193. S.N.S


    <span style="font-weight:400">“So what’s the n for today?” Nozomi asked as she walked besides Tomoka hand in hand. Thest week they have been training for the uing final phase of the chunin exams. Though in reality their training had decreased in intensity instead.


    <span style="font-weight:400">With their current strength it would be a miracle if anyone could take them down. Instead they had spent their time with light training and rxing. Afterall, getting hurt while training would be detrimental for their performance.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Well I was thinking we could-” Tomoka suddenly stopped herself mid sentence as a wide maniac grin spread through her face.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Scratch that I just got great news. Let’s go back home for the time being.” With that said Tomoka did a one eighty and began walking back. Hinata just looked at her back while wondering what had happened now. Shrugging towards each other, both girls followed Tomoka.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Back home Nozomi couldn’t contain her curiosity any longer. “So what’s the big deal?” She asked while trying to discern any clues from Tomoka’s actions. The girl in question just smiled before biting her thumb. A momentter she mmed her hand on the ground


    <span style="font-weight:400">resulting in a small smoke cloud as a spider appeared on top of a small box.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Well, one of the many projects I have justpleted. The S.N.S project.” That didn’t tell the girls much. Though Tomoka had told them about some of her projects there were simply too many to bother keeping track of. Not to mention projects would pop out of the wood works every other day as well as some bing abandoned.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Alright and the S.N.S project is?” This time Hinata was the one to ask.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“The super ninja serum. As its name implies it’s a serum that once taken will make anyone a top notch ninja candidate.” Saying this Tomoka opened the small box. Inside were three injectors with clear liquid inside shimmering green and purple.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“My phantoms just finished testing them on clones so they are one hundred percent safe.” Saying this Tomoka took one injector before setting the box on the kitchen counter.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Okay… so what does it do? I mean what does it do specifically?” Nozomi asked, picking up one of the injectors inspecting the swirling liquid inside.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“A few things. First it will enhance your body to its absolute limit. This will make your base all around better. Stronger muscles, harder bones, tougher skin, better reflexes as I said, all around better. Aside from that it will drastically increase your healing speed making it visible to the naked eye. Increased chakra reserves and regeneration, once again, all around better.” Once Tomoka finished her exnation she felt both pride and satisfaction seeing their amazed expressions.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Will it hurt?” Hinata asked, seeing the liquid inside her vial with suspicion. Nothing came free. She knew Tomoka wouldn’t hurt them or give them something dangerous, that didn’t mean she would coddle them. If that were the case she wouldn’t let them be ninjas nor would she train them as harshly as she did.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Oh it will hurt. It will hurt like all hell. From my phantom reports the pain would more likely than not knock you out. Unfortunately that is not an option as the changes also affect the nervous system which will keep you awake” Tomoka didn’t sugar coat it. Her phantoms had tried by all means to decrease the pain it produced with some sess. After all, many of the clones had died from shock due to the pain.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Hearing Tomoka’s words made the two gulp audibly. The two were a bit torn between epting the S.N.S or not. One hand the pain would be horrible, on the other they will grow that much stronger. Nozomi contemted her options while thinking about the future. At least the one Tomoka had told her about. A future where she would have been long dead. A future where her current strength would beughable. A future where she would be powerless.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Nozomi didn’t need to think about it for any longer. Taking a deep breath she plunged the injector on her arm. Now all she had to do was press the button on top. Taking another deep breath she did and waited. She felt the cool liquid entering her body. With trepidation she waited for it to start its gruesome work. She didn’t have to wait for long.