"Chunin..."
Hyuga Kagami, who had been somewhat pleased, suddenly felt strange after hearing Itachi's congratulations.
But Itachi was right. As the final victor of the Chunin Exams jointly held by the Five Great Shinobi Villages, his identity as "Kirin" had indeed earned him Chunin qualifications.
At that moment, the battered and bruised Deidara climbed to his feet and said resentfully, "Damn it, you despicable bastard!"
"Despicable!?" After a pause, Hyuga Kagami said, "Hey, we're all shinobi. Could you stop saying something so amateurish? Or should I take that as a compliment?"
Deidara was not one to admit defeat easily, and he immediately asked, "Do you dare fight me again?"
"Even if we kept fighting, it wouldn't change the fact that I just knocked you flat!" Hyuga Kagami smiled, then kindly reminded Deidara, "Get to the hospital. I completely severed the trapezius muscles in your back. You probably can't even raise your arms right now. Whether you can still form hand seals is questionable, so how are you supposed to fight?"
Against a dangerous opponent like Deidara, Hyuga Kagami naturally would not settle for merely knocking him down.
The moment he landed his blow, he had precisely severed the trapezius muscles in Deidara's back with Lightning Release chakra, along with several vital chakra pathways running through his body. Thus, Deidara's injuries were far more severe than they appeared on the surface.
"Tch!"
After spitting in disgust, Deidara turned and left, his eyes filled with unwillingness. He knew Hyuga Kagami was not bluffing; his body was indeed in such bad shape that even forming hand seals was difficult.
Watching Deidara leave, the smile on Hyuga Kagami's face gradually faded.
He actually could have fought Deidara normally in this final match, because Karin had already healed his injuries, and the chakra he had