It took some time for the arena to calm down after Ranmaru's fight, the ninjas of Oto worked to appease the crowd. The easiest to calm were the civilians from the Land of Sound, while the most difficult were the nobles who had never experienced such a setback in their lives.
They didn't want to leave, but they wanted to hold Otogakure responsible for what had happened.
What they discovered, however, was that the Daimyo of the Land of Sound ignored everything and the policy of the Otogakure ninjas was simply to expel the troublemakers, nobles or not.
Jugo wasn't afraid to face the world now, his students had grown up, with Kimimaro, Guren, and Orochimaru, and he possessed extremely fierce, cutting-edge power. Besides, the middle and high levels were completely filled, and Jugo was certain he could win a world ninja war even better than Konoha had during the Third Shinobi World War, without even lifting a finger.
Besides, Jugo himself had already reached a point where he didn't care about the power of most ninjas, the only ones who could pose a problem for him now were the Otsutsuki and ninjas with nonsensical jutsus.
When the arena finally calmed down, the eighth fight could finally begin.
The confrontation between Lee and Ryuta has begun.
As soon as Orochimaru announced the start of the match, the enthusiastic Lee was already in motion.
-Yoshi! Let's go! - He shouted excitedly, especially after seeing Kenta's fight. He was sad that Kenta had been eliminated, he really wanted to fight him.
Ryuta looked at Lee, who was running excitedly towards him with his lips tightly closed and his eyes covered by bandages, but he was able to pinpoint Lee's exact location based solely on sound.
However, he didn't underestimate Lee, instead, he remembered what his Sensei had said, Dosu almost died at the hands of that noisy idiot.
It seemed like a joke, but he took it seriously.
The next moment, Ryuta disappeared, Lee's eyes widened as he deflected a side punch, but when he saw the gauntlet in Ryuta's hand, he remembered Dosu.
In that instant before being hit, Lee's eyes narrowed cautiously, he opened the first gate in a fraction of a second. It wasn't much, but it was enough.
Ryuta's punch hit empty air.
Lee stopped not far away, his veins slightly bulging, and breathed a sigh of relief.
If he had taken that disorienting blow, he would have had a lot of difficulty in the fight.
-Hey! Ryuta, right?! I thought you were going to fight like that kid named Kenta, but you're as stealthy as that hunchbacked guy! Is he your father? Actually, you two look a lot alike...- Lee began to chatter thoughtfully, while Ryuta's lips trembled.
The next moment, he began making hand seals quickly.
-Ninpo! Cicada Disorientation Jutsu!- Ryuta whispered.
The next moment, Lee seemed to hear something, a cicada. He looked confused, this wasn't cicada season, but soon more and more cicada sounds began to appear around him.
One was merely annoying, two were irritating, but dozens?
Lee screamed and covered his ears, unfortunately, it was a genjutsu, the sound was coming from his own head.
Ryuta didn't stand still, he moved forward quickly, rolled up his long sleeve, and landed a punch right on Lee's head.
That punch wasn't simple, it was charged with sound waves. As soon as it hit Lee, he was sent flying, his whole body groaning in pain, his scream becoming even more tragic.
Ryuta smiled, he sensed that Dosu-sensei was exaggerating. That idiot wasn't difficult to deal with.
Pulling out a kunai, he was ready to subdue Lee and make him give up, but first he would injure his legs, if he did that, as a Taijutsu user, Lee would be very weakened.
//-//
(Tsunade's POV)
-Busy eyebrows!- Naruto shouted, worried.
-That brat...- Tsunade huffed irritably.
-He's probably using the weights.- Kakashi frowned, looking at the arena with his Sharingan.
-Why doesn't he take them off?- Shizune asked, confused.
-That's Gai's doing.- Kakashi said with an exasperated look.
//-//
However, as Ryuta approached to injure Lee's legs, a green aura opened up, and Lee disappeared from in front of him.
Before he could understand what was happening, a punch landed directly on his cheek. Ryuta sensed it coming, but couldn't react.
Lee stood there, still breathing heavily, his chakra rapidly dwindling. Breathing heavily, he fell to one knee, sweat dripping down his face.
Ryuta, on the other hand, was struggling to get up, that blow made his brain jitter, and it was his turn to be confused.
The two tried to compose themselves, but Lee was still smiling, he had managed to react this time.
In the end, Lee managed to get up, but he didn't attack Ryuta, only watching him get up while removing the weights from his leg.
The weights fell to the ground without the acceleration of gravity, they simply made a hollow sound, raising a cloud of dust.
-You're really strong.- Lee smiled, still slightly disoriented.
Ryuta finally stood up, his face red with a fist mark.
He 'looked' seriously in Lee's direction, noticing that Lee's movements had become lighter, he knew that this fight had become more complicated.
-Let's go!- Lee, seeing Ryuta assume a fighting stance, advanced.
Ryuta's eyes widened, Lee's sounds had become much lighter, and faster as well!
He barely managed to raise an arm to defend himself, but Lee disappeared from where he was attacking, appearing on the other side of Ryuta. The boy didn't even have time to react before taking a kick to the chest.
Ryuta fell backward, rolling on his back on the ground. Groaning in pain. He repositioned himself, ready to advance, but a kick from Lee came from below.
This nearly broke Ryuta's teeth and left him completely disoriented again.
Before he could readjust, he felt several ropes binding him.
Lee had already tied him up tightly!
Ryuta felt Lee grab him, and before he could react, they began spinning at high speed, crashing straight to the ground.
Ryuta, disoriented, became even more so due to the centripetal force.
He was unable to react at all before hitting the ground hard.
Lee jumped away just before Ryuta hit the ground.
The audience was shocked, and a large cloud of dust rose.
Lee was breathing heavily, but he was much stronger than before, he managed to use that technique without feeling overwhelmed.
He also went easy on him in the end, he didn't want Ryuta to die.
When the dust cloud settled, Ryuta was lying on the ground, unconscious. His head had suffered a severe impact, bleeding, if it hadn't been for him protecting his head with chakra, he probably would have been dead.
The audience cheered excitedly, the simplicity of this fight left them much more satisfied, briefly forgetting the previous trauma caused by Ranmaru.
Lee was overjoyed for a moment, thinking he had won, but when he looked at Orochimaru, Orochimaru simply stared back at him.
For a moment, they both fell silent, Lee seemed to be remembering something at that moment.
His opponent, didn't he need to give up?
Lee turned his gaze to Ryuta, who was completely unconscious, with a blow like that, it could take him a long time to wake up.
For a moment, even the audience seemed to have thought of it.
That uncomfortable silence returned with force.