The tired-looking Shota was now very worried about the fight. He had used all his cards. Every single trick he had up his sleeve, and yet Sasori still stood completely unharmed.
His body ached, his head throbbed from overusing his quirk, and his chakra felt low.
'Now I am damn sure that he was holding back in the anime fight with Granny Chiyo and Sakura. There is no way that useless Sakura managed to survive against him and did better than him in that fight,' Shota thought.
He found the idea almost ridiculous when he thought about it seriously. In the original story, Sasori had been defeated by two kunoichi, one of whom was Sakura.
But after fighting him personally, Shota realized how terrifying the real Sasori was. The version that fought Chiyo and Sakura must have been holding back heavily, perhaps because of old feelings toward his grandmother or simply because he did not see them as worthy of his full power.
Shota almost laughed despite the pain. 'Sakura punched him once and suddenly he is defeated? Yeah right. If I told Sasori nii-san that a pink-haired girl with one good punch would beat him in the future, he would probably turn me into a puppet out of pure embarrassment. The man who created human puppets and defeated the strongest Kazekage losing to basic medical ninjutsu and super strength? No way. He must have been playing around or testing them. There is no other explanation.'
Shota shook his head slightly. 'If only Sakura could see me right now, struggling for my life while she managed to win with plot armor. I would never live it down.'
'I do not remember the puppet healing then during their fight. It was made of wood and not iron sand. And what is up with Sasori nii-san carrying extra limbs with him. Ugh,' Shota thought with frustration.
Shota was about to say something to Sasori when a spike made of iron sand suddenly impaled his left shoulder. Shota, whose eyes were blurry due to overusing his dojutsu, could not dodge it in time. He grunted in pain as the sharp metal pierced through muscle and came out the other side. The pain was sharp and burning.
Sasori said, "So is this the end of you, Shota? Come on now show me more. The fight was just getting interesting."
This was the first time that Sasori had called Shota by his name and not brat or annoying brat. It showed just how much he was impressed by what Shota had shown him and how much he had pushed him during the battle.
Shota grunted in pain as with great effort he removed the iron spike from his wound. Blood flowed freely for a moment before he used his binding cloth to wrap the injury tightly and stop the bleeding. The cloth pressed hard against the hole, causing more pain, but it helped control the blood loss.
"It does not matter whether you remove it or not. You are already dead. That iron spike was poisoned. You would die soon anyways so you can quit your struggle," Sasori said calmly.
Shota grinned through the pain. "Have you forgotten who taught me about poisons back in the day? And who was helping build my poison immunity? I have been keeping up with those lessons you know. And I am sure that whatever this poison is would still have some same ingredients to what you used back then."
Sasori frowned at that statement. He had not expected Shota to have maintained the old training so well.
"Well then, I will just have to kill you the old-fashioned way by burying you in iron sand," Sasori said as another massive wave of iron sand came rushing toward Shota.
Shota groaned at the approaching death. His thoughts were on how he could defeat Sasori if there was even any way. 'So the only way to beat him would be to annihilate both him and his puppet completely. It is a far-fetched idea but I have to believe in myself. Well, if I was the protagonist of the story now I would have had a power up or been saved by a mysterious heroine... Sadly Pakura-sama is not here but I do not blame her. I have to get my own power up it seems.'
Shota once again forced his quirk to activate. He floated high into the air, dodging the iron sand wave at the last moment. The anti-gravity field lifted him above the deadly attack. His body protested with another wave of headache, but he pushed through it.
He then raised a hand above him. 'This jutsu is not completed. But it seems the stressful situation might just help me comprehend the nature principles required for this jutsu.'
A rotating ball of fire formed in his hand. The fire chakra continued to rotate at high speed as the temperature increased rapidly. Shota focused on the principle of combustion to increase the heat. He layered several more advanced principles into the technique.
First, he applied the principle of concentrated chakra density, forcing the fire energy into an extremely small space to multiply its power.
Second, he used rotational stability to keep the sphere from collapsing while increasing its spinning speed.
Third, he incorporated thermal radiation amplification, making the ball emit intense light and heat waves similar to a miniature sun.
Fourth, he added plasma conversion, turning parts of the fire chakra into superheated ionized energy for greater destructive potential.
Fifth, he included rapid oxidation acceleration, allowing the flames to consume surrounding oxygen at an extreme rate to fuel even higher temperatures.
Sasori could feel the temperature increase tremendously. He looked at a droplet that had formed on his hand and slid down to the sand. "I am precipitating. How is that even possible? I have a puppet body," Sasori muttered in surprise.
He shook his head and focused on the jutsu that was forming in Shota's hands. The air around the rotating ball of fire shimmered with intense heat. The sand below began to glow and turn into glass. Sasori stared at the growing sphere with genuine curiosity and caution.
"What in the world is that jutsu?" he thought with a little fear in his voice.
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