Red Nara

- Take the chunin," I ordered my doppelganger, frantically speeding up the chakra flow in my body to the limit and quickly folding the four seals, "Chidori Nagashi!

Despite the fact that I did not take my eyes off the figure of the kunoichi for a moment, and even illuminated by the raiton, the rapid rush forward still almost took me by surprise. I ducked under the hand that had swept by where my head had been a moment ago, then rolled to the side and responded with a series of shurikens from the seal on my palm, noting in passing the effectiveness of my own cover - I wasn't electrocuted by Raiton no Yoroi's aura.

- Not bad," the jonin growled, slowing down and smoothly turning around.

And I realized with some relief that the kunoichi had obviously not fully mastered the use of this murderous technique, if the increase in speed and reflexes, still suffers from the effects of body inertia. I remembered that Ai did not suffer from such a disadvantage during the fourth VVSH. But even so, the speed demonstrated was only slightly short of Mito-chan's level! Jonin rushed forward again, but I managed to throw a piece of paper on the ground a split second before, placing a kekkai.

- Gah! - The kunoichi slammed into the barrier with a crunch of her broken nose, breaking through it with a powerful kick to the stomach.

She had already blocked the subsequent lunge with a knee to the face, ignoring the pain, and immediately retaliated by hitting her shoulder, despite her attempt to move away. I was spun around from the force of the blow, and a straight lunge landed on my ribs before I could break the distance.

Rolling to the same side to cushion the damage and rolling out of reach of the still-unsteady kunoichi, I blocked the pain signals and rejoiced in the strength of my bones, which were pumped full of chakra - a weaker shinobi would have been broken by now.

- Kha, you bastard! - The jonin whistled, sucking in air and spitting up blood. - Like a mule kicking a hoof!

She struggled to straighten up.

- I'd say she'd almost shredded her bones, you fucking copy of Tsunade Senju! - I said, rising to my feet.

My left arm wasn't doing so well, so I quickly applied my green palm to the injury. It took a couple seconds to recover to a reasonable condition.

- Xo! I forgot about the Irishman," the white-haired girl exclaimed, "I won't make that mistake again!

And true to her own word, she attacked me with a hail of blows with her hands and feet, but she didn't rush at me so fast, naturally fearing a trick. I had already adapted to the speed of the taijushnitsa and her straightforward style, dodging and deflecting her blows with difficulty, concentrating on my opponent. It didn't always work, of course, but the chakra-infused muscles were able to withstand the sliding blows at the cost of bruises and bruises.

Anything more than the occasional counterattack was out of the question. It almost made me miss the memories of the dispelled clone, but the grinning maw of the lightning cat in the last moments of the kage bunshin's life made me realize the depth of the asshole on the way.

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