Shiraishi and Ruri walked to the arena according to the rules and prepared wooden shurikens and kunai in their ninja tool bags in advance. They were toy weapons with sharp parts polished off and very low lethality.
Baishi and Liuli stood opposite each other, and first solemnly made a seal of opposition to each other.
"start."
The head teacher Fujimura Taiga shouted loudly when he saw the two people taking their seats.
As soon as he finished speaking, before Shiraishi could take action, Liuli, who was standing opposite him, quickly took out several wooden shurikens from his ninja tool bag and cut through the air, causing these shurikens to quickly approach Shiraishi's body. It flew towards his vital point accurately.
Shiraishi's face was slightly startled, and he rolled out sideways. Although he looked embarrassed, he barely managed to avoid Liuli's first round of attack.
Just as he was about to stabilize his posture, Liuli was out of his sight, and a strong wind swept behind him. Shiraishi turned back, only to see a shadow of a leg, and the tip of his toe hit his chest, causing him to fly out.
Defeated instantly.
"Oh, I thought I could hold on for a little longer, but Liuli-san is indeed very strong..."
Shiraishi covered his chest and stood up from the ground, as if he had used all his strength to get up. A look of bitterness and unwillingness suddenly appeared on his face.
Liuli didn't respond to Shiraishi's disappointed expression. She just glanced at Shiraishi's face a few times, then raised her chin, shook her long black hair and exited the venue with great pride.
"This is genius. But don't be discouraged, Shiraishi-san. You are the hardest-working student the teacher has ever seen. You will definitely become a great ninja in the future."
Taiga Fujimura liked students like Shiraishi who listened carefully in class and loved reading. He was afraid that he would be shocked because of his rapid defeat in the actual battle, so he came up and patted him on the shoulder to comfort him.
"I'm fine, Fujimura-sensei."
"That's good, go down and have a good rest, don't think too much."
Seeing a little loneliness on Shiraishi's face, Fujimura Taiga did not reveal it.
In his opinion, Shiraishi worked so hard to improve himself, and the hardships he put in must be inhumane. As a result, in actual combat, he was easily ended in two moves, which must have been a huge blow to him.
But facing a genius like Ruri, Fujimura Taiga knew that it was extraordinary for Shiraishi to be able to persist in one move.
In his eyes, Ruri's strength was no different from that of the genin in the village.
Shiraishi's defeat so quickly was a natural outcome.
Time passed bit by bit, and the day passed like this. After a quick dinner, Shiraishi returned to the clearing in the woods behind the school as usual, where he used wooden stakes to practice.
Shiraishi's speed is very fast. As for the power of each blow, judging from the degree of collision between the limbs and the wooden stakes, the power of each hit of Shiraishi cannot be underestimated.
Shiraishi's face was normal and his breathing was steady. While hitting the stakes, he was also adjusting his breathing rhythm, so as to preserve his physical strength as much as possible and increase the duration of the battle while ensuring considerable speed and strength.
Just when Shiraishi was immersed in this selfless practice, a sharp sound of cutting through the air suddenly came to his ears, and a kunai flew into the sky, causing Shiraishi to react quickly and jump back to avoid being hit by the sudden appearance of kunai. No gunshot wounds.
Bai Shi frowned and looked deep into the woods.
It was already after eight o'clock in the evening, and only the moonlight could dimly illuminate the dark places in the woods, so that nothing could be seen.
A short figure walked out of the darkness. His long black hair danced lightly in the evening breeze. His dark pupils were particularly bright. His sharp gaze glanced over, making Shiraishi's nerves tense.
This girl is Shiraishi's deskmate, Uchiha Ruri.
Then, Shiraishi scratched his head and said with a fake smile on his face:
"It's you, Liuli-san. It's so late, what are you doing here? To be honest, I was a little bit unwilling to be easily defeated by Liuli-san during the day, so I came here..."
Before he finished speaking, Liuli interrupted coldly: "Fight me with all your strength."
"Ah? My full strength or something, that's my full strength during the day..."
Shiraishi stammered, as if he didn't quite understand the meaning of Liuli's words.
"I said, fight me once with all your strength!"
"Classmate Liuli, what on earth are you talking about..."
Seeing Baishi pushing back and pretending to be crazy, Liuli's cold face showed a trace of impatience.
He took out a kunai and held it in his hand, and wiped it on Shiraishi's neck without hesitation.
Different from the wooden training ninja tools during the day, what Liuli held in his hand was a murder weapon that could easily cut Shiraishi's throat open.
The most frightening thing is that Liuli's attack speed is very fast, and Baishi's heart becomes solemn.
The speed Liuli displayed at this moment was even faster than the speed she used during sparring with him during the day.
Shiraishi didn't dare to be careless, and also held a kunai to block Liuli's attack.
Sparks flew between kunai and kunai.
Two pairs of silent, pitch-black pupils penetrated the dark night air and looked at each other, both showing seriousness.
"Classmate Liuli, were you planning to kill me just now?"
"snort!"
Still as cold as ever, with long black hair dancing in the moonlight, using the hair as a cover, the kunai stabbed Shiraishi's heart from a dangerous angle.
Baishi barely blocked it, and then quickly opened a safe distance from Liuli, the expression on his face became more solemn.
From that moment, Shiraishi knew that his speed and strength were definitely no worse than Liuli's, but Liuli had more practical experience, and due to the gap in actual combat experience, Shiraishi knew that his probability of winning was very low.
Fortunately, after a brief trial, Liuli did not choose to continue the attack. Instead, she glanced at Shiraishi strangely. The arrogance on her face also subsided, and she asked:
"It's really strange. You are obviously very strong, why do you go out of your way to hide your strength?"
This question was really hard to answer, and Shiraishi couldn't find a suitable lie to convince Liuli, so the scene suddenly fell silent.
Just when Shiraishi was racking his brains to figure it out, he heard Liuli continue to say:
"Forget it. Now that I know you are hiding your strength, my goal has been achieved, so let's stop here."
After leaving these words behind, Liuli left without looking back, without any hesitation.
"...What a strange girl."
Shiraishi muttered, she shouldn't tell him about his hidden strength, right?
If that's the case, things will really get troublesome.
Considering Liuli's unkind appearance, he shouldn't be the nosy type.
Thinking of this, Shiraishi suddenly felt a lot more at ease.
However, a child actually saw through the truth, and even Taiga Fujimura, the chunin-level homeroom teacher, failed to notice it. Shiraishi realized one thing - even children are still ninjas after all, and they cannot be looked down upon.
You have to be more careful in the future.
