sculpture before him that could be called a work of art, especially Kimimaro, who had truly been frozen like a "fly in amber."
He felt so refreshed!
[A masterpiece! Haku, you're practically a genius!]
[So clean! So transparent! Not a single disgusting thing leaked out!]
[This isn't just Ninjutsu; this is clearly top-tier cold chain preservation technology! Looking at this ice sculpture, I feel like the air has become much fresher. If we take this back and put it in front of Ichiraku Ramen, it would definitely be a shop treasure!]
[As expected of my personal little steward, this germophobic-like OCD... is deep after my own heart!]
The system panel quietly refreshed:
[Detected the host's dual recognition of combat aesthetics and environmental hygiene.]
[Haku's favorability limit broken (though already at max value, converted into fanatical faith).]
[Protagonist Naruto receives feedback reward: Earth Attribute Chakra Resistance +20% (Since you can't stand bones and dirty things, let's make you more dirt-resistant).]
Although Naruto didn't know the specific reward content, he only felt the nauseous feeling disappear. He excitedly ran over and reached out to knock on the hard ice surface.
"Good! Great!" Naruto made a face at Kimimaroinside the ice. "You're not so smug now, are you? Mr. Bony Heartthrob, your striptease performance is over. Now it's intermission... for about a few hundred years!"
Sakura looked at Naruto circling the ice sculpture with a complex expression, then glanced at Haku, whose eyes never left Naruto.
As the first person to see the heavenly curtain, Sakura knew very well. Haku was indeed strong, but being strong enough to one-shot a descendant of the Kaguya Clan was only because Naruto found the opponent too "dirty."
"That idiot..." Sakura sighed, feeling powerless and unwilling in her heart. "Is it only by being disliked by him or through those kinds of fantasies... that one can obtain this kind of power?"
"Alright! Obstacle cleared!"
Naruto, unaware of the shock in his teammates' hearts, waved his hand and pointed toward the forest ahead.
[Hehe, solved this last line of defense.]
[So next... it's time to go welcome our runaway Second Young Master.]
[And that... poor BOSS who just lost a subordinate because of my inner thoughts, Orochimaru.]
[I hope Uncle Snake's current mental endurance is a bit stronger, because what I'm going to say next... might be even more piercing than this Ice Release.]
Everyone looked at that golden back. Even though they had just experienced a life-and-death interception, following this guy who always derailed things made the fear in their hearts mostly dissipate.
Only the static ice sculpture under the moonlight seemed to be silently telling one thing—
You can provoke anyone.
But never provoke that Blonde Youth with the strange germophobia.