Chapter 18: First Place

"Uchiha Feiyu, it is finally time for the match between us! This time I will definitely beat you. Kurenai, just watch me take revenge for you!"

Yuhi Kurenai, who had just finished casting a round of Genjutsu and had not caused any effect on Uchiha Feiyu until her chakra was exhausted, was sitting below resting. After hearing Asuma's words, she just rolled her eyes helplessly.

"These boys are really childish..."

"Exactly, exactly, Asuma is really childish, don't you think so, Rin!"

Uchiha Obito took over Yuhi Kurenai's words and stood beside Nohara Rin with a smile on his face, speaking; he was practically wagging his tail, which made an awkward yet polite smile appear on Rin's face.

Although these children under ten years old could not yet be said to have any romantic love, their simple likes were even more straightforward and pure, feeling quite a bit like a peacock spreading its tail or someone dressing up gaudily.

And Uchiha Feiyu, standing opposite Asuma, was just rolling his eyes watching him dig his own grave—the more certain this guy sounded and the higher he raised himself up, the more embarrassing it would be when he lost later.

The Ninja Academy teacher standing nearby saw that Asuma had finished speaking and directly said to the two of them:

"Perform the Opposition Seal! The match begins."

The two of them each performed an Opposition Seal, and then Asuma, without a word, kicked out two Flying Blades from his ninja tool pouch and lunged forward directly.

These two fist blades were not the Flying Swallow made of chakra metal from the Shippuden era and did not have the function of conducting chakra, but the weapon of fist blades was inherently a very special and flexible lethal weapon, and it was extremely difficult to deal with in the hands of someone who knew how to use it.

It was just that Uchiha Feiyu now was also not what he used to be; he didn't even use his Sharingan, and just by swaying his body slightly, he had already dodged all of Asuma's attacks.

Every one of Asuma's attacks missed by just a little bit; at their closest, the blade was perhaps only one centimeter away from Uchiha Feiyu, yet he couldn't even tear a corner of Uchiha Feiyu's clothing no matter what.

"So amazing... Uchiha Feiyu, this guy, Asuma's attacks are completely useless! He dodges the attacks at the closest distance every time, is this the power of the Sharingan?"

Uchiha Obito said with a look of astonishment, and as he spoke, a proud smile appeared on his face:

"When I possess the Sharingan, I will definitely be able to do this kind of thing too!"

"Look closely, didn't you see that Uchiha Feiyu hasn't even activated his Sharingan at all?"

A faint voice rang in Uchiha Obito's ear. Uchiha Obito looked at Uchiha Feiyu in shock, discovering that his eyes were indeed clearly black and white, and he was not using the power of the Sharingan at all.

"This, this, this... what on earth is going on? Can he do this kind of thing without even using the Sharingan?"

"It's very simple, Uchiha Feiyu has mastered the rhythm and sense of distance of the entire battle; Asuma's combat talent is far worse than Uchiha Feiyu's!"

"So that's how it is... wait, Kakashi?! Why did you run over here? Aren't you already a Chunin? Why are you here to watch the ninja students' graduation exam?"

Uchiha Obito suddenly realized, then he froze for a moment, feeling that the voice in his ear was both unfamiliar and familiar, and it didn't seem to be his classmate.

He turned his head and happened to see the white-haired Kakashi standing beside him, and he immediately exclaimed, shouting at Kakashi.

"Idiot..."

Kakashi Hatake rolled his eyes and ignored Obito, instead saying to Uchiha Feiyu on the training ground:

"Feiyu, how long are you going to play around? Hurry up and finish off Asuma, won't you?"

After hearing Kakashi's words, Uchiha Feiyu chuckled and his figure retreated rapidly. Asuma, who was currently waving his pair of fist blades, had sweat on his forehead and let out a heavy breath.

"You guy, you're actually this strong, you didn't even use the Sharingan and could force me to this point... have you been toying with me all this time?!"

Asuma gritted his teeth. In the past, when he fought Uchiha Feiyu, although he basically couldn't win, at least he could have some back-and-forth; if he was hit three times, he could still return one punch.

It was just that the battle just now told him that Uchiha Feiyu had only been playing with him before, and the gap in strength between the two sides was greater than he had imagined!

"Uh... actually, I just made rapid progress recently. Forget it, you probably won't believe me even if I say it!"

Uchiha Feiyu explained a couple of sentences, but seeing Asuma's disbelieving expression, Uchiha Feiyu finally shut his mouth.

Not to mention Asuma not believing it, even Kakashi wouldn't believe that Uchiha Feiyu had learned the White Fang sword technique in such a short time.

The unique Possession learning method of the Soul-Controlling General-Commanding was simply an unimaginable dimensionality-reduction strike for ordinary ninjas; ninjutsu that took a lifetime of hard training to hone could potentially be fully learned by Uchiha Feiyu in just a few days.

"Do you think I'm a fool? I didn't expect you to be hiding so deep... but I won't admit defeat so easily either!"

"Let me show you the signature ninjutsu that our Sarutobi Clan studies the most deeply!"

As Asuma spoke, his hands performed seals at high speed, he took a long, deep breath, and then sprayed out a fierce flame:

"Fire Release: Great Flame Technique!"

The wild, fierce flames instantly rushed toward Uchiha Feiyu, eventually burning him to ashes. When the fire subsided, only a round, stick-shaped piece of charcoal remained on the ground.

"Body Replacement Technique!? So fast..."

After Asuma cast the Fire Style: Great Flame Technique, seven or eight out of ten parts of the chakra in his body were gone. Seeing that his flames had only burned a piece of Substitution Wood in the end, his whole face turned pale, and he became visibly dejected.

"Impressive, impressive, truly an incredible ability..."

Uchiha Feiyu's figure slowly appeared from the side, revealing an expression of astonishment. Asuma forced himself to take a breath, refusing to lose his spirit even if he lost the match, and said:

"Of course it's impressive. The level of Fire Release of our Sarutobi Clan is second to none in the entire Hidden Leaf, and the Fire Style: Great Flame Technique is the signature of the Sarutobi Clan's Fire Release!"

"Who is talking about your Fire Release? I really don't believe that the Sarutobi Clan's Fire Release is stronger than the Uchiha's! What I meant by impressive is that I'm a bit curious, how did you manage to speak while spraying fire!"

"You guy! Is that the kind of thing you're concerned about?!"

Asuma was so angry he rolled his eyes and retorted:

"The Uchiha Clan's Fire Release is indeed powerful, but you, this Uchiha, besides a Great Fireball Technique, do you know any other Fire Release?"

"Fine, fine, fine, I can't compare to you in Fire Release, okay? By the way, do you want to continue?"

Looking at Uchiha Feiyu's indifferent appearance, Asuma gritted his teeth:

"This time I'll count it as my loss! Uchiha Feiyu, just you wait, I will definitely surpass you in the future!"

(End of this chapter)