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Chapter 31 - Camouflage

I was currently in Art class, laying on my head on the desk... Bored.

"Waa!!"

What's now?

Looking at the source of the little feminine scream, I found Sumire covering her mouth with a terrified expression.

I shifted my gaze toward where she was looking. It was on the blackboard, and on it was written: I'M ALWAYS WATCHING YOU SUMIRE.

Pretty creepy if I say so myself, it was probably written by that guy yesterday. Cho-Cho was muttering something, ignoring that, I closed my eyes.

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This is my first time seeing paper rain, and to be honest... It's plain. But the papers weren't plain, they had different quotes and creepy sentences in them.

And all of them had one thing in common: Sumire.

Cho-Cho and the others rushed off, and Shikadai dragged me along. We reached the rooftop. And there he was, and beside him was Sumire who was now cornered into that edge.

"Are you okay, class rep?"

Sarada asked out of worry, and Cho-Cho looked quite angry.

"I knew it was you!"

She said, her tone containing a tinge of anger.

"Could you guys not bother us? We were finally alone together"

Activating my Jougan for a split second, I saw the ominous purple Chakra radiating from him.

So she's using his unstable self to feed Nue, huh, he couldn't leave a scratch if he fought her. And with this act, she wouldn't ever be suspected either... How cunning.

"You damn natto guy! I'm gonna crush you!"

Cho-Cho boldly declared while pointing a finger at him.

"Sumire... I'll get rid of these guys right away, okay?"

He pulled out a Kunai from under his clock and threw it toward Cho-Cho.

*Clang*

Another Kunai swiftly intercepted it and changed its direction, the thrower was obviously the Shuriken-Jutsu specialist: Sarada.

"Thank you, Sarada"

Cho-Cho thanked her, but..

"Hey, Cho-Cho"

"What is it, Boruto?"

"Mind if I step in?"

"Huh?"

I could understand why she would be confused, afterall I barely took action in these past months... Usually, I wouldn't butt in, but the circumstances were different now, that jutsu of his really piqued my interest.

I couldn't even sense him now, a camouflage technique that couldn't be detected even with my sensory abilities... now that's new.

I'm curious about how I will deal with this situation.

"I could really use a hand right now Boruto!"

Shikadai was struggling to block the relentless barrage of kunai. I stopped beside him and put my hand on his shoulder.

"I'll handle it from now on"

Already having witnessed my strength, he backed out without any hesitation. Now, let's try this new Jutsu of mine.

'Heightened Senses'

In an instant, all of my other senses excluding sound disappeared. I couldn't even feel if I was touching the ground right now. My vision was completely black.

*Tap*

*Swoosh*

"!!"

I could the blade cutting the air, heading towards me, I bend my neck.. even though I had no way to confirm it.

Having closed all my other senses, and focusing on a single one, the said sense will be heightened to the extreme. I could freely choose whom and what I should hear.

I dodged several kunai. Left, Right, Up and down, the barrage of kunai came from every direction.

I will end this right now, the next step he takes will be his doom.

*Tap*

I could feel a smirk creeping on my face, with a swift move, I Body-Flickered and swung my leg toward the source. I didn't feel anything, not having any sense of touch is pretty troublesome.

I released my Justu, my eyes burned cuz of the sunlight.

"Phew"

When my eyes adjusted to the sunlight, I was looking down at the front yard of the school, threatening to fall down.

"Close one"

What kept my body from falling was Shikadai, he held onto my hand preventing me from crashing down 5 floors.

"Thanks"

He just chuckled and shook his head in response. I got down from the edge and looked at my surroundings.

"There he is"

He was on the ground to my left, with several teeth spread around him, and blood was continuously flowing out of his mouth.

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"What a troublesome day"

The spiky-haired boy muttered, the stalker was hospitalized and we were currently on a bench near the park.

"Is your ear fine now, Boruto?"

My ear was also bleeding after the fight, the backlash was not severe nor small, this Jutsu of mine is a double-edged blade, If I use it too much, one of my senses can be lost... Permanently.

"Yeah, don't worry. It's Just a scratch"

I sighed, that camouflage Jutsu... Should I learn it? It will prove useful in the future, and in the present as well.

I need to work on a Keke-Genkai soon, I'll start from tomorrow. My Arsenal is too small at the moment.