Naruto: Reshaping the Shinobi World with Sasori

Chapter 287 Mist Village's Great Victory

boom!

Mei Terumi quickly closed in and kicked Taki Fukushima.

This was, after all, just a competition, not a life-or-death battle.

Otherwise, she would have had no need to use her martial arts skills at close range.

Before the opponent can react, it is enough to kill them with the power of the bloodline limit.

But when the kick landed, the man in front of him exploded into a cloud of smoke.

It's a clone technique.

"Oh?" Mei Terumi smiled amusedly.

It was astonishing that he could deceive her senses and use a clone technique to confuse her in such a short time.

This student of the Fourth Kazekage—he's really something.

whoosh-

Just as he was thinking this, a hand with a clenched fist stabbed him from behind.

Mei Terumi seemed to have eyes in the back of her head, and dodged to the side.

Then, she saw Fukushima Taki form hand seals and release a wind-style technique towards her.

A sharp gust of wind suddenly swept over her face, slicing open a corner of Mei Terumi's clothes.

The woman deftly flipped herself backward and retreated.

After creating some distance, Mei Terumi narrowed her eyes slightly.

Her attacks seemed to be constantly suppressing her opponent, but Fukushima Taki was still able to make some responses and timely defenses, and she was not the kind of person who was beaten so badly that she couldn't get up.

Even with the kick he had just received, Fukushima Taki intentionally avoided causing injury.

"This guy—seems to have some understanding of our Kirigakure's fighting style."

Terumi Mei analyzed.

Little did she know that before the Third Shinobi World War began, the main battlefields for Fukushima Taki, Sakamoto, and Yoruichiro's training were the clashes with Kirigakure along the coast of the Land of Wind. Fukushima Taki had anticipated her use of Kirigakure techniques, such as sneak attacks and assassinations using escape techniques.

I never expected her escape techniques to be so powerful, and that she could unleash different ninjutsu in succession, keeping the pace so fast.

On the field, Fukushima Taki was trying his best to put up some resistance.

Overall, however, the battle situation was such that he was constantly being toyed with by Mei Terumi.

Although Fukushima Taki and Sakamoto were both disciples of Yubi and had considerable combat experience, reality is cruel. Sometimes, when ninjas fight, even if they want to use their combat experience to gain an advantage, they are simply unable to do so because they lack the ability or face too strong an enemy.

This is a matter of "talent".

In the ninja world, there is still a significant and insurmountable gap between an ordinary ninja and a genius.

Even though they all received some guidance and training from Yubi, due to Fukushima Taki's own aptitude, they were unable to completely transform.

Mei Terumi is not only incredibly talented and has a keen sense of combat, but she also possesses remarkable combat thinking and the ability to analyze situations on the spot.

Fukushima Taki was born into a commoner family in Sunagakure, and compared to his peers in Sunagakure, he was considered strong.

But when faced with a character like Mei, they are reduced to their original state.

In other words, even Yubi couldn't train an ordinary person into a genius comparable to Mei Terumi.

In no time at all, Fukushima Taki was exhausted.

He was a man, older than Mei Terumi, yet he was the first to exhaust his strength and run out of chakra.

The girl accurately predicted all the escape techniques he used in the battle, including the nodes he employed.

Ultimately, she was defeated by Mei Terumi in a relatively dignified manner.

He was swept away by the water flow and could not stand up.

"Mei Terumi wins against Kirigakure!"

Seeing this, Machi called out at the opportune moment.

We lost again!

Unlike in Iwagakure, where the Chunin who fought Fukushima Taki was evenly matched with him, he was ultimately defeated when Fukushima Taki's Earth Release technique bound his lower limbs, causing him to be hit by the attack.

In this match, Fukushima Taki could clearly feel the gap between himself and the girl.

He lost three times in a row.

Their battles against their contemporaries from Konoha, Iwagakure, and Kirigakure did not bring the village a single victory.

What made him even more ashamed was that this time, unlike the previous two sparring matches, he suffered defeat in front of many Sunagakure spectators.

His teacher, the Fourth Kazekage, was also in the stands and witnessed his disheveled state throughout the entire event.

Meanwhile, Mei Terumi, standing not far away, was smiling happily and waving to the audience around her.

He looked every bit the victor.

With this thought in mind, Fukushima Taki lay motionless on the ground, raising his arm to cover his face—he cried.

"Go for it, Fukushima Taki!"

"You're already very capable—we can all see that."

"Exactly! As ninjas, winning and losing is normal, isn't it? The opponent is a famous genius from Kirigakure. It's not easy for them to fight to this extent."

Above them, from the nearby stands, came the voices of some Sunagakure villagers.

No one blamed Fukushima Taki.

"You idiot! Stand up—don't embarrass yourself! We can always find another chance to win back—what kind of spectacle are you, crying and whining like a woman?!"

Suddenly, a shout of cursing rang out from not far away.

Fukushima Taki recognized the sound as coming from Sakamoto.

Although the latter did not participate, he came specifically to watch the game.

Fukushima Taki raised his hand and looked in the direction of the sound—he saw his best friend's angry expression.

At that moment, Mei Terumi, who had already won, walked up to him, bent slightly, and extended a hand to him. "Losing to me—"

"That's perfectly normal. After all, I've lost count of the people I've defeated—your skills are among the better ones, so you should have left an impression on me."

"You can be proud now."

Terumi Mei smiled.

Fukushima Taki remained silent.

Is this a compliment to him, or a disguised compliment to himself?

"I don't like 'weak' men—handsome men don't cry, like—your teacher, the Fourth Kazekage."

Mei Terumi added another sentence.

Fukushima Taki staggered to his feet, shook hands with Terumi Mei, and said, "You're somewhat different from the other Kirigakure I've met—"

A loss is a loss. I hope we'll have a chance to face each other again next time.

After saying that, he turned and left.

"If this were on a battlefield, Fukushima Taki would probably be killed in one move if he faced her—but this is just a match, and she clearly wasn't taking it seriously."

On stage, Yubi also raised the corners of his mouth, a thought flashing through his mind.

Judging from her current foundation in all aspects, Mei Terumi is definitely at the Jonin level.

Moreover, she possesses two bloodline limits—even ordinary Jonin might not be able to gain the upper hand against her.

This is the "unique characteristic" of the ninja world.

Geniuses are always more dazzling than others.

Moreover, this radiance cannot be dispersed by others.

He and Scorpion—they both came this way.

After a while, the second competition began.

The contestants from Sunagakure were facing off against members of the Hozuki clan from Kirigakure.

Almost exactly the same situation as the first match, Sunagakure was completely overwhelmed.

They were quickly defeated.

The Hozuki clan's secret techniques and their individual base stats are both quite impressive.

In particular, the water transformation technique on parts of the body is difficult for ordinary opponents to deal with.

However, its weakness is also obvious: it is vulnerable to lightning-style ninjutsu.

The Chunin from Sunagakure clearly did not know Lightning Release—therefore they were defeated.

This member of the Hozuki clan who participated in the competition doesn't seem to have mastered the art of water transformation to a high level yet, and can't achieve the near-complete liquefaction of Hozuki Suigetsu in the original work.

However, the fact that it can be immune to physical attacks alone is already a bug-like ability in battles at the Chunin level.

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