Midori finally stops performing the hand seals when the sword is dropped and the point is stabbed into the ground, signifying that the use of the sword is likely over for the moment. She's barely calmed down after the sword is gone, but she can feel a bit of nausea and a throbbing headache from the adrenaline spike she'd just suffered thanks to the threat of what might effectively have been an end to her career as a shinobi, and she's certain if she left her hands still for long enough, that they'd end up shaking just a bit. The praise of being called a prodigy is barely even heard, but it does give her a bit more backbone, at least enough for her to stay standing up straight despite the cold sweat she could feel on her back and in her hairline. She hides it by running her fingers through her hair, ridding herself of the sweat and trying to look the calm and confident kunoichi that she normally felt like.
"Of course I am."
She frowns a bit when she's ordered to form the hand seals and use the technique at that speed, so she rapidly makes each of the four seals, barely finishing the first before moving to the next, and in nearly an instant, her fists are both aglow with that neon green energy that she knows all too well. Although now she wonders what exactly the sheathe was for; her technique was mostly just meant to enhance the power and force of her own strikes, utilizing the concussive force of her clan's kekkei tota in order to turn her normally strong punches into nearly explosive bursts of pain. Still, she can feel the throbbing headache making her even more aggressive than normal, so she attempts to smack the sheathe from below with an uppercut, just to make a point. Midori still avoids hitting Etsuko's hand directly with her punch, of course. She might be rough, but she's not suicidal.
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