Chapter 23:

Naruto looked up at Hatake Akashi blankly, already stunned. "Akashi -kun, you want to... Do you want to single out Mr. Asuma?"

He pointed at Hatake Akashi with his finger and asked, his face full of shock and excitement Sarutobi Asuma, that's no ordinary person.

As the son of Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, he is stronger than the average Jōnin. Even Naruto, who is extremely optimistic and confident, understands that according to the normal way, it will be difficult to beat the teacher one-on-one for a few years.

"Yes." Without much explanation, Hatake Akashi left this sentence and left. Naruto and Hinata were left in a daze. After a long time.

Only then did Naruto react and shouted behind his back: "No? Do you really want to come alone?"

Asuma squatted beside the stake and smoked a cigarette comfortably.

(It is not the first time for him to bring Genin who has just graduated. The tradition of snatching the bell has been passed down since his father Third Generation taught Master Sannin).

This is also a familiar road. Hearing the sound of approaching footsteps, he put down the cigarette in his mouth.

"Is the discussion finally finished? After thinking about how to grab it from me...Uh? Hatake Akashi, why are you alone?"

Hatake Akashi slowly raised his head, staring at him with an extremely handsome face, grinning to reveal the brilliant White Fang's blade(spare).

"Yes, I am alone!"

(Time to test my new technique).

Words fall from the usual egotistic mouth.

Clang! The sound of the sword being unsheathed sounded, and Hatake Akashi had already rushed up with a stride.

(What confidence!).

Asuma had never expected this guy to be so bold, and he really dared to rush up by himself. Seeing the faint smile on his face, somehow, Asuma's heart really jumped.

Clang!!!

The kunai moment of the trait collided with Hatake Akashi's knife. Aroused a dazzling spark. Brilliant sparks splashed all the way from the knife, stirring between the two. This much strength from a child!?

Asuma suddenly discovered that the kid in front of him was so powerful that he was able to make a knife!

Can he actually suppress my kunai with that blade? You must know that the longer the force fulcrum, the higher the force required. Asuma holds a short and powerful force to resist the attack.

It must be far less than the force of holding a knife to suppress the opponent! In other words, in this first round of confrontation, Hatake Akashi's power won!

"Teacher, don't get distracted, there is the next trick!" Of course, Hatake Akashi did not expect to solve a powerful Jōnin with a single blow. Withdraw the blade with his backhand. Then I picked it up naturally.

The target was aimed at Asuma's face and it was about to be scratched. "Yes, very nice reaction."

Of course, Asuma saw Akashi's movements and couldn't help but praise him. "Wind Style! Wind Blade!"

After a step backward, Asuma didn't support it. Since he was at a disadvantage in strength and his speed was not stronger than that of the opponent, it was wrong to treat Hatake Akashi as an ordinary child. When you come up, you will directly release your own unique skills. Wind Blade!

The pale blue Chakra haunted his name on the bounty board with it, making a unique buzzing sound. Wind Style's strong cutting characteristics indicate that as long as someone is touched by it, it will definitely be divided into two!

Asuma, who had used his unique skills, just smiled, and the next second, strong heart palpitations came as his heart fluttered.

Boom! Slash.

Amazing slash. I saw a huge fire dragon roaring. With a layer of arc-shaped sword energy, wrapped in the sword pressure of nothing but slashing, it cut across. When the sword energy came over, Asuma's hair stood up.

This dangerous feeling... If you don't escape, you will be seriously injured if I don't die! Asuma avoided in time, he saw Hatake Akashi calmly holding the knife and looking at him.

The horror in Asuma's heart can no longer be described in words. I had already overestimated my talented disciple, but when I met him today, I realized that I still underestimated the opponent by far more!

"Fire Style! Hidden Ash Jutsu!" A puff of smoke spat out from Asuma's mouth, and it suddenly became huge, seemly killing Hatake Akashi with scorching hotness.

"Sun Breathing, Second Form: Clear Blue Sky!"

Hatake Akashi calmly watched the huge smoke flame cloud rushing towards him, whispering softly. A top-down slash instead of fighting head-on. Bang! The violent muffled impact boomed.

The other two people who were watching were shocked. "Will Akashi-san be okay?" Hinata covered her eyes and said a little worried.

Naruto turned his head up and rushed to the battlefield to help his newly made comrade.

On the other side.

After Hatake Akashi offset Asuma's dust concealment, he suddenly sensed something was wrong with the surrounding environment.

At this time. Brush! A light blue blade of light cut to him from behind, and Chakra waved wildly at it.

Hatake Akashi, who is keenly aware of this, can avoid it at any time, but he understands that it can be avoided temporarily, but if you want to hide from the bell, you must find another way. Otherwise, he would be the first to exhaust himself.

(Demon Slayer Mark: Open!).

With a movement in his heart that spread over his body, the red flame pattern on his forehead suddenly reddened and became hot, and then walked over Hatake Akashi's entire right side of his forehead.

Hatake Akashi, whose physical fitness has increased dramatically, smiled at the corner of his mouth, standing still and letting Asuma attack.

Bang! Hatake Akashi's body turned into a wooden stake under Asuma's attack and disappeared in place.

Poof!

"Sun Breathing, Seventh Form: Beneficent Radiance!

" Asuma's ground cracked, and a knife went from top to bottom with a circular flame that seemed to pierce his neck directly. "This is..." In shock, Asuma tried his best to avoid it.

He bent down and squatted blocking the strike with his wrist blades, his eyes wrinkled slightly, and his whole body was ready for the next round of offence and defence.

Never again daring to look down upon this disciple. Hatake Akashi has proven his strength and talent with strength!

"This is a genius who is not inferior to Uchiha Itachi! I found a real treasure~!"

While shocked, he sighed. While Asuma was still guarding against Hatake Akashi's movements, the latter retracted the sword.

Draw the knife into the sheath. Hatake Akashi looked at him with a smile, and it was the bell in his hand!

"Teacher, I have already grabbed the bell!"

"When?!!!"

Asuma was taken aback when he saw the bell in his hand, and hurriedly searched for him, and found that it was no longer there.

Thinking about it again, it suddenly dawned on me. It turned out to be taking advantage of the Substitution, and then attacking with an offensive feint below.

In fact, it was already a bell on his waist. This calculation how concentrated must you be to ignore my attacks to focus on the bell? Asuma was numb. Hatake Akashi gave him a shock, so he didn't know what to say.

However. Hinata and Naruto are just about to come. At a glance, I found a mess on the scene. Grunt. The sound of swallowing hard sounded. Naruto asked again while pointing his fingers to the messy ground:

"Akashi-k-san...These are all the movements caused by you fighting Sensei"

"So what was that explosion just now?"

Hatake Akashi walked to Hinata's side, and stroked her hand gently, showing the bell in his backhand.

"Of course, I have already got the bell, just waiting for Mr. Asuma to invite us to eat barbecue!"

Naruto still looked at Asuma in disbelief but found that the latter nodded helplessly. This means that a Genin who has just graduated successfully defeated at least one Jōnin!

Naruto saw for the first time what kinda strength one would need to become Hokage.