Fight Against Uchiha Rin

As her voice fell, she suddenly swung her palm, accompanied by the sound of air being cut several kunai swiftly flew towards Satoru, aiming for vital points.

"Wooden kunai?"

After identifying the material of the kunai, Satoru's pupils contracted.

She knows I can control metal, so she changed all the shinobi tools to wood, huh?

Realizing this, a solemn expression appeared on Satoru's face. He swiftly rolled to the side, narrowly evading all the wooden kunai's attacks.

"Even though they are made of wood, these kunai still possess great killing power. Rin, are you trying to kill me?"

Satoru dusted himself off, unable to resist mocking.

Rin looked at him coldly, speaking calmly, "You didn't use your full strength when we fought last time, did you? At least you haven't used the bow and arrows you took from me last time!"

Satoru sneered. A bow was a long-range weapon; how could he use it at such close quarters?

Rin reached for her shinobi tool pouch and threw out another set of wooden kunai. The kunai collided in mid-air, changing their trajectory, forming an impenetrable net that swept toward him.

Satoru was surprised. Rin used Uchiha Shurikenjutsu with a wooden kunai? Metal and wood have different rebound coefficients; using the same throwing technique, it's much more difficult with wood!

So, she's repeating the same old trick, hoping it'll work on me this time?

Satoru chuckled. What a true "scroll queen" she was.

With a metal kunai in hand, Satoru retreated while expertly deflecting all the incoming wooden kunai. Fortunately, his reaction speed had improved significantly under the influence of the electromagnetic force, allowing him to deal with these attacks with ease.

As he surveyed the surroundings, he noticed that Rin had vanished from where she stood earlier. The next moment, he heard a sound from behind him, and a slender leg swept toward his chest.

Satoru swiftly dodged to the side, avoiding the leg's attack.

"This girl is serious!"

Feeling the pressure, Satoru couldn't afford to be careless. He activated his Byakugan, entering battle mode.

The sound of physical impacts echoed in the forest as they clashed, shaking the leaves off the trees.

"Why don't you use Gentle Fist?" Rin asked curiously.

"I don't like it. Gentle Fist is too rigid and has too many formal movements," Satoru replied, blocking the leg with his palm and countering with a punch to her thigh, forcing her to step back.

"But if you break down the techniques and attack the weak points, it's more suitable for my style."

Rin nodded. Indeed, with conventional Gentle Fist attacks, she might have found some loopholes, but Satoru's unpredictable attacks targeted her weak points, making them more effective than Gentle Fist in some ways.

Seeing that close combat wasn't working, Rin jumped backward, creating distance between them, and formed hand seals.

Observing the sequence of hand seals, Satoru raised an eyebrow and said somewhat disdainfully, "I advise you not to rely too much on the Great Fireball Techniques. It won't kill anyone."

But Rin seemed not to have heard him. She took a deep breath, and an orange-red, scorching fireball burst forth.

Satoru was surprised. The Great Fireball Technique wasn't aimed at him, but rather at the space between them!

The massive fireball hit the ground, engulfing fallen leaves and creating a haze of black smoke, causing Satoru to cough a few times. The situation turned disadvantageous for him.

She observed the terrain and planned her strategy beforehand, huh?

Even the fresh leaves on the ground were taken into account!

Satoru squinted, unable to open his eyes fully due to the smoke. He continuously scanned his surroundings but found that Rin's figure had already disappeared.

No, or perhaps she even calculated the position of the newly fallen leaves from our taijutsu exchange just now. The fresh leaves mixed with burning ones, creating an even more nauseating smoke, greatly disturbing my vision.

Taking a deep breath, Satoru scanned the surroundings with his Byakugan.

A sudden change occurred!

The ground behind him collapsed, and before he could react, a slender arm wrapped around his upper body, restraining both his arms, and a wooden kunai pointed at his throat.

"Yes, the Byakugan allows you to see chakra, but can you see underground?"

Rin held the wooden kunai at Satoru's throat, displaying a hint of pride on her pretty face as she lightly exhaled.

"I win."

Using the smoke from the fireball to momentarily obscure my Byakugan and then using Earth Release to hide underground, plotting to strike, huh?

Satoru couldn't help but praise Rin's combat thinking and ability; she was probably not weaker than a Chunin.

However...

"Just relying on these tactics to beat me, your thinking is too simplistic."

A slight smile appeared on Satoru's lips.

"You've always been finding ways to counter my Byakugan, but have you forgotten about my other Kekkei Genkai?"

Rin's pupils contracted as if recalling something. Her gaze shifted slightly downward, and a chill ran up her spine.

A metal shuriken was floating right at her throat, rotating slowly.

"When did...?"

Her voice trembled, losing the previous arrogance.

"Right when you unleashed the Great Fireball Technique. I used Magnet Release to control four shurikens floating around me. The moment you showed up, these shurikens were sure to take your life. If it comes to speed, I'm still faster than you!"

Satoru's voice was calm, tinged with a sense of delight, as if he weren't currently being restrained by someone with a kunai to his throat.

Hearing Satoru's words, Rin looked around and indeed found the other three shurikens rotating calmly around her.

"Magnet Release... What a terrifying ability."

"I lost..."

Rin weakly removed the wooden kunai from Satoru's throat, her eyes devoid of her previous pride, replaced only by disappointment and frustration.

"Hey, don't give up so easily. After all, your Sharingan hasn't awakened yet. If you had the Sharingan, the result might be different," Satoru couldn't help but console her.

"You don't need to comfort me; I'm not so weak as to give up easily," Rin replied coldly, glancing at Satoru again, her eyes regaining their previous colors.

"I'll challenge you again later. I remember our wager; I'll cover the cost of your shinobi tools from now on."

In the last sentence, a gleam appeared in Satoru's eyes. Finally, the moment had come.

"But I have a question." Rin pondered for a moment and asked, "Why is your Magnet Release so powerful? I remember that normal Magnet Release can't control shuriken and kunai so freely. Otherwise, Sunagakure wouldn't be the weakest of the Five Great Shinobi Countries."