Kurenai, after being coached by Mikami Yuu and her father, Yūhi Shinku, couldn't exactly be described as "a complete upgrade," but her taijutsu had indeed improved a lot. Beating Guy was unrealistic, but she could stall him for a while without too much trouble.
And Guy probably wouldn't hit a girl too hard.
With Guy temporarily held back,
Mikami Yuu stood atop the platform, swept his gaze around, confirmed the positions of the key opponents—then flicked his hand and threw several wooden kunai!
Substitution Technique—activate!
Whoosh—!
In the next instant, Mikami Yuu swapped with one of the kunai and appeared in midair right in front of Hyūga Kamon, his right leg whipping out like a lash:
"Leaf Great Whirlwind!"
The air boomed!!
Mikami Yuu had used this trick—treating Substitution like Flying Thunder God—when he sparred with Hyūga Hizashi before. Kamon had probably learned about it from Hizashi, and wasn't surprised at all. He dropped his hips, set his stance, and raised his elbow to block in the first moment!
Bang!
…
"Oh? That was—?!"
On the rooftop terrace of the teaching building,
Namikaze Minato, in a Konoha flak jacket, stood beside Hiruzen Sarutobi in Hokage robes, watching the battle from afar. When he saw Mikami Yuu "blink" to Kamon via the kunai, Minato's eyelid twitched and surprise flashed across his face.
Hiruzen, on the other hand, stayed calm—he had already watched Mikami Yuu's fight with Hizashi using the Crystal Ball technique.
"Well?" Hiruzen asked.
"…It does look somewhat like Flying Thunder God, but it's probably not the same. I didn't sense any space-time fluctuation just now."
Minato settled from the initial surprise and thought briefly. "We may need to observe more to be sure."
"Good. Then let's keep watching."
Hiruzen said with a smile, pipe in his mouth.
…
Bang!
Leg and elbow collided!
Mikami Yuu flipped backward and landed lightly.
Hyūga Kamon stumbled back two steps to disperse the force, then snapped his head up, secretly shocked.
This guy's strength… why is it so much higher than last time?
Did he secretly level up again?
Surprised or not, Kamon had no time to think. He barked low and surged forward again, both palms flickering into a blur of afterimages:
"See the results of my training this past month… Gentle Fist: Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two Palms! Ora ora ora!"
The assault hit like a storm.
Mikami Yuu dodged with agile side steps, eyes fixed on Kamon's footwork. As he retreated, his body subtly grew taller, muscle lines tightening under his white outer shirt, becoming sharper and clearer—
Transformation Technique: Partial Transformation—Might Guy's Body!
As mentioned before, Mikami Yuu planned to use Transformation Technique's Lifelike Perfection trait to design a few standard "combat templates." One of them was the taijutsu-focused, head-on brawling Might Guy template.
To save chakra, he didn't transform his whole body—only his torso in a partial transformation. That did save some chakra, but demanded extremely high control, meaning it couldn't be maintained long.
He had to finish this quickly!
"An opening!"
The moment Kamon's continuous barrage loosened slightly and the force of his Gentle Fist began to slow—
Mikami Yuu snapped out a counterpunch!
"!"
Kamon hurriedly crossed his arms in front of him, blocking the heavy punch. He tried to follow with Gentle Fist to strike the arm's chakra points—but Mikami Yuu dropped low, twisted his waist, and slammed in a close-range elbow strike to the ribs!
Déjà vu—twice over.
Last semester's finals, Kamon had been caught by the same move. Even though he quickly blocked downward with his forearm, he was still knocked back, and the momentum he'd just built collapsed, putting him on the defensive.
Mikami Yuu didn't let up. He exploded with full power and pressed in close, fists raining down on Kamon like pounding hail:
"MUDA MUDA MUDA!"
At first, Kamon could still keep up and block a few hits. But he quickly realized those punches and kicks were getting even heavier. One slip—his wrist was struck into dislocation. A few moves later, a fist stamped into his chest.
"Ah—!"
Kamon was launched backward, crashing hard into the dirt several meters away, unable to get up immediately.
Mikami Yuu was about to pursue when his heart suddenly jolted—he saw a black shadow on the ground twitch.
Without thinking, he pretended to form seals and use Substitution. He instantly swapped with the kunai he'd thrown earlier, retreating more than ten meters away.
"Shadow Imitation Jutsu!"
It was Nara Mayumi. He stood a little over ten meters away, hands clasped in a seal, his black shadow stretching from his feet to wrap around Mikami Yuu's legs.
At the same time, Sarutobi Asuma charged in from the flank and flung a whole bunch of shuriken and kunai!
"…You've gotta be kidding me."
Mikami Yuu's mouth twitched—he almost couldn't hold it.
He had noticed Asuma and Mayumi's positioning was deliberate, forming a pincer with Kamon. But he never expected them to actually do this…
Three-on-one? Seriously?
Where are my teammates? Why aren't they here yet?
Oh—my teammates are getting beaten to death by Might Guy. Never mind then…
Mikami Yuu stayed calm. As his heel tapped the ground and he burst backward, his hands were already forming seals again.
"Trying to use Substitution again? We won't give you the chance!"
Mayumi and Asuma accelerated from left and right, tightening the encirclement. Mayumi kept extending Shadow Imitation, while Asuma formed a rapid string of seals and took a deep breath, cheeks and chest swelling:
"Wind Style…"
"Great Breakthrough!!"
"Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu!!"
Almost at the same time—
Asuma blasted out a violent gale toward Mikami Yuu, while Mikami Yuu spat out a massive orange-red fireball straight ahead!
Fire beats wind.
In that instant, Great Fireball was stoked by the howling gale and flared into a blazing mass of light and heat, surging back toward Asuma. And as the fire's brightness and heat exploded, the shadows in the nearby area were driven away—Mayumi's Shadow Imitation instantly broke and vanished.
"What?!"
Who fired that Great Fireball?
Asuma used Body Flicker to retreat in a hurry, narrowly avoiding the flames. In the firelight, he exchanged a look with Mayumi not far away. The earlier contempt on his face disappeared, replaced by a heavy seriousness.
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