"Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique!"
Izumi threw a Shuriken, and with her rapid hand seals, one Shuriken cloned into countless Shuriken, which embedded themselves in the rocks.
Izumi sat on a nearby tree, throwing a Shuriken into the air and catching it, saying proudly, "It's extremely simple."
"Sigh, can't we get a more interesting Ninjutsu?"
"Yamamoto Kawa will probably like this move; it saves Shuriken, hehehe."
"Forget it, I'll just practice my Sealing Technique and talismans."
The next day, Izumi and the two others, along with Jiraiya and Sarutobi Muraki, left the town and came to an open space in the wilderness.
Sarutobi Muraki said to them, "Listen up, everyone. Lord Jiraiya is about to give you some pointers. This is a very valuable opportunity, so you must cherish it."
"Oh! That's great! A chance for guidance from Lord Jiraiya!" Yamamoto Kawa was incredibly excited and immediately began to prepare.
Izumi and Akido Jiro were also very excited, and they too began to prepare.
Jiraiya said to them, "Come on, I will teach you well."
Seeing this, the three immediately formed a formation, with Akido Jiro and Yamamoto Kawa one in front and one on the side, and Izumi behind Yamamoto Kawa.
Jiraiya thought to himself, "Oh? This kind of formation, huh?"
Yamamoto Kawa immediately threw a few Kunai, then charged at Jiraiya with a Kunai in hand.
Akido Jiro also charged at Jiraiya with a Kunai.
Jiraiya kicked both of them away with a single punch and a kick.
At this moment, Izumi quickly formed hand seals with both hands and then shouted, "Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"
"Oh! She can use this Ninjutsu at such a young age? That's quite good!" Jiraiya looked at the charging fireball and immediately dodged to the side.
At this moment, just as he jumped to avoid the Fire Release, Akido Jiro had already used the Partial Expansion Jutsu and attacked Jiraiya.
"Human Bullet Tank!"
Akido Jiro charged at Jiraiya like a giant spinning ball.
Jiraiya was already prepared: "Earth Release! Earth Tremor!"
The ground beneath Akido Jiro suddenly rose, then propelled him away, but Akido Jiro directly turned into smoke and disappeared.
Izumi and Yamamoto Kawa also took advantage of this time to throw Shuriken.
"Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique!" Izumi transformed her Shuriken into countless ones, shooting them towards Jiraiya.
"Hmm, you've already learned it, good." Jiraiya saw this and immediately manipulated his hair to surround himself in a circle, and then his hair knocked down all the Shuriken.
Jiraiya shouted loudly, "Your cooperation is good; through tight attacks and coordination, you don't give the enemy time to react. However, your strength is limited, and you can't cause any damage to the enemy, not to mention your formation. An experienced Ninja can see your intentions at a glance.
Come on, use your true abilities and let me see your real skills, otherwise, I can't give you any advice!"
The three exchanged glances and nodded. At this moment, it was alright to be a bit ruthless.
Yamamoto Kawa and Akido Jiro both rushed forward, attacking Jiraiya.
Jiraiya looked at the two, and seeing their attacks, he already had a grasp of them, so he then looked at Izumi.
Suddenly, Jiraiya's eyes paused. He had discovered a pair of scarlet one-tomoe Sharingan (after disguise) looking at him.
"Sharingan? This is Genjutsu! Not good!" Jiraiya immediately dispelled the Genjutsu, but as soon as he dispelled it, he found that the two were already about to attack him.
He hurriedly used the Substitution Technique to avoid the attack.
A cold sweat broke out on Jiraiya's body, and he exclaimed in his heart, "That was close, I almost fell for it. The Sharingan is still that powerful."
Suddenly, he noticed that Uchiha Izumi had already quickly rushed over from the side and kicked him.
He immediately blocked with his arm.
"Bang!" The kick landed squarely on his arm, his palm immediately tightened, and his arm moved back slightly.
"Hmm? Why is her strength so great!" Jiraiya saw the other two also attacking and immediately engaged in battle with the three of them.
He alone fought against Izumi and the two others without falling behind at all, and he was even at ease.
He saw Izumi retreat again, and the two others also dodged to the side. He knew Izumi was about to use Ninjutsu again, so he immediately jumped to the side to avoid Izumi's Ninjutsu.
As expected, Izumi used Fire Release Ninjutsu again, using the Great Fireball Technique on the spot where he had been.
After he landed, he looked at the three and thought, "These kids are quite strong, especially this Uchiha girl."
He also became serious, then took down Akido Jiro and Yamamoto Kawa one by one, and then quickly rushed to Izumi's position.
Izumi immediately used Genjutsu again, but Jiraiya would not fall for it a second time, so he directly intended to subdue Izumi with one move.
However, after Izumi was hit in the abdomen with a punch, she instead tightly hugged his arm.
Jiraiya saw several rapidly burning talismans behind Izumi.
"Exploding Tag? Is this a Shadow Clone?" Jiraiya's other hand immediately forcefully dispelled Izumi's Shadow Clone, then jumped away at the fastest speed.
"Boom!" After the Exploding Tag exploded, Jiraiya, after dodging, praised the Izumi who appeared nearby with some surprise, "Oh! That was close, not bad! Uchiha girl."
"Hmm!" As soon as he finished praising Izumi, he noticed Izumi's hand slapped on the ground, her eyes intently focused on him, and she coldly shouted, "Fire Release: Exploding Flame Array!"
"Hmm? Hmm!" Jiraiya looked at the large number of Exploding Tags that suddenly appeared on the ground and moved towards his legs, and he said in shock, "Exploding Tags? When did this... This Ninjutsu is...!"
At this moment, he instantly recalled the scene from their youth when they were taught by Hanzou.
The sound of "Boom! Boom! Boom!" explosions startled Sarutobi Muraki nearby.
"Huh? No way!" He immediately looked towards Jiraiya.
Jiraiya was seen jumping out of the smoke, having wrapped his body in his hair, which was emitting smoke caused by the Exploding Tags.
"Phew." You scared me. Sarutobi Muraki didn't expect Jiraiya to hesitate for some reason, thinking it was probably because he wanted to go easy, but this was too dangerous. It seemed he was still far behind the three of them.
At this time, the area in front of Izumi was obscured by smoke, and the Sharingan couldn't see clearly, but a blurry figure could still be seen, which was Jiraiya's true body.
"Hmph." Izumi snorted coldly. Izumi was about to continue using Ninjutsu to attack the smoke in front, but suddenly, a figure burst out of the ground, punching her in the abdomen and sending her flying.
"Ow, that hurts!" Izumi immediately clutched her stomach and cried out after landing, the blow almost making her vomit.
Izumi looked at the Shadow Clone that attacked him, and suddenly realized: "So that's it. Because he was afraid my Sharingan would see his Shadow Clone, he appeared in front of me with his true body and then used a Shadow Clone to ambush me. He understands the strengths and weaknesses of the Sharingan very well."
"Alright, that's enough! Thank you for your hard work, Lord Jiraiya." Sarutobi Muraki watched clearly from the side. He saw Izumi covertly setting up Exploding Tags while using a Shadow Clone. He never expected Uchiha Izumi to even know the techniques of the Rain Ninja from before. The Uchiha bloodline is indeed formidable.
Jiraiya nodded and said, "All three of you performed well. However, Akido Jiro, you focused too much on your clan's Ninjutsu, which caused your Taijutsu to not keep up with the enormous size of your Ninjutsu, making you appear very clumsy. Yamamoto Kawa, you also performed very well, and your Taijutsu is quite solid now, clearly from consistent training, but don't be so straightforward; that makes you too easy a target for concentrated attacks."
"As for you, Uchiha Izumi, I can only say, you are indeed from the Uchiha Clan. Your Ninjutsu was learned from the Rain Ninja through your Sharingan, wasn't it? Your talent is exceptionally good. Your Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, Genjutsu, and your timing in using them are all excellent. To achieve this level at your age, your future is truly promising."
The three of them lay on the ground, clutching their injured spots, struggling to stand up. At this moment, Yamamoto Kawa felt utterly despairing.
He had witnessed the power of Uchiha Izumi. Genjutsu, Taijutsu, and even a large number of Ninjutsu were all used by a female Ninja who was even younger than him and whom he had always looked down upon. This made him feel incredibly humiliated. It turned out that his actions of looking down on this person and that person, and shouting loudly, were not even worth mentioning in their eyes. He was just a clown.
He also knew that his long-held belief that he could become stronger than bloodline Ninjas could no longer be realized.
Because by the time he became as strong as they were now, how strong would they have already become?
He complained angrily in his heart, "Damn it, if I were also a bloodline Ninja, or the descendant of a Ninja clan, not a commoner, I could do better than her! I have no resources, no Ninjutsu, nothing. Can I really become a Ninja like Lord Jiraiya?"