Konoha, Training Ground 3—a fierce sparring match was underway.
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"
Kakashi spun around, his hands flashing through hand seals with lightning speed. Gathering Chakra in his throat, he exhaled a massive fireball that shot forward with blistering speed.
'God only knows how he can perform the Great Fireball Technique while wearing a mask.'
The fireball streaked across the ground with incredible speed.
This basic C-rank Fire Release Ninjutsu, when wielded by Kakashi, far surpassed its usual effectiveness. It was faster, hotter, and brimming with richer, more potent Chakra.
Even without a direct hit, any ordinary person caught within the fireball's range would begin to dehydrate after about ten seconds.
After half a minute, they'd grow dizzy and disoriented; after a minute, they'd collapse into dehydration shock.
'What an incredible Great Fireball Technique! Its power already exceeds that of a typical B-rank Ninjutsu.'
Facing Kakashi's massive, surging fireball, Sasuke narrowed his eyes. Instead of retreating, he surged forward, channeling Chakra into his legs for an explosive burst of speed.
A piercing sonic boom tore through the air as he hurtled toward the flames.
Uchiha Shisui had left behind two variations of the Body Flicker Technique. The first, the most common and widely known, involved instantly concentrating Chakra in the legs for a sudden burst of high-speed movement.
Even this basic version had been refined by Shisui to maximize efficiency, allowing users to achieve maximum effect with minimal Chakra expenditure.
Sasuke was currently employing this first variation.
Clang!
When Sasuke closed within five meters of the fireball, he abruptly drew his sword. A crimson blade flashed, and a massive arc of flames erupted from the blade.
With a thunderous boom, the fiery arc sliced the fireball in two, its momentum carrying the strike toward Kakashi.
"Impressive Fire Release blade technique," Kakashi remarked, leaping away from his position. Simultaneously, he drew a forty-centimeter-long white short sword from his waist, its surface shimmering with pale Chakra light.
Weapon—White Fang!
This was the weapon once wielded by Kakashi's father—a specially crafted Chakra short sword, now a memento left to Kakashi.
The White Fang Blade had been shattered during the Kannabi Bridge mission when it clashed against the blade of Iwagakure Jonin Hikari.
After the battle, Kakashi had gathered the fragments but never reforged the sword. It wasn't until he met Sasuke again a couple of years ago that he finally had the broken blade reforged.
Whoosh!
Just as Kakashi dodged the flaming blade, Sasuke stomped his foot, leaving only afterimages behind. In the blink of an eye, he flashed before Kakashi, his crimson katana whistling through the air as it lunged toward him with lightning speed.
'Such incredible speed!'
A flicker of surprise flashed in Kakashi's eyes. Sasuke's speed had increased dramatically since their last encounter.
Yet Kakashi remained composed. With a flick of his right hand, he precisely parried Sasuke's blade.
Clang!
The resounding clash of metal sent a jolt through Kakashi's hand. He hadn't anticipated Sasuke's physical prowess—especially his raw strength—to have reached such heights.
"When I was your age, Sasuke, my strength was nowhere near yours."
With their blades locked, Kakashi still found time to offer a compliment.
"If you had consumed high-grade nutritional supplements like I have for over four years, endured rigorous physical training like a devil, and taken medicinal baths daily using rare and precious herbs, you too could possess such formidable strength at this age!"
Faced with Kakashi's praise, Sasuke remained impassive, tightening his grip on his blade without a word.
Over the past few years, Naruto had dedicated himself entirely to taijutsu, investing far more time and energy in his training than Sasuke.
Combined with his innate Uzumaki physique, Naruto had arguably surpassed Sasuke in pure taijutsu prowess.
Yet Sasuke's physical capabilities lagged only slightly behind, showing no significant gap. This was because, in addition to his grueling physical training, Sasuke had also resorted to extravagant spending on supplements to enhance his physique.
"Looks like I'll have to get serious too," Kakashi murmured, sensing the immense force transmitted through their blades. His eyes narrowed slightly, curving into crescent moons.
With a flick of his wrist, his short sword crackled with white lightning. The dazzling light instantly filled Sasuke's vision, blinding him momentarily. Intense brightness often foreshadows overwhelming darkness.
For a moment, Sasuke was almost blind, his vision temporarily lost.
Facing this near-blindness, Sasuke's expression remained calm, betraying no panic. For most shinobi, losing their sight would instantly cripple their combat abilities, reducing their strength by ninety percent.
But for someone like Sasuke, who had habitually trained by simulating blindness, the impact was minimal, reducing his effectiveness by only ten percent at most.
With a swift draw and counterattack, Sasuke forced Kakashi back, then flipped backward himself to a distance of ten meters. He rapidly formed three hand seals.
"Body Flicker Technique!"
In an instant, eight identical clones appeared around Sasuke.
This was the second Body Flicker Technique left behind by Uchiha Shisui—a technique Shisui had personally developed.
According to the records, the Shisui-Style Body Flicker Technique instantly creates multiple clones, some solid and some mere afterimages. The genuine and illusory intermingle, making it impossible for enemies to discern the real body.
If an enemy mistakes an afterimage clone for the real body, that afterimage will instantly transform into a solid clone or the real body, delivering a fatal strike.
This technique is the origin of Uchiha Shisui's title: "Shisui the Body Flicker."
When Sasuke first read about this technique, he was puzzled.
The Shisui-Style Body Flicker Technique created both solid and afterimage clones, initially making him think it was a fusion of the Shadow Clone and Body Flicker Techniques.
However, while the Shadow Clone Technique required only a single hand seal, the Shisui-Style Body Flicker Technique used three.
What truly baffled Sasuke was the ability to instantly switch between the afterimage clones, the solid clones, and the user's true body.
This borderline space-time technique essentially turned the clones into spatial coordinates, similar to the Flying Thunder God Kunai.
Yet Sasuke knew with certainty that Shisui's Body Flicker Technique was not a true space-time technique.
After years of meticulous research, Sasuke finally uncovered the secret behind this extraordinary technique.
The Shisui-Style Body Flicker Technique was a fusion of the basic Clone Technique and the Shadow Clone Technique, simultaneously creating intangible afterimage clones and solid Shadow Clones for high-speed movement and slashing attacks.
The afterimage clones lured the enemy, confusing their vision and providing cover for the solid Shadow Clone to launch an attack, while the real body remained hidden behind the Shadow Clone and afterimage clones, delivering the final, fatal blow.
This technique even incorporated some of Uchiha Shisui's Genjutsu mastery and psychological warfare tactics.
As a result, enemies found it nearly impossible to distinguish Shisui's true body from his Shadow Clones and afterimage clones. A single lapse in concentration could mean instant death.
It was essentially a Russian nesting doll of Ninjutsu.
"Uchiha Shisui's Body Flicker Technique, huh?" Kakashi murmured.
Kakashi was no stranger to Uchiha Shisui's reputation. The two had crossed paths during their time in the Anbu, even collaborating on missions.
He knew firsthand how formidable Shisui was. He had once estimated that in a one-on-one battle against Shisui, his chances of victory would be at best fifty percent—a true 50/50 split.
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