Chapter 91: The Finals Begin
Kyosuke looked at the somewhat panicked Mei Terumī and the corner of his mouth curled up slightly.
Then, his already fast speed suddenly increased, and his entire body turned into an afterimage, charging at his enemy.
"Shisui-Style: Body Flicker Technique."
At the same time, a dazzling flame suddenly appeared on the blade of his Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi.
"Uchiha-Style: Sword Dance of Flames."
The powerful flames even directly evaporated the acid mist that Mei had hastily spewed out again.
Finally, the Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi, burning with raging flames, stopped at Mei Terumī's neck.
A drop of cold sweat slowly slid down Mei Terumī's terrified face.
"I... I lose," Mei finally managed to say after a long while.
Hearing her surrender, Kyosuke slowly moved the Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi away from her neck.
He looked at Mei's hair, which had been slightly curled by the flames, and chuckled, then walked back to the center of the venue.
Since he hadn't consumed much in this match, he might as well just get ready for the final battle.
Behind Kyosuke, Mei was watching him with a helpless look.
Strictly speaking, Mei had barely used any of her strength in this battle and had inexplicably lost the match due to a moment of carelessness.
Anyone in this situation would probably feel a bit unwilling.
But what's done is done. No matter how upset she was, it was no use.
So, after standing there for a moment, Mei turned and returned to the stands.
At the same time, Kisame Hoshigaki, holding Samehada, was also slowly walking toward Kyosuke.
"You're very strong, to have defeated Mei Terumī just like that," Kisame said, looking at Kyosuke with a strange expression.
"Oh? Is it only now that you realize how strong I am?" Kyosuke retorted without any courtesy.
The unspoken meaning in his words was referring to their battle in the Forest of Death.
Interestingly, the battle just now was almost identical to the one with Kisame before. Both of them had been suppressed by Kyosuke from the start and had then inexplicably lost.
The reason for this, besides the experience Kyosuke had accumulated from the numerous battles in the dungeons, was the benefit of his "One-Handed Seals."
Because this ability was so rare, under normal circumstances, his opponents would not notice his hand seals.
So, the final defeat was only to be expected.
Of course, this time Kisame had learned his lesson. At least, he himself believed that what had happened last time would not happen again.
However, no matter how much confidence Kisame had in himself, the fact that he had lost to Kyosuke before was undeniable.
So, after hearing Kyosuke's words, his face couldn't help but darken.
"Hmph," Kisame snorted. Just as he was about to say something, the referee at the side stepped forward and interrupted their "friendly" conversation.
"I now declare..." the referee said, ignoring Kisame's ugly expression. He stepped forward and interrupted him in a loud voice.
"The finals of the Chunin Exam..."
"The match between Uchiha Kyosuke and Kisame Hoshigaki, now..."
"Officially begins!!!"
"OH!!!" Hearing the referee's words, a huge cheer erupted in the venue.
Aside from a few scattered shouts from the Mist, almost the entire arena was cheering for Kyosuke.
Seeing this, a corner of Kyosuke's mouth couldn't help but curl up slightly. He then looked at Kisame, whose face had returned to a calm expression, and said, "Then let's begin."
With that, a few shuriken whistled through the air toward him.
Kyosuke was clearly planning to use his usual fighting style to suppress his opponent again.
However, Kisame's type was different from Mei's.
When faced with Kyosuke's shuriken, he only needed to slightly raise Samehada to use its massive body to deflect them one by one.
The suppression tactic had failed.
However, this was also within Kyosuke's expectations.
Because this time, he did not rashly advance to attack. Instead, he directly used the opening when Kisame was parrying to quickly cast his ninjutsu.
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique."
A Level 5 Great Fireball was no weaker than a Level 1 Great Dragon Fire Technique.
A ninjutsu of this level, even if Samehada could absorb it, Kisame would not dare to face it head-on.
After all, he might still need to rely on Samehada to fight later, so he couldn't let it be damaged at the very beginning.
With no other choice, Kisame had to leap up to dodge.
At the same time, he also began to form hand seals.
Kisame's first move was his usual opening ninjutsu.
"Water Release: Exploding Water Colliding Wave."
A massive amount of water rushed toward Kyosuke.
But before Kisame's ninjutsu could reach him, his entire body turned into a stream of light and charged at the enemy.
"Shisui-Style: Body Flicker Technique."
It was the final match. Even if the Body Flicker Technique would put a strain on his body, Kyosuke couldn't be bothered with that now.
Faced with the rapidly approaching Kyosuke, Kisame was about to counterattack when a pair of crimson eyes entered his vision.
Not good, Kisame thought in a panic, preparing to look away.
But unfortunately, he had realized it a little too late.
"Genjutsu: Sharingan."
Instantly, Kisame's body froze in place.
Although he later broke free from the Sharingan's genjutsu with the help of Samehada, it was too late to stop Kyosuke's attack.
In an instant, Kyosuke, using the Body Flicker Technique, flashed wildly around Kisame.
At the same time, the flames imbued on his sword left a series of deep, bone-deep wounds on Kisame's body.
"Uchiha-Style: Sun Halo Dance."
By the time Kyosuke had come to a stop again, powerful flames had erupted from Kisame's body.
Although these flames were quickly absorbed by Samehada, Kisame was clearly in a heavily injured state.
There was even a thin cut on his neck.
If it weren't for some hesitation in Kyosuke's heart, that one sword strike could have directly taken Kisame's life.
"Surrender," Kyosuke said, not moving to stop Kisame's gradually healing wounds, but calmly advising him.
"..." Kisame looked at him with a complicated expression and silently shook his head.
How could he not know that Kyosuke had shown mercy just now?
If it had been any other time, he would have surrendered directly, as a way of repaying his opponent.
But now, he was carrying a special order from the "Mizukage," so he could not lose yet.
At least, not now.
Seeing this, Kyosuke didn't say much more.
Since his opponent was still prepared to fight, then he would accompany him.
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