Akaseki flipped down from Vermilion Bird, while Tanuki Treasure vanished with a poof.
Akaseki had no intention of using Tanuki Treasure in direct combat—
After all, even before the Chunin Exams, some people had thought Akaseki was just Tanuki Treasure's accessory!
After landing, Akaseki faced Rock Flow as he charged straight at him. He did not bother with any tricks this time, drawing the Uchiha Gunbai directly—
Bang!
The Uchiha Gunbai collided with Rock Flow's chakra ninja blade, sending sparks flying. Akaseki immediately closed in with two steps, swinging his arm and forcing Rock Flow back.
Rock Flow was roughly as strong as Momochi Senzan, hardly enough to pose any threat to Akaseki.
More importantly, Rock Flow was also a ninja who leaned toward the ninja blade school—
During the Warring States Period, the ninja blade school had been mainstream. Ninjas of that era generally carried ninja blades, long or short. However, over the three decades since the village era began, ninjutsu had grown ever more advanced, while mission requirements had become utterly different from those of the Warring States Period.
Among the ninjas of the current Five Great Nations, only Kirigakure in the Land of Water still had many practitioners of the ninja blade school. At its root, this was because Kirigakure's internal strife had lasted too long. Its environment was practically a miniature Warring States Period, and with no stable environment for research and development, its ninjutsu had progressed slowly, leaving it quite primitive.
After all, Uchiha Style Taijutsu had also been a form of taijutsu that originated in the Warring States Period and developed further during the village era. Its advantages were even more apparent against ninja blade school practitioners.
Rock Flow wanted to settle this with taijutsu, so Akaseki had no need for any other tactics.