Secret Sword: Wind Snow Slash

"Cough, cough, cough...!"

A sudden coughing fit came from inside the smoke.

"Your attack may have been useless, but the dust it kicked up got in my throat. It's awful. Cough, cough, cough!"

Once the smoke had completely cleared, Senju Fujima came into view. He wasn't hurt in the slightest. Instead, he was making faces at Tie Kui, pretending he'd inhaled a lot of dust.

"Damn you! How dare you insult me like this?"

"Die!"

"Secret Sword: Whirlwind Wave-Cracking Slash!"

Seeing the nonchalant look on Senju Fujima's face, Tie Kui felt both humiliated and furious. She gathered chakra and instantly channeled it into her katana.

"Whoosh...!"

Just then, a whirlwind suddenly swept through the area. The chakra Tie Kui had gathered grew stronger and stronger, and lightning crackled all over her katana.

"Slash!"

Tie Kui cried out in a sweet voice.

"Crackle, crackle, crackle!"

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"

A fierce wind instantly sprang up, and Tie Kui swung out three blades of lightning. The sword energy spun rapidly as it flew straight toward Senju Fujima.

"Not bad. That's a pretty good move!"

"It's a little like Krillin's Destructo Disc. I wonder if it can curve, though."

"But I've never learned swordsmanship, so I won't meet your blade with mine."

Senju Fujima watched the three whirling slashes flying toward him and curled his lips into a faint smile.

"Water Release: Water Colliding Wave!"

Senju Fujima brought his hands together.

A waterspout appeared out of thin air and rapidly spun as it rose.

"Splash...!"

The waterspout collided with the three whirling slashes, spraying water everywhere.

Then the water spread like a waterfall and surged toward Tie Kui. In an instant, it formed a great river that covered several miles in every direction.

"What?"

"Such powerful Water Release?"

"How can someone so young have such terrifying chakra?"

"How much chakra would it take to summon all that water?"

Seeing the river rushing toward her, Tie Kui leaped lightly and landed steadily on its surface. She stared at Senju Fujima in shock and muttered to herself.

The three attacks she'd launched had also been canceled out by the powerful spinning force of the waterspout, vanishing without a trace.

"Want to keep going?"

"You're no match for me."

Senju Fujima controlled the water and lifted himself up on a wave several yards high. Standing atop it, he looked down at Tie Kui.

"Hmph. I won't give up that easily."

Tie Kui was shocked, but she couldn't give up now. Giving up meant she'd have to become Senju Fujima's servant in the future, so she absolutely couldn't surrender.

"Secret Sword: Wind Snow Slash!"

Tie Kui gripped her katana in her right hand and released all her chakra at once. Her Lightning Release chakra stretched out, covering a three-meter radius around her.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"

The surface of the river exploded, and a lightning tornado shot straight into the sky. It churned the entire river into chaos and whipped up a powerful storm.

"This girl's really going all out, huh?"

"Her sword technique looks pretty cool, though. I wonder how it compares to the Hatake Clan's swordsmanship."

Watching Tie Kui churn up all the water he'd summoned, Senju Fujima sighed and patted his forehead.

"Water Release: Water Severing Wave!"

Senju Fujima suddenly spat out a straight jet of water. The high-pressure stream formed a razor-sharp blade of water that sliced through the lightning storm created by Tie Kui's Wind Snow Slash.

That's right—Senju Fujima's Water Severing Wave could easily cut through even the God Tree's roots. Using it against an attack like Tie Kui's was like using a butcher's cleaver to kill a chicken. It tore through her attack in an instant.

The lightning storm abruptly dissipated, and the river's surface grew calm again.

"Damn it! How is this possible?"

"I can't even do anything to him?"

"Is my swordsmanship really that bad?"

Seeing that her sword technique couldn't even touch Senju Fujima, Tie Kui's pupils contracted. She was utterly shaken.

"What are you spacing out for?"

Just then, a voice suddenly came from behind Tie Kui.

"What?"

Hearing Senju Fujima's voice behind her, Tie Kui immediately tried to swing her katana.

"Gurgle, gurgle."

Suddenly, Tie Kui felt Senju Fujima pull her underwater, his hand gripping her throat.

"Water Release: Wave Riding Strike!"

Before Tie Kui could react, Senju Fujima dragged her underwater. In the water, he moved like a fish—faster than one, even.

"Gurgle, gurgle."

"Ah...!"

Tie Kui felt Senju Fujima dragging her underwater. Unable to breathe, she swallowed several mouthfuls of river water and felt as though she was about to suffocate.

"You're young, but you've got quite a figure."

"If you surrender, I'll let you go. If you don't, you'll have to go meet the god of death."

Senju Fujima then lifted Tie Kui's head out of the water so she could breathe properly and asked her.

"Never! I'll never give up. Go to hell!"

Instead of surrendering at Senju Fujima's words, Tie Kui kicked at his groin.

"Damn, a Groin Kick?"

"You're a vicious little thing, aren't you?"

Seeing that Tie Kui was trying to make sure he'd never have children, Senju Fujima felt a chill run down his spine. He immediately trapped her kicking foot between his legs.

"Let go of me! Let go!"

With her leg trapped, Tie Kui cried out in embarrassment.

"If you don't surrender, I really will get rough."

"I don't want to hurt a pretty flower, but what a shame it'd be if that lovely face of yours got messed up."

"Are you going to surrender or not?"

Senju Fujima looked at Tie Kui in his arms and smiled faintly.

"Hmph."

Tie Kui struggled for a long time but couldn't break free from Senju Fujima. She gave a cold snort and gradually stopped.

"Now that's more like it."

"You're a samurai. Don't you have any samurai spirit? You have to honor a bet."

"Right, let's get out of here."

Seeing that Tie Kui had surrendered, Senju Fujima's lips curled into a faint smile. He waved his right hand, and the river instantly receded, vanishing without a trace.

"Oh, right. We haven't finished the mission yet!"

"That's right."

Senju Fujima carried Tie Kui back to the ground. Remembering his mission, he smiled.

"What are you doing?"

"Let go of me! Let me go!"

Suddenly, Senju Fujima carried Tie Kui and laid her across his lap. She didn't know what he was going to do, but her face flushed as she shouted angrily.

"That's what you get for not listening."

"Smack."

"That's what you get for not listening."

"Smack, smack, smack!"

Senju Fujima then reached out and smacked Tie Kui's bottom, punishing her for refusing to surrender.