Don't Chicken Out—Just Do It

Sunlight spilled across the ground, and the Training Ground was exceptionally quiet.

Uchiha Chen sighed. It seemed the negotiation had failed.

His Face Fruit was not developed enough yet; it had no effect on a Jonin like Tsunade.

In that case, he could only reveal all the strength he had been hiding and make Tsunade sing a song of surrender.

Don't chicken out—just do it.

Though he definitely could not beat her. He would not be able to beat her before graduation, either. Tsunade was stingy, barbaric, and overbearing.

But that was not a reason for Uchiha Chen to fear her.

Uchiha Chen's eyes swiftly swept over the area.

He was assessing the surrounding environment. Making use of terrain was important for a ninja, but there was not even a single obstacle around.

In Taijutsu, she was a Jonin who specialized in Taijutsu.

In Chakra, she was from the Senju Clan.

In Genjutsu, she would probably dispel it instantly.

He was being suppressed in every aspect. His only advantages were probably his intelligence and looks.

Tsunade probably would not use her full strength against him. That was his only chance.

Tsunade rolled her shoulders slightly, then beckoned Uchiha Chen over.

"Brat, come on."

Her tone was full of provocation and disdain.

He could not stand for that. Uchiha Chen swiftly pulled out his Shuriken and Kunai from his Ninja Pouch.

He immediately threw the Shuriken in his right hand, then hurled the Kunai in his left hand as well.

The Kunai launched later but arrived first, immediately striking the Shuriken and sending it flying toward Tsunade.

Then Uchiha Chen rapidly charged toward Tsunade.

"Oh, Uchiha Throwing Technique." Tsunade did not dodge with any fancy moves. She simply punched the ground, then directly tore up a stone slab and raised it in front of herself. The Kunai and Shuriken both struck it.

Uchiha Chen's eye twitched. She could not even be bothered to use the Substitution Jutsu?

What a brute. Such a brute.

Tsunade swung her arm, hurling the massive stone slab in her hand straight at him. The enormous slab tore through the air at terrifying speed, like a giant cannonball.

Uchiha Chen stopped charging and immediately dodged aside.

Was this a joke? This was way too ridiculous. If that hit him at this speed, would he not be turned into a meat sandwich?

Tsunade swiftly closed in and threw a punch. Her fist was coated in Chakra; it was not something Uchiha Chen's small frame could withstand.

Watching that delicate-looking fist swing toward him, Uchiha Chen thrust his Kunai at it with a backhanded motion.

Tsunade twisted her left leg, dragging Uchiha Chen's leg along with it. Uchiha Chen immediately lost his balance. Tsunade blocked the Kunai, then grabbed the collar of Uchiha Chen's Windbreaker and flung him away with a swing.

As he flew through the air, Uchiha Chen was somewhat puzzled. Tsunade's speed and strength just now had not been at the level of a Jonin.

Does she look down on me that much?

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh."

Still in midair, Uchiha Chen swiftly threw out Shuriken.

Since ordinary Shuriken were useless, then he would use this move.

"Scatter, Shuriken."

"Useless. A little trick like that." Tsunade crossed her arms, utterly unmoved.

Uchiha Chen did not react. His fingers brushed the bands wrapped around his wrists, where several black patterns were etched.

These were special items sold by Cat Granny for summoning ninja tools. They were the same type of item as the spatial Scroll used by Tenten.

Uchiha Chen crossed his hands and touched the bands on his left and right wrists respectively. Two black Shuriken immediately emerged at his fingertips.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Without hesitation, he threw them out. After Uchiha Chen landed, his arms began to swing repeatedly at high speed. The Shuriken flying toward Tsunade multiplied from only a few into more than a dozen.

Uchiha Chen launched the Shuriken incredibly quickly, and every one of them was extremely accurate. They all shot toward Tsunade's body.

Just as Tsunade was about to swiftly dodge Uchiha Chen's dozen or so Shuriken, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

The movements of Uchiha Chen's hands suddenly sped up several times over.

His movements seemed to leave afterimages, so fast they made the eyes dizzy.

The Shuriken that had been flying toward Tsunade, originally numbering only a dozen or so, instantly became densely packed as they shot toward her like a swarm of insects.

"Watch this—Rain of a Thousand Shuriken Jutsu!"

More than a hundred Shuriken poured down like a rainstorm. The Shuriken were so densely packed that even Tsunade had no time to evade them with her speed.

Tsunade's expression turned serious. To use more than a hundred Shuriken in such a short time required insane amounts of training to reach this level.

She knew the Uchiha Clan was good with Shuriken, but did he have to be this outrageous? One wrong move, and someone would be shot full of holes.

No wonder Nawaki had always admired Shuriken Jutsu so much. It really was cool.

Against a Taijutsu ninja like Tsunade, this kind of long-range attack was indeed effective.

At that moment, the overwhelming black afterimages and dense Shuriken formed a great net that sealed off all of Tsunade's escape routes.

"Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall." Tsunade could only use Ninjutsu to block it. She had not planned on using Ninjutsu.

The densely packed Shuriken struck the wall like bullets.

Standing there, Tsunade raised her leg.

"Heavenly Foot of Pain." A massive fissure raced across the ground toward Uchiha Chen.

He could only stop throwing Shuriken and swiftly dodge away.

Shuriken were useless against Tsunade, and his Ninjutsu was too weak to hit her, only wasting Chakra. As for Genjutsu, he had only a single instant of opportunity.

Then... what should I do?

Tsunade swiftly closed in. It seemed she did not intend to give Uchiha Chen another chance to attack from range.

Uchiha Chen immediately formed Hand Seals, and several clones appeared on the Training Ground. This was the strongest Taijutsu he currently possessed.

"Oh, Uchiha Kagami's unique Body Flicker Technique." Tsunade was surprised as well. After all, the last time she had seen this move was when she was a child.

"But this move is useless against me. Your speed is still too slow. I can tell which one is real in a second."

Tsunade punched the ground, and the earth around them cracked apart.

She used the force to sense the changes around her.

"Found you." Tsunade charged over at a speed Uchiha Chen could not react to.

Then she kicked out. The Uchiha Chen she kicked was the one she believed to be the real body. Yet her foot passed through Uchiha Chen's body.

"What?! Genjutsu?" Tsunade's eyes narrowed, and she immediately disrupted her Chakra.

By the time she came back to her senses, Uchiha Chen's fist was already before her. Uchiha Chen had used that instant to close in on her.

Then Uchiha Chen's fist struck Tsunade's chin. Before Tsunade could react, he viciously drove his right knee upward!

Tsunade's body arched, and Uchiha Chen's strength kicked her straight into the air.

It was not over yet. Uchiha Chen swiftly landed, then forcefully pushed off with one foot and leaped into the air again, striking Tsunade in the abdomen once more and sending her body even higher.

A large amount of Chakra gathered in Uchiha Chen's feet. Then, with an extreme burst of strength from his lower body, he nearly instantly leaped to a position even higher than Tsunade.

From above, Uchiha Chen viciously brought his right leg down onto Tsunade!

"Uchiha Lion Combo!"

"Bang." Tsunade, whom he had kicked, suddenly turned into a puff of smoke!

"Huh?!"

"Shadow Clone?"