The Adventurous Gamer Ninja - Daichi Hekima [Vol. 01]

Chapter 63 - The Various Ninja Arts

Daichi looked at his grandfather and prepared himself. 'You're not going to take me off guard this time.'

"Warm Ups over. Time for the real fight." Kensei rushed over as he said those words.

You have sensed killing intent.

In moments he was in front of Daichi and sent a powerful punch aimed at the boy's chest. Daichi flooded his body with chakra and enhanced himself. He deflected the punch, then counter attacked. Kensei blocked and grabbed hold of Daichi's arm.

"First lesson. Taijutsu."

Kensei twisted Daichi's arm and tried to get him into a submission hold but Daichi, familiar with the hold, grabbed Kensei's other arm and got himself free.

Daichi jumped back several feet and stood his ground. 'That was just a simple basic submission hold. He was only testing me...'

Kensei ran and quickly reached Daichi. Both of them began exchanging blows at a fast pace. Kensei targeted Daichi's joints and upper torso. He increased the speed of his attacks little by little.

'His speed is equivalent to high level genin bordering chunin. And his reflexes and reaction time are nothing short of incredible for someone his age. But this fight has only just begun.' Kensei's aim was to study Daichi's strengths and weaknesses and then teach him to get rid of those weaknesses.

'He has a firm grasp on the academy Taijutsu style and his instincts are good. He's not falling for the obvious gaps I left in my defenses. It's almost as if he has experience identifying the obvious traps laid out by the enemy. If I didn't know any better I'd say he has been fighting and training with people other than me... Time to switch it up.'

Kensei changed his battle style in mere seconds. Daichi was fending off attacks with some difficulty but as the time passed it was getting increasingly harder. As the fight progressed, Daichi noticed the sudden shift in Kensei's battle style.

Kensei suddenly started attacking Daichi with much more force than before. A punch that Daichi blocked contained enough power to numb his arm.

'Ahh.... My arm. That was strong enough to rattle my bones.' Daichi put more chakra into his arms and blocked the next hard punches. As the fight progressed he noticed something strange.

'Some of his punches contain incredible force but some feel normal. No... They are slightly weaker than his normal punches. But I can't tell which is which. He's not trying to go faster and get through my blocks. It's as if he's deliberately allowing me to block him. What's he trying to do?'

It took a few moments for Daichi to figure out the old man's strategy.

'He's trying to wear me down. Both mentally and physically. I'm using more chakra to block the powerful punches. But if I don't know which ones are strong and which are weak, I'll have to use chakra to block all the attacks. Even the weak ones that won't affect me. He's trying to confuse me and wear down my stamina and chakra.'

"You sneaky old man." Daichi grinned at Kensei as he figured out his plan.

"You need to be more observant and efficient in a fight. If you use what you've already learned then you can figure it out." Kensei said nothing more as he kept up his assaults.

Daichi deflected most attacks because directly blocking them would use up more energy. Daichi focused his chakra to his eyes and ears. He kept a close eye on the muscles in Kensei's arms.

A punch suddenly broke through Daichi's guard and hit him in the chest.

-111 HP

"Ghaa..." Spit flew from Daichi's mouth as he reeled back from the blow. He quickly regained his bearings and defended himself against the coming attack wave.