"Brat, I'll give you a chance. Leave my daughter."
Seeing no reaction from the boy opposite him, Yuhi Shinku offered him a chance. As long as he left his little Kurenai alone, he would let the matter go.
It couldn't be helped. This boy's identity was far from ordinary—he was Orochimaru's disciple, and judging from Tsunade's reaction, she was quite fond of him as well.
While he himself wasn't afraid of offending those two, he still had a daughter to consider.
He would be leaving the village in a few days.
"Senior Shinku, I don't want to lie to you."
Yang Hao spoke with utmost sincerity.
He could lie to and deceive outsiders without a second thought, but he would never deceive his own people.
Yet that sincerity only made Yuhi Shinku angrier.
"This was your choice."
With that, he used a Body Flicker Technique to rush forward, the ninja blade in his hand slashing diagonally.
He was a well-rounded jonin, and swordsmanship was one of his specialties. Though he could not compare to Hatake Sakumo, he was still at jonin level.
Yang Hao calmly sidestepped the slash, but Yuhi Shinku reacted quickly as well. Before his blade had even completed its downward arc, he swiftly swung it in a horizontal cut. Yet Yang Hao had already retreated a step ahead of him, the blade's tip nearly grazing his clothes.
Yuhi Shinku swung again in a fierce attack, but it was still calmly avoided. He even felt as though his attacks were being predicted by his opponent.
"Senior Shinku, swordsmanship is what I'm best at."
Yang Hao offered a reminder, making it clear that Shinku was inferior to him in this regard.
In this world, the terms swordsmanship and bladework meant the same thing. Swordsmanship was bladework, and bladework could