The Uchiha Clan's Combat Strength

"Uchiha!"

Musashi looked into his opponent's eyes and immediately recognized the famed Uchiha Clan. His expression changed drastically as he warned his teammates beside him, "Don't look into his eyes. The Uchiha Clan's abilities lie entirely in genjutsu and Fire Release."

His unpleasant past encounters with the Uchiha Clan had made Musashi wary.

"He's just a brat. So what if he's from the Uchiha Clan? Just warn me if I get caught in genjutsu."

Kanno Koji did not take Uchiha Yū seriously. The Uchiha Clan was indeed powerful, but what could a child possibly do?

Not to mention that they were in a hot spring, an environment that naturally enhanced Water Release techniques. Kanno Koji formed hand seals with both hands.

"Water Release: Water Turbulence!"

He spat out a stream of water, but drawn in by the hot spring, it gradually expanded. Chaotic currents rose all around, crushing down on Uchiha Yū together. The attack was intended to kill him in one blow.

"What a nuisance."

Uchiha Yū directly stripped off his clothes. The iron weights strapped to his body fell onto the water, splashing up waves.

"Why is You wearing such heavy iron weights again?!"

"Is this brat a monster?"

"Be careful. Don't get killed by him."

The three of them had different thoughts. Seeing the weights fall into the water, Kanno Koji understood that he could no longer regard his opponent as a child, but as an equal adversary.

"Nawaki, Reiko! Fall back! Leave this to me!"

Uchiha Yū ran across the water, narrowly passing the Water Turbulence. Relying on the speed and agility of taijutsu, he tried to close in for hand-to-hand combat.

Unfortunately, over the past year, You had been focused on medical ninjutsu and Fire Release. Genjutsu was his weakness. Once he returned, he would definitely have to make up for it.

"Bang!"

His flying kick struck Koji's arm. Though the man blocked it, the force of the impact sent him several meters back.

"What terrifying strength."

He had known that You's strength was exceptionally great when he saw those iron weights, so he had prepared himself before taking the flying kick head-on.

Yet he had still underestimated his opponent's strength.

I need to widen the distance.

He was certain that his opponent's Fire Release techniques could not be too powerful. No matter how talented someone was, there had to be limits. His taijutsu was strong, yet he had not used the Uchiha Clan's signature genjutsu, which meant his training had focused on taijutsu.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Three kunai flew toward Uchiha Yū. Koji did not intend to give him time to catch his breath, and the angles at which he threw the three kunai were particularly tricky.

"Clang!"

Knowing he could not dodge them, Uchiha Yū did not hesitate. Instinctively reaching for his waist, he drew three kunai of his own.

With the help of the Sharingan, he could clearly see the trajectories of the enemy's kunai. He flung his own kunai out to collide with them.

All three kunai met their targets. Six kunai, stripped of their momentum, fell onto the calm water. But Uchiha Yū still had one more kunai, which he threw.

"Not good!"

"Clang!"

At the critical moment, he pulled out the umbrella from his back and blocked Uchiha Yū's attack. But the hole that appeared in the umbrella made Koji's heart ache. Repairing weapons cost quite a bit of money.

"Brat! I'll show you what a chunin is!"

"Water Release: Rushing Torrent!"

The water streams extending from all around began to converge. Standing at the center, Uchiha Yū could feel how much power they contained.

"One must not underestimate any ninja."

Ninjas were high-attack, low-defense fighters. At their peak, the strong could level the ground with a single ninjutsu, yet their bodies themselves were not particularly tough. A single explosive tag could kill them.

A chunin could unleash fairly powerful ninjutsu. Uchiha Yū stepped onto the water.

He noticed the two people retreating. Nawaki and Reiko were facing another chunin. That man's strength was average, but Reiko's Gentle Fist could temporarily defend against his attacks.

They were about to leave the hot spring, so Uchiha Yū no longer hid his strength. A scorching heat emerged from his body.

"Break!"

The Monstrous Strength Fist erupted in full force, striking the torrent head-on and splitting the massive current in two.

Seizing the opening, You reached his opponent in a single step.

"You think I can't use ninjutsu? Idiot!"

The bandages wrapped around his arms fell away, and a voice filled with killing intent rang out.

"Front Lotus!"

He moved behind Koji and kicked him beneath the chin.

The enemy's entire body shot into the air. In the instant he became weightless, the bandages around You's body wrapped tightly around Koji.

Kanno Koji felt the restraints around him, but the kick had left his mind spinning. He could not break free from the bandages at all.

And the real show was only beginning!

Even Musashi, who had been pursuing the two others, stopped in his tracks and stared in shock at the two figures soaring through the air.

Under the gazes of the other three, Uchiha Yū and his opponent fell into the water together.

The reality was even more severe than it appeared. High-intensity radiation emanated from You's body. He could not use ninjutsu because he was worried about his companions nearby, but that did not mean his body could not release a source of radiation.

The surface of the hot spring returned to calm. Musashi took out a kunai. If Uchiha Yū emerged from below, he would give up on killing the two brats beside him and instead kill You at all costs.

The other was a genius of Konoha. If he were allowed to grow, he would become an enormous threat to the Rain Village.

The surface of the hot spring churned, and a black shadow slowly surfaced from below. No one knew who had won, and all three watched warily.

"Koji?"

Musashi, who had just been about to throw his kunai, saw Koji's figure and thought his companion had won. But what happened next made his rage explode.

What surfaced was only a mangled body. A large amount of blood dyed the hot spring red. Uchiha Yū emerged from the hot spring, drenched in blood, without slowing down in the slightest.

His target was Musashi, who was about to throw his kunai. They were five or six meters apart, but as You burst forward at high speed, waves rose across the surface of the water.

"Die, brat!"

He vaguely understood now. Ida had not failed to encounter him—he had likely been killed by him!

"Bang!"

Before everyone's horrified eyes, Uchiha Yū unleashed his full strength and struck the man's arm. The crisp crack of breaking bone could be heard clearly.

Then he kicked Musashi in the chest with a backhand strike. Within the span of a breath, he successfully killed him.

When it came to a contest of strength, Uchiha Yū feared absolutely no one. If not for his concern that he could not use ninjutsu with his companions nearby, this battle would have ended even faster.

"Why are you two making those faces?"

After finishing the battle, he looked at their stunned expressions, as though they had seen a ghost.

"How are you so strong?!"

"T-That's too terrifying..."