Triple Crane Wings

The next day, Shiro and the others went to the examination hall early in the morning to draw lots. After the draw, they immediately began the battle, with little time to prepare. Therefore, the first team to start this battle would be at a great disadvantage.

Of course, this disadvantage applies to both sides, since neither had time to prepare.

The lottery results were announced shortly afterward.

Shiro vs. Ogasawara

Minato vs. Yugakure Ninja

Sasori against Takigakure Ninja

Rasa deals with Midnight Shinichiro

Kitsuchi vs. Mibu Sukezane

Watanabe Asahi vs. Shikaki

Taichi fights Yanagihara Masamune

Unfortunately, Shiro is the first to appear again, and unsurprisingly, Minato's opponent will have to forfeit once more.

Shiro now strongly suspects that Minato might have stolen his luck; otherwise, Shiro's luck attribute is at least C-rank, there's no reason for him to be so unlucky.

Of course, despite the complaints, the competition still had to go on.

After the draw, everyone else left one by one, leaving only Shiro and Ogasawara from Iwagakure on the field.

As is customary, form the Seal of Confrontation.

However, neither of them took much action. Shiro didn't know enough about the other party; the information he had was from half a month ago, and no one could say for sure how much Ogasawara might have changed in the past two weeks.

But the stalemate didn't last long. Ogasawara charged at Shiro first, and Shiro quickly drew his twin swords from his wrist guards and engaged Ogasawara in battle.

The Shiro is using now is not the two swords that Nakamura made using Earth Release; those two swords were broken after Shiro's previous battle. The Shiro is using now is the one he had forged at the blacksmith's shop.

The two fought continuously on the field. Ogasawara was also a ninja skilled in Taijutsu, and his combat experience was no less than Shiro's. As a result, sparks flew from the clash of their weapons on the field.

Suddenly, Ogasawara dodged Shiro's attack and instead of rushing to defend against Shiro's second attack, he quickly Hand Seals.

"Earth Release: Earth Hardening Technique!"

"This is bad." Shiro knew that his attack would be ineffective and he would be attacked instead of being able to strike after seeing the hand seals formed by Ogasawara. However, it was too late to retract his sword.

As expected, Shiro's strike did not cause any damage, and at the same time, Ogasawara began to Hand Seals.

Earth Release: Added-Weight Rock Technique!

"Just as I thought." Back when Shiro first met Ogasawara, Shiro had a deep impression of him because of the Added-Weight Rock Technique that Shiro remembered very well.

Therefore, Shiro had a deep impression of him. Ogasawara's most common technique was to use the Earth Hardening Technique to block the enemy's attack, and then take advantage of their unpreparedness to directly attach the Added-Weight Rock Technique to his hand and deliver a severe blow.

Unfortunately, his tactics failed this time, because when Shiro realized his intentions, he had already prepared to reinforce the areas where Shiro was about to attack.

Even so, Shiro was still knocked away, but fortunately he did not lose his ability to fight.

However, the situation is not good at this time. Although Ogasawara has not much Chakra left, his Earth Hardening Technique will continue for a while. During this time, it will be difficult for Shiro to hurt him, even if Shiro uses all his Reinforcement Magecraft.

Therefore, Shiro could only risk using the Triple Crane Wings, which he was not yet proficient in, and it was incomplete, because Shiro's current Chakra could only Projection a Kanshou and Bakuya in their released state (the pair with feathers), so the effect was inevitably not that strong.

The Triple Crane Wings is a combat technique that EMIYA summarized during his long battles. Originally, it relied on the mutual attraction between Kanshou and Bakuya, but after EMIYA's long period of refinement, it can be done with just technique, although the hit rate will be reduced.

This created a flaw in the original contest, but that was something Ogasawara, a Chunin who didn't even know Chunin his Mind's Eye, couldn't have done.

"You are honored to be the first opponent of this move in the world."

"Heh, so you're going to lose and that's why you've lost your mind?" Although he said that, Ogasawara became wary.

Shiro slightly bent over and suddenly threw his twin swords at Ogasawara.

"Crane wings, never falling short."

Ogasawara deflected the two flying swords. Although he felt something was off, he couldn't worry about that now, because Shiro's attack was coming again.

"Skill and talent reach the summit of Mount Tai."

Shiro Projection a new weapon to coordinate with the returning Moye's attack. This is Projection of the two weapons he forged, so it consumes very little mana, saving Shiro the trouble of forging them again.

"What! His knife appeared out of thin air?!" But he couldn't care less about that at the moment. He ignored the returning Moye and focused all his efforts on blocking the knife in Shiro's hand. The weakness of using technique was that the power of the returning blade was too weak.

"Mind skill, crossing the Yellow River."

Ogasawara had just blocked Shiro's attack when Kanshou flew back from the air, coordinating with Shiro's second swing of his sword.

"So fast!"

Although this series of attacks did not injure Ogasawara, it successfully disrupted his rhythm and left him with many openings.

"For the sake of fame, separate yourself from the heavens."

After disrupting Ogasawara's rhythm, Shiro Projection his Noble Phantasm Kanshou and Bakuya, and released it into the form of wings for a final attack.

"Both heroes have met their demise!"

Shiro, wielding Kanshou and Bakuya, attacked Ogasawara, whose defenses were riddled with openings. In an instant, Ogasawara's Earth Hardening Technique was broken, and he was severely injured by Shiro, collapsing to the ground.

However, Shiro's condition was not good either. His Chakra was exhausted and his stamina was almost gone. Fortunately, Ogasawara had already lost his ability to fight, otherwise, Shiro would have lost.

The audience was still completely silent. In fact, Shiro's series of attacks had only lasted a short time, so they were all staring blankly at Shiro.

The other ninja villages frowned deeply; none of them could have stopped Shiro's attack when they were unprepared!

Furthermore, their intelligence did not mention that Shiro could Projection weapons, and judging from the appearance, those weapons were quite powerful.

Although Ogasawara's Earth Hardening Technique wasn't particularly strong, the fact that it could break through and cause serious damage in an instant was quite remarkable.

However, the ability of Shiro's Projection weapon, which they valued so much, was nothing in the eyes of the Kazekage. It was just a secret technique. There were countless secret techniques in the Shinobi World, but they usually had restrictions on how to learn them and were not very valuable.

What he valued was the skill displayed by Shiro!

This is all about talent. To have this level at such a young age, who knows how strong he will become in the future? Thinking of this, the killing intent in Kazekage's eyes slowly gathered.

"Cough cough, sigh, I'm getting old, I've caught a bit of a cold. The wind here is getting a bit strong." Mitokado Homura noticed the change in Kazekage, coughed twice, and said meaningfully.

Kazekage paused for a moment, sighed, and then said, "I apologize for the poor hospitality and for Elder Mito trouble."

"It's nothing. My life is nothing compared to the children."

"Of course, children are the future of the village."

However, despite saying that, Kazekage's hands, hidden under his clothes, were clenched tightly, clearly indicating that his true feelings were not as they appeared.

The Triple Crane Wings have slightly different wording; I think this one is better. Also, there were three updates related to the work today, so please give me your votes!