Chapter 32
Sunny Pillar
"start!"
At Iruka's command, Sasuke shot out like an arrow.
His eyes were sharp, and his feet exploded with chakra, moving so fast that he left a trail of afterimages in the air.
"Come on, Naruto, let me see your taijutsu now!"
Sasuke shouted, yearning for a brutal, hand-to-hand combat clash.
However, when faced with the aggressive Sasuke, Naruto did something that no one expected.
Instead of assuming a martial arts stance, he... turned and ran.
Not only did he run, he also pulled out one shuriken after another.
Whoosh whoosh!
With the help of his "Skillful Hands" talent, Naruto's hands moved as nimbly as butterflies flitting among flowers.
Dozens of shuriken, with eerie arcs, blocked Sasuke's path forward like a torrential rain.
"What?"
Sasuke had no choice but to stop abruptly, pull out a kunai, and awkwardly dodge and parry.
Ding ding ding ding, a series of sparks flew everywhere.
Although Sasuke blocked the attack, his momentum was completely suppressed.
"Hey, Naruto! What do you mean by this?"
Sasuke couldn't help but roar, "Fight like a man!"
Naruto calmly took out four kunai again and held them between his fingers.
"I'm fighting."
He said calmly, "Isn't it normal to use ninja tools to probe before the actual battle?"
"Furthermore, the Uchiha clan is known for its mastery of shurikenjutsu, so why don't I see you using it?"
"hateful……"
Sasuke was speechless, choked by the words.
That makes sense, but this isn't the kind of thrilling showdown I imagined.
The next three minutes became Sasuke's nightmare.
Naruto is like a slippery eel.
Sasuke advances, he retreats; Sasuke retreats, he advances.
Kunai, shuriken, smoke bombs, flashbangs, barbed wire...
Aside from the explosive tags, Naruto used every other ninja tool imaginable, essentially using Sasuke as a punching bag to test the combinations of tools.
Naruto's endless stream of ninja tools left Sasuke humiliated and his mentality gradually crumbling.
"Enough!!"
Sasuke could no longer tolerate it.
He took a deep breath, his chest heaving violently.
Water Breathing: Complete Collection!
Although it was only a rudimentary understanding, the massive influx of oxygen into his blood instantly unleashed Sasuke's legs with power beyond their limits.
Naruto's shadow clones cannot use this secret technique.
"Got you!"
Boom! The ground exploded.
Sasuke's speed doubled in an instant, cutting through the rain of shuriken and closing in on Naruto in a flash.
"Give me……"
A glint of pleasure flashed in Sasuke's eyes. "...Die!"
A powerful punch, imbued with all of Naruto's chakra, slammed into Naruto's abdomen.
This punch was unavoidable.
Even Iruka couldn't help but want to help, but was stopped by a hand behind him.
Naruto looked at the fist that was almost within reach, but there was no fear in his eyes.
"Is this your trump card? Can you begin using the breathing technique now?"
"It seems you've been working really hard lately."
Bang!
The fist struck Naruto's body squarely.
Sasuke was overjoyed. He had won!
This feel...something's not right!
The next second, Sasuke's smile froze on his face.
There was no physical sensation of being struck; it felt more like hitting a cloud of smoke.
Bang.
Naruto, who was standing there, turned into a cloud of smoke and disappeared.
Only a single leaf remained, drifting slowly down, as if silently mocking the world.
The entire room fell silent.
"Shadow...clone?"
"After all that fighting... the one who forced me to reveal my trump card... was just a shadow clone?"
Sasuke remained frozen in place, his fist still in the same position, his pupils trembling violently.
"What's going on? Where's Naruto?"
"My God, it's a shadow clone?"
"Where is the original body? Where is it?"
The students watching were in an uproar.
Just then, an inconspicuous figure squeezed out of the crowd and walked up to Sasuke.
He looked at the stunned Sasuke and said calmly:
"Not bad, significant progress. Your strength is now enough to destroy one of my shadow clones..."
Before Naruto could finish speaking, Sasuke threw another punch with all his might at Naruto in front of him.
Bang.
Naruto in front of me turned into white smoke and disappeared again.
Not far away, the old man sweeping the floor suddenly stopped, put down his broom, and slowly walked into the center of the field.
The students watching seemed to realize something and quickly made way for him.
Sure enough, he also deactivated his transformation.
"Thank you, you've taught me a lesson. Even with shadow clones, one cannot let down their guard."
Naruto, having deactivated his transformation, spoke slowly.
"Naruto Uzumaki!!"
"I'm going to kill you!!!"
Sasuke roared to the sky.
"Sasuke, your emotions are too unstable."
"Your fatal flaw is that you lose control of your emotions when provoked and your attack patterns become singular."
Looking at Sasuke, who was in a state of agitation with bloodshot eyes, Naruto pushed up his glasses.
"Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!!!"
Extreme anger and humiliation exploded in Sasuke's mind.
Why? Why, even though I tried my best, could I not even touch the hem of your clothes?
Why do you even disdain to face me in your true form?
The intense emotional turmoil stimulated Sasuke's optic nerves, and a surge of cold chakra rushed into his eyes.
Sasuke looked up, and a jet-black tomoe slowly rotated in his eye socket.
Sharingan, awaken!
In an instant, the world became crystal clear in Sasuke's eyes.
"I saw it..."
Sasuke's lips curled into a sinister smile.
Just as Naruto was about to form hand seals, Sasuke had already appeared in front of him like a ghost.
"Too slow!"
A precise uppercut struck Naruto squarely in the chin.
boom!
As the white smoke burst open, Sasuke did not stop.
His Sharingan spun wildly, instantly locking onto several figures in the crowd whose chakra flowed abnormally.
"There, and there too!"
Sasuke charged into the crowd like a tiger among sheep.
boom! boom! boom!
Before the three shadow clones, disguised as ordinary students, could react, they were defeated by Sasuke's precise taijutsu.
"Hahahaha! This is the power of the Uchiha clan!"
He felt the continuous flow of pupil power in his eyes, as well as the surge of chakra.
Sasuke began to laugh wildly, raising his head to the sky!
He felt he had everything under control, and it was time for Naruto to live in his shadow!
Even if Naruto were to create ten more clones, he would have no fear.
"Come out, you coward! You'll find no place to hide before my eyes!"
Sasuke crossed his arms, his scarlet glasses scanning the surroundings with an imposing aura.
"Oh? The bloodline limit has awakened? As expected of the Sharingan."
The same sentence rang out simultaneously from all directions, yet strangely, they overlapped.
Feeling the continuous flow of spiritual energy, Naruto's lips curled into a slight smile.
He can now create an extra shadow clone to study theoretical knowledge!
Sasuke, I will be very grateful to you.
but now……
Activate Plan F – Forced Repression.