Chapter 6: The girl who tried to bully Yan Sheng ended up crying instead...

"It's you again! Why do you always appear in my dreams? Are you a monster?!"

Realizing that this was a dream world, Tsugikuni Iwakatsu pointed the wooden sword in his hand at me, and his emotions, which had been on the verge of collapse, had now barely calmed down.

"I'm a human! Not a monster! And what do you mean by 'your dream'? This is my dream, okay!"

As I spoke, this mansion of Tsugikuni had become Konoha Village.

The unfamiliar surroundings startled Iwakatsu, who then began to seize control of the dream, and so the place became the Tsugukuni Residence once again.

Not to be outdone, I immediately transformed the surrounding scenery into Konoha, and he promptly changed it back.

We argued for a long time without either of us being able to win, and finally we divided the area into two: his side was Tsugikuni's residence, and mine was Konoha Village, which ended this childish behavior.

"Who exactly are you?" Jiguo Yansheng asked me coldly, his face, which resembled Yoriichi's, and looked rather cute.

"I'm not telling you." I turned my head away with a smug look on my face. Iwakatsu frowned and continued to ask, "Where is Yoriichi with you?"

"Yes, he will always be with me. You don't need to worry about Yoriichi competing with you for the position of heir. He won't come back."

I reassured Ji Guoyansheng, lest he overreact again; this guy's temper is truly unbearable.

I thought he would be happier to hear the news, but Yan Sheng's face showed a look of humiliation, shame, and hatred, which made me think to myself that this kid was really difficult to deal with. Was his heart made of glass? He would become twisted as soon as his genius younger brother was involved.

"I'm telling you, can you please stop showing that ugly, jealous face all the time? You're wasting that face that looks just like Yoriichi's."

I casually remarked that I truly believe the coolest character was Kokushibo Tsugikuni, who was beaten black and blue by his scumbag father but still smiled and gave his younger brother the flute he had made as a symbol of protection.

"What do you know?!"

The child in front of him immediately became excited. He was also raised as the heir of the family. Although he looked young, he had a lot of composure in his words and actions. However, when it came to Yoriichi, he was completely shattered.

"I don't understand. You should be happy that Yoriichi isn't coming back, so why are you making such a grumpy face?"

"What is there for me to be happy about?! This kind of charity only makes me realize more deeply how pathetic I am!"

Ji Guoyan roared, subconsciously gripping the wooden sword in his hand tightly, his body trembling slightly, clearly trying his best to suppress the flames of jealousy burning in his chest.

Sigh, let me reiterate, this kid is really difficult to deal with. He's so jealous of his younger brother that he doesn't deserve to be an older brother!

Forget it, I'll just give him a beating. I don't know if he'll become more magnanimous afterward, but I certainly will become much more magnanimous.

I made the decision happily, and then punched him in the face.

I thought I could easily beat up the brat, but I didn't expect that Tsugikuni Iwakatsu, who was tormented by jealousy and pain, would still be able to notice my attack at this time. He swung his wooden sword and forced me to dodge.

After swinging his sword, Tsugikuni Iwakatsu seemed to have found an outlet for his anger, and he kept slashing and hacking at me with his wooden sword, forcing me to keep dodging his rather fierce attacks.

It was at this time that I discovered my own shortcomings.

Although it is a dream world, it strictly follows the physical qualities of the real world. That is to say, it has no strength or agility at all, and is completely the body of a seven-year-old girl who has never trained.

This meant that while my eyes could clearly see Tsugikuni Iwakatsu's sword-wielding movements, my body couldn't react in time, making it extremely difficult to dodge. If this continued, I would be struck by the wooden sword.

So here's the problem: given my terrible physical abilities, and the fact that I can't use techniques that require chakra, like Shadow Clone Jutsu, Rasengan, Super Strength, or Chakra Scalpel, how am I supposed to defeat this berserk Kokushibo in front of me?

There is only one answer: use throwing ninja tools for long-range attacks.

As for taking a kunai and engaging in hand-to-hand combat with his wooden sword, forget it. Although Kokushibo's talent is not as good as Yoriichi's, his swordsmanship level is entirely due to hard work and diligent practice. Just look at the blood blisters on his hands to prove it. Having never suffered like this before, I'd better not seek out torture.

With a thought, I had already gathered six shuriken in my hands, and with a forceful flick, I threw them all at Tsugikuni Iwakatsu.

Although my throwing skills are not yet up to the level of the Uchiha, where the target is hit after a mid-air collision and a curve, I can still hit the target almost every time. Dealing with a samurai reserve is a piece of cake.

To my surprise, just as six shuriken were about to hit Tsugikuni Iwakatsu, a wooden plank appeared out of nowhere and blocked his way, causing my attack to fail completely.

It was only then that I realized this was a dream world. Since I could materialize my shuriken, it was normal for Yan Sheng to subconsciously materialize a wooden plank to block the danger in front of him.

The moment that thought crossed his mind, the wooden board with six shuriken stuck in it was kicked over by Tsugikuni Iwakatsu.

I quickly dodged to the side, but was attacked by that unlucky kid's wooden sword. He seemed to have anticipated that I would dodge this way, and waited there to chop down on my head with the wooden sword. I couldn't dodge in time and was hit on the head by the wooden sword.

All I want to say is sorry, I'm sorry, I've brought shame to the ninja world.

But this is really not my fault. As a medical ninja, I have been working to save lives and rarely fight. Even during the Fourth Shinobi World War, I stayed in the back and waited to transfer a quarter of the Nine-Tails' chakra in my body to my brother. After that, I survived by using the Yin Seal and did not need to fight. So I have very little combat experience!

If I had chakra, I could hold my own against anyone for a while with my skills. But now that I've lost my chakra, I can't use any of my abilities. I'm destined to get beaten up any minute now. I was so arrogant before that I was going to beat up Kokushibo, but now I'm lucky if I don't get beaten up by him.

"Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!" I cried out, clutching my head and crouching on the ground. Tears streamed down my face. Then, I shouted accusingly at the culprit, "You hit a girl! You're shameless!"

Having just put down his wooden sword, Tsugikuni Iwakatsu instinctively widened his eyes, which resembled Yoriichi's, and emphasized, "You attacked me first."

"I don't care! It's wrong of you to bully girls! It hurts! It hurts so much! You have to apologize to me!"

I covered my head and rolled around on the floor, not caring about my image anymore. Anyway, it's not my face anymore, so it doesn't matter.

Ji Guoyan was stunned by my "shamelessness". After a long pause, he said with a serious face, "An apology is impossible. I can give you the medicine I usually use for injuries. Apply it to your head and the pain will subside quickly."

He took out a box of medicine, walked up to me, and handed it to me. I seized the opportunity and kicked him in the stomach. Just as Ji Guoyan Sheng crashed into the big tree behind him, I threw out several kunai, pinning his collar, sleeves, and hem to the tree so he couldn't break free.

"Haha! Who cares about your apology?! Aren't your swordsmanship supposed to be amazing? Come on, try again!"

I kicked the wooden knife out of his hand, patted his face triumphantly, and laughed heartily.

As for the head that was hit by the wooden sword, apart from a momentary dizziness and slight pain at the beginning, it's fine now. The pain level of being attacked in the dream world is completely different from the pain in the real world.

Pinned to the tree by kunai and unable to move, Tsugikuni Iwakatsu glared at me with eyes that seemed to burn with flames and shouted, "Despicable!"

“That’s called tactics!” I said, raising my chin. I didn’t tell him that I had deliberately shown weakness subtly while arguing with him earlier because I could tell that he had pity on the weak and would definitely fall for my tricks.

Ji Guoyan once showed care and love to his younger brother, whom he thought was deaf and mute. In addition to brotherly affection, there was also pity in his heart.

It can be said that as a member of the upper class during the Warring States period, his character was extremely rare. Unfortunately, this precious quality was completely shattered when he met his genius younger brother, leaving only jealousy and hatred.

Thinking about it this way, I was really annoyed with Jikuni Iwakatsu, so I conjured up some ink and wanted to draw a turtle on his face to prove that I had been there.

Before my ink-stained fingers could even touch Yan Sheng's face, the large tree behind him had already disappeared, and his movements were no longer restricted. A wooden sword appeared in his hand and he slashed hard at my leg.

This hurt much more than the last time. I staggered back a few steps before I remembered that this was Tsugikuni Iwakatsu's territory. Both the Tsugikuni residence and the trees were manifestations of him, so he could make them disappear. I miscalculated.

Seeing that guy swing his sword at me again, I conjured a wooden sword to parry. There was no way to counterattack; I didn't know anything about swordsmanship, and a rash attack would only expose more weaknesses.

Fortunately, I could still see the trajectory of his sword strike. Even though my physical reflexes were not good now, the opponent was only a seven-year-old child. No matter how strong his swordsmanship was, it was limited. I could still barely block it.

I thought that parrying his attacks a few times would be enough to let him vent his anger, but I didn't expect that Kokushiro Iwakatsu would immediately go berserk when he saw that I could block his moves. His sword strikes became faster and more ruthless, as if he wouldn't be satisfied until he killed me. He was simply ferocious.

So it was truly a wise decision not to have children with him; marrying him would definitely result in domestic violence!

It was only after Kokushiro Tsugikatsu's sudden outburst that I truly realized how strong his swordsmanship was; he could probably beat up all the other kids his age except Yoriichi, including me.

"That's enough!"

I frantically blocked his wooden sword, which whistled sharply as it came at me; if this continued, I was really going to get a beating.

"Was it Yoriichi who taught you how to block my sword?!" Tsugikuni Iwakatsu stared at me with a deep gaze, his previous clarity gone, replaced by a chilling jealousy.

"So what if it is? So what if it isn't?"

"I'll destroy you!"

With a flick of his wrist, he slashed at me again. The shrill sound of the blade as it swung sent chills down my spine. I could only grit my teeth and continue to parry the powerful blows, my hands trembling so badly I almost lost my grip on the knife.

"Hey! Try cutting me again and I'll have Yoriichi come back and take your successor position!"

I threatened him, and I saw that Jikuni Iwakatsu's eyes turned red. Then he swung his knife more and more fiercely, as if he didn't care about my position as heir just to kill me.

I was relentlessly chased and slashed by the fierce Tsugikuni Iwakatsu, and I was jumping up and down. Because of my poor physical condition, I soon felt tired and my movements began to slow down. This made it difficult for me to dodge the attacks, and I was hit by several more blows. Even though it was a dream world, it hurt a lot. At this point, I finally realized what it means to "not court death and you will not die." What a painful lesson!

The beating from that bratty kid finally made me lose my temper. I gave him the middle finger and yelled, "You wait! I'll be back!"

After uttering those harsh words, I quickly left this dream to avoid being chased and hacked to pieces again.

This isn't an escape, but a strategic retreat. Once I learn swordsmanship and breathing techniques from Yoriichi, I'll go and fight Kokushibo three hundred rounds. I don't believe I can't beat him to a pulp.

When I opened my eyes and woke up in the real world, I realized what I had done in the dream. I immediately covered my face and felt my ears burning.

The lines he said before leaving the dream were the kind of lines only a villainous boss would say, right? What's going on? How embarrassing! Being trapped in this child's body has even made my personality childish; I feel like I'm the biggest brat here!

I rolled around in bed, feeling ashamed of my previous behavior.

She seemed so reliable in front of Yoriichi, but she completely lost face in front of his jealous older brother!