When Shirota-sensei announced the sparring partners, Kushina, who was being admonished by Mikoto, couldn't help but widen her eyes.
Not only her, but Minato and Mikoto were also shocked. Uchiha Yoruki had a calm expression. After his name was called, he slowly walked towards the center of the field. This time, everyone's eyes were focused on Mikoto.
She had a gentle face, but she couldn't help but frown at this moment. The expression in her black pupils became serious, and then she walked through the crowd towards the center of the field.
"Mikoto, come on, you must not lose to this guy!" Kushina's loud voice came from behind her.
"Yeah," Mikoto replied lightly, slightly side-eyeing Kushina. At the same time, she saw Minato behind Kushina from the corner of her eye.
The latter also raised his hand and gave a thumbs up.
Although Minato had never seen Mikoto fight, in his class, apart from him, only Mikoto could spar with Kushina now, and her strength was undoubtedly strong. Whether she was stronger than Uchiha Yoruki from the same clan, he didn't know.
Mikoto walked into the field, then put her hands together very politely and saluted the other party.
"Don't worry, I will show mercy to a girl," Uchiha Yoruki on the opposite side smiled.
After Mikoto saluted, she straightened her waist and said, "This is just the etiquette of the ninja school. As for showing mercy, there is no need. I don't want you to get hurt. I can't bear the blame from the elders."
Uchiha Yoruki's face changed slightly when he heard this. His father is an elder of the Uchiha clan, and his status is higher than Mikoto's parents.
"You too. I will make sure you don't get too hurt so Brother Fugaku will not come to trouble me," Uchiha Yoruki said while saluting like Mikoto.
The Fugaku he mentioned is the son of the current head of the Uchiha clan. He is a prodigy and the young head of the clan. He is older than the others and Mikoto, and he usually took good care of Mikoto.
"Don't worry," Mikoto said lightly.
At this time, Shirota-sensei, who is between the two, could already feel the atmosphere solidifying a little and immediately said, "The battle begins!"
Clank! When his voice fell, Shirota-sensei hurriedly retreated, and two figures crossed the distance between them and collided with each other.
Uchiha Yoruki and Mikoto both held a black kunai in their hands. The previous sound was the sound of the two kunai colliding.
"So fast!" The speed of the two combatants surprised Shirota-sensei, who had just retreated. As for the rest of the students, they couldn't see the movements of the two at all. Only Kushina and Minato could keep up.
Mikoto and Uchiha Yoruki collided, their eyes sharp and focused. Uchiha Yoruki was not bad, but Mikoto's current appearance did not show her usual gentleness. She was gentle, but it did not mean she was weak. If anyone underestimated her, they would suffer.
The collision of the two kunai was a competition of strength.
"I underestimated you," Uchiha Yoruki said, holding the kunai in his right hand and exerting force with his left hand. His arm trembled slightly, a physical reaction caused by excessive force. Mikoto's situation was the same; her arm trembled more severely. After all, she was a girl and couldn't compete with Uchiha Yoruki in strength.
Not wanting to communicate with Yoruki, Mikoto quickly loosened her arm strength and put her hands down. Uchiha Yoruki, not using all his strength, attacked her face with the kunai. However, she had already prepared for this. She leaned back and avoided Uchiha Yoruki's attack, her body flexibility shocking everyone.
Mikoto supported herself on the ground with both hands, then turned her body upside down and performed a roundhouse kick. However, Yoruki's reaction was also impressively fast. When Mikoto's roundhouse kick was about to hit his abdomen, he just stepped back.
Seeing this, Mikoto exerted force with both arms, jumped up on the spot, and threw the kunai in her hand without even looking.
Clang! The kunai she threw knocked down the kunai Yoruki threw immediately after dodging her attack.
Swish, swish, swish! But this wasn't over. The sound of breaking wind followed, and several shurikens attacked her at tricky angles. This scene was similar to the battle Minato faced a year ago. The shuriken technique was a threat to Minato then, but not to Mikoto.
Her white and tender hand reached into her wide sleeves, producing several more shurikens. At the same time, Mikoto glanced around and then threw several shurikens with both hands.
Clang, clang, clang! Mikoto once again knocked down all the shurikens Uchiha Yoruki had thrown.
"Mikoto's shuriken technique is amazing!" Kushina blinked, dazzled by the shurikens. Mikoto only looked at them a few times and parried them all.
Minato smiled slightly. He didn't think it was an exaggeration. The shuriken techniques of these two people came from the same lineage. But this was enough to show Mikoto's strength!
"You even managed to see through my decoy tactics?" Uchiha Yoruki sighed. He had deliberately exposed a flaw to block all her actions with shurikens. However, he didn't expect that Mikoto could know the location of his first kunai without even observing it.
Could she already judge the location of kunai and shurikens by sound? This is the shuriken technique of the Uchiha clan. Not only can it be observed by vision, but also by hearing.
"What about this time?" Uchiha Yoruki waved his arms again. This time, the number of shurikens he threw was twice as many as before, and the speed seemed even faster.
Mikoto frowned. With her current strength, it was unlikely she could deal with so many shurikens at the same time. Even Minato would feel troubled by such a large number of shurikens at tricky angles.
Ding ding ding! However, she made a quick decision, sending out a few more shurikens to knock down some of the shurikens at tricky angles. While throwing the shurikens, her hands began to form seals quickly. When a shuriken was about half a meter away from her, Mikoto spat out a small fireball from her mouth.
"Fire Release: Phoenix Flower Jutsu!"
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