Who Am I, Where Am I, Where Is My Brother?

Chapter 10: Who Am I, Where Am I, Where Is My Brother?

Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique.

Though it was the Uchiha Clan's signature ninjutsu, it was merely a C-rank technique at most.

Even in the hands of a genius on Itachi Uchiha's level, the Great Fireball's diameter would not exceed five meters.

Yet with a casual move, Xu Fan had expanded the Great Fireball's diameter to over twenty meters.

If Xu Fan had not withdrawn his technique in time at the critical moment, Sasuke would likely have suffered severe burns and been sent to the hospital.

Hiruzen Sarutobi, who had witnessed the scene through the Telescope Technique, could not help but draw in a sharp breath.

Judging by Xu Fan's hand-seal speed, he should not have been proficient in this ninjutsu. There was not even any sign that he had practiced it.

Xu Fan looked as though he had simply watched Sasuke cast the Great Fireball Technique, then copied it on the spot.

After all, Naruto Uzumaki was not the only one with an enormous Chakra amount.

Naruto Uzumaki's Chakra amount far exceeded that of ordinary Jonin as well.

But he had no talent for it and could not even cast a proper Clone Technique.

"For a ninja, Chakra amount alone is not enough... The ability to master a ninjutsu after seeing it once is the truly terrifying thing."

Hiruzen Sarutobi narrowed his eyes as he stared at Xu Fan within the Crystal Ball, but another person involuntarily surfaced in his mind.

The man known as the Copy Ninja.

Kakashi Hatake!

"Thanks to the Sharingan, Kakashi can copy an enemy's ninjutsu in an instant and make it his own. But that style of combat places a burden on his Chakra."

"But for Senju Xu, although his copying speed is not as fast as Kakashi's, he does not bear such a burden..."

Most importantly...

Xu Fan could effortlessly double the level of an enemy's ninjutsu.

That was the most terrifying part.

It was no exaggeration to say that Xu Fan had just used his own Chakra amount to raise the Great Fireball, which should have been a C-rank ninjutsu, directly to at least B-rank.

"Wait..."

Yet at that moment, Hiruzen Sarutobi thought of an even more terrifying possibility.

For Xu Fan, this was merely a sparring match in combat training, not a life-or-death battle against an enemy.

He only needed to make Sasuke recognize the gap between them and force him to concede.

"He did not use his full strength?"

The corner of Hiruzen Sarutobi's mouth twitched as he sucked in a breath.

If Xu Fan unleashed his Chakra amount without holding back, how large could the Great Fireball become?

Thirty meters?

Fifty meters?

Or something even more outrageous?

That brat from the Senju Clan truly was terrifying...

"Come to think of it, how many Chakra natures does he have?"

Suddenly, Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyes widened, shocked once more by his own speculation. "Could Senju Xu... use Wood Release?"

Meanwhile, on the Ninja Academy's training ground.

Seeing Sasuke collapse onto the ground, looking thoroughly frightened, Xu Fan immediately dispelled his ninjutsu.

Whoosh!

The Great Fireball broke apart in midair, then dissipated into nothingness.

Everyone else stood dumbfounded, as though they had seen a ghost.

They had always thought Sasuke's Great Fireball Technique was exaggerated enough.

They never expected Xu Fan to be even more absurd.

You called that ninjutsu?

Pah, that was clearly senjutsu!

Mizuki and Iruka were no exception. As Chunin, they understood Xu Fan's terror better than anyone present.

This could no longer be described as talent. He was plainly a monster.

An unreasonable monster.

At that moment, Iruka had even forgotten all about the Seal of Reconciliation, his face filled with shock.

Did Xu Fan really need to attend the Ninja Academy?

"Iruka-sensei, can we end this now?" Xu Fan turned around, utterly unconcerned by Iruka's stunned expression. "It seems Uchiha does not want to continue."

Continue?

He still wanted to continue?

If I were Sasuke Uchiha, I would have pissed my pants from fright, okay?

Quite a few students in Iruka's Class looked at Sasuke with sympathy, wondering just how much psychological trauma this would leave him with.

"Uh..." Only after hearing Xu Fan's voice did Iruka come back to his senses. He glanced at the score sheet, then said haltingly, "Ah... it's over. The combat training is over... Sen... Senju, the Seal of Reconciliation."

"Mm." Xu Fan answered briskly, then walked up to Sasuke and extended a hand toward him.

Sasuke looked at Xu Fan, then at his hand, his mind completely blank.

However, Sasuke did not accept Xu Fan's goodwill. Instead, he tried to stand up using his own strength, but failed.

Only after his third attempt did he finally manage to get to his feet.

But Sasuke had been so shaken by Xu Fan's Great Fireball that he could not make a sound.

Mechanically, he formed the Seal of Reconciliation and reconciled with Xu Fan.

Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?

What just happened?

Where is my brother?

Mizuki stared blankly at the scene before him. He had thought that after seeing such an outrageous Great Fireball, he would be jealous of Xu Fan's talent.

But after witnessing it firsthand, Mizuki felt as though he was questioning his entire life.

Am I really a Chunin?

Is Xu Fan really attending school for the first day?

Is this world really real?

What is ninjutsu?

What is a ninja?

"This is... unbelievable." Iruka took a deep breath and could not help complaining, "Senju, your Great Fireball is far too exaggerated. You did not spend the last five years practicing this one ninjutsu at home, did you?"

In Iruka's view, that was the only explanation for why Xu Fan could perform such an outrageous Great Fireball.

Sasuke Uchiha had been extremely unfortunate to run into Xu Fan in his strongest field.

No, only that truth could comfort him.

But to his surprise, Xu Fan directly shook his head. "No, this was my first time using ninjutsu."

"I saw Uchiha forming hand seals just now and wanted to give it a try. I did not expect it to actually work."

"What?!"

Iruka and Mizuki's eyes widened once more, their minds buzzing.

What did he mean, first time using ninjutsu?

Come on, translate that for me. What did first time using ninjutsu mean?

What did he mean by, I did not expect it to actually work?

What kind of divine showing-off was this?

Yet Xu Fan was not being modest. It truly was his first time using ninjutsu, as well as his first attempt.

"It seems it was because of the check-in reward I just received."

Suddenly, Xu Fan came to a realization and understood what mastery from the check-in reward meant.

For low-level ninjutsu like this, he only needed to look at it once to learn it.

"Does that mean that from now on, as long as I look at any ninjutsu once..."

Just as Xu Fan grew curious about this, the assistant's prompt sounded in his ear.

"Mastery" does not mean absolute perfection. View the detailed explanation?

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