Chapter 36: Shippo
"Mikoto, who has the Sharingan, actually lost? This is simply unbelievable!"
"Natsuki is four years younger than Mikoto. He crossed a four-year gap and defeated her. He really is a monster!"
"What was his final ninjutsu? Genjutsu?"
Because of Natsuki's victory, the students of both classes began discussing it heatedly.
After all, most of them had supported Uchiha Mikoto.
Such an unexpected result left them shocked.
The dizziness quickly disappeared.
Mikoto steadied herself and saw the kunai at her neck.
She could not help but feel dazed.
Although she was not a typical Uchiha, before the fight, she had felt that her chances of winning were very high.
Because she had not only learned Fire Release and genjutsu, but had also awakened a one-tomoe Sharingan.
In the shinobi world, there was a saying that in a one-on-one fight, the Uchiha were invincible.
There was no helping it. The Sharingan was too powerful.
Just being able to see every movement of the target clearly allowed one to occupy a great advantage in battle.
In fact, that was exactly how it was.
Her battle with Natsuki could basically be called evenly matched.
Mikoto thought about it, and the problem lay in Natsuki's Systematic Magic, Phantom Blow.
Because she had only heard that Natsuki was skilled in swordsmanship, but she had not expected him to also know Yin Release ninjutsu.
"I lost. You're very strong."
Mikoto looked at Natsuki and spoke.
"I was just lucky to win."
Natsuki put away the kunai, shook his head, and said.
"If you were the same age as me, you could probably defeat me very easily."
A gentle smile appeared on Mikoto's face.
Natsuki was young and also a genius like this, so he should have been arrogant and unruly like the Uchiha, but he happened to be very modest.
Her impression of him was very good.
"Mikoto-senpai, there is something I would like to ask you for help with."
Natsuki's thoughts moved, and he said, "I want a crow as a summoning beast. I can pay a reward."
"There's no need for any reward."
After Mikoto was slightly stunned, she answered, "I can introduce you, but whether you can get a summoning beast will depend on your own ability."
As expected, the Uchiha Clan also had a connection with the crow clan.
Natsuki nodded and said, "Thank you, Mikoto-senpai."
After their brief conversation ended, the two of them returned to their respective class lines.
Natsuki immediately received the enthusiastic attention of the students of second-year Class A.
After all, he had defeated sixth-year Uchiha Mikoto.
From now on, as long as he defeated Nawaki, Natsuki would dominate the Ninja Academy and become the well-deserved number one.
Minato looked at him with a very complicated mood.
Uchiha Mikoto had the Sharingan, and in dynamic vision and reaction ability, she was very similar to him.
Her loss meant that he would most likely lose as well.
However, there was always a difference between the first battle and the second battle. Minato had already understood Natsuki's strength, so the result was hard to say.
Because shinobi battles were battles of intelligence.
[You have awakened the Shippo Template.]
After Natsuki finished dealing with his classmates, a line of text appeared before his eyes.
He was stunned for a moment and instinctively looked at the newly awakened character template.
[Name: Shippo.]
[Period: Final.]
[World: Inuyasha.]
[Rank: C-rank.]
[Ability One: Clone, unlocked.]
[Effect: Use leaves to create clones. When attacked, they will make a sound to confuse the enemy.]
[Ability Two: Fox Fire, locked.]
[Effect: Release a large mass of flames.]
[Unlock Condition: Defeat three Fire Release shinobi.]
[Ability Three: Fox Demon Art, locked.]
[Effect: Makes the target fall into genjutsu and produce an illusion as if it were reality.]
[Unlock Condition: Defeat three genjutsu shinobi.]
So it was the mascot of the main group in Inuyasha, a little fox demon with a position similar to Chopper from One Piece.
But a mascot was not only a mascot. They also possessed a certain degree of ability.
Shippo's three abilities were quite good in the shinobi world and could be equivalent to a Chunin.
Ability One, Clone.
Using leaves as clones did not have combat ability, but it could play a considerable role in the wild.
Ability Two, judging from the description, was similar to Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique, a C-rank Fire Release.
Its unlock condition was to defeat three Fire Release shinobi.
It did not specify Genin, Chunin, or Jonin, which meant he only had to defeat three shinobi who knew Fire Release.
Overall, the difficulty was moderate.
The most useful one was Ability Three, because Fox Demon Art was genjutsu.
Natsuki had just experienced the power of genjutsu. It was indeed extraordinary.
Just a D-rank genjutsu was already so troublesome, let alone higher-level genjutsu.
And the strongest genjutsu in the shinobi world was the Mangekyo Sharingan.
For example, Uchiha Shisui's Kotoamatsukami could silently change a person's will and subconscious, practically like a hypnosis bracelet.
The unlock condition for Ability Three was also to defeat three shinobi.
It was just changed from Fire Release to genjutsu.
He could even unlock both abilities together by finding three shinobi who knew both Fire Release and genjutsu.
Natsuki suddenly had a subtle expression.
Because in Konoha, most shinobi who knew both Fire Release and genjutsu were from the Uchiha Clan.
He had already defeated Uchiha Mikoto. If he defeated three more Uchiha shinobi, he would definitely be mistaken as targeting the Uchiha Clan.
In addition, he was Orochimaru's student and a shinobi of the Hokage's faction, so the situation would escalate.
It would change from him targeting the Uchiha Clan to Sarutobi Hiruzen targeting the Uchiha Clan.
Natsuki shook his head.
The best method was to ask Orochimaru for help and find three Genin who met the conditions.
Time slowly passed, and the exchange between the two classes came to an end.
Second-year Class A could be said to have suffered a crushing defeat, only winning three matches.
However, no one felt discouraged, because Natsuki had defeated Uchiha Mikoto.
Winning that one match was already enough.
At the same time, the news that Natsuki had defeated Mikoto spread through Konoha at extreme speed.
The reason was simple. Their identities were both unusual.
Especially since quite a few shinobi and villagers had suffered under the Uchiha for a long time.
To be fair, the Uchiha Clan eventually ended up being exterminated, and their own personalities accounted for more than half of the reason.
The other smaller half came from Hiruzen.
No longer young, his handling of the Uchiha Clan matter appeared indecisive, ultimately causing the situation to spiral out of control.
After school, Mikoto returned home.
But when she walked into the courtyard, she could not help but pause.
Because there was an uninvited guest, Uchiha Fugaku.
He was already seventeen this year, and because he possessed Jonin-level strength, he had recently succeeded as clan leader.
"Clan Leader."
Mikoto hurriedly greeted him.
"You lost to Natsuki?"
Fugaku looked at her and asked.
Mikoto sighed inwardly and already understood.
"The clan members are very disappointed in you. There are even quite a few who wanted to go find Natsuki to spar with him, but I stopped them."
Fugaku said directly, "I hope you can recover the honor you lost by yourself."
(To be continued.)