It could be said that even with Yota's control over rainy weather phenomena alone, he was no weaker than most Water Style ninja.
So when faced with this torrential downpour, similar to a Water Style attack, the students, none older than ten, were collectively washed into the water and forced to swim.
This could be described as Rain Style!
"Ah! Why did it suddenly start raining so heavily?"
"Damn it, does this guy know Water Style?"
"What a powerful Water Style ninjutsu. It feels stronger than what some of our Chunin teacher use!"
"Is he really a student who hasn't even graduated yet?"
"Help!"
"Waaah, I can't swim!"
Clearly, these lower-grade Kumogakure students had mistaken Yota's ability to control the natural weather phenomenon of "rain" for Water Style ninjutsu.
But that was only natural.
After all, who would believe that such a massive rainstorm was simply "rain"?
The rainwater kept accumulating, already rising past the waists of many lower-grade students.
With the rain soaking their bodies and weighing them down, some students had already begun crying for help.
Yet as the controller of the weather phenomenon, Yota did not have even a drop of rain touch the corner of his clothes!
That should be about enough, right? Given the strength of these lower-grade Kumogakure students, there's no way they'll still have any fighting strength after enduring the rain I summoned. Yota pondered, stroking his chin with his right hand as he watched the Kumogakure students collectively swimming around.
After a while longer, when he saw many Kumogakure students beginning to choke on water, Yota finally stopped controlling the weather phenomenon of "rain."
The sun reappeared in the sky.
"Cough, cough!"
"Bleurgh!"
"Waaah!"
As far as the eye could see, the lower-grade Kumogakure students who had originally surrounded Yota were now