The Ninja Academy training ground~
Inside the circular dueling arena~
Sato Ichiro stood in the center of the circular dueling arena, giving orders and ready to rescue any students accidentally injured!
Group after group of students had their names called, then entered the training ground to duel!
When Uchiha Lei and Hyuga Hiashi were called, Uchiha Lei claimed he felt unwell and forcibly switched places with a student behind him!
Uchiha Lei kept his arms around Kushina Uzumaki and Hyuga Mie for an hour and collected his system rewards!
[Plundered Uchiha Mikoto's Two-Tomoe Sharingan for 2 hours. Progress: 4%. Total progress: 4%. Gained ocular power +80 points] [Plundered Kushina Uzumaki's 100,000 ryo through a special method for a total of 3 hours. Plunder value: 6%. Total plunder value: 12%. Reward obtained: "6,000 ryo"] [Plundered Hyuga Mie's Main Family Byakugan through ordinary + intimate methods for a total of 3 hours. Plunder value: 7%. Total plunder value: 7.3%. Reward obtained: "Ocular power +350 points!"]
Finally, all the rewards were collected. It was time to deal with Hyuga Hiashi.
After absorbing the ocular power, Uchiha Lei felt that the whole world looked clearer. He released the two girls, stepped forward, twisted his neck, and loosened his wrists and ankles!
Seeing that Uchiha Lei was finally willing to come out, Hyuga Hiashi formed hand seals for two seconds and flickered to the left side of the dueling arena. He looked at Uchiha Lei with contempt, not forgetting to taunt him:
"Quit hiding like a turtle! Aren't you coming up here to take your beating?"
"You're just a spineless wimp who knows how to run his mouth!"
Uchiha Lei shot back, instantly formed hand seals, and used the Body Flicker Technique to reach the right side of the arena. Bored, he raised his right hand and yawned, putting on an utterly unconcerned air!
Sato Ichiro found the two brats' bickering rather amusing, so he chuckled and announced:
"Both sides, form the Seal of Confrontation. Begin!"
Hyuga Hiashi and Uchiha Lei raised their hands and formed the Seal of Confrontation toward each other!
"Byakugan, activate!"
Hyuga Hiashi gave a low shout and immediately activated his Main Family Byakugan, one of the three great ocular techniques. Then he set his right foot slightly behind him and held his palms in a fighting posture, taking a standard Gentle Fist stance. He even crooked the fingers of his left hand provocatively!
"Sharingan, activate!"
Uchiha Lei gave a low shout, and his black eyes turned into a scarlet One-Tomoe Sharingan. Planning to test Hyuga Hiashi's strength first, he instantly formed hand seals and shouted in a low voice:
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"
Uchiha Lei then set his right foot slightly behind him, held his loosely curled right hand beside his mouth, puffed out his cheeks, and forcefully spat out a small, spinning fireball!
Boom~
The small fireball kept expanding into a huge fireball with a five-meter radius and hurtled toward Hyuga Hiashi across from him!
Unhurried, Hyuga Hiashi immediately formed hand seals and used the Body Flicker Technique, flickering to the right side of the training ground to dodge the great fireball. Even so, he could still feel its heat scalding his face, and sweat appeared on his forehead!
With a thunderous boom~
A large, scorched circular crater with an eight-meter radius appeared in the training ground five meters behind Hyuga Hiashi. A burnt smell spread through the training ground!
Sato Ichiro glanced at the great fireball's power and involuntarily swallowed. He dared not imagine whether a student could survive being hit by it, and his palms grew sweaty with worry for Hyuga Hiashi!
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~
The sounds of shuriken slicing through the air rang out~
Seizing the opening, Hyuga Hiashi hurled five shuriken at Uchiha Lei, then quickly began running, his hands preparing to form seals so he could flicker beside Uchiha Lei!
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~
Five more sounds of shuriken cutting through the air came from the opposite side~
Uchiha Lei then instantly flickered away from his position and appeared behind Hyuga Hiashi in a flash. With lightning speed, he sharply twisted his waist and hips and delivered a side kick!
Clang, clang, clang, clang, clang~
The clashes of shuriken, together with the sound of Hyuga Hiashi raising his right arm to block Uchiha Lei's kick, echoed throughout the training ground!
When his first strike failed, Uchiha Lei flickered in front of Hyuga Hiashi, abruptly widened his scarlet Sharingan, and met Hyuga Hiashi's Byakugan gaze. He gave a low shout:
"Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique~"
Hyuga Hiashi instantly felt himself pinned in place, unable to move. His brows shot upward, his eyes shifted, and he immediately shouted:
"If you've got what it takes, settle this with taijutsu! Stop using these tricks!"
At that moment~
Uchiha Lei's voice came from behind him~
"Genjutsu is what the Uchiha are good at. Who's going to play taijutsu with you?"
Holding a kunai in his right hand, Uchiha Lei already had it held horizontally ten centimeters in front of Hyuga Hiashi's neck. He said teasingly:
"If this were a fight to the death, you'd have died countless times already!"
Hyuga Hiashi said nothing, because he could feel the cold sharpness of the kunai before his neck, and it was slowly drawing closer to his throat. Remembering that he had actually wanted a fight to the death with Uchiha Lei, he couldn't help trembling all over. This was the fear before death, chilling his entire body. Remembering that this was a duel, he said in a trembling voice:
"I surrender! Don't do anything reckless!"
"Boring!"
Uchiha Lei quickly put his kunai back into his ninja tool pouch, then flickered beside his own kunai, bent down, and picked up the brand-new kunai, returning it to his pouch. Then he flickered back beside the two girls, raised his right hand, and gave a low shout:
"Release~"
Hearing that the genjutsu had been released, Hyuga Hiashi kept breaking out in cold sweat across his forehead and back. He panted heavily, his legs grew somewhat weak, and his body toppled backward!
With a whoosh~
Hizashi Hyuga appeared behind Hyuga Hiashi, raised both hands to support his older brother Hiashi, and walked toward their class's line!
Sato Ichiro, who had been watching from the side, also had cold sweat running down his forehead. Just now, he truly hadn't been confident he could save Hyuga Hiashi from Uchiha Lei. Fortunately, Uchiha Lei hadn't acted. He raised his right hand, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and loudly announced:
"The winner is Uchiha Lei!"
In the line~
Kushina Uzumaki was delighted. She immediately hooked her arm around Uchiha Lei's left arm and celebrated loudly:
"Lei, you're amazing! You won the match so quickly, and those Sharingan of yours!"
"Sharingan, deactivate!"
Reminded by Kushina Uzumaki, Uchiha Lei gave a quiet shout. When he opened his eyes again, his scarlet Sharingan had returned to black eyes. A sunny smile once again spread across his face, and he deliberately raised his unoccupied arm in a gesture:
"Mie, you're so coldhearted! You won't even come over to celebrate my winning the match!"
"Lei, congratulations on winning the match!"
Hyuga Mie replied with a smile and approached Uchiha Lei. She hesitantly lifted her hand a little, but still lowered it. Thinking that her clan might cause trouble for Lei, she simply looked at Uchiha Lei!
Uchiha Lei reached out his right arm and took the initiative to wrap it around Hyuga Mie's slender waist. Looking at her seriously, he then asked aloud:
"Mie, don't tell me you're still thinking of marrying someone from your clan after your first kiss was stolen?"
"You're still bringing that up? It's all your fault! I'm no longer pure!"
Hyuga Mie's voice grew quieter as she spoke, and a layer of mist clouded her eyes. Facing Uchiha Lei, she loosely curled her two fair hands into fists and gently pounded his chest. Finally, she threw herself into his arms and began sobbing:
"You big jerk! How am I supposed to face anyone now?"
"How about you move out of the Hyuga Clan and live with us?"
Uchiha Lei offered the invitation outright, tightening his right arm around Hyuga Mie's waist to give her a sense of security!
Seeing that things between the two had already reached this point, Kushina Uzumaki decided she might as well play peacemaker, so she also invited her with a smile:
"Exactly, exactly! If that doesn't work, move into my house. Absolutely no one will dare come trouble you!"
Listening to their kind invitations, Hyuga Mie thought of her family. She lifted her tear-reddened eyes and explained awkwardly:
"My parents and lots of relatives are still in the clan. How could I possibly leave the clan?"
"Then what do you want to do?"
Uchiha Lei tossed the question back to Hyuga Mie, wanting to see what she thought!
Hyuga Mie didn't know what to do either. Feeling that the future ahead of her was completely dark, she pouted and began sobbing again. Her little fists still remembered to pound Uchiha Lei's chest as she said through her sobs:
"Waaah... If I knew what to do, I wouldn't be so torn. Lei, you're such a jerk!"
Uchiha Lei suddenly had a flash of inspiration and remembered his powerful backer, Mito Uzumaki. He might as well make use of her. He said with a smile:
"How about I bring Grandma Mito to your house this afternoon to ask for your hand?"
"Really?"
Hyuga Mie lifted her little head and asked again, her face full of disbelief!
"Really, really!"
Kushina Uzumaki chimed in with a smile, directly giving her approval to the marriage!
"You heard her, right? Kushina has spoken. Grandma Mito and I get along very well. She'll definitely help me!"
Uchiha Lei spoke with a confident expression, then turned toward their teacher, Sato Ichiro, and tilted his head in a signal, as though saying: It's time for you to finish work. I'm off to get engaged too!
Sato Ichiro saw Uchiha Lei's look and had also heard what they said, so he raised his right fist to his mouth, coughed lightly, and loudly announced:
"Class dismissed! School's out!"
With one arm around each girl, Uchiha Lei headed straight toward the school gates under everyone else's envious gazes!
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