Chapter 9

Ninja School.

It was not yet time for morning class, and the playground was already bustling with noise, with many boys of various heights gathered there, engaged in a chaotic brawl in the center of the crowd.

"Fire Release! Phoenix Sage Fire Technique!"

A boy made hand signs and spat at a few people in front of him, startling them, but only a small flame came out.

After a brief moment of shock, the boys in front of him burst into laughter.

"Is this even a ninja technique?!"

"Go! Beat him up!"

"…Damn it, take this!"

About seven or eight boys were fighting, seemingly all from the lower grades. They basically knew no ninja techniques and were just fighting each other. Two of the older boys, however, fought with some semblance of skill, even using clone techniques and other jutsu.

The onlookers were cheering and egging them on, making the scene chaotic. Since it was still early, no chunin teacher had come to intervene.

"What are you looking at?"

Fuyu appeared not far from the playground, glanced at the scene, and took a few steps toward them, tapping a figure on the shoulder at the edge of the crowd.

Kurenai was startled, turned her head, and seeing Fuyu, immediately relaxed, saying, "Good morning, Fuyu."

"Good morning."

Fuyu smiled and said, "Let's go to the classroom."

He had no interest in watching children fight.

Kurenai glanced at the center of the brawl, hesitated for a moment, and said, "That... "

"Hmm?"

Fuyu looked at her.

Kurenai said helplessly, "Yō is over there, and it looks like he's getting beaten up."

Fuyu was puzzled, "Yō?"

Kurenai pointed to one of the boys in the brawl, "That's him, Yō, my cousin from my uncle's family..."

Fuyu had never heard of him. He shrugged, not interested in a character he didn't even remember, and said, "Boys fighting is normal. You don't need to get involved. Besides, the chunin teachers are definitely watching, so there's no need to worry."

"But..."

Kurenai was a bit helpless, feeling conflicted. Ignoring it seemed wrong, but there was no real reason to intervene.

Seeing Kurenai's dilemma, Fuyu pursed his lips, took a step forward, made a simple hand sign, and lightly pressed his hand on the ground.

"Earth Release! Earthquake Technique!"

"...Huh, huh?!"

Kurenai was surprised at Fuyu's action, then felt the ground beneath her feet shake, but she didn't fall because she was prepared.

However, the crowd on the playground was thrown off balance, and the boys in the brawl were separated by the sudden earthquake.

"Fuyu, you..."

Kurenai steadied herself, but before she could finish her sentence, she saw Fuyu put his finger to his lips, making a shushing gesture, and whispered with a smile, "Alright, they shouldn't be able to fight now. Let's go."

The students, thrown off balance, didn't know what had happened, thinking it was an earthquake, and the brawl was completely interrupted.

However, not all the students were in chaos.

A student in the crowd frowned, looking in Fuyu's direction, clearly having noticed that the earthquake was caused by Fuyu's jutsu.

"Really reckless..."

The boy shook his head.

He looked a bit younger than Kakashi, wearing clothes with the Uchiha clan symbol. Though he blended in with the crowd, his name was well-known.

Uchiha Shisui!

Unlike Uchiha Obito, Shisui was a genius almost on par with Uchiha Itachi. Before awakening his Mangekyō Sharingan, he had already gained a formidable reputation on the battlefield. After awakening it, he obtained the most powerful genjutsu, the Mangekyō Sharingan, and the Izanagi technique.

Not only Shisui and Kurenai, but also Yamanaka Rin, who was on the playground and had been watching Fuyu, noticed that he had used the Earthquake Technique.

"...Fuyu, you're really reckless."

Rin walked over from not far away, pouting at Fuyu, "But Fuyu, you're really amazing. The Earthquake Technique is a C-rank earth jutsu, right?"

Fuyu, who hadn't noticed Rin, made a shushing gesture and smiled, "I learned it from Kakashi. It's just a trick."

Uchiha Shisui, watching the scene, pursed his lips and decided not to say anything, turning to leave. But before he could take a few steps, he stopped.

Not far away.

A boy wearing Uchiha clan clothing and goggles stood in front of Fuyu, making a fist and saying,

"Hey! Fuyu, let's have a match!"

The one challenging Fuyu was Uchiha Obito.

Today, he had arrived early without any unexpected incidents on the way, and seeing Fuyu and Rin chatting happily, he immediately lost his cool.

Taking advantage of the fighting atmosphere on the playground, Obito clenched his fists and approached angrily.

"Boring."

Fuyu glanced at Obito.

He had no interest in the pre-blackened Obito, who was a kind and sunny boy. Fuyu had no intention of bullying a child.

"Damn it... Stand still!!"

But seeing Fuyu not respond, Obito couldn't hold back and jumped in front of Fuyu.

Whoosh!

Obito attacked roughly.

Fuyu sighed, sidestepped Obito's attack, grabbed his shoulder, and gently pushed, causing Obito to lose balance, flip in the air, and fall awkwardly backward.

Seeing this, Rin covered her forehead.

Kurenai was speechless for a moment.

"Is Obito really from the Uchiha clan? The Uchiha name seems a bit undeserved..."

In her memory, the Uchiha clan was always spoken of with reverence, and its members were all geniuses, excelling in their classes. But the gap with Obito was too large.

However, just as Kurenai finished speaking, a voice came from the side.

"I can't just ignore that."

Uchiha Shisui had approached, looking at Kurenai calmly.

Obito and he were from the same clan, but their relationship was distant, and he didn't care much. But when it came to the Uchiha clan, he couldn't ignore it.

"You are..."

Kurenai looked at Shisui, slightly surprised, "Uchiha Shisui?!"

The name Uchiha Shisui was well-known in the ninja school, with top grades in all subjects and even defeating a genin recently.

Such a level was undoubtedly enough to graduate early. In many people's eyes, Shisui was the only student of this generation whose talent approached Kakashi's!