Tales of a Ninja Magician: Of Games of Body and Soul

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S-Crew's body turned into a blurry mess before multiple images of the Allied Ninja popped in and out of existence all over the limited space of the laboratory. Even in his slightly worn out state from the previous triumphant battle with one of the Spliced, S-Crew's speed remained just as ceaselessly impressive as before, not dropping one inch from his limit.

Junichi's hands worked through a collection of hand seals in sync with his teammate's movements. The blurry and highly unpredictable blitzing manner of S-Crew's fighting method granted the rest of the Allied Ninja some semblance of cover to set up their moves and use their hand seals. The Spliced looked a tad bit overwhelmed trying to read into S-Crew's moves, worried that this man that successfully defeated one of them already could use those same techniques on one of them if they were not careful.

Regardless of the slight intimidation factor that S-Crew's speed had granted, the Spliced ninja with the scaly skin charged out on yet another ruthless assault, his white teeth flashed around the cramped space as the lizard-man tried to use his teeth to slash, maul or bite into the speedy opponent. Loud thuds emanated through the room, several walls collapsed with S-Crew's after-images appearing nearby the centers of the impact that toppled them.

All signs of the Spliced very nearly missing the speedy Allied Ninja, S-Crew managed to maintain his balance and build up the inertia of heat inside his body for a potential release some more. The forced detours he had to take in his blitz resulted in him ramming into walls with his feet, something that toppled the walls from the built up force of speed in S-Crew's motion.

The feral Spliced twitched, his hands extended to the sides as his eyes opened up wider in shock. His body twitched again as if attempting to move but he failed to notice Junichi's extended palm and the sphere of flames comprised of pure Fire Release chakra whirling and raging around him. With the closing of Junichi's hand, the flames closed in as well on the reptile-man.

"Fire Style: Blazing Eleven!" Junichi yelled out.

A rowdy glass-shattering sound made the Allied Ninja jump up, the trapped Spliced ninja managed to bust out from his intended fiery doom and launch himself in a crocodile-like dive right at the seal-user Konoha veteran that attempted to subdue him. A picking up gust of wind alerted the Allied Ninja to the fellow Spliced, a coral-skinned young woman joining in on the offensive of the scaly-skinned Spliced ninja.

Junichi yelled out in discomfort but not because of the successful and well-timed combined offensive of the enemy, it was due to the rough push from behind of his own teammate, Rushira. The female Allied Ninja managed to shove her teammate that was still too invested and frozen in place after using his technique to defend himself properly, his chakra still returning to the proper default stage and still in aftereffects from the molding he did before.

Rushira covered herself up, blocking the continuous attacks with her impressive bulk, her entire body tensed up with an impressive tonus that helped her better withstand the relentless and savage attacks of her enemy. Shallow stripes of crimson covered the woman's athletic body and with a mighty jumping kick from her outer leg, the Spliced ninja managed to knock Rushira down on her back.

Despite the effective combined attack from the enemy, Rushira's valiant defensive wall provided Cailar more than enough time to prepare his own jutsu. Traps, loops, and strings of steel wire erected all over the room, just waiting for one of the Spliced to get overexcited and fall for the trap, Cailar was not about to wait, however. A very gleefully shimmering string of steel wire wrapped around his finger and attached to a specific loop of wire, noticeable only to the keenest of combatants, activated the trap in the exact way that Cailar intended it to work.

A vociferous roar emanated in the air, the lizard-ninja leaped up in the air, swiping his teeth, his claws on both his fingers and his toes to sever the steel wire and even break the chakra imbuement that Cailar had placed on the wires. The speed and the ferocity of this particular Spliced ninja was remarkable, there appeared to be absolutely no openings for the Allied Ninja to focus properly on attacking the desired target together.