"Please form the Confrontation Seal!"
In a small grove within Konoha's Seventh Training Ground, Obito and Anko stood facing each other.
Asuma stood in the middle, acting as the referee.
Both Anko and Obito held a paper Kunai, one hand in front of them, index and middle fingers raised, glaring at each other.
"Obito, you scoundrel, just wait to die!"
Anko glared fiercely at Obito, and as soon as Asuma announced the start of the match, she charged directly at Obito.
"Ah!!!"
"Anko! We agreed no hitting the face!"
"I don't care about this or that, go to hell! How dare you despise me!"
Of course.
Anko and Obito, both only three years old, couldn't even extract Chakra yet.
It was just a children's scuffle between them.
It wasn't that Obito couldn't beat Anko; it was just that as he was about to charge.
He slipped.
And fell directly in front of Anko.
Anko seized the opportunity, straddled him, and rained punches down on Obito's body.
"How terrifying... Anko is really too fierce..."
After seeing Obito's miserable state, Asuma looked at Anko with a hint of fear.
This woman, one must not provoke her!
"Anko is so amazing!"
Under the tree.
Rin sat beside Shimura Kaede, her eyes sparkling as she watched Obito and Anko's playful fight.
Meanwhile, Shimura Kaede sat cross-legged on the ground, seemingly in a daze, but in reality, he was immersed in his System Space.
[Host: Shimura Kaede.]
[Age: 3.]
[Bloodline: None.]
[Talent: Wind (Heavenly Spiritual Root)]
[Divine Ability: Wind Mastery.]
[Spells: Wind Release: Great Breakthrough, Wind Guardian.]
[Wind Mastery: Heavenly Spiritual Root Awakening Divine Ability. Greatly reduces Wind-style Spell consumption, greatly increases power, greatly enhances Wind-style Comprehension Ability, low-level Wind Manipulation!]
Wind Mastery was the talent Shimura Kaede awakened today.
According to the System, it was an inherent ability of the Heavenly Spiritual Root that would continuously grow stronger as his strength increased.
Shimura Kaede specifically experimented. Logically, his Chakra reserves shouldn't be able to release any C-rank Ninjutsu.
But after Awakening Wind Mastery.
Shimura Kaede could now release Great Breakthrough twice.
Shimura Kaede estimated that when he used Wind-style Ninjutsu, he would save at least 80% of the Chakra compared to ordinary people. In other words, the Chakra others used for one Great Breakthrough was enough for Shimura Kaede to release it five times.
And its power also increased significantly.
Even his learning ability had greatly improved.
For example, this Wind Release: Great Breakthrough was a low-level Wind Release scroll left by Danzo Shimura. Shimura Kaede only studied it briefly and learned it instantly.
This was his Comprehension Ability for Wind-style Ninjutsu.
"Who said the Heavenly Spiritual Root was bad? This Heavenly Spiritual Root is amazing!"
After Awakening his talent, Shimura Kaede decided he would never again curse the lousy System for taking away his five attributes.
Brother System still loved him!
What made Shimura Kaede most delighted was that he had awakened a passive skill.
Which was Wind Guardian.
The principle was somewhat similar to Gaara's Mother's Susanoo; it was a passive skill that didn't consume Shimura Kaede's Chakra. It formed an invisible wind around him to protect him.
Shimura Kaede experimented.
When a dinner knife was thrust towards him, it encountered immense resistance at a distance of thirty centimeters.
The closer it got, the greater the resistance.
As for its defensive capability, Shimura Kaede couldn't test it yet, but he estimated it was no weaker than Gaara's sand.
Shimura Kaede could even simply manipulate a few whirlwinds to attack and restrain enemies. The Chakra consumption for attacking was also very low, but the power was limited.
"It's okay, I'm only three years old, this ability will definitely become stronger in the future!"
Shimura Kaede grinned, unable to help but imagine himself in the future, arms crossed, with a wave of his hand, countless fierce winds sweeping forth.
"Kaede, interested in a Ninja duel?"
Just as Shimura Kaede was thinking about how he would beat Madara and stomp on Pain in the future, Asuma strode over.
"Anko and Obito are done fighting?"
Shimura Kaede looked up and saw a bruised and swollen Obito, dejectedly following behind Anko.
"Mm!"
Asuma nodded: "Kaede, be my opponent!"
"Only you can spark a bit of interest in me!"
...By a stream not far away.
A small figure was swinging a wooden sword.
Thump! Thump! Thump!
The wooden blade collided with a tree stump, making dull thudding sounds.
"Anko! Stop hitting him!"
"Ow, ow, I really know I was wrong!"
The noisy sounds prevented Kakashi from focusing on swinging his long sword.
He frowned and looked towards the nearby woods.
"Who could it be?"
"No one usually comes here when I train!"
Kakashi had been coming to this training ground for half a month.
For the past half-month, Kakashi had come here every day for basic swordsmanship and physical training. Compared to Asuma and the others, Kakashi was much more diligent.
He had started Chakra extraction a month ago.
He had even been introduced to the Hatake clan's ancestral swordsmanship half a year ago and had been doing the most basic swordsmanship and physical training.
"Today's training isn't finished yet..."
Kakashi was very curious about who the noisy people opposite him were.
Logically, Kakashi shouldn't have any interest in such things, but hearing the shouts, Kakashi felt an urge to go and see.
"Should I go take a look?"
"Father said I'm still young and shouldn't train too much..."
Kakashi, still a three-year-old child, was far from the cold person he would later become; he was still a lively child now.
Following the sound, he walked.
The first thing Kakashi saw was a bruised and swollen Obito.
At this moment, Obito had snot and tears streaming down his face, looking very disheveled.
"Pfft!"
Seeing Obito's appearance, Kakashi couldn't help but laugh.
"???"
Shimura Kaede, who was about to get up, looked in the direction of the sound and saw Kakashi holding a wooden sword.
"Whoa, he's already wearing a mask at such a young age?"
Seeing Kakashi's familiar white hair and mask, Shimura Kaede instantly recognized him.
After all, Kakashi was the only white-haired masked man in all of Konoha.
"Hey!"
"What are you laughing at, you bastard!"
"Wanna fight?!"
Obito rolled up his sleeves. For some reason, seeing this white-haired guy made him extremely angry, especially not wanting to make a fool of himself in front of him.
"Me?"
Kakashi put the wooden sword behind his back and shook his head, looking at Obito very calmly.
"I'm not interested in playing these children's games. I still have to train!"
"What?!"
Obito immediately jumped up in anger.
Although he knew they were playing Ninja games, hearing Kakashi's words made him incredibly angry.
"What children's games? What are you being so smug about, you jerk!"
"If you're not convinced, let's fight."
Asuma was also very displeased, as Kakashi's remark had offended everyone present.
"What's your name!"
"Dare to state your name!"
Obito was still yelling. He turned around, pointed his thumb at his back, indicating the Uchiha clan crest, and looked at Kakashi with a proud expression.
"Remember my name, Uchiha Obito, the man who will defeat you!"
The next second.
Obito charged directly at Kakashi, swinging his fist towards him.