Beating Up Asuma Online

"Yamashiro Aoba, Sarutobi Asuma, step forward."

The taijutsu instructor's voice rang out, and everyone immediately turned their attention toward the two of them.

Asuma rubbed his wrist, a provocative smile on his face, though a trace of wariness lingered in his eyes. He had seen Aoba fight before. That Body Flicker speed was indeed fast.

But a ninja's strength could not be defined by a mere E-rank [Body Flicker Technique].

He had already mastered two C-rank ninjutsu. Even his private tutor said he possessed the strength of a genin.

Aoba strolled leisurely into the middle of the field. His lazy demeanor made Asuma's expression turn even uglier.

"Very good. Just wait—you'll pay for your arrogance!"

He then glanced at Kurenai and thought, Today, I'll show you my true strength!

Little did he know that every one of his small movements had fallen completely within Aoba's sight.

The corner of Aoba's mouth twitched slightly, and his fists seemed to grow even harder.

Kurenai was still so young, and he was already setting his sights on her. It seemed Kurenai had gone too easy on him. Today, Aoba would make his childhood a little more meaningful.

[Seventy-three meters to the southwest, high altitude. Chakra response stable. Technique detected: "Telescope Technique."]

The Chip sent out prompts from time to time.

"Since the old man wants to watch, I'll give him something interesting to see." Aoba chuckled inwardly, and his expression gradually turned serious.

The two stood facing each other and formed the Seal of Confrontation as required.

"Begin!"

The instant the words fell, Asuma had barely assumed his stance when several wooden shuriken flew toward him.

"So fast!"

Asuma's pupils abruptly contracted as he hurriedly pulled out a kunai to block them.

When he looked toward Aoba again, Aoba's figure suddenly blurred.

"Damn it!"

A fierce gust rushed at his face, and Asuma raised his arms to defend himself.

Bang!

A dull impact rang out. A force far beyond his imagination surged through his arms, sending him staggering backward uncontrollably.

"Damn it, no—urgh!"

Before he could regain his footing, a sharp pain exploded in his lower abdomen. His body instantly doubled over like a shrimp, and the words in his throat turned into a muffled groan of agony.

Like a ghost, Aoba slid close to his side and drove a clean, sharp elbow precisely into the soft spot at the back of Asuma's waist.

"Urgh!"

The pain nearly brought tears to Asuma's eyes. Enduring it, he hurriedly pulled away and raised his hands to form seals.

Aoba's eyes lit up. He had not expected Asuma to stay standing after taking those two hits. This guy could really take a beating!

Chakra burst from beneath his feet, and he instantly caught up to Asuma, knocking away the left hand that was forming seals.

"Eh? No, wait... stop..."

Aoba did not even give him time to speak. He punched him squarely in the chin, cutting off his words as well.

Bang! Bang! Bang...

"Ow! Aah! Aah! Awooo..."

Aoba struck left and right, giving Asuma no chance to open his mouth as he beat him relentlessly.

The entire field fell silent, with only Asuma's miserable screams audible.

The students watching nearby were all dumbfounded. They had imagined countless possible endings, but never one where Asuma would be beaten up so completely and one-sidedly.

Seeing Asuma's miserable state, Obito instinctively touched the swelling on his face that had not yet fully gone down.

Hiss...

"Can't mess with him! Can't mess with him!"

Obito secretly swore that he would absolutely never provoke Aoba casually again.

Soon, Asuma's screams changed pitch. Feeling that it was about enough, Aoba swept his legs out from under him. Then he drove his knee heavily into Asuma's chest and pressed a cold standard-issue kunai against his throat.

The entire process flowed smoothly, taking less than a minute from beginning to end.

Even the taijutsu instructor's eyelids twitched wildly. He could tell that Aoba had not intended to kill him. At most, Asuma had suffered some superficial injuries, though he looked rather miserable.

"Mm..."

Nohara Rin was kindhearted. Seeing Asuma bruised and battered, curled up miserably on the ground, she could not help covering her eyes.

Shizune's mouth hung open for a long while before she could close it.

She had never expected Aoba, who was usually so easy to talk to, to have such a violent side.

"Such... clean taijutsu."

What Kakashi saw was completely different from what everyone else saw.

It was not simple violence, but extreme efficiency.

Every one of Aoba's attacks landed precisely on the points where Asuma needed to exert force and in the gaps in his defense. He used no flashy moves; every action was simple and unadorned, yet he could predict in advance and interrupt every intention his opponent had to counterattack.

This style of fighting somewhat resembled the Uchiha clan's Sharingan, which his father had mentioned.

Unfortunately, he had never seen an Uchiha fight. As for Obito beside him, Kakashi automatically ignored him.

"The battle is over. Yamashiro Aoba wins!"

The taijutsu instructor's voice finally broke the silence. Looking at Asuma's bruised and swollen face, the corner of his mouth could not help twitching.

Aoba put away his kunai and rose from atop Asuma. As though the cold-hearted attacker from moments ago had not been him, he returned to his lazy appearance, gave the instructor a slight bow, and walked back to the group.

The match ended with Yamashiro Aoba giving the Third Hokage's son a one-sided beating.

Asuma's bruised and battered appearance was like a bucket of cold water poured over all the battle-hungry students in the class. Fatty and the others from last time were especially drenched in cold sweat, chills running down their backs.

He even dared hit the Hokage's son that hard, beating him without mercy as though he wanted him dead. Who among ordinary students would dare invite that kind of trouble?

Of course, that only applied to ordinary students. Kakashi, on the other hand, had become interested in Aoba.

The Chip's data feedback showed that Kakashi's attention toward him had increased by a full 300%. Especially while Aoba trained, Kakashi's gaze lingered on him for an additional seven or eight seconds.

The other was Guy. After witnessing Aoba's taijutsu, he also wanted to have a youthful duel with him.

However, Aoba turned them all down with excuses such as "I've used too much chakra" and "I didn't sleep well last night."

The days passed one by one, and at last another day off arrived.

Aoba woke to the Chip's alarm and immediately checked his data.

"System, display my physical data."

[Beep! Performing a comprehensive scan...]

[Scan complete.]

[Physique indicators, blood pressure, heart rate, blood lipids...]

The various readings of his body were projected before his eyes, along with comparisons to the previous day's data.

What Aoba cared about most was the height section.

Height: 147.416 cm → 147.418 cm

He had only grown 0.002 centimeters in a day, setting a new historical low.

After the beef, even the honey gathered from the Forest of Death had lost its effect.

He opened the system's analysis report.

[Bone age: 7.10. Current developmental peak has been reached.]

Aoba frowned. This result had been within his expectations. At seven years old and one meter forty-seven centimeters tall, he already stood head and shoulders above others his age. Even eight-year-old Namiashi Raidō was not as tall as him.

But for him, it was still nowhere near enough.

The body was a container for chakra. The larger the container, the more water it could hold.

"Are there any new solutions?"

[Beep! Generating solutions...]

[Solution One: Use chakra to stimulate the pituitary gland and forcibly induce the secretion of growth hormone. Risk assessment: Extremely high! May cause premature closure of bone growth plates, severely affecting final growth potential, and carries the risk of unforeseeable bodily mutations.]

[Solution Two: Search for and consume biological ingredients containing higher-density, more specialized chakra energy.]

[Data analysis: The reason "Cloud Valley Beef" and "Killer Bee Honey" were effective was that the organisms contained faint but specialized chakra.]

[Solution Three: Obtain a chakra Kekkei Genkai...]