Guiding Quests, Beating Up Second Pillar

The four truants couldn't help but cast worried glances at their friend, Lin Fan.

However, Lin Fan was unbothered, his eyes even filled with an excitement that was hard to conceal.

[Ding, guiding mission issued: Defeat Sasuke Uchiha while he is going all out and force him to the ground three times. Reward: Tomoe Sharingan Lv1.]

As expected, the system's guiding mission had finally appeared.

Furthermore, the reward for completing the mission made Lin Fan secretly overjoyed.

One had to know that a Kekkei Genkai as special as the Tomoe Sharingan was not something everyone in the once-powerful Uchiha Clan could awaken.

It required intense emotional stimulation to awaken and continuously evolve.

After all, Sasuke had only managed to awaken a single tomoe after witnessing the annihilation of his entire clan.

Yet, not only could Lin Fan easily obtain it by completing a guiding mission, but with his infinite skill points, he was certain to start with a max-level Three Tomoe Sharingan.

He would be awakening the three tomoe at an age even younger than the world-destroying icon, Madara.

This was going to be awesome.

For Lin Fan, the only difficulty in this mission was how to force Sasuke to go all out to help him complete it.

A preliminary plan had already formed in his mind.

"Tch, Iruka, how exactly did you arrange these matchups? How could you pair me with this dead last for a one-on-one combat drill? Aren't you afraid I might hurt him?"

Surrounded by a crowd of girls, Sasuke suddenly twisted his mouth, looked at Iruka with a face full of annoyance, and questioned him.

Iruka broke into a cold sweat and explained awkwardly, "Sasuke, I decided this by drawing lots before class. I didn't mean to target you. Besides, this is just a normal training session. If you do spar, I hope you'll show some restraint toward student Lin Fan!"

"Hey, dead last over there, listen up. I'll allow you to forfeit just like that Pineapple Head did earlier, because you have no training value to me whatsoever!"

After saying this with a cold expression, Sasuke immediately prepared to turn and leave.

"Hmph, 'Pineapple Head'? I really hate Sasuke."

Hearing Sasuke's words, Shikamaru rolled his eyes, looking thoroughly annoyed.

"Heh, you arrogant jerk, you must be afraid of my brother Lin Fan's strength, right? Are you trying to run away with your tail between your legs?"

Naruto stepped forward quickly to block Sasuke, who was about to leave, and sneered.

"Get lost. Relying on that sleazy Transformation Jutsu to win by surprise attack—Naruto, in my eyes, you're a dead last a hundred times worse than Lin Fan. I feel disgusted just looking at you."

Sasuke's words remained cold and heartless.

Naruto flew into a rage instantly, rolled up his sleeves, and shoved his face toward Sasuke with his eyes bulging, "You arrogant jerk, are you looking for a fight?"

Sasuke was equally relentless, pressing his face right up against Naruto's, "If you've got the guts, then come on! I've already prepared for your transformation jutsu; I can beat you until you're spitting out teeth!"

Seeing the sparks of conflict between the two, the three truants, Sakura, Ino, and the others rushed over to pull them apart.

Meanwhile, Lin Fan stood silently to the side, watching the bickering Naruto and Sasuke with a motherly smile.

Don't let Naruto's current annoyance with Sasuke fool you; they couldn't stand each other right now.

But he knew that Naruto would embark on a ten-year journey to chase his "wife" later on.

Would Naruto even set aside his dignity and kneel before the Fourth Raikage just to beg for Sasuke's life?

Could the relationship between these two be described simply by the word "bond"?

Lin Fan didn't think so.

In his view, didn't this just prove that people like Hinata and Sakura were merely accidents in the lives of Naruto and Sasuke?

BANG!!!

"Enough! Naruto, stop embarrassing yourself on the training ground. Whether Lin Fan fights or surrenders is for him to decide; he doesn't need you to boss him around."

Iruka immediately stepped forward, gave Naruto a sharp knock on the head, and dragged him by the collar to the spectator area.

After watching the daily bickering of the little couple, Lin Fan cleared his throat and said nonchalantly, "Don't worry. For Naruto's sake, I'll go easy on you and try my best not to let you get hurt, Sasuke!"

"Hahahaha!"

Lin Fan's words immediately drew roars of laughter from the students.

The person who had consistently held the title of dead last was actually saying such things to the top student of the grade.

This was a classic case of humble-bragging.

"Tch, do I, Sasuke Uchiha, need you to go easy on me? Dead last, I'll give you one last chance to forfeit, because if I make a move, the word 'restraint' doesn't exist in my dictionary."

Lin Fan remained all smiles, "I agree with that, otherwise, why would the Uchiha Clan have completely vanished from Konoha? I suspect it's because your clansmen all prided themselves on their strength and didn't understand the concept of restraint!"

At this moment, Iruka, standing to the side, couldn't help but break into a cold sweat.

Bringing up the history of the Uchiha Clan's demise must have surely crossed Sasuke's bottom line!

He couldn't understand why Lin Fan, who usually chose to surrender immediately during training sessions, was suddenly acting so tough today.

Sure enough, after hearing Lin Fan deliberately bring up the past of his clan's annihilation, Sasuke walked back.

At the same time, his eyes were filled with cold frost.

"Since you're looking for trouble, then I'll go all out and finish you off quickly."

Sigh, why did classmate Lin Fan have to bring this up? Now we're in big trouble!

Sakura, watching from the sidelines, said with a worried expression.

Yet her inner persona was excitedly thinking, Sasuke-kun, beat Lin Fan to a pulp for me! Anyone other than you who peeked at me in the bath is unforgivable!

Lin Fan then stepped out from the crowd to face Sasuke.

Go for it, Big Brother Lin Fan! You have to defeat that stuck-up face!

Naruto, standing below the stage, squinted his eyes into slits and cheered him on with a grin.

Lin... Big Brother Lin Fan.

Hinata was also watching Lin Fan with concern from not far away, her index fingers twirling rapidly around each other.

After Lin Fan gave Hinata a gentle smile to put her at ease, he turned his gaze toward Sasuke.

With his left hand balled into a fist behind his back and his right hand raised forward, his expression was remarkably indifferent.

"To finish you off, three moves are enough!"

Sasuke said softly.

"Alright, I declare the third training match to begin!"

The moment Iruka finished speaking, Sasuke dashed rapidly toward Lin Fan.

Upon closing the distance, he clenched his right fist and smashed it fiercely toward Lin Fan's cheek.

"Heh, too slow."

After Lin Fan whispered this, he turned his hand into a palm and pushed against the fist, directly neutralizing Sasuke's offensive.

BOOM!!!

The collision between their fist and palm sent Sasuke staggering back a large step!

Yet Lin Fan remained completely unmoved.

Sasuke felt a jolt of shock in his heart.

The current Lin Fan's physique and strength were certainly not as simple as that of the former dead-last.

He didn't dwell on it, stepping forward with his left leg and leaping, his right fist smashing forward once again.

BOOM!

To the surprise of everyone present, Sasuke's fierce straight punch missed its mark entirely.

A puff of white smoke drifted slowly by.

Lin Fan's body had already been replaced by a short log.

"Substitution Technique?"

Even Iruka, who was watching the match, was stunned.

As a Chunin, even he couldn't manage to swap places with a nearby object as quickly as Lin Fan had in such a short amount of time.

"Up here, it's my turn to counterattack! Konoha Whirlwind!!!"

After Sasuke turned his head, he only felt the afterimage of a whip kick rushing straight toward his head!

I can dodge this!

Sasuke thought to himself at that moment.