Chapter 550: Obito: Cheating?

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As the sun in the sky slowly set toward the west, the training in the southern forest was also about to end.

Obito glanced at Rin, who was being taught by Minato Namikaze, then walked over to the seated Kakashi.

"Kakashi, you're not in good form today. If you feel too tired, you can cut down on some of the training. Everyone knows you're physically weak," Obito urged, with an expression that said he was only looking out for him.

Having finished refining his chakra, Kakashi opened his eyes and stared at Obito expressionlessly.

Originally, he had intended to challenge Might Guy, the strongest member of the team, to test the progress the Yang Seal had brought him.

Now he changed his mind and decided to teach Obito a lesson first.

After mastering the Lightning Breathing Chakra Mode, his strength was indeed a bit greater than Obito's, but due to limited chakra, a single mistake could let Obito turn the tables.

So Obito's strength was also good enough for testing.

"Meaning that you must be very strong now, Obito. I'd like to see your current strength." Kakashi immediately issued a sparring invitation.

"Uh..." Obito hesitated.

"No way, I don't feel like fighting lately." Obito made up an excuse to refuse.

He felt his win rate was low, so there was no need to fight Kakashi now.

Against a fight he was likely to lose, what was the point? It wasn't like there was a reward.

"If you win, I'll destroy all the photos," Kakashi said calmly.

He knew Obito too well. A normal fight where he was likely to lose—Obito wouldn't accept it.

But if there was a prize that Obito cared about, then Obito would choose to take a gamble. After all, a small chance of winning was still a chance.

"First tell me what photos you're talking about." Obito's heart stirred instantly, but afraid that Kakashi might play word games, he said.

Kakashi took out the photo of Obito with a twisted expression from his ninja tool pouch and said lightly:

"This one. If you win, I'll destroy every single copy. Not one will be left."

"Alright, I understand."

Obito quickly stepped forward and helped Kakashi stuff the photo back, so that no one else would see it.

And so, a pleasant practical fight was arranged.

It just so happened that the training time was nearly over, and seeing that a fight was about to happen, the other disciples also gathered around.

"We'll only compete in our raw physical strength. No summoning jutsu," Obito emphasized before the fight began.

The Fire-breathing Dragon was countered by Kakashi's Lycanroc, so the crafty Obito proposed the no-summoning rule to increase his chances of winning.

"I know." Kakashi nodded calmly.

He was testing the Yang Seal, so such rules naturally didn't matter to him.

"I have to win!" Obito took a deep breath, his eyes revealing a look of determination.

For Obito, this fight was as important as a life-or-death battle.

If he won, that photo that could socially ruin him would be completely destroyed. If he lost, his fate of social ruin or not remained entirely in Kakashi's hands.

"Begin the fight!" Mu Yue, acting as a temporary referee, announced once both were ready.

As soon as Mu Yue finished speaking, both of them focused their breathing to enhance their physical abilities, and Obito even activated his Sharingan directly.

Although continuously using the Sharingan would consume a considerable amount of chakra, the great insight of the Sharingan granted Obito a higher margin for error, making it harder for Kakashi to exploit his openings.

Most importantly, Obito had more chakra than Kakashi, and when facing an opponent like Kakashi, he didn't need to conserve too much, because Kakashi's endurance in sustained combat was worse than his.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!!

Without immediately activating the Yang Seal, Kakashi simply threw several shuriken at Obito.

Clang clang!

Obito threw the same number of shuriken, each one precisely colliding with Kakashi's, successfully intercepting the attack.

Obito couldn't help but grin smugly. Shuriken throwing was one of the subjects he had excellent scores in even during his academy days, and with the help of his Sharingan, this kind of operation was a piece of cake for him.

"Shadow Clone Technique!"

Kakashi formed hand seals while running, splitting into two shadow clones.

"Clones? Watch me burn them all in one go!"

"Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet!"

Obito retreated slightly, gathered a large amount of chakra in his throat, and spat out a vast sheet of flames.

"Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall!"

Kakashi rapidly formed hand seals, raising a thick earthen wall in front of him.

The roaring flames struck the earthen wall, leaving scorch marks but failing to break through its defense.

Obito maintained his chakra output, silently controlling the sea of fire to separate and condense into three fire dragons, attacking from both sides and above the earthen wall.

This was the advantage of the Fire Dragon Flame Bullet—it remained flexible even with a large attack range.

Swoosh! Swoosh!!

At that moment, three Kakashis suddenly charged out from behind the wall, using the gaps between the fire dragons to dodge the attacks and rush straight toward Obito.

Obito's expression remained unchanged; he had anticipated this.

Kakashi had mastered the Transparent World, and while the earthen wall blocked Obito's vision, it couldn't block Kakashi's.

So it was no surprise that Kakashi could see Obito dividing his fire dragons to attack and respond immediately.

"Flame Breathing Chakra Mode!"

Obito focused his breathing to the utmost, instantly entering the Flame Breathing Chakra Mode.

"Flame Vortex!"

Obito pressed his hands together, and a mass of flames was rapidly expelled from his mouth, enveloping the three attacking Kakashis into a whirlwind of fire that shrank rapidly.

"Bold yet meticulous, Obito has really grown a lot," Minato Namikaze praised.

This wave of attack was clearly the result of Obito's premeditation, not a stroke of blind luck.

Minato Namikaze felt that as long as the opponent's strength didn't far exceed Obito's, most ninjas in the ninja world would be killed by this move without knowing Obito's intel.

The no-hand-seal rapid release of the Flame Breathing Chakra Mode really had an advantage in one-on-one combat.

Bang! Bang! Bang!!

The three Kakashis, torn apart by the flames, all turned into white smoke and dissipated before everyone's eyes.

"Eh, they were all shadow clones?" Yamato said in surprise.

He had just been worrying whether Kakashi would be seriously injured by such a fire-style attack, but it turned out all three Kakashis were clones.

The next moment, a hand silently extended from behind Obito.

Obito's body moved with extreme speed, causing Kakashi's hand to miss.

Seeing that Obito had seen through his strategy, Kakashi did not hesitate—he instantly burst out chakra and charged forward, raising his hand to strike Obito.

Zzzzt!!

Dazzling purple lightning appeared on Kakashi's palm, transforming it into a purple lightning blade.

"Fire Release: Flame Fist!"

Obito compressed flames onto his fist and swung a flaming punch to meet Kakashi's lightning palm.

Crackle, crackle!!

Boom!!

Purple arcs and fiery red sparks sprayed in all directions as a violent explosion rang out.

The powerful shockwave forced both Obito and Kakashi back a fair distance.

"Hehe, Kakashi, this time all your intentions have been seen through by me. Let's see how you win this time," Obito thought with immense satisfaction.

Although it looked like a stalemate, he was actually in the advantage.

Because Kakashi's sustained combat ability was even worse than his, as long as they kept dragging on like this, Obito would win.

What made Obito most satisfied was that he had successfully seen through every one of Kakashi's attacks.

Kakashi always used to say that he only knew how to rush in without tactics. Obito wanted to see what Kakashi would say after losing this time.

"Three shadow clones, one Purple Lightning. I wonder how many more attacks you can organize." Obito silently calculated the amount of chakra Kakashi had left.

Earth Style Wall didn't consume much chakra, but Purple Lightning consumed a lot.

Next, Obito deactivated the Flame Breathing Chakra Mode.

Using the Sharingan and the Flame Breathing Chakra Mode at the same time was too extravagant; usually, using just one was enough.

"Earth Style: Rock Pillar Spear!"

Kakashi, whom Obito thought would lose, still maintained his previous attack rhythm and immediately launched an attack on Obito again.

Kakashi didn't use the Lightning Breathing Chakra Mode, but he used many different abilities.

These various Lightning Release and Earth Release techniques combined with high-speed sword techniques gave Obito a lot of trouble, but they never managed to knock him down.

The corners of Obito's mouth rose higher and higher.

"Haha, after using so many ninjutsu, even if he enters Lightning Breathing Chakra Mode now, he won't have any chakra left for ninjutsu." Obito laughed wildly in his heart, already seeing the scene of his victory.

In his view, Kakashi had underestimated him in this fight, treating him still as the old Obito and misjudging his ability to withstand pressure.

"Let me teach you a painful lesson."

"Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique!"

Obito opened his mouth and spat a huge fireball at Kakashi. Kakashi's chakra was almost depleted—now it was his turn to attack.

Facing the incoming huge fireball, Kakashi chose to use the Body Flicker Technique to dodge.

And Obito, not letting up after gaining the advantage, burst his chakra and chased after him.

For a time, the battle completely reversed, offense and defense swapping.

"Is Obito going to win this time?" Rin Nohara was somewhat surprised; she had favored Kakashi more.

Of course, it wasn't that she looked down on Obito, but Kakashi's previous performance was indeed a bit stronger than Obito's.

"Not necessarily. Kakashi still hasn't used the Lightning Breathing Chakra Mode yet." Might Guy shook his head.

He thought Kakashi would win this time.

If asked why, it was his intuition about his friend!

"Flame Breathing Chakra Mode!"

Strike while the iron is hot; Obito entered Flame Breathing Chakra Mode again, wanting to go all out and defeat Kakashi within two minutes.

Facing the aggressive Obito, Kakashi pressed his two palms together, interlocking his ring and little fingers, with the remaining three fingers straight and overlapping to form the Ram seal.

"Yang Seal: Release!"

As Kakashi released the Yang Seal, the massive amount of chakra sealed inside automatically entered Lightning Breathing Chakra Mode for Kakashi, giving his body a dramatic improvement, and his aura kept rising.

"Hmm?" Obito felt something was off.

The Sharingan wasn't as precise at seeing chakra as the Byakugan, but it could still get a rough idea.

"Something's wrong. How can Kakashi still have so much chakra? Where did he get all that chakra!"

Obito was astonished and puzzled as he saw the huge amount of chakra bursting out from Kakashi's body.

Was this the same Kakashi who used to collapse after putting everything into a single slash? Obito wanted to report Kakashi for cheating—how could a person increase so much chakra in such a short time?

"Haha, as expected of my friend." Might Guy laughed with his arms crossed.

"I need to prepare an even stronger new technique for my friend." Might Guy thought to himself.

Recently, Might Guy was planning to use all his taijutsu knowledge to develop a completely new taijutsu—a powerful taijutsu that could only be used when stacking the Sixth Gate of the Eight Inner Gates on top of the Rock Breathing Chakra Mode.

Although the taijutsu taught by Mu Yue was very good, Might Guy thought that creating his own was also very meaningful.

Because one knows one's own body best; the ninjutsu he developed would absolutely be compatible with him.

And when he grows up, he can also teach it to his own disciples.

Kakashi drew the White Fang short blade from behind his back, stepped half a pace forward with his right foot, swept his left foot backward, while leaning his body to the left in sync with the movement.

"Flash: God Speed!"

Dazzling yellow lightning burst from Kakashi's body, and he shot forward like a true bolt of lightning.

Obito, sensing something wrong, was already retreating, but the distance was too short for Kakashi who had exploded with extreme speed; Obito was soon caught up.

"Fire Style: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet!"

Obito had no choice but to use the enhancement of Flame Breathing Chakra Mode, quickly burning chakra to convert it into fire-nature chakra, and spewed a large sheet of flame, trying to block Kakashi from approaching.

"Unthinking Slash!"

Purple lightning continuously traveled from Kakashi's palm into the White Fang short blade, extending it into a purple tachi.

Crack!!

A clear, sharp crack of thunder rang out, a dazzling purple slash flashed, and the flame rushing at Kakashi was split in two, then completely dissipated.

Before the crowd could figure out why Kakashi was so valiant, Obito fell to the ground with scorched black marks from lightning on his chest.

However, when the crowd saw the ground in front of Obito, they knew Kakashi had held back.

The ground in front of Obito had formed a charred gully.

If Kakashi's slash had landed fully on Obito, what they might have gotten would be two halves of Obito.

"Truly remarkable. Even White Fang-senpai might not be able to pull off a slash like this," Minato Namikaze marveled inwardly.

Just in terms of single-attack output, Minato Namikaze thought White Fang might not necessarily surpass Kakashi now.

Of course, Kakashi still had a considerable gap in overall strength, after all, a ninja's true power depends on comprehensive ability, not just high single-output.

But Minato Namikaze thought this was already astonishing, after all, Kakashi was only eleven years old, not twenty-one.

"Kakashi wins," Mu Yue announced the result of the battle.

For Mu Yue, who knew everything, this was a battle without any suspense.

After mastering the Yang Seal, Kakashi at full strength was no longer on the same level as Obito.

Kakashi had always been limited by his chakra quantity; the extra chakra from the Yang Seal was too significant for him.

Now he really has become sun-dried tangerine peel ( )

Barely finished by 3:30.