"Kakashi, let's have a duel today!" Obito clenched his fists tightly, brimming with fighting spirit. Though he had been careless in their last encounter at the ninja school, today he was different. He was determined to surprise Kakashi, who was quite unlike the Kakashi of last year.
"I'm busy. And please, don't bother me. I'm currently on a mission," Kakashi replied expressionlessly. However, internally, he wondered why Yoichi was late today. Typically, when he arrived, he had already been training for quite some time.
Nevertheless, Kakashi's words did not dissuade Obito. He had been diligently attending classes at the ninja school and practicing rigorously in private, all to defeat Kakashi in front of Rin.
The thought of Rin's admiration upon his victory over Kakashi filled Obito with a sense of excitement. He couldn't wait to earn her admiration.
Lost in his thoughts, Obito subconsciously glanced at Rin. However, to his dismay, he noticed Rin looking admiringly at Kakashi, which immediately stirred feelings of jealousy within him.
"Kakashi, let's duel. This is a challenge between men!" Obito insisted.
"Don't bother me anymore. If you want to duel, wait until you become a ninja," Kakashi retorted, unmoved. He would rather duel with Yoichi than with Obito. At least Yoichi had impressive achievements, having defeated jonin, unlike Obito, who, despite being the same age, fighting him it felt like bullying.
Crack!~
A continuous and slight thunder sounded, and figures accompanied by lightning appeared in front of Kakashi in the forest.
"Kakashi," the figure spoke.
Kakashi was taken aback, then surprised. The person who appeared in front of him was Uchiha Yoichi, and his speed even shocked Kakashi.
Moments ago, he had noticed lightning emanating from the forest, but the speed was too fast, much faster than his own.
"I've encountered something today, and the mission has changed. Can you help me stop the people chasing me?"
"Wait a minute. I won't help unless you explain clearly. Besides, changing the mission violates the rules of Konoha's missions," Kakashi replied decisively, then curiously asked, "This is Konoha, and you're still Uchiha. Who is chasing you?"
"The Sannin Tsunade."
Yoichi originally wanted to invent a person to deceive Kakashi, but he forgot that he was particularly honest now.
"Sorry to bother you. Even if it's my father here, I'm afraid he won't stop Tsunade-sama."
Kakashi immediately gestured after speaking, then continued, "It seems that today's training task will have to be postponed until tomorrow. I'm going back now."
This sentence delayed him a little. Uchiha Yoichi originally wanted Kakashi to attract Tsunade's attention with the name of his father so he could have time to run away.
But Kakashi's question delayed him a bit.
Crack.~
With a light flash of lightning, the figure disappeared directly from the original position.
Two seconds later, a figure suddenly appeared in front of Kakashi. With a beautiful face, a heroic spirit, and that distinctive golden hair, coupled with what Yoichi had just said, Kakashi immediately recognized the person before him.
"Hey, what did that Uchiha brat just say to you?"
"I'm Kakashi, who accepted the training commission from Yoichi. Just now, Yoichi asked me to stop Tsunade-sama, but I refused."
Facing the obviously angry Sannin, Kakashi replied honestly, without hiding anything.
"Sakumo's son? You're honest."
Tsunade glanced at the other two people, one of whom was like an Uchiha brat, and the other should be from the ninja school. From the admiring eyes of Rin, Tsunade knew that the girl was her admirer.
But Tsunade didn't have the mood to talk to Rin now. With a step, she directly teleported to where Yoichi had disappeared.
Not catching up with Yoichi for a long time made Tsunade even more furious. At first, she didn't want to use all her strength in the village.
Originally, she just wanted to ask Yoichi about something, but when she saw him in person, she couldn't help but remember the memory of being beaten up by Yoichi. Her tone was a bit unpleasant.
But later being verbally teased by this brat made Tsunade angry.
Ninja speed relies on chakra. Any instantaneous movement and rapid movement require chakra support. As long as one can adapt to the flow speed of chakra in the body, their speed will increase infinitely.
Seeing Yoichi getting farther and farther away, Tsunade increased the flow of chakra again, instantly doubling her speed.
Seeing her getting closer, Yoichi also felt the danger approaching.
Regardless of the reason Tsunade called him, just that one teasing sentence made Yoichi feel that he couldn't talk to Tsunade well; besides, he was still in the duration of his ability, so he couldn't communicate at all.
He could only take a gamble!
Yoichi quickly recalled and confirmed that Tsunade seemed to have no perception ninjutsu, then took out a few smoke bombs from his ninja pouch.
Then, he increased his instantaneous speed to the limit, suddenly turned around, and threw the smoke bombs in his hand.
The next second, three figures accompanied by lightning appeared from the smoke, moving in different directions.
"Shadow clone? Do you want to compare chakra with me, you evil Uchiha brat!"
After seeing this, Tsunade sneered, quickly formed hand seals with both hands, and also split into two shadow clones, chasing the three Yoichi's along with her own.
She wasn't afraid of her shadow clones being destroyed. If her shadow clones couldn't deal with even one brat, then she wouldn't deserve the title of Sannin.
After Tsunade quickly chased after them for several tens of seconds, the smoke gradually dissipated. It wasn't until then that a stone about a meter away 'puffed' and returned to its original form.
Using smoke to block the line of sight, making Tsunade unaware of any irrelevant things here, and using shadow clones to attract her attention, it worked.
"Fortunately, people who are anxious are easy to deceive, but my chakra is also running out!"
Yoichi hadn't finished sighing yet, and the memories of the shadow clones were transmitted back.
So he didn't stay in place for long and turned and left here.
After a minute, Tsunade returned to this place, but now she couldn't find Yoichi anymore.
Thinking that she was deceived by a thirteen or fourteen-year-old brat, who was also from the Uchiha clan, Tsunade suddenly felt a wave of embarrassment and anger.
"Grandpa's right!"
Swish!
Two ANBU appeared next to Tsunade using the Body Flicker Technique, then respectfully said to her, "Tsunade-sama, the Hokage wants to see you!"
"I know, I know. What's this old man doing? He's calling people for every little thing. Doesn't he have anything better to do?"
Tsunade said with a trace of annoyance. She didn't need to guess what her teacher wanted when he called her; it must be some trivial matter, yet he had to make such a fuss.
(End of Chapter)
When Tsunade arrived at the Hokage's office, she found not only the Hokage present but also Uchiha Fugaku.
Seeing the head of the Uchiha clan, Tsunade couldn't help but inwardly scoff. She felt that the old man was really poking his nose into everything.
"Tsunade, you know why I called you here, don't you? Why did you confront Yoichi in the village just now?" the Hokage said to Tsunade with a serious expression. He had just lightly reprimanded Fugaku for intervening against a fellow villager, but then his own student went and confronted Yoichi.
One of the Sannin chasing an Uchiha around the entire village, almost running into the clans territory?
When the Hokage heard this news, he was so shocked that he almost dropped the crystal ball to the ground.
If the ANBU Black Ops could receive information, then so could the Guard Unit. In the eyes of Hiruzen, Tsunade was too impulsive; she completely ignored her own identity.
"Tsunade-sama, if there's anything Yoichi did to offend you, I will make sure Yoichi comes to apologize to you," Fugaku spoke up. His words made Tsunade feel somewhat embarrassed.
Since the other party took the initiative to apologize, and it was Yoichi who offended her, Tsunade couldn't just dismiss Fugaku's offer.
"It's nothing to do with you, Uchiha. This is a personal matter between me and that little brat!"
Afterwards, Tsunade clicked her tongue and said to Hiruzen, "Old man, don't make a big deal out of it. I've already discussed this with you before. As for today, it was indeed my impulsiveness, but it was also that little brat's nonsense that made me act rashly."
With that said, Tsunade left directly.
Her departure left Hiruzen feeling somewhat embarrassed. Among the three students, Tsunade had the worst temper; sometimes when she got anxious, she would even show disrespect to him at the Jonin meetings.
However, this situation was known to all Jonin in Konoha, so Fugaku pretended not to see it either.
"Fugaku, Tsunade did indeed talk to me about it before, but I was a bit busy at the time, so I forgot," Hiruzen explained to Fugaku about Yoichi's Lightning Release Chakra Mode.
Activating cells with Lightning Release chakra to enhance physical speed is quite common, but the Lightning Release Chakra Mode is a secret technique of the Cloud Village.
After hearing this, Fugaku frowned slightly and thought for a moment before saying to Hiruzen, "Hokage-sama, Yoichi has been studying the second nature transformation of chakra on his own recently. He has already learned cell activation, so it should be a misunderstanding regarding Lightning Release Chakra Mode."
Yoichi's Sharingan wouldn't lie, and his life in Konoha could be traced back; there was no way he was a spy from the Cloud Village.
Even if he did master Lightning Release Chakra Mode, it could have been a coincidence.
Fugaku remembered Yoichi's previous mission, where he encountered an elite squad of Cloud ninjas. Out of the four ninjas in his team, he was the only one who survived and even brought back information about the Cloud's activities.
If Yoichi did have the opportunity to learn Lightning Release Chakra Mode, it would have been during that mission.
"Well, I also believe that Yoichi is not a spy. This matter may indeed be a coincidence. Fugaku, I'll leave the matter with Yoichi to you for communication, and I'll deal with Tsunade on this side," Hiruzen said with a gentle smile.
Fugaku nodded and said, "I understand, Hokage-sama."
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"This crazy woman, shouldn't she be immersed in sorrow and gambling right now? Why does she look at me as if I'm her enemy the moment she sees me?"
After returning home, Yoichi relaxed a bit. This was the Uchiha clan's territory; even if Tsunade was arrogant, she couldn't barge into the clan's territory.
As for just now, he didn't have the chance to return home because the Uchiha territory wasn't welcoming to outsiders. So, after asking Kakashi to be his kenjutsu sparring partner, he trained in the forest on the outskirts of the village.
"There was quite a commotion in the village just now. There might be ANBU coming soon. I can't afford to be questioned in this state."
"This ability to eavesdrop honestly must be treated. If I keep talking, the first one to be harmed will be me."
Yoichi thought of several methods to limit this ability and decided to give them a try.
After using it so many times, Yoichi was quite familiar with this psychic power. While its abilities and rules were consistent, they were not impossible to restrict.
Yoichi grabbed pen and paper, then left his home to find someone to test the ability on.
After wandering around the clan for a while, Yoichi suddenly saw familiar faces: Uchiha Obito and Nohara Rin.
"Yoichi-senpai!"
Obito saw Yoichi and waved to him, then walked over with Rin.
Yoichi had no good feelings towards Obito.
Uchiha already tended to be a bit extreme, and Obito was among the most extreme, practically bipolar.
But since he happened to encounter them, Yoichi decided to test on them.
Click!~
Yoichi directly detached his jaw, then walked up to Obito and Rin and wrote a question on the paper: "Did Kakashi go back?"
"He already went back. Damn it, I was planning to challenge him. Looks like he knows I've gotten stronger and is afraid of losing to me, so he doesn't dare to duel!"
Speaking of Kakashi, Obito seemed to have endless things to say. But thinking of what happened just now, his enthusiasm about Kakashi was suppressed by curiosity.
"Senpai, did you just escape from Tsunade, one of the Sannin? Why was she chasing you? And she seemed quite angry."
After hearing Obito's question, Yoichi instinctively wanted to answer, but he couldn't because his jaw was detached and he couldn't speak.
"Alright, there's a solution!"
Detaching his jaw was just a crude method. There were many ways to prevent speaking, and Yoichi could even have a half-face mask made by the ninja tool shop specifically to suppress speech.
"Senpai?"
"It's none of your business, don't ask too much."
After writing this on the paper, Yoichi turned and walked towards the ninja tool shop. He needed to place an urgent order, the kind that would be needed by tomorrow.
As he headed to the tool shop, he also reattached his jaw. He had learned some simple first aid techniques from a teammate before, so he could detach and reattach his jaw by himself.
It was just a bit painful.
This thing couldn't be delayed. Before getting the mask to suppress speech, Yoichi planned to stay at the tool shop.
(End of Chapter)
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