"Kid, once you finish eating, let me assess the results of your training."
At the dinner table, Tobirama Senju set down his chopsticks and looked up at Renye.
Hearing that, Renye paused mid-bite, and the food in his bowl suddenly lost all flavor.
His gaze caught the kunai faintly visible beneath Tobirama's sleeve, and he sighed inwardly. That old man definitely isn't here with good intentions!
Damn it, he'd even prepared a kunai in advance...
"I'm done."
Renye swallowed his last mouthful, casually gripped Muko at his waist, then stood and headed for the courtyard.
Tobirama Senju looked at the Uchiha clan crest on Renye's back, his thoughts unknown.
The evening breeze swept cherry blossoms through the courtyard as two figures, one large and one small, faced each other on the training ground.
Without hesitation, Renye activated his Sharingan and drew Muko in a backhand grip. As the blade left its sheath, a dragon-like ring tore through the silence.
The instant the cold gleam swept past Tobirama Senju's hem, his body turned into mist filling the air. It was a Water Clone.
"Too slow." An icy palm suddenly clamped down on the back of his neck. Renye's hairs stood on end as his Sharingan caught the distortion in the air behind him.
"Water Release: Water Prison Technique!"
He spun and slashed fiercely, his blade cleaving through the translucent cage formed by the Water Prison Technique. Amid the splashing water, Tobirama Senju easily sidestepped the strike.
"Kid, pay attention." Tobirama Senju formed hand seals. "Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique!"
Renye gritted his teeth and poured Chakra into his blade.
As Tobirama Senju's Water Release came roaring toward him, blinding arcs of electricity suddenly appeared around Renye's body.
He used Lightning Release: Body Flicker Technique to pass through the curtain of