ALL NOVEL Chapter 43: Chapter 43
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The water dragon bullet scattered into countless streams, crisscrossing the arena, covering the ground with a sheen of water. As the water pooled, it slowly rose to their ankles.
"So it's really about chakra limits, huh?" Tetsuya muttered, his sharp eyes assessing the situation. "This isn't enough to take Rasa down… not yet."
Before he could finish weaving his next jutsu, Rasa had already seen through his plan. With a swift motion, golden spears of sand shot towards Tetsuya.
Just as the audience gasped in alarm, Tetsuya's figure flickered, replaced by a broken log.
"A substitution jutsu? When did he pull that off?" Rasa's face darkened as he stared at the log. How had he been fooled by such a basic technique?
"Water Release: Water Severing Wave!"
Tetsuya, now a distance away, unleashed one of his most powerful water techniques. The water pressure was devastating, slicing through the air toward Rasa with terrifying speed.
"Magnet Release: Gold Dust Double Shields!"
In an instant, two massive golden shields materialized in front of Rasa, blocking the cutting waves of water. Still, he couldn't escape unscathed.
Coughing as he steadied himself, Rasa wiped away a trickle of blood from the corner of his mouth. The Water Severing Wave had taken its toll. Even his gold dust shields struggled to withstand it.
"Impressive," Rasa said, voice strained. "But that technique barely got through. Is that the best you've got?"
Tetsuya, standing amidst the swirling water, locked eyes with Rasa. He didn't attack again. Instead, he smirked. "Come on, Rasa. Show me what the so-called genius of Sunagakure can really do. Stop holding back."
Rasa's face twisted into a scowl. "Arrogant brat! You want to see my real strength? Fine!"
"Magnet Release: Gold Dust Cube!"
The spectators gasped as a massive cube of compressed gold dust—over two meters on each side—hovered above Rasa's head. It was dense, heavy, and radiated an oppressive aura that made the ground tremble.
Tetsuya's eyes gleamed with interest as he stared at the golden cube. "Wow… That's a lot of gold. If you handed that over, I'd never have to worry about supporting the Fujiwara, Tanaka, or Uesugi clans again."
Despite the life-threatening situation, Tetsuya's mind wandered for a moment, imagining all the things he could do with such wealth. But that thought vanished when Rasa's voice echoed through the arena.
"Die, brat!"
With a booming sound, the cube descended from the sky, aiming straight for Tetsuya.
Tetsuya knew better than to try and block such a massive, dense object. A single cubic meter of gold dust weighed between fifteen and nineteen tons. An eight-cubic-meter block? That was unstoppable. Even with all the water techniques at his disposal, there was no way he could counter the raw weight of it.
But that wasn't his plan.
"Water Release: Water Fang Bullet!"
The water around Tetsuya swirled into sharp tendrils, striking the cube mid-air. It wasn't enough to push the cube back, but it did buy Tetsuya a crucial few seconds.
"Think you can dodge me that easily?" Rasa shouted, his voice booming across the arena. As the cube crashed into the ground with a deafening impact, a thin chain of gold dust shot from beneath the water, snaking around Tetsuya's ankles before he could escape.
"Smart," Tetsuya thought to himself, impressed despite the danger. "The ones who become Kage never play fair, do they?"
Sensing the tightening chain, Tetsuya wasted no time. He formed a series of rapid hand signs.
"Water Release: Water Prison Jutsu!"
A massive sphere of water engulfed Tetsuya, and within seconds, he was surrounded by a protective barrier of swirling liquid. The water pressed tight against his body, holding him still but offering some defense.
Rasa chuckled darkly. "You think that'll save you? Magnet Release: Gold Dust Burial!"
The arena rumbled as golden sand erupted from the ground, writhing like countless tendrils, wrapping around the water prison. They coiled tighter and tighter, threatening to crush everything inside.
"Is this… the power of the Magnet Release?" The watching Konoha shinobi murmured, their eyes wide with fear. Many of them stood from their seats, unable to tear their gaze away from the unfolding battle.
The golden sand squeezed tighter, and cracks began to form in the water prison. The sound of the sand grinding against the water echoed through the arena, loud and ominous. The prison wouldn't hold for long.
"Crush!" Rasa bellowed, his hand clenched into a fist as the golden tendrils dug into the water, forcing explosions to erupt from within. The golden sand twisted and ground, threatening to annihilate everything in its path.
Seconds passed. Silence fell.
The once-boiling battleground grew eerily still. The golden cube, now soaked in water, stood motionless. Dripping from its surface were thin streams of water, the remnants of Tetsuya's defense.
From the stands, horror crept into the faces of the Fujiwara and Tanaka clans, their hearts frozen in disbelief. Tetsuya's mother, Fujiwara Sachiko, went pale, her hands trembling uncontrollably.
"Impossible… Tetsuya… He can't have…" Sachiko's voice broke, her eyes wide with shock. She clung to the edge of the railing, barely keeping herself from collapsing.
"No!" Tanaka Jirou, Tetsuya's closest ally, shouted. His face was ashen, his fists clenched so tightly that his knuckles had turned white. "Tetsuya wouldn't… He wouldn't die like this!"
The tension in the air grew unbearable as the weight of the situation sunk in. Had the last hope of Konoha… truly fallen?
The arena lay in heavy silence, save for the occasional drip of water from the golden sand.
Finally, Rasa, standing atop the battlefield, looked down at the soaked sands and smiled in satisfaction. He released the jutsu, letting the golden dust fall in a cloud around him.
"Looks like your little prodigy wasn't ready for the big leagues after all," he muttered under his breath.
And yet, something felt off. Rasa's smile faltered.
"Wait…" he murmured.
Suddenly, an explosion of water shot out from the golden dust! Rasa's eyes widened in shock as Tetsuya emerged, battered but alive, his body drenched, but his spirit unbroken.
The crowd gasped as Tetsuya stood tall, water dripping from his forehead protector. He flashed a determined grin, wiping the blood from his lips.
"Sorry to disappoint you, Rasa," Tetsuya said, his voice low but steady. "But I'm not done yet."
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