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As soon as she finished speaking, she suddenly swung her palm forcefully. Along with several sounds of slicing through the air, several Kunai quickly flew towards Satoru Hyūga, aiming straight for his vital parts.
"Wooden?"
After seeing clearly the material of the Kunai, Satoru Hyūga's pupils constricted slightly.
She knows that I can control metal, so she's replaced all her ninja tools with wooden ones?
After figuring this out, there was a hint of solemnity on Satoru Hyūga's face. He somersaulted backward to the side, narrowly avoiding all the Kunai attacks.
"Even if they're made of wood, these Kunai can still do a lot of damage. I say, Rin, do you want to kill me?"
Satoru Hyūga patted the dust off his body and couldn't help but complain.
Uchiha Rin stared at him coldly and said flatly, "You didn't use your full strength when we fought last time, right? At least you haven't used the Bow & Arrow you took last time!"
Satoru Hyūga pouted. Since a bow is a long - range fighting tool, there's no way he could use it at such a close range.
Uchiha Rin reached for the ninja tool pouch on her waist and threw out another pile of wooden Kunai. These Kunai collided with each other in mid - air, changing their trajectories and forming an airtight web as they swept towards him.
Satoru Hyūga was shocked. She actually used the Uchiha Throwing Technique on wooden Kunai. You know, the rebound coefficients of metal and wood are completely different. With the same throwing technique, using wooden ones is much more difficult!
She didn't get any advantage from this move last time, so now she's using the same ploy with wood?
Satoru Hyūga let out a bitter laugh. She's really a grind.
With a metal Kunai in his hand, he retreated while blocking all the incoming Kunai. Fortunately, his reaction speed had been greatly improved under the activation of the current, so dealing with this kind of attack was more than enough for him.
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw that the place where Uchiha Rin had been standing before was already empty. There was a sound of breaking through the air beside him, and a slender calf swept towards him, with the toe aimed right at his chest.
Satoru Hyūga dodged to the side. The toe grazed across his chest, and the wind from the kick howled.
This girl is serious!
Feeling the pressure, Satoru Hyūga didn't dare to underestimate her. He instantly activated his Byakugan and entered the combat state.
The sounds of physical collisions kept echoing in the forest, making the leaves of the big trees fall one by one to the ground.
"Why don't you use the Silent Fist?" Uchiha Rin asked, curious.
"I don't really like that. The Silent Fist is too rigid and its movements are too stiff."
Satoru Hyūga raised his palm to block the sweeping calf, then exerted force with his right fist and punched at her Sukune, forcing her to retreat.
"But if I break down the boxing techniques and attack the weak points, it's actually more suitable for my rhythm."
Uchiha Rin nodded. Indeed, if it were the regular attack pattern of the Silent Fist, she might have already found flaws in it. But Satoru Hyūga's attacks were completely unorganized, and each strike hit her weak points. The power was even a bit greater than that of the Silent Fist.
Seeing that she couldn't gain any advantage in close combat, Uchiha Rin jumped back a step to increase the distance between her and Satoru Hyūga while forming hand seals.
After seeing the sequence of the hand seals, Satoru Hyūga raised his eyebrows and said with a hint of disdain, "I advise you to use the Fireball Technique less in the future. This thing ain't gonna kill anyone."
However, as if Uchiha Rin didn't even hear him, she took a deep breath and instantly spat out a large orange-red blazing fireball.
Satoru Hyūga was shocked. The target of the fireball wasn't him, but the open space between him and Uchiha Rin!
The massive fireball slammed into the ground in an instant. The flames swept the fallen leaves and scattered them everywhere. Gray and black smoke billowed up, making Satoru Hyūga cough a few times. The situation suddenly became unfavorable for him.
Was the initial observation to size up the terrain and come up with a battle plan?
She even took into account the Leaf Drop on the ground!
Satoru Hyūga squinted his eyes, which were stung by the smoke and hard to open, and kept scanning the surroundings. But in just a few breaths' time, Uchiha Rin's figure had already vanished.
No, or rather, she even calculated in the fresh leaves left from the earlier close combat using Gitai. The fresh leaves mingled with the dead ones and burned, giving off an even more revolting smoke that would greatly interfere with my vision.
Taking a shallow breath, Satoru Hyūga scanned the surroundings and shouted softly.
"Trying to block my vision with smoke ain't gonna work. You should know that the Byakugan can see through chakra."
No one replied to him. Only the rustling sound of the flames gobbling up the dead leaves could be heard.
Tch!
Satoru Hyūga covered his nose and mouth, pursed his lips, and squinted as he scanned the surroundings.
The Byakugan was already activated to the max, observing every change around.
Suddenly, something unexpected popped up!
The ground behind him suddenly caved in. Before he even had a chance to react, a slender arm wrapped around his upper body, pinning his hands and body down. A wooden Kunai was pointed at his throat.
"Yes, the Byakugan can see chakra, but can it see deep underground?"
Uchiha Rin held the wooden Kunai pointed at Satoru Hyūga's throat. A proud look appeared on her delicate face as she softly said,
"I win."
Using the smoke from the burning flames to briefly stop me from maintaining the Byakugan, then using Earth Style to sneak deep underground and bide your time?
Satoru Hyūga couldn't help but praise. Uchiha Rin's combat thinking and strength were probably on par with that of a Genin.
However...
"Thinking you can beat me with just a cheap trick like that, you're way too naive."
The corner of his mouth curled slightly.
"You've been trying to figure out ways to counter my Byakugan. Have you forgotten my other Kekkei Genkai?"
Uchiha Rin's pupils slightly constricted. As if remembering something, her gaze dropped slightly. Suddenly, a chill rose up her spine.
There was a metal Shuriken hovering in front of her throat, spinning slowly.
"When..."
Her voice quivered a bit, and the pride from before was nowhere to be seen.
"To be exact, the moment your Fireball Technique went off, I used Magnet Release to make four Shuriken hover around. As soon as you showed up, these Shuriken would surely take your life. When it comes to speed, I'm faster!"
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Satoru Hyūga's voice was quite calm, with a hint of joy, as if at this moment he wasn't having his upper body seized and a Kunai held against his throat.
Hearing Satoru Hyūga's words, Uchiha Rin looked around and indeed spotted three other slowly spinning Shuriken floating around her.
「Magnet Release... What a terrifying ability.」
「I lost...」
The Kunai was weakly moved away from Satoru Hyūga's throat. All the arrogance in Uchiha Rin's eyes disappeared, leaving only loss and dejection.
「Hey, don't give up on yourself. After all, your Sharingan hasn't awakened yet. If you had the Sharingan, the outcome would really be hard to say.」
Worried that the other party might give up, Satoru Hyūga couldn't help but speak up.
「You don't need to comfort me. I'm not that fragile.」
Glaring coldly at Satoru Hyūga, the light that had once been in Uchiha Rin's eyes reappeared.
「I'll challenge you again later. I remember the bet. From now on, I'll cover all your ninja tool expenses.」
Hearing the last sentence, a glint flashed in Satoru Hyūga's eyes. Here it is, here it is. I've finally been waiting for this.
「But I have a doubt.」 Uchiha Rin pondered for a while and said, 「Why is your Magnet Release so powerful? I remember that ordinary Magnet Release can't control Shuriken and Kunai so freely. Otherwise, Sunagakure wouldn't be the weakest village.」
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