May Rain

Soji himself never had any intention of meeting the Meat Tank head-on, but given his knowledge from a past life, he was not surprised that someone could block such a ninjutsu-taijutsu technique directly.

The so-called "unstoppable force" is basically a death flag in the ninja world, where methods are bizarre and varied; you never know which deity you might run into and be forced to eat humble pie on the spot!

The problem currently facing Soji is...

What kind of cheat code did this Sand Ninja activate?

As a local ninja born in the Land of Fire, Soji had a general concept of the many secret techniques passed down within Konoha Village.

However, suddenly encountering a powerhouse from the Sand Ninja made it difficult for him to fully utilize his advantage of foresight to make accurate judgments about the enemy's methods.

...Whether it was the Sand Armor, the Puppet Technique, or some other messy secret technique, the boy's understanding of these methods was basically limited to the stage of "knowing they exist."

The barrier between the two-dimensional and three-dimensional worlds limited Soji's cognition, and the restrictions of his identity after transmigrating meant he had no opportunity to personally verify the conjectures in his mind.

Therefore, seeing Akimichi Todo about to collide head-on with the muscle man, Yamada-kun did not use any means to cover the attack.

...As the saying goes, sharpening the knife does not delay the work of cutting wood.

Focusing most of his energy on intelligence gathering, the boy prepared the Accio spell to pull someone to safety while focusing on observing every move of the enemy!

--The muscle man seemed to have no intention of forming hand seals, nor did he waste time pulling out the ninja tools stuck in his opponent's body.

Facing the incoming meatball, he staggered his knees into a forward-leaning lunge, clenched his ten fingers into tiger claws, and then simply and neatly used his physical strength to wrestle with the Akimichi clan's secret technique!

Due to the influence of the Multi-Size Jutsu, this duel looked somewhat like a mantis trying to stop a chariot in terms of body size.

But with a loud bang, the direction of things went completely against common perception!

...The rolling Todo was like a tide hitting a sheer cliff; the entire ball was rapidly rubbing against the gravel on the spot, emitting a teeth-grinding screech of brakes!

As for the muscle man, although his whole body sank about twenty centimeters into the river beach, he stood his ground like a tree with deep roots—he actually didn't use any tricks, relying solely on physical strength to neutralize the Akimichi secret technique!

This highly impactful scene made the corner of the boy's eyes twitch...

Fortunately, amidst the shock, Soji did not forget the work of collecting intelligence in time.

Yamada-kun, without the bonus of dojutsu, could not distinguish the chakra changes in the muscle man's body, but the increasingly bulging muscles on the opponent's upper arms, forearms, and chest were very eye-catching.

Especially at the moment the two made contact!

Soji, who had studied anatomy at Konoha Hospital, vaguely distinguished the oblique texture of the flexor carpi ulnaris before the dust rose...

Years of accumulated medical common sense told the boy that this level of muscle separation could never be achieved through normal exercise.

It could even be said that if a human body maintained this state for a long time, it would be a pathological manifestation in itself!

Thus, synthesizing all this information, Soji had already made a preliminary judgment on the Sand Ninja's methods in a short time:

First, the method used by the opponent was not the same as any secret technique Soji knew, such as the Sand Armor or the Puppet Technique.

It could not even be compared to ninjutsu-taijutsu like the Eight Inner Gates.

Rather than forcibly classifying it as ninjutsu, Soji felt that this thing might be more like the "Cursed Seal" secret technique that Orochimaru would later develop based on Jugo's special constitution...

After all, both used some means to facilitate the reconstruction of human tissues, and on this basis, achieved the effect of breaking through the upper limit of structural function!

Second, the muscle man's secret technique likely needed to seize the chakra of the combat target to sustain the battle!

If not for this, Soji really couldn't understand why he would waste time entangled with the weakened Konoha ninja before Todo launched his attack, and why he would kill the original target without hesitation when he needed to turn to deal with the Meat Tank!

And after Soji reached these two conclusions, he had even less desire to engage in close combat...

Avoiding strengths and attacking weaknesses has always been the golden rule for defeating the enemy.

With the boy's taijutsu, which was barely enough for traveling, rushing head-on against an enemy who had mastered both the "Dragon-Elephant Prajna Art" and the "Star-Sucking Great Art," there was no way he could gain any advantage...

Even if Todo hadn't chosen to engage the enemy rashly, Soji would likely have turned around and run by now, cutting off the muscle man's means of maintaining the secret technique at the source!

Unfortunately, reality has no "ifs"...

Only bitter fruits and evil consequences!

With the "blood bag" the little fatty sent to the muscle man, even if Soji wanted to run now, he would likely not be able to do so.

After all, comparing the agility attributes of the two, Yamada-kun felt that the probability of him successfully escaping was basically negligible...

So the only remaining choice was to defeat the enemy head-on!

"Sigh... my life is truly bitter."

Soji sighed inwardly... while quickly adjusting his mindset, he once again pinched the "Wei" hand seal.

In the blink of an eye, the tried-and-true Accio took effect again, lifting the exhausted Akimichi Todo diagonally upward!

In this way, the high-speed rotating meatball no longer insisted on crushing the enemy head-on, but instead bounced into the air, briefly avoiding those steel-cast hands.

It was just that the Konoha ninja who had previously fought the muscle man had already died; how could the Sand Ninja be willing to give up in order to maintain the secret technique?

"Hmph, trying to escape?"

Although the hands curled into tiger claws missed the target for a moment, they quickly swung and pulled horizontally, chasing directly in the direction the little fatty had escaped!

Having failed to gain an advantage with a full-force charge earlier, how could Akimichi Todo be the muscle man's opponent now that he lacked the kinetic energy from the sprint?

What's more, the special form of the Meat Tank meant that the user would inevitably weaken their perception of the surrounding environment during the rotation.

Facing the muscle man's lightning-fast pursuit, Todo had no room to react and was directly pinched in the palm of the opponent's hand in mid-air!

...Mobility compromised, the massive frame granted by the Multi-Size Jutsu had instead become a burden.

The muscular man bent his left arm to pin the chubby boy against the ground, while his right hand rose high, poised to unleash a point-blank assault.

Fortunately, at this very moment, the casting wind-up on Soji's side finally concluded!

Taking advantage of the opening left when the opponent turned to attack Todo, the youth extended his right hand, firing a volley of glass fibers he had prepared in his sleeve!

Under the enhancement of the Torrential Rain technique, these "hidden weapons," thinner than strands of hair, surged forward and instantly wedged themselves into the muscular man's waist!

Following his usual routine, Soji's next step would be to manipulate these tiny objects to pierce or burrow into the enemy's body, thereby ending the battle in one fell swoop.

But today, the situation was different...

The muscular man's exaggerated musculature provided astonishing attribute boosts to both his offense and defense. No matter how hard Soji exerted himself, the current strength of his Accio was simply unable to break through the enemy's rock-hard skin!

Yet, seeing his lethal move fail, Yamada-kun remained perfectly calm.

Between life and death, he shifted his hand seal from "Wei" to "You," and the effect of his technique transformed accordingly.

"Rain Woman's Heart: May Rain."