Setting The Wolf Free - Ch 54

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Having heard the second man's screaming, the third man runs towards the girl, his steps uncoordinated and heavy, as if he's struggling to control his limbs. Having figured out by now that he'd purposely let them in here and that these men were some of his test subjects, the young girl considered the possibility that this one could very well be having trouble controlling himself. A lot of them seemed to have that problem...

Sensing that this man is a lot bulkier than the rest, thus making him harder to down with a single hit, the young girl curls her right hand into a fist and focuses a large amount of chakra in it.

As a low growl escapes through her clenched teeth, the girl leaps at her third victim at high speed, throwing her arm forwards and slugging the man in the face with a powerful punch. His nose collapses beneath the girl's fist, a most unpleasant crunching sound coming from it, before momentum causes the man to fall over backwards.

The ground quakes as the large man falls on his back, with the girl landing on his stomach in a crouched position.

"I'll finish you...." she hisses, lifting her hands up and glaring down into her palms, as if trying to conjure something up through pure concentration. A thin sheen of sweat quickly forms on the girl's brow as the man begins growling beneath her, his large hand reaching up and gripping her ankle tightly.

The girl's hands begin to shake, tiny flashes of electricity appearing and disappearing around them, as the man below suddenly lifts his head and roars angrily in the girl's face.

Lifting her eyes to glare at the spot where the man's face is, the girl bares her teeth viciously and swiftly throws her head forwards. With a painful crack, the girl's forehead collides with the man's, the force of the blow causing his head to fly back and hit the hard floor again.

Ignoring the pain and the way blood begins trickling down her forehead, the girl suddenly smirks, lightning now sparking in both of her hands and up her forearms. The blue electricity lights up the girl's face, casting eerie shadows across it as she grins evilly down at the half conscious man below her, raising both arms above her head.

With a sickly gleeful chuckle, the girl throws her arms down and slams her hands against the man's chest. The lightning instantly travels down the girl's arms and envelopes the man, causing his body to twist and jerk uncontrollably, a pained moan escaping his mouth.

As soon as the man ceases moving, the electricity also fading, the numerous lanterns lining the stone walls suddenly light up with small flames, allowing the girl to glance down at her victim.

The middle of his face had caved in considerably, resulting in a few lost and broken teeth. While his eyes are open, they'd rolled into the back of his head, and blood is pooling on the floor beneath his head. Thanks to the electricity, the man's skin had blackened a lot too, steam wafting up from his corpse and filling the room with the smell of overcooked meat and iron.

"Well done......" a low voice hisses with amusement. "I'm quite impressed Ashley....."

The girl slowly lifts her head and raises her eyes at the sound of the voice, a stony expression on her young face. She watches as a tall man steps out from behind one of the pillars, his arms crossed and green eyes gleaming with excitement.

"This was just a test then?" Ashley questions, sliding down from the dead man's stomach and placing her arms down by her side as the newcomer nods. "I don't understand the point of it Lord Orochimaru. This was not difficult in the least."

"It wasn't meant to be difficult child" the pale skinned man chuckles eerily, "It was meant to test your prowess."

"Lord Orochimaru wanted to see how far you've come" another voice explains flatly, as a silver haired man steps out from behind another pillar, one hand on his hip. "We know you can activate the Sharingan, and we've seen that you can use it to predict movement.....But Lord Orochimaru wanted to see if you'd be able to see people's chakra networks with it."

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