Konoha Secret Technique: Thousand Years of Death

[Host: Liumu's personal attributes]

[Sex: Male]

[Age: 5]

[Attack: 999999999 (Saitama template boost active)]

[Defense: 999999999 (Saitama template boost active)]

[Stamina: 999999999 (Saitama template boost active)]

[Speed: 999999999 (Saitama template boost active)]

[Intelligence: 125]

[Talent: 59]

[Summoning beast: None]

[Ninjutsu: Substitution Technique, Clone Technique]

[Genjutsu: None]

[Owned templates: One-Punch Man: Saitama (in use)]

[Available skills: Normal series: Normal Punch, Consecutive Normal Punches; Serious series: Serious Punch, Consecutive Serious Punches, Side-to-Side Hopping!]

"My talent is only fifty-nine?"

Looking at the numbers in his mind, Liumu finally understood why learning ninjutsu had been so difficult for him.

If the maximum score was a hundred, his talent did not even reach the passing mark.

"Liumu?"

Suddenly, Might Guy's voice rang out beside his ear.

"Huh?"

He turned to look. Might Guy's expression had suddenly become serious, his eyes fixed on the countless pieces of rubble scattered around Liumu's feet.

This was Liumu's handiwork from getting used to his strength and speed after merging with the Saitama template. What he had not expected, however, was that someone would suddenly visit Hokage Rock today, when hardly anyone ever came here.

"Liumu, did you do all this?" Might Guy frowned, staring into Liumu's eyes. Every stone block used to repair Hokage Rock was a rough slab weighing around ten thousand jin. To smash them into this state...

"Liumu, you must have been training incredibly hard!" As Might Guy said this, he clenched his fists, his eyes shining, and excitedly ran over to Liumu, seizing both his hands.

"Have a match with me! We've been classmates for so long, but I've never seen you fight. Let me see what you can do today!"

Hearing Guy's words, Liumu gave a wry grin. It wasn't that I didn't want to fight before. I kept avoiding fights so my classmates wouldn't find out how lousy I was in actual combat.

"Guy!" Behind him, Kakashi sighed helplessly at Might Guy's words. "The school doesn't allow students to fight privately."

"But..." At that, a look of disappointment suddenly appeared in Might Guy's eyes.

"It's fine!" Just then, Liumu, whom they had expected to refuse as he always had before, suddenly accepted Guy's challenge.

"Let's fight. There's no one else here anyway. As long as you don't tell, I don't tell, and Kakashi doesn't tell, no one will know."

Naturally, Guy saw no problem with Liumu's words, so when he turned to look at Kakashi, Kakashi narrowed his eyes and shook his head. "Don't look at me. I'm asleep. I don't know anything."

With that, Kakashi actually walked over to the stone wall, sat down on the ground, and closed his eyes for a nap.

"Just what I'd expect from the man I chose as my lifelong rival!" Guy laughed heartily a few times, then turned toward Liumu, brimming with fighting spirit.

"Come on!"

No sooner had Might Guy spoken than a gust of wind whooshed, a few green streaks flashed through the air, and Guy vanished from where he stood.

"So fast!"

At the sight, Liumu showed no surprise. Instead, a faint smile curved his lips, and he abruptly reached toward an empty spot behind him to his right.

Smack!

"This..."

Seeing that Liumu had caught his surprise right-leg strike with perfect accuracy, a flash of shock crossed Might Guy's face. But when his strike failed, Guy immediately shifted his center of gravity, planted one hand on the ground, and kicked out with both legs, shouting, "Konoha Rising Dragon Kick!"

Watching Might Guy's movements, a phrase inexplicably flashed through Liumu's mind.

Isn't this the fucking Foshan Shadowless Kick? But...

Still smiling, Liumu raised his left hand and blocked every kick aimed at his chest.

Smack, smack, smack!

The sounds of fists and legs colliding rang out nonstop, kicking up a large cloud of dust.

Despite launching over thirty consecutive attacks, Might Guy failed to land a single hit.

The fight continued, but no matter how Guy attacked, Liumu remained standing in place, defending with one hand. Even so, Guy could not gain the slightest advantage.

From a distance, Kakashi watched Guy kneel on one knee, panting heavily as he looked at the utterly composed Liumu before him. With insight already far beyond that of his peers, Kakashi assessed the situation and immediately realized that Liumu must have been hiding his strength before. Otherwise, he could never have reduced Guy, an opponent on par with Kakashi himself, to such a sorry state.

"You're very good!" Looking down at Guy, Liumu said sincerely, "Among people our age, you're definitely outstanding when it comes to Taijutsu."

"But why aren't you attacking? Why are you only defending?" Guy looked up and asked, his tone almost accusatory.

He was no good at ninjutsu, and his chakra control could not even keep up with the class average. Taijutsu alone was what Guy took the greatest pride in and placed his faith in, yet now, against Liumu, it was utterly powerless.

Guy fell silent and even began to doubt himself!

Looking at Liumu, who was the same age as him, he wondered just how the other boy trained and why he was so strong!

Could it be that my training still isn't intense enough?

"Then get ready. I'm about to attack."

"Huh?" As Guy was lost in thought, Liumu's voice suddenly reached his ears. But by the time he looked up toward where Liumu had been standing, Liumu had already vanished.

"Where... did he go?"

Almost instantly, Guy heard Liumu's voice suddenly come from behind him.

"Konoha Secret Technique: Thousand Years of Death!"

Might Guy: ???

Kakashi: ???

Squelch...

"OHHHH!!!!!"

As the sun sank behind the western mountains, Kakashi supported Might Guy as they slowly descended the mountain, Guy clutching his tender little backside with a pained expression. Looking at Liumu following behind them, humming a strange song, a subtle, thoughtful look appeared on Kakashi's face.

There's always someone better. I thought that, having already qualified as a ninja, I was undoubtedly the best of the younger generation among my peers. But after seeing Liumu's true skills today...

"Liumu, just how do you train? Why are you so strong?"

Might Guy finally asked the question he had been keeping to himself.

Liumu shrugged at the question and replied, "Pretty much the same as everyone else. Nothing special."

"But..." Might Guy was about to say more when Kakashi stopped him.

"Guy!" Kakashi looked earnestly into Guy's eyes and slowly shook his head.

In this turbulent ninja world, whether between villages or on the smaller scale of individual ninja, everyone had their own secrets. There was the Hyuga Clan's Byakugan in Konoha, for instance, the Uchiha Clan's Sharingan, and even the Aburame Clan's flying insects, among many others.

Even Might Guy's own family kept a Body Refinement Secret Technique that few people knew about.

If everyone pried without cause the way Guy did, it would undoubtedly be an offensive act.