"Were you trying to lure me here alone?"
Seeing Shisui stop and finding no trace of any other Kumogakure Anbu nearby, Kawaii understood his opponent's intentions.
Shisui did not answer Kawaii's question. Instead, he mobilized the chakra throughout his body and prepared for battle.
"Do you want to spar with me in taijutsu?" Kawaii looked at the masked enemy before him in confusion. Judging from the techniques Shisui had used earlier, he was clearly skilled in ninjutsu, yet he had now assumed a taijutsu opening stance. Kawaii could not make sense of it.
"Hehehe, fine. Let me see what you can do." As Kumogakure's battle maniac, Kawaii naturally did not fear a challenge. He was confident in his taijutsu, and since his opponent wanted to fight, then they would fight.
However, when Shisui vanished from where he stood one second and appeared before Kawaii the next, the confident smile on Kawaii's face turned serious and grim.
"Bang!"
Kawaii raised his long, slender arms and blocked Shisui's surprise punch. Muscle collided with muscle, producing a dull thud.
Of course, that was not Shisui's only attack. After his first strike was blocked, Shisui, still in midair, forcibly twisted at the waist and abdomen. His right leg lashed out through the air, kicking toward the left side of Kawaii's face.
"Hmm?"
Shisui had not expected to defeat Kawaii in two moves, but when his opponent calmly caught his right leg with his left hand, Shisui realized that he had still underestimated him.
"Hehehe, your taijutsu is pretty good. You'd count as somebody even in Kumogakure, but you're still not enough in front of me."
After blocking Shisui's attack, Kawaii grinned smugly.
"Huh? Your leg bones aren't as thick as an adult's, and with your height... you're still a child?" As a taijutsu expert,