Meanwhile, the opponents bowed to each other with a sign of respect and, waiting for the referee's wave, burst into motion. The young kunoichi traditionally began with remote weapons, showering her opponent with sharpened iron, dodging, knocking down and fending off deadly gifts, constantly maneuvering and moving. Surizawa even printed out my gift from a special pouch, securely protected by seals, and the black-painted senbons that were embedded in the floor or walls began to emit smoke, slowly melting through the material. Most of the spectators were impressed by the poison, watching the novice iryonin with apprehension and clearly rooting for Hoshi in this fight.
The latter was not particularly worried, having gotten used to the presence of any poison on the steel pointed spokes, even if not so deadly - mostly nerve-paralytic - and fought them off with a chakra-covered kunai.
And the cloaks of the students were very well reinforced with fuin to fear any small projectiles with any stuffing, so it was purely a show-off for the spectator not familiar with the situation, but it looked just fine, if you didn't know that throws to vital points wouldn't hurt anyway. An obvious advantage when training in suits.
After a couple minutes of wasting ammunition, the kunoichi converged on the taijutsu - Surizawa with Chakro no Mesu at the ready, and Hoshi with just a kunai. Of course, the blonde lacked the control and knowledge to utilize the full potential of the technique, but there was only so much she could do to sever tendons or muscles with her chakra scalpels.
The students weren't physically extraordinary, but even the support fighter was above average for a chunin, and I put her taijutsu skills to good use, occasionally inviting experts to lead a master class to polish their skills and remove the flaws in the more advanced Leaf Style.
My style didn't suit them at all because of the obvious difference in build and size, so I didn't try anything new, but just polished the academy's base to perfection and let them rise to a new level of skill.
Naturally, as a fighter, Hoshi surpassed her opponent in this area of shinobi and after a few minutes of intense contact, began to squeeze the blonde kunoichi, and then was able to make a successful slash and falling Surizawa on the floor, to press the kunai to his throat.
- The winner is Hoshi from Konohagakure no Sato," Hyuga immediately announced, "I'll ask all the contestants to come down, and now we'll be distributing the final fights and determining the pairs.
The assistants brought out a bag of numbered balls and the genin took out the numbers one by one, recognizing the opponent for the third stage, which would take place in a month at the newly built stadium.
Hoshi drew a puppeteer from Suna, Asani lucked into a genin from Takigakure, Kushina got a ninjutsu specialist from Kumo, and Minato would fight an Uchiha. The rest of the candidates passed my attention, as only those who made it to the second round of the third stage would be important.
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