Chapter 16 : Challenge

A simple meal, accompanied by occasional jokes from Fang, quickly brought him closer to Rin and Obito. Little girls are easy to deceive, uh, to coax, but Obito, this kid, also seemed a bit precocious, with a somewhat scrutinizing gaze towards Fang.

As the eldest "Second Generation of Fire" in Konoha, he had received elite education since childhood and wouldn't easily believe that Fang could change his personality so quickly.

"Once you're done eating, go wash the lunch boxes," Fang stretched lazily, pushing a few lunch boxes towards Obito.

"What? Why me!" Obito was busy bragging to his goddess Rin and didn't want to do such things.

"I'll do it!" Rin took the lunch box initiative.

"No, no, let me do it. It's no trouble for Rin," Obito suddenly became excited.

"Thank you for the lunch, Fang!" Obito thanked in a cute manner. "Next time, I'll treat you to my homemade lunch."

"Mm, you're welcome." Fang looked at Obito's cute big eyes and really wanted to pinch her chubby cheeks.

Not long after lunch, the students who had gone out to eat started coming back.

Soon after, Kiyomasa Masa also appeared, leading everyone to the outdoor playground.

For the afternoon session, Kiyomasa Masa arranged training with shuriken and kunai. It couldn't be done indoors, so there was a special training ground in the playground.

"Shuriken and kunai are too simple, no challenge for me." Hyūga Masaru arrogantly lifted his head, occasionally looking towards Fang with provocative intent. "Unlike some people who can't even keep their eyes open and faint during taijutsu practice. Idiot!"

The bloodline limit of the Hyūga clan is the Byakugan, possessed since birth. With diligent training, both main and branch families can easily awaken it, gaining nearly a 360-degree field of vision and the ability to see the chakra flow in the surroundings. It also provides telescopic vision and penetrative insight, allowing them to see the opponent's meridians and pressure points. Moreover, it can utilize chakra to enhance the eyes' abilities, allowing them to see objects within a radius of one kilometer. Its insight surpasses even the Sharingan!

Thus, in the ninja world, the Byakugan is one of the three great dojutsu alongside the Sharingan.

"Damn it, who are you calling an idiot!" Obito, as Fang's good friend, rushed up with clenched fists.

Fang reached out and grabbed Obito's hand, then said to Hyūga Masaru, "Hey, little brat from the Hyūga clan, are you looking for trouble?"

"Hmm? Looking for trouble? Hahaha, Fang, are you challenging me? Who do you think you are! Have you forgotten challenging Kakashi last semester? But you're lucky today, I'm in a good mood, so let me help you relive that!" Although Hyūga Masaru was from the Hyūga branch family, his talent was not bad. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been assigned to the same class as Sarutobi Asama. His gentle fists had already reached the level of the Eight Trigrams: Second Palm. At the age of six, few could contend with him.

"Fang is challenging Hyūga Masaru again?"

"It's annoying. Clearly an idiot, but still causing trouble!"

"While Hyūga Masaru isn't as good as Kakashi, he's still pretty strong."

"Fang is still not embarrassed enough?"

"I heard many members of the Uchiha clan want to teach him a lesson. Hehe, this semester is going to be interesting."

The classmates' discussions quickly caught the attention of the front-walking Kiyomasa Masa. He turned his head and looked at the situation behind him, frowned slightly, thinking that Fang, this child, was really like a rotten piece of wood, but...

'Giving him a little lesson now is better than having him killed as a ninja in the future!'

Thinking this, Kiyomasa Masa decided not to intervene in the challenge between Fang and Hyūga Masaru.

Obito looked at Fang, the only one who knew how hard Fang had worked during the break and how much progress he had made. If not for Kakashi's genius halo being too bright, he would have thought that Fang could already defeat Kakashi!

On the side, Rin and Obito, the two girls, looked at Fang with some confusion, seeming to find it difficult to associate him with the Fang who had made delicious dishes before.

"Don't worry, Fang will be fine!" Obito gave thumbs up to the two cute girls.

A group of students eagerly discussed Fang's challenge with Hyūga Masaru, looking forward to the upcoming fight!

But the person in question, Fang, suddenly felt a bit bored, dragging his hands behind his head, yawning.

He felt complicated now. He wanted to grow up quickly to get rid of this childish school game, but he also hoped that time would pass more slowly so he could improve his strength as much as possible before the Third War.

'Looks like I have to figure out a way to learn the Shadow Clone Technique. In the future, I'll let my clones attend classes while the main body focuses on training.'

The playground of the ninja school was quite large, with a training ground dedicated to shuriken and kunai in the northern corner, where many cold glinted kunai and shuriken were placed.

As Kiyomasa Masa was about to speak, Hyūga Masaru couldn't help but speak up, "Teacher Kiyomasa Masa, I have something to say!"

Kiyomasa Masa looked at Hyūga Masaru, then glanced at Fang, and nodded, "Hyūga Masaru, go ahead."

"Okay, Teacher Kiyomasa Masa!" Hyūga Masaru walked out with great style, his white eyes sweeping over all the classmates, finally stopping at Fang's face. He showed a disdainful smile and loudly said, "Teacher Kiyomasa Masa, just now, Fang challenged me, Hyūga Masaru! Although I am from the Hyūga branch family, I will never tarnish the reputation of my Hyūga clan. So I accepted Fang's challenge. I also ask Teacher Kiyomasa Masa to be the referee for our duel!"

Fang chuckled and was amused by Hyūga Masaru.

Everyone was just a bunch of six-year-old kids. Could you please speak according to our age!

Still talking about the reputation of the Hyūga clan, about a duel, about a referee. Why don't you ascend to the heavens and stand shoulder to shoulder with Kaguya Otsutsuki?!

"Obito, why are you laughing!" Hyūga Masaru's gaze was fierce.

"Huh? Am I laughing?" Fang scratched his head, his smile looking very much like he was asking for a beating.

Kiyomasa Masa cleared his throat and looked at Fang, asking solemnly, "Fang, are you really determined to challenge Hyūga Masaru?"

"Hehe, it's just asking for trouble."

"Although the outcome is not in doubt, I still look forward to seeing Fang beaten up."

"So do I."

Some classmates began to excitedly discuss.

Fang glanced at these people, all on his blacklist. If they didn't offend him in the future, they'd be safe, but if they did, they'd be in for a beating!

"Teacher Kiyomasa Masa, well... let's consider it a challenge."

Kiyomasa Masa nodded, "In that case, I allow it. Please come to the center of the field for the challenge!"