Chapter 39: The Battle
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This day... the ninjas finally recalled.
The fear they once felt under the domination of the Uchihas.
And the humiliation they suffered due to their own incompetence and weakness.
Under the fading light of the sunset, in the small woods behind the Ninja Academy, a chilly autumn breeze blew. Fuyu Shirou stood beside a pile of over twenty bodies. The lines of dialogue and the stirring, uplifting music echoed in his mind.
The mental pressure from years of monotonous and tedious training vanished, replaced by a sense of liberation and joy.
Fuyu Shirou greatly admired the various predecessors who had crossed over, each of them able to endure the hellish, daily training with enthusiasm and joy.
He simply couldn't do it. From the very beginning of his training, he knew this wasn't his way. Not everyone could be like Maito Gai, maintaining their youth and passion for life.
With no other choice, he had to relieve his stress by playing games like Werewolf, leveling up, hunting, and even participating in these childish 'games' with his friends.
Suddenly, there was a light "bang" and smoke dispersed.
A gentle breeze blew, revealing the scene within the smoke. A youth with short hair and a sinister face stood there.
At his feet lay a wooden stake, broken into two pieces.
It turned out that while Fuyu Shirou was lost in his thoughts, the youth had silently approached from behind. Suddenly, he burst with chakra and used the Body Flicker Technique to launch a textbook-perfect ambush.
"Not bad, no wonder you took down those useless guys so easily!"
"Damn, that was a dirty move. If I hadn't sensed something was off and used the Substitution Technique, I would have ended up like those guys on the pile!"
It turned out that while Fuyu Shirou was piling up the younger students, Sarutobi Shinkichi, who was fighting Uchiha Akahon with his friends, noticed the situation and his forehead veins bulged.
Despite the numerical advantage, they hadn't been able to defeat their opponent, and his own group of younger students had already been knocked out. They were truly useless.
"Yanju, take two people and deal with those kids over there!"
With no other choice, he had to send a few of his own people to clean up after those annoying kids. If he had known, he wouldn't have brought them along; they were more of a hindrance than a help.
It turned out that the students fighting were divided into two groups. The older kids, aged nine to eleven, formed one group, and the newly enrolled younger kids formed another. This was to balance the strength.
With fewer attackers, Uchiha Akahon finally breathed a sigh of relief and had a chance to look around.
At eleven years old, his strength was such that even ordinary Genin might not be his match. However, Sarutobi Shinkichi was a genius in his own right, and with more help, Akahon was temporarily at a disadvantage.
"Everyone, put in more effort and take down those bastards! Don't let the clan's kids look down on us!"
Seeing that Fuyu Shirou had already resolved the fight and drawn some of the enemy's attention, Akahon breathed a sigh of relief, but also felt a bit ashamed. He then shouted loudly.
"Hmph! A dying struggle! What can a bunch of kids do?" Sarutobi Shinkichi dismissed his old rival's taunt.
He thought the other side was just making a last-ditch effort.
Fuyu Shirou watched as three youths slowly approached him, forming a triangular encirclement.
Fuyu Shirou didn't panic. He placed one hand behind his back and slowly made hand signs while keeping a close eye on his opponents, ready to respond to any attack.
These guys were different from the others; they were mostly fifth and sixth graders, with the strength of Genin or close to it. If he wasn't careful, he might be in trouble.
He didn't have time to think of a strategy.
The lean and agile opponent on the left and the ordinary-looking one on the right simultaneously attacked from both sides. The sinister-faced youth in the middle slowly stepped forward, exuding an air of confidence.
Fuyu Shirou's eyes narrowed, and he remained calm. When the lean, tall opponent approached, he suddenly made hand signs, burst with chakra, and his figure vanished instantly.
"What a fast Body Flicker Technique!"
"His hand sign speed is amazing!"
Ignoring the exclamations of the two opponents in front of him, his figure appeared behind the sinister youth. Without hesitation, he delivered a sweeping kick to the youth's lower back.
The attack was sudden, and the sinister youth failed to block in time.
However, Fuyu Shirou felt something was off when he made contact.
"Bang"
A light sound, and the smoke dispersed, leaving behind a wooden stake broken into three pieces. The situation was exactly the same as when he was attacked.
At that moment, a figure plummeted from above Fuyu Shirou, knee bent like a spear, using gravity to attack his upper body.
"Puff"
The smoke cleared, revealing that the attack had only hit a clone. Fuyu Shirou had used the smoke from the youth's Substitution Technique to transform into a wooden block and hide on the spot, while creating a clone to deceive his opponent.
"Bang"
A loud noise echoed as the youth's gravity spear not only broke through the clone but also caused the ground to tremble and crack due to the chakra gathered in his knee.
"Damn! It's just a fight between classmates, and you're so vicious! What a grudge do you have? If that hit had landed, I'd have at least two or three broken ribs!"
"Since you're not merciful, don't blame me for being ruthless!"
Taking advantage of the youth's brief stiffness from the impact with the ground, one of the three broken wooden stakes left behind from his Substitution Technique suddenly transformed into Fuyu Shirou's appearance.
A powerful uppercut hit the sinister youth's chin, sending him flying. Confirming that the one in the air was the real body and not a clone or substitute, Fuyu Shirou crouched slightly, chakra surged in his legs, and he leaped toward the youth in the sky. Head down, feet up, he used the upward momentum to kick the youth higher into the sky with a series of powerful kicks.
At the peak of the youth's upward momentum, Fuyu Shirou grabbed the youth's fluttering sash, pulled him parallel, and delivered a powerful ax kick to his abdomen.
(End of Chapter)