FreeWebNovel Chapter 202 202: Nawaki Challenges Hyuga Arin Once Again
Chapter 202 202: Nawaki Challenges Hyuga Arin Once Again
Training Ground No. 10.
Hyuga Arin stood atop a wooden post, looking down at Nawaki in the distance. His arms hung loosely at his sides, his posture full of openings.
Nawaki stood across from him with his arms crossed, head tilted up.
Just like always.
One stood above.
One stood below, looking up.
But today—everything would change.
Nawaki moved first.
He shot forward and leapt into a kick. Arin suddenly crouched, letting it pass overhead. Midair, Nawaki twisted, bringing his leg down like an axe.
Arin sidestepped and casually tapped him on the torso.
Nawaki hit the ground, rolled back, and sprang up.
A suffocating killing intent suddenly pressed down on him.
Arin smiled faintly, but the murderous aura around him made breathing difficult.
"I won't fall in the same place twice!!!"
Nawaki broke through the killing intent, slammed both hands together, and raised his fist.
"Earth Release · Shaking Earth Fist · Combo!"
Spikes of earth erupted rapidly from the ground, stabbing toward Arin.
Arin leapt backward, dodging one spike after another.
A jagged path of stone spears formed beneath him before finally stopping.
Arin flipped and landed atop one spike, arms crossed, once again looking down.
"Isn't this the same as before?"
Still the same moves.
Nawaki grinned.
"I'm not done yet!!"
He swung his fist through the air.
A massive stone fist burst from the ground, rising above Arin, casting a huge shadow over him.
"Wow. That's pretty big," Arin commented.
The giant fist smashed downward.
BOOM!
Dust exploded skyward.
Arin popped out of the cloud of debris, wiping imaginary sweat from his forehead.
"That was close. Almost hit me."
Good thing he was agile.
Nawaki leapt up, throwing an uppercut.
Another massive stone fist formed and rocketed toward Arin midair.
No footholds. Nowhere to dodge.
Guess he'd have to take it head-on.
Arin's body expanded several times over. His clothes burst apart. His skin flushed red.
Oni Mode — Activate!
"Wooooh!!" Aburame Mushihime waved excitedly, her face flushed red.
Kushina and Minato shot her strange looks.
Why was she more excited than the fighters?
Minato, however, observed thoughtfully.
"Nawaki-nii has been channeling chakra into the ground since the beginning?"
Sustained-type ninjutsu consumed enormous chakra.
Kushina muttered, "So that's the body type Big Sis Aburame likes?"
They were not on the same wavelength.
On the field—
Arin punched forward.
BOOM!!
A violent shockwave tore outward like countless wind blades.
Crack.
Cracks spread across the stone arm before it shattered into rubble.
"I'm still not done!!" Nawaki roared.
He smashed both fists together.
Two massive stone fists surged up from either side, closing in on Arin.
"Go!! Shaking Earth Fist!! Show him our training results!!"
BOOM!!
The two fists clapped together.
Silence.
Then—
From between the fused stone, high-temperature flames began leaking out.
Black-blue fire exploded outward.
The stone rapidly fractured, crumbling under the scorching flames.
Arin floated in midair.
Black-blue flames formed wings behind him.
Twin horn-like flames rose from his forehead.
His pale eyes shimmered with blue-black light.
Like a demon descending.
Nawaki had forced out Arin's Fire Release.
He grinned brightly.
"Finally made you use your full strength, big bro."
"Not bad."
Arin stepped lightly through the air, appearing instantly before Nawaki.
He tapped Nawaki's forehead with a finger.
"You've improved fast."
Forcing him to use flames—Nawaki was already close to jonin level.
"But don't get carried away."
Nawaki still smiled as he slowly fell backward.
At some point, his eyes had closed.
That single tap had cut off oxygen flow to his brain.
Instant knockout.
Arin didn't play Uchiha Itachi mind games.
Time to harvest.
[Experience +5897]
He nodded in satisfaction.
"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!!!"
A furious roar echoed across the training ground.
The groundskeeper glared at the devastation—earth spikes everywhere, shattered stone littering the field.
Arin glanced around.
Then pointed at unconscious Nawaki.
"He did it."
Before the staff could react, Arin grabbed Kushina in one hand and Minato in the other—
—and ran.
Mushihime blinked at the fleeing Arin, then at the enraged staff.
"Wait for me!!"
She sprinted after them.
As Kushina was carried away, she flailed wildly.
"How could you just abandon Nawaki-nii?!!"
"This is betrayal!! BETRAYAL!!!"
Arin paused mid-run.
She had a point.
He turned around and sprinted back.
He placed Kushina and Minato neatly in front of the furious staff.
"They're accomplices."
Then vanished a hundred meters away in an instant.
Kushina and Minato stood frozen in the wind.
"Hyuga Arin!!! I DIDN'T ASK YOU TO BRING US BACK!!!"
Kushina's scream echoed across the soon-to-be-demolished training ground.
Minato muttered quietly, "I didn't say anything though…"
Why was he implicated too?
…
Arin returned home, completely satisfied.
The furious groundskeeper? Nawaki and the others could deal with that.
"Beating someone up and running away… thrilling."
He couldn't suppress his grin.
Hyuga Natsuna whispered to Machi, "He definitely did something bad. Look how hard he's smiling."
Machi rolled her eyes, calmly eating snacks.
"Isn't he always like that?"
Arin suddenly frowned.
It felt like he'd forgotten something.
Eh.
Probably not important.
Outside the door, having been ignored the entire time—
Aburame Mushihime quietly slipped into Arin's bedroom.
See?
This talent absolutely wasn't useless!!!!!
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