Chapter 214: Prodigy

In July of the fifty-third year of Konoha, the sun was blazing and the hot summer was coming.

The war between the Land of Lightning and the Land of Fire continued to burn, and the conflict between the two countries has gradually evolved into the norm. Fierce battles often broke out in the border area, but the scale was not as large as the previous spring offensive.

However, no matter how big or small, war is always cruel and ruthless, and every battle will bring casualties. Since the Nine-Tails Rebellion, Konoha Village has suffered a heavy blow and lost some of its backbone forces.

Fortunately, Konoha has a deep foundation and sufficient talent reserves, and the younger generation has quickly risen to become the backbone of Konoha.

Most of these ninjas sent to the border for support belong to the younger generation, and they are responsible for defending their homes and defending peace.

Among the many ninjas, Uchiha Shisui stood out and was the best among them.

Uchiha Shisui was born in the forty-first year of Konoha. He was young but talented. He was four years younger than Che and entered the ranks of twelve-year-old boys. At this age, he showed maturity and calmness far beyond his peers.

In terms of strength, he is impeccable, with extremely superb skills in the art of instant body movement and fire escape ninjutsu, and has the strength of a jonin level. However, due to age restrictions and other reasons, he has never been officially awarded the title of jonin.

Therefore, Fugaku did not let Shisui stay in the Konoha Police Force, but let him come to the border battlefield where Che was.

The reason for this is naturally that it is easy to make meritorious deeds on the battlefield, and it is easier for Shisui to successfully be promoted to jonin.

Whether it is Che or Kakashi, it is the same. Such ninjas who become jonin at such a young age are often because of war.

Che made meritorious deeds in the battle with the Hidden Cloud Village, and Kakashi was going to lead the Chunin team to participate in the Battle of Kannabi Bridge.

Fugaku certainly hopes that the Uchiha clan will have another genius ninja like Che and Kakashi, so that the Uchiha clan, the elite ninja family, will be more firmly known.

In the northeastern border of the Land of Fire, in the commander's tent, a group of new ninjas who came to support are reporting to Che.

Che quickly completed the work of entering information and assigning teams. "Well, everything has been arranged. You can report to your respective teams now."

"Shisui, wait a minute."

Che waved his hand to signal the other ninjas to leave. Only he and Shisui were left in the room.

"What's wrong, brother Che?" Shisui asked in confusion.

"Shisui, we haven't seen each other for a long time. Of course I have to check whether you have made any progress during this period." Che's mouth corners slightly raised, revealing a faint smile, then slowly stood up and walked to Shisui with steady steps.

Che is sixteen years old this year. After years of training and growth, his body has gradually approached the level of an adult.

His height has reached an astonishing 1.9 meters. Compared with Shisui, who is less than 1.7 meters now, he is simply a giant. So when Che walked in front of Shisui and smiled and patted his shoulder, the condescending momentum made people feel awe.

At this time, Che's deep eyes like the starry sky were looking down at Shisui, as if he could see through everything. This powerful aura made the surrounding air heavy, bringing great pressure to Zhishui.

"I fight with Brother Che? Then I am definitely not his opponent." Zhishui smiled a little guilty, and pointed at himself while speaking, and then waved his hand hurriedly, indicating that he did not dare to compete with Che.

"Hahahaha, of course not, if I fight, I really can't see your improvement. I will take you to find a suitable opponent." After saying this, Che took Zhishui out of the tent and asked the team near the commander's tent to arrange precautions.

Then, Che grabbed Zhishui's collar tightly, and his deep eyes flashed with blue light, forming a mysterious and dazzling pentagram pattern, opening the six-eyed kaleidoscope.

At this moment, Che whispered his right eye pupil technique: "Feng Yunye!" As the voice fell, a powerful force emerged from him, and this force quickly enveloped Zhishui.

In the blink of an eye, the gravity that was originally heavy on Zhishui seemed to disappear without a trace. Then, Che took Shisui up into the sky like a flying bird, soaring in the sky.

The next moment, Che activated the technique again, and the six-eyed kaleidoscope in his eyes spun rapidly, coordinating with a wonderful technique called the unlimited technique.

In an instant, the surrounding space seemed to be precisely compressed and twisted, forming a space channel. With the help of this channel, Che took Shisui to the location of the Tiehuo team at an astonishing speed.

"Beware... alert!" Tiehuo was frightened by the sudden change, and even almost used the kaleidoscope pupil technique to deal with the possible danger.

However, when he saw that the people coming were Che and Shisui, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

For Shisui, who experienced teleportation for the first time, this feeling was both unfamiliar and uncomfortable. But fortunately, Shisui himself was a master who was good at using the instant body technique, so he quickly adjusted and only felt a little uncomfortable.

Finally, Che landed on the ground steadily with Shisui, and slowly put away his special Mangekyō Sharingan. Then, he turned to look at Tiehuo and said solemnly: "Tiehuo, I brought you an outstanding young man this time."

"Oh? It's Shisui, of course I know him, he is indeed a rare talent." Tiehuo carefully looked at Shisui in front of him and praised him generously.

After Shisui politely nodded to Tiehuo, he turned to look at Che, with curiosity and doubt in his eyes, and asked softly: "Brother Che, do you want me to spar with Brother Tiehuo?"

Che smiled slightly, nodded and replied: "It's not just a simple sparring. I specifically entrusted you to Tiehuo, and he will lead you through actual combat training. I believe that such an arrangement will be of great benefit to you."

Hearing this, Shisui obediently nodded his agreement.

Seeing this, Tiehuo on the side also smiled. He patted Shisui's shoulder enthusiastically and encouraged: "Great! Shisui, let's have a wonderful competition first!"

The surrounding ninjas tacitly made room for Tiehuo and Shisui so that they could fully display their skills.

At this moment, except for the ninja from the Hyuga family who was still patrolling and guarding sadly, the rest of the ninjas were all focusing their attention on the two of them with great interest, looking forward to the upcoming duel feast.

Tiehuo and Shisui stood opposite each other, about ten meters apart. After they stood still, they formed the seal of opposition at the same time.

Che shouted, "Begin!" Before the words fell, the two rushed out like arrows from a string and fought in an instant.

The fighting styles of these two people were completely different.

Shisui held a short knife, and his movements were as agile and flexible as a ghost. With the help of the instant body technique and the fire escape ninjutsu, his figure was erratic and unpredictable. The whole set of movements was smooth and flowing, which could be said to have brought the "fast" formula to the extreme.

In contrast, Tiehuo held a long sword in his hand. This weapon undoubtedly showed that he preferred the way of opening and closing and moving forward courageously.

Tiehuo attacked with his sword and fire escape technique, but because of this, he was often teased by his brother Tonghuo, who said that he was just an antique ninja who had traveled from the Warring States Period.

At this time, a thrilling battle scene was staged on the battlefield!

The two of them fought like tigers, the sound of iron weapons clashing was endless, and sparks flew like fireworks.

Tiehuo chased Shisui fiercely and chopped him, while Shisui evaded left and right flexibly, constantly shuttled through the dense woods, and occasionally swung his sword to chop out hot flames and sword energy to fight back.

Unfortunately, these flames and sword energy were all chopped apart by Tiehuo with brute force without exception, and failed to cause any damage to him. In desperation, Shisui had to continue to flee and did not dare to stay for a moment.

Although Tiehuo could not catch up with Shishui for a while, every swing of his sword contained a thousand pounds of force. The big trees that were unfortunately blocking the road fell down one after another, and the cuts were neat and smooth, as if they were chopped by a sharp axe. People could not help but be amazed at his ferocity.

At this time, a clear shout suddenly came from the crowd: "Captain Tiehuo, don't just focus on chopping trees! Go and kill the enemy! Hahaha..." It turned out that he was a lively and active person. Seeing that the fierce battle was in full swing, his emotions became more and more excited. He danced and clapped his hands in excitement.

Tiehuo has always been honest and simple. After hearing this, his cheeks flushed instantly and he felt that he had lost face. He was angry in his heart, and his feet suddenly exerted force, and his speed increased a few points. He was about to catch up with Shishui.

At this moment, Shishui faced such a huge pressure, but he seemed unusually calm. He dodged flexibly and went behind a tree that required two people to hug. In the blink of an eye, he disappeared without a trace.

Tiehuo was so anxious that he didn't care about anything else. He raised the long sword in his hand and chopped at the tree fiercely.

There was a loud "click" and the tree fell down. However, something unexpected happened. Two figures of Shisui suddenly jumped out from behind the tree!

Tiehuo was startled and quickly opened his three-magatama Sharingan to identify which one was the real Shisui. However, despite his best efforts to observe, he still couldn't tell the real from the fake. In desperation, he had to swing the sword horizontally and attack the two figures at the same time.

In a flash, the sword flashed, but the blade of the sword passed directly between the two figures as if it passed through the air, without touching anything at all.

At the same time, next to the two figures, there were two more identical figures! In the blink of an eye, four Shisui approached Tiehuo.

The four Shisui raised their sharp swords at the same time and attacked Tiehuo fiercely.

Tiehuo was not afraid, and rushed forward and swung his sword fiercely. As expected, this attack missed again. Not only that, he landed in front of Shisui.

At this moment, the four Shisui figures attacked from behind again like ghosts. Tiehuo turned around hurriedly and could only take a passive defensive posture.

What was even more shocking was that these four figures could actually take the initiative to attack! Tiehuo struggled to block with his sword, and four dazzling sparks suddenly splashed on the blade.

The huge power of the four swords made Tiehuo unable to resist, and he had to retreat several steps backwards before he could barely unload the power.

Seeing that Shisui was about to launch a new round of attack, Tiehuo became smart this time. He knew that he could not fight with Shisui in close combat again, otherwise he would only be constantly played by the opponent's instant body technique.

Therefore, Tiehuo decisively chose to retreat, quickly put the katana back to his waist, and quickly formed seals with both hands, performing the powerful Fire Style: Great Fire Extinguishment.

Instantly, the blazing flames swept forward like an overwhelming force, as if to devour the entire world. Shisui's original fierce attack instantly collapsed in this raging sea of ​​fire, and he was forced to retreat.

The blazing flames mercilessly burned everything within a range of 20 meters in front of him, but it did not cause any substantial damage to Shisui.

Only a small piece of Shisui's clothes was burned off, but other than that, his body was almost unscathed, not even a hair was burnt.

However, even so, the consumption of avoiding the extinguishing of the fire at such a close distance cannot be underestimated. Shisui was already panting at this time.

He raised one hand and said, "I... admit defeat."

Originally, Tiehuo was still thinking about pursuing the victory, but when he heard this, he had to stop his pace.

"Why did you admit defeat? We haven't decided the winner yet." Tiehuo shouted unwillingly, looking like he was still a little reluctant.

Facing Tiehuo's questioning, Shisui showed a bitter smile and explained: "I have personally felt your powerful strength, Tiehuo. Compared with you, I am still far behind. If I continue to fight, it will only be in vain."

"And this is a battlefield after all, and we have more important tasks to complete. If you really want to compete with me, you can do it anytime after we return to Konoha Village."

After listening to Shisui's words, Tiehuo nodded, and his originally tangled expression gradually relaxed. In this case, he no longer entangled in this issue.

At this time, Che walked slowly between the two people.

He first smiled and praised Shisui: "Shisui, your strength has improved significantly compared to before."

Faced with Che's praise, Shisui seemed very humble. He bowed slightly to express his gratitude and said softly: "No, no, it's all thanks to your careful teaching and guidance, Brother Che."

Then, Che turned his gaze to Tiehuo, with a glimmer of expectation in his eyes, and asked: "So, are you satisfied with this assistant I found for you?"

Tiehuo answered without hesitation: "That's great! Brother Che, I have to say that if I don't use my best skills, it would not be easy to defeat Shisui. This kid is definitely a genius!" His words were full of praise and affirmation for Shisui's ability.

After listening to Tiehuo's evaluation, Che nodded with satisfaction and agreed. Then he earnestly told Tiehuo: "Yes, this is a rare talent. Now I entrust him to you, I hope you can cultivate him and guide him with all your heart, so that he can fully realize his potential."

Tiehuo immediately straightened up and responded seriously: "Don't worry, Brother Che! I will do my best to cultivate him, please believe me!"

He knew that the young man in front of him had extraordinary gifts and talents. If he could get proper guidance and training, he would definitely achieve great things in the future.