The Astonished Crowd

Ito Hirofumi raised an eyebrow at these words; it seemed Uchiha Sasuke intended to use the Great Fireball Technique!

Sure enough, after finishing his declaration, Uchiha Sasuke took a deep breath.

At the same time, his hands began to weave seals. Ito Hirofumi was intimately familiar with this sequence—it was none other than the Great Fireball Technique!

Uchiha Sasuke's actions left all the surrounding students in utter shock.

"Hey!!! You've got to be kidding me?! Is that guy Sasuke actually weaving seals?!"

"Don't tell me he's already mastered a ninjutsu?!"

"Damn it!!! We're all students at the Ninja Academy, so why is Uchiha Sasuke so much better than the rest of us!!!"

"What kind of ninjutsu is that? Does anyone recognize it?!"

"If it's a real ninjutsu... Ito Hirofumi is definitely going to lose, right?!"

"Lose? He'll be lucky if he doesn't get hurt or killed!!!"

"..."

Hearing the murmurs of his classmates, Yamanaka Ino clenched her fists tightly, watching Ito Hirofumi with immense worry.

Just moments ago, Ito Hirofumi had displayed incredible power, fighting Uchiha Sasuke—who had activated his Sharingan—to a standstill, which had left Yamanaka Ino absolutely thrilled.

That is the man I chose!!!

So handsome and so strong!!!

But now, seeing that Uchiha Sasuke had actually mastered a ninjutsu, Yamanaka Ino began to fret again.

After all, even if Ito Hirofumi was strong, he surely couldn't withstand a ninjutsu attack, right?!

"Shikamaru... can you tell what kind of ninjutsu that is?!"

A nervous Yamanaka Ino looked toward Nara Shikamaru; after all, Nara Shikamaru was the smartest of them all and might know what Uchiha Sasuke was performing.

Nara Shikamaru watched Uchiha Sasuke's seal sequence and thought carefully.

"This sequence... it looks like a Fire Release ninjutsu! I never expected Uchiha Sasuke to have already learned a ninjutsu! It seems we've been left in the dust..."

On the other side, Iruka was starting to panic!

That guy Sasuke actually wants to use ninjutsu?!

Is that little brat crazy?!

This is clearly just a standard sparring exercise!

If this ninjutsu is successfully unleashed, Ito Hirofumi is bound to get hurt!

"Hey! Sasuke!!! Stop right now!!! This is just a normal Ninja Academy sparring match, and Ito Hirofumi isn't your enemy—he's your classmate! If you keep this up, he's going to get hurt!!!"

Upon hearing this, Uchiha Sasuke gritted his teeth, looking at Ito Hirofumi, who stood before him with a calm and indifferent expression.

"You guy!!! This is the C-rank ninjutsu, Great Fireball Technique! While its power isn't overwhelming, it's not something you can withstand right now! I suggest you surrender immediately!!!"

Ito Hirofumi hadn't expected the prideful Uchiha Sasuke to actually warn him!

It seemed that due to his previous actions and the influence of Indra's chakra, Uchiha Sasuke's attitude toward him had completely shifted.

"I know full well that it's the Great Fireball Technique... and I happen to know it too!!!"

"Nani?!!!"

Ito Hirofumi's words caused Uchiha Sasuke's pupils to constrict instantly!

Even the surrounding students and Iruka were struck with absolute shock!

Did Ito Hirofumi just say he also knew the Great Fireball Technique?!

No way?!

How is that possible!!!

It was already hard enough to accept that one student had mastered a ninjutsu, but now Ito Hirofumi claimed he could do it too?!

Ignoring the stunned students and Iruka, Ito Hirofumi instantly extended his hands and began weaving seals at high speed.

The sequence of seals was identical to the one Uchiha Sasuke had just performed!

However, while Uchiha Sasuke's movements had been quite slow, Ito Hirofumi appeared far more proficient.

Despite Uchiha Sasuke starting the seals first, the two of them finished at almost the exact same time.

"Great Fireball Technique!!!"

"Great Fireball Technique!!!"

Both of them shouted the name of the technique simultaneously. A fireball erupted from each of their mouths, and the two spheres of flame surged toward each other at high speed!!!

BOOM!!!!

The two fireballs collided violently in the center of the training ground, kicking up a massive cloud of dust.

The entire training ground fell into an eerie silence.

Iruka, in particular, had his mouth hanging wide open, his jaw practically hitting the floor.

Uchiha Sasuke had exhausted the very last of his chakra after completing the release of that ninjutsu.

His body swayed uncontrollably for a moment before he collapsed onto the ground with a thud.

Ito Hirofumi also felt the sensation of a massive chakra drain; it was an incredibly uncomfortable feeling, accompanied by waves of physical weakness.

Fortunately, he had been enduring Uchiha Madara's brutal beatings for the past two days, or else he feared he wouldn't even be able to stand right now...

However, this was only the beginning; the speed at which he grew stronger would only accelerate from here on out!

It was just a pity that he only had a few thousand ryo to his name, and after much pestering yesterday, his grandfather had given him another ten thousand.

The system's summoning attempts required the consumption of wealth points...

White summoning requires 10,000 wealth points, corresponding to a Genin.

Green summoning requires 100,000 wealth points, corresponding to a Chunin.

Blue summoning requires 1,000,000 wealth points, corresponding to a Jonin.

Purple summoning requires 10,000,000 wealth points, corresponding to an Elite Jonin.

Gold summoning requires 100,000,000 wealth points, corresponding to a powerhouse at the Hokage level!

With no more than 20,000 ryo on him, he couldn't even summon a Chunin, and to be honest, a Genin wouldn't be of much use, so he would have to find a way to make money!

Iruka reacted quickly, rushing forward to help Uchiha Sasuke up.

"I announce that the winner of this sparring exercise is Ito Hirofumi!!!"

Upon hearing Iruka's announcement, Uzumaki Naruto jumped straight up!

"Hirofumi!!! You were so cool just now!! When did you learn that ninjutsu? I want to learn it too!!!"

Seeing this scene, Yamanaka Ino let out a long sigh of relief, her eyes shining with adoration...

"As expected of Hirofumi-kun... he's just too cool!"

Nara Shikamaru scratched his pineapple-shaped hair...

"I didn't expect this guy to be so strong already? It seems I'll have to put in a little effort myself... though training and all that is just such a drag..."

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