As it turned out, the young kunoichi had been trying to do just that, trapping his opponent in a prepared trap. A simple barrier suddenly grew around Minato, and the next second, there was an explosion in the confined space.
Something yellow flew out of the smoke and dust, breaking through the transparent wall, and on closer inspection, was identified as a cocoon of yellow hair, bristling with needles, some of which had been broken off. But the genin inside was unharmed, having rolled a few meters on the ground and jumped to his feet. He crouched down and the cocoon that unfolded sent hundreds of needles in the direction of the student.
Without waiting for the result, the blond threw a smoke bomb under his feet and disappeared in a puff of smoke, and I felt his chakra split and one of them rushed to the side, while the other went underground. Meanwhile, Asani slapped the ground with her palms and erected a wall that stopped all the projectiles, then swung around and with a powerful blow turned it into many shards that pierced through the billowing smoke. Unfortunately, to no avail.
The kage bunshin, who had escaped the smoke, finished folding his hand seals and with a wave of his hand, sent a rayton arrow at the kunoichi, sagging in chakra. Losing the element, Asani had to use a substitute to avoid the area attack, but it paid off as the clone exploded just to the side of the clone and dispersed in clouds of smoke. Unfortunately, focusing on her opponent, she didn't notice the original emerge from the ground some distance behind her and lay down a few seals.
- Kokuangkyo no Jutsu (Black Darkness Traveling Technique)!
In the same second, the kunoichi visibly flinched and began to look around as if she was suddenly in the dark, and then quickly folded a concentration seal.
- Kai!
But it didn't seem to help, as the kunoichi grabbed her kunai and prepared to fend off the attacks without even turning towards her opponent.
- Senju Hashirama's Genjutsu! - Shenesu suddenly exclaimed, surging forward. - Where did that brat get it from?
The blond jumped up and drove his kunai into her side, clearly aiming for her liver, making me frown - this wasn't a fight between comrades-in-arms. Except, instead of the expected shriek of pain and the end of the fight, the student turned into puffs of smoke with a quiet "poof".
- Heh, you are not original in your maneuver, - I quietly whispered under my nose, smiling gloatingly.
Before sealing the ninjutsu, the student created a kage bunshin and sent it underground, and then replaced herself with it, all the while sitting motionless underground in the center of the arena, with a clone fighting above. I bet she was using the sensor seal to keep track of what was going on. Minato found himself exactly where Asani had been leading him all along.
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