Chapter 13: Territory battle

Qian Ming's body was relaxed, as he walked forward slowly, changing positions, and staring at the grey dog observing its every move.

Although Haimaru grinned, he didn't dare to bark aloud. Even though he was far away from the class, he was still afraid of being overheard by his master.

'I just hope that it can stay in this state for a while.'

The cat and a dog confronted each other with looks for a few seconds, before Haimaru suddenly rushed towards Qian Ming. He showed his fierce claws and fierce eyes, in addition to the fact that he was much bigger than Qian Ming allowed this attack to be quite the deterrent.

But Qian Ming felt that although Haimaru's aura was strong, it was easy to evade the strike and for him to counterattack.

The dog was too clumsy.

Therefore, Qian Ming did not even need to use the Needle Jizō, but instead just flickered away lightly, waving his claws at Haimaru's side.

Haimaru though has been trained and obviously understands how to avoid injury. The black kittens' attack was avoided by the simple method of adjusting his posture in the air, though a few stray hairs were caught.

Haimaru felt that he still had power, and soon launched into his next wave of offensive.

But this time though, Haimaru didn't use a clumsy attack method of pouncing, but instead pressed step by step, fighting with Qian Ming paw-to-paw with his stronger body.

Qian Ming was determined to exercise his natural fighting ability, so he did not immediately use the Needle Jizō, instead he moved back and forth to dodge the dog's paws, looking for an opportunity to give Haimaru a counter paw.

Haimaru was a few years old, so his fur was basically unscathed, Qian Ming must say that Haimaru's fur looked beautiful besides the several small pits and holes in the coat.

'Haimaru's movements are obviously fast, but in my eyes, the paws are very slow and contain frequent flaws. As expected, he is a dog after all...'

'But my own resilience ability is too poor, even if only one paw hits my body, it can leave a hole in my fur, and if he bites me, I can become seriously injured. Adding to that my own attacking ability is naturally lesser then his as even if I land a hit at best it would only sting this mutt...'

This was an active battle analysis.

Haimaru wouldn't surrender, obviously even if he is a ninja dog, he can understands this.

Besides, neither of the ninja pets have used any ninjutsu yet.

He attacked again and again, only to fail to land a hit again and again as he was counterattacked over and over. Haimaru's patience soon however reached his limit. And he no longer cared about his owner who was dozens of steps away finding out about the duel.

He planned to use all of his strength to deal with the annoying cat in front of him, so his body began to overflow with chakra.

This attachment of chakra greatly enhances his aggressiveness as well as natural power.

Qian Ming didn't dare to approach the glowing dog, because Haimaru's strength was much greater then what he can handle, even his body wouldn't allow him to approach the mutt as if the chakra had awaken his natural instinct, and only a defensive counterattack could be preformed as the best strategy for the moment.

But Qian Ming didn't just sit there still. He gave in to the temptation to give the dog a little "skin".

*Transfiguration: Ashmaru.*

In the next second.

On the grass, a miniature grey puppy appeared. It smiled before looking down at itself.

'Hmm...this feels weird.'

The Transformation doesn't actually change the users body completely, it's just a form of deception, it can not truly really change the essence of the user - for example, Qian Ming is still a cat, but temporarily he has the form of a grey puppy.

The greater the degree of change, the greater the chakra consumption.

Therefore, Qian Ming did not change 1:1, but changed the shape slightly. Haimaru was stunned for a moment, before he quickly sniffed out the true identity of the "puppy" in front of him with his nose. Haimaru was furious at the trick and rushed to kill Qian Ming in an instant.

But at the moment of the attack, the little black kitten returned to his original shape and curled up into a ball.

Haimaru snapped downwards at him with one paw, but...

"Ow~"

A shrill cry rang out from the corner of the playground. And as everyone looked over, they saw a dog tumbling out of the grass, and in the next second, a little black kitten strutted out of the bush with a smug little smile.

Huimaru's claws had been pierced with several small bleeding holes, and he was extremely afraid of Qian Ming.

He didn't dare to touch the black kitten's body at all, and Qian Ming was sure that in the future that Haimaru wouldn't even dare to allow any ninja cats to approach, even if he was in pain. Haimaru quickly backed away.

"Haimaru!"

"Qian Ming..."

Inuzuka Hana and Nohara Rin ran over at the same time. Originally Rin was worried that her kitten would be injured, but as she saw the blood hole in Haimaru's paw while Qian Ming held not even a scratch, she was stunned on the spot.

"It doesn't look like he hurt Haimaru's bones, but I still have to send Haimaru to the medical team for treatment."

Inuzuka Hana came to a conclusion after examining the wounded paw.

"I'm sorry."

Nohara Rin immediately bowed and apologised, and even stood in front of Qian Ming a little scared.

The Inuzuka family was a big family.

"Nohara Rin, don't worry, this battle must have been provoked by this guy Haimaru. He has been trying to fight with Qian Ming for a long time, but I didn't expect Qian Ming to be so powerful..."

Inuzuka Hana didn't lose her mind to rage because of her ninja dog's injury, but instead just calmly analysed the situation.

Everyone who had gathered around them, also noticed the injury on Haimaru's paw, and all of them were shocked—What did this Qianming do?

Qian Ming was at best only half a year old, and Haimaru, a much older dog, was no match for him. This wild ninja cat is too talented!

Shiranui-sensei smiled softly and said, "It seems that these two shouldn't fight in the future. Send Haimaru to the school medical room. He should be fine with medical ninjutsu."

To Shinobi, animal fights were nothing more than just for territory and spouses.

Cats and dogs are not related to each other. Obviously, it is impossible for them to be after spouses. So it should only possible that with the appearance and growing strength of Ninja Cat had stimulated Haimaru's territorial awareness.

In this battle, Haimaru suffered a disastrous defeat, so he has to bow his head and become a vassal, and even if he wanted to regain his territory, he would have to do so as a challenger.

In a short period of time, the class was back at peace with each other.

In a months time, everyone will be divided from this class, so it will not be easy for Haimaru to meet with Qian Ming.

'The Needle Jizō jutsu has a very strong effect, but I have too little chakra to block all the damage... it can be estimated that my skin under my nice fur coat has been slapped red. '

Qian Ming thought aloud in his heart.

But compared to Haimaru, his injury will probably be healed before he could be sent to the infirmary, and regardless of appearance or interior, Haimaru has suffered much worse than himself.

Qian Ming's own fur is still fully intact, meanwhile Haimaru has at least seven or eight claw marks on his body. It may take a long time to grow back to be as soft and beautiful as it was before.

Nohara Rin petted Qian Ming's head with a complicated expression, and then warned him, "Although I don't know how you wounded Haimaru, you can't use such a dangerous attack on your comrades in the future."

'Don't worry. Once I get stronger, I won't need to use ninjutsu.'

Qian Ming thought that it didn't matter. This battle helped him understand his advantages as a cat. He knew that those ninja dogs would not be his opponents at all once he entered adulthood.

At that time, if he wants to bully ninja dogs of the same age, he won't need to use a needle.

So Qian Ming nodded to Rin's words.

Inuzuka Hana sent Haimaru to the medical room, and then the actual combat class continued as it was before the interruption.

Qian Ming looked around and couldn't help but feel bored. Those flying kunai were slow in his eyes, and these students were clumsy, often attacking back and forth without causing any actual effective damage.

In a nutshell, it's like vegetables pecking at each other.

Of course this was just a part of ninja training. The very slow beginnings for these background characters.

Named ninjas though have some strength, and they are always very good-looking and entertaining as they fight.

Qian Ming watched these children for a while, before returning his attention to his system panel.

The fight with Haimaru had completed a random task named "Territorial battle", so he had gotten an additional 300 points, plus the more than 200 points gained from defeating Haimaru, so there was a total of 610 points on his shop panel.

Just enough for Qian Ming to exchange it for two special Ninja cat food.

But he has a dream.

To use the lottery and gain ten consecutive draws!

The lottery is a man's romance, especially with the anxiety and excitement about the unknown at the moment when the prize has not come out, which cannot be exchanged for any thing.

The lottery panel is a Russian roulette with twenty prizes on it. Some are bad like toys, ex. cat scratching boards and cat climbing frames, but there were some very great techniques like the 'Wild Lion's Mane Technique'.

Just like Qian Minds other jutsu, the Needle Jizō, this was also developed by Jiraiya.

But Qian Ming held a lot of distrust for his own fur coat...

So he just used the points to exchange for one lot of special Ninja cat food, and kept the remaining three hundred and tens points accumulated, which he will save up to be used for ten consecutive draws in the future.