With a tight grip on the kunai, Hoshi jumped away from the boar and slashed at its side, but the animal's hide was strong enough to withstand the blow. Surizawa almost habitually covered him, knocking down the projectiles with senbon despite the poor visibility, and the attacker was forced to dodge and jump back from Asani's kunai. The shinobi was experienced enough to get out of range of the kibakufuda (explosive seal) that was attached to the kunai a second later.
- Asani, hit the boar," she commanded her partner, and without paying attention to the animal that had begun to slow down, she rushed forward, filling her muscles with chakra, "Su, with me!
She had already had time to estimate the enemy's speed, and was surprised to find that the guy about five years older than she was, was about on the same level as Surizawa, whom even Ryo-sensei had relatively little experience with. There was the possibility that he was holding back, but even so, Hoshi was confident and was going to prove it in practice!
The kunoichi quickly shortened the distance and slashed at her foe's arm, which he tried to reflexively swing away, but had to jump back as the shinobi threw a shuriken with his other hand, aiming for his eyes. She tried to kick the projectile with her weapon, but missed and had to defend herself from a couple of lunges to the throat and stomach. Senbon flew in from behind her back, driving the shinobi back and now Hoshi was on the attack.
Stabbing, jabbing, kneeing, grabbing the second kunai and trying to drive it under her ribs, Hoshi acted almost as if she was practicing, and even her frantic pulse began to calm down. The shinobi, though with difficulty, fought back, parrying, dodging, and even managing to deflect the senbon that came from the side at the most inconvenient moment, despite his poor physical training compared to the kunoichi.
Even the explosions and squeals of pain of the pet, did not make him distracted, demonstrating excellent stamina and experience, but Hoshi did not just impose close combat and gave her full effort, not allowing distractions - at some point the shinobi put his weapon not where Hoshi hit and the kunai ripped the vest on the side of the enemy, and the senbons that came next hit exactly in the chest and neck.
The shinobi didn't even have time to recoil before he received a chakra-infused kick to the stomach, folding himself in half and dropping his weapon and flying backwards.
- To the side! - Asani shouted behind her, and the kunoichi rolled to the right without thinking.
The carcass of the pig, which had swept by at the same second, smelled of blood, burnt wool, and meat. Acting on instinct, Hoshi dropped one of her kunai into the grass and slammed the kibakufuda (explosive seal) she had pulled out on the animal's calf, then jumped back as hard as she could.
- Katz!
The explosion threw the shrieking pig to the ground, but the kunai with the exact same paper in its face prevented it from getting back on its feet. A second kibakufuda (explosive seal) blast sent the scraps flying in all directions and ended his life, allowing Hoshi to breathe a sigh of relief and wrap his head around it.
She could forget about the enemy genin - the wounds were not light, and she felt something crunch under her leg as it struck, ensuring that the enemy would be incapacitated. The sounds of battle could still be heard around her, so she had to help the sensei who had taken on three opponents at once. Not that it was necessary against the chunin, but....
The rays of moonlight that broke through the clouds fell to the ground and distracted the girl who looked up for a moment, but a sudden shout made her flinch:
- It's Mizu no Seirei! Let's reel it in!
- What?
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