On the training ground.
Sparks of fire continuously erupted in the air.
The figures of Aokawa and Uchiha Shisui constantly intertwined in the center of the training ground, moving so fast that only blurred shadows remained.
Every time their weapons met, a clear and resonant clang rang out, vibrating the eardrums of everyone present.
"Too fast... I can't see their movements at all!"
A Genin murmured to himself; his companion beside him had long since given up trying to track them with his eyes, only able to judge the intensity of the battle through sound.
Uchiha Shisui's offensive was extremely fierce. Under his exquisite control, the Ninja Blade in his hand turned into streaks of black lightning, slashing at Aokawa from various tricky angles.
The high-speed insight of the Sharingan allowed him to predict every subtle movement of Aokawa.
However, Aokawa's performance exceeded everyone's expectations.
His footsteps were elusive, and every move precisely avoided the lethal slashes.
Uchiha Shisui felt exceptionally uncomfortable fighting against his unconventional footwork.
His past experience of judging movements based on the opponent's subtle body micro-actions was useless today.
His expression grew solemn. After one slash, he jumped back and held his Ninja Blade horizontally in front of him.
"Afterimage Body Flicker Technique!"
In an instant, Uchiha Shisuis with identical appearances and movements appeared from all directions in the field.
"Ah, is my vision blurred? How are there so many Shisuis?" Uchiha Obito rubbed his eyes exaggeratedly.
"Genjutsu? Or physical Clones?" Kakashi's eyes were wide open as his brain quickly analyzed the situation.
The other Genin gathered around were also shocked by this scene.
Having just come out of the Ninja Academy, they had no clear understanding of the strength gap between different Ninjas.
The Uchiha Shisuis from all directions attacked together, while Aokawa in the center constantly turned to block the sword strikes around him.
Clang, clang, clang!
Sparks from the collision of Ninja Blades continuously appeared around his body.
He calmly dealt with all the attacks while observing each Clone with his eyes, trying to find the original body.
"It's useless, Aokawa-senpai. Every afterimage is me! Even the Byakugan cannot see through it!"
Uchiha Shisui's confident voice rang out from all the afterimages simultaneously, making it impossible to tell where he actually was.
"Can't see through it?" Aokawa remained calm, his eyes scanning back and forth between the Clones.
But the Chakra pathways of every Clone were exactly the same; he couldn't tell which one was the original body at all.
But he didn't panic in the slightest. Crouching slightly, he suddenly leaped high into the air, calmly avoiding all of Shisui's attacks.
Looking at the Shisuis below waiting for him to land, Aokawa's lips curled up slightly: "Since I don't know which one is the original, I'll just treat them all as the original!"
The next moment, he slammed his hands together in the air!
"Water Release: Super Great Waterfall Technique!"
A water dragon composed entirely of high-density Chakra erupted from Aokawa's mouth!
In the blink of an eye, it transformed into a colossal entity that blotted out the sun, spiraling to cover the sky above the entire training ground, with the head and tail of the water dragon meeting to form a massive, constantly rotating water ring.
Following that, the center of the water ring suddenly seemed to connect to the ocean, and an endless torrent burst forth from it, pouring down.
Splash!
The massive torrent covered all the sunlight from above.
"Are you kidding me..." Suzuki Shinj, who had just finished registering a team nearby, turned his head and saw this scene, dumbfounded with shock.
Performing a Water Release of such scale in a place without water? Is this kid's Chakra endless!
He looked at the Genin below who were still watching the spectacle, and the color drained from his face instantly: "Oh boy! I'm really fed up with you brats."
He hurriedly took off, running for his life.
Boom!
The massive amount of floodwater falling from the sky was like an ocean pouring down!
It crashed heavily onto the ground, the impact forming a huge wave that spread to the surroundings.
"How is the range so big..."
"Ah! Retreat, quickly!"
Those Genin realized too late, only then noticing they were standing too close, and they ran frantically toward the back.
The wave followed closely behind them, just as it was about to swallow them up.
"Earth Release: Earth Style Wall!"
A massive earth wall rose up.
Splash! The wave hit the wall like it was hitting a reef, kicking up snow-white spray, and the water flow was tightly contained at the edge of the field.
Suzuki Shinj panted heavily: "Good, good, I made it in time!"
In the field.
Uchiha Shisui emerged from a large wave, the Clones in the field having already disappeared.
He was soaked and looked quite disheveled, his eyes fixed on the figure slowly descending from the air with shock and uncertainty.
It was the first time he had seen someone break his Afterimage Body Flicker Technique in such a violent manner.
Since he couldn't see through the afterimages, he simply included all the afterimages in his attack range.
This was simply... simply brute force!
Kakashi grabbed Rin Nohara with one hand and Uchiha Obito with the other.
Using his skilled Water Surface Walking, he continuously leaped over the waves at the edge to escape the water's range.
"Kakashi! Let me down, I don't need you to save me!" Uchiha Obito struggled in his grip.
But Kakashi had no time to care; his eyes were also filled with horror: "Can Water Release be this ridiculous?"
Even the Water Release of Nidaime(2nd)-sama, whom his father spoke of, was probably only at this level, right?
Everyone in the field fell silent for a moment.
A long time passed.
The water receded.
Uchiha Shisui looked at the approaching Aokawa and couldn't help but say, "Is this the large-scale strike capability you mentioned?"
"Large-scale?" Aokawa was stunned for a moment, then shook his head: "I didn't mean this!"
"Not this?" Uchiha Shisui's eyes widened: "What do you mean? There's something with an even larger range than this?"
"Indeed, this isn't his maximum attack range." Uchiha Inabi, who walked over from the side, remembered the Hellish Sea of Fire from that night and patted Shisui's shoulder: "There's something even more ridiculous than this."
"You'll get used to it!" Hinata Iruha also patted Shisui's shoulder with an air of knowing him better.
Looking at the surprised Uchiha Shisui, he felt secretly satisfied.
This kid was too much just now; it's good to scare him a bit.
Turning to see Uchiha Inabi with the same expression, the two of them simultaneously shared a knowing smile.
Suzuki Shinj also knew now that he didn't need to ask anyone else about this guy.
It turned out so many people were scrambling to be his teammates just to ride his coattails.
A Ninjutsu of this scale was something even he, a Jonin, couldn't perform.
It's just, how could such a person fail to graduate?
Has the Ninja Academy's assessment become so corrupt now?
Uchiha Obito also belatedly realized how large the range of the Ninjutsu in the field was.
His mouth hung open for a long time, pointing at Aokawa in the field and then looking at Kakashi beside him: "He... how can he be so strong? Even more than you..."
Kakashi ignored him, just looking at Aokawa's back, lost in thought.
This so-called Repeater hid himself too deeply.
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