Holiday 1/2

"Cough, cough!" Sword Star 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, walked to the center of the field, and said solemnly, "The match is over. The winner—Aburame Jianxing!"

"Is Sword Star really that strong?"

"Bugs are still so scary!"

"But he's still so cool... What do I do, what do I do!"

"..."

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

"Break it up, break it up! Get back to training!"

Nakamura Yuki dispersed the watching students, then crouched down to check on Uchiha Qi. A few seconds later, he breathed a sigh of relief. Uchiha Qi had merely exhausted his chakra; a little rest would be enough. He beckoned over Uchiha Qi's two trembling lackeys.

"Take Qi to the infirmary."

"Yes, yes!"

The two lackeys nodded frantically, on the verge of tears, feeling as though their lives had turned utterly bleak.

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

Fukuda Ichiro asked, "What is that?"

Nakamura Yuki replied, "It's a shell left behind after the bugs molted. It's hard and heat-resistant. Bugs specially cultivated to defend against Fire Release, huh? Interesting~"

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

"Just careless?" Nakamura Yuki suddenly stared at Fukuda Ichiro. "Qi was in the middle of battle, so it was normal for him to miss things. But—as a spectator, did you see how Sword Star got those bugs onto Uchiha Qi? Not only did they have