Chapter 186 The Fearful Old Cat (Subscription Request)

Chapter 186 The Fearful Old Cat (Subscription Request)

Bang!

The sound of fists and palms colliding rang out in the silent training ground.

Hanabi only felt that the power brought by the soft fist chakra in her body was like a stone sinking into the sea when it was poured into the old cat's body, without any effect.

Bang, bang, bang!

After the dull sound of fists and feet colliding one after another, there were waves of energy sweeping in all directions.

Under the scorching sun,

The green leaves were full of rustling sounds, as if applauding and cheering for this tense battle.

"Look at my cat punch!"

"Ordinary cat punch!"

"Serious cat punch!"

When he was a cat, the old cat could stay silent for a long time, showing his old age to the fullest.

Now that he has become a human and can speak, the whole cat has become active all of a sudden.

While fighting happily, he also thinks of names for his moves.

On the other side, Hanabi gritted her teeth and faced the fierce attack with great difficulty. It was not like a fight between ninjas at all, but more like a fight between martial artists or samurai. There was no ninjutsu or illusion. It was a pure physical battle that relied on one's own physical strength and skills. In terms of skills, Hanabi was born in a thousand-year-old family with a secret physical technique, so she was naturally not bad, but... The rustling sound of the soles of her feet dragging in the mud, with the old cat's wild beast-like strength, Hanabi nimbly jumped out of his attack range. The cold wind whistled in the empty forest. Huh... Heavy and rapid breathing came from Hanabi's nose. The old cat's skin and flesh were very thick. Hitting it on its strong flesh and blood body was like hitting a thick layer of soft armor, making it difficult to leave scars on its body surface. With Ryosuke's reminder, she did not use the soft fist to intercept the enemy's chakra to block the action as before, but relied on the destructive chakra it produced to try to make the old cat lose its fighting ability from the inside. In this case, its thick skin and flesh are useless. Unfortunately, what Hanabi never expected was that this old cat was not only thick-skinned, but also had internal meridians and bone marrow as hard as steel bars. The destructive soft fist chakra hit it, but it only made it tremble, but it had no more effective effect! "Be careful!" The intentional reminder sounded from the old cat's mouth, and his tone contained joy and excitement. He didn't seem to think that he would become so powerful one day. The next moment, before giving Hanabi a chance to breathe, the figure of the old cat had appeared in front of her and started fighting again. With Ryosuke's order, the old cat did not dare to hold back at all, and could only remind the other party occasionally. "Damn it!"

Unable to hold back her voice, Hanabi wanted to seal her body and hide for a while to recover some strength.

But before she could complete the spell, she had to raise her hand to block the punch from the old cat.

Sha——

After the dust flew, she was once again pushed several meters away by the punch.

Shaking her numb arms, before she could adjust her body, the figure of the old cat had once again punched her in the dust!

"Stop!"

In the forest next to her,

Ryosuke, who had been watching the two people fighting seriously, suddenly shouted and stopped the two people in the fierce battle.

Hinata, who had been staring at his serious face, also woke up suddenly and realized that the battle was over.

Putting her lips, she turned her head a little embarrassedly and looked at the center of the field.

At this time, Hinata was surprised to find that in this battle, it seemed that her sister was at a disadvantage.

On the field,

Hanabi was panting and looked a little embarrassed, while the old cat looked at ease, his face was not red and he was not panting.

Is it so strong?

She looked at the old cat with a strange look.

Can an ordinary cat with a dying life have such a strong power just by eating a fruit from another world?

She began to doubt whether the plan to invade another world that she and her father had planned was good or bad.

Beside her, Ryosuke restrained his previous severity.

Hanabi's performance was much better than he thought. Perhaps he had neglected his attention to his sister-in-law.

Gently walking towards the center of the training ground, Ryosuke came to the obviously unwilling Hanabi and was about to comfort her, "You performed well, but..."

"...You were not decisive enough and did not fully utilize the advantages of a ninja."

Hanabi seemed not to hear his comfort and clenched her fists. "At the beginning, because the old cat had no chakra, I was also reserved and wanted to have a relatively fair sparring."

"But later, after seeing the old cat's speed and strength, my fighting rhythm was completely disrupted. I was a little unconvinced why the old cat could get such a powerful force in a short time. This made me lose the calm judgment I should have in the battle and made many combat mistakes."

"I don't meet the standards of a ninja in terms of combat awareness, will, or even mentality."

"If I can't even do these well, how can I exert my strength well? Although I will still lose if I go all out, I will never let the old cat be so easy..."

Ryosuke: ...

Hanabi had already found many flaws without him even saying anything.

Before he could say anything else, Hanabi had already raised her head and looked at the old cat opposite her, and challenged him again, "Wait a minute, let's fight again."

Her eyes were sharp and resolute.

Although she was defeated, her momentum was not depressed at all, but it became more and more intense like a flame poured with kerosene.

Not only did Hanabi point out her own shortcomings, but she was also very good at adjusting her mentality, which surprised Ryosuke next to her.

Although she was a little competitive,

but if we only look at her fighting talent, she is indeed much stronger than Hinata.

At least...Ryosuke's guidance to her has definitely been much less than Hinata's. Even Hyuga Hiashi neglected to strictly manage Hanabi because of the changes in the clan and the influence of his first child's education.

This means that Hanabi's growth mostly depends on learning in school.

Learning in school?

It's not that Ryosuke looks down on the school's teaching resources, but in order to meet the needs of most children, the ninja school can only lower the quality of teaching in terms of system, which has led to many talented children choosing to graduate early or self-study.

But even so, Hanabi's performance in the battle just now is not inferior to Hinata, who was the same age at the time.

Even in the summary after the battle, it is more in-depth and sharp than Hinata.

Not bad.

Ryosuke is very satisfied.

As for Hanabi's invitation, Lao Mao sincerely casts his inquiring eyes to Ryosuke.

"Let's stop here for now today. Your condition is not suitable for another battle."

Ryosuke shook his head and rejected Hanabi's invitation this time. "Instead of fighting another battle with this poor body, it is better to take a good rest and adjust your body, and find a good countermeasure by the way."

"Since you already understand the gap between you and Lao Mao, it doesn't make sense to be serious and persist for a few more minutes. If you lose, you lose."

Since Hanabi's mentality is so good, there is no need for him to talk like coaxing a child.

The purpose was to test the changes in the old cat's strength, speed, and body after taking the devil fruit. It was not to let the two of them compete to determine the winner.

Since it was a test, it was almost over here. It would be a waste of time to continue.

"But..."

Hanabi wanted to refute something stubbornly, but was stopped by Hinata next to her.

"Let's stop here today, Hanabi."

Coming to the side of little Hanabi, Hinata gently stretched out her palm and gently rubbed her hair, "Sister has recently taken leave to prepare for the graduation assessment at home. Can you be my sparring partner?"

"...Eh?"

Hanabi's originally stubborn face softened after feeling the familiar palm.

After hearing Hinata say that she needed her help, she couldn't help but grin, "Then...then I don't have to go to school either?"

"Take a leave of absence for the time being, and I will teach you some secret techniques of the clan during this time."

Holding Hanabi's hand, Hinata led her away slowly, "Let's go to the other side, it's quieter..."

Just like coaxing a child, she led Hanabi away slowly.

Before leaving, she also tacitly gestured to Ryosuke behind her back, indicating that he could continue to do his own things.

Looking at their backs as they left, Ryosuke breathed a sigh of relief.

If Hanabi insisted on fighting, he couldn't stop her, and it would probably waste the day.

Although he didn't mind spending more time on this sister-in-law, his main focus now was on the old cat, or... on the power of the devil fruit in his body.

"You fought well and improved quickly."

When he turned around, Ryosuke also belatedly praised the old cat, "Although you were not used to fighting in human form at the beginning, you improved quickly later and learned some human fighting skills from Hanabi all of a sudden."

This praise was not for the old cat's physical strength, but his performance in the battle.

When he came to his side, Ryosuke wanted to reach out and touch his cat's head, but facing the face of this combination of cat and human, he put his hand down again, "In addition to the changes in physical strength, do you feel other abilities?"

There is no doubt that since it is a fruit that can turn animals into humans, it is definitely the human-human fruit among the animal-type fruits.

But... it is definitely not an ordinary human-human fruit.

"Nothing special..."

The old cat shook his head, "But I feel that I have a strong learning ability. I was able to quickly learn the second lady's fighting skills in the battle just now, which is also based on this learning ability."

After a pause, he seemed to remember something and added aloud: "But this learning ability does not seem to be reflected in life, it only performs very well in battle."

When speaking, the old cat seemed a little nervous.

Originally...

At the beginning, he was still complacent about his performance in the battle, but when the eldest and second young ladies left, leaving only him and his master,

after calming down, he realized what he had eaten.

A fruit that looked like it was poisonous directly enabled him to fight with the second young lady, and even had a fighting ability that was superior to hers. Perhaps...it was a fairy fruit?

The owner might be unhappy after stealing such a fairy fruit, right? That fruit should be prepared for the eldest or second daughter, right?

The old cat thought so in his heart, feeling guilty and a little scared, so he tried his best and strictly to cooperate with every request of Ryosuke.

On the other side of him, Ryosuke didn't think much about it.

After listening to his explanation, his mind turned quickly.

Can the human-human fruit make the old cat have a higher combat talent?

This is a good clue.

He already has a general direction in his mind about the fruit that the old cat ate.

Compared with other fruits, animal-type fruits have a special category, which is called fantasy beast species.

It can also make animals or humans transform into animals or characters in myths and legends.

The most basic effect of the human-human fruit is to make animals have the same wisdom, learning ability, walking on two feet, life span and other characteristics as humans, but the increase in physical aspects is not very large.

If the old cat ate an ordinary human-human fruit, there would definitely not be a strong increase in physical strength.

Therefore, the fruit he ate is most likely a kind of mythical beast among the animal fruits, which can transform him into a figure in a myth or legend, or even a god.

The figure or god corresponding to this mythical beast fruit, whose position or divine power is probably inclined to war and fighting.

However, whether it is a mythical figure or a god, it is necessary to wait until the old cat can exert more fruit abilities before it can be analyzed.

But if it is the former, then the upper limit of the old cat may still have to start from the chakra aspect,

and if it is the latter, then just by developing the fruit ability, he may become a strong man standing at the top of this ninja world.

After coming back to his senses from a short thought, Ryosuke found that the old cat opposite him was looking at him nervously, and couldn't help but chuckled and said, "Then... I will be your opponent next."

"I guess your fruit ability may need to be improved by gaining experience from battle. Fighting with Hanabi is not very helpful for you, so let me be your sparring partner."

"... Fight with the master?"

The old cat seemed a little panicked.

In the more than ten years of being a cat, he has seen too many human sins and good intentions. On one side, they are good, on the other side, they are evil, and they can turn against each other at any time because of something involving interests.

Even the closest friends and family members may betray each other.

So he is particularly afraid of the intertwined and complex emotions of humans.

"Don't worry, you can't beat me." Ryosuke looked at him strangely, "Don't you think your own power can hurt me?"

"No, no, no, I don't mean that."

The old cat became more panicked, "I just..."

He hesitated and didn't dare to speak out his fear.

Afraid of being dissected, afraid of being studied...

How could such a question be asked!

It's not surprising that the old cat has these thoughts in his mind. The main reason is that he has seen too many dark sides of humans during his time as a cat.

Humans can study their own kind, let alone him, an alien.

Besides, he had seen similar things in the Hyuga clan before, so... he was very afraid that one day he would become one of the people on the operating table, with his eyes removed and strange eyes replaced...

Thanks to the book friend Cangqiong Yuexia for the reward and support.