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The energy had completely stagnated within it's conduits. Ue released the seal in hopes to reverse what had been done but that's when he noticed his skin had taken on a deep pigment. He lifted a hand to rub his arm only to notice that the texture no longer retained the elasticity of human skin. Contrarily, it felt exactly like a rock. To further test this he removed his knife from his side and attempted to lacerate himself to no avail.


"Am I going to be like this.... forever?![/i]"


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As he'd suspected, the attack was projectile in nature, but thankfully he'd been saved by his quick thinking. The smog had been blown right into his opponent's face meaning the poison had not only gone directly into his opponent's eyes but he would have also inhaled a large enough quantity of it to plant the seeds of defeat well within his being. All that was left to do was wait until he could reap the rewards, but as with any harvest there were preemptive measures to be considered if one's aim was to be successful.

While his target had taken to the skies, Uekyuuchi had continued forward as fast as he could in an effort to distance himself not only from the poison smog, but from his opponent entirely. He would also cut his forward sprint at an angle to ensure that his assailant wouldn't try to miraculously calculate his coordinates based off of memory, but given that he was not only blind and severely poisoned, he was also entirely airborne and facing the complete opposite direction.

Once he felt comfortably distanced from his opponent [40 meters away] he would begin to tend to his afflictions, which were becoming noticeably more potent as time went on. Given that the opponent's Kunai had superficially scathed his shoulder and torso, Uekyuuchi immediately took to the area on his stomach that had received the wound -- but not to heal it.

To an observer, the Kikkawa's hand would become enveloped in blue light.¹ That hand would be placed onto the scratch momentarily before losing it's sheen. Immediately afterward, he would place one hand over his heart while the other hovered above the wound. That was when a black viscous liquid began to seep from the wound and fall to the ground. Evidently this was the poison he'd mistakenly succumbed himself to. This wouldn't be a problem much longer -- at least for him it wouldn't.

Fleshed out NPCs make a village rather notable so I believe that's a good idea, however I'm confused about why we have to "buy" these things for the village.

Given that they were the same caliber athletes [ Taijutsu Seconday ], it was safe to say that he wasn't capable of back pedaling faster than Ue could run forward, thus the Kikkawa continued forth on his high speed pursuit. If he continued moving backward, it would eventually give Ue the distance he needed to perform any one of his various close range techniques -- which were the most dangerous in his arsenal.

His eyes never left his opponent and he was prepared to counter any kind of juke or jive by effectively cutting off the area behind him, which is more than likely where the previously thrown sword was [ Behind Uekyuuchi ] given their linear path away from where they previously stood.