Takumi walked leisurely ahead, hands in his pockets.
Hinata and the others followed behind, excited and chattering!
"Hey, why didn't we notice before that Takumi is such an amazing person." Sakura stared straight at Takumi's backside, her face full of infatuation.
"Exactly! I thought Takumi was a dead-last like Naruto, but it turns out he was hiding his strength all along, and he did it to not make others feel bad... so warm..." Ino's eyes were also filled with admiration and longing.
Although Hinata didn't say anything, the atmosphere was there.
Compared to Takumi, she couldn't find any advantage Naruto had at all.
After all, no girl could resist a warm, caring guy!
About ten minutes later…
The group arrived at a clearing outside the village.
This place was at least 2 kilometers from the village, surrounded by forest, and almost no one passed by.
It was perfect for setting off explosions.
"Let's do it here then."
"What kind of explosion do you want to see?"
Takumi asked casually, sitting on a large rock.
Sakura immediately stepped forward, her face full of anticipation, "The one that blew up the bridges! The technique you used to blow up over a dozen bridges at once!"
"That one..."
Takumi stroked his chin mysteriously.
"For that technique, I need some preparation."
"No problem! We'll wait!"
"We have plenty of time!"
Sakura and Ino, the two girls, were extremely excited.
Seeing their expressions, Kiba and Choji beside them looked jealous!
"Damn, that Ino..."
"I've never seen her make that kind of face before!"
Choji said discontentedly.
He and Ino were old friends, both from the Ino-Shika-Cho clans, growing up together since childhood.
Ino's standards were very picky, and ordinary men didn't interest her in the slightest.
Among Konoha's new generation, probably only Sasuke could meet her standards.
But now Sasuke had fallen out of favor, and Ino was completely uninterested in him.
Even when Sasuke was still popular, Ino had never fawned over him like this.
Now, facing Takumi, she didn't seem to have any trace of proud dignity left!
"Hmph, what's so great about it? It's just explosion techniques. I can do them too."
Naruto took out an explosive tag from his pouch.
He had asked the Grandpa Hokage for it a couple of days ago, just to compare with Takumi.
"Idiot Naruto, his technique isn't like yours. Takumi's is a Ninjutsu, much more advanced than yours." Shikamaru said calmly, offering a quiet complain.
"Sasuke, what do you think?"
Aburame Shino asked in a low voice.
Sasuke crossed his arms. Although somewhat displeased inside, he pretended to be calm, "I don't know, but hearing them talk it up so mysteriously, I suppose the power can't be bad."
Half a minute later, Takumi had released sufficient Chakra, spreading a vast network of Chakra Threads across the entire area.
To exaggerate a bit, if he suddenly had a brain fade and detonated everything, all these Konoha's rookies would be blown up!
But of course, that wouldn't happen, this wasn't a simulation after all...
"Ready. Which tree do you want to blow up?"
"What?"
"Tree?"
Everyone looked puzzled.
"No way, we're so far from those trees, can you really blow them up from here?" Sakura asked doubtfully.
The others also nodded skeptically.
The place they were standing now was an empty clearing.
'The nearest trees were at least twenty or thirty meters away.'
'He could hit that?'
"Hey, Sasuke, can your Great Fireball Technique reach the trees over there?"
Kiba asked curiously.
Sasuke looked cool, "If I use my full power, probably, but if it's too far, it might not work."
"Then can Takumi really blow up a place that far? Even explosive tags can't be thrown that far."
Just as everyone was full of doubt, Ino stepped forward, pointing at a giant tree over 100 meters away, "That one!"
Estimating the distance, the group couldn't help but secretly marvel, 'This Ino was really ruthless!'
'Picking one so far away right off the bat!'
"Takumi is probably going to miss this time."
Kiba laughed.
Sasuke, Choji, and Shikamaru also looked somewhat expectant.
But the next second, they saw Takumi point with one hand, then snap his fingers stylishly in the air.
Crack crack crack crack!
A series of dense, rapid, short explosion sounds rang out. The tree Ino had chosen immediately collapsed with a crash!
"It fell!?"
"Oh my god! H-how was that done!"
"What's going on? Was the tree blown up? I didn't hear any explosion at all!"
Everyone widened their eyes, staring at the distance in disbelief.
There was no explosion sound, not even a flash of light, but the tree had fallen!
And it was shattered to pieces!
As if it had truly been blown to bits!
"W-what is this?"
Sasuke, Shikamaru, and the others were stunned!
Especially Sasuke.
He originally thought Takumi would mimic his Great Fireball Technique, create a large fireball, send it rushing towards the target, and blow it up.
But who knew it would be completely silent, destroying the target without a sound!
"This... no way?" Ino's face was full of shock, "Then... that one! Blow up that one!"
Ino picked a closer target this time.
Because they wanted to see how Takumi was blowing things up.
The next second.
Crackle, pop…
After a series of rapid sparks, the second tree collapsed with a crash!
And just like it had been blasted, the trunk showed countless wounds, broken into pieces of debris!
"Whoa! Amazing!"
"H-how is this done? It's so cool!"
"So powerful! There's actually a technique like this!"
Everyone was dumbfounded!
Takumi's ability to hit whatever he pointed at was simply cool, dazzling, and explosive!
Sasuke was also full of shock. He stepped forward incredulously, swallowing, and asked, "W-why is there no explosion? The tree was clearly blown down, but why wasn't there a violent explosion!"
Takumi looked calm, "Isn't that a stupid question? If I cause an explosion in the forest, what if a fire starts?"
Hearing this, everyone seemed to ponder.
"Then... c-can you do one of those big explosions?"
"Like the kind from explosive tags?"
Sakura's eyes sparkled, her face full of yearning.
"Sure."
Takumi raised a single palm towards the sky, releasing a massive amount of Chakra that shot into the sky!
Then…
He clenched his fist forcefully.
Boom!!!!
A huge explosion sound erupted out of thin air!
A dazzling spherical explosion cloud instantly overshadowed the sky and earth!
Even the birds in the forest were startled into flight by the sudden shockwave!
Gazing at the massive fireball in the sky, over 200 meters in diameter, Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke, Ino... all widened their pupils, mouths agape, deeply shocked!
"This... this is unbelievable!"
"What kind of power is this! Is this Ninjutsu too?"
"Hundreds of times stronger than explosive tags!"
"Oh my god! I've never seen such a terrifying fireball!"
"If that exploded on the ground, we'd all be blown to bits!"
Everyone was awestruck by Takumi's massive explosion!
And at that moment, in the sky…
Seven or eight kilometers away from Konoha, above the clouds.
Deidara jumped up excitedly!
"Holy crap!!"
"Th-that's Takumi-senpai!"
"It's his Explosion Release!"
"So cool! Really too cool!"
It's almost the new week, so here's another bonus chapter!