Clang~!
Shin swung the back of his blade at the Elite Chunin from the Uchiha Clan standing before him. The immense force split the skin between the man's thumb and forefinger, sending him flying.
Shin furrowed his brow. He had already held back so much of his strength, yet the man was still this helpless. What a waste.
In the Hokage Office, Sarutobi Hiruzen watched the scene with surprise in his eyes. The boy's strength was incredible.
But he was from the Uzumaki Clan, so perhaps it wasn't all that surprising.
Sarutobi Hiruzen knew that the Uzumaki Clan had strong bodies, abundant vitality, and powerful chakra.
"Using the back of your blade to attack me—are you looking down on me?"
The Uchiha Clan Chunin had a great deal of pride. Shin's choice to strike with the back of his blade had thoroughly crushed what little remained of it.
"Heh. Better to be looked down on than dead."
Shin spoke calmly.
The Kusanagi Sword was so sharp it could easily cut through a Kunai. If Shin hadn't used the back of his blade, the man would already have been dead.
The enraged Elite Chunin from the Uchiha Clan wasn't thinking about any of that. He angrily launched a ninjutsu attack.
"Fire Release: Great
Fireball Technique!"
Shin watched the fireball fly toward him and swung his sword, cleaving it apart in an instant without suffering so much as a scratch.
Seeing him cut a ninjutsu attack in half with one strike, the Anbu Ninja standing nearby was so startled he wondered whether swordsmanship could really have that kind of power.
He hadn't encountered much swordsmanship, so he didn't know.
"Sharingan, activate!"
The two-tomoe Sharingan fixed on Shin. By activating it, the man showed that he was finally taking this seriously.
As the