Chapter 16

The wind blew as hard as it can, making the plants sway to its tune.

Their clothes fluttered and as the stone hit the ground, Ken and Shisui dashed towards each other while making a fist.

In the blink of an eye, their arms were locked. Without a pause, Ken delivered a kick aimed at Shisui's head.

Not surprised at all, Shisui backed off in an instant, barely dodging the powerful kick. Realizing that he was really no match, Shisui activated his Sharingan.

Ken did not even stop as he leaped 3 meters in the air and aimed his foot at Shisui.

Shisui had no choice but to use the Body Flicker Technique to dodge the attack, he instantly disappeared only to appear 10 meters away in the blink of an eye.

"Bang!" The ground cracked from the impact of the kick. With a smile, Ken turned to look at Shisui.

"Tsk!" Ignoring Ken's provocation, Shisui ran towards Ken and employed a series of Hand Seals.

"Shunshin no Jutsu!"

Like magic, Shisui suddenly split into three, then the three Shisui turned to six, then the 6 turned to 12. The Afterimage Clones ran towards Ken, surrounding him.

'That trick again?' Shisui had used this many times before and he got beaten by it... many times.

They got into a standstill and the tension continued to rise.

"Why don't you use your Sharingan?!" a Shisui from he back talked and delivered a kick to Ken's back.

As if he had eyes on the back of his head, Ken only moved slightly forward, just barely dodging the kick only to be met by an uppercut by another Shisui in front.

Not surprised at all, Ken raised his hands and blocked the uppercut but the force was great that he was sent skidding backward. Borrowing that force, Ken spun and kicked the Shisui that attacked him earlier.

But his round kick only passed through the Afterimage Clone.

"So you changed your tactics," Ken said with a smile while still being cautious.

"Haha. It would have been trouble if I got hit by that kick! You have become even faster, Ken! Your power has gone up too. How can you improve so much in no time at all?!" Shisui praised and released his technique. He looked at Ken like he was looking at a monster.

"I told you already, train your body and accumulate as much as chakra as possible, I will teach you when it is enough. Otherwise, you won't be qualified to learn it." Ken replied seriously. He had been telling Itachi and Shisui to improve their chakra reserves so that he could teach them the method to open the Nine Restrictive Gates.

They were making progress, unfortunately, it was still not enough. Even with their Bloodline as an Uchiha, their chakra reserves were still too low to take on the Restrictive Gates.

Don't underestimate the chakra of the Kyuubi. He had absorbed 30 percent of the Yin chakra of the Kyuubi. If you calculate it, he had gotten exactly 15 percent of the Kyuubi's chakra. That 15 percent alone is 20 to 100 times more than the average chakra reserves of thousands of shinobi's out there.

Adding the fact that it had already been three years since Glutton started passively sucking in Negative Energies and converting them to Pure Chakra and sharing 30 percent to Ken made his Chakra reserves even more massive than it already is.

There was also the chakra that he molded on his own which could rival Shisui's current chakra reserves. Adding all of that together, it is not false to say that right now, Ken has chakra reserves comparable to 20 percent of the complete Kyuubi(with Yin and Yang).

You compare that to average shinobi's and you can come out with a single conclusion. Ken has easily over 30 to100 times more chakra reserves than the average.

Members of the Uchiha Clan also have more chakra reserves than the average. Their chakra is also more powerful and potent. Unfortunately, it could not compare to Ken's Pure Chakra... nothing could compare to it.

"I have been working hard on that part but I only have a little amount of free time." Shisui sighed as he lamented on how he had many long missions for the past months.

"I see. My training has also been lacking to show results lately, any idea on where to get ankle weights?" As an assassin in his previous life, there were also times when he was assigned to missions that took a whole month to complete.

"Ankle weights?" Shisui thought for a while and added. "You will have to consult a special person for that. That man should know where to get one."

"That man?" Ken got curious.

"Yeah. A powerful man you likely can't beat in Taijutsu. His name is... John Cena!!"

"Yep! His name is Maito Gai. He is a Jonin and he is the man you likely can't beat at Taijutsu." Shisui said.

"Maito Gai? Is he really good?" Ken raised his eyebrows. If Shisui told him that the man was powerful, then the man is clearly powerful.

"Yeah! There's only one week left before the Academy's entrance exam. If you're lucky, you might meet him there." Shisui said.

"I see." Ken nodded.

"Let's go home. I have another mission tomorrow." Shisui