After figuring it out, Furina stopped adding points for the time being. She planned to see whether she could accumulate enough 100,000 affection value before Orochimaru made his move. For her, raising her chakra to Kage-level would definitely bring a much bigger improvement than anything else.
"Haha, I'm dying of laughter. Look at Gaara's totally confused face. He must be speechless. How come whether it's last time or this time, it's always Fufu ruining his plans?"
"This isn't ruining things, okay? This is clearly saving the day. Showing up at the most critical moment every single time. I almost suspect Fufu is deliberately timing it perfectly."
"Timing the save perfectly, huh? That reminds me of a certain man."
...
"Oh man, can't I take her place? I want to hug Hinata and pinch her cheeks too. For that, I'm willing to turn into Hinata next time and let Furina hug me and pinch my face."
"Alright, the guy in front. Since you've already listed all the benefits, what price are you willing to pay?"
"So basically you're saying no matter what, you come out ahead, right?"
"Hinata is so pitiful. She was cheering for Naruto together with someone else, but Naruto ended up crediting all the good stuff to Furina. In the end, Hinata's feelings were misplaced. But it's fine. She still has me."
"Damn, after talking all righteous and proper for half a day, only at the end do you reveal your true intentions, huh."
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[Affection Value +1 +1 +1..... +1 +1] [Affection Value: 86083]
"Nara Shikamaru has voluntarily forfeited. Second round winner: Temari. Third round: Gaara of Sunagakure versus Uchiha Sasuke of Konoha Village. Both combatants, please come to the stage as soon as possible."
After watching the barrage for a while, the match between Shikamaru and Temari ended as expected. Next up was the intense showdown between Gaara and Sasuke, and the Konoha Crush plan would officially begin after Gaara was beaten into his half-Tailed Beast form.
"Looks like I can't wait any longer." After glancing at her current affection value, Furina knew that there was not enough time to reach 100,000. In that case, she could only raise other attributes first.
[Speed: Jōnin (2301/50000) - Jōnin (50000/50000)] [Speed: Elite Jōnin (0/100000)] [Affection Value: 38384]
After adding points to speed, Furina had no intention of saving the remaining affection value. She simply distributed it evenly between constitution and strength.
Although this did not bring as large a direct boost as reaching the next level, it was still an improvement. With a major battle imminent, she naturally wanted to raise herself as much as possible.
[Strength: Jōnin (844/50000) - Strength: Jōnin (20036/50000)] [Constitution: Jōnin (1540/50000) - Constitution: Jōnin (20732/50000)]
Feeling the improvements in every aspect, Furina felt that she was now terrifyingly strong. It seemed like spinning Baki away with one hand would be no problem at all. In plain words, she was starting to feel a bit full of herself.
"I can't get careless now." But soon Furina snapped out of that high and closed her eyes to begin familiarizing herself with this suddenly enhanced power.
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After a while, a piercing sound suddenly came from the direction of the main arena ahead, as if thousands of birds were chirping at the same time. Hearing it, the meditating Furina opened her eyes and looked toward the arena.
After this short period of time, she had mostly gotten used to the recent boost. And now the big show was about to begin.
"Hum"
Not long after the sound of Chidori appeared, a powerful chakra suddenly erupted from the center of the arena. A violent aura swept outward in all directions. Every person nearby could feel as though some kind of monster had awakened there.
"Nirvana Temple Technique"
Before the surrounding spectators could scatter and flee due to the sudden change, large swathes of white feathers began falling from the sky all around. Upon contact with the feathers, most people fell into a deep sleep. Only a small number remained awake.
And the sudden incidents were far from over. After the genjutsu, numerous ninja wearing Sound Village and Sand Village headbands suddenly rushed into Konoha and began fighting against Konoha's ninja.
At the same time, several giant snakes appeared within Konoha Village. With just casual twists of their bodies, many surrounding buildings collapsed. In an instant, the entire village descended into utter chaos.
The large-scale genjutsu naturally had no effect on Furina, but the same could not be said for Hinata beside her. After being touched by a feather, she immediately collapsed into sleep. Fortunately, Furina reacted quickly and caught her in time so she did not fall to the ground.
As for what to do next, it was simple. Hinata's old man would naturally not fall for this kind of genjutsu either. As the head of the main family, he definitely would not join the front lines of battle. He could just take his daughter and escape together.
"Here, your daughter."
After handing Hinata over to Hyūga Hiashi, who had come searching, Furina prepared to set off to find Baki. Compared to passively waiting, she much preferred taking the initiative.
After receiving Hinata, Hyūga Hiashi looked at Furina's departing back with a trace of hesitation on his face, as though he wanted to say something. But just as he opened his mouth to speak, Furina had already turned into an afterimage and vanished.
"So fast." Looking in the direction where Furina had disappeared, Hyūga Hiashi instinctively widened his Byakugan. Even with the Byakugan's enhancement, he had barely perceived her departure.
Could it be that he had grown too comfortable living peacefully in the village for too long and his strength had declined? Impossible. No matter what, he was still a jōnin. Even if his skills had regressed, how far could they have fallen?
"It seems my daughter's friend is quite extraordinary. My earlier attempt to invite her to take shelter together was somewhat unnecessary."
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"So you're here. I finally found you." Upon spotting a blue figure engaged in battle with a Sunagakure ninja, Baki's eyes instantly turned much fiercer. He then concealed his presence and slowly crept closer.
It was not only Furina searching for Baki. After the plan began, Baki had also been searching for Furina. As long as this Konoha genius remained alive, a stone would always weigh on Baki's heart.
And now, it was time for that stone to finally drop.
After seeing Furina use a Water Release technique to finish off the Sunagakure ninja she had been fighting, the killing intent in Baki's eyes, hidden in the shadows, grew even thicker. So ruthless. She truly could not be allowed to live.
"Wind Release: Wind Blade." Noticing that Furina seemed to have relaxed her guard after killing the Sunagakure ninja, Baki did not hesitate. He opened with his signature ninjutsu for a sneak attack.
Chakra emitted from his hands like sharp blades, slicing silently through the wind toward Furina, who was resting in place.
"Nothing impressive." Seeing the Wind Blade drawing closer while the opponent still appeared completely unaware and remained motionless in place, the corners of Baki's mouth could not help but curl slightly upward. Killing a genius did feel pretty good after all.