Red Nara

Blinking in puzzlement - I hadn't expected Kei to be so good at training her charges - I even felt respect for this girl. Not every Uchiha her age is capable of such a trick. The technique, performed almost at point-blank range, found its target and splinters from the blown up doll flew in all directions, while from the other side of the arena there was a furious cry from the owner.

Despite her advantage, the active spending of chakra on techniques and acceleration of her movements began to tire the kunoichi a bit, making her hesitate for a moment to land, which Sasori took advantage of - the destroyed body's limbs separated from the destroyed body and threw the blades out of their mounts and flew into the girl, and the doll's head, which soared upwards, opened its mouth and dropped a flood of senbon on the small area where she was. Naoho dodged the first attack, but the second one wasn't so smooth - she was almost out of range when she jumped sideways, but she missed some of the senbon, judging by the painful grimace that appeared for a moment.

I shook my head - if she didn't finish in the next minute, the poison on her weapon wouldn't allow her to fight any further. Almost certainly, Sasori hadn't used the deadliest, but the fastest-acting poison available.

Of course, no one would give a green genin the most dangerous poisons, no matter how much of a genius he was, simply for fear of poisoning himself, but there are plenty of other nasty substances that can give even an iryo-nin of my level a lot of trouble.

Apparently genin Kea realized this too, as she went alliin - quickly stacking a pile of seals, she took a deep breath and exhaled a veritable torrent of fire that took the form of a dragon.

- Katon: Goryuka no Jutsu!

A decent sized fire dragon rushed towards a slightly swollen Sasori, and the kunoichi fell heavily to one knee, frantically trying to regain her breath. She had used almost all of her remaining chakra on the last technique and was now very close to being seriously depleted, and if you took into account the poison that had begun to take effect, you could only sympathize with the little girl.

However, if Sasori did nothing, she would win, even if she had no hope of competing in the next stage of the tournament. For now, the little guy was trying to jump out of range, but he couldn't - the fire dragon was moving behind him much faster than the genin could retreat. In a panic, he even released control of the still intact puppet.

It was obvious that if the Sunovian didn't do anything in the next second, he would turn into a charred head. And strangely enough, he did - pulling a small scroll out of his pocket, the local genius unrolled it (I noticed a whirlpool symbol on the back) and pressed it to the ground, activating it with a small release of chakra.

At the same moment, a golden-colored cubic barrier formed around it, and the dragon slammed into it at full speed. The flames that flared upward obscured the view, but after a couple of seconds they fell away, revealing a perfectly intact genin, surrounded by protection despite the fact that the surrounding sand was blackened and even fused in some places. It was the last straw, and the kunoichi raised her hand.

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