- She's finally starting to think with her head," Shenesu hummed, "though she should have done it sooner.
The dozens of suiton and futon techniques forced Asani to maneuver, to use shunshin and kawarimi, to spend chakra to build walls of defense that would buy her the moments she needed to use them. But the student managed to not only defend herself, but also attack with senbon, applying senbon kage bunshin, and stone shards, scattering clones in packs.
Only when she was sure that all of her prepared gifts had worked did Kushina rush forward under the cover of the clones who were not so eager to close range and catch up with the student who had started to make a run for it.
- That's for your hair! Dattebajo! - It came from the stands and I suppressed the urge to hide my face in the palms of my hands.
The situation was almost identical to the first fight with Kumovian, as Asani's very fast and powerful blow was impossible to escape, making me anxiously jerk to the summoning scroll, but my intuition made me hesitate to save myself.
A moment later, it became clear why - the student who had folded from the blow suddenly swelled up and powerfully exploded! Kushina was thrown aside, forcing her to plow an entire trench in the ground, albeit with no visible damage. It looked like the student had managed to replace herself with a clone in time, and the real Asani emerged from the scorched earth on the other side of the arena, covered in earth and ashes.
- I surrender," she announced tiredly, raising her hands.
For a second, the stands were silent, and then burst into applause, as did most of the shinobi. Naturally, all the Nara were not left out, cheering the brilliant conclusion to the fight. Kushina, who had risen to her feet, looked around confused at first, but then flashed a murderous intent that could be felt even through the barrier, causing the jonin around her to freeze.
I even thought she wouldn't calm down, but after a couple of long moments, the young jinchuriki unclenched her fists and extinguished the veil, still looking in my direction with an intimidating stare.
- You know, Ryo-kun, you'd better stay out of Kushina-chan's sight for the near future," Saya said worriedly, having also picked up the unconcealed threat from the burned Uzumaki.
- I guess so," he agreed with her, shrugging his shoulders.
I was the only thing I needed was an angry jinchuriki, especially since I wasn't the one who burned her hair.
- The winner of the Chuunin Senbatsu Shiken finals is Kushina Uzumaki of Konohagakure no Sato.
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