Part 3: Blade Dance
[So many people are watching!]
[However, Temari's Shadow Clone didn't know that her sensitive spot was in a blind zone.]
[Furthermore, when her main body emerged from the smoke and dust, it immediately drew everyone's attention.]
[Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh—]
[Bang—]
[Then, Temari's Shadow Clone was dispelled by her own Wind Release.]
[On the second-floor viewing platform, Orochimaru blinked.]
[From the look of it, he didn't seem to have guessed wrong.]
"Damn it!"
Temari slapped Kankuro hard on the back.
Kankuro had just put down the crow puppet he was carrying.
As a result, he took a solid hit.
"Hiss~!!!"
"What are you doing?!"
"Have you gone crazy?!"
"Black-Framed Naruto was the one who hit you, not me!"
"..."
Kankuro grimaced in pain.
Temari's face was burning hot, and she was gnashing her teeth in anger.
"Shut up."
Kankuro wanted to snap back some more.
Gaara spoke up coldly and abruptly.
Kankuro: "..."
Fine.
So a sister is a sister, but a brother isn't a brother, huh?
What else could he do?
He silently and sorrowfully shouldered his crow puppet, then moved away from the two siblings with a resentful look.
The black-framed large screen continued to play:
[Hum—]
[The Shadow Clone's memories and experiences were transmitted back.]
[Temari felt as if her own backside was burning with pain, just like her Shadow Clone's.]
[Now, there was absolutely no chance of her holding back.]
[Snap—]
[She bit her thumb hard.]
[Then, she swiped it forcefully across the Iron Fan.]
[A streak of blood was smeared onto the Iron Fan.]
[Temari took a deep breath.]
[This move was her strongest.]
[She hadn't fully mastered it yet.]
[After using this move, regardless of the outcome, she wouldn't be able to fight any longer.]
[Temari slowly closed her eyes as Chakra surged wildly into the Iron Fan in her hand.]
["Summoning Jutsu..."]
[Don't be overconfident, you idiot!]
[If he gets hit head-on...]
[She paused.]
[Temari slowly opened her eyes.]
[Seeing the Great Fox opposite her still daring to smirk.]
[She was fuming with rage.]
[Fine then!]
[It's better if he doesn't dodge and gets hurt!]
[Then he won't be able to resist anymore!]
[The thought passed.]
[The jutsu was complete!]
["Summoning Jutsu: Blade Dance!!!"]
[Whoosh—]
[She swung the Iron Fan.]
[What appeared wasn't the hurricane with countless tiny wind blades from before.]
[Instead, it was a summoned beast.]
[The summoned beast had snow-white fur; it was clearly a Weasel.]
[The Weasel held a giant scythe, its mouth open to reveal fangs. Its single visible eye was locked onto the Great Fox in front of it.]
[A lantern with the character for'Scythe' hung beside it.]
[Whoosh—]
[In the next instant, the summoned Weasel Kamatari vanished from its spot, charging toward the Great Fox at extreme speed.]
[Wherever it passed, wild winds danced, and countless tiny wind blades sliced into the ground.]
[The momentum was incredibly grand.]
[In front of Kamatari, there were even more giant, transparent wind blades slicing through the surroundings.]
[On the second-floor balcony, many people looked shocked and quickly backed away to avoid being accidentally injured.]
[In a flash, the gale carrying a multitude of giant transparent wind blades broke through the hurricanes Tsunade had previously unleashed.]
[In the blink of an eye, the giant transparent wind blades that were constantly slicing the surroundings reached the Great Fox.]
[Crash—]
[The ground at the Great Fox's feet was sliced open, leaving a massive gash.]
[But the Great Fox didn't panic at all.]
[He silently raised his right hand.]
[Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh—]
['Defeating her with the release she's most confident in... the impression will definitely be deeper.']
['Heehee, you can't run away now~']
[The Great Fox's thought concluded.]
[A massive amount of Chakra surged in his hand.]
[Then, an invisible, spiraling gale ignored the giant transparent wind blades and hurricanes surrounding Kamatari.]
[It slowly took shape in the Great Fox's hand.]
[Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh—]
[The howling wind became extremely sharp and piercing.]
["That's?!!"]
[Almost everyone's eyes widened.]
[Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others stood up abruptly.]
[Their faces were filled with disbelief.]
[Kankuro's pupils constricted.]
[His intuition told him that Temari's strongest strike... was very likely about to be broken.]
[And... it was being broken by Uzumaki Naruto's Wind Release.]
["Damn it!"]
[This is just adding insult to injury, isn't it?!]
[Rattle—]
[No one noticed.]
[At this moment, the cork of the sand gourd on Gaara's back had opened, and fine grains of sand were slowly flowing out.]
[Boom—!!!]
[Without any warning.]
[Suddenly.]
[The summoned Weasel Kamatari vanished.]
[Inside the arena, every inch was covered by giant transparent wind blades.]
[Clearly, Temari's move had completely transcended the concept of a Genin.]
[If she had used it in the Forest of Death earlier.]
[The space Sasuke's Fire Style: Great Fire Annihilation cleared probably wouldn't have been as large as the range of Temari's move.]
[Until this moment.]
[The Rookie 9's gaze toward the Sunagakure Trio finally changed.]
[They're strong!]
[Involuntarily, a phrase Naruto used to say often came to everyone's minds.]
[This Ninja World is vast, and there are many hidden dragons and crouching tigers.]
[Do not underestimate the Ninjas of this Ninja World.]
[Sasuke's gaze darkened slightly.]
[He unconsciously looked at Gaara opposite him.]
[That guy... is definitely even stronger!]
[However, one person's reaction was completely different.]
[Rock Lee's eyes lit up, his face full of eagerness to try.]
[Neji frowned; with this range and frequency of wind blade attacks... he feared even Rotation might not be able to block them all.]
[Of course, if Hinata were to act... no matter how many more times such a Wind Release was used, it wouldn't hope to hurt the current Hinata.]
[At this moment, Neji seemed to be turning into a Hinata fanboy.]
[While everyone else was a Naruto fanboy, he went the other way and became a Hinata fanboy.]
[Temari maintained her attacking posture.]
[Her full chest heaved rapidly.]
["The battle is over..."]
['That guy... he should be okay, right?']
[Right now, the summoned Weasel Kamatari had stirred up an airtight Wind Release within the arena.]
[Then, the arena was covered in smoke and dust.]
[If one were inside, not only would their vision be cut off, but they would also have to face airtight, high-frequency, giant transparent wind blades.]
[Most importantly, there was absolutely no pattern to be found.]
[Because these wind blade attacks were disordered and random.]
[Even the caster, Temari, couldn't judge when the wind blades would appear or attack; she could only roughly see where they were concentrated.]
[A moment later, Temari's expression changed slightly.]
["No way... Damn it!"]
[She forced herself to stay upright, wanting to go in and check on that bad guy's condition.]
['I told you not to be overconfident!']
[Temari was truly anxious.]
[However, her mood soon went through ups and downs like a roller coaster.]
[Her breath hitched.]
[Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh—]
[The sharp, piercing sound of wind reached her ears.]
[Everyone present also held their breath.]
[At this moment, the people on the second-floor balcony saw a small tornado appear where the Great Fox had been.]
[It pulled the surrounding smoke and dust into itself.]
[After a few breaths.]
[The smoke and dust completely vanished.]
[The Great Fox... no, Naruto's figure appeared in everyone's sight.]
["What?!" Kankuro's face was full of disbelief.]
[Everyone else also gasped.]
[Half of it was because Naruto was unharmed, just like before...]
[The other half was because...]
[In Naruto's hand, there was a white Chakra sphere that was emitting a sharp, piercing sound, as if it could cut through anything in the world!]
[Or rather... a shuriken in the shape of a white Chakra sphere?]