Kido? Kido-Escape?

"Little Sasuke, big sister brought you some candy. Want some?"

Ye Wuyue watched Fugaku and Itachi in the center of the field when Izumi leaned over, pulled a few candies from her pocket, and bent down to hand them to him.

Because Ye Wuyue often helped foster her relationship with Itachi, Izumi had taken a strong liking to him and frequently brought him little snacks.

"Thank you, Sister Izumi."

Ye Wuyue smiled sweetly and took the candies Izumi offered him.

To be honest, he'd felt a bit awkward at first pretending to be a child and acting cute, but now he'd gotten the hang of it.

"Such a good boy. Next time, big sister will treat you to Ichiraku Ramen!"

Izumi ruffled Sasuke's hair and laughed.

Just then, Itachi and Fugaku began in the center of the field, and the two of them turned their attention to watching the spar.

"Come on, go all out!" Fugaku beckoned to Itachi.

Itachi nodded, then pulled several shuriken from his ninja tool pouch, holding three in each hand and throwing them with slightly staggered timing.

The six shuriken, the moment they left his hands, shot toward Fugaku's vital points.

"Shurikenjutsu? The accuracy is indeed high, but trajectories without variation like this won't hit an enemy."

Fugaku said flatly.

The next moment, Itachi threw another shuriken. This one was faster than the previous ones, and in an instant it caught up to one of the shuriken thrown earlier.

The two shuriken collided, and their respective trajectories changed in that instant. At the same time, the shuriken that had altered its course struck several others, and all the shuriken's paths shifted at once, their angles becoming far more treacherous.

Seeing this, Fugaku nodded in approval, then pulled out a kunai, stepped forward, and with a series of clinks, either knocked down or dodged the seven shuriken that now came from extremely tricky angles.

"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"

No sooner had Fugaku dodged all the shuriken than a massive fireball came flying toward him.

Ye Wuyue, watching from the side, was stunned by the speed of Itachi's hand seals. He could only see the afterimages of his hands.

"Itachi-kun is amazing!"

Izumi beside him had long been dumbstruck. For her, who couldn't yet use a single jutsu and whose shurikenjutsu was only at a decent level, the strength Itachi was showing now was on a completely different plane.

But with Itachi's current strength, he naturally posed no threat to Fugaku. Fugaku formed hand seals at incredible speed, and the moment the fireball flew in, he unleashed his own technique.

"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"

The two fireballs collided and canceled each other out. Fugaku had only used a fraction of his power, afraid of hurting Itachi.

Moreover, up to this point, he had been purely on the defensive, never once attacking.

From the white smoke left by the fireballs' dissipation, a figure charged out with a kunai in hand—Uchiha Itachi.

Itachi leaped up and delivered a side kick, which Fugaku blocked with his arm. Then Itachi raised his kunai and thrust forward.

Fugaku parried with his own kunai, then seized Itachi's arm and flung him away. Midair, Itachi pulled a shuriken from his tool pouch and threw it, but Fugaku dodged it. The thrown Itachi then vanished with a poof into white smoke.

Shadow Clone Technique.

Fugaku was slightly surprised. He hadn't taught Itachi this technique before.

Did he learn it from Shisui?

Fugaku quickly figured out the reason.

Then the real body should be...

"Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique!"

A searing heat came from behind, and a flame-shaped dragon head rushed toward Fugaku's back.

"That's a B-rank jutsu, isn't it..."

Izumi was numb by now. She knew Itachi was a genius, but she never imagined that a seven-year-old could be this strong—already surpassing genin level while still in the Ninja Academy.

Ye Wuyue, watching their fight, silently compared himself. He figured that without using his Zanpakuto, his current strength was slightly inferior to Itachi's. Itachi's combat intelligence was too high; he could plan an entire attack strategy in an instant—far beyond what Ye Wuyue could match.

But when he used his Zanpakuto, absolute power was something Itachi couldn't withstand, let alone if he put on his mask.

In the center of the field, Fugaku stood behind Itachi, tapping him on the head with a kunai in hand. Itachi knew the spar was over—he had lost.

"Hahahaha, worthy of being my son! That was a beautiful fight!"

Fugaku laughed with pride and patted Itachi's head affectionately.

"Father, that technique you just used..."

Itachi turned to look at Fugaku. He knew his attack wouldn't work, but he hadn't expected Fugaku to subdue him in an instant.

"It was just a simple genjutsu combined with the Body Flicker Technique."

"But I didn't see you form any hand seals, Father."

Fugaku's words did not clear Itachi's confusion.

Ye Wuyue, standing to the side, had noticed something amiss. Just now, when Fugaku had his back to Itachi, he seemed to lift a finger, and then Itachi's Dragon Fire Technique veered slightly off course.

After that, Fugaku used the Body Flicker Technique to instantly appear behind Itachi.

"Some very simple jutsu can actually be performed with a single hand seal or even without any seals at all, just like the Body Flicker Technique. The genjutsu I just used can only slightly disrupt one's vision. With practice, you can cast it with just a lift of your finger. I'll teach you later."

Fugaku explained, and after hearing this, Itachi's expression cleared with understanding.

"Next, Sasuke, show us the results of your recent training."

After sparring with Itachi, Fugaku's expectations for his younger son had only grown. He had long known of Itachi's talent, and now that his youngest son had started training early, he held high hopes for Sasuke, even though Sasuke was not yet three years old.

He hoped Sasuke's talent would be like Itachi's! At least not too far behind.

Fugaku thought with anticipation.

Ye Wuyue, hearing this, walked to the center of the training ground.

"Father, some of the abilities I've been training might take a bit of time to use," Ye Wuyue said in a childish voice.

"It's fine. I'll stand here and wait," Fugaku replied casually.

With Fugaku's approval, Ye Wuyue smirked to himself. He planned to try out a few Kido spells he had been practicing recently.

Ye Wuyue stood still in the center of the training ground, extended his right palm forward, and began chanting the incantation.

"O sovereign! Mask of flesh and blood, all creation, flutter of wings, ye who bears the name of man! Truth and temperance, upon the sin of slumber, the blaspheming step! Destructive Spell #31, Crimson Fire Cannon!"

As Ye Wuyue chanted, a vivid crimson fireball slowly formed in his palm.

It worked! I did it!

Ye Wuyue felt the flow of spiritual energy go smoothly this time. As he shouted the final word, the fireball in his palm shot forth instantly, hurtling toward Fugaku standing opposite him.

The fireball was much smaller than the one formed by the Great Fireball Technique, but its speed was far greater. In an instant, it was right in front of Fugaku.

So fast!

Fugaku's pupils contracted slightly.

But he didn't panic. He sidestepped to dodge the fireball, which struck a large tree outside the training ground, blasting a hole through its trunk.

Ye Wuyue was thrilled inside. This was the first Kido he had mastered beyond the thirtieth rank, and its power seemed decent.

Next, then...

"Binding Spell #30, Three-Spike Mouth Flash!"

Three sharp, beak-shaped beams of light materialized out of thin air, striking Fugaku and binding him to the wall.

"Destructive Spell #4, White Lightning!"

A bolt of lightning shot from Ye Wuyue's finger, aimed at the restrained Fugaku.

Fugaku's mouth twitched. He used the Substitution Technique to evade Ye Wuyue's attack.

"Destructive Spell #4, White Lightning!"

Seeing this, Ye Wuyue kept firing lightning, sending a White Lightning at Fugaku wherever he appeared.

Afraid of injuring him, Fugaku kept using the Body Flicker Technique to dodge, looking somewhat flustered for a moment.

Finally... Ye Wuyue's spiritual energy ran out.

"Hahahaha, truly my son!"

Fugaku laughed even louder, patting Sasuke's head with a heart full of pride.

"What ability is this? I don't think I've ever seen it before. It looks like a ninjutsu, but it doesn't require hand seals."

"This is an ability I figured out on my own. I call it Kido."

"Kido!? Did you create a new Kekkei Genkai yourself?" Fugaku asked, stunned.

"Uh, you could put it that way, but it's called Kido," Ye Wuyue corrected.

"To create your own Kekkei Genkai at the age of two—such talent is unprecedented!"

Fugaku was brimming with excitement.

"Sasuke is strong too, so I'll have to get even stronger to protect my little brother!" Itachi silently resolved.

Izumi watched this family and fell into deep thought.

If I'm not strong enough, will I not be able to marry into this family?

Afterward, Fugaku guided Itachi in genjutsu training and also taught Ye Wuyue some training methods. He felt that with a Kekkei Genkai like Kido, ordinary ninjutsu were no longer of much use. Izumi, watching from the side, also benefited greatly.

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