In Konoha, they wiped out the Sarutobi clan at the start.

Chapter 17 Showdown with the Jonin

Hearing that Chiya had stopped calling her "teacher" altogether, Kurenai, who was not far away, was so angry that her lips twitched. She said impatiently, "Have you two made up your minds? I'm in a hurry."

"Oh, it's all done now," Qianye said with a smile.

"Then let's begin." Kurenai Yuhi stood still, her aura suddenly changing as she instantly entered battle mode.

The three of them nodded to each other. Akizuki Airi took the initiative, throwing out several shuriken and taking out a kunai.

Kurenai simply stood still, without even using a kunai, and easily dodged with a few sidesteps.

He suddenly appeared in front of Airi, snatched the kunai, and punched her in the stomach.

Ellie gagged, her body flying backward, instantly losing her fighting ability.

At this moment, Pang Ci's enormous fist, amplified to its maximum size, came crashing down with a deafening roar. The ground trembled, creating a shallow crater and billowing thick smoke.

"Did you succeed?" Akimichi Ponji withdrew his fist, swallowed hard, and stared intently ahead.

"Not yet." Chiya's voice rang in his ear, along with Kurenai's voice, "Too naive."

As soon as she finished speaking, Yuhi Kurenai's jade-like foot landed on Pangci's neck, kicking his fat-headed body away.

With a muffled thud, a rotten wooden stake appeared out of nowhere in the shallow pit. Clearly, Kurenai Yuhi had used the Substitution Technique from the Three Bodies Technique.

"Next, it's your turn, Chiya." After dealing with two of the three, Kurenai Yuhi turned to Fujiwara Chiya, who was still standing there without moving.

"Okay. But if I happen to beat Teacher Hong, you have to promise to date me when I grow up," Qianye said with a smile.

"If you can do it!" Kurenai Yuhi's competitive spirit was ignited, and she rushed forward in one step. Although, as Airi said, her strength was genjutsu and she was not good at taijutsu, she was still a special jonin, and her taijutsu was far superior to that of a genin who had just graduated.

But soon she regretted it. Faced with her series of physical attacks, Qianye was actually quite at ease, and the strength was astonishing, which was not something a child under twelve years old could possess.

Every time their bodies collided, a sharp pain would come from the point of contact, as if she were fighting not a human, but a body of steel.

"Who exactly is this kid? Could it be that he also practices steel fist like Kai?" Kurenai Yuhi wondered to herself.

Meanwhile, Akizuki Airi and Akimichi Ponji, who had already been defeated, exclaimed in surprise, "So strong! They can actually fight against Kurenai-sensei!"

"Teacher Kurenai, it seems you're destined to become my second wife in the future." Qianye chuckled and teased. He didn't use any special techniques, but relied on his strong physique to fight Kurenai Yuhi using basic physical skills.

"Don't get too cocky." Kurenai Yuhi didn't expect to encounter such a troublemaker on her first time leading a Jonin team. If she didn't teach the other party a lesson today, how could she lead a team in the future?

In an instant, he widened the distance between the two, formed hand seals, and his entire body suddenly turned into fluid and dissipated on the spot.

At the same time, saplings sprouted from beneath Qianye's feet, and in the blink of an eye, they transformed into a towering tree, binding his limbs.

The illusion technique, Naraku clone, has been activated.

"Kid, you're still too green." The ground rippled, and Kurenai's true form slowly rose to the surface.

"Is that so?" Chiyo's voice suddenly rang in Kurenai's ear. Her pupils dilated abruptly, and the next moment, she felt a chill on her neck as a kunai was suddenly placed against her neck.

Akizuki Airi and Akimichi Ponji, who had been watching from a distance, were completely bewildered, having no idea what had happened between the two.

What exactly happened?

Why did Teacher Hong suddenly stand still and start talking to herself? In the end, Chiya slowly walked behind her and put a kunai on her neck.

"Pangji-kun, do you know what happened?" Akizuki Airi looked at Akimichi Pangji, whose face was swollen but who was still eating potato chips.

Suppressing the stinging pain, Akimichi Pangji grabbed a handful of potato chips and stuffed them into his mouth, chewing and shaking his head, "I don't know, but it looks pretty impressive."

"How did you manage that?" Kurenai Yuhi took a deep breath, feeling a pang of disappointment.

How could a special Jonin lose to a kid who just graduated from the Ninja Academy?

Chiya put away his kunai, pointed at the clone of Kurenai Yuhi bound to a tree opposite him, and chuckled, "Kurenai-sensei, the textbooks at the Ninja Academy mention that genjutsu is a technique that uses chakra to interfere with the opponent's five senses, disrupt their chakra, and cause them to fall into illusions."

"Although I don't know what hand seals you used, you said you specialize in genjutsu, so before the battle started, I began to constantly disrupt the chakra within my body to prevent your genjutsu from taking effect. Finally, taking advantage of the gaps in your genjutsu, I released a clone to confuse people."

"Teacher Hong, you were careless."

As soon as he finished speaking, Qianye's clone and the tree vanished simultaneously, and the ground slowly returned to its original state.

"I see. I did lose. I didn't expect you to defeat me with the most basic of the Three Body Techniques, the Clone Technique. It seems the Third Hokage was right, you really are a genius." Kurenai Yuhi smiled self-deprecatingly.

"Teacher Hong, you flatter me. You've been going easy on me. If it had been a life-or-death battle, I'd probably be a corpse by now."

Qianye once again assumed the role of Versailles, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.

The Third Generation had sent people to secretly monitor him, so how could Chiyo, with her exceptionally keen senses, not know this?

However, in the past five or six years, no matter where I go or who I meet, I habitually release illusions whenever I have the chance.

The self that the third generation monitored was, most of the time, nothing more than an illusion.

Otherwise, how could he have developed so quietly and safely?

Now, he relies on the sage chakra stored in the Mirror Flower Water Moon and the Heavenly Gang Technique.

That's enough to protect myself.

The glimpse of his strength shown in defeating Kurenai Yuhi was merely a prelude to revealing a more illusory side of himself to the people of Konoha in the future.

"A loss is a loss, a win is a win. Don't give me excuses. But..." Her tone shifted, a sly smile suddenly appearing on Yuhi Kurenai's face, "Why aren't you calling me Kurenai anymore?"

"Are you serious?" Chiya paused, a playful smile appearing on her face as she met Kurenai's gaze.

Kurenai was also ignited with a competitive spirit. The two stared at each other for a long time, but in the end, Kurenai blushed and lost, clicking her tongue and saying, "Pah, pah. You're so young but so precocious. I really don't know what you've learned at school."

"You lot, today's events are confidential; none of you are allowed to divulge them. Remember to be here on time tomorrow. Latecomers will not be waited for."

The last sentence was addressed to Ellie and Ponzi.

After saying that, she glanced back at Qianye again, then with a flash, the little deer fluttered away.

Looking at Kurenai's figure in the distance, Chiya's smile abruptly stopped, and she murmured to herself, "She's still a very understanding little girl."

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