Chapter 97: Ino's Queenly Show! The Correct Way to Use Hidan
The battle was over, but the battlefield was still a mess.
"Let me go! You heretics! Bastards!"
"I will sacrifice you all to Lord Jashin! I'll crawl out of this pit! Even if I turn into bones, I'll bite through your throats!"
A guy who had been reduced to just a head was cursing non-stop at the edge of the large pit Nara Shikamaru had dug. Even in this state, Hidan's vitality was frighteningly strong, and his energy for cursing hadn't diminished in the slightest.
"What a drag..."
Nara Shikamaru stabbed his shovel into the ground, looking like he didn't want to live anymore. "This guy's life is too tough; he doesn't die even when chopped up. If we can't seal him completely, we can only bury him deeper and have someone keep an eye on him at all times."
Choji nearby was eating potato chips to calm his nerves, while Asuma looked at the head—which had nearly cost him his life—with a complex expression.
Just then, Uzumaki Naruto strolled over with his hands behind his back.
He first gently kicked Hidan's head with his toe, then cupped his chin, frowning as if thinking about some profound question.
[Bury him? Just like that?]
[What a waste! This is one of the few truly immortal beings in the Ninja World! Even purer than Orochimaru's skin-swapping trick!]
Although Naruto's inner voice wasn't as agitated as before, this thrifty mindset immediately resonated with the girls on the other side of the heavenly curtain.
Ino Yamanaka, who was nearby helping Chojibandage his wounds, paused with the bandage in her hand.
[This kind of material that can't be broken no matter how you play with it is simply a perfect punching bag... No, a perfect experimental subject!]
[Shikamaru is just too inflexible. Burying a guy like this in the ground only pollutes the soil; it's better to recycle him.]
[For example... let Ino use him to practice newly developed genjutsu or mental control?]
Ino was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously looked up at Naruto.
Naruto's gaze was thoughtfully sweeping between her slender legs and Ninja boots, and his train of thought instantly took a turn.
[Come to think of it, Ino looks carefree on the surface, but she has the potential of a queen deep down.]
[Look at this blonde hair, this purple crop top, and that aura she has when she occasionally loses her temper and steps on people... Tsk tsk. If she were to perform a real 'Queen-style' discipline on Hidan, who can't die no matter how much he's tortured...]
[A fanatic like Hidan must have a twisted mind. If Ino used that cold gaze, stepped on his face with high heels, and forcibly changed his faith from that whatever-Jashin to 'Long live Queen Ino'...]
[Wow! Just imagine that scene! The once arrogant cultist drooling, eyes unfocused, kneeling and licking, shouting 'Please use more strength, Your Majesty'... Isn't that more exciting than just burying him? That's the greatest punishment for a villain!]
Ino, who was fixing her hair, felt her face flush red instantly.
This fox... usually looks silly, why is his head full of such strange scripts for her!
Am I the type of person with an S attribute?
Although she was cursing in her heart, Ino looked at the muddy combat boots on her feet, then looked at the endlessly foul-mouthed Hidan over there, and a hint of excitement inexplicably welled up in her heart.
"Hmph, it seems... not bad?"
[Ding!]
[System detected that the core target has expressed a strong 'Queen S-orientation' expectation. The match between host 'Ino Yamanaka' and this fantasy is 99%.]
[Judgment result: Ordinary mental control is too gentle. To satisfy the core target's special hobby, the host is granted the authority for irreversible 'formatting' of the soul.]
[Reward issued: S-rank Forbidden Jutsu · Mind Transfer · Soul Overwrite (Queen's Domain).]
[Attached effect: During the casting period, your aura will carry an 'Absolute Domination' pressure. Any male creature with lower mental strength than you will have the urge to kneel.]
A cold and domineering power flowed from Ino's fingertips into her brain. She tossed her long hair, and the original shyness of a young girl vanished instantly, replaced by an aura that made even Choji, who was nearby, afraid to chew his potato chips loudly.
"Shikamaru, move aside."
The voice wasn't loud, but it carried an unquestionable tone.
Shikamaru was biting on a cigarette and originally wanted to complain a bit, but when he turned back and saw Ino's eyes, those blue eyes held a majesty that made his scalp tingle.
"Ugh... the troublesome woman is angry." Shikamaru very wisely retreated five meters away.
"Hey! Woman! What do you want to do?" Hidan, who was just a head, was still clamoring, "Do you want to dance a striptease and beg for mercy in front of Lord Jashin's believer? Hahaha!"
Ino stood in front of Hidan's head, looking down at him.
A dangerous smile curled up at the corners of her mouth.
"Naruto-kun just said it."
Ino extended her slender fingers, gently tapping her own temple, her tone lazy, "You are too noisy and polluting the environment. How about... I make you into an exquisite ornament that only knows how to shut up."
"What?! You..."
"Mind Transfer · Soul Overwrite."
There were no hand seals.
The moment her high heel stepped next to Hidan's head, the jutsu had already been activated.
A visible pale purple Chakra fluctuation, like a mental viper, slammed into Hidan's seven orifices.
This move was a domineering formatting and rewriting.
"Urgh—! Aaaah!"
Hidan's original arrogant cursing instantly turned into a scream, but this scream only lasted for two seconds before it was cut off as if by an invisible hand.
Everyone present felt a chill down their backs.
In the mental world, the arrogant phantom of the Jashin was crushed to pieces by a giant Ino illusion wearing leather clothing and holding a whip.
Ten seconds later.
Ino slowly withdrew her mental energy, gently brushed her hair, and her body swayed slightly due to the Chakra consumption, but her posture remained well-maintained.
And Hidan on the ground...
His bloodshot, crazy eyes were now clear and dull. Looking at Ino in front of him, a devout smile, like a pet seeing its owner, appeared on that twisted face.
"That... Hidan?" Shikamaru tentatively threw a stone at him.
Hidan didn't move, not even blinking an eyelid.
Until Ino glanced at him lightly.
"Say something."
Hidan immediately perked up and shouted with full energy:
"Yes! Queen! May your beauty be as eternal as blood! I am your most loyal footstool!"
The whole place fell silent.
The cigarette in Asuma's hand fell onto his pants, burning a hole, and he didn't even notice. Shikamaru opened his mouth wide, feeling his IQ wasn't enough. This was a monster from the Akatsuki Organization! That murderous pervert! How did he become this... this disgusting boot-licker in the blink of an eye?
Only Naruto, standing to the side, was covering his mouth, trying not to laugh out loud, but the wild laughter in his heart had already flooded the screen through the heavenly curtain.
[Pfft hahaha! Amazing! Simply amazing!]
[Ino, this girl, she actually did it! This is textbook-level discipline!]
[Look at that look! That look of looking at trash with a hint of pity, that's the Ino I want to see!]
[Well done! If we put Hidan's head at the village entrance, whoever dares to make trouble, he will directly recite a passage of 'Queen's Quotations', which could scare the enemy to death! This is what you call making the best use of everything!]
Hearing these inner voices, Ino's tense face couldn't hold up anymore, and her ears turned red again.
She took a special glass jar covered in sealing jutsu from her Ninja tool pouch, grabbed Hidan by the hair, and stuffed the giggling head inside.
She put on the lid and applied the seal.
The whole movement was smooth and elegant.
Ino turned around, held the jar containing the human head with both hands, and walked to Naruto. Although she tried to maintain arrogance, the look of wanting praise in her eyes couldn't be hidden.
"Here, this is for you."
Ino hummed, "This watchdog is yours now. But remember to feed him some nutrient solution every day; I won't be responsible for remaking him if he dies."
Naruto looked at Hidan in the jar, who was winking and shouting "Hello, Master" at him, and only felt a chill down his back, but to maintain his persona, he stiffly took the jar.
"Uh... thank... thank you Ino... this gift... is quite unique."
Not far away, Asuma silently relit a cigarette, took a deep puff, and looked at Kurenai Yuhi beside him.
"Kurenai, let's get married when we get back." Asuma said with a weary tone, "I feel like if we don't get married, I won't understand the younger generation of this Ninja World at all."