BOOM!
The tremendous fireball, along with the air explosively expanding from the sudden intense heat, burst outward with a sound like an explosion, slowly spreading through the area.
WHOOSH!
Then, a scorching heat wave turned into a fierce gust that howled outward in all directions.
RUSTLE!
After that came the continuous rustling of trees being bent under the gale.
"So hot!"
"Wh-what is this!"
"What did Teacher Asuma do?!"
Then, the stunned voices of the rookie Genin came through with some difficulty amid the rustling roar of wind-crushed trees.
From their words alone, it was not hard to imagine the children gritting their teeth and forcing those words out through clenched jaws.
At that moment, the fierce wind howled through the gaps in the trees. The foremost row of trees had already been blown backward, while the boys and girls standing on those frontmost branches stood firmly atop the bent limbs, raising their hands to shield themselves. Every one of them gritted their teeth as they struggled against the scorching gale.
Yet through the gaps between their shielding hands, flames burned fiercely in their partially revealed eyes.
Ahead of them, although the fireball had already billowed upward like a mushroom cloud, there was still a sea of flames.
The area that had originally become a swamp was now engulfed in blazing fire, resembling a modestly sized lake of flames.
Tap!
Tap!
At that moment, Might Guy, who had been lifted slightly by the heat wave after being yanked out like a radish, and Asuma, who had caught Kurenai Yuhi, landed lightly with two soft impacts.
"Hey, hey! Kakashi! Isn't this a bit too much?!"
The moment they landed, the three noticed that the rising flames were beginning to extinguish from the bottom. The fireball, which was turning into a screen