Chapter 62.4- One Thousand Hands
Added 2025-07-09 08:29:08 +0000 UTCXXXXXX- UZUME
The three of them worked well together, she thought as she traded blows with the one with explosion release. He punched an explosion in her direction, but it was child’s play for her hand to reach up and smack his wrist, guiding his blow over her shoulder and away from her. His taijutsu might have been special for an Iwa shinobi but Uzume had grown up with prodigies like Uraume and Shorirama himself. Compared to them, this man’s taijutsu, for all its explosive nature and the danger that inevitably came with that, just fell short. It lacked the sharpness that they had, the crisp perfection in every move that sang of years of painstaking practice. His taijutsu was hollow.
She ducked underneath a sweeping high kick and stepped into the man’s guard, forcing him to backpedal to avoid the punches she sent straight at his face. His attempt at a return haymaker failed as she dodged around the telegraphed attack and snuck a punch into his midsection. Even with so little energy put into it, he still nearly doubled over, and just like clockwork, she turned in time to see a ball of lava heading her way.
She breathed out, pulled at her chakra, and spat out a torrent of cutting water that sliced the lava ball into two before she dove between the pieces right at their source. And just as expected, the big one was in her way, his earth release sending massive earthen spears in her direction. She reached behind her and unsheathed her gunbai, running lightning release through the weapon and using it to slice through the spears as they came her way.
A/N: Shorter than usual, guess who’s sick as fuck today? I’m not so sure about how this reads so hopefully I can edit and clean it up when I feel better.
