Ding~
The Kunai and Short Sword clashed, ringing out with a crisp metallic sound.
Looking at Ishida Shinsuke right in front of him, Qian smiled faintly, and the hypnotic power of his Sharingan activated.
However, Ishida Shinsuke, who had been prepared for this, immediately averted his gaze.
At that, the smile on Qian's face abruptly vanished, and his entire aura changed with it. The arrogant air from moments ago was gone.
At the same time, his whole way of fighting changed drastically as well. The head-on brutality he had used when killing those Hidden Rock chūnin shifted into something strange and unpredictable.
The instant Ishida Shinsuke looked away, Qian's figure flickered slightly, and he appeared in the blind spot of the other man's vision.
Immediately after, the Short Sword in his hand thrust straight out, aiming at Ishida Shinsuke's vital heart from a position he could not see.
A sense of crisis instantly surged in Ishida Shinsuke's heart. He instinctively retreated, dodging Qian's attack.
Qian reacted swiftly. After his strike missed, he immediately adjusted his position and once again appeared in Ishida Shinsuke's blind spot.
Without the slightest hesitation, the Short Sword stabbed out again.
Sensing danger, Ishida Shinsuke dodged once more, and Qian's attack missed again.
Yet there was not the slightest disappointment on Qian's face. There was only absolute calm, his blood-red Sharingan fixed on Ishida Shinsuke's every move.
Then, based on that, he predicted his movements, took position one step ahead, and continued attacking from the blind spots in his field of vision.
Even though Ishida Shinsuke himself was not weak, under these circumstances, he could only defend passively. He could not bring out even sixty or seventy percent of his true strength.
And this was why the Ninja World had a survival rule that said, "If