Konoha's Hextech Ninja

But in Yagami Yoru's eyes, such a movement was far too slow.

The two are not on the same level in terms of physical fitness.

Mizuki's physical attributes are only slightly better than those of an average first-year student, while Yagami Yoruichi's physique is comparable to that of a senior Chunin.

Yagami Yoruichi simply raised her hand and precisely grabbed Mizuki's arm, which was holding the kunai.

With a sharp twist of his wrist, Shui Mu immediately lost his balance.

puff~

Yagami Yoruichi punched Mizuki in the stomach. The violent impact left Mizuki powerless, and he collapsed to the ground, gagging incessantly.

"The outcome is decided! The winner is Yagami Yoruichi!" Imai Nobuyuki immediately announced the result of the match.

Yagami Yoruichi formed the 'Reconciliation Seal', glanced at Mizuki who was still lying on the ground vomiting, and returned to the crowd.

Chapter 12 Practical Combat: A Showdown with Hatake Usopp

The list of players advancing to the third round is as follows.

The matches, with clear disparities in strength, proceeded very quickly.

After the two rounds of competition, Nobuyuki Imai announced the list of players advancing to the third round: "Kakashi Hatake, Yoruichi Yagami, Asuma Sarutobi, Obito Uchiha, Mite Kei, Tetsuka Uchiha, Ibiki Morino, and Kurenai Yuhi."

"The above eight individuals will be randomly selected for a third round of battles to determine the final four. This is also the final round of this practical assessment," Nobuyuki Imai announced the rules.

Theoretically, it's not impossible to have a quarterfinal, semifinal, and then a final.

However, considering the physical condition of the first-year students, the competition will only end after the 'quarterfinals', instead of continuing until the final 'champion' is determined.

In addition, time constraints also prevent it.

The afternoon was already more than halfway over after the first two rounds of competition.

After the four quarterfinal matches were over, it was time to go home from school.

Three rounds of battle were enough to demonstrate their full strength.

"Teacher," Kakashi Hatake stepped forward and said, "I want to challenge Yoruichi Yagami."

"Wait a minute!" Sarutobi Asuma shouted as soon as he saw this, "I want to challenge Yagami Yoruichi too!"

From the very first practical lesson where they 'became enemies,' Sarutobi Asuma had always wanted to defeat Yagami Yoruichi to get revenge.

During this time, he returned home and trained diligently, believing that his strength had improved considerably, so he naturally did not want Kakashi Hatake to steal this opportunity.

"Yagami Yoruichi, what do you think?" Imai Nobuyuki did not make a decision immediately, but looked at Yagami Yoruichi.

“I also want to challenge Kakashi Hatake,” Yoruichi Yagami immediately said.

As for Sarutobi Asuma, Yagami Yoruichi completely ignored him.

A defeated opponent is not worth challenging again.

"Hey, are you looking down on me?!" Sarutobi Asuma saw through Yagami Yoruichi's thoughts and couldn't help but grit his teeth and shout angrily.

"Alright, stop fooling around." Imai Nobuyuki stopped Sarutobi Asuma, gesturing for him to enter and form the opposition seal.

Yoruichi Yagami and Kakashi Hatake stepped forward and formed opposing hand seals.

Then, Kakashi Hatake drew a wooden short sword from behind his back and said, "My specialty is swordsmanship. Don't worry, I won't use Hatake swordsmanship, I'll only use Konoha-ryu swordsmanship."

In the ninja world, swords and blades are actually the same thing.

Whether it is single-edged or double-edged, it can be called a 'knife' or a 'sword'.

Swordsmanship and knife skills are also a kind of thing, which is the same as the setting of most everyday anime.

The Leaf-style swordsmanship is also considered part of the Leaf-style taijutsu, so this is not a violation.

However, very few people can master the Leaf-style swordsmanship when they are just beginners.

Kakashi Hatake had a foundation from practicing swordsmanship with his father since childhood, which enabled him to quickly learn the Konoha-ryu swordsmanship and apply it in actual combat.

Others don't have this ability.

Yagami Yoruichi also took out a wooden kunai.

Yoruichi Yagami can deal with most of her classmates with her bare hands.

However, going bare-handed would be too disadvantageous against Kakashi Hatake, who wields a sword.

Using kunai is still a disadvantage, but at least it can close the gap. After all, Kakashi Hatake uses a short sword similar to a wakizashi, which is only a little over twice the length of a kunai, so the difference in attack range is not particularly large.

Whoosh!

Kakashi Hatake charges forward, sword in hand.

The speed at which this power surged was clearly a level above the others.

Even in terms of speed alone, he is not much worse than Ikkaku Umino, who previously sparred with Yoruichi Yagami.

If she hadn't had the experience of fighting against Ikkaku Umino, Yoruichi Yagami would definitely have had a lot of trouble dealing with her.

However, Yoruichi Yagami can now easily adapt to this speed.

He used his kunai to parry Kakashi Hatake's slash.

Then he thrust back and followed up with a kick, attacking from both above and below, trying to force Kakashi Hatake to reveal an opening.

However, Kakashi Hatake reacted quickly, turning his body to dodge Yoruichi Yagami's attack and slashing his short sword at Yoruichi's side.

Both players were extremely fast, and their offensive and defensive rhythms were ridiculously fast.

In the blink of an eye, they had exchanged blows dozens of times.

"I have an advantage in speed and strength."

After a brief exchange, Yagami Yoruichi had already confirmed that her physical abilities were significantly superior to Hatake Kakashi's.

That's normal.

The Hatake clan has no bloodline limit, but their actual physical qualities are not bad.

The future Kakashi Hatake became a unit of chakra measurement because of the Sharingan.

The fact that he can withstand the Mangekyou Sharingan, which cannot be closed, demonstrates just how strong Kakashi Hatake's body is.

However, Kakashi Hatake is too young right now to fully realize his potential.

Yoruichi Yagami, on the other hand, has physical attributes comparable to a senior Chunin thanks to the system's cheat code, giving her an advantage in strength and speed, which is only natural.

The only weakness, the gap in combat skills, was also bridged through intensive training with the help of Ikkaku Umino.

In this brief exchange, Yagami Yoruichi was certain that defeating Hatake Kakashi wouldn't be too difficult for her.

really.

After a period of fighting, under the immense power of Yagami Yoruichi, Kakashi Hatake had to expend more energy to block each attack, maintaining a superficial balance of power.

However, this means that Kakashi Hatake's stamina consumption will far exceed that of Yoruichi Yagami.

In addition, his physical strength was not as good as Yagami Yoruichi's to begin with, and he soon began to be unable to keep up.

"What incredible strength!"

Kakashi Hatake had a bitter pill to swallow.

In each clash, he had the advantage of weaponry, but it felt as if the tables had turned, as if he was using kunai to block the opponent's heavy slashes from his long sword, and he had to exert all his strength to defend himself each time.

In just a short while, his arm began to ache, a sign that his muscles were overworked.

Bang~!

Another showdown.

Yagami Yoruichi's kunai struck Hatake Kakashi's short sword. Kakashi's arm went numb, and he quickly switched to holding the sword with both hands, barely managing to block it.

But at that moment, Yagami Yoruichi accurately detected the signs of Kakashi Hatake's exhaustion and kicked him hard.

Kakashi Hatake reacted quickly, raising his leg to block immediately, but the difference in strength between him and Yoruichi Yagami was too great. He was kicked by Yoruichi Yagami and lost his balance, falling backward.

"Successful!"

Yagami Yoruichi was overjoyed and quickly gave chase, using a kunai to knock away the short sword in Hatake Kakashi's hand. He then raised his hand and pressed down on Hatake Kakashi's shoulder, holding the kunai to his neck.

"The outcome is decided! The winner is Yagami Yoruichi!" Imai Nobuyuki hurriedly announced the result of the match.

"Are you alright?" Yagami Yoruichi reached out and helped Hatake Kakashi up.

"It's alright." Kakashi Hatake was stunned for a moment before he came to his senses. He seemed to have some difficulty accepting his defeat. After a moment of silence, he said, "You are very strong. I will improve my strength as soon as possible and challenge you again."

Chapter 13 Danzo's Covetousness, My Shadow, Your Regret x2

The Hokage Building, the Hokage's Office.

Hiruzen Sarutobi is grading the exam papers for this month's ninja academy exam.

It's hard to imagine that the village's leader would personally grade the exam papers of the ninja academy students.

But this extremely outrageous scene is the norm in this world.

As the Hokage, he handles everything, big or small, even trivial matters like two villagers arguing.

No wonder that in the original work, even after becoming the Seventh Hokage, Naruto Uzumaki still couldn't finish all the work by creating a bunch of shadow clones.

Of course, the Hokage doesn't have to personally grade all the exam papers.

For most test questions with standard answers, the ninja academy teachers would naturally grade them.

Regarding the main topics, the teachers at the Ninja Academy will give their opinions first, and the Hokage only needs to review them.

However, in order to ensure that he kept a firm grip on the weapon of 'ideas', the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, spared no effort and would not completely delegate the power to grade exams to the teachers of the Ninja Academy. He still had to review them personally.

"Let me see how the children answered the big question about 'The Will of Fire' this time."

Hiruzen Sarutobi flipped through the exam papers, starting from the beginning.

When Hiruzen Sarutobi flipped to Yagami Yoruichi's exam paper, his eyes lit up.

"The Hokage is like the sun, illuminating the entire Hidden Leaf Village? Isn't the Hokage's kindness enough?" Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at the article written by Yoruichi Yagami and vaguely felt that he had been touched by something.

It was proposed by the First Hokage, supplemented by the Second Hokage, and perfected by the Third Hokage.

What Hiruzen Sarutobi originally considered the 'Will of Fire' to be absolutely perfect.

It seems there is still room for improvement?

Look at what Yoruichi Yagami wrote: 'All people are born with original sin, but only the kindness of the Third Hokage allows us to shine under the light called "Hokage."'

This sentence is so well written, it really resonates with me!

Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded secretly, glanced quickly at Yoruichi Yagami's other questions, picked up his pen, and wrote 'Full marks' directly on the test paper.

"This child, he must have gotten first place in the practical test too, right? He even seems to have defeated that little genius from the Hatake family."

"Imai Nobuyuki also applied to teach this child the ninjutsu 'Water Release: Water Chaos Wave'."

Hiruzen Sarutobi checked the records and confirmed that his memory was correct. He pondered, "Does he have the water attribute? Let Nobuyuki Imai teach him first. If he does have a talent, we need to find him a good teacher."

After making a quick decision, Hiruzen Sarutobi continued grading the exam papers.

When Hiruzen Sarutobi saw the word 'youth' written all over his Maite Ke exam paper, he was feeling a bit overwhelmed.

Suddenly, with a bang, the office door was kicked open.

Without even looking up, Hiruzen Sarutobi knew that there was only one person in the entire Hidden Leaf Village who dared to barge into his office like this.

Sure enough, Shimura Danzo, with half his face wrapped in bandages, leaned on his cane and shouted, "Hiruzen, I've heard that several geniuses have emerged from this year's Ninja Academy, and my Root is short-handed!"

"Don't even think about it!" Hiruzen Sarutobi knew what Danzo Shimura was up to as soon as he heard it, and immediately scolded him, "Aren't the children in your orphanage enough? These students at the Ninja Academy will not allow you to interfere!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi, unable to control the entire Hidden Leaf Village and wanting to maintain a good reputation, could only use Danzo Shimura to do some shady things.

But he would never allow Danzo Shimura to threaten his power.

The students of the Ninja Academy will become the foundation of his rule in the future, so naturally he will not allow Shimura Danzo to interfere.

"I want one!" Danzo Shimura immediately said, "I've heard that this year's geniuses include Kakashi Hatake and a kid from the Uchiha clan named Tetsuka. You can give me either of them."

"That's impossible!" Hiruzen Sarutobi shook his head: "Sakumo Hatake's children, and the Uchiha clan, are not people you can just manipulate. They can't possibly infiltrate your Root!"

During the Second Shinobi World War, Sakumo Hatake made more contributions than the Sannin combined, and he had extremely high prestige among ordinary ninjas. Even the Hokage sometimes had to make concessions to him.