"Neat trick, Uchiha." The figure in front of Renjiro scoffed.
'Dammit! I am an Uzumaki! Besides that, this is a Jounin. I am not sure If I can face him and win. The chakra he is exuding seems sinister.' Renjiro thought as his gaze focused on the figure before him.
Standing tall and imposing, the man exuded an aura of strength and confidence. He towered over Renjiro with his lean yet muscular frame a formidable sight to behold.
He was wearing dark grey robes that reminded Renjiro of a certain village elder in their later years.
But it was the weapon in the man's hand that drew Renjiro's attention the most. It was a sword, its blade gleaming in the dim light of the room. Unlike most swords Renjiro had seen before, this one lacked a conventional hilt, instead adorned with nothing more than simple bandages wrapped tightly around its handle.
'I shouldn't even bother using Genjutsu on him, he already saw me using it against their chunins, so he would probably be wary about it and start disrupting his chakra. While that does not mean it won't work, it just means that it would be harder for him to fall for it.'
Despite the daunting presence of this new arrival, Renjiro remained composed. His was mind clear and his senses sharp as he awaited for the figure in front of him to make the first move.
'He isn't attacking me, so he isn't rash. But if he isn't going to come to me then I will gladly go to him.'
The robbed man thought as he closed the distance between himself and Renjiro in a flash and used his sword to strike at Renjiro's side.
"Bap!"
The sound of steel meeting flesh reverberated, Renjiro had reacted with his lightning-fast reflexes, his arms snapping up to intercept the slashing strike aimed at his side.
'He is strong, very strong!' Renjiro widened his eyes.
The force of the blow sent shockwaves rippling through his muscles, causing a jolt of pain to shoot up his arms as he absorbed the impact.
It happened so fast that Renjiro did not get time to retrieve any bladed weapon, or even his staff to block the sword strike so he opted to use his forearm.
'If I had known he was this strong, I would have tried to dodge it. Actually no, If I did try to dodge it, he would have followed it with another strike.'
A huge gash appeared on Renjiro's forearms as a result of the blocking. This caused the man to smirk at the sight as he introduced himself, "I am Kurogane Ohashi. Nice to meet you!"
Though Renjiro remained silent in response, he did not have time to reply when the smile was wiped off Ohashi's face as he noticed the wound on Renjiro's arm started to heal.
The healing was not instant or anything close to that, but it was fast enough for it to be registered by the naked eye.
'He can also regenerate? I just hope it isn't as crazy as those cult bastards.' Ohashi thought.
While Ohashi was still stupefied by what had just happened, Renjiro saw this opportunity and took it.
He channelled his chakra with deliberate precision and after he reinforced his arm with Yin chakra, he punched Ohashi squarely in the face.
As the powerful punch connected with Ohashi, the force of the blow sent him hurtling backwards, crashing into the surrounding wall with a bone-jarring impact.
Yet, that was not enough to deter him as Ohashi's resilience proved unyielding with him swiftly rising to his feet.
'Dammit! I need to be serious!' Ohashi inwardly cursed.
"Crack!"
Ohashi twisted his jaw into place before he hurled two shurikens toward Renjiro with deadly accuracy, the gleaming blades slicing through the air with lethal intent.
Seeing the approaching shurikens, Renjiro sprang into action as he retrieved his staff from a storage seal in a seamless motion. With deft precision, he intercepted the incoming shurikens, embedding his staff into the shurikens' eyes and using their momentum to redirect them back towards Ohashi.
"Slash!"
However, Ohashi was already completing his next move as he swung his sword and released chakra slashes at Renjiro.
As the shurikens arced through the air, they served as a temporary barrier against the oncoming onslaught of chakra slashes.
Though the chakra slashes sliced each shuriken into two, the seconds it took to do so gave Renjiro enough time to prepare his jutsu.
Following a deep breath, Renjiro decided to use the fiery power of his most potent jutsu, the majestic destroyer flame. He unleashed a torrent of scorching flames that engulfed Ohashi and the remnants of the chakra slashes in a searing inferno.
Renjiro then deftly landed on a nearby tree branch watching as the intense flames roared to life with blistering intensity. While the jutsu was his strongest, Renjiro knew that it was not enough to deal with Ohashi so he steeled himself for anything the latter would try to do next.
Thankfully, Ohashi acted sooner as Renjiro was forced to dodge a deadly rain of senbons that hurtled toward him with lethal precision before he flickered away.
Renjiro's eyes narrowed as he locked onto the source of the senbons which was unsurprisingly Ohashi. He had used an earth jutsu to traverse the terrain and appear behind Renjiro in a flash of movement.
With a calculated flick of his wrist, Ohashi unleashed another volley of senbons towards Renjiro.
This time Renjiro did not doge and instead intercepted several of the poisoned projectiles, his hands moving with precision as he deflected them away from his body.
As the senbons clattered harmlessly to the ground, Renjiro examined them closely,
'So they are poisonous. I guess this time to test the extent of my Chakra Seinou.'
A grim smile tugged at the corners of his lips as a plan was forming in his mind. He closed the distance between them and threw another punch, ignoring the senbons hitting him and those already sticking out in his skin.
Renjiro's fist sliced through the air with precision, as he aimed directly at Ohashi's chest. However, the jounin anticipated the attack, smoothly sidestepping. In the same fluid motion, Ohashi countered with a powerful palm strike of his own, aimed squarely at Renjiro's midsection.
'That's weird, he was punching earlier but now he is using plam attacks. Is he changing his taijutsu style?'
Renjiro thought as he took the full brunt of the attack. He had experienced both Puches and sword strikes of Ohashi and from what he felt the palm attacks were the weakest. So Renjiro was confused as to why Ohashi opted for that medium of attack.
The clash between the two shinobi intensified as it continued, their movements blurring as they fully displayed their taijutsu styles.
Each strike was met with a swift block or evasion, as they both tried to get an advantage against the other.
Despite all that, neither Renjiro nor Ohashi could gain the upper hand, their movements locked in a tense stalemate.
'This isn't helping.'
After blocking a few pal attacks, Renjiro executed a backward flip, as his mind raced with strategies to gain an advantage over Ohashi. However, as he landed and prepared to unleash his wind jutsu, a sudden wave of discomfort washed over him, causing him to falter.
'What.. i-is happening?'
A sharp pang of pain shot through Renjiro's body, causing him to grimace as he struggled to maintain his focus. It felt as though his chakra was being disrupted, interfering with his ability to perform ninjutsu effectively.
"I-Is this poison?" Renjiro could not help but mutter.
'Maybe I overestimated my chakra seinou, I should have just avoided those poisoned senbons.'
Renjiro's brow furrowed in thought. He attempted to pinpoint the source of the disruption by probing his chakra network for any irregularities or blockages that could be causing the interference.
While there was some logic to this action, it only made things worse as the pain intensified. It even now carried a new sensation that overtook Renjiro.
Renjiro's heart pounded in his chest with a mixture of fear and frustration as he recognized this sensation, it was Paralysis! As the seconds passed by, Renjiro struggled against an invisible force that held him in place, but it was as if his muscles refused to respond to his commands.
'Shit! I can't move!'
The paralysis was followed by some black stripes that started to mar Renjiro's. Each mark seared him with an intense heat, causing Renjiro to grit his teeth against the pain. All this happened in a span of a few seconds making Renjiro paralysed in an uncomfortable position.
Ohashi who was just about to make his next move stopped and laughed at the sight.
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