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Chapter 86 Ryuji VS Uchiha Setsuna

"The third match, please have both players enter the arena!"

As Minato announced this, Ryuji and Setsuna stood up together.

The two of them looked at each other without prior arrangement.

Then, Ryuji chuckled softly, ignoring the other party's provocative gaze, and turned to walk away through the player entrance passage.

Uchiha Setsuna snorted coldly, picked up a black stick as thick as an egg, and jumped into the audience.

The tension between the two men before the battle drew cheers from the audience, who completely forgot that this was a duel for the reputation of the two villages and to resolve their conflict, and treated it as a competition.

Sarutobi was completely unaware of this.

He is still thinking about how to resolve potential future crises with minimal risk.

……

"Da da da..."

The crisp sound of footsteps echoed through the silent passage as Ryuji walked towards the entrance with a smile.

Suddenly, Yin emerged from the staircase around the corner.

"Owner."

Yin bowed respectfully to Long Er.

Long Er nodded slightly and asked, "Are you alright?"

"No problem." Yin said calmly. "That Hinata's punch couldn't damage the device inside my body."

Long Er nodded slightly: "You guess you were lucky this time. When I upgrade your body, I'll create an internal defense system."

Although Gin's body lacks normal human internal organs, it possesses devices that replace those functions. These devices are not as fragile as human internal organs, and Kohinata's penetrating punches posed no threat to them.

However, while it may not pose a threat, it doesn't mean it has no impact at all.

This was the first time Yin had encountered a method that could ignore muscle and bone defenses and directly attack internal organs. As a result, when he was initially struck in the lower abdomen, the shock to his internal organs caused him to feel unwell and vomit incessantly.

I stopped vomiting after I got used to it.

and.

Although Gentle Fist is a martial art that attacks internal organs and meridians through muscles and bones, it doesn't mean it has no external lethality.

With Kohinata's strength, even without using Gentle Fist techniques, he could shatter a boulder with a single punch. Furthermore, the Hyuga main family also possesses techniques that destroy from the surface, making them extremely powerful.

Unfortunately, Kohinata is not a member of the Hyuga clan and only knows a rudimentary version of the Gentle Fist style from the branch family. Gin, on the other hand, has a muscle density more than a hundred times that of a normal person, and his skeletal structure is composed of a combination of various metals and calcium compounds, making his resistance to blows and his endurance far superior to that of ordinary people.

That's why it was able to withstand so many attacks without being harmed.

It's hard to say if it were someone else.

However, if it were someone else, Silver wouldn't have been so easily overwhelmed in melee combat.

In conclusion, the internal defenses are a vulnerability and need improvement.

"Yes, Master."

……

As soon as you enter through the passageway, a wave of cheers, louder and louder, washes away the tranquility.

Ryuji glanced at Uchiha Setsuna, who was waiting for him in the middle of the arena, and chuckled softly before quickening his pace toward her.

"Why is it so slow?"

Upon seeing this enemy who had humiliated him and insulted the Uchiha clan stand before him, Uchiha Setsuna couldn't help but sneer, "Are you afraid of being killed by me in front of everyone, losing both your face and your life, so you're thinking of backing down at the last minute?"

"Scared?" Long Er raised an eyebrow and chuckled softly. "Of course I'm scared. I'm afraid someone will try to scam me again, and I'll end up lying on the ground. Wouldn't I have to kneel down and beg you not to die then?"

"you……"

"Players, ready!"

The exit of the Minato Gate interrupted the furious Setsuna Uchiha.

After two duels where each side spared the other's lives, the relationship between the Sunagakure delegation and Konoha had become more harmonious, and he could not allow the two to continue their confrontation.

This will damage the relationship that has been built up over time.

but.

He also knew that this duel was held to resolve the grudges between the Uchiha clan and the Sunagakure delegation, and it was basically impossible to make them fight each other to the death like in the previous two duels.

(I just hope that both sides can accept defeat and let it go, and don't disregard the previous agreement after losing the duel and seek revenge against each other in private.)

Uchiha Tsatsuki was interrupted, and he was so angry that his face turned red.

He glanced at Minato, who was pretending not to see, then at the smug Ryuji. His face turned from red to dark, almost dripping with gloom. "Fine, fine, fine. I see now. The villagers are all siding with outsiders to bully us Uchiha. Alright, I understand. I'll shut you all up completely. Let's begin!"

Minato opened his mouth, as if to explain something.

But after glancing at Ryuji and the audience shouting in the stands, he couldn't help but shut his mouth.

He took a deep breath, raised his right hand, and announced, "The third duel begins now!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than Uchiha Setsuna swung his staff in a wide arc, slashing forward with all his might, his target being Namikaze Minato.

Fortunately, Minato reacted quickly and used his Body Flicker Technique to jump out of the combat area in time.

If it were anyone else, caught off guard, they would probably have their head smashed open with a stick.

"What's wrong with you?"

Seeing the stick swing off course, Ryuji tilted his head slightly.

The spectators outside the stadium and the water gate, which had stopped in the distance, also looked at the culprit who had caused this blunder with questioning eyes.

Uchiha Setsuna didn't take it seriously. He braced himself on the stick with one hand and picked his earwax with the other, offering a half-hearted apology, "Sorry, my hand slipped just now, and I didn't get the direction right."

Minato stared intently at Setsuna Uchiha, took a deep breath, and said, "Then you should focus on the match!"

After saying that, he instantly went to the audience seats to avoid being attacked under any pretext.

"What are you pretending to be?"

Uchiha Setsuna spat out a mouthful of spit in disdain, then looked at Ryuji with hostility, "Now that the troublemaker is gone, show me your skills and fight me properly."

"No." Ryuji looked at his arrogant opponent with great confusion. "I just defeated you in one hit yesterday, where do you get the confidence to be so arrogant?"

"A ninja's very nature is to find the enemy's weakness and then deliver a fatal blow..."

Uchiha Setsuna, wielding his long staff, slowly circled around Ryuji, his Sharingan already activated. "I never imagined that someone with such boundless spiritual power could exist in this world, so it's not surprising that I was instantly killed by the backlash when I used genjutsu on you. But if you think that the Uchiha only know genjutsu, you're sorely mistaken. I'll show you the true power of the Sharingan."

As he spoke, Uchiha Setsatsu momentarily mixed his chakra, causing his voice to resonate from all directions.

The instant he finished speaking, he suddenly rushed past Long Er from behind, raising his long staff high above his head and bringing it down on Long Er's head.

But as if he had eyes in the back of his head, Ryuji took a step forward and turned around using the foot he stepped out as a pivot.

boom!

The iron rod slid down in front of him and hit the ground.

Uchiha Setsuna's sneak attack failed, and he was about to pick up his stick to launch a follow-up attack when Ryuji stepped on it, pressing down on it steadily like a huge boulder.

I took a nap until 6:40 pm, and wrote a chapter without even eating lunch. It's a bit late, sorry.

(End of this chapter)