Naruto: Scourge of the Ninja World

Gekko Chizan was staring at Han, who was just about to activate his Boil Release.

Suddenly, a memory of a pressure cooker from his previous life popped into his mind.

When using a pressure cooker, it's crucial to ensure the steam release valve is unobstructed. If it gets clogged, the pressure inside can rise rapidly—causing the whole thing to explode.

Right now, in his eyes, Han had become a ticking pressure cooker about to blow.

The principle behind Kokuō's Boil Release was to bring his chakra to the boiling point all at once, causing a sudden surge of strength throughout his entire body.

But chakra is energy. To bring it to a boil like that—just imagine the sheer power of flow needed to make that happen.

In this state, chakra becomes like water turning into steam—it remains as energy within the body, while the steam needs to be expelled outside.

If that steam can't be released... and instead collides with the boiling chakra inside... yeah, based on Gekko Chizan's estimate, the guy would definitely turn into an atomic BOOM.

Han had already begun to activate Boil Release, and the chakra throughout his body was surging wildly.

A terrifying aura began to rise.

In the eyes of all the Iwagakure ninja, the next step was clear: their mighty Jinchuriki, Han-sama, would release his signature steam, then crush those two Konoha ninja in overwhelming fashion.

But in the eyes of Namikaze Minato and Uchiha Fugaku—especially seen through the latter's Sharingan—

Han's chakra was expanding rapidly within his body and had already reached a critical threshold.

"Minato! Watch out! His chakra flow is terrifying! This is beyond human level!"

"He might not be just an ordinary shinobi!"

Uchiha Fugaku had already begun to analyze Han's identity.

"Hooo!!!"

A massive plume of steam had formed, and Han's expression turned wild. He could feel the strength surging inside him.

"Die—"

BOOM!

Just as Han was about to unleash his battle cry, a cracking sound suddenly echoed from his body.

"Hm? What the..."

"This!!!"

The next second, Han's eyes widened in shock. His armor was suddenly splitting open.

You have to understand—his armor was custom-made, so tough that even Namikaze Minato's special kunai couldn't leave a scratch on it.

And now it was cracking?

"Something's wrong... why isn't Han-sama releasing steam?"

The Iwagakure ninja behind him also sensed something was off. By all logic, once Boil Release is activated, the steam should be gushing out.

But now that Han-sama's Boil Release had clearly been activated—there was no steam venting from the armor?

"No!"

Han's eyes turned blood-red. The cracked armor, the missing steam—it all made him realize something was seriously wrong.

Sure enough, the next moment, his body began to shake—more precisely, the armor was expanding.

"Holy sh*t!"

"Minato! Get back!"

With the insight of the Sharingan, Uchiha Fugaku's eyes widened—his three tomoe spinning intensely.

What did he see? Chakra beneath that armor compressed to the limit—and when you add the armor starting to shatter? If his guess was right, the guy was about to explode!

"No!"

Han could feel the trapped steam within his body—he finally realized what had gone wrong. The exhaust valves on his armor had, for some unknown reason, all been clogged.

The steam had nowhere to go.

And that wasn't the worst of it. A wave of paralysis suddenly surged through his body.

As the numbness intensified, he could no longer control his chakra.

And then, with a furious roar, Han exploded!

BOOM!!!

How powerful can a detonation of compressed chakra be?

Gekko Chizan would tell you—he was 2,000 meters (2 kilometers) away from Han! And he still got blown sky-high.

BOOM!!!

A massive mushroom cloud rose into the sky. The blast tremor was so intense that even the entire Land of Grass felt it.

"Holy—Chōmei! Help me!"

"I miscalculated!!!!!!"

Swept up by the shockwave, Gekko Chizan was blasted a hundred meters into the air. His whole body screamed in pain from the force. Good thing he was far enough—any closer, and he'd be coughing up blood by now. As for how he got sent flying—

Well, he had been standing on a tree dozens of meters above the ground. Han had exploded from the ground level, and the shockwave launched him straight into the sky.

Then the gusts triggered by the explosion blew him even higher!

"Hahahahaha! He blew up! He really blew up!"

"That's killing me—Kokuō's Jinchuriki is a damn fool!"

Chōmei burst into laughter the second Han exploded. He couldn't help it.

Getting blasted into the sky by your own signature ninjutsu—who wouldn't die laughing at that?

"Coming in, Chizan!"

"Steady your body!"

Chōmei's chakra surged into his body, and wings instantly sprouted from Gekko Chizan's waist, helping him regain balance.

He immediately flapped his wings to back away, activating his Insect Eyes to observe the blast center.

Hmm... the origin of the explosion—Han—was now completely naked, eyes rolled back in his head, not a stitch on his body.

His skin had burst open like cracked bark. Blood? With an explosion this violent, you think there's blood left? That was vaporized long ago!

As for the Iwagakure ninja—almost all of them were turned to ash.

Wait—survivors?

In the middle of the ten-meter-wide crater, four figures trembled as they emerged. Only then did Gekko Chizan remember—some had activated Earth Release to dive underground at the start.

"Right... where are Minato and Fugaku?"

"Please don't tell me they got blown to sh*t."

The thought of them chasing him came to mind, and Gekko Chizan quickly scanned the surroundings in a panic. Those two absolutely couldn't die. If they did, he'd never be able to return to the village.

After a long search, he finally found them among the ruins a kilometer from the blast center.

But their condition was... not great.

"Fugaku... are you okay?"

"Cough, cough... Two ribs broken, and my left leg might be busted too... You?"

"My right arm's broken... hit my head, bit dizzy... otherwise okay... Good thing I tossed that kunai far enough—if we'd been any closer, we'd be dead..."

Minato clutched his right arm and shook his head, his vision full of static—yup, definitely a concussion.

"Damn it, what the hell happened?"

"Why did he explode like that?"

His heart was pounding with fear. Even though Flying Thunder God got them away from the blast center, the explosion was so powerful that just the shockwave left them both injured.

"Chakra compression—but I don't know why it fluctuated after compression."

"That's all I saw—don't know the details."

"Hiss... damn it, we need to retreat."

Uchiha Fugaku felt pain just from moving. Cold sweat drenched his forehead.

"Okay..."

ROOAAAR!!!!

Just as the two were about to retreat, a savage roar suddenly erupted in the distance.

Namikaze Minato and Uchiha Fugaku's expressions changed instantly.

Because through the fading smoke, they saw a massive beast emerging—its ferocious face twisting in the haze.

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A/N: The principle behind a pressure cooker explosion—feel free to look it up.

Some readers were saying the protagonist is too weak, never fights, always runs.

Come on, guys—the protagonist isn't Naruto or Sasuke, and he's not cold-blooded Kakashi either. He's just a normal person. If his life isn't in danger, he won't fight.

At this point in the story, he's only taken out one sensory ninja—and that was someone preventing his escape. The whole point is that he's walking the path of the cautious.

Yes, the protagonist...

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