Hatake Harukaze VS Senju Gen

Seeing Senju Gen baring his teeth, Hatake Harukaze's face broke into a wide grin.

He knew what Senju Gen was going through, as he himself often suffered similar attacks when sparring with Uchiha Yuan.

Through constant beatings, Hatake Harukaze had discovered Uchiha Yuan's profound understanding of the human body and his masterful control over his strength.

The variations of forces like Collapsing Force, Drilling Force, and Shocking Force had subjected him to all sorts of aches and numbness, giving him an almost orgasmic experience.

This also made him realize that Taijutsu could have so many ingenious techniques.

"Senju Gen, sneaking up on us and attacking Yuan, what do you mean by that?"

Dropping his smile, Hatake Harukaze's expression turned serious as he reprimanded him.

Senju Gen said, "I just want to have a good spar with classmate Uchiha Yuan."

Then, his gaze shifted to Uchiha Yuan, his face filled with fighting spirit, "Uchiha Yuan, it's proven that you are indeed very strong."

Regarding the only Uchiha in their class, Senju Gen had initially paid him secret attention.

But during their years in the same class, Uchiha Yuan's performance had greatly disappointed him; his grades were average, and his performance was mediocre.

Especially in one-on-one sparring sessions, Uchiha Yuan's fights would typically last dozens of rounds, with his strength consistently ranking around the middle of the class.

Therefore, Senju Gen stopped paying attention to Uchiha Yuan and instead focused more on Hyuga Kagami, who also came from a prominent clan, and the top students from the other seven classes.

What recently made him start noticing Uchiha Yuan again was his spar with Uehara Isami.

The Taijutsu Uchiha Yuan displayed had astonished him, especially when Uchiha Yuan used his hand as a blade to leave a shallow bloodstain on Uehara Isami's throat, which had deeply shocked him.

To achieve such precision required an incredibly fine control over one's own strength.

When Hyuga Kagami challenged Uchiha Yuan, Senju Gen had secretly been looking forward to it.

Senju Gen acknowledged Hyuga Kagami's strength; he had always observed Hyuga Kagami's performance in battles and estimated that it would take him about forty rounds to defeat Hyuga Kagami.

However, Uchiha Yuan defeated Hyuga Kagami within ten rounds, which made him even more interested in Uchiha Yuan, and his fighting spirit could no longer be suppressed.

Uchiha Yuan, no longer holding back, met Senju Gen's gaze with sharp, piercing eyes and said, "I have always been the strongest."

Meeting Uchiha Yuan's gaze, Senju Gen felt a slight sting in his eyes and involuntarily shifted his gaze away.

He then marveled inwardly, not understanding why Uchiha Yuan, who had performed so ordinarily at the Ninja Academy, was now displaying such astonishing power and sharpness.

Senju Gen grinned, leaped from the tree, and landed before them, saying, "Uchiha Yuan, whether you are the strongest or not, we'll only know after we fight."

Uchiha Yuan said, "Then let's have our match right here."

"Good."

Senju Gen quickly responded.

Although he was somewhat puzzled in his heart why Uchiha Yuan would suddenly change his mind and agree to spar with him, the surging fighting spirit in his heart quickly suppressed these doubts, and he focused his gaze on Uchiha Yuan.

Just then, Hatake Harukaze suddenly stepped forward and stood in front of Uchiha Yuan, saying, "Wait a moment. Senju Gen, your opponent is me. If you want to spar with Yuan, you need to defeat me first."

After speaking, Hatake Harukaze turned his head to look at Uchiha Yuan.

The two met each other's gaze, and then Uchiha Yuan looked at Senju Gen and said, "Harukaze's words are my words."

Senju Gen looked at Hatake Harukaze, then smiled and said, "The Hatake clan has Konoha White Fang in the past, and Kakashi-senpai now; let me first experience your strength, Harukaze-kun."

Then the two separated a bit and formed the hand seals for confrontation, facing each other.

Uchiha Yuan stood to the side and formed a hand seal with one hand; immediately, four shadow clones silently leaped out from behind him and positioned themselves around, forming an isolating barrier.

'Shadow clones? No, it should be Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu. I didn't expect Uchiha Yuan's control over Chakra to be so refined. There was no sound when the shadow clones appeared.'

Senju Gen noticed this and couldn't help but be startled.

As one of the few new generation members of the Senju clan, he had always received elite education from the clan. His strength might not yet match some of the village's Chunin, but his observational and analytical skills far surpassed others.

He was now even more interested in Uchiha Yuan. Uchiha Yuan always inadvertently displayed powerful techniques, making Senju Gen eager to start a battle with him as soon as possible.

In the anime, Naruto's Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu always had a grand display, but that was actually because Naruto's control over Chakra was very crude.

Of course, for Naruto, he didn't need to control Chakra meticulously; he completely relied on the massive amount of Chakra within him to achieve the effect of an army of one, directly overwhelming enemies.

And the final battle between Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara, for example, was when Senju Hashirama's Wood Style Clone fooled Uchiha Madara, allowing Senju Hashirama to land a surprise attack for victory.

If Senju Hashirama's control over Chakra was as crude as Naruto's, how could his Wood Style Clone possibly fool Uchiha Madara's Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan?

After forming the hand seals for confrontation, Hatake Harukaze said, "Gen, before the match begins, I hope you can promise me one thing."

"What is it?"

"You cannot tell anyone about your spar with us today."

"Alright."

"I want you to promise this on the Senju Clan's Honor."

Senju Gen looked at Hatake Harukaze in astonishment, then turned his gaze to Uchiha Yuan.

He was a bit confused. These two were really strange. For a mere spar between classmates, they wanted him to make a promise on the Senju's honor.

"Okay, I promise on the Senju Clan's Honor that I will not tell anyone about my spar with you."

After a moment of thought, Senju Gen spoke.

Immediately, the two of them took their stances. The moment Uchiha Yuan shouted "Begin!", Senju Gen's figure flashed, and he shot backward like an arrow released from a bow.

Water Style: Water Dragon Bullet Technique.

A giant water ball flew rapidly towards Hatake Harukaze.

Hatake Harukaze leaped into the air, dodging the Water Dragon Bullet. Just then, Senju Gen's voice came.

"Water Style: Water Severing Bullet Technique."

Over a dozen water balls, like cannonballs, simultaneously bombarded Hatake Harukaze.

Hatake Harukaze flipped his wrist, and a handful of shuriken appeared in his palm.

Then, a cold glint flashed. With one strike, he shattered three water bullets. Following that, his body weaved and dodged like a snake, twisting and turning continuously. In the blink of an eye, he broke through the barrage of water bullets.

At this moment, Senju Gen had just landed. Then, he felt a strong gust of wind hit his face. Hatake Harukaze had already rushed over, a shuriken thrusting towards him.

Senju Gen swung his palm, blocking Hatake Harukaze's arm, preventing his shuriken from thrusting further forward.

Immediately after, he turned his body sideways, moving out of the shuriken's path. Then, he took a step forward and raised a fist, smashing it towards Hatake Harukaze.

Not far away, Uchiha Yuan saw Senju Gen's movements and couldn't help but nod slightly. From these instantaneous actions, it was evident that Senju Gen's Taijutsu was very strong.

Facing Senju Gen's attacking fist, Hatake Harukaze did not dodge. He also threw out a punch.