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"Another boring attack, Aburame Jianxing—so this is the extent of your ability. I actually had expectations for you. Hmph!"

Uchiha Qi was enraged. Who was he looking down on? Such a completely unskilled attack! His pupils instantly turned crimson, with a black tomoe at the edge.

When words failed, he went straight to the Sharingan. He was unbelievably hot-tempered (｀^′).

Let me show you what real skill is!

The single tomoe spun, tracking the kunai's trajectory and reading Jianxing's movements to predict his next move.

The world was so clear!

A flood of information gathered in that brief instant surged into his mind, making his head ache as if needles were pricking it. Yet this only made Uchiha Qi more excited. Rather than knocking away the incoming kunai, he showed off by slipping between the two blades and rapidly closing in on Jianxing.

"So he really awakened it!" Veins suddenly bulged around Ryosuke's eyes as he observed Uchiha Qi with his enhanced Byakugan. "The quality of his chakra has changed. It's completely different from before. So this is the Sharingan... Jianxing, don't let your guard down."

Bang!

Uchiha Qi's fist smashed viciously into Jianxing's face.

Jianxing seemed like a sack tossed into the air, rising off the ground. At the highest point, it felt as though time and space had frozen. Then someone flipped a switch, and he crashed down like a rag doll.

"Ah!"

Someone let out a startled scream... More people widened their eyes, their faces full of disbelief. It was too unexpected... They had not expected Jianxing to fail to make any effective defense or dodge.

Had he fallen under a genjutsu, or was Uchiha Qi simply that fast?

Jianxing, lying there like a corpse, suddenly twitched, then went still again. Just as everyone thought it was