Damn it, this is Uchiha Itachi, who became a Chunin at eight and a Jōnin before he was even ten! As a teammate, Itachi is definitely the strongest, but as an opponent, he's also the hardest to deal with. Getting him as our examiner is rotten luck!
Lying on the ground in the shadows of the woods, Sakura quietly watched Madara Uchiha standing calmly on the grass. Facing this legendary figure, she could not even muster the courage to attack.
Just as Sakura hesitated over whether to test him, a storm of shuriken swept toward Madara Uchiha from both sides of the woods. These two assaults had clearly been launched by Sasuke and Naruto. Though the two storms of shuriken originated from only two points, they traced countless paths through the air, ultimately forming an encirclement that attacked Madara Uchiha without leaving a single blind spot.
Can a human even launch an attack like that?! Teacher Itachi is going to die!
Lying nearby and waiting for an opening, Sakura was left utterly stunned after witnessing Sasuke and Naruto's combined assault.
Back at the Ninja Academy, Sakura had known that Sasuke and Naruto were excellent with shuriken, but she had never imagined they could be this good. Against those two, she probably would not last even a single breath!
While Sakura was still reeling in shock, Madara Uchiha made his move.
Two fists could not contend with four hands. Even though Sasuke and Naruto had both learned their shuriken skills from Madara, he could not deflect every attack from both of them with shuriken alone. Madara picked out a gap in the shuriken assault led by Sasuke and disrupted it, finally escaping their combined attack. But Sasuke and Naruto were far from finished.
The instant Madara escaped, four Narutos emerged from