บท 114: The Helplessness of Gekkou Hayate

In the original story, Gekkou Hayate who was a special jonin died in hands of Baki.

But with the amazing Konoha-style swordsmanship paired with Transparent Escape Technique*, his strength must not be underestimated!

[*TL Note: This technique has never actually been seen in the manga, but it allows the user to spy on others without being noticed. It was invented by Jiraiya during his youth to allow him to spy on girls bathing without the risk of being caught. In the anime, the technique is shown to render the user invisible, allowing them to either make stealthy strikes on their opponent or escape from the opponent's sight. Hayate Gekkō was adept at using this technique, utilizing it in a similar manner to the Hiding with Camouflage Technique; his entire figure became transparent to mask his appearance.]

Moreover, his ability to use detection and sneak attacks were too heaven-defying. Even those enemies who were stronger than him were likely to be quietly approached by him and killed in a single blow!

It was a pity that the heavens were jealous of talented people. Gekkou Hayate had been afflicted with serious illness since he was young, and his physical condition had always been very bad. It could be said that he had been a medicine jar since he was a child.

That was why he had said in the self-introduction just now that he hated the smell of medicine, and his dream was to work hard to survive!

If not for this sickly person's body dragging him down, Gekkou Hayate wouldn't have wasted six years in the Ninja Academy before choosing to graduate.

It wasn't that he didn't have the strength to choose to graduate early, but simply that his body didn't allow it.

In that six years, he had failed to recover from his illness. And, it had become more and more serious. He often coughed non-stop. He coughed all night and could not sleep well.

That was why his face was pale and his black eyes were so heavy!

Aoba, who had easily recalled this information, looked at Gekkou Hayate with a different gaze.

Although they had not become closer, the other party's talent and strength could still be recognized. At least as a teammate, he would not drag the entire team down. Instead, he would be able to help.

Therefore, Aoba was more and more satisfied with the situation of this team.

It was just that this illness of Gekkou Hayate was quite tricky. It looked like asthma, but he could not be sure.

Moreover, even if it were really asthma, he did not know how to treat it. He could only put it aside for the time being and talk about it later.

After everyone introduced themselves, Mikawa Jonin clapped his hands to attract the attention of the three of them. Then, three pieces of white paper appeared in his hands. He handed them one by one and explained,

"This is chakra paper. Try to inject chakra into it, and you can know your chakra attribute"

Itachi and Gekkou Hayate seemed to have used this thing a long time ago, and the chakra paper in their hands immediately changed, and they were not surprised by the result.

The chakra paper in Itachi's hand was on fire, and one area was split open, and the other area became wet, corresponding to the three chakra attributes: fire, wind, and water.

The change in the chakra paper in Gekkou Hayate's hand was that one area was split open, and the other area became wet, so the chakra attribute was wind and water.

As for Aoba, who had been curiously injecting chakra into it in the end, it was completely different!

The area of the chakra paper became wrinkled, and the area directly shattered.

This also meant that his chakra attribute was thunder and earth!

The amount of chakra attribute was actually not important. What was important was the type, as well as the subsequent development and mastery, and even a fusion!

However, Aoba and Itachi just happened to have all five attributes. It was quite rare and interesting.

"Speaking of which, what Kekkei Genkai is fused on thunder and earth chakra?"

Aoba, who knew his chakra attribute for the first time, touched his chin and began to recall.

"It seems to be an explosion?"

He was a bit uncertain, but then he shook his head in amusement. He hadn't learned how to walk, but he actually wanted to run.

If he wanted to fuse the two attributes together, his current mastery of chakra was far from enough. Thinking about it now would only add to his troubles.

However, he remembered that Deidara also seemed to be an explosive Ninja...

In the first lesson, Mikawa Jonin did not teach anything substantial. They just let everyone understand each other, test their respective chakra attributes, and then arranged a '1v1 battle' battle to familiarize the strength and fighting style of the team members.

Although Gekkou Hayate had the advantage in age, this advantage was not kept in battle.

It's because of Aoba's Absolute Defense.

Even though Gekkou Hayate was eager to use his full power, he still could not break through Aoba's defense. Instead, his hands were numb from the shock and he almost lost his weapon.

If Gekkou Hayate was described as an assassin who could turn invisible, then Aoba was a heavy armor that was as immovable as a mountain!

In addition, Gekkou Hayate was plagued by illness and his endurance was not good. It did not take long for him to start coughing and expose his position. It was so easy for Aoba to win this match.

If not for the sake of saving some face for his future companion, Aoba would not stand there stupidly and let his opponent slash him.

Did he really think that the Level 5 [Hakuda] was not sharp enough?

Then, Gekkou Hayate, whose confidence had been thwarted, was taught a lesson by Itachi, who had firmly grasped the situation from the beginning.

Gekkou Hayate's Flowing Sword Art was indeed very strong!

However, it was useless if he couldn't cut people!

In addition to the fact that he had exposed part of his stealth ability during the battle with Aoba, even though he had started to play stealth, he was still quickly forced out by Itachi's powerful fireball technique.

Thus, there was no need to talk about the following battle process. Until the end, Itachi did not let Gekkou Hayate touch a corner of his clothes.

At this point, Gekkou Hayate had lost both battles!

Although the two battles had made him feel powerless, the difference could be seen...

Facing Aoba, the attacks he was so proud of could not be used to cut at all!

Facing Itachi, he was also in an extremely sorry state, he couldn't cut at all.

After all, being in stealth mode doesn't mean disappearing completely. In a direct battle, entering stealth in front of the opponent would greatly reduce the effect.

This was somewhat disadvantageous to Gekkou Hayate.

If he were to change the environment and not let Itachi roughly infer his position from the beginning, perhaps the process would be much better… However, as for the result, Aoba still believed that Itachi would win. After all, who knew what other tricks this fellow had hidden.

Two consecutive losses made Gekkou Hayate begin to doubt life.

Although he had heard of the name of Konoha's Twin Stars when he was in the Ninja Academy, seeing was still believing!

Even though he was very unwilling, he had to admit that these two fellows were simply monsters.

Because next, he personally witnessed an intense battle that was completely unlike a confrontation between Genins!

He even noticed that his two 'little companions' did not seem to have used their full strength at all, and they were all holding back to show their inhuman talent and strength!