Sarutobi Asuma was tall, and Shikamaru was still a young boy at this time, so he couldn't take advantage of his strength and attack range. It was too difficult to find a flaw from the front and get close to him. If he wanted to find a gap in the opponent's defense,
Stay close to the front, so it's best to seize the opponent's side position!
Taking into account the existence of the Sharingan, the head-on style of head-on collision is simply not practical for Shikamaru! But if the defender in the inner circle turns around, his speed will naturally be higher than that of Shikamaru in the outer circle.
Faster. Fortunately, this can be compensated for by using the techniques taught by Asma.
The principle of the instant body technique is to use chakra to weakly stimulate the leg muscles, and then spurt out from under the feet, thereby exerting explosive speed. However, the tangible and insubstantial chakra is difficult to be perfectly manipulated, and the slightest increase or decrease is affected by it.
The speed deviation caused and the adjustment of body balance in the process will lead to changes in the moving distance.
In comparison, the body is much easier to adjust and control.
Shikamaru held his chest in his arms, straightened his back, dwarfed his body, and rushed towards Asuma's side.
Shikamaru's right leg stepped out to the right with force, and a little chakra surged out from under his feet. His left leg was dragged on the ground, which played a role in adjusting his center of gravity and maintaining balance. He could also rely on the friction of his left foot on the ground to offset the friction caused by
The momentum increases or decreases due to the inaccurate amount of chakra accumulated in the right leg.
Although this method cannot burst out a large amount of chakra - in that case, Shikamaru, who is sideways and uses one foot to exert force, will lose his balance and fly sideways - but it can well adjust the sudden increase in speed during sideways movement.
Overall, it can be about 50% faster than usual.
"Snapped!"
Shikamaru held a kunai and swept towards Asuma's waist, but Asuma blocked it with a backhand holding a wooden sword upside down.
"Short blades are not suitable for large-scale slashing movements." Shikamaru thought. Short blades are usually held with one hand, and are not long enough. The killing power of slashing is weak, and it is not easy to attack the enemy. They mainly rely on stabbing and wiping.
Cutting and picking are the main ones.
Shikamaru picked up Kunai and was about to cut Asuma's forearm, but he saw the opponent take a step back and took advantage of the length in his hand. Instead of defending, he stabbed Shikamaru straight into the lower abdomen. This seemed to hurt both sides, but in fact Shikamaru had no intention of doing anything.
If he can't hit Asuma, he will be hit by the wooden sword before that happens.
Shikamaru turned back and used the kunai to push away the wooden sword and gave up the attack. However, Asuma took advantage of the situation and raised the sword slightly and slashed towards Shikamaru's neck.
If the weapon in Shikamaru's hand is a weapon such as an iron ruler, after blocking Asuma's attack, he can also hold the wooden sword. Compared with this time, he can directly slash. If Asma wants to swing the sword again, he must draw it.
Returning will take more time.
Shikamaru turned sideways to avoid Asuma's attack. Suddenly, he had an idea. He flipped the wrist of his right hand holding the kunai, loosened his fingers, and threw the kunai at Asma's feet. However, the kunai, which was magnified many times, came from far away.
Throwing with force was okay, but at such a distance and in such a hurry, it was difficult to bear the force and the speed was slow. Asuma easily avoided it with a slight jump.
"This shape is not flexible enough. It should be lighter." Shikamaru stopped and greeted Asuma, indicating that the battle was over.
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A week later, with the help of Tatsuna, who was good at carpentry, Shikamaru's weapon template was finally completed, but it looked a little weird, like a knife but not a sword, not like a sword but not a sword, and it had nothing to do with kunai, so
Dazna, who was in charge of the work, was scratching his head.
This "short sword" in Dazuna's eyes was extremely weird and had a long and slender blade. This was because Shikamaru referred to the characteristics of the four-edged military spurs in his previous life when making it, and opened four large health grooves, which can further increase the number of thrusts.
The lethality was great, but what was different from the military thorn was that Shikamaru had a sharp blade on both sides of the ridge. The blade was narrow, and although it could not be used for chopping, it could also be used for cutting and wiping.
The nose of the sword at the end of the sword is not the usual oval or rectangular shape, but is raised in the opposite direction at the end of the blade, forming two small hooked blades (somewhat similar to the characteristics of Minato on the two sides of the kunai blade end).
After blocking the enemy's weapon, if the opponent lifts his finger back, with a slight twist, you can rely on the hook blade to fork the opponent's weapon. Not only that, when using the blade to cut and wipe, the hook blade can also bring up a large area.
Flesh and soft tissue.
The total length of this weapon is one foot and five inches, including the small ring, the handle is four inches long, and the sword is one foot and one inch long, and the special shape can save a lot of materials.
"What is this? It's so ugly!" Ino looked at the strange weapon in Shikamaru's hand, pursed his lips, frowned slightly, and said dissatisfied.
"What is this?" Ino turned his head and found that there seemed to be small characters engraved on the grip, but it was blocked by Shikamaru's hand and he couldn't see clearly, so he stepped forward and grabbed his wrist and turned it around, revealing the words on the grip.
Ino looked at the small print carefully and muttered: "Kingxiu?"
"Is this the name of this weapon?" Ino raised his head, his eyes flickered, his light blue eyes stared at Shikamaru, and muttered: "It's a good name for such an ugly weapon."
"Okay, Ino, you don't understand." Asuma laughed silently at the words, patted the two of them on the shoulders, stepped forward and said, at the same time taking the weapon handed over by Shikamaru and observing it carefully.
"It's very good, the name is also very good." After a while, Asuma handed the 'Shadow Show' back to Shikamaru and praised: "We are short of casting materials now, but that will have to wait until after the mission.
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Asuma, who is an experienced jounin and is familiar with Shikamaru's fighting style, naturally understood in a short period of time that this weapon could perfectly fit Shikamaru.
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A month later, the bridge in the Land of Waves was finally completed thanks to the efforts of the Chinese people.
This bridge of hope in the hearts of the people of the Land of Waves spans both sides of the bank. It is unusually tall. From a distance, it seems to separate the sea and the sky. The bridge deck is wide and strong. This bridge will definitely become the link between this island country and the mainland in the future!
"Thank you so much." Dazna said with moist eyes and a low voice.
At this time, the bridge was completed, but it was also the day for Asuma, Shikamaru, Ino and Choji to finish their mission and rush back to Konoha. The four of them were standing at the bridge with backpacks on their backs. They were originally greeted by the Tazuna family.
It was given as a gift, but along the way, people kept accompanying and gathering. By this time, it turned out to be a huge sea of people.
"I didn't expect the welcome ceremony to be so grand!" Asma chuckled, put out the cigarette butt, looked at the crowd, and said with some emotion.
"This is what we should do!" Dazna sighed, looking back at the crowd who suddenly fell silent.
The sounds of waves crashing against the rocks and the gentle breeze could be heard from time to time. The densely packed crowd quietly watched the two groups of people standing at the bridge to see them off. This scene made many people feel sad.
"Uncle Asuma, Sister Ino, Brother Shikamaru and Brother Choji..." Inari was choking at this time, her eyes were red and swollen, she started sobbing on the way here, and she still shows no sign of stopping.
He said intermittently: "You must come back to see me in the future!"
"You are the heroes of the Land of Waves, and you are also the heroes in Inari's heart." Tsunami on the side smiled and patted Inari on the shoulder: "Without you, we really don't know what would have happened."
"We didn't do anything, we just completed the task as usual!" Asuma waved his hands when he heard this, and said with a smile: "The bridge was successfully built, but Mr. Dazuna contributed, and we ninjas are only responsible for protecting him.
It’s just safe!”
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"Dad?" The figures of the four members of Class 10 had gradually disappeared at one end of the bridge. When Tsunami saw that Tazuna was still looking quietly at the direction in which they were leaving, she couldn't help but shout in a low voice: "They have already left."
"I know." Dazna came back to his senses, looked around, and said thoughtfully: "Speaking of which, this bridge hasn't been named yet!"
"I suddenly thought of a great idea. With this name, this bridge will definitely become famous all over the world in the future!" Dazuna laughed confidently and said, "Let's call it Shikamaru Bridge! How about it!?"