Chapter 60 : Shika Vs Sasuke 6

Shika continued his normal attack on Sasuke, but there was a problem. Though this technique was good for getting a punch or two, it was really designed for killing people, which he couldn't do, of course.

'I need to land a powerful attack on him,' Shika thought after harassing Sasuke for a while. He noticed that the mist was clearing.

Maintaining mist in this place where no water is available is not only hard but also consumes too much chakra.

Shika was always conscious of his chakra. For someone who can make four shadow clones, he wasn't that bad, as long as he didn't compare himself to someone like Naruto.

There are many kids his age who don't have as much chakra as he does right now, but due to always being chakra-conscious, he was always calculating his chakra and finding ways to use it more efficiently.

He started to put his Nara brain to work and quickly came up with a good idea.

'Hmm… won't that be a little too much?' Shika pondered as he thought about his own plan but then just shook his head. Anything besides what he planned would require him to reveal more of his cards and attract more attention than he wanted right now.

He quickly took out the kunai he had and all the special explosive tags he made himself. They were extra explosive for times like this when he needed more firepower.

It's beneficial to be a Seal Master, after all.

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Outside the mist, others were getting quite worried. It had been a little while since Shika used the mist, and now no one besides the two Hyuga could see what was happening inside.

"Asuma-sensei, what is going on? Why is there mist all of a sudden?" Ino asked, not being able to see her Sasuke-kun and glaring at Shikamaru as if he were the reason behind this.

'Troublesome.'

"This is a technique used by shinobi from the Hidden Mist. They are all excellent at concealing themselves in the mist and fighting in low visibility. Shika somehow is using their technique," Asuma replied, taking a puff on his cigarette.

"Huh…? But how did he learn that in the first place?" Ino asked in confusion.

"Well, you'll have to ask him yourself."

"Huff…"

"Tenten, you never told me that your friend was so good at hiding?" Neji, who had long deactivated his Byakugan as he was bored with how both Sasuke and Shika were fighting, asked. After all, he was a Hyuga, and a jutsu like this was completely useless to him, so he pretty much looked down on Shika.

But not Sasuke, though. In fact, Sasuke's condition kind of interested him. He saw with his Byakugan that Sasuke's chakra was tinted dark and had become much stronger after those markings appeared on him.

Tenten didn't reply. The way Neji talked kind of made her angry.

Others were thinking along the same lines. They wanted to know what was going on in the mist but couldn't see.

Unknown to all of them, Orochimaru was also there, and he was intently watching Sasuke's fight. Actually, he didn't even care about other fights; he was only here for Sasuke's fight. But now he was a little interested in Shika Nara.

The kid was in Kabuto's team and was said to be somewhat strong for a solo genin.

Orochimaru anticipated that this boy could give Sasuke a good fight, at least make him open the curse seal.

Which he did, and that was all he was anticipating from Shika Nara. But that wasn't the case. The boy was supposed to get beaten by Sasuke, but surprisingly he had a technique like the Hidden Mist under his belt.

Orochimaru was very interested in the Sharingan, so it was also normal for him to understand the limitations of the Sharingan.

The mist technique was arguably the worst matchup for someone with a Sharingan. Even Orochimaru had to accept that, in this regard, the Byakugan was much superior.

He was here to see how strong Sasuke was, but now, due to the mist, he couldn't see anything. He was getting a little angry now.

So he planned to act. Though the Hokage was right there, he still planned to take a little risk and use Wind Style to remove the mist so that he could at least see what was going on.

So, when Shika was ready to activate his plan, setting up the trap while still attacking Sasuke to make him busy, something strange happened.

Strong wind suddenly originated, and the mist was blown away, making Shika suddenly visible to Sasuke.

"What in the…" Shika was taken aback, both surprised and confused at the same time.

He didn't understand what had happened just now; after all, he knew that Sasuke couldn't use Wind Style jutsu.

Some of the good Jonin and the Hokage noticed that the wind didn't originate from the fighting ring but from elsewhere.

But Orochimaru's clone, which did this while hiding, was long gone.

They now couldn't find who did it and surely couldn't stop the fight in the middle. But still, the Hokage gave a signal for a Jonin to investigate.

Once the mist was lifted, everyone was able to see what was going on again in the fighting ring.

Sasuke, who had suffered a one-sided beating from Shika, was very angry. Though maybe his emotions were also influenced by the curse seal.

"Hmph… can you wait a little longer? I seem to be facing a technical issue with my technique right now," Shika asked nicely, hoping it might work.

Well, people in the real world don't play nice, let alone in the ninja world.

Sasuke rushed at Shika with all his speed, moving away from the targeted location where Shika had prepared the trap for him.

"Tch."

Shika muttered under his breath. Now he had to bring Sasuke back to that spot.

"Troublesome," Shika muttered, his Nara gene acting up as he rushed at Sasuke at the same time. Now that he had his weights off, he wasn't that different in speed from Sasuke.

Well, at least he believed so. He was still slower.

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