"?????"
"What happened?"
"He blocked it?"
"Sasuke's punch was blocked by Takumi with one hand!?"
The students watching on the playground, Iruka, Kakashi...
Everyone had expressions of shock, as if they'd seen a ghost!
Who was Uchiha Sasuke?
The prodigy of the Uchiha Clan!
The strongest of the new generation in the entire village!
His attack just now was extremely sharp and swift!
And the angle was tricky!
They're aimed right at Takumi's jaw!
With Takumi's skills, it should have been almost impossible to block!
But he blocked it!
And bare-handed!
And Sasuke even let out a pained cry, as if his fist had hit something incredibly hard!
"What is... going on?"
Not only Kakashi and Iruka, but even Sasuke himself looked utterly confused!
But the fight was still ongoing!
Sasuke's pupils contracted sharply. His black eyes faded, replaced by the scarlet Sharingan!
Whoosh!
His figure flickered again. Sasuke instantly flashed behind Takumi.
This time, he switched from a punch to a kick, delivering a fierce blow!
However…
Boom!!!
A violent explosive sound rang out. A deep crater instantly appeared on the ground, with spider-web-like cracks spreading out in all directions. The figures of the two froze mid-air.
"This!"
"It can't be!"
"He blocked it with one hand!"
Naruto, Sakura, Ino...
All the Academy's students had expressions of sheer disbelief!
Because Sasuke's powerful kick, which he had telegraphed for so long, was easily blocked by Takumi using just his arm!
He just stood there, raised his arm, and blocked Sasuke's kick!
"This! How is this possible!"
Seeing this unbelievable scene before him, Sasuke's face twisted intensely!
His strong pride wouldn't allow him to lose here. He reached to his lower back and pulled out a kunai!
"Sasuke! What are you doing!"
"This is a Taijutsu spar!"
Iruka shouted in panic!
Sasuke was getting desperate!
He forgot this was hand-to-hand combat, and weapons weren't allowed!
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Two shuriken flew rapidly towards Takumi!
But the latter just threw a punch with moderate force.
Smash!
The shuriken, forged from high-quality steel, were shattered to pieces!
"This!?"
Kakashi's body jolted!
Others might not have sensed it, but he felt the power behind that punch.
What kind of power was that?
Only four words popped into Kakashi's mind: Eight Gates Released Formation!
'He actually knows it!?'
Seeing even the kunai get destroyed, Sasuke was completely dumbfounded!
'What kind of monster is this!?'
However, before he could think further, the next second, a massive fist came flying straight towards his face!
At this moment…
Only one image appeared in Sasuke's mind.
His own death!
Takumi's punch hadn't even connected yet, but the terrifying pressure felt like a mountain crushing down on him. He was suffocating!
"That's enough!"
At the critical moment, a gust of wind swept in and dust rose on the field.
When the dust settled, everyone saw Kakashi standing between the two.
He held Takumi's wrist with one hand and pushed Sasuke away with the other.
He had forcibly stopped the fight.
"Alright, it's over."
"Put your fist away, Takumi."
Kakashi said with a serious face. Takumi nodded blankly and said, "Oh."
Silence fell for 5 seconds.
Then, everyone burst into loud exclamations!
"Oh my god! Takumi! You... you actually fought Sasuke to a standstill!?"
"This can't be! Takumi is this strong!?"
"Hey! What's going on! Takumi can actually fight evenly with Sasuke?! Is this a joke!?"
Naruto, Shikamaru, Choji, Sakura...
Everyone crowded around!
They looked at Takumi as if he were a monster, exclaiming in admiration, their mouths full of praise!
Only Kakashi, standing to the side, looked grave.
'A standstill?'
'Don't be ridiculous.'
'If that punch from Takumi had landed, Sasuke would definitely have been severely injured!'
It was precisely because he sensed the terrifying power of that fist that Kakashi rushed in to stop the fight.
And he didn't even dare to block it directly!
He could only grab Takumi's wrist to force him to stop throwing the punch!
'What's the deal with this kid?'
Kakashi felt the temperature on his back, he was actually sweating.
On the arena…
Sasuke walked over with a displeased expression.
"Hey, you, what technique did you use?"
"How did you suddenly become so strong!"
"Don't tell me you used a Forbidden Technique!"
The others were also curious.
They all stared at Takumi expectantly.
"I think it probably wasn't a Forbidden Technique."
Kakashi strode over.
"That should be strength honed through relentless, arduous training."
"Relentless, arduous training?"
Sasuke scoffed disdainfully.
"Takumi here spends all his time daydreaming, so how could he possibly be training!"
The others also nodded.
After all, Takumi was zoning out in class not long ago. Him training? Don't make them laugh.
Faced with everyone's doubts, Takumi remained silent.
But Kakashi saw the truth at a glance.
Rustle!
Quite suddenly, Kakashi pulled up Takumi's shirt.
Bathed in the sunlight was a body of lean, powerful muscles!
Pecs, abs, Adonis belt, obliques...
Sharply defined contours, perfect lines...
He was purely a muscle-bound hunk!
"This!?"
Instantly, the entire Academy's training ground erupted!
Everyone looked at Takumi in shock, as if they'd seen a ghost!
"Th-This body!?"
"Is this a joke!?"
"These muscles are too perfect!"
Ino, Sakura, Hinata...
A group of girls were mesmerized…
Ino and Sakura even silently swallowed!
Kakashi collected his thoughts and said to everyone solemnly, "See? This is the proof of his training."
"Muscles of this intensity wouldn't develop without four or five years of hard, grueling training."
Kakashi wasn't exaggerating at all.
Because Takumi's muscles were built with the Fist Emperor talent.
For an ordinary person, it really would take four or five years.
Sasuke was completely dumbfounded, feeling his worldview was greatly shaken!
He walked up to Takumi, utterly shocked, and questioned him with great confusion, "Why, with strength like this, have you never shown it before!"
"I thought you were just a dead-last!"
"Tell me! Why were you hiding your strength!"
Faced with Sasuke's roar, Takumi's brain began operating at high speed in that instant.
He had actually anticipated this kind of situation before.
Because Takumi was bound to reveal his true strength one day.
A nobody with no special traits for over a decade suddenly displaying powerful strength would absolutely raise everyone's suspicions.
The way to answer became an art form.
Should he put on a cold face and properly humiliate Sasuke?
Or answer with youthful passion and hot-bloodedness?
Takumi had actually already chosen the answer.
That's right.
The hot-blooded youth template!
Because, in the hot-blooded youth version, his words were golden quotes.
They won over many people!
He even managed to sway Haku and Zabuza!
"Because I..."
"Because I didn't want to hurt Sasuke-kun."
"???"
A group of people had question marks all over their heads.
But Takumi gave a calm, composed smile.
"I don't have talent like Sasuke, but I also want to protect everyone!"
"So, I could only desperately train my fists..."
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