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Chapter 44: Making Taijutsu as Graceful as Gymnastics!
Leaping down from a cliff four hundred meters high while holding a beautiful girl, What does it feel like?
The wind from below stirred Uchiha Shi's hair, and he struggled to keep his eyes open against the gale.
His crimson eyes scanned left and right, searching for a place to land and reduce the impact.
"Wh-what?!"
In his arms, Terumi Mei looked terrified. She instinctively grabbed onto anything she could, one hand pulling on Uchiha Shi's face, the other tightly gripping the soft flesh at his waist.
With this tug, "Ahhhh!" Uchiha Shi let out a pained cry, quickly releasing one hand to pry off the hand that was twisting his face.
"Miss, stop moving, you're blocking my view!"
"You're crazy, you're crazy, you're crazy!" Terumi Mei screamed, watching the ground get closer. Even as ninjas, there was no way they could survive such a fall.
"Brake!"
"Calm down!" Uchiha Shi roared, "Listen carefully, when I count to one, I'll throw you out!"
"Hold onto the cliff wall!"
"Or you'll die!"
Terumi Mei looked at the young man in front of her, forcing herself to calm down under the urgency.
Spit, how could she possibly calm down?!
They were jumping off a cliff!
Why did I jump off a cliff with this guy?!
We've only known each other for less than a day, even the plot of a CEO novel wouldn't dare write such a scenario!
Just as Terumi Mei was fuming, Uchiha Shi's eyes narrowed, and he pulled out a Kunai, forcefully embedding it into the cliff wall.
Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud!
Rocks shattered, and dust flew into his eyes.
Uchiha Shi resisted the urge to rub his eyes, his eyes quickly bloodshot.
The Kunai embedded in the cliff wall slowly slid down, slightly slowing their descent.
Uchiha Shi calculated the time in his mind, and when the Kunai finally got stuck in a crevice, he used one arm to pull hard, his Chakra bursting forth with a force that almost tore his muscle fibers.
"One!" He roared, using this point of support to throw Terumi Mei upward!
"What, what? That's one already?" Terumi Mei exclaimed, The next moment, she felt herself being thrown up, and the landing spot just happened to be a tree growing on the cliff wall.
The tree trunk was wrapped with a bandage, one end hanging a Kunai, and the other end, Uh, hanging Fugaku.
Fugaku, who was kicked off the cliff earlier by Uchiha Shi, was still alive, Hanging from a piece of bandage, he was trying to climb up with a look of fear.
He looked up, And saw Terumi Mei flying down at him.
Fugaku's face contorted, his eyes wide, "I'm really screwed!"
"Don't come near me, ah ah ah ah!!"
Fortunately, Terumi Mei was not an ordinary ninja. After the initial shock, she quickly regained her composure and landed lightly on the tree trunk like a cat.
The tree trunk barely moved, and she even had the strength to reach out and pull Fugaku up.
On the other side, Uchiha Shi's Kunai snapped in the crevice.
He continued to fall rapidly.
However, seeing that the two were safe, his heart eased, and he turned his head to look at the approaching ground.
Uchiha Shi quickly formed hand seals and then, in a gesture reminiscent of the Kamehameha wave, "Wind Release: Air Slash Extreme!"
A large amount of Chakra condensed in his palms, transforming into a massive air pressure and supersonic wave that surged toward the ground!
Whooosh!
The strong wind pressed down, causing the dense forest below the cliff to sway.
Birds took flight, flapping wildly!
With this force, Uchiha Shi not only stopped his descent but was also thrown upward again.
Then, The Sharingan shone brightly in the night sky, Uchiha Shi, like a professional gymnast, performed a series of acrobatic moves in mid-air: a 360-degree single-arm spin, a large loop with a hand touching the knee, a back waist rotation, and a somersault over the bar.
Thud!
He embedded himself into the cliff wall.
"Ahh!"
Beside him, Terumi Mei and Fugaku, standing on the tree trunk, secretly applauded.
"Truly worthy of the Uchiha, was this your carefully designed escape route?"
"By the way, I've never heard a cliff make such a sound before?"
Terumi Mei walked over, stepping on the cliff wall, and pulled Uchiha Shi out, marveling, "Tsk tsk, impressive."
"Spit, spit!" Uchiha Shi spat out two stones and wiped the blood from his forehead.
He took a deep breath and flashed Terumi Mei a cocky smile, "Basic operations, except for the last part where my eyes couldn't keep up, I think I can give myself a 98 out of 100!"
Then, he distributed Chakra to the soles of his feet and stood up on the vertical cliff wall, Looking down, he saw Fugaku's twisted, almost demonic face.
"Hahaha, you bastard."
"You still have the nerve to say that?!"
"I'll kill you! Do you know what would have happened if I hadn't grabbed that bandage when I fell?"
Fugaku's eyes blazed with fury, holding the bandage in front of Uchiha Shi.
Meaning, look, look, how dangerous it was?
You saved me like this?
Uchiha Shi said nothing, taking the bandage from Fugaku, removing the Kunai at the end, and putting it back in his ninja tool pouch.
After a moment, he spoke softly, "You'd better have grabbed that bandage or that tree."
Fugaku was taken aback, sensing there was more to Uchiha Shi's words.
"By the way, was the bank book you gave Kakuzu real?" Terumi Mei suddenly asked, recalling the intense moment just now.
"Of course not, it was fake."
Uchiha Shi turned around, looking up at the cliff wall with a serious expression.
"There was only enough money for a Set Meal No. 3. I doubt it's enough to buy our lives."
Terumi Mei was taken aback, touching on a knowledge blind spot, and asked foolishly, "Set Meal No. 3, what is that?"
As she spoke, Eight huge, pitch-black tentacles suddenly shot out from the top of the cliff, capable of crushing rocks and tearing the cliff face, terrifying to behold.
The next moment, The tentacles pierced the cliff wall, like an arrow being drawn back.
The bow quickly bent into a full moon, the tentacles taut, creaking!
Whoosh!
A figure with a face as black as a pot bottom shot straight down!
Kakuzu, with eight huge, pitch-black tentacles on his back, looked terrifyingly dark, His face full of anger at being tricked, he roared furiously, "You poor bastard, how dare you trick me!"
"Die!"
Uchiha Shi was momentarily speechless, not knowing how to explain this to Terumi Mei, so he could only laugh awkwardly, scratch his head, and look up at the approaching Kakuzu, his gaze gradually becoming serious, "Um, it's probably a Gua Sha Package that all men like."
Then, he turned around, formed hand seals, and smiled at Terumi Mei, asking, "Ready?"
"The real battle is about to begin!"
(End of Chapter)