Kurenai Yuhi looked at Kaoru and smiled admiringly and brilliantly, and she was feeling sincerely happy for Kaoru from the bottom of her heart.
"Not bad at all, Kaoru." Shin also walked over to Kaoru and said those words.
"He's pretty powerful and amazing indeed, but you also took advantage of him quite a bit, holding a big girl right there in your arms in front of everyone!"
Hina said with a pout on her face, and Kaoru's actions had caused the jealousy jar in her heart to be completely overturned and shattered.
Kaoru merely smiled slightly in response to his companions' words.
Kaoru's battle with Kurotsuchi had firmly attracted the gazes of everyone present.
He had successfully and firmly branded the mark of a genius onto his body in front of all of the Leaf Village ninjas.
"Alright then, now that the match has already determined a victor, then let's begin the next match."
Asuma said, and then looked at the mud and mire that was all over the competition arena, and frowned his eyebrows, "However, it appears that I'll have to properly deal with the cement in the arena before that, sigh, what can I do, it's not like I can change the fact that I'm the referee."
Having said up to that point, Asuma took out a scroll from his ninja tool pouch that was on his waist.
Then, he unrolled the scroll, and there was a black symbol array directly drawn on the scroll, and a large character for "Seal" was written in the center of the symbol array.
Asuma placed the scroll in front of himself, and then formed hand seals with both of his hands, and said in a low voice from his mouth: "Seal!"
Then, all of the cement in the center of the competition arena all began to churn and boil as if it was literally boiling, and all of it began to surge and roll, and then the cement gathered into a single mass, and surged towards the scroll in front of Asuma.
The scroll was just like a container, and completely absorbed all of the cement in the arena into itself without leaving anything behind.
In the end, the last trace and bit of cement in the arena was all sealed within the scroll.
"That should do it then." Asuma nodded his head in satisfaction, and then put the scroll away once again.
After sealing the cement in the arena, he began to proceed with the subsequent matches, and as the matches progressed, the first round of matches quickly came to an end and was over.
All of the people that Kaoru knew, with the exception of Uchiha Obito and Kurotsuchi, had entered the second round, and Hina was the luckiest of them all in this regard, because she had gotten a bye in the first round, and hadn't participated in a match at all.
Soon, the second and third rounds of matches were also started in succession, but there weren't any battles between strong opponents this time around, and the powerful Genin hadn't been selected to fight against each other, and therefore the matches proceeded at a considerably fast pace.
In the end, they finally entered the final match of the third round, which was the final match.
"Third round, final match, Leaf Village, Hazuki Hina VS Hidden Cloud Village, Omoi!" Asuma announced the list of names for the final match in the arena.
Kaoru and Shin both frowned their eyebrows upon hearing this kind of announcement, and that Hidden Cloud Village Genin named Omoi had completely defeated his opponents with his exquisite swordsmanship and taijutsu in the first and second rounds, and a Leaf Village Genin had even had his arm cut off by him, and he could be said to be considerably ferocious and brutal.
"Hina, if you can't win under any circumstances, then you have to concede the match right away without any hesitation!"
Shin said to Hina like that, because judging from the previous actions and behavior of that fellow named Omoi, the ninjas who fought against him didn't have any good endings at all, and since she was a Leaf Village ninja, he would definitely attack even more heavily without holding back.
"Hina, just face the battle with confidence and peace of mind, you won't be in any danger at all."
Kaoru, however, said with a smile that was present, and with him watching here, he definitely wouldn't allow even the slightest thing to happen to his companion.
"I.....I'll do my best!" Feeling the concern and care of her companions, Hina nodded her head in a hesitant manner, and then walked into the arena.
On the other side, that Hidden Cloud Village Genin named Omoi also walked into the arena, and he had an explosive head of white hair, and his face had been full of a violent and fierce aura ever since he had entered the tower, and he looked extremely ferocious and malevolent.
"Now, you two should stand beside me." Asuma said to Hina and Omoi in a clear voice.
Omoi harrumphed coldly, and directly took a step and arrived beside Asuma.
Hina, however, swallowed a mouthful of saliva lightly, and slowly arrived beside Asuma with a face that was full of worry and apprehension.
"Alright then, have both of you prepared yourselves properly?" Asuma asked the two of them.
"I've already been unable to wait any longer for a long time now." Omoi said coldly in a tone that was full of impatience.
"Hmm." Hina, however, nodded her head lightly in response.
"Alright then, the match is now beginning!" Asuma announced immediately, and then directly jumped onto the viewing platform.
Upon hearing Asuma say it like that, Hina immediately drew the katana behind her back, and quickly retreated backwards by a step or two, and looked at Omoi with a gaze that was full of wariness and vigilance.
"Little girl, it appears that you also use a katana as your weapon, what a coincidence....."
Omoi said with a sneering smile that was present on his face, and also drew the katana from behind his back, and the two sides were facing off against each other in a tense and hostile manner.
Both of the swords were emitting dazzling reflections under the illumination of the sunlight, and were both extraordinary and exceptional blades!
This was a showdown between Leaf Style Swordsmanship and Cloud Style Swordsmanship!
"Hmph!" Hina harrumphed softly, and stared intently at Omoi's figure that was not far away, but didn't dare to make a move first and attack.
Omoi smiled slightly, and took a step forward, and Hina, however, felt fear in her heart, and retreated backwards by a step lightly.
"Leaf Village little girl, you should know that swordsmanship can only display its greatest power and effectiveness when in close combat, so why are you always retreating backwards like that?"
Omoi said in a mocking and ridiculing tone, "Or is it that your Leaf Village's swordsmanship is just like this, always being timid and afraid, and never daring to attack at all?"
Hina bit her lips tightly, and directed her gaze towards Kaoru on the viewing platform, and Kaoru was also looking at her at this time, and was using his eyes to convey encouragement and motivation to her and to spur her on.
"Hmph, how dare you slander our Leaf Style Swordsmanship, I'm going to make you pay the price for this!" Hina said in a low voice, and placed her katana diagonally to the left of her body, and stomped her feet, and attacked towards Omoi.
This was a match where the difference in strength was enormous and significant, but Hina was no longer afraid at all!
"Leaf Style, Moon Dance!" Hina's body stirred up several afterimages that were left behind, and directly launched a diagonal slash towards Omoi in one swift motion.
This attack caused the afterimages that it stirred up to be connected together, and the sword that was being swung was also instantly split into six or seven swords, causing people to be completely dazzled, and unable to distinguish which sword was the real one that was the main body.
The "Leaf Style, Moon Dance" that Hina was displaying at this time was already close to matching Yugao Uzuki's Moon Dance!
"Leaf Style Swordsmanship, truly lives up to its name and reputation!"
A cold and stern light flashed through Omoi's eyes, and he used his katana to counterattack against Hina's afterimage katanas in the same way.
"Cloud Style, Moon Slash!" Omoi gripped his sword with both of his hands, and slashed forward with all of his strength towards the space in front of him.
The katana transformed into a huge crescent moon-shaped blade of light in the air, and directly annihilated Hina's katana along with all of the afterimages that were present!
"Crap!" Hina cried out in alarm, and the Moon Dance's confusing and deceptive swordsmanship had no effect at all against Omoi's domineering and overbearing Moon Slash, and she had no other choice but to change from attacking to defending, and retracted the sword that she had slashed out halfway, and blocked in front of herself to defend.
"Clang!" A fierce and intense sound of metal colliding rang out, and Omoi's blade of light stirred up a burst of sparks on Hina's katana, and then directly sent Hina flying backwards with a powerful impact.
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