Chapter 144: Obito vs Kakashi

"Next, you need to engage in more battles to better comprehend the Breathing Technique."

"Battles, huh? Damn, do I really have to go find that guy Kakashi?" Recalling Mutsuki's words, he couldn't help but sigh.

Although Guy was close to his strength, and Shisui could easily suppress him, both of them were currently busy with their Breathing Technique training and didn't have time to fight with him, the fastest progressor.

Obito could only think of Kakashi. He couldn't go to Asuma; with his current strength, unless he didn't use the Breathing Technique, fighting Asuma would be too easy. But if he didn't use the Breathing Technique, how could he progress with it? That was the problem.

In the end, Obito realized that it had to be Kakashi.

Kakashi's strength was still formidable, worthy of him using the Breathing Technique in battle, and Kakashi didn't seem to be too busy either.

The main thing was that Obito felt he could now go and challenge Kakashi, as he could at least concentrate his breathing.

If he didn't feel a little uncertain, Obito would have brought Rin along too, letting her admire his victory over Kakashi and knowing who the real genius of Konoha was.

Thinking of this, Obito couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Why are you standing alone at my doorstep laughing so creepily?" Kakashi arrived upon hearing the laughter and saw Obito alone, laughing foolishly, so he asked.

"What's so creepy about it? This is the joyous laughter of celebrating victory in advance!" Obito realized he had unconsciously walked to Kakashi's doorstep.

"So, you came to challenge me?" Kakashi asked.

"That's right," Obito nodded and said, "Kakashi, be prepared for failure. Just a few days ago, I got the first place in the Academy!"

"Is boasting about Academy grades something to be proud of? I got tired of that stuff three years ago," Kakashi said indifferently.

"By the way, Obito, how many times have you gotten first place? It can't be just once, right? I think I was always first in the class before graduation."

"Well, it doesn't matter how many times. Anyway, now I'm just like you, both of us are first in the class." Obito gave up competing with Kakashi on grades.

"With such confidence, I thought you had already graduated and become a ninja. After all, although we're the same age, I've been a Chunin for several years," Kakashi continued.

Obito: ...

It's just graduating at five and becoming a Chunin at six, what's there to boast about? What's the use of graduating a few years earlier? If he had graduated that early, he wouldn't have met Yumi-sensei. Obito used psychological tactics.

"Kakashi, enough with the small talk, let's start the fight already." Feeling that letting Kakashi continue talking would affect his performance later, Obito intervened.

"Then let's get started, it won't take me much time to deal with you anyway." Kakashi led Obito to their usual training spot.

"Damn it, underestimating me will cost you." Obito's anger surged instantly, determined to teach Kakashi a lesson.

Although it had only been over three months, he wasn't the Uchiha Obito from three months ago who would have been kicked to death by a Body Flicker Jutsu.

Now he mastered Soru, learned Flame Breathing, Phoenix Sage Fire, and Phoenix Sage Flower Nail Crimson. His strength was completely on a different level than before.

"Let's begin," Kakashi said calmly.

He didn't really take Obito's challenge seriously. If it were Guy, he might have shown some interest, as their previous encounters had shown him Guy's significant progress.

As for Obito, Kakashi was still stuck in the period a few months ago when Obito asked him to do evasion training.

Obito immediately entered the Breathing Technique state, inhaling large amounts of oxygen to strengthen his body.

Whoosh!

Obito's body disappeared instantly from its original place, and he fiercely punched towards Kakashi's abdomen.

Kakashi's pupils suddenly contracted. He hadn't expected Obito's speed to be this fast. In haste, Kakashi didn't have time to dodge and could only quickly use his arm to block, instantly being pushed back more than two meters by the force.

"The power and speed like this..." Kakashi's gaze towards Obito changed.

Just now, if he didn't have rich combat experience, he might really have been caught by Obito.

Kakashi no longer underestimated Obito, quickly pulling out a Shuriken from his ninja pouch and throwing it at Obito.

Obito directly used Soru to dodge the Shuriken and charged towards Kakashi again.

This time, Kakashi was prepared. As Obito rushed over, he narrowly avoided being punched in the face by Kakashi.

Kakashi's extremely skilled offensive rhythm instantly reversed the situation, pushing Obito back step by step, with his body covered in a lot of dust.

"Damn it, is Kakashi's Taijutsu even stronger than Guy's?" Obito felt extremely frustrated from being beaten.

Before, even when he used Breathing Technique, he could go head-to-head with Guy. He hadn't expected to be suppressed by Kakashi as well, feeling like he couldn't muster any strength.

Bang!

Obito seized the opportunity and knocked Kakashi away with a direct punch and kick.

Quickly distancing himself from Kakashi, Obito stopped competing in Taijutsu and formed hand seals to use Fire Release Ninjutsu.

"Fire Release: Great Fireball Jutsu!"

Obito erupted with Chakra, spewing out a huge fireball about four meters high flying towards Kakashi.

"Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall!" Kakashi calmly formed hand seals, summoning a massive earth wall in front of him.

Boom!

The fireball smashed heavily into the thick earth wall but failed to completely destroy it. Seeing the broken head of the dog on the wall, Obito was very displeased.

Originally, he had planned to force Kakashi to dodge and then take advantage of the opportunity to use Total Concentration Breathing to launch a surprise attack, but Kakashi directly used defensive Ninjutsu to resist.

"Flame Breathing, Total Concentration Breathing!" Obito decided to give Kakashi another taste of Breathing Technique shock. The speed and strength he had just displayed were not his limits yet.

Obito leaped onto the earth wall and found Kakashi standing at the edge of the wall. With the boost from Breathing Technique, Obito performed Nature Transformation while charging towards Kakashi, flames bursting out from his palms burning towards Kakashi.

Seeing Obito's aggressive approach, Kakashi directly flashed away, creating a short distance between them, causing Obito's flames to miss.

Witnessing Kakashi's cautiousness, Obito had a flash of inspiration in his mind and decided to try something he hadn't successfully done before - releasing Ninjutsu with a single-handed seal.

"Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Flower Nail Crimson!"

Obito swiftly took out three Kunai, placed his left hand behind his back to secretly form seals, and then quickly threw three Kunai towards Kakashi. Although only two of the Kunai were enveloped in flames in the end, it still counted as a success.

At the same time Obito threw the Kunai, Kakashi also threw two Kunai towards Obito.

Sidestepping the Kunai thrown by Kakashi, Obito laughed heartily. These weren't ordinary Kunai; they would explode. He wondered how Kakashi would evade them.

Boom!

Despite successfully dodging Kakashi's Kunai, the Kunai exploded directly beside Kakashi due to the close proximity.

"I won!" Obito felt delighted. This level of power wouldn't cause Kakashi serious injury, but the next phase of the battle would be tough.

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