Meanwhile, in Konoha's streets and homes.
A housewife hanging out her laundry stopped and looked toward the southern part of the village in confusion.
Boom... boom, boom...
Dull booms rang out every few seconds, the intervals growing shorter and the sounds coming faster.
The ground beneath her feet trembled faintly.
"An earthquake?"
She asked her husband inside the house.
Her husband, a Chunin who had just returned from the battlefield, stood by the window with a grave expression.
He heard the faint, boiling roar of voices in the distance and felt the air tremble with each shock wave.
He took a deep breath and slowly shook his head.
"It isn't an earthquake."
He paused, a complicated mix of emotions flashing through his eyes: awe, nostalgia, and a sense of his own inadequacy.
"It's... someone fighting."
That day, all of Konoha heard those thunderous bangs.
Some thought something had gone wrong with the training ground's gunpowder storehouse.
Some thought the ever-diligent Team Guy was doing another outrageous training exercise.
Others followed the sound and looked toward its source.
The area around the Third Training Ground was already packed with an impenetrable crowd.
"What's happening over there?"
A merchant who had just returned from outside the village asked.
"Jonin Might Guy is fighting Genya Uchiha!"
A passing child shouted excitedly, then eagerly ran off in that direction.
"Fighting?"
The merchant froze.
"Those two monsters... are fighting inside the village?"
His answer came in another almost eardrum-shattering boom, accompanied by the faint cries and cheers of the crowd in the distance.
BANG!!!
On the battlefield, the fight took a decisive turn.
The streak of blue light tried to pull away at high speed and begin the opening movements of Daytime Tiger.
But Genya seemed to have anticipated every move. He intercepted Guy along