"You... this is..."
Before Rasa could say more, the Konoha kunoichi opposite him flung eight shuriken.
"So fast!"
Rasa moved swiftly while forming hand seals, then slammed both hands onto the ground.
"Earth Release: Earth Shore Return!"
A stone slab swiftly flipped up, blocking the shuriken Mikoto had thrown, but Mikoto was already charging at him with a kunai in hand.
"Testing each other in taijutsu, huh!"
A fierce wind wrapped around Rasa as he swung his kunai to block Mikoto's attack.
"My speed, you can't possibly... Pfft!"
Mikoto's expression was stern. Wielding a kunai in each hand, she unleashed a barrage of rapid attacks that utterly shocked Rasa!
His arm took a vicious slash, and Rasa sucked in a sharp breath.
"How can your speed be this fast?!"
"You talk too much!"
Mikoto snorted coldly. A dazzling chain of close-range rapid strikes forced Rasa into a desperate predicament.
A faint red glow flickered around her arms and legs—
This was a technique developed by imitating the principles behind Satoru's Scorching Swiftness, using Fire-nature Chakra to stimulate the body and enhance speed and reaction time!
"Ugh!"
A heavy kick sent Rasa flying. In Mikoto's blood-red eyes, black tomoe slowly spun.
"Hell Viewing Technique!"
"!!"
Rasa was struck by the Genjutsu. He clutched his head in agony and gritted his teeth as he endured it—if he could not withstand it, would that not prove that killing his companion had been completely wrong?!
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"
"Boom—"
"Aaaahhh!!"
For the first time, Mikoto's Great Fireball Technique hit its target.
Smoking all over, Rasa was blasted away. The Genjutsu naturally dissipated, but he was too severely injured to continue fighting.
"If you'd had companions helping you just now, you wouldn't have lost so miserably."
Mikoto's crimson eyes reflected in Rasa's eyes