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.

But 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 thought 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. The pure physical battle relied on one's own physical strength and skills.

In terms of skills, Hanabi was born in a thousand-year-old family with physical secrets, so she was naturally not bad.

But...

Gauze——

The rustling sound of the soles of her feet dragging in the mud,

With the old cat's great power like a wild beast, Hanabi nimbly jumped out of his attack range.

The cold wind whistled in the empty forest.

Hu...

The heavy and rapid breathing sound came from Hanabi's nose.

The old cat's skin and flesh were very thick.

On the strong flesh and blood body, hitting it 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.

But unfortunately, Hanabi never expected that this old cat not only had thick skin, 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 already punched her again 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.

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

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 relaxed, his face was not red and he was not out of breath.

Is he 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 was a little careless about this sister-in-law.

Walking gently to the center of the training field, Ryosuke came to the obviously unwilling Hanabi, and just wanted to comfort her, "You performed well, but..."

"...You were not decisive enough, and you didn't give full play to the advantages of ninjas."

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

"But later, after seeing the speed and strength of the old cat, my fighting rhythm was completely disrupted. I didn't quite believe why the old cat could get such a strong power in such a short time. This made me lose my calm judgment in the battle and made many mistakes in the battle."

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

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

Ryosuke: ...

Without him speaking, Hanabi has already found many flaws.

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 firm.

Although she was defeated, she didn't have the slightest depression in her momentum. Instead, it was like a flame poured with kerosene, which intensified.

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

Although she is somewhat competitive,

If we only look at her combat talent, she is indeed much stronger than Hinata.

At least... since she grew up, Ryosuke has definitely given her much less guidance than Hinata, and even Hyuga Hiashi has 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 depends mostly 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 reduce the quality of teaching in terms of the system, which has led to many more 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 post-war summary of this aspect, it is more in-depth and sharp than Hinata.

Not bad.

Ryosuke is very satisfied.

As for Hanabi's invitation to fight, the old cat casts an inquiring gaze at Ryosuke.

"Let's stop here for now. You're not in good condition to fight again."

Ryosuke shook his head and rejected Hanabi's invitation. "Instead of fighting another battle with this poor body, it's 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 the old cat, it's meaningless to be serious and hold on for a few more minutes. If you lose, you lose."

Since Hanabi has such a good mentality, there is no need for him to talk like a child.

It was originally to test the changes in the old cat's strength, speed, and body after taking the devil fruit. It's not really a competition between the two.

Since it's a test, it's almost over here. It's a waste of time to continue.

"But..."

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

"Let's stop here today, Hanabi."

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

"...Eh?"

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

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?"

"Take a leave of absence at home for the time being. Sister will take advantage of this time to teach you some secret techniques of the clan."

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

Just like coaxing a child, she slowly left the vicinity with Hanabi.

Before leaving, she 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 continuing the fight, he would not be able to stop her, and it would probably waste the day.

Although he did not mind spending more time on this sister-in-law, his current focus was mainly on the old cat, or rather... on the power of the devil fruit in his body.

"You fought well and made rapid progress."

When he turned his head, Ryosuke also belatedly praised the old cat, "Although he was not used to fighting with a human body at the beginning, he made rapid progress 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 for his performance in the battle.

Coming 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 any other abilities?"

Without a doubt, 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 fighting skills of the second lady in the battle just now, which is also based on this learning ability."

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

While 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 ladies left, leaving only him and the master,

After calming down, he realized what he had eaten.

A fruit that looks like poison directly enables him to fight with the second lady, and even has a better fighting ability than the other party. Maybe... it is a fairy fruit?

The master may be very unhappy after stealing such a fairy fruit? That fruit should be prepared for the eldest or second lady, 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 Liang Jie.

On the other side of him, Liang Jie did not think much.

After listening to his explanation, his mind turned quickly.

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

This is a good clue.

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

Compared with other fruits, there is a special category of animal-type fruits, 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 that it can 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.

So the fruit he ate is most likely a kind of fantasy beast species in the animal fruit, which can make him transform into a character in a myth or legend, or even a god.

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

However, whether it is a mythical character or a god, it will take time for the old cat to develop 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 gain experience from fighting to improve, and fighting with Hanabi will not be of much help to 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, good on one side and evil on the other, and they will be reversed at any time because of something involving interests.

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

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

"Go ahead, you can't beat me." Ryosuke looked at him strangely, "You don't think your own strength can hurt me, do you?"

"No, no, no, that's not what I mean."

The old cat became even 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 he ask such a question!

It's not the old cat's fault that he has these thoughts in his mind, mainly because 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 some similar things in the Hyuga clan before, so... he was very afraid that one day he would become a member of that operating table, with his eyes removed and strange eyes installed...

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