Ten minutes ago.

Outside the training ground near Onmyojuku.

A girl with short blue-purple hair, a white paper flower on her head, and a purple kimono was looking at the two teenagers confronting each other in the field.

And in the midair beside her, floating quietly in the air, was a dark book with only white patterns printed on the surface.

The key is that the pattern scares the hearts of those who know it.

It is actually the hoof of the Tianxiang Dragon that represents the Tianlong people!

at the same time.

The young men on the left and right in the field, looking at each other from a distance, respectively have red and yellow hair colors.

The red-haired boy on the left with one eye covered is naturally Uzumaki Nagato.

There are six vertical lines on the right forehead, the yellow-haired boy holds a sword in his right hand and a card in his left hand.

Nagato quickly took out a kunai from the ninja bag tied to his leg.

"Hawkins, I'm on!"

"bring it on."

Hawkins just finished speaking.

This competition between classmates has officially begun.

【Bang!】

The chakra at Nagato's feet exploded instantly.

The whole person turned into a green tornado and swept towards the opposite side.

This is the illusion special effect of 'Wind Breath', used to conceal one's own position and movements.

"Straw-handled straw knife."

Hawkins calmly raised his one-handed sword and activated the straw fruit ability.

The sword blade turned into a twisted straw shape with the pink light.

The next moment.

The straw sword broke through the air with an ear-splitting whistling sound.

In the blink of an eye, it also transformed into a meandering white snake midway.

But that's not important. Demon Slayer's breathing technique has long been a basic physical education course in all public elementary schools in Haixing.

Any fifth or sixth grade primary school student can use a wooden sword to create the illusion of wind, fire, thunder and water with its own sound effects.

Of course, snake breath is somewhat special.

Because it is not a basic genre, most schools do not teach it.

In the field.

The white snake opened its huge mouth and bit the raging tornado head-on.

But the straw blade actually didn't touch anything.

At this moment, a sharp scream suddenly sounded in the air.

It was a kunai that turned into an afterimage and flew from the left.

But Hawkins's eyes were focused on Uzumaki Nagato who appeared on the other side.

I saw the latter's hands already clasped together in front of his chest.

"Wind Release Fiery Wind Palm!"

This is a ninjutsu with a level C learning difficulty.

It can compress the surrounding air into a violent wind and release it forward.

As a result, Hawkins was attacked from both sides.

Although the kunai is small, it is still sharp and possesses the three elements of speed, accuracy and ruthlessness.

It proves that Nagato's basic ninja skills are very good.

Hawkins didn't know whether he didn't react or was really overwhelmed.

The next moment, a kunai pierced his left arm, and the strong wind submerged it.

"careful!"

"not good!"

This made Xiao Nan look worried outside the court, and also shocked Nagato inside the court.

He really didn't expect Hawkins to be hit head-on.

Even if you can't block an attack of this magnitude, you should be able to dodge it, right?

But Nagato sensed the danger at the critical moment.

He didn't have time to think too much and used the substitute technique purely on instinct.

【boom----】

The next second.

Konan was surprised to see Nagato suddenly turned into a splintered wooden pile.

Immediately afterwards, Nagato appeared out of thin air a few meters away, covering his left arm.

Judging from the blood spilling from his fingers, he was injured!

Fortunately, with the physique of the Whirlpool people, this injury was fleeting.

But what he didn't understand was what happened?

If the substitute technique hadn't taken effect in time, looking at the miserable state of the wooden pile, he would have suffered greater injuries.

Of course, Nagato is not as fragile as a wooden stake.

Look at the other side again.

The strong wind had already dissipated, the kunai fell to the ground, and Hawkins stood there unharmed.

"how so?"

Nagato muttered to himself in disbelief.

Judging from the current situation, the damage from Gale Palm and Kunai was transferred to himself through the air?

"Straw fruit, I thought it just turned things into straw, nothing great, but this"

Xiaonan also felt incredible.

I just feel that the opponent's Devil Fruit ability is extremely weird.

In fact, if Hawkins activates his ability, just like in the original work, a small scarecrow with the same damage will automatically fall from his body.

They probably understand what's going on.

But that's just an animation to let the audience understand the abilities more clearly.

Hawkins is a very calm, rational, steady character who is good at analyzing and thinking.

He would not take the initiative to leave such traces that would allow others to judge his own weaknesses.

So the little scarecrow used to deflect damage is always kept in the pocket.

Even if it is damaged, it will only stay inside instead of falling out on its own.

This makes the ability feel particularly mysterious when outsiders see it.

Being an opponent is even trickier.

After all, it has been proven that the damage done to Hawkins will bounce back to himself.

Who dares to continue attacking without understanding the principle?

In this way, the situation on the court was reversed.

The sword blade that turned into straw in Hawkins's hand kept turning into white snakes and pounced on Nagato.

Nagato had no choice but to dodge continuously and think of ways to break the situation.

Although he just met someone, he didn't want to lose like this.

"Um?"

the other side.

Xiaonan, who was originally watching the battle, noticed the sound of dense footsteps coming from behind.

Look back.

The leader's gorgeous appearance and elegant temperament made her feel astonished.
To be continued...