Chapter 21: Chika vs Smoker

"Do we really have to go this far?" Smoker's face became serious.

He didn't want to fight because the reasons behind this battle were not honorable, even somewhat laughable.

At the same time, he regretted not intervening in time to stop Barton's foolish behavior, which angered Uchiha Chika.

"You think it can end without even an apology? Who gave you the confidence? Is it your so-called Smoke-Smoke Fruit of the Logia type?"

Chika clearly had no intention of letting it go. Today, he wanted to have a battle with Smoker, the strongest in the senior class, which would also save him a lot of trouble in the future.

Where was Smoker, he also had his own pride, and being repeatedly mocked by Chika in front of everyone finally got to him.

"If that's the case, let's have a battle! Uchiha Chika!" Smoker couldn't hold back and challenged Chika.

"Why didn't you say so earlier? Let's get it over with."

Chika stretched his body and beckoned Smoker with a crooked finger, signaling him to begin.

"You arrogant fool! Smoke Launcher!" Smoker erupted completely, his lower body transformed into dense white smoke, rushing towards Chika.

"White Fist!"

Smoker also turned his arms into smoke along the way, and a pair of fists rapidly extended using the properties of smoke. The fists appeared, carrying strong airflow, and flew towards Chika.

Chika's body swayed slightly, easily evading Smoker's attack.

"It's not over yet!" Smoker remained calm. The pair of smoke-emitting fists, which had missed their target, quickly turned around in mid-air and struck at Chika from behind.

"Chika! Watch out behind you!"

A cry of alarm came from Ain in the crowd as she witnessed how bizarre Smoker's attack was. She quickly reminded Chika.

The girl next to her gently pulled at her clothes, thinking, "My dear sister, neither of these two are easy to deal with. You better not get involved!"

Chika remained still in his place, his Sharingan eyes slightly open.

[Shinra Tensei!]

Bang! Before Smoker's fists could touch Chika's body, they were shattered into scattered smoke by a sudden shockwave.

After a while, those strands of smoke slowly gathered at Smoker's wrists, continuously solidifying until his fists returned to their original form.

"A Devil Fruit user of the Paramecia type with superhuman abilities?" Smoker realized that Uchiha Chika was becoming increasingly troublesome. The shockwave he just experienced clearly restrained his Smoke-Smoke Fruit ability.

"If you think so." Chika couldn't be bothered to explain to him. A black vortex appeared in the palm of his hand as he launched Banshō Ten'in towards Smoker.

Smoker's body trembled as he was forcefully pulled by Chika.

"Damn it, what is this again?!"

This time, Smoker didn't end up like the others who were pulled in by Chika before because Chika didn't grab his neck this time.

When Chika reached out to grab him, he turned into smoke again, separating his head from his body, and performed a split body maneuver on the spot.

Chika anticipated that Smoker would elementalize, but he remained unfazed. With one hand forming several hand seals,

[Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!]

Chika exhaled a fierce gust of wind, causing the cafeteria's facilities to be blown around, and some people in the vicinity were even knocked down.

Smoker, as the target of the frontal attack, had been blown into countless strands of white smoke, drifting everywhere.

After a while, the white smoke converged into a humanoid figure, and the first thing that appeared was Smoker's bluish face. He stared at Chika intently and questioned,

"Is it wind again this time? It's definitely not the same power as the shockwave earlier. Have you eaten more than one Devil Fruit?"

Smoker was uncertain and slowly controlled the smoke to condense his body. The previous Great Breakthrough had a significant impact on his smoke form.

"You can understand that as ninjutsu." Chika didn't take the opportunity to attack again but simply watched as Smoker reconstructed his body.

"Ninjutsu? Are you a ninja from the Land of Wano?"

"Land of Wano? Haha, what garbage. Do they even deserve to be called ninja?" Chika sneered disdainfully and then his expression turned dangerous.

"I've had enough playing around. Now, I have a question for you."

"What is it?"

"Can Logia Release... bleed?"

Upon hearing these words, Smoker instinctively retreated frantically behind him. However, Chika was faster than him.

Without any warning, Chika appeared behind Smoker and reached out to grab him.

"It's useless. Even if your attack power is strong, it's futile without Haki!"

Smoker, seeing that Chika didn't make any special moves this time, slightly relaxed and taunted him.

"Is that so?" Chika's hand touched Smoker's shoulder, and then a transparent spherical shield appeared, enveloping both Chika and Smoker.

[Rinne Sharingan: Preta Path: Sealing Technique Absorption Seal.]

Smoker was horrified to discover that he couldn't use his Smoke-Smoke Fruit ability anymore. It was like having severed limbs, lacking the neural connection.

"Let me go!" This situation, defying common sense, completely panicked Smoker. He could only shout loudly to alleviate the fear in his heart.

As a different application of the Preta Path, the Sealing Technique Absorption Seal, unlike absorbing an opponent's physical strength or chakra, could absorb the opponent's techniques and had a certain sealing effect.

Chika, without using the Human Path to directly kill the ability user, couldn't extract their abilities directly. However, through close contact and the use of the Sealing Technique Absorption Seal, he could temporarily seal the opponent's abilities.

He restrained Smoker with one hand, pressing him down on the ground. In the palm of his other hand, Chika produced a black rod and forcefully stabbed it into Smoker's right shoulder.

Squelch! The black rod pierced through Smoker's right shoulder, blood gushed out, and the intense pain prompted him to frantically activate his Smoke-Smoke Fruit ability.

However, the result left him in despair. Even though Chika had already dissipated that damn shield, he still couldn't use his abilities normally.

More precisely, most of his body could transform into smoke, but the shoulder area remained unaffected, unresponsive.

When he tried to use his other hand to pull out the rod, he immediately felt a sense of powerlessness upon touching it. Not to mention removing the rod inserted in his shoulder.

The black rod was a creation formed by the user of the Rinne-Sharingan, utilizing Yin-Yang Release in the palm of their hand. It had the ability to block or disrupt the flow of energy within the opponent's body.

Rinne-Sharingan users could even use it to manipulate corpses, just like Nagato, creating powerful Six Paths Ability puppets.

"Behave yourself. Struggling like this will only make the wound worse," Chika said, looking at the pitiful Smoker on the ground, kindly reminding him.

"What's going on here?! Stop it!"

A reprimanding voice came, and Zephyr arrived at the scene.

Seeing the dilapidated cafeteria, with Chika standing and Smoker lying on the ground, Zephyr's head throbbed.

"Someone explain what happened."

Ain stepped forward, shaking off her roommate's hand, and spoke loudly, "Teacher Zephyr! It was the seniors who provoked first, and it was Barton who made the first move. Chika retaliated in self-defense!"

Zephyr nodded and glanced at Smoker on the ground. "And what about Smoker?"

"Teacher, I'm fine. I was just having a normal sparring session with Chika. I apologize for causing such a great destruction."

Smoker endured the excruciating pain as he explained, word by word.

Chika unexpectedly looked at Smoker, and his attitude towards him changed considerably.

Retracting the black rod, Chika helped Smoker up and also explained to Zephyr, "Yes, Teacher Zephyr, it was my fault. I didn't control my strength well, and my strike was too heavy!"

Zephyr also breathed a sigh of relief. To be honest, both of them were his proudest disciples, and he didn't want to punish either of them.

"You personally take Smoker to the infirmary! And both of you will be responsible for the damages caused this time!"

"Yes!" Chika and Smoker quickly responded.

"Barton! You initiated the trouble. I'll make you run 100 laps on the playground! If you don't finish today, get out of the training camp!"

Barton, who had been hiding in the crowd, had a gloomy expression and didn't dare to say much. He dragged his trembling body and went off to run laps.

Glancing at Chika and Smoker, Zephyr dispersed the crowd and left, flicking his sleeve.