This was the Uchiha Clan's shuriken-throwing technique—within the whole class, only Namikaze Minato could match it.An attack like that was nearly impossible to dodge completely.
But if it was that hard to dodge... then why not just not dodge it at all?
As the eight shuriken came flying at him, Yuya suddenly clenched his fist, a glint flashing through his eyes. He slightly turned his body, bent his arm, and threw a punch straight toward the oncoming projectiles.
"Has he lost his mind?!"
"He's trying to punch shuriken?!"
Everyone watching widened their eyes in shock.
Even the chunin instructor froze for a moment—then smirked coldly. Sure, those shuriken were just dulled practice weapons, but they could still injure someone.
And since Yuya brought this on himself, even if he got seriously hurt, the teacher would only be held barely accountable.
But in the very next moment, when Yuya's fist connected with the air—everyone's expression froze.
Crack!!
A faint, pale-white light flashed—and then exploded outward.
Yuya's fist didn't actually hit anything. Yet, it was as if he had smashed an invisible mirror.
Cracks spread through the air like spiderwebs, and in the next instant, the entire section of space shattered.
The eight shuriken, which had been flying at him at high speed, suddenly hit some invisible wall. Their momentum vanished, and they moved like they were slogging through mud—slow, struggling, inching forward bit by bit.
None of them even touched Yuya. They all fell to the ground, completely defused.
"Impossible!"
"You can't block shuriken with a punch—wait... was that a jutsu?! But he didn't even form any hand signs!"
The whole place erupted in chaos.
Students' eyeballs were practically falling out of their sockets in disbelief.
Kushina clapped her hand over her mouth in shock. She hadn't known Yuya had this kind of power.
Even Minato, who hadn't been paying much attention before, was now watching with interest, his eyes glinting with surprise and curiosity.
"What... did you just do?!"
Uchiha Izumiya was stunned. He hadn't expected his perfect shuriken combo to be completely nullified.
Yuya didn't answer. Instead, he suddenly pulled out a kunai and charged toward Izumiya.
Seeing that, Izumiya flared up with anger.
This guy's ignoring me?! Not even answering me?!
"You think just because you've got some weird ability, you can beat me? You arrogant punk! I'll show you what it means to face the strength of the Uchiha Clan!"
As Yuya rushed at him, Izumiya didn't back down either. He also pulled out a kunai and charged to meet him.
In that moment, Yuya's grip on his kunai tightened.
Buzz!
A dim white glow burst out from the blade, wrapping around the kunai's tip—then he slashed it down toward Izumiya.
Izumiya's pupils shrank at the sight of that glow. He felt a surge of danger—but he had no choice but to block it head-on with his own kunai.
The two blades clashed—
But instead of the usual metallic clang, the sound was like glass shattering.
Crack!!
Tiny fractures spread from the point of contact between their kunai, branching outward.
Izumiya felt a violent shock surge through his hand—a power he couldn't possibly withstand.
It felt like his entire body was being torn apart by the force of that impact!
Clang!
Izumiya's kunai slipped from his grip and clattered to the ground. His body staggered back, a line of blood trickling from the corner of his mouth, and his eyes filled with shock.
What was that white glow?!What was that bizarre, crushing power?!
No one answered him.
The students—and even the chunin instructor—were completely dumbfounded.
Total silence.
But Yuya didn't stop. He still held his kunai as he charged at Izumiya again.
Having already taken a hit, Izumiya no longer dared to clash head-on. He started dodging, clearly on the defensive.
He had been completely forced onto his back foot by Yuya!
As he retreated, the numbness and trembling in his body began to fade—and fury replaced the shock on his face.
Being pushed this far by a useless failure like Yuya?!
He glanced at the chunin instructor, then clenched his teeth.
"You asked for this. If you die now, don't blame me."
In the next instant, Izumiya stopped retreating. His hands flew into motion as he began weaving hand signs.
But before he could finish—Yuya suddenly hurled a handful of shuriken from his left hand.
Thud thud thud!!
The shuriken all hit—but Izumiya's body puffed into a log.
Substitution Jutsu!
Seeing Izumiya finally use a real jutsu, Yuya's eyes flickered slightly.
But then—
A wave of searing heat surged from behind him. Even before it made contact, the scorching air burned like an oven.
"Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!!"
The name of the jutsu exploded across the training grounds like thunder.
Because this was a C-rank jutsu!
Izumiya was sweating from his forehead. Using this jutsu had almost drained him completely.
The massive fireball roared toward Yuya, and Izumiya smirked coldly to himself.
No matter how strong Yuya was, there was no way he could stand up to a full-on Fireball Jutsu—a C-rank technique Izumiya had just recently learned!
BOOM!!
The fireball exploded, stunning the entire class. Students instinctively backed away—the heat was so intense, it even curled their hair.
"My god, Izumiya can already use that kind of jutsu?!"
"Is he even the same age as us?!"
Countless students stared in disbelief.
"Yuya!!"
Kushina's face went pale. She couldn't help but cry out in alarm.
A technique like that wasn't just dangerous—it could kill.
Even the chunin instructor was shocked. He hadn't expected Izumiya to be able to use a C-rank jutsu like Fireball.
He instinctively wanted to intervene—but stopped himself cold.
"Injuries in combat... are normal, aren't they?"
At that moment, standing in front of the surging fireball, even Yuya felt a chill in his heart.
He had figured Izumiya might sneak up from behind after the Substitution Jutsu—but he hadn't expected him to unleash a C-rank Fireball.
Ninjutsu was ranked by difficulty: S, A, B, C, D, E.
E-rank was what they learned in the academy. D-rank was used by genin.C-rank? That was for chunin.
Only the most gifted genin used C-rank techniques on a regular basis.
"As expected… you can never underestimate a member of the Uchiha Clan."