On the other side of the training ground, Kurenai gave Asuma an odd look. "You said that guy wasn't weaker than you, yet he got instantly crushed by Seiki... So does that mean Seiki was holding back whenever he sparred with you?"
Asuma flushed with embarrassment and shot back, "How was I supposed to know that guy would be dumb enough not to watch out for Seiki's genjutsu at all!"
Shizune hesitantly piped up, "But Seiki-kun is a medical ninja. It's only natural someone wouldn't expect genjutsu from a medic, right?"
Asuma and Kurenai exchanged glances before awkwardly chuckling. "Haha, shouldn't guarding against a medical ninja's genjutsu be common sense?"
Up on the rooftop where spectators waited eagerly for an entertaining fight, everyone sweatdropped. Was this guy really here to fight seriously?
"What a bore, it ended already?"
"You think they're faking this fight for our benefit?"
"He's a member of the Uchiha clan and still got taken down instantly by genjutsu from an ordinary person?"
"Right? Not even able to handle a normal — wait, did you just call him an ordinary person?"
Several delinquent third-years hiding among the crowd looked both relieved and terrified.
"Good thing we didn't follow Shuunen like idiots. That first-year brat is a monster!"
"Yeah, I mean Shuunen was strong enough to begin with, but he got erased in one hit by a single genjutsu!"
"You still call him 'boss'? If you ask me, we'd better cut ties with this idiot who only brings us trouble."
"Mmhm, makes sense."
Back in the arena, Seiki withdrew his kunai with a gentle smile. "Mr. Shuunen, don't forget your promise. Let's head back to class now, or we'll be late."
"Go back… to class…" Seeing Seiki's indifferent expression, as if what had just happened meant nothing, combined with the constant mocking laughter ringing in his ears, Shuunen's eyes suddenly darkened with bloodshot fury.
"You bastard! Don't underestimate people!"
"The first tomoe…? Even if it's just his right eye, that's still impressive!" Seiki couldn't help but feel surprised when witnessing the spinning single tomoe within that crimson pupil.
Excepting prodigies who defied reason, awakening the Sharingan at age eight — even if only in one eye — absolutely qualified as genius-level talent.
After all, Sasuke Uchiha's potential was often said to surpass even Itachi's. Yet he didn't awaken his first tomoe until his whole clan was slaughtered — and only then out of pure rage.
"So it's true then… the worse their mental condition, the greater their talent…" Seiki quietly mused to himself before smiling lightly. "Is there anything else, Mr. Shuunen?"
Seeing how Seiki remained utterly calm and composed, Shuunen belatedly realized — he had already lost.
Even if Shuunen had a sudden power breakthrough, there was no reason for Seiki to continue fighting now.
What a frustrating feeling!
Seething with frustration, Shuunen suddenly caught sight of those few underlings who claimed they were going shopping for discounted toilet paper but were actually here watching his humiliation. Anger flared — and with it, a spark of inspiration lit in his mind.
"Seiki Shimaseki, I'll go make amends with your classmate and everyone I've bullied before, as we agreed. But... want to raise the stakes a little?"
After a brief hesitation, Seiki asked with a determined look, "How do you want to raise them?"
"This dude really is pushover material. Even though he saw me awaken the Sharingan, he still took the bait after a little provocation." Shuunen secretly laughed to himself, feeling an inexplicable sense of intellectual superiority.
"Let's go again—if you win..." Just as Shuunen was speaking, his face twisted with fury. "...No, regardless of whether I win or lose this time, I will grab my 'comrades' and go make amends with your classmate and everyone we've wronged before."
Hearing their conversation, the surrounding spectators finally understood why Seiki had been fighting.
"Woah! This first-year is actually standing up for us!"
"So touching, even though he doesn't even know us at all."
"Forget passing—I wanna flunk, repeat a year, and wait till I can join their crew!"
In an instant, almost everyone felt affection toward this first-year "little sun."
As for the few delinquents who had been watching happily from the crowd, they were absolutely fuming—this dumbass boss had just stabbed them in the back!
Seiki pondered briefly, then nodded earnestly, "Since it's for everyone's sake, I guess I'll just have to skip class this one time!"
Shuunen nearly flew into a rage. He thought the guy was stressing about losing badly, but turns out he was hung up on something so trivial. Thinking about this, he almost wanted to roar directly in front of Seiki, "Can't you show me a little respect? I've awakened the Sharingan after all!"
But remembering his self-cultivated "cool powerful expert" image, he suppressed his anger and said instead, "You'd better be ready. Here I come!"
Without another word, he shoved his right hand into the tool pouch at his waist.
However, for some unknown reason, at that moment he suddenly recalled the scene he had seen in the earlier illusion, and his right hand instinctively reached for the shuriken inside his tool pouch.
Shshh—[Shadow Shuriken Technique]!
Facing the rain of shuriken flying like flower petals, Seiki calmly threw all the shuriken already prepared in his hand, then precisely knocked down every single shuriken shot by Shuunen.
"To be able to deflect my shuriken using only shuriken—even with the Sharingan, this level of precise control is something I couldn't achieve!" Shuunen couldn't help but widen his eyes. Of course, he knew how difficult this was. "But what about the one hidden in the blind spot..."
Ding—the final shuriken clattered to the ground.
Seeing this situation, Shuunen's eyes dulled. "Heh, dreams are indeed just dreams."
At this moment, a sound like wind rushing through the air suddenly sounded in his ears.
"Oh no! I forgot about his chakra threads!" Instinctively jumping sideways, Shuunen hurriedly took out a kunai from his tool pouch to block, taking advantage of the moment when the shuriken was rotating mid-air.
"Wait, this speed..." Shuunen's right eye tomoe spun rapidly as his arm swung, easily deflecting an entire round of attacks from Seiki.
"Too slow. No—my Sharingan has slowed you down!"
Shuunen was ecstatic. So this was the true power that made the Uchiha clan famous across the Ninja Realm?
The crowd, who had just been amazed by Seiki's perfectly precise shuriken skill, once again left the crowd speechless.
"Unbelievable! This is the Sharingan?"
"He was completely defeated by Seiki Shimaseki's genjutsu before, but after awakening the Sharingan he actually turned the tables and suppressed his opponent!"
"This feels like total cheating!"
"No choice about it. That's the legacy of the renowned Uchiha clan!"
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