Defeated Again

Three figures arrived before them.

The one in the lead was Uchiha Homura.

"Hand over the scrolls from your squad and that Amegakure ninja, and I'll let you go."

Uchiha Homura stared at Uchiha Yufeng and swept his gaze around the area. It was obvious a battle had just ended, and he could barely hide his smile.

Uchiha Yufeng, I finally caught you!

"Uchiha Homura, we're both Konoha Ninja. Now that we're in the Chunin Exams, why are you still targeting Yufeng?"

Seeing Uchiha Homura, Yuhi Kurenai's small face flashed with anger.

In her heart, she felt Uchiha Homura had gone too far.

Back at the Ninja Academy, it had at most been squabbles between classmates—competition.

But now they were in the Chunin Exams, and people from other villages had all gathered here. They had just faced a bloody incident of death.

At a time like this, the village's ninja should have united against outsiders!

Did they really have to fight to the death and let ninja from other villages reap the benefits?

Ever since the written exam, Uchiha Homura had been looking for trouble...

Now that they were fighting over scrolls, instead of taking them from other villages, he was actually targeting ninja from his own village!

He was truly despicable!

"Yuhi Kurenai, stop acting so righteous. Everyone knows you and Uchiha Yufeng are in league with each other.

You never mention the two times Uchiha Yufeng humiliated me!

Besides, this is a matter within the Uchiha Clan today. An outsider like you should keep your mouth shut!"

Yuhi Kurenai's face turned pale with anger. Just as she was about to speak, Uchiha Yufeng raised a hand to stop her.

"Can you reason with a dog? I told you before, there's something wrong with his brain."

At Uchiha Yufeng's mention of his brain being defective, Uchiha Homura's expression immediately darkened.

A pair of scarlet Sharingan appeared in his eyes.

"Fine, fine, fine. Uchiha Yufeng, I like that stubborn mouth of yours. I was originally planning to spare you some dignity for the sake of our clan, but it seems you don't need it!

Today, I'll show you what a true Uchiha is, and what the Sharingan, the Kekkei Genkai famed throughout the Ninja World, truly is!"

Uchiha Homura stopped trading words. His Sharingan spun wildly.

The one-tomoe and two-tomoe Sharingan from before changed into a two-tomoe and a Three Tomoe.

Sensing the sudden change in his Sharingan, Uchiha Homura froze for a moment before his face twisted with excitement.

"Hahahaha! Heaven is helping me! My Sharingan actually evolved at a time like this!

Uchiha Yufeng, let's see how you can keep acting arrogant from now on. Today, I'll let you learn the terror of the Sharingan!"

A flicker of surprise passed through Uchiha Yufeng's eyes.

Ever since Uchiha Homura had been beaten by him, his Sharingan evolved accordingly every time he saw him.

The Sharingan was known as the Eye That Reflects the Heart, evolving through intense stimulation.

Did he really provoke that much hatred in him?

It was truly an incomprehensible hatred...

"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"

Uchiha Homura brought his hands together and began forming hand seals.

A massive fireball shot straight toward Uchiha Yufeng and the other two.

His two teammates charged forward despite themselves.

One on the left and one on the right, they hurled Shuriken and Kunai at the trio's vital points.

Uchiha Yufeng formed hand seals and exhaled.

"Water Release: Water Wall!"

In an environment with no water nearby, a vast amount of water was instantly created.

The Water Wall formed around the three of them, spinning in a circle.

When the Great Fireball struck the Water Wall, it hissed and was blocked outright.

"Uchiha Yufeng, you hid yourself well!"

Watching his Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique get extinguished by Water Release, Uchiha Homura grew deeply wary. Staring at the Water Wall, he found no way to break through it, so he resorted to provocation.

"Uchiha Yufeng, do you only know how to defend?"

Uchiha Yufeng brought his hands together again.

Uchiha Homura's heart skipped a beat.

"Water Release: Water Shockwave!"

The Water Release: Water Wall that had surrounded the three of them began spinning upward at high speed. At first, it resembled a fountain, but in the blink of an eye, it became a waterfall.

Once it reached the height of a large tree, it crashed straight toward the three of them.

Before Uchiha Homura and the other two could react, they were sent flying by the Water Release.

Faced with Water Release on such a scale, Uchiha Homura felt grief well up inside him.

He spent less than three hours a day eating and sleeping. The rest of his time was devoted to brutal training—Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, and the Sharingan the Uchiha Clan excelled in.

He had trained like mad all this time without ever taking a break, yet today, that brat had defeated him with ease again.

Wasn't he an Uchiha? Why was he skilled not in Fire Release, but Water Release?

And how had he improved so quickly? He could cast Ninjutsu after forming just a single hand seal?

Could it be that, like him, he did nothing but train every day and barely slept?

No!

He had sent people to investigate Uchiha Yufeng before. Ever since returning from the Anbu, he seemed to have become quite lazy.

How could he possibly use Ninjutsu of this level?

Had he deliberately learned it while he was in the Anbu?

At that moment, Uchiha Homura was close to breaking down.

While he was lost in thought, Uchiha Yufeng used Body Flicker and appeared before him.

The same trick again.

He kicked at Uchiha Homura's face once more.

Uchiha Homura snapped back to his senses.

Seeing that all-too-familiar Taijutsu, anger flashed through his eyes.

Was Uchiha Yufeng really trying to humiliate him for a third time with the same Taijutsu?

Just as the kick was about to land on his face—

His Sharingan spun wildly, and he barely managed to raise his hands before his face and block the kick.

However, Uchiha Yufeng's kick carried considerable force this time. He was sent stumbling back nearly ten meters before barely coming to a stop.

"Is that all?"

Uchiha Yufeng held the Ronin Katana in his hand. His soft words struck Uchiha Homura's heart like a heavy hammer.

"Captain!"

His two companions crawled out of the water as well.

Faced with Water Release on such a scale, the two of them had been completely useless too.

Soaked from head to toe, they quickly rushed to Uchiha Homura's side.

"Retreat!"

Seeing their dejected expressions, Uchiha Homura felt utterly stifled and could only shout.

"Where do you think you're going? Leave your scrolls behind!"

"You..."

Uchiha Homura felt unprecedented humiliation. He was clearly known as a genius! And he worked so hard!

But when he thought of how Uchiha Yufeng had casually formed hand seals and unleashed Water Release with such terrifying force...

In such a short time, the scale of that Water Release had even altered the surrounding environment.

The gap between them seemed to have grown even wider. If just now...

If he had unleashed a few more Water Release techniques of that scale, would he have died here?

Uchiha Homura did not dare think any further.

His hand trembling, he pulled a scroll from his clothes and threw it toward Uchiha Yufeng.

Only after seeing that Uchiha Yufeng did not attack did the three leave in a sorry state.

"Yufeng, why did you let him leave so easily? You should've beaten him up some more!"

Yuhi Kurenai looked dissatisfied. Uchiha Yufeng merely smiled.

As he sensed the surroundings, he detected several concealed Chakra fluctuations that were not weak.

Judging by their strength, they were at least Chunin level. Could they be Anbu ninja hidden in the shadows to monitor them?

The Will of Fire immediately possessed Uchiha Yufeng.

"He's a Konoha ninja. Lord Hokage told me to protect the village's ninja, so how could I go against Lord Hokage's will? I believe Uchiha Homura will understand the Will of Fire someday."

The two girls' eyes widened at those words.

What was with this sudden change? Had Uchiha Yufeng taken the wrong Military Ration Pill just now?

Uchiha Yufeng ignored the two of them. He searched the Amegakure ninja's body, found a scroll, then picked up the scroll Uchiha Homura had thrown earlier.

"Two Heaven Scrolls!"

Both the Amegakure ninja's scroll and the one Uchiha Homura had left behind were Heaven Scrolls.

"Then we have a complete pair!"

The Yufeng Squad had received an Earth Scroll at the start, so they now had exactly what they needed.

"Good, then let's go! We can head straight for the destination ahead and pass!"

As soon as he finished speaking, three ninja wearing Sunagakure uniforms suddenly appeared and blocked their path.

Uchiha Yufeng frowned.

Looking at the newcomers, he detected a trace of Chakra fluctuations unique to the Sharingan.

"Sunagakure ninja under Sharingan Genjutsu?"

The man in the lead did not say a single word.

He directly formed hand seals at Uchiha Yufeng.

"Wind Release: Wind Cutter Technique!"