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With Yukina
After Yukina received Fuguki's order, she started chasing the two shinobi as fast as she could, and when she saw their silhouette in front of her, she grabbed some shurikens from her pouch, attached explosive tags to the shurikens, and aimed them at the two shinobi.
"SWISH, SWISH, SWISH, SWISH."
"BOOM, BOOM BOOM, BOOM."
The two shinobi dashed to the side and dodged the shurikens successfully.
After dodging, Rina exclaimed loudly in shock to her companion, "This is ridiculous!! This little girl actually aimed these shurikens at us with such precision from that distance; it makes me look like an amateur in front of this little girl."
The muscular shinobi didn't reply to Rina's comment; he looked seriously at Yukina, who was charging at them as fast as she could while wielding her katana.
He then said seriously to Rina, "Listen carefully, Rina. You need to report back to the main base and inform the captain that Fuguki Suikuzan is here so that he can come up with appropriate countermeasures against him. Leave this girl to me; I will deal with her myself."
Rina looked at the muscular shinobi in surprise, but she then nodded her head in understanding.
Rina then turned around to leave, but all of a sudden another batch of shurikens came flying towards the two, forcing them to dodge again.
"SWISH, SWISH, SWISH, SWISH."
After they dodged the shurikens, Yukina appeared in front of the muscular shinobi, and she thrust her katana towards his heart.
"PU."
The muscular shinobi bent his body to the side to dodge Yukina's katana thrust, but he couldn't dodge it completely and got stabbed on his right shoulder.
The muscular shinobi grunted in pain after getting stabbed in his shoulder. He grabbed Yukina's katana with his right hand and yelled at Rina, "Go now, Rina."
Rina quickly nodded her head, turned around, and left.
When Yukina saw this, she narrowed her eyes, and she tried to pull her katana from the muscular shinobi's shoulder, but her katana wouldn't budge. She then started releasing her chakra without any restraint.
The muscular shinobi widened his eyes when he felt the amount of chakra that Yukina was releasing.
Suddenly he saw a huge, majestic blue phoenix silhouette behind Yukina; he felt insignificant in front of it.
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With Fuguki
Fuguki, who was hiding his presence with genjutsu, was watching everything silently. He smirked when he saw Yukina releasing her chakra without any restraint and thought to himself, "Good, she is taking things seriously now. The ambush incident that she just experienced helped her grow mentally."
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With Yukina
After Yukina released her chakra without any restraint, she successfully pulled her katana out from the muscular shinobi's shoulder.
The muscular shinobi grunted in pain again. He then grabbed two kunai from his pouch and got ready to battle Yukina.
He then thought to himself, "This girl is a freak. she look younger than 10 year old girl but she had more chakra than me Her chakra density is so ridiculous!!"
Yukina charged at the muscular shinobi and started swinging her katana at him with extreme elegance, speed, and precision.
"CLANK, CLANK, CLANK, CLANK."
The muscular shinobi blocked Yukina's katana with difficulty and then he tried to counter her strikes, but Yukina used her exquisite footwork to move around the middle-aged shinobi and strike him from multiple directions.
"CLANK, CLANK, CLANK, CLANK."
The muscular shinobi attempted to block Yukina's sword strikes, but he was unable to defend against all of them, resulting in numerous cuts from her relentless barrage.
The muscular shinobi started breathing heavily and looked at Yukina with fear in his eyes. He then thought to himself, "This little girl's Kenjutsu skills are incredible, but her footwork is the most dangerous aspect of her Kenjutsu; she seems like she is dancing with her katana—this is how exquisite her footwork is."
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With Fuguki
Fuguki's eyes brightened up as he saw Yukina's performance. He then smirked, "Good, she is improving with every second in this battle. She will soon reach the peak of the one with the sword realm."
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With Yukina
While the battle continued, Yukina started sensing and hearing different sounds coming from her foe, which confused her.
"THUMP, THUMP, THUMP."
"What am I hearing? This sounds like a heartbeat, these presences. It feels like I can sense everything around me that is alive." Yukina was shocked after realizing that.
Yukina suddenly bent down and dodged a kunai thrust from the muscular shinobi without even looking; she then swung her katana upward and beheaded her foe.
"SQUASH."
The muscular shinobi's head flew in the air after Yukina beheaded him.
"SPLASH, SPLASH."
After Yukina beheaded the muscular shinobi, his headless corpse fell down on the seawater along with his head.
Yukina stood motionless in her spot, and the light in her eyes had dimmed significantly. She was unfocused, looking straight forward without moving.
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With Fuguki
When Fuguki observed Yukina's eyes and her recent movements, he widened his eyes in disbelief and murmured to himself, "This movement clearly indicates that she has awakened the hidden sense." How is this possible? No one had ever awakened it before except for one person, the wandering samurai Yamamoto Minamoto."
Fuguki took a deep breath to calm himself down, then looked at Yukina with envious eyes and began recalling all the details about the hidden sense he had previously read about.
"According to what I read about the hidden sense, not everyone can awaken it. There are two requirements to awaken this ability: the first requirement is to have a high innate talent, and the second requirement is luck."
"Those who possessed the hidden sense could sense and hear the presence of all living beings around them, even their intent but all the shoguns in the land of iron at that time believed there was more to the hidden sense than just these abilities because Yamamoto Minamoto was one of the few alive who could fight Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha head-on with only a sword."
"I also believe that Yamamoto was able to fight head-on against Madara and Hashirama because his swordsmanship was so powerful and his utilization of his hidden sense was so deep."
After a few moments, Fuguki dispelled the genjutsu and started walking to Yukina.
He stood in front of her and asked, "Girl, are you alright?"
Yukina looked at Fuguki and said, "I am alright, sensei, but I don't understand why I am hearing and feeling several presences around me; it is giving me a headache."
Fuguki chuckled when he heard this. He then instructed Yukina, "Try to calm your mind, girl, and relax."
Yukina nodded. She closed her eyes and started following Fuguki's instructions.
After a few moments, Yukina opened her eyes; they were brilliant and full of vigor.
She then asked Fuguki Sensei, "I understand now I can suppress these voices and the presences I am feeling by calming my mind."
Fuguki smirked, nodded his head, and said to Yukina, "Good... I will explain everything to you when we return to the village. Go and chase that Kunoichi and finish her off."
Yukina nodded, and she started chasing Rina.
Fuguki rubbed his head after Yukina left and said, "Oh, I forgot to tell her to seal this corpse. I will seal this corpse for her for now, then give it to her after she deals with that Kunoichi."
After making up his mind, Fuguki grabbed a storage seal and sealed the muscular shinobi corpse inside it.
After finishing sealing the corpses, he started following Yukina.
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With Yukina
While Yukina was chasing Rina as fast as she could, she smiled and thought to herself, "My sensing ability has improved significantly; now I can sense not only chakra but also the presence of those around me." However, my range isn't that big yet; maybe I can increase my range with training."
When Yukina saw Rina, she grabbed some shurikens and aimed them at her.
"SWISH, SWISH, SWISH, SWISH."
Rina heard some shurikens flying toward her; she quickly turned around and dodged them .
When she saw Yukina walking towards her calmly while wielding her katana, Rina's eyes widened in shock. She had a terrifying premonition in her heart so she asked Yukina, "Where is Kontaro?"
Yukina smirked when she heard Rina's question and she remarked to her, "First that muscular guy and now you asking me the same question—I am here to fight, not to answer questions."
When Rina heard this, her eyebrows twitched, and she yelled at Yukina, "Just answer the question, you slut."
Yukina giggled when she heard this and responded to Rina, "Well, I guess that Kontaro guy you are mentioning is that muscular shinobi I battled earlier. He is dead. I chopped off his head."
When Rina heard this, her whole body trembled, her eyes turned red, and she glared at Yukina with hatred before saying in a low voice, "You are going to die. How dare you kill my husband?"
Yukina smirked playfully upon hearing this, and then she replied to Rina, saying, "You are a fool. We are at war; casualties are inevitable in wars."
Rina got enraged when she heard this. She took out a medium-sized scroll from her pocket. She opened the scroll, bit her thumb, and ran her bleeding thumb on the open scroll.
"PUFF."
A huge puff of white smoke surrounded the scroll and Rina.
When the white smoke disappeared, Yukina's eyes widened in surprise when she saw what Rina was holding.
A large shuriken attached to a long black chain was in Rina's hands.
"It is time you die, you little whore." Rina exclaimed loudly while waving the long chain in a circular motion. After a few seconds, she launched the huge shuriken toward Yukina.
"SWISH."
Yukina smirked in excitement when she saw the shuriken flying towards her and said loudly to Rina, "Oh, this is really exciting! Let's see what you've got, woman."
Yukina leapt above the shuriken and charged at Rina; however, as Rina pulled the chain back, the huge shuriken turned around and began speeding up towards her.
"SWISH."
Without turning her head, Yukina leapt backward in the air, dodging the shuriken that was flying toward her from behind.
Rina was stunned for a second when she saw this, but she quickly waved her chain again. The shuriken changed direction again and flew toward Yukina.
Rina smirked when she saw Yukina's position and thought, "Now I got you, bitch. Since you are in the air, it is impossible for you to dodge. It is time for you to die."
Yukina smirked when she saw the huge shuriken flying towards her; she started releasing her chakra without any restraint. She grabbed the katana with both hands and swung it downward with all her might.
"CLANK."
Yukina blocked the huge shuriken, which fell into the sea, but the force sent her flying backward.
When Yukina saw this, her eyes shone and she smiled with excitement, realizing, "I now understand when that woman waved the chains earlier, she was building momentum for the shuriken."
"Even when she changes the direction of the shuriken when she uses her chain, she adds momentum to the shuriken."
"When I just clashed with the huge shuriken just now, I canceled the momentum that the shuriken had. Now it is my chance to finish her off."
Yukina landed elegantly on the surface of the seawater and then saw Rina pulling her chain to retrieve her shuriken back to her side.
Yukina smirked upon seeing this, then focused a large amount of chakra into the soles of her feet before charging at Rina.
All of a sudden Yukina appeared in front of Rina like a ghost and stabbed her in the heart with her katana.
"PU."
"COUGH."
Rina coughed out blood from her mouth; her eyes started to dim.
Yukina looked at her and said, "It is really a shame that I have to kill you. This fight was really fun; you really earned my respect. The least I can do for you now is tell you my name. My name is Yukina. I hope we meet again in the afterlife."
"COUGH."
Rina coughed out blood again and said, "Screw you, bitch."
Yukina didn't react to the insult; she pulled her katana out of Rina's body and Rina fell into the seawater lifelessly.