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Chapter 83 Little Hinata Mukai

Alcohol numbs the nerves and slows reaction time, so ninjas rarely drink. Even if they do, they won't drink during a mission, let alone just before a battle.

But this young Hinata Mukai drank it right before the fight started.

The people of Konoha, however, did not take it seriously. Instead, they showed expressions of confidence and certainty of victory. Some of the younger people even cheered for Kohinata with great enthusiasm, looking as if they had already won.

Even the Third Hokage smiled.

(Could he be a drunken boxing prodigy like Leonardo DiCaprio?)

Ryuji wondered to himself.

"Are you ready?"

Minato Namikaze looked at the two of them and asked.

Yin nodded slightly.

Kohinata Mukai chuckled softly, tilted his head back, swallowed the remaining sake in the bottle, and then threw away the empty bottle.

He wiped his mouth and said heartily, "Ready?"

Minato Namikaze nodded. "Then, let the duel officially begin."

The moment the words fell, the ground that had just been repaired by Earth Release was crushed. Gin rushed to Hinata's side and punched him in the face with his fist, which was wrapped in thick chakra.

Kohinata still had a drunken look on his face, and his body swayed as if he was about to fall at any moment, making the Sand Village ninja watching him hold their breath in worry.

After all, Yin's fist is no joke. If you take a solid punch, you'll either die or go on a journey to the gates of hell.

Call ~

The wind from the punch howled, blowing Kohinata's hair up and filling her entire field of vision with the fist.

Seeing that he was about to kill someone with one punch, Gin remembered his master's mission and reduced the burst of chakra.

However, in that instant, Kohinata's nonchalant gaze suddenly turned fierce, and her left hand, which had been raised at some point, slapped Gin's fist away, leaving her wide open.

"Miss, you shouldn't have made such a basic mistake!"

Kohinata murmured softly, her right hand already pressed against Gin's lower abdomen.

boom!

The seemingly weak palm strike possessed a penetrating force, the wind from the palm passing through Yin's body and exiting from her lower back, causing her entire body to bend over and fly away into the distance.

"Gentle Fist!"

Seeing Gin covering his mouth and vomiting uncontrollably, Ryuji exclaimed in alarm.

"I didn't expect that Lady Aya had also heard of Gentle Fist."

Hearing the exclamation beside him, Sarutobi explained with a beaming smile, "Kohinata Mukai's great-grandmother was a member of the Hyuga clan and left behind the Gentle Fist manual for the branch family, so Kohinata knows some of it."

"So that's how it is." Ryuji suddenly realized.

Although he initially felt that the surname Kohinata was very similar to Hinata, Kohinata Mukai did not have Byakugan, so he did not think too much about it and did not expect that there was such a connection.

The reason why Kohinata doesn't have Byakugan is probably because, after several generations, the Hyuga blood in her body has become so diluted that it's almost nonexistent.

"I've heard that Gentle Fist is a secret taijutsu of the Hyuga clan, and its skill is so profound that it's hard to find a taijutsu in the entire ninja world that can compare." At this point, Ryuji gave a teasing look and continued, "It seems the Hokage was prepared all along!"

"There's nothing we can do. This ninja named Gin is just too outstanding. She even left a deep impression on Minato. If we don't make some preparations, I'm afraid no one in Konoha can be her match." Sarutobi said with a smile, leaving Ryuji with no reason to refute her. He could only curse inwardly: "Old fox."

However, thinking of Gin's situation, Ryuji smiled again, "I didn't expect the Hokage to value Gin so much. But, your preparations are a bit off!"

"Yeah?"

Sarutobi stared intently at Ryuji, and seeing that there was no pretense in his expression, he couldn't help but look back at the arena.

Yin was still vomiting while clutching her lower abdomen.

As for Kohinata... perhaps feeling that victory was already assured, he did not press his advantage. He stood there with great composure, took out a cigarette and lighter from his pocket, and slowly lit it.

(I don't see anything wrong with it!)

Sarutobi frowned deeply.

Gentle Fist can penetrate the body's surface defenses to directly damage internal organs, and it can also block the flow of chakra in the meridian system through pressure point strikes. Even its simple fighting techniques are at the top level in the ninja world, completely countering Silver.

Although Kohinata only knows a portion of Gentle Fist passed down from his great-grandmother, he has already mastered it to an unparalleled level, surpassing even the Hyuga family in proficiency.

That's why Sarutobi chose to field Kohinata instead of Minato.

after all.

Although Minato is fast, his attack methods are limited.

It's uncertain whether his Rasengan could break through Gin's hardened body. Furthermore, the limited size of the dueling arena greatly restricts his speed.

If Gin were to harden his entire body and then indiscriminately destroy the field, he would be completely unable to fight or run away, effectively neutralizing Minato.

But it's Kohinata who's going to play, not Minato!

Why is Long Er so confident?

Despite being completely outmatched and having been caught off guard by a palm strike, putting him at a significant disadvantage, why is he still so confident?

After his performance in the previous round, Sarutobi absolutely did not believe that Ryuji was bluffing. But no matter how he thought about it, he couldn't figure out where Gin's chances of winning lay.

This feeling of knowing something was fishy but not being able to see through it made him so frustrated he felt like vomiting blood, and to make matters worse, it happened twice today.

……

Stomp out the cigarette butt and looked up at the girl opposite him—the girl was still vomiting, and he scratched his head in distress.

Then he sighed deeply and said, "I say, it's about time we admitted defeat!"

Yin ignored him and continued to vomit while clutching her lower abdomen.

Kohinata sighed helplessly and continued, "Although you restrained your chakra at the last moment, the outcome wouldn't have changed if you hadn't stopped. I do only know a little bit of Gentle Fist, but if I cultivate that little bit to its peak, I can still dissipate the power of a mountain splitting."

And in the end, I did hold back and didn't rupture your stomach. But if you can't recover quickly, you'll have to stay like this.

"Stomach?"

Yin paused for a moment, then tried to vomit again, but nothing came out.

Kohinata didn't pay attention, assuming that Gin had vomited for so long that he had already emptied his stomach.

But when I glanced at the ground out of the corner of my eye, I realized there was nothing there.

Yin was unable to vomit anything from the very beginning.

Kohinata stared wide-eyed at Gin in disbelief and asked, "Hey, what's wrong with your body?"

Yin didn't answer, but instead vomited even more forcefully.

Seeing this, Kohinata was speechless.

He turned to Shuimen and asked him to deliver the verdict.

Just then, the vomiting stopped.

Kohinata turned around and saw Gin standing up, looking completely satisfied.

"Hey, what's with that ecstatic look on your face?" Kohinata couldn't help but complain.

Gin took a deep breath, then looked coldly at Kohinata, "You don't need to go easy on me, because I don't have a stomach at all. Even if you don't hold back, I won't have any problems."

Besides, you were fine when you attacked.

Because you cannot cause me any effective harm.

(End of this chapter)