Listening to his friends, Charizard snorted two streams of white vapor from its nostrils, held its head high, puffed out its chest, and strode toward the battlefield.
"Battle start!"
As Kakashi shouted the start, Charizard and Lucario both rapidly gathered Chakra and unleashed their respective moves.
Smokescreen!
Charizard rapidly flapped its wings and took flight while gathering Chakra in its mouth and spewing out black-gray smoke.
It had watched the previous battle. Most of Lucario's combat methods were close-range taijutsu, and Charizard's aerial advantage could greatly limit the effectiveness of its taijutsu.
Combined with the Smokescreen that blocked its vision, Lucario would have no way of knowing its location to launch ranged attacks.
Quick Attack!
Lucario gathered all its strength and charged forward at high speed, but it failed to hit Charizard before it took off.
At that moment, the black-gray smoke continuously spewed out by Charizard blanketed the clearing, making it impossible to see what was happening inside.
"Looks like Obito and Charizard still don't know that it has sensory abilities." Kakashi shook his head.
It wasn't as though there were no Ninjutsu capable of interfering with sensory abilities. The Hidden Mist Village's Hidden Mist Jutsu could do that, but Charizard's Smokescreen clearly wasn't that kind of Ninjutsu.
Still, Kakashi could understand. Charizard had never fought Lucario before, and Lucario's usual training was similar to Might Guy's—various forms of physical training. It really wasn't easy to tell that it possessed sensory abilities.
If Kakashi hadn't known enough about Lycanroc's Shadow Clones and observed the previous battle so carefully, he probably would have found it difficult to discover that information as well.
Aura Sphere!
Having lost its vision, Lucario simply closed its eyes and sensed the Aura.
It gathered an Aura Sphere in one paw while sensing Charizard's Aura.
Sensing