Chapter 584

"Youth is about meeting challenges!"

Rock Lee clenched his fists and said, "I'm looking forward to the challenges from students in other classes!"

"Have Itachi already predicted that Itachi're going to get last place?"

Tenten asked, tearing down his confidence.

Rock Lee scratched his head embarrassedly.

Although his practical exam was okay, his theory exam was a mess, and overall, he became the bottom of the class.

"With our strength, we won't be kicked out of the genius class."

Shino Aburame said with a calm face.

"Alright, go train."

Kitazawa arrived at the ninja school playground, stopped, and said, "Neji, Itachi stay."

Sasuke Uchiha and the others left immediately, following Kosuke Maruboshi and Kakashi Hatake to start training according to their respective groups.

"Kitazawa-sensei."

Neji Hyuga looked at Kitazawa curiously.

Is he keeping him behind to teach him a new ninjutsu?

"Itachi're still doing practical special training today, but it's more targeted."

Kitazawa smiled and said, "Don't Itachi want to defeat Naruto? Then I will use the ninjutsu Naruto learned to fight Itachi."

Neji Hyuga was somewhat moved upon hearing this.

Because in his view, doing this was completely unfair to Naruto Uzumaki.

Kitazawa being able to do this for him indeed made him a good teacher.

But the next second, he felt something subtle.

Because Kitazawa used the Transformation Jutsu and turned into Naruto Uzumaki.

This looked very strange.

"Come on."

Kitazawa waved at him.

Neji Hyuga immediately accelerated his body and rushed towards him.

"Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu!"

Kitazawa shouted and created thirty shadow clones.

Neji Hyuga's eyes narrowed, but he didn't slow down.

Because Kitazawa imitated Naruto Uzumaki's shouting of the ninjutsu, he exposed who the original was.

Gentle Fist: Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms!

Neji Hyuga arrived in front of Kitazawa's original body and didn't hesitate to strike with both palms.

"Not bad, very decisive."

Kitazawa stood in place, commented, and then shouted, "Leaf Whirlwind!"

He kicked out.

Neji Hyuga felt happy in his heart when he saw this.

He slapped Kitazawa's foot with one palm, and the huge force made his body retreat two steps.

But he endured the pain and slapped another palm onto the chakra acupoint on Kitazawa's lower leg.

A dull sound rang out.

Kitazawa felt the chakra in his right leg stagnate.

He quickly withdrew his right leg, but because he wasn't used to it, his body became unstable.

Neji Hyuga saw this and was about to press his advantage, but he forgot about Kitazawa's shadow clones.

"Leaf Double Whirlwind!"

Roundhouse kicks from the left and right approached him.

Neji Hyuga had no choice but to defend.

Just then, Kitazawa, as the original body, went straight up with an elbow and knocked him to the ground.

Neji Hyuga only felt his head spinning.

After a few seconds of recovery, he struggled to stand up again.

"This is the response I made according to Naruto's personality."

Kitazawa said unhurriedly, "If his original body is entangled by Itachi, he will most likely choose to trade injuries with Itachi and then let his shadow clones defeat Itachi."

"Then what should I do?"

Neji Hyuga asked very humbly.

"Either Itachi defeat him in an instant, or Itachi use a feint."

Kitazawa replied.

"Naruto's taijutsu is not weak, it's hard for me to defeat him before his shadow clones react."

Neji Hyuga thought for a moment and said.

"Very good, Itachi have a clear understanding of your own strength."

Kitazawa said with satisfaction, "Then use a feint."

"How to feint?"

Neji Hyuga asked with doubt.

"Simply put, it's to drag him out, and after finding an opportunity, use your Eight Trigrams Air Palm to defeat him."

Kitazawa patted his shoulder and said, "Ninja battles are intelligence battles; he doesn't know Itachi have the Eight Trigrams Air Palm."

Neji Hyuga showed a look of contemplation upon hearing this.

This method was actually similar to the strategy he used when he last fought Naruto Uzumaki.

It's just that he hadn't learned the Eight Trigrams Air Palm at that time.

"It's simple for me to say, but it's very difficult for Itachi to do."

Kitazawa continued, "Itachi have to try your best to persist longer under the siege of Naruto and his shadow clones."

"Mm."

Neji Hyuga nodded.

"Besides his Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu, Itachi also have to learn to deal with his Rasengan."

Kitazawa changed the subject and said, "The Rasengan has immense power; strictly speaking, it's more troublesome than the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu."

Neji Hyuga couldn't help but look serious.

Kitazawa's meaning was actually very simple.

The Rasengan is more direct and lethal than the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu.

Because once it hits him, he will have to admit defeat.

"But the Rasengan also has a drawback, which is that it cannot be released from the hand."

Kitazawa said with a smile, "I will imitate Naruto next and use various methods to hide the Rasengan, letting Itachi break it."

Neji Hyuga's heart was shaken.

It really is targeted practical training.

If he still couldn't defeat Naruto Uzumaki like this, he would really be letting Kitazawa down.

Neji Hyuga thought of this and gathered his full attention.

Kitazawa smiled when he saw his serious look.

If it were someone else, they might be countered.

But Naruto Uzumaki is difficult, because he progresses too fast.

He is not yet an invincible stat monster.

Once he masters the power of the Nine-Tails, everything Neji Hyuga learned today will be in vain.

But it's not just Neji Hyuga.

Except for Sasuke Uchiha, it's hard for anyone else among his peers to rival Naruto Uzumaki.

But we'll talk about future things later.

Night fell.

A certain Root underground base outside the Hidden Leaf Village.

Although it was already off-duty time, it was still running in full swing.

Itachi Uchiha sneaked into the room where the data was stored without a sound.

There was a barrier at the door.

Only Root ninjas could open it.

Itachi Uchiha's method was simple: he activated his Mangekyo Sharingan to control a Root ninja.

He walked into the room and had the Root ninja help him keep watch.

Itachi Uchiha looked at the dazzling array of data and couldn't help but let out a breath.

Finding the experimental base of Shigaraki was really not easy.

There was no way around it; not only were there many Root bases, but their defenses were also too tight.

What was even more fatal was that Root members all had the Cursed Seal of Root, so he couldn't ask directly.

Because even a Root member controlled by the Mangekyo Sharingan would trigger the Cursed Seal of Root, thereby being detected by Danzo Shimura.

Fortunately, his strength was powerful, and after tracking Root ninjas many times, he finally locked onto this experimental base.

Itachi Uchiha walked up and began to flip through the data.

The more he looked, the more shocked he felt.

The research done by the Root was all insane, and most of them were human experiments.

Itachi Uchiha fell into contemplation.

The experiments that could attract Tsunade's attention were definitely extraordinary.

Although the experiments here were already scary enough, he always felt something was missing.

Itachi Uchiha performed hand seals and created three shadow clones.

The four of them acted together and soon discovered an unusual experiment.

"Gozu Tenno, Shigaraki-led experiment, top secret."

Itachi Uchiha looked at the text on the cover and couldn't help but feel a stir in his heart.

He quickly flipped down.

This was a failed experimental record.

It just said over and over that the experiment on a certain day failed, and the cause of the failure was chakra loss of control and explosion.

Besides that, it also mentioned that the experimental subject was a summoning beast called Nue.

"Explosion?"

Itachi Uchiha was lost in thought.

He naturally had investigated Shigaraki.

After all, what Kitazawa asked him to find was what Shigaraki was researching.