Fighting the Teacher, Father-in-Law Scolds Son-in-Law?

First match: Inuzuka Yoru versus teacher Kurama Heiji. After forming the Opposing Seal, both sides squared off.

Inuzuka Yoru activated the Four Claws Technique, his limbs becoming beast-like. In this state, his speed was faster and his attack power stronger. Ranmaru also spun through the air, flinging his urine everywhere to mark the territory with scent.

Kurama Heiji, caught off guard by Inuzuka Yoru's assault, was splattered with dog urine, his face twisting into a look of disgust. Watching from a distance, Jiogan and Kurama Feiyun couldn't help but smirk.

"Once marked, Teacher can't fool Yoru with Shadow Clones anymore. A Shadow Clone can't replicate the smell of Ranmaru's urine!" Jiogan said.

Kurama Feiyun nodded in agreement.

At that moment, Inuzuka Yoru shouted to Ranmaru, "Ranmaru, transform!"

With that, Ranmaru shifted into Yoru's four-claw form and perched atop him.

"Fang Over Fang!"

Inuzuka Yoru unleashed his signature move—two rapidly spinning vortices hurtling toward Kurama Heiji!

Kurama Heiji dodged repeatedly as Yoru pressed the attack relentlessly.

"Oh, Yoru, not bad! Your endurance has improved a lot!" Kurama Heiji teased.

As the words left his mouth, Yoru deactivated Fang Over Fang. The technique consumed too much Chakra. "Damn it, I can't land a hit at all. If Jiogan were here, we could team up—he'd trap the enemy with Water Prison, and I'd activate Fang Over Fang to take them out directly!"

His big move had failed, draining his Chakra instead. After a final desperate struggle, Inuzuka Yoru conceded defeat, utterly spent.

"Teacher, I lose!" Inuzuka Yoru's face was a mix of frustration and defiance.

"Sigh, Yoru, you're so stubborn!" Jiogan shook his head in exasperation. Without a teammate by his side, Yoru was still a reckless brute—though compared to before, he had learned to control his emotions a little.

"Yoru, you idiot, you rushed in again. You never even used the mark Ranmaru made!" Kurama Heiji said.

"You should've leveraged your sensing advantage and fought a war of attrition with me, instead of charging headlong and exhausting yourself!" Kurama Heiji shook his head.

Hearing this, Inuzuka Yoru snapped to realization, his face full of regret. His spirits sank.

Jiogan quickly stepped in to smooth things over. "Teacher, Yoru's strength is already much greater than before. His choice of attacks might be lacking, but this is a one-on-one fight against a Jonin like you. Without team coordination, there's only so much Yoru can do."

"Yoru, don't be down. You're a Sensor Ninja—your true value is hard to show in a solo match like this!" Kurama Feiyun also comforted him.

Seeing how Jiogan and his own daughter defended Yoru, Kurama Heiji could feel the bond between them and nodded inwardly.

"Yoru, they're right. But in the upcoming missions, I'll be focusing on training you!" Kurama Heiji said.

"Next up is the second match. Who's going first?" Kurama Heiji asked.

Jiogan and Kurama Feiyun exchanged a glance, instantly understanding each other's intent. Jiogan nodded at Feiyun.

Then Kurama Feiyun said, "Father, I'll be your second opponent!"

Seeing his daughter step up second, Kurama Heiji wasn't surprised at all. The strongest always came last!

After forming the Opposing Seal, father and daughter squared off. Over the two-month Patrol Mission, Jiogan and Kurama Feiyun had spent the most time together and knew each other best. Jiogan had also been guiding Feiyun all along.

Kurama Feiyun pulled out several Kunai and hurled them at Kurama Heiji, who deflected each one. "Not bad, your throwing has improved!"

Kurama Feiyun found an opening to close in, engaging her father in fifty rounds of Taijutsu combat with a Kunai in hand. Kurama Heiji was astonished at how much his daughter's Taijutsu Skill had advanced. Though he wasn't going all out, the fact that she could hold her own for fifty exchanges showed she had put serious work into her training.

Watching Feiyun's Taijutsu duel, Jiogan nodded quietly. "The Taijutsu guidance training is paying off. With her Genjutsu added in, Feiyun is at Chunin level now!"

After another dozen or so exchanges, the father and daughter stopped their bout.

They didn't engage in a Genjutsu duel, since Feiyun's Genjutsu had always been taught by Kurama Heiji. He knew exactly how skilled his daughter was—they'd sparred with Genjutsu within the clan plenty of times.

Besides, Kurama Heiji wanted to conserve his Chakra and energy for Jiogan. From their time on the mission, Heiji had noticed Jiogan's immense progress and knew he had to take him seriously.

After forming the Seal of Reconciliation, Kurama Heiji looked at Jiogan. Jiogan walked over and extended his hand. "Teacher, please guide me."

The two formed the Opposing Seal, and the moment their eyes met, it was as if sparks flew.

The classic scene of a father-in-law testing his son-in-law was about to unfold!

After forming the Opposing Seal, both sides quickly created distance. Kurama Heiji knew Jiogan's Taijutsu level well—he was a Genjutsu-type ninja, and Taijutsu wasn't his forte. Getting close was clearly not a good choice.

Jiogan naturally understood Kurama Heiji's thinking, but mid-to-long range was also his own specialty!

Jiogan unleashed Water Release: Water Gun, spitting out several deep blue Water Balls with considerable power. Kurama Heiji retreated repeatedly, dodging. "He really has improved a lot—the Water Gun's power has increased this much!"

Forced back by the Water Gun's assault, Kurama Heiji ended up near the riverbank. This was Jiogan's deliberate plan—he wanted to use the river's advantage to test a new idea.

"Water Release: Water Wave!" The river's current swelled, overflowing its banks into a powerful surge that instantly flooded a hundred-meter area across the river. The terrain was directly altered, and the water receded slowly, leaving puddles and wet patches everywhere.

Kurama Heiji cursed inwardly, "Damn, this move again!"

Back on the day Team 11 was formed, Jiogan had used this same technique in their assessment match.

Kurama Heiji dodged repeatedly but still ended up soaked through. There was no helping it—the Water Wave was too massive!

Jiogan's eyes shifted. "Now!"

He changed his hand signs, and in an instant, five or six of the surrounding puddles and wet patches transformed into water palms, converging on Kurama Heiji to trap him!

Kurama Heiji was startled. He knew Jiogan had mastered a Water Prison Technique that could form palms to restrain opponents, but he never expected it could be activated like this—and so fast, sealing off all his escape routes!

Watching from the sidelines, Inuzuka Yoru and Kurama Feiyun were also shocked. "What! Jiogan's Water Palm Prison Technique has advanced again! He can control it like that!"

Seeing he was about to be caught, Kurama Heiji abandoned all pretense and reacted instantly, tossing out two Explosive Tags to blast two of the palms apart, then dodging the rest!

"Damn, forget about saving face. If I actually got trapped in that Water Prison, I'd lose even more dignity!" But Kurama Heiji's expression was clearly sour.

This time, he had utterly lost face in front of his own daughter—resorting to an Explosive Tag in a spar against his own Genin disciple!

But as Jiogan flashed in close, Kurama Heiji was forced into a Taijutsu exchange. However, after a few rounds, Kurama Heiji sensed something was off!

"This isn't Jiogan's usual Taijutsu style—why so many grappling moves!" Kurama Heiji felt deeply uncomfortable and tried to retreat.

But now that he was in close quarters, Jiogan had no intention of letting Kurama Heiji easily create distance. Relying on sheer strength, he temporarily locked down Kurama Heiji's arms.

Realizing he was restrained, a sharp sense of crisis surged through Kurama Heiji. Forgetting whether this was still a spar, his body reacted instinctively, unleashing a genjutsu—the Hell Viewing Technique!

"With physical contact like this, there's no way he can dodge my genjutsu impact!" Kurama Heiji thought to himself.

Sure enough, seeing Jiogan's body freeze into a stiff state, Kurama Heiji tried to break free. But then his pupils contracted!

The Jiogan caught in the genjutsu turned into water, simultaneously forming a Water Palm. At such close range, Kurama Heiji had no way to dodge! He was seized by the palm!

Instantly, he lost his ability to mobilize Chakra, completely sealed off!

In the distance, Kurama Feiyun, Inuzuka Yoru, and Ranmaru nearly dropped their jaws to the ground! "Teacher (Father) actually lost!" "Woof woof!"