CH 8

Midori Inuzuka shook her little head and looked around in confusion. She felt a little confused and did not know what had happened.

When she attacked Nagasawa with Fang Passing Fang, she only felt a strong shake that made her brain spin, and then she passed out.

“Why are you two lying on the ground?” Looking at the two people lying on the ground, Midori Inuzuka stroked her dizzy head and asked curiously.

“The same reason you did.” Ensui said dejectedly. 

Things didn’t always go as planned.

He thought that Nagasawa couldn’t be that strong, but Nagasawa proved otherwise. Thus, Ensui was still dumbfounded now.

He couldn’t figure out why he had never heard of such a skilled Shinobi.

For the information, in the past two years, Konoha and the other four Great Shinobi Countries had been fighting an all-out war. It was safe to say that they had used all their trump cards.

If there was a strong person like Nagasawa, there was no way he had never heard of him.

However, he was sure that there was no one named Nagasawa in the battlefield.

Once a strong person like Nagasawa made a move, he would definitely become famous and even earn a moniker.

Kakashi showed a solemn expression. The technique Nagasawa used to appear behind Ensui seemed to be the Taijutsu called Soru.

Nagasawa walked to the three of them and said, “Very well. Now I have more or less understood the extent of your abilities.”

Ensui was speechless. How did Nagasawa even grasp the extent of their abilities? Didn’t he simply one-punched everyone?

“And you should have a certain understanding of me and know my strength.” Nagasawa continued.

“Squad Leader Nagasawa, you are really very strong. This is the first time my Fang Passing Fang was overwhelmed by sheer force.” Midori Inuzuka said very seriously.

Her physique was very strong, but she was down for the count after one blow. That just went to show Nagasawa’s strength.

Moreover, she was clearly the strongest among the three, but she was the most battered out of the three. Midori Inuzuka suspected that Nagasawa deliberately did it because of her attitude earlier.

“He’s so petty. It’s best not to provoke him in the future.” Midori Inuzuka thought.

Even Ensui, who had previously thought that Nagasawa was very arrogant, agreed with Midori Inuzuka’s words. Nagasawa was really strong.

Not to mention Kakashi, he had already witnessed Nagasawa demonstrate his strength before, after all.

Looking at the three people who seemed sincerely convinced, Nagasawa felt that his time was well-spent. He smiled and said, “Do you want me to teach you?”

After he finished speaking, Nagasawa used Color of Arms Haki, dying his entire right hand black.

He raised his right hand that looked like a steel arm, and said, “This is it. Do you want to learn it?”

“Ooohh, ohhhh, it’s so cool.” Midori Inuzuka’s eyes sparkled like stars as she looked at Nagasawa with admiration.

She really felt that this was very cool. It would be even better if Ashimaru could learn the same trick. Imagining the steel version of Ashimaru, Midori Inuzuka was even more excited.

“This should be some kind of secret technique, right? Is it okay to jyst pass it on?” Ensui was still calm at the moment.

In fact, he had thought that it was some kind of Blood Limit, such as iron or something.

He had seen how Kakashi’s high-level Lightning Release couldn’t even scratch Nagasawa’s skin.

Nagasawa smiled and said, “It is barely considered a secret technique. However, this is my own secret technique. I can teach it however I want.”

“I call this secret technique Color of Arms Haki. As you can see, I can clad any body part I desire in it to significantly enhance defense.”

“At the same time,” Nagasawa suddenly punched the ground with his Color of Arms Haki-clad fist.

Boom!!!!!!

A loud explosion sounded, and dust flew everywhere.

When the dust dispersed, the three looked over, and they saw a three-meter-wide pit on the ground, and many cracks appeared on the surrounding ground.

“Not only defense but also offense.” Nagasawa said slowly.

Kakashi swallowed his saliva. His Chidori had really high destructive power. If this Color of Arms Haki was combined with Chidori, no one would be able to defend from it.

Ensui also seemed a little spirited. Although Nara Clan’s secret technique was very good, it seemed that Nagasawa’s was also awesome.

However, Nagasawa did not stop there. He continued, “This was just the Hardening. There are other usages such as Imbuement or Emission.”

After that, he took out a kunai from his ninja bag and imbued it with Color of Arms Haki.

“The hardening effect is also feasible for weapons.” Nagasawa waved the Kunai that was imbued by the Color of Arms Haki.

When Nagasawa said this, Kakashi thought of his broken White Light Chakra Sabre. With Color of Arms Haki, would it still be broken?

Looking at the three that were clearly tempted by him, Nagasawa smiled. This was not over yet.

Nagasawa closed his eyes and said, “In addition to Color of Arms Haki, there is another form of this power. You can attack me to see for yourselves.”

The three of them looked at each other as if they were on the same page. Then, they rushed out together and attacked Nagasawa.

Now, the three of them clearly knew that Nagasawa’s strength was not on the same level as theirs, so they did not hold back. They used their best attack but remained cautious.

“Ashimaru, bite him!” Midori Inuzuka rushed from the side while commanding her Ninja Dog to attack.

Woof!

Ashimaru ??let out a low growl, then directly leaped toward Nagasawa.

Nagasawa instantly stepped back, and then closed his eyes and said in a relaxed manner, “Pouncing is good to attack the abdomen.”

Then he lightly jumped toward another direction, dodging the attack launched by Midori Inuzuka from the side.

“It is a good idea to attack from the side, but unfortunately, you’re too slow.”

“Shadow Sewing!”

Seeing Midori Inuzuka attack, Ensui took the opportunity to go on the offense as well.

Suddenly, the shadow on the ground turned into sharp tendril-like needles to stab Nagasawa.

“Siu!”

Nagasawa instantly disappeared and reappeared on a stone not far away, avoiding Ensui’s attack.

“Ensui, you always grasp the timing perfectly, but your strength is still not enough.”

“Xiu!”

Suddenly, five or six Kunai was hurled toward Nagasawa.

Nagasawa lightly tilted his body, easily dodging the Kunai, and also grabbed the last one before throwing it to the ground.

The moment the Kunai was smashed to the ground, it turned into Kakashi.

“Kakashi, you have a good idea. Transforming into a Kunai and having your shadow clone throw yourself to get close is a brilliant idea, but it is useless against me.”

Kakashi was shocked beyond belief.

He thought that he could surprise Nagasawa, but he was the one getting surprised instead!

Most people couldn’t see through this trick even with their eyes opened, yet Nagasawa could do it with his eyes closed.

“This is Color of Observation Haki.” Nagasawa opened his eyes and smiled at the three.

“Color of Observation Haki can heighten a person’s five senses, allowing a person to directly sense the aura of everything around them.”

“Moreover, you can predict the attack and avoid the danger, so no matter where you attack from, I will be able to dodge it.”

Nagasawa asked again, “Do you want to learn this move?”