Tentacle Monster Defense Method

"Mikoto, you're hurt?"

Among the graduates, Senju Nawaki found his deskmate Uchiha Mikoto and immediately noticed the bandage wrapped around her arm.

"I sparred with Brother Fugaku a few times over the past few days!"

Uchiha Mikoto gave Senju Nawaki a slight nod and replied calmly.

She had not relaxed at all this past week. Though she did not think she would lose, it never hurt to be cautious, so she had asked her fiancé, Fugaku Uchiha, to begin practical combat training with her.

Since it was practical combat training, injuries were naturally unavoidable.

Of course, they were only superficial wounds and would not affect her fighting.

"You did practical combat training too? Same here, but my big sister was way too brutal. A few times, I felt like she was going to beat me to death. I really wonder which unlucky guy will marry her in the future!"

Senju Nawaki grew excited, but when he recalled the torment his big sister had put him through these past few days, his face immediately fell as he could not help complaining.

These past few days had felt like years to him!

"It's all that bastard's fault!"

Senju Nawaki cursed bitterly, gritting his teeth in hatred for the chief culprit behind all this.

If that guy had not messed around at the graduation ceremony, he would not have suffered through these miserable days.

"Why isn't that guy here yet? Is he going to stand us up?"

Senju Nawaki looked around, but seeing no sign of the culprit, he felt puzzled.

Had that guy given up?

Had he merely been showing off back then? Was he going to stand all of them up this time?

"Probably not. Didn't you see that even Senior Danzo showed up?"

Uchiha Mikoto looked toward the main viewing platform. She had noticed Shimura Danzō's arrival long ago. Since Shimura Danzō had come in person, Shimura Kentei would never stand them up.

Speak of the devil, and he appeared. Sarutobi Hiruzen and the other strongest figures on the main viewing platform seemed to sense something and looked up into the sky. A black figure had appeared over a hundred meters above them and was rapidly falling.

Strangely, broad wings extended from both sides of the figure. Judging by its descent, its target appeared to be this place.

Bang!

Pulled by gravity, the black figure fell faster and faster. Finally, it folded away the wings behind its back and crashed heavily into the center of the training ground with a deafening boom.

The immense force rippled outward, causing the entire training ground to tremble slightly. Some of the nearest graduates even lost their balance and fell to the ground.

When the dust at the center dispersed, the sight before them made the hearts of many Ninja Academy students skip a beat.

The ground within a ten-meter radius at the center of the training ground had shattered, with countless cracks spreading outward around it.

At the center of the shattered ground stood a figure entirely shrouded in a black robe. It was an exceptionally broad, strange-looking figure.

That was right. The newcomer was none other than Shimura Kentei!

"Damn it, I knew this wouldn't feel good!"

Hidden beneath the black robe, Shimura Kentei could not help complaining inwardly. His entire body had gone numb from the impact, and his internal organs throbbed with pain.

For every action, there was an equal and opposite reaction. He had smashed the ground into that state, so his body naturally had to withstand an equivalent rebounding force.

If not for his decent physique, the temporary reinforcement of his body with chakra, and the high-performance shock absorbers in his combat boots, that impact would definitely have killed him.

Still, seeing the shocked expressions of everyone around him, Shimura Kentei felt it had been worth it!

That entrance was perfect!

"Brother Danzo, your boy has quite the physique!"

On the main viewing platform, Senju Tōsu glanced at Shimura Danzō beside him.

With his eyesight, he could naturally see some of the intricacies. Although spreading chakra throughout one's body could temporarily increase physical defense, the rebounding force from that kind of landing was no small matter.

That showed the boy's physique was absolutely impressive. To attain such physical strength, he must have cultivated some kind of secret technique.

It seemed he had underestimated the Shimura Clan in the past!

Honoka Uchiha, Tokugawa Hyuga, and the others also looked toward Shimura Danzō, but as a cold and aloof man, Shimura Danzō simply ignored them.

At the center of the training ground, Shimura Kentei stood with his arms folded across his chest. Once the numbness and soreness throughout his body had faded, he pulled his feet free from the ground and used Chakra Threads to flip back his hood, gazing down arrogantly at the massive group of graduates before him.

"I never expected trash like you to actually dare show up and make fools of yourselves. When it comes to courage, I, Shimura Kentei, acknowledge you as the strongest!"

Those arrogant words snapped everyone back to their senses, followed immediately by surging anger. A young man was the first to leap out, and it was Senju Nawaki.

"That's exactly what I wanted to say. Today, I'll show you how strong I am!"

After saying that, Senju Nawaki pulled two kunai from his ninja tool pouch and charged forward at high speed.

"Not bad speed. His foundation is solid!"

Orochimaru showed approval as he watched. Although members of the Senju Clan possessed far stronger physiques than ordinary ninja, for Senju Nawaki to unleash such speed at his age was truly rare. He could be considered a genius.

"Of course! Just look whose little brother he is!"

Tsunade wore a proud expression. Over the past few years, she had been the one teaching her younger brother Nawaki whenever she had time. Rather than allowing him to learn powerful ninjutsu, she had focused on training his body and building an exceptionally solid foundation.

It could be said that in terms of taijutsu alone, her little brother was already capable of going toe-to-toe with an ordinary Chunin.

He would definitely beat that little pervert into a pig's head!

Unfortunately, that wish was about to fall through. The next scene froze the smile on Tsunade's face.

The rapidly charging Senju Nawaki was suddenly tripped by something bizarre. His entire face slammed into the ground, knocking him unconscious as blood flowed from the side of his head.

The sight made everyone around him feel their own faces hurt.

"I think Nawaki would be better suited to become Jiraiya's disciple!"

After a moment of silence, Orochimaru somewhat regretted agreeing to Tsunade's request to take Nawaki as his disciple.

The boy's foundation was solid, but his brain did not seem particularly sharp!

Orochimaru had no interest in teaching an idiot.

Tsunade's pretty face darkened, and she said nothing, but her eyes flickered with vicious light.

She had decided. This time, she would also become that younger brother's squad leader and properly discipline him, so he would stop embarrassing her.

"Where's Jiraiya?"

Seeing that Tsunade was in a terrible mood, Orochimaru changed the subject. He looked around but did not see Jiraiya anywhere.

"When he was leaving the hospital this morning, he accidentally rolled down the stairs and worsened his injuries. He's being treated in the hospital!"

Taking a deep breath, Tsunade answered indifferently.

Naturally, she could not allow that little pervert's hired task to fail. After all, the reward was a full ten million ryo.

But that little pervert's condition had only been for Jiraiya to meet the standard for discharge today. If he got injured again after being healed and discharged, that was none of her business.

"..."

Orochimaru looked speechlessly at the beauty beside him and silently mourned for his other friend for three seconds.

"Those are... Chakra Threads?"

On the training ground, a tomoe slowly rotated in Uchiha Mikoto's eyes as she spoke uncertainly, then looked toward Hyuga Suzune beside her.

When it came to perception, the Hyuga Clan's Byakugan was still stronger.

"Suzune!"

"They really are Chakra Threads. There are ten Chakra Threads around him, and Nawaki was just tripped by one of them."

With her Byakugan activated, Hyuga Suzune confirmed Uchiha Mikoto's judgment. They truly were Chakra Threads, and there were as many as ten of them.

"Everyone, don't get close. That guy is surrounded by Chakra Threads. Attack him with kunai throwing techniques."

Once Uchiha Mikoto received confirmation, she immediately stopped the classmates who wanted to charge in for close combat like Senju Nawaki had. At the same time, she suggested attacking from range with kunai throwing techniques.

With Uchiha Mikoto's warning and Senju Nawaki's example before them, the graduates naturally did not dare take any more risks. They pulled out kunai and spread out, continuously hurling them around Shimura Kentei.

Fortunately, they had prepared plenty of ninja tools, including kunai and senbon, for today's battle. They had more than enough to exhaust that guy to death.

Faced with the countless incoming kunai, shuriken, senbon, and other ninja tools, Shimura Kentei remained standing still. Ten ten-meter-long Chakra Threads extended like monster tentacles, knocking away every incoming weapon one by one.

When he had copied books before, he could indeed only use four Chakra Threads. But that required precise manipulation. Simply using them to defend against kunai and shuriken did not require that level of precision, so he could directly use ten Chakra Threads.

Countless kunai and shuriken flew at him, only to be bizarrely knocked away midway. Not one could come within a meter of Shimura Kentei.

Even kunai launched from blind spots behind him were accurately deflected.

"Did you really think all those years fighting Miss Keiko were for nothing?"

After blocking the many kunai and shuriken fired from behind him, Shimura Kentei sneered inwardly.

Over the past few years in the Black Cauldron Space, he had fought Keiko's replica in every possible form of battle, from close-range taijutsu to ninjutsu, to kunai and shuriken throwing techniques. He had experienced every kind of combat and could already watch in all directions and listen from every side.

As long as these people's kunai could not exceed the speed of sound and were not too numerous, they could never hit him.

Of course, to be safe, he had placed six Chakra Threads behind himself and only four in front, ensuring nothing could go wrong.

"Suzune, can you see what's beneath that guy's black robe?"

Uchiha Mikoto, who had not acted rashly, once again questioned Hyuga Suzune beside her. She felt considerable pressure in her heart.

Over the past few days, she had guessed at Shimura Kentei's strength and fighting methods, but she had never imagined that he could condense Chakra Threads—so many of them, so tough, and even so flexible.

However, those were only secondary concerns. What truly unsettled her was that the shape of the figure hidden beneath his black robe was very wrong.

"He's wearing a suit of armor that covers his entire body. There's also a pair of wings on his back. That armor is very unusual. Even my Byakugan can't see through it!"

After observing for a long time, Hyuga Suzune frowned slightly. This was the first time she had encountered something even her Byakugan could not see through.

"Armor?"

Uchiha Mikoto was stunned. She had initially thought that guy had made a puppet, since his mastery of Chakra Threads was so high that he looked like he was pursuing the path of a puppeteer. Who would have thought it was actually a suit of armor?

She lowered her head and glanced at the kunai in her hand, wisely putting it away before raising her hands to form seals.

A suit of armor could indeed effectively block ninja tools like kunai and shuriken, but it could not block ninjutsu—especially the Fire Style ninjutsu the Uchiha excelled at most.

Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique!

Fire-nature chakra erupted from her mouth, transforming into a scorching fireball three meters wide that shot toward Shimura Kentei, who stood surrounded at the center.

Yet, facing the incoming fireball, Shimura Kentei neither dodged nor avoided it. He merely used Chakra Threads to manipulate the helmet hidden in his collar, assembling it around his head for protection—especially around his flowing long hair.

The Great Fireball struck Shimura Kentei squarely, causing everyone present to hold their breath, especially Uchiha Mikoto.

"Why didn't he dodge?"

Puzzled, Uchiha Mikoto could not understand Shimura Kentei's actions.

She was no stranger to armor, and her own grandfather even possessed a suit. That type of armor, passed down from the Warring States Period, could only protect vital areas of the body. It was useful for blocking ninja tools, but it was basically ineffective against ninjutsu, especially Fire Style ninjutsu.

Although her Great Fireball could not melt gold or liquefy iron, it still carried temperatures close to a thousand degrees. A human body simply could not withstand it.

Could that guy have some other trump card?--

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