Demon

"Cough, cough!" Jianxing said to the dazed jonin, "Teacher Yuki, you can announce it now."

"Announce what... Oh, oh... Cough, cough!" Nakamura Yuki hurriedly covered up his lapse and walked to the center of the field. With a serious expression, he declared, "The match is over. The winner is—Aburame Jianxing!"

"Jianxing... is he really that strong?"

"Those bugs are so scary!"

"But he's still so handsome... What do I do, what do I do?"

"..."

With the matter settled, Jianxing flicked his sleeve amid the girls' chatter and quietly left, without taking a single cloud with him.

"Disperse, disperse! Get back to training!"

Nakamura Yuki drove away the watching students, then crouched down to check on Uchiha Qi's condition. A few seconds later, he let out a breath of relief. Uchiha Qi had merely exhausted his chakra and would be fine after some rest. He beckoned over Qi's two trembling lackeys.

"Take Qi to the infirmary."

"Y-Yes!"

The two lackeys nodded frantically, tears welling in their eyes as they felt their lives turning utterly bleak.

Nakamura Yuki stood up, took a few steps, and picked up a black fragment. It was part of the shield Jianxing had used to defend against the Fireball Jutsu.

Fukuda Ichiro asked, "What is that?"

Nakamura Yuki answered, "This is a shell left behind after an insect molts. It's tough and heat-resistant. Bugs specially bred to defend against Fire Release, huh? Interesting."

"Oh, Jianxing really is capable. He actually beat Qi. Qi was still too careless." Fukuda Ichiro smiled.

"Was it merely carelessness?" Nakamura Yuki suddenly fixed Fukuda Ichiro with a stare. "It's normal for Qi to miss things while fighting. But as a bystander, did you see how Jianxing put those bugs on Uchiha Qi? He had to evade the Sharingan, and there were