“What?”

  “Yes!”

  Obito was still in shock, but Shisui responded without hesitation.

  Immediately…

  Shisui drew a kunai, g Obito, and made a haure.

  It was the Uchiha’s secret signal for unication.

  Obito hesitated for a moment.

  This kid from the ... was taking things seriously!

  He straightened his expression, nodded slightly, and quickly pulled out shuriken, throwing them at Kyoichi.

  Despite his tendency to be tardy and mess around, Obito was skilled in many areas. Although he hadn’t awakehe Sharingan, his persistend effort had made his shuriken manipution exceptional.

  Dozens of shurike Kyoichi from various angles, blog all possible escape routes.

  However…

  Kyoichi formed a hand seal, and a e appeared beside him.

  The moment…

  Two figures moved in perfect synization to evade the shuriken.

  her the real body nor the e was hit by a single bde, their movements precise and fwless.

  Shisui tried to find an opening, but Kyoichi’s e left no weaknesses, making it impossible to distinguish it from the real one.

  What’s more…

  Kyoichi was incredibly fast!

  Was this really just the strength of a in?

  Shisui was stunned.

  “Aren’t you two going to attack? If not, it’s my turn!” Kyoichi said with a grin, then luoward Obito.

  Better to take care of him first!

  As he moved, his real body and e fnked Obito, throwing two shuriken.

  Obito quickly retreated, f hand seals before exhaling a massive fireball.

  Great Fireball Jutsu!

  “Obito!”

  Rin gasped.

  This guy was reckless—using such a high-level jutsu in a sparring match!

  But the moment, her proved unnecessary.

  From the fireball, Kyoichi dashed out unscathed.

  “It was a e!” Shisui realized immediately.

  But where was the real one?

  Shisui sed the area, his breath hitg as he shouted, “Obito, watch out!”

  Obito was fused.

  “Watch out? For what? That was just a e.”

  The sed, Shisui formed seals and used the Body Flicker Teique to appear beside Obito.

  He swung his kunai at a seemingly stray shuriken.

  The shuriken transformed mid-air, revealing itself as Kyoichi.

  But before Shisui could react—bam!—a kick sent him flying.

  Obito instinctively tried to act but froze when he felt cold steel pressed against his neck.

  It was a kunai.

  “If this were the battlefield, you’d already be dead,” Kyoichi said calmly.

  Obito wasn’t weak, but his awareness and reflexes were g at this stage.

  Of course, all kids were like that.

  The stro here robably Shisui.

  That Body Flicker Teique… truly worthy of the future Shisui of the Body Flicker.

  While Obito didn’t uand what had happehe others watg from the sidelines saw it clearly.

  Before Obito used the Great Fireball Jutsu, Kyoichi had thrown two shuriken.

  After the fireball, however, there were three.

  Clearly, Kyoichi had used the Substitution Teique to evade, sed positions, and then transformed into a shuriken.

  The impressive part was how seamless and quick his execution had been.

  “So cool…”

  Rin’s eyes widened in amazement.

  “Is this teacher really just a in?”

  Kurenai Yuhi was equally shocked.

  If not for Shisui’s quick thinking, Obito could’ve been “killed” in an instant. This teacher was definitely not an ordinary in.

  He was at least ae in, possibly even parable to a Jōnin.

  And his mastery of the Three Basic Teiques… incredible!

  Even her father might not pare.

  For someone of this caliber to be teag at the Academy? It seemed almost unbelievable.

  “Now, does aill think the Three Basic Teiques are useless? I didn’t even use Shadow es. If I had, there could’ve been even more variations.”

  As Kyoichi spoke, he tossed a smoke bomb.

  When the smoke cleared, more than a dozen es stood before the students.

  “ you guess how many are Shadow es and how many are regur es?”

  “If I had a Sharingan…” Obito started to mutter but stopped halfway.

  The Sharingan was rare. Even among the Uchiha, not everyone awake, and outside the , only the Hyūga’s Byakugan or certain sensory teiques could distinguish between es and Shadow es.

  Most of the time, this tactic was effective against typical enemies.

  “You’re all still young and too naive. Learn properly. Today, we’ll tih the Three Basic Teiques.”

  “Any objes?”

  Kyoichi sed the room.

  No one dared to speak.

  Obito might have been sidered the css underdog academically, but his practical skills were det. Meanwhile, Shisui was strong enough to meet early graduation standards.

  Even Shisui, who had inally felt he couldn’t learn much at the Academy, now saw Kyoichi in a different light.

  The eacher had demonstrated that with just the Three Basic Teiques and some simple taijutsu, he could effortlessly subdue both Shisui and Obito.

  For someone like that to be “just a in”… it was clear he was still far from Kyoichi’s level.

  And so, Kyoichi’s first lesson had a powerful impaobody questioned his teag anymore, and the css listetentively.

  ---

  In Konoha’s Office

  “Lord Third.”

  “Take a seat…”

  The Third Hokage, smoking his pipe, had a crystal ball on his desk dispying Kyoichi training the students.

  The visitor was Nara Shikaku.

  “Shikaku, what do you know about this child, Kyoichi?”

  “Kyoichi?”

  Shikaku g the crystal ball and watched the se for a moment, his heart filled with surprise.

  Such mastery of the Three Basic Teiques!

  It wasn’t just solid—it was nearly fwless. His hand seals were so fast they were almost imperceptible, and the coordinatioweeeiques erfect.

  Otlefield, with smoke bombs, ninjutsu, and Shadow es, Kyoichi could easily survive using just the Three Basic Teiques.

  Not to mention his exceptional taijutsu.

  “He’s just a in?”

  Shikaku frowned, recalling Kyoichi’s profile.

  “He wasn’t this strong before. His taijutsu was good, but not to this extent.”

  “Lord Third, wasn’t Kyoichi’s grandmother from the Senju ?”

  “You mean… he may have awakehe Senju bloodline?”

  The Third Hokage paused, his pipe still in hand.

  The Senju ’s bloodline was incredibly powerful. Both the First and Sed Hokage possessed extraordinary chakra and physical prowess.

  And moments of life-ah struggle often awakeent potential.

  The Hokage’s fingers lightly tapped the desk.

  After a long silence, he finally smiled and said, “It’s a pity Tsunade isn’t here. She’d be delighted to hear this news.”

  “Yes…”

  Shikaku didn’t pursue the topic further.

  He looked back at the crystal ball and observed for a while longer.

  “Lord Hokage, I believe Kanda Kyoichi’s strength qualifies him as a Special Jōnin.”

  “He hasn’t tributed enough. Promoting him too hastily wouldn’t be appropriate.”

  The Third Hokage shook his head.

  Shikaku nodded and said no more.

  “Alright, you may go.”

  “Yes!”

  After Shikaku left, the Third Hokage sat in silenot even toug his pipe. Smoke curled upward as if refleg his deep thoughts.

  After a long pause, he tapped the desk lightly again.

  A moment ter, an Anbu appeared.

  “Keep an eye on Tsunade’s whereabouts. If you find her, inform her that Kanda Kyoichi may have awakehe Senju bloodline. Ask if she’d be willing to return to the vilge to see him.”

  “Yes!”