Chapter 2

As the order in the classroom became increasingly chaotic, the girls began to exude a tense atmosphere, and the boys seemed on the verge of a fight. The chunin teacher finally couldn't take it anymore and shouted.

"Quiet!"

"The next one, Uchiha Obito!"

The chunin teacher's authority still held; after his shout, the class quickly quieted down. Uchiha Obito glared at Fuyu for a moment before walking up to the podium.

His gaze lingered on Rin for a moment, then he took a deep breath, clenched his fists, and mentally steeled himself, determined to outperform Fuyu in this test.

Bang!!

After forming the hand seals, a white smoke flashed.

The clone that appeared next to Uchiha Obito was somewhat wobbly. Although it could be considered a clone, it was obvious that it was fake at a glance.

"50 points."

The chunin teacher glanced at Uchiha Obito.

The Uchiha clan, known as a concentration of geniuses, had almost all its members ranking at the top of the school, but Uchiha Obito was an exception.

"Aaaah... I'll try again..."

Uchiha Obito, naturally unwilling to accept a score of 50, immediately formed the hand seals again. However, due to his mental state, the second attempt to release the Clone Jutsu failed outright.

The final third attempt was not much better than the first, and his final score was only 55, failing to meet the passing line.

"..."

Fuyu watched this scene, and only one thought flashed through his mind.

The darkening of Obito is really ridiculous!

Just because he witnessed Rin's death, Uchiha Obito, who was a dead-last, immediately darkened, not only opening the Mangekyou Sharingan and awakening one of the strongest abilities, 'Kamui,' but also completely reversing his combat experience, personality, and will.

Before long, he attacked Konoha, released the Nine-Tails, and indirectly killed one of the 'BUG characters,' the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze.

It's simply ridiculous!

If he didn't know the original plot, he really couldn't imagine how Obito, who performed so poorly in the Clone Jutsu, could become one of the future big bosses of the ninja world.

Shaking his head, Fuyu turned his gaze away.

He didn't really have any particular thoughts about Obito. After all, Uchiha Madara was the key figure lurking in the shadows. Even without Uchiha Obito, Uchiha Madara would find another Uchiha, like Uchiha Fire or Uchiha Water.

The most important thing was to have enough strength himself.

After all, the Third Great Ninja War would begin in a year. During the war, there would be no graduation exams; students would be forced to graduate at the age of nine. This meant that if he wanted to stay in the academy, he could only stay for one more year.

"I wonder if I can reach the jounin level in a year..."

Fuyu mused.

In the Third Great Ninja War, genin and chunin were almost all cannon fodder. Fortunately, he was in Konoha; if he were in another village, even jounin would be cannon fodder because of the existence of Minato Namikaze, who could instantly kill fifty jounin.

Just as Fuyu was thinking, a clear ringing sound suddenly echoed in his mind, like the sound of a clock passing a certain point.

"Huh."

Fuyu exclaimed, a hint of joy flashing in his eyes, and he immediately closed his eyes.

After closing his eyes, a massive, silver-white, almost ethereal clock appeared in the dark world before him, with clear golden hour and minute hands.

In the center of the clock face, there were mechanical letters that seemed to record the date, but they actually recorded the time acceleration ratio!

Click!

With a thought, Fuyu made the mechanical letters click, turning from the number 0 to the number 1, then to the number 2, and finally stopping at the number 3.

"Sure enough... I can enter the three times speed state!"

Seeing the number on the dial, Fuyu's expression became excited.

When he first arrived in this world, the fastest time acceleration he could control was 1.5 times. About a year later, he heard the same ringing sound, and the maximum time acceleration rate increased to 2 times.

Now it was 3 times.

"It seems to have increased at the same time last year... Maybe every year, the maximum time acceleration rate I can achieve will increase once?"

This thought flashed through Fuyu's mind.

Although he couldn't confirm it, it seemed to be a pattern. Whether or not this was true would be clear next year. If it was true, then no jutsu in the Naruto world could match its power!

In the time acceleration state, the world around him would slow down several times, and both his speed and reaction time would increase without conflict.

If an ordinary chunin could increase the time flow rate to five times, they could easily handle a jounin. If a jounin could increase the time flow rate to five times, they might even stand a chance against the Kage of the Five Great Shinobi Villages!

This was the same for Fuyu!

As long as he had chunin-level strength in his normal state, he could handle a jounin. With jounin-level strength, he could dominate the ninja world!

This premise was only at five times speed. If the ethereal clock could increase to ten times or even higher, then speed alone would be an extremely terrifying ability.

"Eight Gates Released Formation at ten times speed, how strong would it be?"

Fuyu imagined a scene.

It was a massive air cannon, ten times larger than the Evening Elephant, piercing through the clouds and shattering the moon created by the Sage of Six Paths into countless fragments in space.

Thinking of this, Fuyu couldn't help but take a deep breath and regain his composure after a few seconds.

Ten times speed plus Eight Gates Released Formation was still a distant goal, but the Eight Gates Released Formation was indeed something to consider. It was one of the abilities that best complemented time acceleration.

Unfortunately, the jutsu he released would not be affected by time acceleration to speed up its trajectory. Otherwise, the benefits he would gain from the time acceleration state would be even greater.

Speaking of which, he could now achieve three times speed. In the past, at two times speed, he could easily beat Kakashi, who was already a chunin. Now, at three times speed, he should be able to easily defeat ordinary elite chunin, and he would still have some gap with jounin.

"Close to a special jounin?"

Fuyu assessed his current strength and felt that he was still a bit short of a special jounin, but reaching that level by next year should not be a problem.

In the ninja world, reaching the special jounin level was barely considered a 'stronger.' Genin and chunin were basically cannon fodder in war.

Above special jounin, there were jounin and elite jounin. Above that was the Kage, but this world did not have the title of Kage. Therefore, in terms of ninja ranks, elite jounin was the peak. However, in Fuyu's view, ninjas like Konoha's White Fang and Danzo, whose strength far exceeded that of ordinary elite jounin, could be called 'Kage-level' for easier distinction.