Showing His Strength

Seeing Obito Uchiha charging toward him, Veigar remained calm. Having already prepared to graduate early, he completely outclassed Obito Uchiha in terms of strength.

When he got close to Veigar, Obito Uchiha swung a fist straight at Veigar's face.

Veigar quickly turned his head to dodge the punch. At the same time, he reached out with his right hand and grabbed Obito Uchiha's right wrist.

Obito Uchiha struggled twice.

Obito Uchiha found that his right hand was clamped in Veigar's grip like it had been caught in a pair of pincers. He simply could not break free.

Obito Uchiha immediately gave up struggling with his right hand because he knew he could not escape Veigar's grasp.

Then Obito Uchiha raised his right leg, preparing to lash out at Veigar's waist and abdomen.

However, Veigar had seen through Obito Uchiha's movements completely. He moved after Obito Uchiha but struck first, kicking him flying.

"Veigar is amazing..."

Seeing Veigar kick Obito Uchiha flying in only a few moves, everyone let out cries of astonishment.

Looking at Obito Uchiha clutching his stomach without suffering much harm, Kaoru Iwabe knew that Veigar had held back.

If this had been a real battle, Obito Uchiha would probably have already died on the spot.

"Impulsive and arrogant."

Kaoru Iwabe had already formed an assessment of Obito Uchiha in his mind and marked him as a failure.

"Damn you, Veigar."

Suppressing the intense pain in his abdomen, Obito Uchiha let out an angry roar and charged at Veigar once again.

This time, however, he had learned his lesson.

Knowing that his strength was inferior to Veigar's, Obito Uchiha used both feet as the starting point for his attacks. After all, among the four limbs, a person's legs were stronger than their arms.

Even so, Veigar did not dodge. Instead, he moved toward the charging Obito Uchiha.

Their fists and feet clashed as Veigar and Obito Uchiha tangled in combat, though Veigar was not using his full strength.

If one thought Veigar was merely toying with or humiliating Obito Uchiha, one would be mistaken.

Veigar was putting on a display, showing Kaoru Iwabe his extraordinary physical skills and strength. After all, if he wanted to graduate early, he still needed Kaoru Iwabe's approval.

Although Veigar could go directly to Hiruzen Sarutobi, having Kaoru Iwabe submit the application for him was the most appropriate approach.

Kaoru Iwabe, watching from the side, had also noticed the obvious intention Veigar was displaying. Every one of Obito Uchiha's attacks was easily blocked by Veigar, and Veigar only took action after Obito Uchiha had made his move.

With Veigar's current level of physical skill, he could defeat Obito Uchiha without wasting much time.

At the same time, Kaoru Iwabe noticed the flashes of brilliance in Obito Uchiha. Although he was somewhat arrogant and impulsive, he truly possessed considerable physical ability.

After exchanging a decent number of blows with Obito Uchiha, Veigar had displayed almost all of his physical skills. At the same time, Veigar discovered that the physical techniques Obito Uchiha used were different from those taught at the Ninja Academy.

They contained many more subtleties.

As for where Obito Uchiha had learned them, the answer was self-evident. He was backed by the Uchiha, one of Konoha's prominent clans.

Having finished displaying his physical skills, Veigar punched Obito Uchiha back two steps and secretly formed a hand seal.

"Yin?"

Veigar's hand seal had escaped the notice of all his classmates, but not Kaoru Iwabe.

What puzzled Kaoru Iwabe was that the hand seal Veigar formed was incomplete. It was merely a single seal.

The next second, Kaoru Iwabe understood everything.

Obito Uchiha's fist struck Veigar, but Veigar vanished with a "bang."

"A Clone Technique with simplified hand seals. What terrifying talent."

Kaoru Iwabe stared intently at Veigar, who was now standing behind Obito Uchiha, and thought.

At the same time, Kaoru Iwabe wondered: He and Veigar were the same age. What had he been doing when he was seven?

Back then, let alone simplifying the hand seals for a ninjutsu technique, even his success rate when using the Clone Technique had only been about fifty percent.

Veigar did not know what Kaoru Iwabe was thinking, but he could guess that displaying his ability to simplify the hand seals for the Clone Technique would certainly draw Kaoru Iwabe's attention.

That was precisely Veigar's objective.

Veigar's ability to simplify hand seals now had little to do with his talent. Instead, after successfully cultivating the Body Strengthening Technique, his body had been enhanced by Chakra, making him far more sensitive to and proficient with the flow and use of Chakra.

That was why he could simplify the hand seals.

Obito Uchiha had just managed to punch Veigar, and before he had time to rejoice, he discovered that he had hit nothing more than a clone.

Obito Uchiha immediately turned his head and found Veigar standing behind him. He swung another straight punch.

However, this was another clone Veigar had left behind.

"Obito, I'm over here."

Veigar's true body had just been hidden among the crowd. He quickly returned to the edge of the Training Ground and used the Transformation Technique to take on Obito Uchiha's appearance.

Seeing Veigar transformed into his own appearance, Obito Uchiha instantly flew into a rage. He demanded, "You bastard, Veigar! Why did you transform into my appearance?"

Veigar's response nearly made Obito Uchiha spit blood. Completely imitating Obito Uchiha's tone and manner of speaking, he said, "I'm the real Obito! I should be asking who you are!"

Everyone watched Veigar blatantly tell such an outrageous lie, then burst out laughing.

However, they had to admit that when Veigar transformed into Obito Uchiha, he looked exactly the same. If they had not personally seen Veigar transform into Obito Uchiha and heard him use his real voice to call Obito Uchiha's name, they would have wondered whether the furious, half-vomiting Obito Uchiha in front of them was even real.

"You..."

"Hmph. I'll let you see what I can do."

As he spoke, Obito Uchiha rapidly formed hand seals.

"Si—Wei—Shen—Hai—Wu—Yin."

"Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique."

Seeing Obito Uchiha rapidly form hand seals, Veigar was surprised, but he did not panic. He formed hand seals as well.

"Wei—Chou—Yin."

Veigar used the Body Replacement Technique, one of the Three Basic Ninjutsu Techniques. However, the Body Replacement Technique originally required five seals, and Veigar had already simplified it. He only needed to form three seals to use it.