"Clang!" Kaoru pulled the katana out of its sheath in one swift motion, and the silver-white blade emitted a dazzling reflection under the illumination of the sunlight.
"It looks pretty good!" Kaoru gestured with the sword a couple of times casually, and said with a smile.
"That's only natural!" Yugao Uzuki said with considerable pride, "You're the Yuhi family's benefactor, and of course I'll do my best to help you."
Yugao Uzuki suddenly reacted at this point, and she stared at Kaoru, and her beautiful eyes were filled with a look of confusion.
"Kaoru, you're not planning to use this sword to deal with that Hidden Cloud Village Genin, are you?"
"That's right." Kaoru nodded his head.
"But are you skilled in swordsmanship?" Yugao Uzuki had a look of worry on her face, and in her impression, Kaoru hadn't used any swordsmanship before.
"I took the time to practice swordsmanship during this week." Kaoru said with a smile.
"Alright then, the match has begun, don't dawdle around anymore." Asuma's voice rang out in the arena, and he was calling for Kaoru to hurry back and begin the match.
"Alright then, Sister Yugao, I'm leaving!" Kaoru said goodbye to Yugao Uzuki once again, and then left the edge of the arena, and headed towards the center of the arena.
"Be careful!" Yugao Uzuki shouted towards Kaoru's figure, and she was even more worried after hearing the words that Kaoru had said, and he had taken a week to practice swordsmanship.
And the Hidden Cloud Village was known for its swordsmanship and taijutsu, and could Kaoru really win after practicing for just one week.
"Alright then, referee, you can announce the start now." Kaoru said with a smile, and held the sword in his right hand, and pointed the tip of the blade diagonally towards the ground.
"You little brat, you actually went to get a katana."
Omoi was also somewhat confused in his heart, and he knew that Kaoru's performance had been considerably eye-catching during the preliminary round, but he hadn't used swordsmanship at all, and just what did this guy mean by taking out a sword now.
"Very well then, since both of you are prepared, then let's begin the match right now!" Asuma said, nodding his head, and then used the Body Flicker Technique to disappear from the competition arena.
Only Kaoru and Omoi were left facing off against each other in the arena at this time.
The spectators outside the arena were shouting even more enthusiastically!
"Do you know why I'm using a katana to deal with you?" Kaoru asked aloud.
Omoi remained silent, but the curious expression on his face had already betrayed the fact that he wanted to know the answer very much.
"I'm actually not skilled in swordsmanship." Kaoru said with a smile, "I'm just trying to prove one thing, and that is that your Hidden Cloud Village's swordsmanship is considerably second-rate, and I'm going to defeat you using the same moves that Hina used!"
"Hina.....are you talking about that little girl from last time?" Omoi grinned and said, "I used what you call second-rate swordsmanship to defeat Leaf Style Swordsmanship, and her move was simply full of flaws, and the so-called Leaf Style Swordsmanship is just a joke."
"Is that so?" Kaoru rotated the katana in his hand lightly a couple of times, and then gripped it tightly with both of his hands, "If that's the case, then let's try it out!"
"Little brat, you're simply courting death by challenging my strengths with your weaknesses!" Omoi harrumphed coldly, and gripped his sword with both of his hands, and moved his feet, and charged towards Kaoru.
"Our Style, Instant Slash!" Omoi stepped out quickly, and his entire body stretched out like a venomous snake that had been lying in wait for a long time, and went straight for Kaoru.
"Sharingan!" Kaoru activated his Sharingan, and captured every single one of Omoi's minute movements.
"This fellow is fast!" A trace of admiration flashed through Kaoru's eyes, and he countered with a backhanded slash, welcoming Omoi's footsteps.
"Clang!" The two swords collided, and sparked fierce sparks!
"For a little brat to actually be able to see my movements clearly, he's not simple ah." A look of solemn gravity flashed through Omoi's eyes, and he stared at Kaoru's scarlet eyes, and was slightly shocked.
"Is it because of those eyes." Omoi thought to himself inwardly.
"I was able to easily blast you away with just one strike last time, and could it be that you can't even receive a move of this level?" Kaoru, however, said in an indifferent tone.
"Is that so? I'll see how you're going to deal with me without those eyes!" Omoi revealed a sinister smile, and suddenly brought his left foot along fiercely, and a sharp blade suddenly popped out from above his toes!
"This is!" Kaoru saw a short sword appear, and it was shooting straight for his eyes.
"There's a hidden attack!" Kaoru reacted instantly, and the hands that were gripping the sword suddenly twisted fiercely, and completely dissipated the force that Omoi had applied to the sword, and stomped his feet fiercely, and retreated backwards by several meters.
"Swish!" The shadow that was being reflected in Kaoru's pupils by the short sword grew larger and larger, and Kaoru's upper body bent over slightly, and the short sword flew past his nose.
"You knew how to dodge, huh? Strike while the iron is hot!" Omoi smiled coldly, and took advantage of the time that Kaoru was dodging the short sword to hold his katana and close in once again.
"He hid the short sword in his shoe, and this fellow is truly well-versed in the art of assassination ah!" A smile appeared on the corners of Kaoru's mouth, "But this is still too slow."
Kaoru, however, maintained the posture of doing a carp jump in the face of Omoi's attack, and used his legs to clamp down on the short sword that Omoi had used to attack his eyes previously!
"I'll return this short sword to you!" Kaoru raised his legs, and kicked the short sword that was between his legs towards Omoi at the same time that he flipped over and stood up!
"Damn it!" Omoi was shocked in his heart, and his advancing footsteps faltered somewhat, and he bit his teeth, and a trace of helplessness was revealed in his eyes, and he slashed his katana and split the short sword that he had shot out in order to defend himself into two!
However, Kaoru had flipped over and straightened his body once again during this short period of delay.
"Not bad, that move was used considerably insidiously, and I almost fell for your trick." Kaoru said with a smile, "However it's still too weak."
"Damn it, you dared to mock me just because you managed to dodge one attack by chance?" Omoi was feeling more and more displeased with Kaoru in his heart.
The Third Hokage on the high platform also had a look of confusion on his face, and he didn't understand what Kaoru was doing at all at this moment.
"Just what is that kid doing, why isn't he using ninjutsu, and he's insisting on using taijutsu to fight against the Hidden Cloud Village ninja, and he's insisting on making this match that he could have easily resolved."
"Lord Hokage, I greatly understand Kaoru's actions." Kakashi, who was at the side, suddenly spoke up, and a trace of a smile had already appeared under the fox mask, "This is probably the habit of a so-called genius, and it doesn't give him any sense of accomplishment to directly defeat his opponent, and on the contrary, it's a considerably wonderful feeling to defeat his opponent using the moves that he's least skilled in and the opponent is most skilled in ah."
"I see, so he's planning to defeat him with swordsmanship in the swordsmanship that the opponent is most skilled in, huh!" The Third Hokage also smiled helplessly upon hearing Kakashi say it like that, "It seems that that kid is planning to properly humiliate that Hidden Cloud Village Genin."
"However, it's also good like that, and that's exactly what I wanted." The Third Hokage continued to say, and it would undoubtedly help to increase the prestige of the Leaf Village to humiliate the Hidden Cloud Village Genin, and this was naturally a thing that made him happy.
"I'll make it so that you can't laugh anymore!" In the arena, Kaoru's repeated provocations had already caused Omoi's heart to be like an active volcano that could erupt at any time, and his eyes turned cold, and he charged forward straight again!
"It's a direct attack again, and your Hidden Cloud Village's swordsmanship has too few moves, right?" Kaoru smiled slightly, and said.
"Shadow Clone Technique!" At this time, that Omoi suddenly formed hand seals, and an identical clone of him immediately appeared behind him.
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