"Lord Jiuming, you've lost!"
Kakashi stood behind Uzumaki Kuming, holding a Kunai to his neck with a relaxed smile. Hearing Kakashi's confident voice, Kuming couldn't help wanting to knock him down a peg.
"Did I lose?"
"Is that so? Do you really think I'm that easy to take down?"
Kuming smiled faintly. Without making any visible movement, he sent a faint arc of electricity flickering across Kakashi's wrist.
Suddenly, Kakashi felt his wrist go numb, as if he'd been struck by lightning. His hand loosened, and the Kunai dropped from his grasp. As it fell, Kuming snatched it out of the air and hurled it toward Obito in the distance.
The Kunai shot through the air, surrounded by a faint glow of lightning. It stabbed into the ground beside Obito's feet with a sharp crack, the snow blasted away by its tremendous force. The blade had sunk completely into the earth.
At the sight of this, Kakashi quickly clutched his wrist and backed away from Kuming. Obito, not far away, broke out in a cold sweat. If that Kunai had hit him, it would have punched a gaping hole straight through him.
"If you aren't prepared to kill me, you have no chance of beating me."
"Come on, don't hold back. Give it your best shot!"
Kuming turned to Kakashi and the others with a smile. Kakashi, Obito, and Rin Nohara exchanged glances, then nodded. Obito quickly pulled two Smoke Bombs from his pouch and threw them to the ground.
A cloud of purple smoke quickly enveloped the three of them. A pungent odor spread through the forest, and the thick smoke concealed not only their figures but their scents as well.
"Starting to show some fighting spirit? Still, that sort of trick can only fool ordinary shinobi."
Kuming folded