Although Furina didn't know exactly what Sasuke was thinking, she could more or less guess from his behavior. However, right now she was focused on how to allocate her points, so she didn't pay it much attention and simply let him arrange the tactics.
[Stats]
[Constitution: Chūnin (273/5000) Speed: Chūnin (502/5000) Strength: Chūnin (443/5000) Chakra: Chūnin (3657/5000)]
[Abilities]
[Omitted]
[Favorability: 25677]
[Chakra: Chūnin (3657/5000) → Chūnin (5000/5000)]
[Chakra: Special Jōnin (0/20000)]
[Favorability: 24334]
Now facing Kakashi, no matter how she allocated her points, there was basically no chance of winning. But from the very beginning, Furina had never planned to actually beat him. As long as she performed spectacularly enough to gain more people's favor, that was sufficient.
With this mindset, she already had an idea of how to distribute her points next.
[Chakra: Special Jōnin (0/20000) → Special Jōnin (20000/20000)]
[Chakra: Jōnin (0/50000)]
[Favorability: 4334]
If she wanted to attract enough attention, large-scale ninjutsu at this stage was definitely a great choice. And a Jōnin-level chakra amount should be enough to fully showcase her Water Release proficiency.
Therefore, once she realized her favorability was sufficient to push her chakra to the next tier, Furina temporarily set aside her original plan of balanced development. Instead, she focused everything on a single point, maximizing her strongest asset.
While Furina was adjusting to the changes brought by Jōnin-level chakra compared to before, Sasuke had also finished planning the strategy. It was very simple: Naruto would use shadow clones to draw attention, Furina would provide harassment with ninjutsu from a distance, and he would look for opportunities to launch a sneak attack from the side.
Furina had no objections to this. Coincidentally, she was just a little short on favorability to also push her speed to Special Jōnin level. Fishing for a while and stalling for time sounded pretty good right now.
Seeing that Furina didn't refuse, Sasuke immediately concealed his presence, and his action signaled the official start of the battle.
After Naruto charged forward with shadow clones, Furina also cast ordinary Water Dragon Bullets for harassment as planned. But while doing so, she also kept part of her attention on monitoring the streamed content.
After all, the streamed perspective was different. Details she might miss could be noticed through the broadcast, serving as an extra layer of insurance.
"Whoa whoa whoa, Sasuke just thought my wife was bragging earlier, but now that she's used the Water Dragon Bullet, he's stunned, right? With a water dragon that huge, can he still say it's not large-scale ninjutsu? Let's see how he keeps talking tough."
"Exactly. He just ate the onigiri Fufu brought him and was mocking her in his heart. Now he knows whether it was real or fake."
"But aside from being surprised at the very beginning, Kakashi's handling afterward has been completely at ease. I feel like the protagonist trio still doesn't have much of a chance."
"Can't be helped. Kakashi is the teacher, after all his strength being far superior to the students is normal. Although judging from Furina's performance, using a few more ninjutsu wouldn't be an issue, it's probably still very hard to actually threaten Kakashi."
[Favorability +1+1+1...+1+1]
Even with Furina's controlled Water Dragon Bullets harassing from the side, Naruto's shadow clones were still all dispersed by Kakashi's agile movements. In the end, Kakashi even landed a Leaf Taijutsu Secret Technique on Naruto from behind, temporarily rendering him unable to move.
In a corner no one was paying attention to, Furina silently put away her camera. Naturally, she hadn't missed capturing that scene either.
In the brief moment she was stowing the camera, Sasuke and Kakashi clashed. Relying on his superb shuriken techniques and the assistance from Furina's water dragon, he even managed to suppress Kakashi for a time and knock him to the ground.
But just as Sasuke reached for the bells at Kakashi's waist, the "Kakashi" on the ground suddenly turned into a puff of white smoke, and a Sasuke head popped out of the earth.
Although it looked like both of her teammates had consecutively been taken out, Furina wasn't worried at all. Thanks to the time Naruto and Sasuke had bought her earlier, her favorability had already accumulated enough.
[Speed: Chūnin (502/5000) → Chūnin (5000/5000)]
[Speed: Special Jōnin (0/20000)]
[Favorability: 13]
"Now it's your turn."
Seeing Kakashi look toward her, Furina didn't hesitate. She channeled chakra into her legs and retreated at top speed. Kakashi clearly hadn't expected Furina to "flee" so decisively, but after a brief moment of stunned surprise, he quickly gave chase.
The two pursued one after the other without stopping until they reached an open clearing, where they finally halted.
"Not running anymore?"
"I just felt it wasn't convenient to fight over there. After all, Naruto and Sasuke aren't in great shape if they got caught in the crossfire, it wouldn't be good."
In response to Kakashi's question, Furina casually offered a few explanations, then immediately began forming hand seals. Seeing this, Kakashi stopped talking and simply focused his attention, staying fully alert to her next move.
After all, while the earlier Water Dragon Bullet had been quite impressive, it was clear she hadn't gone all out otherwise she wouldn't have deliberately come all the way over here.
"Come on, Furina. Let me see what you'll do."
As if responding to Kakashi's inner thoughts, the next moment, Furina softly spoke.
"Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique."
Accompanying Furina's voice, in the next instant, a sky-obscuring wave of water rose up beside her and surged rapidly toward Kakashi.
"Na, nani?!"
Even though he had mentally prepared himself, upon seeing the waterfall-like torrent rushing toward him, he still couldn't help but widen his eyes. Although he had earlier said they should come at him with the intent to kill, this was seriously trying to take his life.
Moreover, the Great Waterfall Technique only using those few hand seals? What kind of Water Release mastery was this?
But surprise was surprise Kakashi's actions weren't affected in the slightest. His rich experience allowed him to instantly understand what he needed to do.
He continuously burst backward, and after creating some distance, the impact force of the Great Waterfall Technique weakened significantly. By the time it reached him, it had almost no power left.
However, Kakashi didn't relax his vigilance because of this. Aside from its offensive power, the Great Waterfall Technique was more about creating favorable terrain conditions for the user, making subsequent combat even more advantageous.