Ninja Pot Shadow

He had figured out Ino's tactics. Ino was not good at physical combat, so she used a lot of control techniques. She would come up and use them to control the enemy first, and then use the Yamanaka family's secret techniques to kill him.

This approach works against ordinary genin and chunin, but what about dealing with members of the Hyuga clan?

Haha! Rolling your eyes will teach you a lesson!

Neither the Hidden Mist Technique nor the Water Prison Technique could hide from the Byakugan. The two control ninjutsu were useless, there was no time to use secret techniques, and he couldn't beat them with taijutsu. He could almost see Hinata defeating Ino.

Hinata defeated Ino, and Ino defeated Sasuke Uchiha. What does this mean? It means Hinata can defeat Sasuke Uchiha! The thought of the Hyuga clan overwhelming the Uchiha clan made him incredibly happy, and he planned to give Hinata two extra rice balls when he got home tonight.

After some deliberation, the Jonin realized that the best solution to this problem was having teammates nearby; the Byakugan and Earth Release were not very practical.

During ninja wars, this move is not very useful because you are surrounded by teammates, and anyone can break the deadlock with a shuriken. However, in one-on-one situations, this move is very overpowered.

The Third Hokage, known as the professor of ninjutsu, considered the simple C-rank Water Prison Technique incredibly crude. In the blink of an eye, he could come up with seven or eight solutions. However, this was only in his opinion; if it were a genin or chunin, there really wouldn't be any good solutions.

Ino felt she had already proven herself as "the most capable person among acquaintances," and glanced at Sasuke without making a sound. Sasuke was still putting on a brave face.

Naruto had stopped cheering for Ino. He was anxious, sweating, hoping Sasuke would admit defeat, but at the same time he felt that Sasuke shouldn't give up.

The girls were hurling insults at Ino. Sakura looked miserable, and seeing Sasuke about to suffocate, she rushed out desperately, crying out, "Ino, I beg you! Please, don't kill Sasuke!"

Ino didn't say anything like "this good-for-nothing needs a woman to survive," because she was afraid Sasuke wouldn't be able to handle the shock. She had already sensed a strange and cold spiritual energy gathering in Sasuke's eyes.

Regarding the Sharingan and the series of genjutsu associated with it, Ino doesn't really have any good ways to deal with it right now, except for throwing out a Hidden Mist Technique at the start and then running away. There are many times when this thing is unsolvable.

Naruto is quite strong, right? When faced with genjutsu, he falls for it every time the other person uses it; it's beyond tragic.

"I wasn't planning to kill him, but he just wouldn't admit defeat. What could I do?" Ino used her sensory abilities to "see" Sasuke's chakra, and the more she looked, the stranger it seemed.

The characteristics of this chakra don't seem to belong to Sasuke's chakra; they're more like hers... But upon closer inspection, they're not entirely the same—it's a paradox.

Previously, Indra's chakra forced her to sever her tail to survive, abandoning a portion of the chakra she had taken with her during the Mind Transfer. What's going on now? Has Indra's chakra assimilated the portion of chakra she abandoned?

She couldn't understand it, but she couldn't be wrong that Sasuke was already in a near-death state.

Sakura cried her heart out, pleading repeatedly. Ino sighed and finally released her left hand. The Water Prison Technique, without her chakra support, dissipated. Sasuke's face contorted as he gasped for breath. He lay in the mud, unable to stand up despite several attempts.

Chapter Twenty-Six: Just a Little Bit More

Sakura went to help Sasuke, but was pushed away very roughly.

Sasuke knew Sakura meant well, and that he had no reason to get angry, but he was still furious.

If he doesn't vent his anger, he'll explode on the spot.

Just a little bit more! In ten seconds at most, maybe even less, his mental energy, which surged due to physical suffocation, would reach its peak. At that time, it would be a natural thing for him to officially awaken the Sharingan.

The Uchiha clan had absolutely no concept of the Mangekyou Sharingan or even the Rinnegan that followed. The sample size was too small, and they didn't even know who to analyze. The ordinary one-tomoe to three-tomoe Sharingan was different; there were far too many samples of that. As for the records of clan members going from nothing to having the Sharingan and officially awakening it, they were countless.

This person opened their eyes during battle, while that clansman opened their eyes at home upon hearing news of his relative's death.

Through analyzing a large number of samples, the Uchiha clan has summarized some of the secrets to awakening the Sharingan.

Ordinary clansmen are unaware of this knowledge, but the clan leader's lineage is aware of it in order to maintain the dominant position of the main branch of the clan.

As the son of the clan leader, what precautions should be taken during the awakening of his Sharingan, what changes will occur, and how should they be handled? Sasuke knew all this information by heart from a very young age.

After being trapped in the Water Prison Technique, Sasuke discovered that with each weakening of his body, his spiritual energy would surge dramatically. He didn't have any deep-seated hatred for Ino, and he still wanted to save his life for revenge. It wouldn't be unacceptable for him to admit defeat once at school, but he was truly risking his life to awaken his Sharingan.

Unfortunately, Sakura's actions forced him to retreat at the most crucial moment. His body recovered, but his mental energy was rapidly declining. Now, he can hardly even stand up, let alone open his eyes.

He knew he couldn't blame Sakura; she meant well, but a great sense of disappointment was inevitable.

Sasuke couldn't stand up, and Ino was exhausted too.

She waved to Hinata, who was not far away.

"Me?" Hinata looked to her left, but there was no one there. She looked to her right, but still no one there. Was someone calling her?

Ino waved again, meaning "You, don't look at anyone else," and she quickly ran over.

"Ouch, hold me up, I can barely stand..." Ino was half a head taller than Hinata, and she put her arm around Hinata's shoulder, pressing most of her weight onto her.

"Ino... are you alright?" Hinata asked softly.

Ino pointed to the battlefield around her, which was covered by explosions, flames, water, various shuriken, kunai, and senbon needles: "Do you think this looks like nothing happened?"

Hinata quickly lowered her head, speechless, unsure how to respond.

Ino struggled to regulate her breathing; her chakra was less than one-fifth of what it was normally. Hinata supported her, and Ino extracted some more chakra from her cells and concentrated it in her eyes, using her sensory abilities to carefully observe Sasuke's current state.

Strange! The Indra chakra I sensed before, and the part of chakra she abandoned, have all disappeared without a trace.

Did Sasuke absorb this portion of chakra? Or did some kind of mutation occur that he was unaware of?

She whispered into Hinata's ear, "While you're checking my injuries, take a look at Sasuke's chakra to see if there's anything unusual. I suspect his Sharingan has awakened."

"Huh?" Hinata looked at her blankly. They were all classmates, was it really necessary to be so secretive? Just open it, what's the big deal?

"Hurry up!" Ino urged her.

"oh oh……"

Hinata faced Ino and formed hand seals in the order of noon-tiger-boar-rat-rat-dog. It was clear that the little girl was nervous about forming hand seals in front of everyone, but she was extremely skilled in the process, as if it had become a visceral memory. There were no mistakes in forming the hand seals, and her chakra quickly gathered in her eyes. Her spiritual energy rose rapidly, her eyeballs turned white, and the blood vessels around her eyes bulged out in large numbers.

"Blind eyes!"

She used her Byakugan to observe the chakra pathways within Ino's body, glancing at them once, then a second time, and then a third time.

Ino gestured with her lip, as if to say, "Why are you looking at me? I'm showing you Sasuke over there!"

"Don't turn your head!"

"Isn't your house supposed to offer a 360-degree view?"

"What are you feeling guilty about? Hurry up, just take a look."

Under Ino's repeated urging, Hinata blushed and, like a thief, shrank her neck and cautiously "looked" at Sasuke with her Byakugan.

"Ino..."

"how?"

"It seems like Sasuke's chakra...it seems like there's nothing wrong with his chakra. You mentioned that, how does the awakening of the Sharingan manifest in the meridians? Are there any special characteristics?"

"..." Ino fell silent. How could she possibly know what the Sharingan actually manifested in the meridians?

"Is there any unusual chakra?"

What kind of chakra is called abnormal chakra?

"Fine... stop rolling your eyes and help me rest under that tree for a while."

"oh oh!"

Hinata helped Ino to rest under a tree. Shikamaru and Kiba came over to check on her, and Choji even offered her some of his potato chips.

Sasuke didn't receive this treatment. He sat in the mud, head down, his face extremely pale, with only Naruto standing beside him.

"You can't accept one failure? I look down on you." Naruto stood straight, his fists clenched.

Sasuke immediately perked up. He raised his head, his eyes fierce: "What are you talking about, you loser? You want to have a match with me too? Fine, come on!"

The atmosphere between the two was extremely tense. Sasuke stood up shakily, as if he wanted to fight Naruto again despite his serious injuries.

At a crucial moment, Sakura's intelligence was surprisingly sharp, and she brought Iruka over.

Iruka first scolded Naruto, who seemed to be encouraging Sasuke but was actually driving Sasuke crazy.

Iruka surveyed the battlefield, sighing inwardly.

It's clear that both Ino and Sasuke have very limited and dogmatic combat experience, and they made a lot of mistakes in the battle. However, their application of ninjutsu, taijutsu, and ninja tools put even a Chunin who had been on the battlefield to shame. Their final Water Prison Technique was exceptional; if you put him in Sasuke's position, he wouldn't be able to break free.

He coughed.

"Ahem, ah... well... Ino's ninjutsu was quite good, and Sasuke's response was also excellent. Everyone should learn from them..." Normally, the two should be forming the "Reconciliation Seal" at this point, but Iruka saw that Sasuke's face was pale and his hands and feet were twitching, while Ino was sitting cross-legged under the tree without moving. What kind of seal is this? Just announce the end of get out of class.

"get out of class dismissed! Everyone, disperse! Naruto, tidy up this area! Everyone go back to school!"

"Huh? Huh?!" Naruto pointed at himself, then looked at the area that had been burned and flooded, completely bewildered. They had fought a huge battle, so why should he be the one to clean it up? What did this have to do with him?

Chapter Twenty-Seven: I, the First Hokage, need your money!

Iruka had no choice but to know that he couldn't let the students overthink things. If he brought everyone back to school and gave each of them a test paper, their emotions would definitely calm down!

He mouthed "ramen" to Naruto, and Naruto, who was initially reluctant, changed his attitude and started packing like a whirlwind.

"Sasuke, are you alright? Do you need me to take you to the hospital?" Iruka asked.

Sasuke was physically and mentally weak and wished he could lie down immediately, but his personality wouldn't allow him to faint, and he disdained to explain. At this moment, he could only force himself to stay upright.

"No need! I'm fine!"

Injured? Not at all! I wasn't injured at all!

Ino also apologized to Shikamaru and the others, saying that since she was in such a state, they should postpone the sweet chestnut yokan to another day.

Ino and Sasuke were too exhausted to go to class. Ino had no external injuries, but her chakra was depleted, and her face was as white as paper. She desperately needed rest. Sasuke was covered in blood and was staggering as he walked. He had a strong will, but his body couldn't take it. He needed to have his wounds treated. Sending them back to the classroom to do their tests now? That would be murder!

Iruka didn't force them. He left Naruto to clean up the battlefield, instructed Hinata to take Ino home, and asked Sasuke a question. He found that the boy was unusually stubborn, so he could only watch Sasuke limp away on the path by himself.

……

In the classroom, Sakura kept turning around to look at Ino and Sasuke's empty seats, feeling sad, wronged, and even more resentful of her own powerlessness. Before she knew it, her tears had soaked her test paper.

Ino, don't you like Sasuke? Why did you have to be so cruel?

Sasuke, don't you know Ino likes you? Why did you fight her to that extent?

Does winning or losing really matter that much to you?

At twelve years old, she couldn't understand it. She thought and thought, and finally realized that she didn't understand Ino or Sasuke at all. Their behavior today was so unfamiliar. It was ridiculous that she had thought she understood them before.

Now? She's like an outsider, a superfluous person.

She lay on her desk and cried for half the class period. It was the first time in all her years of schooling that she had handed in a blank paper.

She didn't write a single word on the test paper and spent half the day like a walking corpse. After school, she carried her schoolbag and returned home.

She gave her parents a few perfunctory replies, then took out a scroll from the bottom of her desk. Hidden inside the scroll was the "treasure of the First Hokage".

She had been busy studying and had taken first place several times while Ino was on leave, so she hadn't paid attention to the treasure. Now she was very confused and could only hope that the scroll contained the answer she needed.

According to the scroll, she found the so-called treasure burial site in a small cave behind the village.