Uchiha Izumi's remark gave no clue whether it was praise or an insult, and Kurotsuchi was far from pleased. She put on a fake smile. "Well, thanks for the compliment!"
Uchiha Izumi looked at Kurotsuchi, thinking she absolutely couldn't miss this chance. She had to find a way to challenge her.
With that in mind, Izumi kept provoking her. "But from what I can see, you're all talk. Compared to Rin Nohara and the others, you're nowhere close!"
Kurotsuchi flew into a rage. She knew she couldn't compare with Rin Nohara and the others yet, but she had been working hard.
The Izumi standing before her clearly had no intention of listening to her explain.
Izumi grinned and added, "Forget Rin and the others. Lord Yin has only given me a little guidance, and I bet you can't even measure up to me. What a waste of his teaching!"
The displeasure in Uchiha Izumi's eyes was genuine as she spoke.
Izumi's words lodged in Kurotsuchi's heart like a thorn.
Kurotsuchi glared at her. "We won't know that until we have a match!"
That was exactly what Izumi had wanted to hear. "I was thinking the same thing!"
For an instant, Kurotsuchi felt as though she had walked into a trap.
But she was too angry to think it through. With a cold look, she said, "My position means I can't fight you privately. Let's set a time and have our match with Master Yin as our witness!"
Kurotsuchi had her own reason for wanting Uchiha Yin there. Izumi had said he had guided her too.
That only made Kurotsuchi more determined to prove she had both strength and talent—that she deserved to be his student.
The two could hardly stand each other, but their thoughts were exactly the same.
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