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Next, Uchiha Tetsu, with his superior resilience, engaged in a Taijutsu battle with Teacher Shigemasa that could be described as spectacular.
However, as Fuyu Shirou watched, he couldn't help but have some doubts.
"By the way, Honō, isn't it strange that Tetsu doesn't seem to know any Ninjutsu? Why is he always using Taijutsu, Shuriken, and Kunai for attacks?"
Upon hearing Fuyu Shirou's question, Uchiha Honō glanced at the scene. Her eyes narrowed, and she looked ahead with a blank expression as she replied, "That idiot probably forgot to use Ninjutsu!"
"Uh~"
[It seems that guy isn't just passionate; he's the type who easily gets carried away!]
Hearing Honō's answer, Fuyu Shirou was speechless. However, seeing her expression of exasperation, it was clear that this was likely true.
"Damn it! Again!"
Indeed, Uchiha Tetsu, who was specially chosen by the clan to graduate early, showed no significant effect with his attacks. However, the wind generated by his every move indicated that his strength and speed far surpassed those of an average academy student.
Moreover, his resilience was exceptional.
Despite being knocked down several times by Teacher Shigemasa, he never gave up. Instead, he kept getting up, regrouping, and launching the next wave of attacks. Although he hadn't used any Ninjutsu or Genjutsu, it was clear that if he did, the effects would not be poor.
"Swish!"
The two Kunai that had fallen to the ground were kicked by Teacher Shigemasa with his foot, sending them hurtling towards Fuyu Shirou and Uchiha Honō.
"As teammates, you can't just stand by and watch your comrade fight alone! You two have observed enough; it's time to join in!"
Fuyu Shirou slightly turned his head to avoid the incoming Kunai, ensuring that Honō was also safe.
He then turned to look at the scene.
Teacher Shigemasa easily raised his hand to block Tetsu's high kick, then grabbed his attacking leg, swung him around twice, and threw him far away. He now turned back, smiling at the two of them.
Without hesitation, taking advantage of Tetsu's absence, Fuyu Shirou reached into his ninja tool bag with one hand, took out several Shuriken, and launched a Shuriken attack at Teacher Shigemasa. Compared to Uchiha Tetsu's Shuriken technique, his Shuriken were only faster in speed.
Such a simple attack was child's play for Teacher Shigemasa. He lightly kicked a Kunai on the ground, sending it towards the direction of the incoming Shuriken, attempting to use the same technique to counter Fuyu Shirou's attack.
"Puff!"
"How could this be? There were no smoke bombs just now..."
Suddenly, a white smoke cloud burst from the point where the Shuriken and Kunai collided. The smoke quickly spread, obscuring his view.
This was what surprised Shigemasa.
Because the incoming projectiles were clearly all Shuriken, with no smoke bombs.
It turned out that when Fuyu Shirou reached into his waist to take out Shuriken with one hand, he had secretly made a few hand signs with the other hand, using the Transformation Technique from the Three Body Techniques.
This was one of the results of his years of Ninjutsu research. Most people use themselves as the medium to perform the Transformation Technique, transforming into the target's appearance. However, Fuyu Shirou used a smoke bomb as the medium, transforming it into the shape of a Shuriken to attack Teacher Shigemasa, catching him off guard.
The inspiration came from the original story, where Jiraiya used the Toad Transformation Technique on Rain Village ninjas. The principle was the same, but using another person as the medium for the Transformation Technique was much more difficult than using an object, as Fuyu Shirou had done.
Performing hand signs with one hand was another of his achievements.
Thanks to his daily Zen meditation practice over the years, he had developed a sense of how chakra flowed within his body. After numerous experiments, he finally managed to perform some simple Ninjutsu with one hand.
"Snake-Hare-Monkey-Pig-Noon-Tiger, Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"
Without hesitation, taking advantage of the moment when Teacher Shigemasa's vision was obscured by the smoke, Fuyu Shirou quickly made hand signs and performed this fire Ninjutsu that had been passed down in the Uchiha clan for generations.
In an instant, a huge orange-red fireball, starting from Fuyu Shirou, rolled towards the direction where the smoke bomb had burst.
At the same time, he burst with chakra from his feet, leaping into the bushes behind him. He didn't believe that a simple Great Fireball Technique could take down Teacher Shigemasa, so he followed the principle of hit-and-run, a strategy he had deeply understood from playing battle royale games.
"Boom!"
A loud explosion echoed, starting from where Fuyu Shirou had stood. A nearly seven to eight-meter-wide orange-red fireball, accompanied by intense heat, plowed a two-meter-wide trench in the ground.
It rolled forward, dispersing the smoke screen caused by the smoke bomb, and continued for twenty to thirty meters before colliding with a distant rock wall, causing another explosion and forming a large crater. The areas it passed through and where it exploded were left with a layer of black scorch marks.
"Fuyu Shirou! You idiot! This is just a test, and you use a fire Ninjutsu of this scale! You killed the teacher!"
Uchiha Tetsu, looking at the empty center of the field and the scorched marks left by the Great Fireball Technique, could hardly believe his eyes. He turned back in shock and shouted.
"Where is he? Why is he nowhere to be seen (⊙o⊙)?"
"Idiot! If you don't run, you'll be taken down by the teacher!" came a clear and sharp voice.
Honō, unable to bear it any longer, reminded him. Although she was also shocked by the impressive effects of Fuyu Shirou's fire Ninjutsu, she quickly followed him into the bushes after seeing him hide there. Now, seeing Uchiha Tetsu still acting silly, she was extremely frustrated.
"What?"
At that moment, a hand emerged from the ground at his feet.
"Earth Release: Inner Decapitation Technique..."
Before the hand's owner could perform the Ninjutsu he had prepared, a Kunai shot out from the bushes, aiming directly at the spot where his arm had broken through the ground.
Uchiha Tetsu, who had thought his teammates had killed the teacher, finally reacted. Instinctively, he burst with chakra from his feet and left the spot. However, instead of hiding in the bushes, he looked at the spot where the arm had emerged with confusion.
With his Ninjutsu interrupted, Uchiha Shigemasa had to reveal himself.
Only then did Uchiha Tetsu, whose brain had been in a state of shutdown, realize that the Great Fireball Technique had not hit Teacher Shigemasa.
(End of Chapter)