Looking at Uchiha Obito, who suddenly burst into laughter opposite him without a word, Minamikawa Yuu couldn't help but shake his head secretly.
Although he had known for a long time that the other party had this kind of personality, seeing it now still felt somewhat surprising.
If he hadn't seen the whole story, he wouldn't have imagined that the other party would turn into that kind of appearance in the later stages.
"So now, please give me some guidance, Senior."
He unfastened his Ninja tools, took out a Kunai, and faced the other party just like that.
"I won't go easy on you!"
Uchiha Obito shouted and then charged forward.
Minamikawa Yuu observed the other party; he didn't show anything at the moment, just silently retreated backward.
"Take this!"
Obito's figure rushed forward and threw a punch directly.
Powerful force struck down, but unfortunately, it didn't hit Minamikawa Yuu's figure.
At the critical moment, Minamikawa Yuu's figure turned into an afterimage and vanished from the spot.
"It's the Body Flicker Technique..."
A sound of surprise came from a distance.
Kooi Akiya looked at Minamikawa Yuu ahead, a look of surprise appearing on his face: "A Body Flicker Technique of this level is truly rare."
Although the students of the Ninja Academy are considered Ninjas-in-training, the techniques they master are actually not many.
Techniques like the Body Flicker Technique are considered basic, a skill that almost every student must master.
However, to be able to master it as well as Minamikawa Yuu before him was indeed truly rare.
Not to mention Genin; even some Chunin's mastery of the Body Flicker Technique is only about this level.
Unsurprisingly, Obito immediately fell into a disadvantage.
By the standards of Ninja Academy students, his level was actually not too bad.
If one had to say, his situation was actually somewhat similar to the later Uzumaki Naruto; both were the type whose combat ability wasn't bad, but whose theory was very poor.
Purely in terms of combat ability, he was definitely considered a standard Genin-level combatant.
Even among Genin, he was considered a good one.
Unfortunately, facing Minamikawa Yuu, all these advantages were useless.
"His basic techniques are poor, but his Taijutsu is quite good."
Minamikawa Yuu stood behind Obito, various thoughts flashing through his mind: "If it's only this level, it's not hard to deal with."
He reached out, pressing one hand forward.
The Kunai in his hand instantly stabbed forward.
"You fell for it!"
Obito's excited voice rang out from in front of him.
Unbeknownst to when, he had already turned around, seemingly waiting for this opening to take the opportunity to counterattack.
The next moment, he rushed directly into Minamikawa Yuu's embrace and struck down heavily.
Bang!
A loud sound echoed out; the battle looked quite intense.
"The battle looks quite intense."
Kooi Akiya shook his head: "Unfortunately, the difference in level is just too great."
When he said the level difference was too great, he wasn't referring to Minamikawa Yuu, but to Obito.
The current situation looked intense, but in reality, people like Kooi Akiya could see at a glance that Minamikawa Yuu's level was far above the current Obito's.
The reason it appeared so intense was merely because Minamikawa Yuu had intentionally made it so.
In fact, with his level, if he were willing, Obito wouldn't be able to react at all and would be defeated on the spot.
"Interesting. Is he being mindful of the other's pride? Or is it intentional?"
On the high platform, a middle-aged man stood there, watching the scene of the exchange below, a smile involuntarily appearing on his face.
He looked to be about fifty years old, in the prime of his life.
Below, when Kooi Akiya noticed him, his expression changed instantly.
"Third Hokage-sama!"
He quickly stepped forward and bowed to the other: "I didn't expect you to actually come."
"Haha, Akiya, there's no need to be so formal."
Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at Kooi Akiya in front of him and shook his head with a smile: "I just happened to be walking nearby, so I came to see the excitement."
"You don't need to mind me; just proceed as usual."
With Minamikawa Yuu's current status, it was naturally not enough to have the dignified Third Hokage come specifically to watch the battle.
The Third Hokage just happened to be nearby.
"I thought he was a genius like Kakashi, but unfortunately, he seems to fall a bit short."
The Third Hokage stood aside and watched for a moment, then couldn't help but shake his head.
A few years ago, Kakashi had also applied for early graduation.
At that time, he was also watching from the side.
From his perspective, compared to the Kakashi of that time, the Minamikawa Yuu before him was still far behind.
Aside from an outstanding Body Flicker Technique and Taijutsu, there seemed to be nothing else worth praising.
"However, it's also possible that the opponent is too weak to force out more of his techniques."
Hiruzen Sarutobi looked down and murmured to himself.
A Ninja's performance against an enemy depends not only on their own abilities but also on the level of their opponent.
If the opponent is too weak, then winning with only the most basic Ninjutsu is natural, and there's nothing much to say.
Everyone on the field could see that Minamikawa Yuu was holding back.
However, there were also people truly cheering for Obito.
"Obito, keep going!"
In the crowd not far away, a girl spoke loudly, cheering for Obito.
This was Rin Nohara, one of Obito's few close friends in school.
Beside her stood a boy, half of his face covered.
It was none other than Kakashi Hatake.
Both Kakashi and Rin were friends of Obito.
In terms of rank, Rin Nohara and Obito were still students at the academy, while Kakashi was already a Chunin; the difference seemed vast.
But they were friends from their time at the Ninja Academy and had maintained their original friendship.
During this period, due to some rumors circulating outside, Kakashi was in a bad mood, so he was dragged over by Rin Nohara to cheer for Obito together.
While Rin Nohara was cheering for Obito, Kakashi couldn't help but frown.
"The opponent's strength far exceeds Obito's."
He saw through Minamikawa Yuu's holding back at a glance and couldn't help but shake his head: "A waste of time."
In his view, as long as Minamikawa Yuu was willing, he could defeat Obito at any time.
Dragging things out like this was completely a waste of time.
"Hey, Kakashi, don't say that."
Rin Nohara didn't think there was anything wrong with it and said with a smile: "Obito-kun is also working very hard."
"He probably also thinks Obito-kun is a good opponent, which is why he's doing this."
"Rin!"
In front, hearing Rin Nohara's cheers from behind, Obito was immediately encouraged.
His momentum suddenly increased, and he seemed to regain his strength.
Unfortunately, while his will was good, his strength was ultimately lacking.
"Senior Obito, you should take a good rest."
Minamikawa Yuu smiled: "If this continues, your body will get strained."
The next moment, he reached out with one hand and tripped Obito at a strange angle.
A Kunai stabbed forward, accurately pressing against Obito's throat.
"The winner, Minamikawa Yuu."