Uchiha Clan's Combat Power

"Uchiha Clan!"

Musashi looked into the other party's eyes and immediately recognized the renowned Uchiha Clan. His expression changed drastically as he warned his teammate beside him:

"Don't look into his eyes. The Uchiha Clan's abilities lie in genjutsu and Fire Release."

His unpleasant past experience fighting 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 fall under genjutsu."

Kanno Koji did not take Uchiha Yuu seriously. The Uchiha Clan was indeed powerful, but what could a mere brat do?

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

"Water Release! Water Chaos Wave!"

A stream of water sprayed from his mouth, but drawn in by the hot spring, it gradually grew larger. Chaotic currents surged up all around, crushing down on Uchiha Yuu together. He intended to kill him in one blow.

"What a pain."

Uchiha Yuu directly took off his clothes. The iron weights strapped to his body fell onto the water, sending up enormous splashes.

"Why is Yuu carrying such heavy iron weights again?!"

"Is this brat a monster?"

"Be careful. Don't let him kill you."

The three had different thoughts. After seeing the iron weights fall into the water, Kanno Koji understood that he could no longer treat his opponent as a child, but as an opponent equal to himself.

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

Uchiha Yuu ran across the water, brushing past the Water Chaos Wave. Relying on the agility and speed of taijutsu, he tried to close in and fight at close range.

Unfortunately, Yuu had spent the past year studying Medical Ninjutsu and Fire Release. Genjutsu was his weakness. Once he returned, he had to make up for it.

"Bang!"

His flying kick landed on Koji's arm. Though Koji blocked it, the force behind it sent him sliding back several meters.

"What terrifying strength."

He had known Yuu's strength was extraordinary the moment he saw those iron weights, and he had prepared himself before taking the flying kick head-on.

Yet he had still underestimated Yuu's strength.

"I need to widen the distance."

He was certain that Yuu's Fire Release could not be very strong. Even a genius had limits. His taijutsu was powerful, yet he had not displayed the Uchiha Clan's signature genjutsu, which meant he had focused his training on taijutsu.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"

Three kunai shot toward Uchiha Yuu, giving him no time to catch his breath. The angles from which the three kunai had been thrown were especially tricky.

"Clang!"

Knowing he could not dodge them, Uchiha Yuu did not hesitate. By instinct, he reached for his waist and drew three kunai of his own.

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

All three kunai struck their counterparts. Six kunai, having lost their momentum, fell onto the calm water. But Uchiha Yuu still had one more kunai, which he flung out.

"Not good!"

"Ding!"

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

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

"Water Release! Torrent Breaker!"

The currents extending from all around began to converge. At the center, Uchiha Yuu could feel just how much power they contained.

"I can't underestimate any ninja."

Ninjas were high-offense, low-defense fighters. The strongest could level the ground with a single ninjutsu, yet their bodies themselves were not particularly durable. An Explosive Tag could kill them.

A Chunin could unleash fairly powerful ninjutsu. Uchiha Yuu stepped onto the water's surface.

He noticed the two who were retreating. Nawaki and Reiko's opponent was the other Chunin. His strength was unremarkable, but Reiko's Gentle Fist could temporarily defend against his attacks.

They were about to leave the hot spring. Uchiha Yuu no longer hid his strength, and a scorching heat rose from his body.

"Break!"

The Monster Strength Fist erupted in full force, striking the rushing water head-on and splitting the massive torrent in two.

Taking advantage of the opening, Yuu reached him 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 flew upward. In that instant of weightlessness, the bandages around Yuu's body completely wrapped around Koji.

Kanno Koji felt the binding pressure, but the kick had left him too dazed to break free from the bandages.

And the real show was only just beginning!

Even Musashi, who had been chasing the other two, stopped in his tracks and stared in shock at the two figures flying through the air.

Under the watchful eyes of the three, Uchiha Yuu and his opponent plunged into the water together.

The truth was even more serious than it appeared. High-intensity radiation radiated from Yuu's body. He could not use ninjutsu for fear of harming his companions nearby, but that did not mean his body could not release radiation.

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

He was a genius of Konoha. If he were allowed to grow, he would become an enormous threat to Amegakure.

The hot spring's surface churned, and a black shadow slowly rose from beneath it. No one knew who had won, and all three watched warily.

"Koji?"

Just as Musashi was about to throw his kunai, he saw Koji's figure and thought his comrade had won. But what happened next made him explode with rage.

What surfaced was only a mangled, incomplete body. Blood rapidly dyed the hot spring red, while Uchiha Yuu emerged from the water bathed in blood, his speed not slowing in the slightest.

His target was Musashi, who was about to throw his kunai. Five or six meters separated them, but as Yuu burst forward at high speed, ripples spread across the water.

"Die, brat!"

He had vaguely guessed the truth now. Ida had not failed to encounter him—he had probably been killed by him!

"Bang!"

Before everyone's horrified eyes, Uchiha Yuu struck Musashi's arm with all his strength. The crisp crack of breaking bone could be heard clearly.

Then he swung around and kicked Musashi in the chest, killing him in the span of a breath.

When it came to strength, Uchiha Yuu feared no one. If not for his concern that he might be unable to use ninjutsu around his companions, this battle would have ended even faster.

"Why are you two making those faces?"

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

"How are you so strong?!"

"T-too terrifying..."