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" We forfeit. We forfeit."

Seeing that Uchiha Tekka was about to lose, Uchiha Mai worried that Kisame Hoshigaki would go too far and immediately called out Tekka's forfeit for him.

Kisame was an honest man, but he was also rather brutal and combative. If Mei Terumi had not specifically reminded him to hold back, there was still a high chance he would go too far.

The chief examiner, Rasa, remained unmoved.

Because Uchiha Mai was not a combatant and Tekka had not yet lost his ability to fight, even if Uchiha Mai was Tekka's captain, he had no right to forfeit on Tekka's behalf.

"I haven't lost yet!"

Tekka gritted his teeth and stubbornly swung his blade, hoping to seize one final chance at victory.

The pride of the Uchiha would not allow Tekka to surrender while he still had even the slimmest chance of winning.

"Now that's a real man."

Tekka was already at the end of his strength. Kisame praised him, then exchanged several blows with Tekka before seizing an opening and slashing across his chest.

That slash completely destroyed Tekka's final hope of victory.

The wound stretched from his left shoulder to his right waist, and several ribs had been severed. In an instant, blood gushed from Tekka's chest, the crimson flow staining the "pool" beneath their feet.

"Pfft!"

Tekka spat out a mouthful of blood. It transformed into a scarlet rainbow in midair, and his body flew backward like a torn sack.

"Water Style: Water Shark Bullet Technique!"

Kisame had no intention of stopping there. He rapidly formed Hand Seals and used another technique, condensing the water beneath his feet into a blood-colored shark that lunged toward Tekka.

This was the correct thing to do.

The enemy had not surrendered and had not completely lost