Chapter 16: Sasuke's Challenge, No-Rules Duel
The high-ranking leaders of the big ninja villages were not fools.
The Uchiha clan was a thousand-year-old wealthy ninja clan, and the Sharingan was the strongest bloodline limit in the ninja world after the downfall of Wood Style.
Countless people dreamed of acquiring a three-tomoe Sharingan. In fact, Kakashi Hatake was known as the 'Copy Ninja' and 'Konoha Technician' who copied thousands of ninjutsu with just one three-tomoe Sharingan.
Furthermore, copying ninjutsu was just the ability of the two-tomoe.
The three-tomoe Sharingan was also named the Illusion Eye.
Those who did not believe were unable to unleash the true potential of the Sharingan at all.
The Uchihas who were able to unlock the full potential of the three-tomoe Sharingan were all top-ranking Jonin who were unbreakable in one-on-one battles.
There were surely double-digit numbers of such strong people in the Uchiha clan.
With so many great men, besides other Uchiha that awakened one-tomoe Sharingan and two-tomoe Sharingan, and many other average clansmen that hadn't yet awakened the Sharingan, there was no way that even Uchiha Itachi with his legendary Mangekyou Sharingan could kill them all at night.
Even if he managed to do that, there is no way to do that silently.
But the Uchiha clan was wiped out in one night, and Uchiha Itachi, the murderer, was able to escape from Konoha.
The water was too deep here.
There was no doubt that there should be figures of Konoha's upper-level officials.
The ability and means to exterminate the richest ninja clan ranked number one in one night and the cruelty and coldness which did not mind the consequences startled the large ninja villages.
For this incident, the big ninja villages sent only a group of spies to infiltrate Konoha to obtain information, and since they failed, they did not give it any attention.
The Third Ninja World War had caused heavy damage to all the big ninja villages, and they had not yet recovered.
Even the Hidden Cloud Village did not take advantage of this.
They were all maintaining the current equilibrium and preparing for the subsequent Ninja World War.
Izayoi had no idea about such things, but he could make an educated guess.
He knew that the years to come would be peaceful according to the original book.
This was the ideal time to grow up.
....
Sasuke Uchiha, who was trapped in the delusion of Mangekyou Sharingan, slept for a week before waking up.
When he entered the class, his whole body had undergone incredible changes.
Earlier, Sasuke Uchiha only got a headache when he was surrounded by girls, but he would never say bad words, even punch people around.
This kind of behavior made the girls even more spoiled.
Today, however, the girls who invited Sasuke Uchiha to come in were no longer daring enough to surround him.
Because by then, the eyes and aura of Sasuke Uchiha were simply too frightful. His peers didn't dare approach or even look at him.
Izayoi was the only one who could see that the current Sasuke Uchiha was weak and stubborn.
He was traumatized and needed the warmth and healing of compassion most of all.
But his nature made it impossible for him to be open to accepting sympathy.
Only Naruto Uzumaki, who had reincarnated for thousands of years and shared the same destiny as him in this life, was able to penetrate Sasuke Uchiha's heart and earn his acknowledgement.
During afternoon school time, Izayoi was finally waiting for the long-awaited scene.
The classmates broke up into small groups as usual, either staying late at school, going out of school, or not belonging to any group and going back home alone, after the taijutsu battle.
The former Sasuke Uchiha was the latter.
But today, Sasuke Uchiha did not go back home by himself, but approached Izayoi and said the same as Izayoi said at that moment: "Izayoi, do you want to have a fight?"
Having heard this, Izayoi, who had gone to the ninja school in his main body today and did not go back home with Hinata, just to wait for him, smiled secretly in his heart.
But his appearance pretended shock, staring at Sasuke Uchiha, who perhaps had not recovered and had an air of melancholy in his eyes, and couldn't help but tease, "You did not care about my challenge at that time, why care now?"
"Babble rubbish, are you afraid?"
Sasuke Uchiha did not answer, but provoked.
Earlier, he wanted to plant with Uchiha Itachi only, so he obviously didn't want to waste time on others.
Now that his clan had been eradicated, the mission of his life was to assassinate Uchiha Itachi and later revive the Uchiha clan.
To kill Uchiha Itachi, he had to obtain powerful strength.
In an effort to revive the Uchiha clan, he had to enable individuals to recall the power and fame of the Uchiha clan and not get beaten by other people.
Therefore, Izayoi was Sasuke Uchiha's victim.
As long as he defeated Izayoi, he was able to show that he was powerful than all his classmates.
Izayoi naturally had no idea Sasuke Uchiha's intention.
Seeing that the other had used aggressive means to conceal his tsundere, Izayoi seized the opportunity and smiled, nodding, "Okay, let's fight."
"Very good, let's head to the playground." Sasuke Uchiha shouted with fighting spirit.
"There is no need to go to the playground, let's reverse positions."
Izayoi shook his head and smiled, "I'll take you somewhere."
After having spoken, Izayoi went towards the vacant practice ground.
Sasuke Uchiha followed behind him.
The Uchiha clan was wiped out for a week, and Uchiha Obito wouldn't come to Konoha to stroll around except for Nohara Rin's death anniversary.
Izayoi also made the conscious effort to go to the graveyard to mark down Nohara Rin's death anniversary, and he would not go into the wild at this time every year from now onwards.
Therefore, some days ago, Izayoi returned to farming in the wild.
Soon, the two arrived at the ground where Izayoi and Hinata should have grown.
The ground and trees there were littered with traces of attack and ninjutsu.
When Sasuke Uchiha saw these traces, his eyes narrowed a little, and his heart was bothered.
If all these traces were left by Izayoi.
Wouldn't that mean this guy, just like him, had achieved mastery of the Five Elements Ninjutsu?
If he was not mistaken, he seemed to be an orphan.
He had his father to teach him, but Izayoi was an autodidact.
Sasuke Uchiha suddenly understood that he finally knew why this guy could beat him.
It wasn't luck, but that the other side worked harder than him.
Thinking about it, Sasuke Uchiha's fighting spirit became even more fierce.
Battling with such an opponent could make him stronger.
Defeating such an opponent could be a proof of his strength.
"How do you want to fight?"
Gazing at Sasuke Uchiha before him, Izayoi asked, "A taijutsu duel or a no-rules duel?"
The so-called no-rules duel meant anything could be employed.
The Three Transformation Techniques, stealth technique, Body Flicker Technique, props, and even the Five Elements Ninjutsu instructed by the ninja school but not practiced there was allowed to be used with whim.
No-rules duels were also dangerously risky duels.
The school of the ninja also conducted no-rules duels, but that was limited to sixth grade.
In addition, in no-rules duels while performing, apart from the referee teacher, there also has to be a medical ninja alongside them.
After all, this kind of combat would most likely result in accidents.
If you did not take care, students' lives might even be lost.
If Umino Iruka was here and heard Izayoi's words, his face would certainly change considerably and immediately stop and scold them.
But Sasuke Uchiha spoke without hesitation, "No-rules duel!"
(End of this chapter)
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