Chapter 277: Genius Among Geniuses: Shisui Uchiha

Ninja Academy Teacher, I Get Stronger by Teaching: Volume 195, Genius Among Geniuses — Uchiha Shisui, seeing that Uchiha Obito had so many Uchiha actively interacting with him, decided to also fight a battle to attract more people to communicate with him.

At the end of the day, the Uchiha still respected the strong; when your strength was sufficient, as long as you hadn’t betrayed the clan, everyone would respect you.

To prove his strength, he naturally had to pick an opponent of no small skill. Shisui directly disregarded Uchiha without chūnin vests and then found an Uchiha ninja who looked about fourteen years old.

“Hello, senior. I am Uchiha Shisui, and I’d like to challenge you.” Shisui went straight up and said.

In another setting this might have seemed abrupt, but this was an Uchiha clan exchange meet, and this was exactly how it was supposed to be.

“Uchiha Shisui?” The Uchiha chūnin showed a thoughtful expression, quickly recalling that this was the Uchiha prodigy who had appeared in the clan before.

Civilians could only access ninja knowledge by attending the ninja academy—learning to refine chakra and various basic techniques—but ninja clan members were different; they began studying within the clan before entering school.

Different ninja clans taught different things: secret technique clans taught their secret arts, while the Uchiha taught basic chakra knowledge and the Great Fireball, generally starting at age four or five.

Shisui had learned the Great Fireball Technique at an extremely fast pace during this learning process, earning him a reputation as a genius among many Uchiha.

“Oh, so you’re the little genius of the clan. Hello, I’m Uchiha Chihiro, and I accept your challenge.” Uchiha Chihiro thought it over and agreed to Shisui’s challenge.

He originally already had a target to fight, but on second thought, he figured fighting Shisui wouldn’t take too much effort or time, so he agreed.

In his view, though Shisui was a genius, his strength wouldn’t be high because Shisui had been training for too short a time—he hadn’t even graduated from the ninja academy. A chūnin handling an undegraduate student should be a piece of cake.

“Yoshinori, I’ll trouble you to be the referee for our match.” Uchiha Chihiro said to his friend Uchiha Yoshinori beside him.

Seeing that Uchiha Chihiro had accepted, Shisui walked toward the empty space, ready to fight.

“Chihiro, weren’t you going to fight Taishi?” Uchiha Yoshinori asked in confusion; they had just been discussing intel on Uchiha Taishi.

“Doesn’t matter. I’ll fight him and then challenge Taishi afterward. He’s just a junior who hasn’t even graduated from the ninja academy.” Uchiha Chihiro answered with a smile.

“Inabi just got defeated by Uchiha Obito, who had just graduated. Don’t let your guard down—their geniuses can’t be judged by common sense.” Uchiha Yoshinori said, feeling that Uchiha Chihiro might have his ass handed to him.

“It’s different. Uchiha Obito had a few more years of training than Shisui. No matter how much of a genius a ninja academy student is, how strong can he be?” Uchiha Chihiro shook his head and said.

If Shisui were two years older, he would be cautious, but Shisui’s age was too misleading.

The Uchiha were still discussing the match between Obito and Uchiha Inabi, so there wasn’t a second fight yet. The arena was still empty, and Shisui and Uchiha Chihiro could start their battle directly.

Seeing another fight, and the age gap was even larger than the previous one, many Uchiha became interested.

“It’s that Uchiha Shisui. I heard he’s a genius. Wonder what kind of performance he’ll put on.”

Shisui was a bit more popular among the Uchiha than Obito; quite a few Uchiha could recognize him.

“Didn’t he only enroll in the ninja academy last year? No matter how much of a genius he is, there’s no way he can already defeat a chūnin this year, right?”

Although Shisui’s genius reputation spread through the Uchiha clan, more Uchiha still favored Uchiha Chihiro, who was already a chūnin.

“Fugaku, how do you see this match?” Uchiha Yashiro asked Uchiha Fugaku curiously.

He himself leaned more toward the chūnin Uchiha Chihiro. Shisui might be a genius, but his training time really was too short.

“Hard to say.” Uchiha Fugaku shook his head, not giving a specific answer to Uchiha Yashiro’s question.

Because he truly didn’t know how strong Shisui was now; after all, he hadn’t installed a camera on Shisui nor gone to the ninja academy to watch the practical exams.

After answering Uchiha Yashiro’s question, Fugaku looked toward the fighting ground. He had specifically called Shisui over to see just how strong Shisui had become.

“Fight, start!” Uchiha Yoshinori shouted as he retreated after seeing that both were ready.

Shisui immediately entered the Flame Breathing state and charged forward.

Uchiha Chihiro, realizing Shisui’s speed was no joke, shed some of his inner contempt and engaged in close-quarters combat with Shisui.

Their fists and feet clashed repeatedly. It looked evenly matched, but on closer observation, one could see that Shisui was blocking most of Uchiha Chihiro’s attacks, while Uchiha Chihiro couldn’t block all of Shisui’s attacks.

“In taijutsu, he’s no match for me.” Shisui concluded inwardly; he hadn’t even entered Total Concentration Breathing yet.

“How does he have this kind of speed and power?” Uchiha Chihiro was a bit puzzled. Taijutsu was supposed to take the most time to yield results.

“Isn’t this going to be the same as the last match? Shisui’s genius level is way too exaggerated.” Some Uchiha saw that Shisui was actually overpowering Uchiha Chihiro, a chūnin, in taijutsu, and opened their mouths in shock.

“Shisui’s that strong already?” Uchiha Tetsuka was utterly shocked. He knew Shisui was stronger than him, but not by this much—he could actually suppress a chūnin. And Shisui wasn’t even seven years old yet.

Moreover, Uchiha Tetsuka remembered that Shisui’s ninjutsu was supposed to be a bit better than his taijutsu. If his taijutsu was already like this, then his ninjutsu would be even more absurd.

Realizing taijutsu wasn’t working, Uchiha Chihiro didn’t stubbornly persist. He rapidly retreated, threw out a handful of shuriken, and continued retreating while forming hand seals to use ninjutsu.

"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"

Uchiha Chihiro gathered a large amount of chakra in his throat, then spat out flames. The continuous flames eventually formed a huge fireball nearly three meters high, hurtling towards Shisui.

At first he wanted to conserve stamina and chakra to challenge another opponent, but now he just wanted to win this battle.

"Flame Breathing, Total Concentration Breathing!"

"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique."

Shisui silently focused his breathing to the limit and then used the Great Fireball Technique with the aid of the breathing method. Soon, a Great Fireball over four meters high formed in front of Shisui and hurtled towards Uchiha Chihiro.

Boom!!

When the two Great Fireballs met, the fierce flames cast a shadow of fire on the faces of the watching Uchiha.

When the same ninjutsu is used by different people and collides, the stronger user will surely win. Shisui's fireball was superior; after destroying Uchiha Chihiro's fireball, it continued to hurtle towards Uchiha Chihiro.

Seeing that even his full-power Great Fireball was no match, Uchiha Chihiro's face darkened. He felt that his years of training had been wasted—his ninjutsu and taijutsu were both inferior to Shisui, a student who hadn't graduated yet.

"This Great Fireball is stronger than those of Uchiha Obito and Uchiha Inabi, right? How did he train?" The watching Uchiha were even more shocked after seeing the ninjutsu duel.

Except for certain large-scale, destructive taijutsu, the pressure of taijutsu is usually only felt during combat. But ninjutsu is different—such a huge Great Fireball looks formidable.

"Just as I thought." Uchiha Tetsuka sighed inwardly upon seeing Shisui's Great Fireball.

Not only the young Uchiha, but even the two Uchiha elders, Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Yashiro, showed extremely surprised expressions after seeing the strength Shisui displayed.

"If I remember correctly, Shisui has just finished his first year at the Ninja Academy and hasn't even turned seven yet." Uchiha Yashiro said in surprise, looking at Uchiha Shisui, who was overwhelming Uchiha Chihiro.

He had tried his best to elevate Shisui's strength in his mind, only to find that he had still underestimated Shisui.

The strength Shisui showed really made this Uchiha elder feel ashamed; at his age, he himself was still far from being a regular genin.

"Shisui's talent probably surpasses even Senior Kagami." Uchiha Fugaku was no better off than Uchiha Yashiro, unable to control the surprise and joy on his face.

He knew Shisui was a genius, but he hadn't expected Shisui's genius to be so extraordinary—able to defeat a chunin at this age.

"If he continues to grow like this, and since he is a descendant of Senior Kagami, he might really have a chance to become Hokage!" Uchiha Fugaku couldn't help but think.

Becoming Hokage was the dream of most shinobi in Konoha, and the Uchiha were no exception—in fact, they desired it even more than ordinary shinobi.

It was the same for both the dovish Uchiha and the hawkish Uchiha. However, the doves believed that if they just kept developing, an Uchiha Hokage would eventually emerge, while the hawks thought they needed to take harsh measures to obtain the Hokage position.

Now Uchiha Fugaku truly felt that the Uchiha clan was about to thrive again, producing two geniuses at once—Shisui and Obito—with Shisui being a genius among geniuses.

Having lost the ninjutsu clash, Uchiha Chihiro could only do his best to dodge the incoming Great Fireball.

But Shisui gave him no chance. He displayed his extreme speed Body Flicker Technique, seized Uchiha Chihiro's opening, and knocked him to the ground, while also pressing a kunai against Uchiha Chihiro's body.

"Uchiha Shisui wins." Uchiha Yoshitaka could only helplessly announce his friend's defeat.

"Senior, you were too courteous." Shisui said modestly, then pulled Uchiha Chihiro up.

"I didn't let you win. You are the most talented person I've ever seen." Uchiha Chihiro couldn't help but praise.

He hadn't expected to lose this battle, but he was convinced. Shisui had defeated him with sheer strength.

"I told you to be careful. These geniuses are always good at creating the impossible." Uchiha Yoshitaka patted his friend's shoulder and said helplessly.

Uchiha Chihiro didn't speak. He felt that even if he could do it over, he would still make the same choice. Who could have thought a Ninja Academy student had such strength? How had he managed to keep himself from graduating early?

Today is 7k, 1k more than yesterday. Originally I wanted to hit 10k, but my condition was too poor.