52 The Conclusion of Esumi vs Lee! (1/2)

”These two aren't showing much in terms of becoming chunin.” A random chunin said.

”Yeah. I agree. These two might be stuck as genin unless one of them does something later on in the tournament.”

After Esumi kneed Lee with an electrifying force, he was sent plummenting back towards the ground.

*BOOOOOOOOM*

A small crater was formed when Lee landed. Dust was forced to rise in agitation of being impacted by such momentum.The arena was currently hidden in dust and smoke. The audience was blind to anything happening in the arena. They watched in anticipation and excitement.

”Could he have lost already?!”

”There's no way! He hasn't even shown off any cool jutsus!”

”I'm surprised it took him this long to lose. Holding back against his opponent was setting himself up for failure since the start.”

Esumi landed in the midst of the dust cloud and cleared it away, revealing an injured Rock Lee holding his shoulder where he was stabbed earlier. He looked at Esumi's proud and victory filled smile that reminded him of someone. Although they were different, their confidence in their strength and abilities seemed so similar.. 'I can't give up… What did I spend training this last month for..? To be shown up by a different genius?'

”No way! I will prove that hard work and perseverance can defeat a genius! I will have to use that technique Guy-sensei! Please forgive me.” Rock lee shouted before crossing his arms across his chest.

”Go on use your little Eight Gates! The best kunoichi of Konoha will shut it down as easily as I shut down your little Primary Lotus move from earlier!” Esumi laughed harshly.

Some of the jonin and chunin gasped as they realized that the green jumpsuit genin was trying to use one of the famous kinjutsu in Konoha.

”Can he even perform such a technique?!”

”Did Guy really teach his student that dangerous jutsu!? What was he thinking?!”

”Will the boy really decide to use that move here? He still has other matches to complete.”

”He let her get to his head. He should've just surrendered rather than potentially crippling his body just to prove himself.”

Esumi saw as Lee's face turned into one of shock before returning back to a determined look. She was slightly annoyed that he wasn't bothered enough to lose focus, but decided to go further.

”You don't really believe a person that could only use taijutsu could really become a ninja do you!? Even if your sensei is known for his taijutsu skills, he can still use ninjutsu! You on the other hand can't even perform the clone technique! In the preliminaries, you couldn't even dispel an academy level genjutsu technique!” Esumi harshly berated even more.

”What!?!?! He could only use taijutsu the entire time!?”

”That must be why he wasn't using any flashy ninja moves!”

”It seems that this match was over before it even began.”

”Poor kid, trying to live a dream..”

Lee's face turned even more upset as he listened to his opponent's remarks. His determination was slightly faltering.

”I… I will show you that I can become a true shinobi! I will prove it to everyone here!” Lee yelled before the area around him started to change. The ground under him started to rise up around him. His hair started to rise as the surrounding ground started to shake. His veins were beginning to pop out and become more visible. Lee's skin began to turn red. A blue chakra coating formed over his body before Lee put down his arms and stared at Esumi.

”What jutsu is that?”

”Didn't the blue-haired girl just say he doesn't know any jutsus?”

”Is he proving her wrong right in her face?!?!”

”Your teammate is going a bit far don't you think?” The lavender jacket wearing Hyūga asked.

”Don't worry about us. Just focus on your upcoming match Hyūga princess.” Jabie responded harshly. Causing Hinata to fall back to where she was.

The other genin watched as Jabie's smile slightly attached itself to his two bear cubs on his shoulder. The three had an evil smile plastered on their faces.

”Esumi has always been smart. Injuring your opponent's pride so that they come at you with the intent to kill is a great idea. They fight more desperately and pull out every inch of power they could muster before you inevitably crush them into the dirt.” Broly said aloud.

”Hey Esumi-chan! Shut up before I Shut you up myself! Don't you dare look down on someone's dream!” Naruto shouted loud enough to catch the attention of the demon in focus.

To respond to this, Esumi just gave Naruto the middle finger and enraged the boy even more. While Esumi does think of Naruto as a friend, he isn't close enough to talk her out of what gives her her kicks.Esumi smiled as she successfully manipulated the genin boy into performing his hidden technique. Jabie definitely owes her a big favor for this. Esumi replaced her hammer with a different looking Basher. Previous Basher just looked like a metal pipe, but now it has turned into a green metal pipe with the words ”Die!” etched into it. It's form turned into a sleeker and smooth appearance, until Esumi wrapped it in spikes. 'This should be very exciting.' Esumi thought before Lee yelled, ”Third Gate! Gate of Life Open!”

The few pebble-sized rocks that were being levitated around Lee's form were now different. Instead of being small rocks they turned into rocks twice the size of one's head! Lee then suddenly hunched over as if charging up even more power somehow.

”He can't be!”

”Oh yes he can! Lee can open up to five of the Eight Gates! He's only just getting started.” Might Guy shouted.

”You're insane! How could you teach him something so dangerous!?”

Might Guy looked at the person who questioned him with a rarely seen serious look on his face.

”I gave him the tool to realize his dreams. How he uses it to accomplish that is his choice. Even if he decides to regret it later, it doesn't matter as long as he keeps believing in his ninja way.”

”Fourth Gate! Gate of Pain open!!!” Lee shouted as even more veins appeared over his body. His nose slightly started to bleed, but he ignored it as he took a stance.

Esumi lowered her gravity seal to level four, so she could enjoy this fight. She knows exactly how dangerous the technique Rock Lee is using and could even lose if she wasn't careful enough. It's been a while since she's released her gravity seal so far down. She nearly moaned in excitement from the amount of control and power her body has right now. To the audience it just appears as if she was hugging and holding herself in a perverted manner. Broly continued to watch with no change in his expression, used to Esumi's strange mannerisms by now. Jabie slightly held his head down in embarrassment.