At this moment, Li realized that he too had become seven or eight years old.
"Of course it's possible." Iruka stroked his chin. "Like the moon falling out of the sky or something."
At that moment, a boy in the front row laughed and said, "If something's going to fall down, I'd rather it be grilled meat."
The boy looked rather round, and with one glance, Li could tell he was Choji from the future Ino-Shika-Cho trio. At Choji's words, everyone in the classroom burst into laughter.
Then, Li suddenly felt everything go dark. It was not like closing his eyes, but rather as if the surroundings had dimmed. That was right—it felt like the sky had suddenly turned overcast.
Li frowned. Had the illusion changed?
He immediately looked outside and heard a student shout, "Ah, it's the moon!"
Li froze as well. A massive stone sphere was falling from the sky. It looked at least as large as the entire school, but calling that thing the moon was a bit much, wasn't it?
Li tried to raise a hand to block the stone sphere, only to discover in shock that he could not muster any strength at all. Wait, did that mean that within this Genjutsu, he could only use the power appropriate to whatever stage he was currently in?
Wasn't that a little excessive? Only now did Li realize that he had severely underestimated the power of this world.
With a loud bang, the miniature moon crashed down from the sky and smashed the entire school into ruins. Yet to Li's surprise, he was not hurt at all. Dust merely swept over him, and he began coughing violently. As the smoke and dust gradually dispersed—
Another voice rang out. "Seventh match: Uzumaki Naruto versus Kiba Inuzuka."
At those