45: Chapter 45 One-on-One! Emerging TalentFaced with this sudden attack, Kakashi maintained his posture leaning against the tree, only slightly sliding his body to the left to easily dodge it.
"I've already said," Kakashi's voice was calm and even, "that kind of direct attack won't work on me…"
However, Sasuke didn't expect the shuriken to hit him at all!
His real attack followed immediately!
The moment he threw the shuriken, Sasuke leaped off the ground like a cheetah!
The speed was incredible!Just as Kakashi dodged the shuriken to the side, Sasuke was already upon him!
Using the momentum of his forward charge, he spun in mid-air and delivered a powerful spinning kick, accompanied by a sharp whistling sound, aimed hard at Kakashi's right ribs!
The timing and angle of that kick were absolutely perfect!It blocked Kakashi's slight shift in balance after he dodged the shuriken!
A genuine look of surprise finally flashed in Kakashi's eyes!He could no longer maintain his leisurely posture leaning against the tree and had no choice but to raise his left arm to block!
Bang!
The heavy force jolted Kakashi, who was involuntarily propelled back two steps—steps that landed right on the edge of the trap Sasuke had carefully set up!
"Now!" Sasuke roared inwardly!
One of the shuriken that he had just thrown behind Kakashi had its extremely thin and tough steel wire attached to its end.As Kakashi retreated, the wire was triggered by a mechanism that had been set up on another tree!
Boom!
The sound of the steel wire snapping was barely perceptible!
Whoosh whoosh whoosh—!
Several kunai, which had been poised to strike, shot out from the tree canopy behind Kakashi like enraged wasps, covering the space in which he could dodge!
Kakashi's pupils constrict slightly!
The trap's concealment and timing of triggering are superb!
He bent his body backward at an incredibly flexible angle, as if he had no bones, and narrowly avoided most of the kunai!
Sizzle!
Even so, one of the kunai still grazed his sleeve, leaving a shallow scratch!
In that split second, Kakashi, in order to avoid the trap kunai, inevitably created a slight opening in his center of gravity!
For Sasuke, this fleeting opening was the signal for his final surprise attack!
He was perfectly clear-headed from the very beginning: the goal of this exercise was never to defeat the Jonin, but to seize the bell!
"A great opportunity!"
Sasuke roared inwardly, and his body, already poised for attack, shot out once more like an arrow released from a bow!His target was the bell at Kakashi's waist!
Kakashi caught Sasuke's flying kick in an instant, and then firmly bound his left wrist as well.However, this was the key link in Sasuke's chain attack!
"Drink it!"
Sasuke let out a low growl, using his left wrist, which was being held, as a fulcrum, and his entire body's strength exploded instantly!
Kakashi instinctively raised his left arm to block the heavy stomp!
Using this reaction force and the fulcrum of his left hand being grabbed, Sasuke's body completed the final and most crucial rotation!
He was completely upside down in front of Kakashi!
His upside-down gaze was clearly locked onto Kakashi's waist—the bell that was so close, shimmering with an alluring silver light!
"We succeeded!"
Sasuke was overjoyed, and a victorious smile crept onto his usually cold lips!
His only remaining, unrestrained right hand, like an eagle's claw seizing its prey, grabbed fiercely at the two bells with a do-or-die spirit!
My fingertips have even touched the cold metal surface of the bell!
However--
"Still too inexperienced."
Kakashi's deep voice rang out!
The instant Sasuke's fingertips touched the bell, Kakashi's body floated backward like a ghost!
That was no ordinary jump, but a lightning-fast retreat, as if by teleportation!
Sasuke's hand, which he had gripped with all his might, only managed to grasp a wisp of air!
The initial meticulous plan was ruined!
Sasuke's eyes instantly turned incredibly cold and sharp.
Since Plan A has failed, we have no choice but to take the risk and implement the even riskier Plan B!
Sasuke quickly formed hand seals in front of his chest!
His fingers flew, the movements fluid and precise, clearly the hand seals of ninjutsu!
"Um?"
Kakashi's eyes narrowed slightly.'This kid.he can already use ninjutsu?A child this age should have a lot of chakra.'
A blond figure who could use shadow clones as cannon fodder and spray biological weapons flashed through his mind, and he immediately looked annoyed.
'.Never mind, forget I said anything!'
Just as Kakashi was internally complaining, Sasuke had already completed the hand seals!
He took a deep breath, his chest bulging, and a rich chakra gathered in his throat!
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"
boom--!
A huge orange-red fireball, several meters in diameter, roared like a fiery dragon and spewed out of Sasuke's mouth!
The intense heat instantly distorted the air, and the fireball, with its destructive force, roared across the ground, scorching the vegetation and even burning a shallow crater in the ground!A wave of scorching air rushed towards us!
The fireball engulfed the spot where Kakashi was standing!
Sasuke lowered his hand seals, his chest rising and falling slightly.Casting this technique was quite a burden on his current chakra reserves.
His sharp eyes were fixed on the scorch marks and smoke left behind after the fireball dissipated.
'impossible...'
Sasuke's inner alarm bells rang loudly, "He couldn't have been so easily defeated."
Just as Sasuke cautiously looked around, searching for Kakashi's whereabouts—
puff!
A large hand wearing a black glove suddenly burst out of the ground and gripped Sasuke's ankle like an iron clamp!
Sasuke was terrified!Before he could even struggle—
"Earth Release: Heart-Slaying Decapitation Technique!"
KakashiA deep sound came from underground.
An irresistible, immense force suddenly dragged Sasuke downwards!
Whoosh!
The earth churned!Sasuke felt a sudden darkness before his eyes, and he was instantly dragged underground!
Only his head remained above ground!The cold soil tightly enveloped and compressed his body, rendering him unable to move!
Kakashi calmly rose from the ground not far away, dusted himself off, and resumed his lazy posture.
He walked to Sasuke's head, which was protruding from the ground, squatted down, looked into Sasuke's cold eyes filled with humiliation and anger, a wicked smile curving his lips, and mocked in his characteristic slow, deliberate tone:
"With your skill level.well, you could barely be considered to have 'made a name for yourself' in this exercise."
He emphasized the phrase "emerging talent," his gaze sweeping meaningfully over Sasuke's head, the only part of his body visible above the ground.
Sasuke's face turned ashen with rage.He gritted his teeth but couldn't utter a single word.He could only glare at Kakashi with a murderous look.
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