Path Of War

The energy of the tournament continued with excitement as the announcer said, "Ladies and gentlemen! The final battle of the third round is about to commence!"

The cheers grew with the two fighters already standing apart from one another: William and Anko.

As they took their stances, William fidgeted for a second. He earnestly turned to the announcer and asked, "Am I allowed to use the Rasengan?"

The announcer pushed his glasses up his nose and scurried over to a nearby referee to check. When he returned, he adjusted himself and spoke, "I have confirmed that the Rasengan technique is allowed! However,"—his voice grew stern—"any variants that may cause irreversible damage to the arena are strictly prohibited."

William grinned, reassured. Deep down inside, he knew that he could hold himself back.

Anko tilted her head, intrigued by his confidence. She wondered, "I've only seen that Rasengan of yours once, and you didn't do much with it."

That was a shot at his past fight against Sasuke Uchiha, to which the latter both countered and defeated William's Rasengan.

"I'm much stronger than that time!" William declared. "I'll give it everything I've got!"

Anko wouldn't have it any other way. After all, this was the supposed hero who helped save the third Hokage.

As the match was about to begin, Naruto couldn't help but ask, "How do the officials know about the Rasengan? It's supposed to be my dad's move!"

He was on to something there. There were so few who could perform it, let alone recall its name.