"Human Bullet Tank!" Choji transformed himself into a huge spinning meatball and crashed straight into Naruto with an unbridled momentum.
More than fifty Shadow Clones of Naruto immediately scattered in all directions. With so many Narutos spread out everywhere, Choji accelerated the Human Bullet Tank, sweeping across everything with a reckless charge.
Under Choji's fierce impact, Naruto lost half of his Shadow Clones, and a gully was even plowed on the meadow.
"Human Bullet Tank is truly terrifying," Naruto thought while holding Hinata and quickly dodging. "This feels so good... Having Hinata in my arms is like holding a ball of cotton!"
Fortunately, it was not easy for Choji to turn the Human Bullet Tank. As long as Naruto dodged one round of attacks, that would be enough.
After Choji's Human Bullet Tank attack missed, his Multi - Size Technique was also lifted. His body returned to its normal size, and he was left in a dizzy state.
Ino shouted, "Shikamaru, which one is Naruto's real body?"
Shikamaru observed and soon noticed something among the more than twenty Shadow Clones. One of the Narutos was carrying Hinata in a princess - carry.
"This..." Shikamaru thought. "Naruto and I have been playing together since childhood. We skipped classes and caused trouble everywhere. Why has that naughty Naruto now gone to provoke that troublesome woman..."
Ino urged, "Shikamaru!"
"Can't help it," Shikamaru pointed forward and said. "The one holding Hinata is probably Naruto's real body."
"Got it." Inspired by Shikamaru, Ino formed the seals for the Mind Body Switch Technique and aimed directly at Naruto who was holding Hinata.
Naruto put Hinata down and stood in front of her, boldly facing Ino.
Ino's eyebrows twitched. She seemed to think that Naruto was provoking her.
"Ino, don't use jutsu randomly," Shikamaru said. "That Naruto is strange. He seems to be deliberately trying to lure you into using ninjutsu."
Ino calmed down and took a look at Naruto. She noticed that Hinata was standing behind Naruto.
Ino thought, "The Mind Body Switch Technique can only attack in a straight line. If Naruto dodges quickly, my ninjutsu will hit Hinata. They are in a straight line! Damned Naruto, using Hinata as a shield!"
Ino whispered a plan, "Shikamaru, find a way to use your Shadow Imitation Technique to restrain Naruto."
"Shikamaru, no need to find a way," Naruto quickly said. "I won't dodge. When Hinata is behind me, I won't dodge no matter what's in front of me."
Actually, Naruto couldn't hear Ino's whispered plan. As soon as he saw Ino talking to Shikamaru, he was 100% sure that Ino was asking Shikamaru to find a way.
"Do you think I'll believe you?" Ino said and then thought, "A man's words are deceiving."
At this time, Naruto noticed that Shikamaru was slowly moving behind Ino.
"Could it be that...!" Naruto was shocked. Shikamaru was hiding behind Ino to use her body to block the seals for the Shadow Imitation Technique.
If Shikamaru wants to use the Shadow Imitation Technique, he must make Hand Seals. Similarly, he needs to maintain the hand - seal posture throughout the process of controlling the shadow's extension.
Naruto quickly jumped on the spot and narrowly avoided the extended shadow of Shikamaru.
Naruto took a closer look and found that Shikamaru had taken advantage of the terrain transformed by Choji. The originally flat meadow had a deep gully after being plowed by Choji's Human Bullet Tank.
It was precisely that uneven gully that created a shadow, which Shikamaru could just utilize.
"Naruto, why have you become so smart?" Shikamaru failed to use the Shadow Imitation Technique on Naruto for the second time.
"No choice. I'll directly control Hinata then." Since Shikamaru's shadow failed to catch Naruto, he made Hand Seals more forcefully and extended his shadow all at once, pouncing towards Hinata's feet.
When Naruto saw this, he was immediately anxious. He absolutely wouldn't allow Hinata to be bullied by them, not even to be touched by a shadow.
Naruto directly darted over and blocked in front of Hinata again, hitting Shikamaru's shadow with his own body.
"It actually worked!" Shikamaru felt it was so unreal. Wasn't Naruto supposed to be smart? He had clearly dodged the shadow, but then he ran back and rammed into the shadow on his own.
"Hehe. Ino was over the moon."
Shikamaru's Shadow Imitation Technique is a very peculiar Ninjutsu. It can extend his own shadow. As long as his shadow connects with the opponent's shadow, he can completely bind the opponent and even force the opponent to make the same movements as himself.
"Naruto, die!" Ino made the seals for the Mind Body Switch Technique, aimed at Naruto and said, "Mind Body Switch Technique!"
"Humph." Naruto smiled slightly, "You're the one who should be scared!"
After Naruto finished speaking, his pupils suddenly shrank and his whole body trembled.
"Did it work?" Shikamaru was quickly judging the situation, trying to figure out whether Ino's Ninjutsu had succeeded.
At this time, in Naruto's inner world, Ino was alone in a dark cage. Ino felt confused. Why was Naruto's inner world so vast?
"Where is this place?" Ino murmured softly, "The Mind Body Switch Technique should have succeeded. My spirit should have invaded Naruto's mind and taken control of his body. Where am I now?"
"Where is this?"
"Could this be Naruto's inner world?"
"Impossible! I've used the Mind Body Switch Technique to invade others' minds many times. There's no way its inner world could be this vast."
Ino was completely shocked. Through the Mind Body Switch Technique, her spirit had entered Naruto's mind but was trapped in his inner world.
"Whoa—When did this little kid appear here—" A terrifying voice came from nearby.
Ino's hairs stood on end. Her spirit became extremely tense. Suddenly, an Iron Fence appeared in front of her, and behind the fence, two extremely eerie and terrifying eyes emerged.
"Ah... ah... ah... ahh..." Ino was so terrified that she stuttered.
These eyes were incredibly terrifying, as if they belonged to a supreme being, exuding primal bestiality, with pupils filled with hatred.
Being stared at by these eyes for just a moment made one feel as if their insides were splitting apart.
These were the eyes of the Nine-Tailed Fox. Generally, ordinary people weren't qualified to make eye contact with it. One could only imagine how frightened Ino was at this moment.
Suddenly, the Nine-Tailed Fox opened its huge, bloodthirsty mouth, and two rows of neatly interlaced fangs suddenly appeared, truly terrifying.
Ino collapsed to the ground, her eyes dull, pupils lifeless, and her expression nothing but horror.
Naruto's spirit suddenly appeared beside Ino, saying, "Ino, do you still remember how to Release this jutsu?"
Naruto encouraged her, saying, "Come on. If you don't Release this jutsu quickly, your spirit might be completely devoured by it."
"Ah... ah... ah..." Ino could barely speak. With great difficulty, she formed the Hand Seal and said, "Release!"
Back in reality, Ino successfully Released the jutsu, but she had fainted completely and lay unconscious on the ground.
"Hehe," Naruto said. "Ordinary people shouldn't easily enter my inner world. I'm afraid you won't be able to handle it."
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