"Falling Moon Style!"
"Afterimage Fist!"
In an instant, the kunai Uchiha Sasuke had thrown was about to strike Uzumaki Naruto. Although the Ninja Academy's kunai had not been sharpened, the force behind it had been perfectly judged. As long as Sasuke's kunai landed on Naruto, Naruto's defeat would practically be certain.
Moreover, Uchiha Sasuke had never considered the possibility that his kunai might miss.
What a joke!
Uchiha Sasuke was the Ninja Academy's genius, its number one student. When students of the same class sparred with him, lasting even one exchange was already impressive. Now he was merely facing Uzumaki Naruto, the Academy's infamous dead last. If Sasuke lacked the confidence to win in a single exchange, wouldn't that be humiliating?
Unfortunately.
Uchiha Sasuke's confidence became the very source of his humiliation.
Because Naruto had an old man behind him—an old man known as Dark Asura, Uchiha Yue!
During last night's training, Uchiha Yue had not taught Naruto many secret techniques—only three, at most. The Falling Moon Style: Afterimage Fist Naruto was now using was a technique Uchiha Yue had relied on during his rise to fame, a Falling Moon Style Secret Technique created by combining the Substitution Technique and the Clone Technique.
Back then, Uchiha Yue had made a name for himself at the Ninja Academy using the Falling Moon Style Secret Technique. Why couldn't Naruto defeat Uchiha Sasuke? Why couldn't he evade Sasuke's kunai?
Thus, just as the kunai Uchiha Sasuke had thrown was about to hit Naruto, there was suddenly a soft poof!
Falling Moon Style: Afterimage Fist!
Sasuke's kunai successfully struck Naruto's body—or at least, that was how it looked to Sasuke and the surrounding Ninja Academy students.
In Iruka's eyes, Naruto had clearly evaded Sasuke's kunai. What he had used was a fusion of the