My Progress in Konoha - Chapter 16

Chapter 16: Pass

While Baki was thinking, Furukawa had already distanced himself and said: “You guys can discuss it slowly, I’ll take the first step.”

After saying that, he turned around and left.

However, as soon as he finished speaking, Baki had already rushed out, taking out several shurikens from his ninja bag on the way.

Boo~hoo~hoo~

The shuriken flew out.

Most of them were used by him to block his dodge path, and only two of them hit Furukawa’s throat and heart directly.

Baki’s attack was swift and fierce.

Another genin might have been seriously injured by his sudden attack.

But Furukawa is different.

Just as Baki thought, although the opponent had suppressed his strength to the genin level, his combat experience was not comparable to that of ordinary genin.

You can see that the other party reacted the moment Baki took action.

He only heard two dings, and the two shurikens that attacked him were accurately blocked by his kunai.

But this also gave Baki a chance.

Seeing that the middle door of Furukawa was wide open, Baki, who was already approaching, did not hesitate at all. He immediately swung out his kunai and stabbed his chest and abdomen.

Feeling the biting chill coming from his chest, Furukawa smiled, and then just took a light step back to avoid Baki’s attack.

The size gap between adults and minors was clearly revealed at this moment. Baki’s perfect attack was easily resolved by Furukawa just because of his physical disadvantage.

Baki didn’t have much complaints about this.

After all, when you go to the battlefield, who cares whether you are an adult or not.

Since you are not as good as your opponent in terms of body size, you should find a way to turn this disadvantage into a balance of power or even an advantage instead of blaming others.

At this thought, Baki’s figure swayed slightly, like an ape, and he dexterously moved around to his side, avoiding the opponent’s counterattack.

Then, he kicked his right leg diagonally, hitting his back directly.

Why not kick him in the back of the head?

Baki also thought, but unfortunately he was not tall enough so he could only kick him in the back.

However, Furukawa was unwilling to give even such an opportunity.

He was short, dodging Baki’s diagonal kick, and at the same time thrust out his elbow, aiming directly at Baki’s face.

“not good!”

Baki’s heart trembled, and he quickly raised his arms to block.

Bang~

A dull crashing sound came, and Baki felt his arms go numb, and his whole body flew backwards involuntarily.

In mid-air, Baki adjusted his body shape, and finally landed on the ground in a fairly elegant posture.

“Baki!”

“Bakijun!”

Only then did Ryousuke and Mizutani Shizuko react, quickly took out their kunai and came to Baki.

“Baki, are you okay?”

Ryousuke stared at Furukawa and asked without looking back.

“fine.”

Baki stood up slowly and replied.

Not far away, Furukawa put away his kunai and said in a calm tone: “Baki, your strength is not bad, but you alone cannot take the scroll away from me.”

After saying that, he jumped out of everyone’s sight and disappeared deep into the dense forest.

“call–”

After Furukawa left, both Ryosuke and Mizutani Shizuko could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Although they had just stood up, they were still a little timid when facing a jounin.

Baki didn’t care much about this either.

The reason why he took action just now was just to hit three shots with some dates and no dates. It would be the best if he could succeed. If not, he could use this to test Furukawa’s ‘strength’.

In this way, you can also have a bottom line in your heart.

“Baki, what should we do next?”

Liang Jie withdrew his gaze, looked at Baki, and said.

Not only him, Mizutani Shizuko also turned his attention to himself.

Obviously, these two people have regarded him as their backbone.

This is also one of Baki’s purposes.

Only when you show your own strength, others will listen to you. Otherwise, why would others follow your ideas if you are red-mouthed and white-fanged.

It’s good now. After what happened just now, the two companions will definitely act according to his ideas.

Although Baki doesn’t care about the position of captain, it would be better to have less trouble.

Thinking of this, Baki looked at the two of them and said: “Since Teacher Furukawa said this is a test, there will be no fatal danger. Let’s go all out next.”

“Yeah, why didn’t I think of that?”

Ryosuke smacked his palms and shouted excitedly: “Then what are we waiting for? Let’s go quickly!”

‘Hey, if only it were that simple’

Baki was sure that the road ahead would definitely be difficult, but he didn’t say much. It was best for his teammates to stay motivated like this.

As for the rest, we’ll talk about it later.

With this thought in mind, Baki said: “Okay, let’s set off. I’ll be in front, Jingzi in the middle, and Ryousuke, look behind you.”

“What?”

After hearing Baki’s arrangement, Ryousuke asked doubtfully: “Didn’t Mr. Furukawa say he won’t take the initiative to attack? Why are you still staring at the back?”

“You never go too far wrong.”

Baki replied.

“All right!”

Liang Jie nodded reluctantly, reluctantly agreeing to Baki’s arrangement.

“Where’s Jingzi?”

Baki asked.

Shizuko Mizutani shook her head and said timidly: “I have no problem.”

“Okay, let’s go.”

After saying that, Baki took the lead and chased in the direction Furukawa left.

Mizutani Shizuko and Ryosuke followed closely behind.

And underground, unknown to Baki and the others, Furukawa used the technique of Earth Escape and Reflecting Fish in the Earth, hiding himself underground and secretly observing their every move.

When he heard Baki’s words “Be careful and you won’t make a big mistake”, he nodded with satisfaction.

For ninjas, caution is a quality that must be possessed at all times.

Baki still did this after he told him that he would not initiate an attack, which is enough to show the caution in his temperament.

If that’s all, that’s it.

But combined with the attack it just launched, it can be seen that it does not lack adventurous spirit.

‘Cautious yet bold and decisive, this is a natural ninja. ’

Baki didn’t know that he only acted according to some memories from his previous life, but he actually left a very high reputation in Furukawa.

However, even if he knew, he wouldn’t care.

Other people’s evaluations are just other people’s opinions. To make iron, you need to be tough yourself. As long as he improves his own strength, then everything he does makes sense.

Let us return our attention to Baki and others.

Baki and his party were walking quickly in the forest, searching for the traces Furukawa deliberately left according to the knowledge taught by the school teacher.

Many traps and dangers were encountered along the way, but with the efforts of Baki and others, they were eliminated one by one.

Near noon, the three finally arrived at the mountain peak and saw Furukawa, who had arrived before them.

Seeing them, Furukawa threw the scroll in his hand and said, “Time is running out, what are you going to do?”

“what to do?”

Baki and Ryosuke looked at each other, then ran out together, rushing towards Furukawa one from the left and the other from the right.

At the same time, Mizutani Shizuko steeled herself and quickly threw several shurikens and kunai to restrict Furukawa’s movements.

Furukawa’s figure flashed one after another, avoiding Shizuko Mizutani’s attack.

Taking this opportunity, Baki came to the opponent’s side and drew the kunai in his hand straight towards his waist and abdomen.

Ding~

There was a crisp sound of metal collision, and Furukawa blocked Baki’s attack with a kunai.

At this moment, Ryousuke rushed over and stabbed Furukawa in the back with the kunai in his hand.

He was about to hit the target, but whether because he was afraid of hurting Furukawa or for some reason, he hesitated for a moment.

But just this hesitation caused Furukawa to miss the opportunity and dodge sideways.

“Boy, face the enemy”

After escaping the attack, Furukawa was about to say something when he suddenly saw Ryousuke smile slightly, and his left hand reached towards his chest where the scroll was hidden at a very fast speed. His movements were much more agile than before.

“not good!”

Furukawa secretly cursed “cunning boy” and quickly leaned back.

Due to his position and height, Ryousuke’s left hand could only barely touch Furukawa’s chest, but was not enough to take out the scroll.

Seeing this, Furukawa breathed a long sigh of relief and said secretly: “What a danger!”

However, at this moment, Ryosuke’s right hand holding the kunai reversed, and he stabbed the kunai cleanly into Furukawa’s abdomen.

“ah!”

Seeing this scene, Baki, who was the first to rush up, screamed, and his body shape changed accordingly, from Baki’s appearance to that of Ryosuke.

Seeing this, Furukawa lowered his head and glanced at Ryosuke in front of him, with a hint of admiration in his eyes.

Then, the body turned into a ball of chakra smoke.

A scroll fell from the smoke, which was the mission target of Baki and others.