Not bad.
These words are meant to be encouraging, yet strangely sound like mockery…
Uchiha Obito glared angrily, even though he seemed on the brink of drowning, he stubbornly kept struggling, though his movements grew smaller.
The scene was deathly silent.
Unno Ikkaku and Kakashi widened their eyes, unable to believe what they were witnessing…
What was originally a run-of-the-mill final exam.
In just a few minutes, first a pair of double-tomoe appeared, followed by the use of an advanced Water Release Ninjutsu without seals.
Truly a case of hidden talents?
The two Uchiha normally seemed like a fool and a silent smiler, yet when they took action, each was more ruthless than the other.
"Hatake Chunin, that move looks like the Water Rushing Wave Jutsu, doesn't it?" Unno Ikkaku did not stop the match; as long as Uchiha Obito hadn't conceded, it wasn't over.
He didn't believe Aomi would harm Uchiha Obito without restraint either.
"The medium for this technique seems like it, but the subsequent changes bear traces of the Water Prison Jutsu, and that Water Lock is an extremely advanced nature transformation of Water Attribute Chakra."
Kakashi felt as if his brain was overheating; even though he was a Chunin and a genius, he had never seen such a scene before.
"Moreover, this is a Water Release used without a water environment, but judging by its scale…"
Rarely for him, Kakashi began to talk more as he explained to Unno Ikkaku while analyzing for himself: "In any case, based solely on his Chakra and Water Release prowess, Uchiha Aomi possesses at least Special Jonin level combat ability…"
"Why is that guy still at Ninja School?"
Kakashi felt a bit stifled inside.
He graduated at six years old, a genius praised by the entire village; though Kakashi never said much, he had immense pride.
As the son of Hatake Sakumo, Kakashi didn't think that any peer should be on his level, even if Aomi was four years older…
He thought he had long surpassed his peers, progressing toward becoming a Jonin.
Yet he hadn't realized Aomi seemed to have already stood there, not even caring about this strength, just silently attending Ninja School.
This inexplicably made Kakashi feel ashamed, and he gazed at Aomi with curiosity and a hint of competitive spirit in his eyes.
"Still not surrendering? Uchiha Obito, if you keep this up, you'll die…" Aomi raised his head and looked at Obito struggling in the Water Prison, speaking softly:
"Nod three times, I'll let you out."
Uchiha Obito forcefully endured the feeling of suffocation and the pain of water in his lungs, sharply nodding, as the double-tomoe in his eyes spun fiercely!
Aomi met his eyes!
"Damn it!" Unno Ikkaku keenly caught this detail and frowned: "Still too careless, huh, Aomi-kun…"
Uchiha Obito's smile became ferocious, the genjutsu from his eyes instantly covered Aomi.
But contrary to what he expected.
Aomi continued standing there with a smile, his eyes retaining their clarity: "Uchiha Obito, though I do not have the Sharingan, I have a firm faith, which is the Will of Fire…"
"Your genjutsu cannot shake my inner heart."
As soon as these words were spoken, the entire room erupted with astonishment, everyone looking at Aomi with eyes of disbelief.
Such a boring Will of Fire educational course, Uchiha Aomi actually managed to develop resistance to genjutsu from it? Is this the prestige of a senior!
If that's the case, then we really have to study the Will of Fire well in the future?
Inside the Hokage Building, Sarutobi Hiruzen lit his pipe, happily exhaling a long puff of smoke.
Danzo always claimed his Will of Fire textbooks were plain, but look, isn't there a bright kid who comprehends it? And an Uchiha at that!
Sarutobi Hiruzen grew increasingly satisfied and ordered in a deep voice, "I want all the information on Uchiha Aomi, quickly!"
Uchiha Obito stared blankly at Aomi.
He didn't understand why his double-tomoe Sharingan couldn't draw Aomi into his genjutsu…
It was actually simple, because Aomi's eye power was stronger than his.
Shisui twitched at the corners of his mouth, knowing the inside story, because Aomi had told him that he also had a double-tomoe Sharingan…
Senju Tobirama couldn't hold back: "Aomi brat, are you trying to mislead these kids?! Can the Will of Fire resist illusions? Old man here has never heard of such a thing!"
"Even with a firm mind, if you don't purge the Chakra from your body in time, this determination will only cause the genjutsu to spawn obsession within the heart, trapping you in it!"
"Aren't you the Second Hokage, Tobirama? Are you trying to destroy the foundation of our Konoha?" Aomi, while enjoying the desperate look on Obito's face, criticized this white-haired man lacking the Will of Fire:
"Look, after my speech, didn't every classmate develop an appreciation for the Will of Fire? Besides, wasn't it through the Will of Fire that I resisted his genjutsu? What's wrong with that…"
"The hell, you resisted genjutsu because of your damn Sharingan!" Senju Tobirama's expression was cracking a bit.
"Oh, I'd forgotten until you mentioned it, but I seem to have the Sharingan too. I just remember the indomitable Will of Fire in my heart…"
[From target confrontation Senju Tobirama, you obtained Ninjutsu: Mystical Palm Jutsu!]
"Tsk… fine, it's better than leaving empty-handed." Aomi clapped his hands, dispelling the Water Prison around Uchiha Obito: "Come out... you'll suffocate and die otherwise."
At the moment of release, Uchiha Obito produced a kunai and fiercely thrust it towards Aomi's neck!
Aomi's form flickered, and with the "Essentials of Taijutsu against the Uchiha Clan" from Senju Tobirama, and the dynamic vision brought by his double-tomoe Sharingan, Uchiha Obito's sneak attack looked childish and ridiculous.
"Let me go, let me go!" Uchiha Obito roared.
The tall Aomi clasped him by the neck with his arm, lifting him up, clamping his carotid artery like a steel vice!
Aomi held him in this way, slowly turning to display him in front of everyone, like a roast duck being hung in a deli…
Directly opposite him, Obito, whose mind was getting foggier, saw Nohara Rin standing just a few meters away, frowning at him.
"Rin…" Uchiha Obito called softly, the next moment completely losing consciousness, collapsing to the ground like a pile of mud after Aomi released him.
[From target confrontation Uchiha Obito, you obtained talent: Spatial Affinity (Obito version)!]
"Mr. Ikkaku, sorry, I didn't control the scope well with that Water Release earlier and broke the drawing box…" Aomi turned and gave Unno Ikkaku an apologetic smile.
Unno Ikkaku, having been challenged by Uchiha Obito, was flattered by Aomi's politeness and waved his hand repeatedly: "Don't worry about it, Aomi-kun, your strength no longer needs a third test as proof."
"Mr. Ikkaku, rules are rules, I must still have the third test." Aomi declined Unno Ikkaku's good intentions, turning instead to his classmates who looked at him with admiration, and said softly:
"Does anyone want to spar with me?"
Almost everyone fell silent; who would dare challenge Aomi, who could crush an Uchiha with double-tomoe?
"Aomi-kun, my youthful partner on this path of training, please let me challenge you!"
A lively shout rose above the rest, as Might Guy's eyes filled with tears: "This is youth, Aomi-kun!"