Chapter 146: Combat Intuition
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While the two below were having a friendly exchange, Onoki on the VIP platform also began probing Uchiha Douhuan.
"Hehe, Hokage, since this is a clash between our direct disciples, how about we add a little wager?" Onoki chuckled.
"I wonder what Lord Tsuchikage wants to play?" Uchiha Douhuan chuckled lightly.
"Some time ago, Kusagakure suffered heavy damage. They are now unable to complete their original mission quota. This surplus quota should rightly be distributed between the ninja villages of our two great nations. I presume the Hokage has also seen an increase in requests from the Land of Grass recently."
"That's correct," Uchiha Douhuan nodded.
"Then, how about we each wager twenty percent of this portion of the mission quota?" Onoki proposed.
"Since Lord Tsuchikage wants to play, then Konoha is willing to play along," Uchiha Douhuan nodded.
"Well then, allow me to serve as a witness for you two," the Land of Earth Daimyo also joined in with a chuckle.
"Of course, you can," Uchiha Douhuan nodded with a smile.
This conversation between them made the Land of Grass Daimyo, sitting not far away, turn green with envy. The main party involved was still right here, yet they were already using another ninja village's mission quota as a bet between two kids?
After Uchiha Douhuan and Onoki agreed on the bet, the referee below also announced the start of their battle.
As soon as the battle began, Naruto rapidly formed hand seals.
"Multiple Shadow Clone Technique!"
Poof poof poof poof poof...
Following a series of smoke explosions, over thirty blondes instantly appeared on the entire arena. This spectacle left the audience in the stands dumbstruck.
"Is this the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique originally created by your village's Second Hokage? This child has mastered this technique at such a young age?" Onoki praised.
"He's still far from completely mastering this technique. He's currently just relying on his chakra volume to brute-force the number of clones. If he could control the chakra distribution for each clone properly, the number of shadow clones could at least double," Uchiha Douhuan chuckled.
"This child's chakra volume is somewhat abnormally large, isn't it?" Onoki remarked.
"After all, the blood of the Uzumaki clan flows within this child; having a bit more chakra is quite normal, right?" Uchiha Douhuan said.
"Is it *just* the Uzumaki clan's bloodline? I suspect it's more than just that," Onoki said, implying something more.
"Of course, it's not just that. This child also inherited his father's super strong combat intuition," Uchiha Douhuan stated.
"Is that so? Then I shall wait and see," Onoki, seeing Uchiha Douhuan adamantly refuse to admit Naruto's Jinchuriki identity, could only say this.
"I'm coming! Big Bro Deidara!" Over thirty Narutos shouted in unison, then swarmed forward.
Seeing this, Deidara could only take out his clay, then put it in his mouth and chew, while also mumbling indistinctly, "Little bro's pretty strong! Looks like I'll have to get serious too!"
With that said, Deidara spat out a bird made of clay. Seeing this, Naruto waited seriously; he definitely couldn't withstand the power of the explosion his big brother created that day.
However, Deidara directly jumped onto the back of the large clay bird, riding it high into the sky.
Naruto was somewhat dumbfounded seeing this: "How can you fly?"
"Hehe, give up, little bro! You can't hit me," Deidara chuckled mischievously, flying in the air, then took out a large handful of kunai tied with exploding tags.
For Deidara, exploding tags, these products of industrial assembly lines, did not align with his artistic pursuit. He had looked down on this stuff two years ago. Taking these out now was already considered showing mercy to Naruto.
Flying mid-air, Deidara shouted "Art is an explosion!" while throwing exploding tag kunai downwards. No need to aim specifically; the ground below was densely packed with blondes anyway.
Naruto's dozens of clones dodged the explosions chaotically, while also shouting, "This is too cheap!"
"Exactly! So, little bro, if you can't hit me, you might as well give up," Deidara laughed heartily, though his hand movements didn't stop at all.
"The Tsuchikage's disciple is also quite impressive," Uchiha Douhuan also praised at this point. "To master flight ninjutsu, which many ninjas cannot grasp in their entire lives, at this age. Its future strategic significance alone is immeasurable."
"Hehe, Hokage flatters me. As long as this kid causes me less trouble, I'll be thanking heavens and earth," Onoki said, but the smile on his face couldn't be hidden at all.
"Hokage isn't anxious at all right now. It looks like your disciple has anti-air measures?" Just then, the Land of Earth Daimyo, seeing Uchiha Douhuan looking calm and confident amidst the chaos, couldn't help but ask.
"I haven't taught this child anti-air ninjutsu yet," Uchiha Douhuan shook his head. "But I believe he will find a solution himself."
"Is that so?" The Land of Earth Daimyo was also somewhat curious. "The Hokage has this much confidence in his disciple?"
"Of course," Uchiha Douhuan nodded. "After all, this child's combat intuition is something even I have to admire."
At this moment on the arena stage, although Deidara seemed to be constantly suppressing Naruto, Naruto was coping very well. Over thirty clones dodged and weaved; up till now, only a scant few clones had been lost. Those few lost were hit by explosions at the very beginning of the fight when Naruto wasn't yet accustomed to Deidara's attack rhythm. After gradually figuring out the explosion radius of Deidara's exploding tags, each time Naruto's clones could escape the blast radius just before the tags detonated.
"The Hokage's disciple's taijutsu is excellent," Onoki remarked at this time. "I heard the Fifth Hokage made his imposing reputation on the Land of Water battlefield relying on large-scale Lightning Release ninjutsu with one hand and Lightning Release Nintaijutsu with the other. It seems your disciple has inherited talent in this area as well. However, if he only dodges, once his stamina and chakra are exhausted, he should lose this spar."
By now, Naruto also realized this point, so he began taking out shuriken to retaliate. However, his shuriken technique was somewhat too horrible to look at. The shuriken thrown from his hand flew straight, relying entirely on brute force to work miracles.
Shuriken thrown with such technique, Deidara, flying in the air, could dodge with his eyes closed.
Sasuke, watching from the stands, couldn't help but cover his eyes. For him, who had learned his family's inherited shurikenjutsu since childhood, Naruto's technique was a complete waste of ninja tools.
Just then, Neji, who had been observing the battle situation with his Byakugan activated, couldn't help but comment, "This guy should only have the shuriken in his ninja tool pouch, right? His Sealing Jutsu level isn't enough to support him carrying a large amount of shuriken using scrolls."
However, just at this moment, a shadow clone below suddenly threw a kunai towards Deidara in the sky.
Still the same brute force technique. Deidara didn't even think, controlling the clay bird to dodge. However, after he changed direction in the air, the kunai flying mid-air suddenly exploded into a puff of white smoke. Naruto's figure appeared from within, throwing another kunai towards the redirected Deidara before exploding again.
"Using shadow clones plus transformation technique to achieve temporary levitation? A very creative tactic," the Tsuchikage commented upon seeing this. "However, this child's fundamentals still need more practice. If his shurikenjutsu were a bit more refined, perhaps he would have succeeded."
However, the kunai flying towards Deidara transformed again mid-air, repeating the same trick, throwing another kunai before exploding.
After three consecutive repetitions like this, Naruto in the air drew closer and closer to Deidara.
"Dispelling shadow clones continuously like this must put great pressure on the mind. Can this child withstand it?" Onoki couldn't help asking upon seeing this.
One must know, even with their Iwagakure's mainstream Earth Clone Technique, dispelling clones continuously like this, the accumulated memories and sensations flooding the brain, was a mental shock even some veteran Jounin couldn't handle, let alone Naruto using the Shadow Clone Technique, which was notoriously more taxing on the brain.
"Hehe, this child is relatively simple-minded, so for him, using shadow clones this way doesn't impose a very large burden," Uchiha Douhuan said.
Not only was the Tsuchikage shocked, even Deidara flying in the air was somewhat dumbfounded. He also knew how to use solid clone techniques and had even considered using them to skip class, with the main body hiding at home researching art.
However, after trying it once, the memory of the clone's entire day flooding his brain almost turned him into an idiot. His earth clone had also spent the entire day at the Ninja Academy thinking about art; the amount of information was ridiculously large.
Therefore, he felt he couldn't replicate Naruto's maneuver.
However, in just that momentary lapse of concentration, a kunai had already arrived before him. With a 'poof', it transformed into Naruto, who rushed forward and grabbed Deidara. The two fell together from the large bird in the sky.
Seeing this, Deidara used his one free hand to violently elbow the back of Naruto holding onto him. Thinking it was a clone, he wanted to break this clone, then control the clay bird to come rescue him. However, after two elbow strikes, the Naruto本体 (běntǐ - main body) holding onto him didn't budge at all.
"Crap! This is your main body?!" Deidara was dumbfounded.
"Yeah!" Naruto in the air grinned, simultaneously holding Deidara tightly.
"Are you trying to die?!" Deidara roared. "Let go quickly!"
"Not letting go!" Naruto held onto Deidara tightly. The two fell together from a height of nearly fifty meters.
Seeing this, Uchiha Douhuan and Onoki on the viewing platform both stood up simultaneously. One transformed into a flash of lightning, the other flew over rapidly using the Light/Heavy Boulder Jutsu.
Onoki used the Light/Heavy Boulder Jutsu to reduce the weight of the two, then Uchiha Douhuan caught the two blonde kids, one in each hand.
(End of Chapter)
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