The Attack VI

Lying in a hole in the ground, the Raikage remained motionless while thinking about what had just happened.

'I didn't notice that guy moving, and when I did, he was already deflecting my attack... Is he faster than me?'

Slowly getting up from the ground, the Raikage felt his chest, which was a bit sore. Tsunade's hit was direct; he didn't even have a chance to lessen the impact, it all happened so fast.

'They moved in perfect sync. The Senju Princess already knew that guy could deflect my attack, and then prepared in advance to strike me...'

The more he analyzed what had just happened, the stranger it seemed.

'He can't be faster than me... So how did he manage to get close without me noticing?'

The Raikage began to walk slowly towards Tsunade and Yujin while thinking. What had just happened seemed so mysterious that he wanted to understand it before returning to the battle.

'Is it possible that he's faster than me? No...'

Although the obvious answer that he was faster seemed the most apparent, the Raikage had too much confidence in his speed to think there was an unknown person faster than him. When he tried to approach the situation from another angle, however, he realized.

'He stayed out of my field of vision most of the time. I thought he would join the battle at some point since he was with the Senju Princess, so I always kept his location in mind. But when I saw the opportunity to kill the Senju Princess by destroying all the obstacles in front of me...'

When he reached this point in his thoughts, realization dawned on the Raikage, who seemed genuinely surprised.

'Just before my attack, he always stayed in my blind spot, and when I went to attack, he used the rocks that were in front of me, as well as the fragments of the broken stones from my attack, to move without my eyes seeing him... He reached the back of the Senju Princess along with me, all calculated.'

Looking at Yujin next to Tsunade, the Raikage frowned and thought coldly.

'Even the Senju Princess's strike was in his calculations. He's dangerous, I need to deal with him first.'

***

Yujin observed his hand that had come into contact with the Raikage's wrist and commented towards Tsunade.

"I only touched briefly, and I suffered injuries... This lightning is really difficult to deal with."

Tsunade observed Yujin's hand, which was slightly dark, with traces of burns, and asked.

"Will the injury hinder you during the fight?"

Yujin then closed his fists and, although he felt pain, it wasn't too bad.

"I'll be fine. Leaving that aside, stay alert, he'll probably attack me next."

Tsunade nodded, aware that it was a high possibility. Yujin's interference caused the Raikage to suffer a powerful blow. Because of Tsunade's lack of speed, he will probably lower his guard against Tsunade and focus on Yujin. With Yujin out of the picture, Tsunade will be easier to deal with later.

It didn't take long for the Raikage to approach, and Yujin and Tsunade were surprised by the apparent lack of injuries on the Raikage's body.

Although Tsunade didn't think it would be a critical hit, she expected it would have caused some kind of injury, but by the Raikage's appearance, there seemed to be none.

Yujin was even more surprised since he saw up close how powerful Tsunade's strike was. The fact that there seemed to be no injury surprised him greatly.

"His defense is more powerful than I expected."

Tsunade commented in a low voice, thinking about how to handle this situation. Although that wasn't the most powerful blow she could deliver, it wasn't far from it.

If it didn't injure him with that, it won't injure him with anoter slightly more powerful. The only thing she can think of is trying to focus her blows on the same part of the Raikage's body, to try to injure him through persistence.

But will the Raikage let her do that?

It's hard to say if she'll be able to land such a precise blow as the previous one again.

"Hahaha, you got me with that blow! I didn't expect that. The Leaf Village seems to have gained another talented person. Who are you?"

The Raikage looked at Yujin deeply, evaluating him, while Yujin responded lightly, apparently without feeling pressure despite the situation.

"My name is Yujin, that's all I have to say."

Tsunade and Yujin prepared themselves, and when he saw them like this, the Raikage snorted lightly and prepared with his lightning armor.

"You're interesting, it's a shame I don't have time to play with you."

The next moment, the Raikage disappeared from Tsunade and Yujin's field of vision.

In the next second, he appeared in front of the two, using both arms to aim at their heads.

"Two Lariat!"

The strike was so fast that Tsunade almost couldn't dodge, barely jumping backward, away from the Raikage's arm that passed a few centimeters away from her head.

Yujin, on the other hand, calmly lowered his head, passing centimeters away from the Raikage's arm. He then spun his body completely, appearing behind the Raikage, who was still moving forward by inertia.

He extended his hand, even without much support on the ground, and hit the palm in the center of the Raikage's back, who received the blow and was thrown forward.

The force of the blow, plus the inertia of his previous attack, caused the Raikage's body to fly towards Tsunade, who was already ready, as if she had predicted what would happen.

Again, with all the strength she could muster, Tsunade hit her fist into the Raikage's stomach, who once again had his body thrown forward, but this time he didn't fly as far. He actually managed to regain his balance in mid-air and landed smoothly on the ground.

Tsunade looked at the Raikage, who again seemed unharmed, but didn't look particularly surprised.

"Before I landed the punch, he jumped backward."

The Raikage wasn't going to fall for the same trick twice. He was ready for this kind of combination from the two. This time he had time to cushion the blow.

"Hahaha, your synchronization is impressive, you two. How do you do that?"

The Raikage seemed really surprised by Yujin and Tsunade's combination. What he didn't know, however, was that even in the silence of the battle, the two were communicating.

'It won't work twice, it seems.'

Tsunade nodded in response to Yujin's words that simply resounded in her mind.

This is one of Yujin's abilities that Tsunade found out about just a few hours ago. Apparently, he can send his words through Qi to specific people without others being able to hear.

Tsunade learned the principles behind the ability, and even tried to replicate it to make it more convenient when the two fought together later, but couldn't.

This is a technique that requires meticulous control of Qi, something that is only possible with a lot of training, which she didn't have time to do.

Because of this, although they are communicating, it is unilateral.

Even so, this was enough for Tsunade to understand exactly what Yujin wanted to do, and prepare for it.

For those who didn't know, it was as if the two had been fighting together for decades since their synchronization was perfect.

'This technique seems very similar to the Yamanaka clan's technique.'

Tsunade thought silently while seeing the surprise in the Raikage's expression, who didn't know what was really happening.

She then looked at Yujin and again realized how special he was.