- Ha, humor me! - The swordsman grinned at the kunoichi running towards him in the fog that was beginning to thicken.
With a quick swing of his hammer, he brought it down to the ground with a deafening rumble, generating a shockwave that began to spread forward in a cone, grinding the stony ground into fine crumbs.
Not expecting such a thing, the kunoichi reacted instantly, doing something she normally never did, but the inability to dodge at a distance of only a dozen meters left no other option - she jumped, letting the attack pass under her, making herself a perfect target for a dozen fogmen behind the swordsman's back. But there was a way out of this situation as well.
- Futon: Daitoppa (Air Release: Great Breakthrough)!
The chakra-infused ninjutsu, created by sheer force of will, literally tore through the fog and knocked the chunin who had not reacted in time. The jonins were forced to cling to the ground with their chakra, stopping the attack for a few moments.
But even in such conditions, Genin Akebino showed his strength, not only staying on his feet without any problems, but also rushing forward against the hurricane wind, wanting to catch the kunoichi at the end of the jump.
Pakura expected this, therefore, slashing her hand in front of her, curling her fingers in the manner of claws.
- Kaze no Yaiba (Wind Blade)!
Four invisible blades rushed towards the enemy who had gotten close to her without expecting it at all.
Normally using the kekkei genkai, Pakura saved this kind of trump card for special occasions, and even sensing danger, Akebino interrupted the attack with an axe that should have cut her in half, but was only able to avoid half of the attack.
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Despite not seeing the source with his eyes, Akebino sensed the mortal danger almost immediately and interrupted his own attack that should have cut the downward falling kunoichi in half, but managed to dodge half of the blades.
Another slammed into the axe that had been placed as a shield in front of the swordsman's chest, but the last air blade hit its target, slicing the shinobi's left forearm almost to the bone.
A normal jonin in his place would have lost his arm, but the S-rang's large chakra reserves played a role even against the A-rang's ninjutsu, leaving him with only a serious wound.
- Gah! - Jinin jerked back, but to his credit, he didn't even drop the hammer, swinging the axe powerfully and quickly at Pakura, nearly taking her head off.
But this weapon could not produce a shockwave, so the girl dodged and sent a ball of heat into her opponent's leg, and the next two flew into a pair of Kiri-nin who had managed to get the closest and were now threatening from the flanks, trying to distract the wounded swordsman.
The very close range of the attack played its part - none of the three targets were able to dodge. The jonins got Shakuto: Kajyousatsu directly in the chest, and Akebino was only caught by an edge, thanks to a much better reaction, but even so, the steam from the flesh slowed his movements.
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