Uchiha Akaishi Tour

Chapter 135 Pyrrhic Victory

Chapter 137 Pyrrhic Victory

Water Release: Mist Concealment Technique!

Sharingan, activate!

Both Fugaku and Biwa Juzo's opening moves were quite conventional.

Fugaku activated his Sharingan, while Juzo Biwa used the "Hidden Mist Technique," a common technique in Kirigakure.

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"Oh no, Akaishi, can you see through this?" Lan Wu immediately realized something was wrong upon seeing this.

The ordinary "Hidden Mist Technique" can only affect the visual range of a normal Sharingan. However, if one has a stronger mastery of Water Release chakra or the "Hidden Mist Technique", the effect will be more obvious.

"I can't see through it, the visibility is about ten meters." Akaishi said, already turning off his Sharingan.

This is already the third arena. After this, Akaishi needs to prepare and recover his eye power so that he can be in the best condition to compete.

"Fugaku is just a near-second-rate guy, right? His vision is even worse than yours, so he probably can't see anything clearly." Lan Wu sensed from the beginning that the "water mist" in front of her was amplified, unlike the ordinary "Mist Concealment Technique".

The audience below the stage naturally started discussing among themselves – now they couldn't see anything at all!

"What are you trying to show us?" a wealthy businessman asked, frowning unhappily.

Someone nearby said, "It doesn't matter. The mission doesn't care about the process. As long as we know the result, that's enough."

For the average viewer, seeing this light mist is bound to elicit considerable criticism.

But just then—

"This goes against the original intention of our joint Chunin Exams, so let me, as the host, give you a brief overview."

The Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, stood up, took a few steps forward, and then formed hand seals—

"Water Release: Mirror of Still Water!"

Immediately, a large circular "water mirror" materialized out of thin air directly above the entire arena.

"Mirror Still Water" was originally a defensive water-style ninjutsu. It is more rigid than "Water Wall" and does not obstruct vision or require the production of large amounts of water. It looks like a round piece of glass.

The next moment————

Hiruzen Sarutobi continued forming hand seals, saying, "Reverse Mirror Technique!"

The huge circular "glass" then seemed to have become a monitor, "playing" the scene in the mist, so that the audience in the surrounding seats could see what was happening inside.

"That's amazing!"

"As expected of the Hokage-sama—"

"As expected, it was just the Chunin Exams. Their skills are no match for the Hokage."

Cheers erupted from the audience.

"Ooh ho ho ho—" Jiraiya let out a discordant sound: "That old man, really, he still won't teach me this—"

Tsunade, standing nearby, glared at him and asked, "What do you plan to use it for?"

"Of course it's to scout out the enemy's situation!" Jiraiya said firmly.

but----

Tsunade would be a fool to believe him!

This technique is also a sensory ninjutsu, and it's a long-distance sensory technique. It's just that the image is projected onto the "Mirror of Still Water" rather than actually only showing what's below. In fact, if Hiruzen Sarutobi wanted, he could use it to project the scene of any corner of the village—except for the ninja clan's territory protected by a seal.

Seeing that Hiruzen Sarutobi had effortlessly put together a live broadcast, Onoki, Torara, and Karatachi all became more serious.

"Why don't you let us see it too?" Akaishi looked up helplessly at the "mirror" formed by the clear and still water.

On the back of the mirror-like surface, there is nothing.

This is also for the sake of fairness, so that the participating genin won't get a chance to see it!

Fortunately, Hizashi returned at this time—he had just been defeated and had undergone brief treatment for his external injuries.

Failure to be promoted to Chunin left Hizashi somewhat dejected, but—

Akaishi estimates that this isn't the one with the lowest daily price fluctuation right now!

Akaishi just saw it too, Hiashi wasn't wearing a headband.

It's not during a mission, so whether or not he wears a headband is indeed his prerogative.

However, for the Hizashi and Hiashi brothers, the headbands held a significance beyond that—

Hiashi always insisted that he wear headbands whenever he was with Hizashi, undoubtedly to prove that they were brothers, ninjas of Konoha, and not some kind of main family and branch family.

Whether you call it brotherly love versus the family system, or simply self-consolation—

In short, this is also one of the supports for Hizashi's self-perception. With this relationship, he can still identify himself as "Hizashi's younger brother" instead of simply "a slave of the main family".

However, Hizashi, who had been pondering these matters recently, suddenly saw that Hiashi was not wearing a headband, which undoubtedly made him realize that regardless of whether he wore the headband or not, the situation of the main family and the branch family was a reality.

A branch family is a branch family; it cannot be shaken by "brotherly affection." For the Hyuga branch family, being a Konoha ninja is ultimately just a secondary identity.

As for the Japanese football team—

Although Akaishi didn't know the specifics, he could guess that it was nothing more than the elders who had suggested not wearing headbands at this time. From etiquette to regulations, there were countless reasons to give, and Hiashi really didn't wear one.

Akaishi has experience with this kind of thing.

Akaishi had seen far too many of these kinds of people—even if they were slaves themselves, they insisted on a hierarchy among slaves and deeply abhorred any attempt to challenge their masters.

However, since it concerned the Hyuga clan, Akaishi couldn't do anything about it and could only pretend to know nothing, asking, "How is Fugaku?"

"That guy from Kirigakure is cunning—he seems to be deliberately hiding his voice," Hizashi said, maintaining his Byakugan.

The "Hidden Mist Technique" is more focused on visual obstruction and is more effective against the Sharingan. Although Hizashi's Byakugan cannot see through it completely, it can at least vaguely see the ninja's chakra reaction, which is enough.

Akashi estimated that if it was just a quasi-second-rate fighter, the visible distance inside would be only about three meters. At that distance, if the opponent launched a silent attack, it would be very difficult to dodge!

Of course, Akaishi still remembered that the Pipa Juzo always carried a long ninja sword, clearly a ninja skilled in swordsmanship.

"First attack! Fugaku blocked it, but he was injured in the process," Hizashi said.

Upon hearing this, Akaishi felt even more anxious for Fugaku.

"During the second attack, Fugaku was injured again, and this time he fought back," Hizashi continued.

"Damn it!" Akashi said, somewhat annoyed.

Hizashi shook his head helplessly and said, "The Sharingan and Byakugan are both in Konoha. Other hidden villages will naturally develop techniques specifically to counter eye techniques. This is the case with Kirigakure's Mist Concealment Technique and Iwagakure's Camouflage Concealment Technique."

"Development is one thing, but it doesn't mean these techniques can necessarily counter eye techniques. If they are strong enough, it's not certain which one will counter which," Lan Wu encouraged.

"Well, putting everything else aside, the Camouflage Technique is hard to confuse the Sharingan, and the Mist Technique is hard to hide the Byakugan," Minato added.

Akashi pondered for a moment, since the intention was to say something nice—

"Moreover, our Konoha is no slouch in this regard either. The Dark Travel Technique is far more effective than these!" Akaishi declared confidently, asserting that the "Master of Forbidden Techniques" was no less capable than anyone else in countering eye techniques.

Lanwu: ————

Lan Wu glared at him and asked, "Can't you give an example?"

"Third attack—Fugaku anticipated the attack and threw a kunai, the direction was right, but it was dodged." Hizashi continued the broadcast.

"The fourth time—wait, the kunai that Fugaku threw the last three times have formed [Lightning Release: Lightning Bind], trapping himself and Juzo Biwa together!" Hizashi said excitedly.

In the first three times, Fugaku was on the defensive, and because the visibility was too short and his opponent had specially trained in a movement technique that did not make a sound, Fugaku was injured time and time again!

However, starting from the second time, Fugaku threw kunai, which didn't seem to have much effect, but in reality, they weren't intended to directly attack his opponent!

As the third kunai was thrown, the three kunai formed a triangular shape, surrounding Fugaku and Juzo Biwa. At that moment, Fugaku used "Lightning Release: Lightning Bind".

Immediately, three triangular lightning barriers formed with the three kunai as their apexes, enclosing a pyramid-shaped area, within which Fugaku and Biwa Juzo were trapped.

In this way, the area where the two fought was confined to this cramped space.

The "Hidden Mist Technique" cannot completely obscure vision like the "Darkness Travel Technique." It only reduces the visible distance and interferes with chakra perception.

If the fight continues at close range, the advantage of the "Hidden Mist Technique" will be lost!

"That doesn't really give Fugaku a significant advantage, does it? That Juzo Biwa is clearly skilled with ninja swords," Lanwu said worriedly.

"That's right—" Hizashi said solemnly.

Just as Akaishi was getting anxious and about to ask, Hizashi breathed a sigh of relief and said, "We won!"

The next moment, the mist dissipated, revealing that Juzo Biwa had already collapsed, while Fugaku stood tall and majestic, but—

But he was covered in blood!

"Biwa Juzo is eliminated and removed from the stage. Uchiha Fugaku, a genin, has successfully defended his position. Genin who wants to challenge, please come up on stage." Hatake instantly carried the already fallen Biwa Juzo off the stage.

At the same time, there were more people on stage this time.

Because Fugaku still looked calm and composed, even though he was somewhat injured, only Yakushi Nonou from Konoha went up. The remaining two from Iwagakure and five from Kirigakure all went up, making a total of eight people.

Fugaku pointed directly at the dead man in the east!

That is, the Iwagakure genin who fought against Akaishi during the preliminary test.

Akaishi was well aware of his strength.

If Fugaku were in top form, beating him wouldn't be a problem, but now—

After a fierce battle, Fugaku exhausted Higashi Shijin's strength, but still lost. The main reason was that Juzo Biwa was strong enough. His "Hidden Mist Technique" and swordsmanship were both very strong, and they complemented each other.

Higashi thought he had gotten a good deal, but he didn't expect that Fugaku would be more troublesome than he had imagined!

After Fugaku went for treatment—

In a flash, all five members of the Mist Village group rushed forward, and four of the six members of the Konoha group also joined them.

Only the reigning champion Akaishi and Yakushi Nonou were still in the audience at this time.

Akaishi couldn't help but look over at her—you're not even going to act anymore, are you? You won't fight anyone but the Uchiha, huh?

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