Chapter 50

"Well, of course, my sister is the coolest," Haruna proudly declared and asked the child standing next to her, "yes, by the way, how do you know her, and what is your name?"

"Ranmaru..." he answered a little nervously.

It was the first time he communicated with a peer like this, because before he had no friends due to poor health, and in general, Raiga took him.

"Ranmaru..." Haruna muttered under her breath and, with burning eyes, patted the boy on the head below her on the shoulder. "That's right, my sister casually mentioned recently how she brought a child named Ranmaru from her last mission!" Are you really that child?

The girl spoke and behaved as if she had completely forgotten that she herself was also a child.

Ranmaru responded with a timid nod, shyly fiddling with the hem of his shirt with his hands.

Meanwhile, while Haruna was happily chatting with Ranmaru, in the middle of the square Ameyuri had already met Chōjuro.

"In fact, by your victory over Raiga, you have already proven your right to own Kiba, Miss Ameyuri," Choujuro said, standing opposite.

"I don't consider the victory over a long-time apostate, who also relied on the strength of a child, to be a weighty argument in my favor. He himself made a grave mistake and suffered defeat. Besides, I wasn't there alone! - Ameyuri answered excitedly with the twin swords in her hands, and then slowly raised them in front of her and looked into Choujuro's eyes. "Screw Raiga, I need your approval, Chōjūrō." Because I, Ringo Ameyuri, am going to prove to everyone here that I rightfully wield the Thunder Swords!!

"Eh..." Choujuro let out a helpless sigh from what he heard and added. - Apparently, a battle cannot be avoided...

After these words, he reluctantly unbandaged Hiramekarei, holding its handles with both hands. And although there were still traces of timidity on Chōjūrō's face, his gaze became focused.

At the same time, Ameyuri narrowed her eyes sharply. As far as she could tell, the Dual Sword's size could increase depending on the amount of chakra stored in it, and it was also the only long-range weapon among the Seven Swords of Mist.

You need to force close combat to have a real chance of winning.

With such thoughts, Ameyuri crossed her swords in front of her and created a powerful discharge of Lightning Release chakra.

Raiton: Lightning Fang!

The very next moment this discharge rushed towards Chōjūrō.

But he raised Hiramekarei in front of him with a calm face.

And while the enemy was blocking the lightning bolt, Ameyuri had already rushed forward, like an arrow fired from a bow, with arcs of lightning flashing on her legs.

She seemed to be using the ability of the Thunder Swords to stimulate her legs with Lightning Release chakra, thereby greatly increasing her speed.

Phew!

The blurry silhouette of Ameyuri flashed past the enemy and appeared right behind him with Kiba raised.

Pooh!

But before being hit by Kiba, Chōjūrō's figure suddenly disappeared, leaving behind only a small mass of water.

"Water Clone Technique?" – Ameyuri frowned.

How did he manage to form hand seals while blocking her lightning?

"Hiramekarei Release!" – suddenly a quiet voice came from the side, and Chōjūrō, who appeared there, struck Ameyuri with a furious blow with the Dual Sword, which extended to several meters!

Along with this movement, a massive column of chakra gushed out from the sword!

"Ryton: Fireball!" – Hastily crossing the Thunder Swords in front of her, Ameyuri, with a fierce cry, poured even more Lightning Release chakra into them, which she immediately shaped into a sphere.

Boom!

A moment later, Kiba's launched sphere of electrical energy loudly collided with a pillar of concentrated Hiramekarei chakra.

And this has already aroused genuine interest among the crowded spectators.

Even the other test subjects, preparing to fight the Chuunin, were unwittingly distracted by the silhouettes fighting at the other end of the square.

"Oh, now this is interesting!" – The Jounin from the Hozuki Clan looked back.

Suiton: Great Waterfall Technique!

Meanwhile, Ameyuri, without slowing down, made a series of hand seals and released a huge stream of water from her mouth towards Chōjūrō!

Why did he involuntarily frown, because this technique itself did not create any special problems for him, but it consumed a lot of chakra.

He refused to believe that Ameyuri didn't understand this.

Chōjūrō then swung Hiramekarei to create a stream of concentrated chakra, like a knife through butter, cutting the water wave in two.

Phew!

Ameyuri immediately rushed into the gap with lightning arcs sparkling around Kiba's blades.

"Hiramekarei Claws!" – then Chōjūrō, with a slight movement of his hands, divided the Dual Sword into two separate swords, beginning to use them as a pair of swords, just like Kiba.

Hiramekarei is indeed good at ranged attacks, but this does not mean that Chōjuro is bad at close combat!

Jounin and stronger shinobi usually do not have obvious weaknesses, but rather simply skillfully use their strengths.

To give an example, it's like a schoolboy who scored 100 points in mathematics and 90 points in his native language. A difference of ten points doesn't mean that he doesn't know his native language well, does it?

But as soon as Chōjūrō rushed towards Ameyuri, she abruptly stopped in place with a sly grin and, withdrawing her left hand, gracefully threw one of the Thunder Swords towards the enemy.

Phew!

Then Chōjūrō easily blocked and threw the flying Kiba aside with a slight swing of one of the halves of the Hiramekarei.

"This is the end!" – to which Ameyuri smiled joyfully and fiercely thrust the remaining Thunder Sword into the ground.

Thunder Sword Technique: Thunder Gate!

Kiba was instantly filled with raging Lightning Release chakra.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

At the same time, Chōjūrō suddenly tensed up as lightning also came from the other Thunder Sword he had thrown away. These lightning bolts weren't particularly strong, but he still didn't have a face: "This is... the Sword Technique!"

"Wetted the ground with the Great Waterfall Technique and used the dual feature of the Thunder Swords to catch Chōjuro, not a bad tactic, not bad..." The eyes of the Jounin from the Hozuki Clan, who was closely watching their battle, shone with curiosity.

"I apologize in advance, Chōjūrō!" – Ameyuri smiled brightly with all her pointed teeth at the temporarily immobilized enemy.

Thunder Sword Technique: Thunderclap!

Then, numerous electrical discharges reached towards the shining Thunder Sword not far from Chōjūrō, like a lightning rod.

And a moment later a sea of ​​lightning descended there!