Naruto: Infinite Favorability System: Ryuji's Rise in the Ninja World.

Kurenai was held in Ryuji's arms and looked at his face from such a close distance. She blushed suddenly. However, the sound of teeth chattering in her ears immediately brought her back to reality.

"Run fast, I'll stop him!"

Kurenai wanted to break free from Ryuji's embrace, but he held her tighter.

"I told you I'm going!"

Kurenai was extremely anxious; the impact of Gatsūga wasn't something a genin could withstand. Besides, with one arm still around her, trying to stop Gatsūga with one hand was a fantasy. But at that moment, Kurenai found that she couldn't break free from Ryuji's arms.

"Let me go and escape!"

"Don't move!" Ryuji smiled slightly and then extended a hand.

Kurenai smiled helplessly. Although Ryuji used chakra to protect his hands, the chakra was very thin and almost negligible. If he tried to stop Gatsūga with one hand like that, his whole hand would be rendered useless.

At that moment, Ryuji's hand moved gently in the air and, instead of making a hard connection, patted the tornado. With such a soft blow, one of the tornadoes spun and hit the other.

Boom!

The strong wind raised by the violent impact made Kurenai's red hair dance in the air. Her eyes stared fixedly at the scene in front of her, completely ignoring the stones flying everywhere.

"This kid did it!", Kurenai murmured to herself in disbelief.

It turns out that Ryuji wasn't improvising!

It turns out that Ryuji was confident from the beginning!

It turns out that she was simply overthinking!

"How did you do it?"

"It's very easy to overcome strength with softness. It's very easy as long as you know this," Ryuji explained calmly.

Kurenai almost spat out a mouthful of blood. Is this what you call simplicity? Everyone knows the principle, but when it comes to doing it, the brain has learned it, but the hands and feet can't keep up at all. Besides, using softness to overcome hardness is one of the Byakugan techniques. It's an easy technique to learn, but difficult to incorporate in real situations. The entire Hyūga clan can count on one hand the number of ninjas who can perform it so calmly.

"Genius, truly a genius!"

[Ding dong! Kurenai's preference has increased by five points! The preference level is now sixty-four points! The record is available!]

"Log in Kurenai Yuhi!"

[Ding dong! Kurenai Yuhi has logged in successfully! Congratulations on obtaining the Kill by Tree binding Technique! Increase your preference by four points! The preference level is now sixty-eight points!]

"How long do you want to hug me, kid?"

Ryuji was still checking the system when Kurenai called him. However, Ryuji discovered that his hand was still around Kurenai's waist and that the two were very close to each other.

Ryuji was startled and quickly let go of her, taking a step back.

"Sorry, I forgot."

Kurenai wasn't angry about this; she smiled slightly and said to Ryuji: "How about you join our Team 8? I'll let you hug me as much as you want, and if that's not enough, I'll set you up with Hinata. Don't underestimate Hinata, she's very talented!"

"Teacher Kurenai, what are you talking about?" Hinata turned her head shyly, her eyes darting between Naruto and Ryuji.

Hinata Hyūga began to hesitate. At first, when Ryuji said they would meet here at night, Hinata didn't want to come at all. But the move Ryuji made a moment ago was a very advanced Byakugan technique. At the most critical moment of the move, he held Kurenai's flushed face with one hand and kept a calm expression on his face. The more she looked at Ryuji, the more she admired him.

She had to come tonight!

Sakura, who was standing aside, couldn't stand it and shouted, "Kakashi-sensei brought Ryuji-kun. Teacher Kurenai, shouldn't you ask Kakashi-sensei first before wanting to take Ryuji-kun away?"

"I'll settle the score with that bastard Kakashi sooner or later," Kurenai said through gritted teeth, then turned to Ryuji: "So, what do you think?"

Ryuji swallowed. Kurenai wanted him to get into trouble. What did "hug" mean? If Sarutobi Asuma found out, he would be physically castrated. Ryuji was still young and didn't want to become a saint so quickly. He needed at least a couple of experiences in the mortal world before that.

"Teacher Kurenai, do you think the competition will continue?" Ryuji coughed twice to break the awkwardness and quickly changed the subject.

"Competition! Of course, we must continue competing!" Kurenai shouted angrily.

Seeing Kurenai's fury, Ryuji found it difficult to look away. One second she was a spring breeze, and the next, she was like thunder. The change had happened too quickly.

Kurenai stormed off angrily, and Ryuji watched her, frozen in place. While intercepting Gatsūga a moment ago, Aburame Shino had continuously summoned insects, and now they were densely packed in the sky. There were so many that all the sunlight in the sky was blocked, and the whole world was plunged into darkness.

"Wow, there are so many bugs!"

Although Ryuji wasn't afraid of them, the sudden appearance of so many insects made his scalp tingle.

"Admit defeat, I have no chance of losing anymore!" Aburame Shino said coldly, his voice sounding more like an insect than a person.

"Even though it seems like I have little chance of winning, I still want to try," Ryuji said, showing his white teeth.

There were many ninjas he would encounter in the future with various methods. If he was afraid of a simple competition now, how could he have the courage to fight in life-or-death situations in the future?

So, he shouldn't admit defeat in this battle!

"What's the use of kenjutsu now?" Kurenai smiled disapprovingly as if she hadn't recovered from her previous anger.

Kakashi's swordsmanship skills (kenjutsu) were praised by Kurenai. If Ryuji had used his swordsmanship skills from the beginning, the loser would have been Shino. But now that Shino's swarm of insects had been deployed, even if a Jōnin faced him, it would be very difficult. And no matter how powerful Ryuji was, he would only last a few more seconds in the fight.

Kurenai nodded in satisfaction. Although she had lost some prestige earlier, as long as Shino won, she would be ahead of Kakashi and regain all the lost prestige.

Ryuji concentrated chakra into his white sword, and it gradually began to glow with a trace of fluorescence. Ryuji's chakra increased significantly, and the light of the White Fang sword was much stronger than before.

"Give up, I'm invincible in the sea of insects!"

"How will you know if you don't try?"

For more chapters, you can visit my patreon

patreon.com/DivineCultivationHub