The ice shuriken reached him in the blink of an eye, but Bai Yu dodged it by shifting his body when it was still a few inches away.
Seeing the shuriken dodged, Ryuu breathed a sigh of relief, gripping her Kunai and about to rush into the white mist to engage the enemy.
But a fleeting flash of white light in her daze made Ryuu stop in her tracks.
"Lord, be careful, the shuriken is coming back!"
Although Bai Yu also sensed it, it was too late to dodge.
Puff~
The shuriken struck Bai Yu from behind, instantly draining the color from Ryuu's face.
"Heh, with just this much ability, you dare to offend so many people at once? I really don't know how my sister fell for you!"
The woman in the white mist couldn't help but sneer, her voice tinged with a hint of pleasure.
"I'm not too sure how your sister fell for me either. But I completely understand you wanting to humiliate me for revenge for your sister, so you should just go back~"
Bai Yu said calmly, but the Bai Yu that Ryuu had been worrying about suddenly turned into a puddle of water.
The woman in the white mist instantly tensed up, a chill running down her spine.
"How is that possible? When did you use the Water Replacement Technique?"
Bai Yu was already behind her. Not only was the woman surprised, but even Ryuu was astonished beyond measure.
"What, you don't even recognize Ninjutsu anymore? This is just a normal Water Clone Technique. Using a clone to test the opponent's abilities before fighting is something many people do, it's not strange.
However, could it be that you underestimated me because you thought I couldn't use the Water Clone Technique?"
The woman gritted her teeth, her face darkening.
Everything happened too quickly.
With Bai Yu's sharp presence behind her, she really hadn't paid attention to whether it was a Water Replacement Technique or a Water Clone. And she had indeed secretly believed he couldn't use the Water Clone Technique.
After all, Bai Yu wasn't even a Genin yet, not to mention his reputation as the disgrace of the Hozuki Clan.
She had already overestimated him by constantly being wary of him using the Water Replacement Technique, thinking that being able to use the Water Replacement Technique proficiently was his limit.
How could she have imagined that Bai Yu would actually know the Water Clone Technique, which only a very small number of deeply experienced Genin could learn?
"You guy, don't think I'll thank you just because of this!" A strange feeling suddenly arose in the woman's heart, and she couldn't help but think of many rumors about Bai Yu.
This guy, could he have fallen for her?
One must know, she had just struck his body with a boomerang.
She couldn't understand how he could forgive such a thing.
The woman shook her head, quickly dispelling these strange thoughts, and turned around, staring directly at Bai Yu.
"Hey, you kid! My sister told me that you actively dumped her, and it was even to please the girl from the Terumi Clan?"
Bai Yu suddenly felt a bit awkward, and his heart was filled with guilt.
As a man, he should have indeed made a clean break and decided early, but his methods were clearly a bit rough, and there was also a slight intention to please Mei Terumi...
He had originally planned to talk to the other girls and break up peacefully.
But he really didn't expect that some girls would even demand that he dump the other girls and only keep one.
Of course, he could only harden his heart like a scumbag and dump them...
"Big sister, I... I did indeed go too far. But there was nothing I could do. When I saw Yui again, she couldn't make a decision and even told me to break up with the others, so I could only make the decision for her..."
"Huh? What did you say? You said it was because my sister was clinging to you, so you dumped her?!"
The woman questioned word by word, her voice rising a few octaves, frowning, and walking towards Bai Yu step by step.
The woman had curly yellow hair and a capable, fitted uniform that highlighted her slender figure. Every step she took exuded a full sense of coolness.
Just as the woman was constantly closing in on Bai Yu, who was lost in self-blame and didn't know what to say, Ryuu quickly stepped in front of him and sternly reprimanded her.
"You guy, you'd better stay away from my Lord!"
"What, can't speak? So you admit it?"
The woman's eagle-like eyes tightly locked onto Bai Yu's figure, completely ignoring Ryuu.
However, before Bai Yu could speak, Ryuu angrily said again.
"No matter what you're planning, if you want to harm my Lord, you'll have to go through me first!"
"Um... Liu Yu-jie, I did indeed do something wrong in this matter. And this big sister's shuriken actually avoided vital points. I think she might have just come to teach me a lesson and didn't really intend to kill me."
According to the memories transmitted back by the Water Clone, the woman in front of him indeed didn't intend to kill him, which was also the reason Bai Yu kept choosing to back down.
Hearing Bai Yu's words full of remorse, Ryuu immediately became anxious.
"That won't do either. Even if she didn't intend to kill you, she still injured you mercilessly. Although that shuriken avoided vital points, who would willingly let someone stab them? If it weren't for your profound Ninjutsu skills, Lord, you would probably have been tortured to death by her~"
"Heh, your Lord himself said he wasn't going to pursue the matter with me, why are you, a servant, talking so much? Also, you're such a big person, yet you still need a woman to protect you. Is the young head of the Hozuki Clan such a useless person?!"
The woman crossed her arms, glanced lightly at Ryuu, and then focused her gaze back on Bai Yu.
Although Ryuu was indeed a servant, she was still part of the Hozuki Clan. Facing such mockery from the woman, her gaze also became sharp.
"Whether my Lord is useless, I think someone is very clear about it, aren't they? However, someone is safe and sound because of my Lord's kindness, yet in turn, uses my Lord's kindness and even bullies my Lord. Regardless of how the original matter was, as the young head's servant, I will absolutely not stand by and watch such despicable behavior!"
Facing Ryuu's veiled contempt, the corners of the woman's lips couldn't help but curve up.
"Heh, speaking of despicable, who is despicable? Isn't your Lord despicable enough? Dating four people at the same time, and when discovered, completely disregarding the dignity of the others and openly declaring loyalty to one of them."
"I, Huabing of the Lotus Mist, have lived this long and have never seen such a shameless person!"
"Not to mention, although you are a servant, you look pretty good. Perhaps this guy has outwardly repented, but maybe he's still thinking of making a move on you right now. If that happens, I'm really curious, will you comply or not?"
Huabing of the Lotus Mist stared directly at Ryuu, like a wolf watching a sheep.
Coupled with her unfriendly remarks, Ryuu suddenly felt completely uncomfortable.
Yes, although Bai Yu had shown many impressive performances.
But who knew if his philandering habit had completely changed...
This made Ryuu both embarrassed and angry, and her chest heaved even more violently.
"Liu Yu-jie, you should just stay to the side. She came to find me in the first place, there's no need to get angry with her."
Bai Yu also didn't expect that the other party's eloquence was so impressive. Seeing Ryuu's conflicted expression, it seemed like she was about to be successfully alienated.
He was also very helpless about the infamous reputation of being a scumbag he had left behind, but since he had already transmigrated into this body, accepting everything from the past was a realization he had made long ago.
With her thoughts seen through by Bai Yu, Ryuu lowered her head with an apologetic look.
"Lord, I..."
"It's okay, Liu Yu-jie. Since I can dodge two attacks, the third one will be no problem either!"
Bai Yu vowed confidently, but this made Huabing of the Lotus Mist a bit unhappy again.
"Give it up. No matter how capable you are, you're just a student who hasn't graduated yet. Escaping by luck once or twice was because I didn't intend to kill you and didn't take you seriously.
If I were really serious, you probably wouldn't even last ten breaths!"
I referenced the content from Kakashi's Secret Scrolls for the character Huabing.
It's something someone wrote fantasizing about Kakashi's romantic encounters.
When Huabing met Kakashi, she was already married and had a child, but the child died, and her husband also died.
So...