Chapter 52 Shuriken
"It's that Uchiha Hirohiko!
Muzi is in trouble!"
"Yes! A genius of the Uchiha
clan."
"Hey, look at Yutaka's face,
is he worried about Muzi?"
The stands were abuzz with
whispers. From time to time, someone glanced at Hyuga Yutaka, who was staring
intently at the field with a serious expression. Nozawa Souta next to him also
had a worried look on his face.
Hearing someone mention Hyuga
Yutaka worrying about her, Muzi turned her head and glanced at him, only to
feel disappointed again.
He isn't worried about me; he's
observing Hirohiko Uchiha!
Muzi turned back, but a sharp
light glinted in her eyes.
Even this Hirohiko Uchiha garners
more attention than me? How infuriating!
At this point, the match had
begun. Hirohiko, with a poker face, reached into his ninja bag, pulled out a
few shurikens, and prepared to attack. Seeing Muzi's sharp gaze suddenly, he
was slightly taken aback.
Why... do her eyes suddenly seem
so intense?
Although surprised, Hirohiko
didn't hesitate. The shurikens in his hand flew straight towards Muzi.
Muzi stared intently.
Shurikens?
At that moment, she reached into
her ninja bag, grabbed a few shurikens, and flung them with a flick of her
hand.
"Ding ding ding!"
With four crisp sounds, the eight
shurikens collided and fell to the ground.
When it comes to shurikens, I
won't lose to you! Even if you are a genius of the Uchiha clan!
Muzi stretched her hands into the
ninja tool bags on her left and right hips, as if preparing to grab more
shurikens.
But Hirohiko, already holding a
kunai, was about to engage in close combat. Seeing Muzi's movements, he stopped
in his tracks, holding the kunai across his chest, ready to defend against
another wave of shurikens. At the same time, his other hand touched the ninja
bag behind him.
Is she a ninja who excels at using
ninja tools?
Hirohiko already had an assessment
in his mind.
Seeing Hirohiko's posture, a sneer
appeared on Muzi's face. Though her appearance was plain, this smile gave her a
unique heroic aura.
"Take this!"
Muzi swung both hands together,
releasing eight shurikens through the air. After throwing them, she suddenly
rushed towards Hirohiko, forming seals with her hands at an astonishing speed.
"What a fast hand seal
speed!" Kiba, who was in the stands, healing his injuries while watching
the competition, had surprise reflected in his eyes. That seal speed is
comparable to my own!
This Muzi Kiko must be the girl in
Hyuga Yutaka's team! She looks ordinary, but she's very powerful!
"Muzi Kiko..." Yukina
also pondered, "This name sounds familiar. No, the surname Muzi is very
familiar."
Uzumaki Kushina looked at Hirohiko
in the field and said silently, "Hirohiko, don't be careless!"
Although Muzi Kiko was relatively unknown, her strength was not to be
underestimated.
Eight shurikens flew in, and
Hirohiko stared closely at the kunai in his hand. He looked past the shurikens
and at her hand seals.
This seal... I have never seen it before!
At that moment, Muzi completed her
hand seals.
Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu!
Each of the eight shurikens
multiplied, and within an instant, they turned into twenty-four shurikens,
roaring towards Hirohiko.
"A-level ninjutsu!" Kiba
almost blurted out.
Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu, a
ninjutsu created by the Third Hokage, applies the Shadow Clone Technique to
shurikens, making the thrown shurikens multiply infinitely, forming a rain of
blades and causing massive damage.
This was the ninjutsu the Third
Hokage used against Orochimaru, with a difficulty level of A! This Muzi Kiko,
who appeared to be only twelve years old, had mastered A-level ninjutsu?
Could she be a genius too? A
genius with ninja tools?
Kiba was shocked, feeling that the
children of this era were incredibly strong! Hirohiko and Yukina don't
count—after all, they are geniuses with Sharingan and Byakugan, powerful
bloodline limits. But this Muzi Kiko didn't seem to have any bloodline limit.
Mastering A-level ninjutsu at this age was extraordinary!
In the original work, the Third
Great Ninja War period is largely blank. Except for a brief mention of the
Kannabi Bridge in the Kakashi Gaiden, Kiba knew very little about this era.
Muzi... has already mastered that
technique. It wasn't in vain that she practiced so hard for so many years.
Calculating roughly, it must have been six years.
Now I can still recall how she was
when she pestered the Third Hokage to teach her this technique. Being able to
perform secondary shadow differentiation, though far from the Third Hokage's
level, achieving this at the age of twelve is remarkable. It seems she
practiced a lot!
Uzumaki Kushina showed a shallow
smile, clearly familiar with Muzi Kiko.
Yukina's gaze focused on Muzi's
hands. Her hands were not flawless and fair like a typical girl's but had many
scratches, likely from shurikens. These scars had formed something akin to
calluses over the years. Muzi's hands were like hers—practiced, not beautiful,
but experienced hands.
But Yukina looked at her own hands
unconsciously. They were fair and flawless. Even though she practiced Gentle
Fist every day, her hands remained beautiful.
My practice is not enough!
Yukina thought so.
"A-level ninjutsu! This Muzi
Kiko, I remember..." Jiraiya murmured.
"Cough!" Orochimaru
coughed, interrupting him.
Jiraiya suddenly became alarmed
and looked at Tsunade, seeing her brows twitching. She seemed related to Muzi
Kiko and looked displeased.
Jiraiya twitched the corner of his
mouth.
So close!
At that moment, Hirohiko's pupils
contracted slightly. A scarlet light flashed, and his Sharingan opened.
Looking at the shurikens flying
all over the sky, he lowered his body, and his double tomoe Sharingan kept
moving, completely capturing all the flight trajectories of the kunai.
"Ding ding ding!"
Shurikens flew everywhere as
Hirohiko flicked his left hand, throwing two shurikens, then swung his kunai
quickly. The shurikens flew around; some hit the ground with a "duh"
sound, while others turned into small clouds of white mist with a "boom"
after landing.
The two shurikens Hirohiko threw
bounced left and right, making two "dang dang" sounds as they
deflected and collided in mid-air. With a final "ding," they
separated on impact, one left and one right, brushing past Muzi Kiko's cheeks.
What!
Muzi paused and looked back at the
two "aggressive" shurikens embedded in the ground.
Using the power of the shurikens
to rotate and collide to change their flight trajectories, can this be done?
What a delicate shuriken control
technique this is.
Is this the genius of the Uchiha
clan who awakened his Sharingan at the age of seven?
Muzi's face was full of shock as
two drops of blood rolled down her cheeks.