"Hmm? It's already twelve o'clock." Haryu, engrossed in studying jutsu in the learning space, hadn't noticed the passage of time. When he looked at the time again, it was already midnight. "I'll just stay here overnight, I have a sparring match tomorrow. Hopefully, I can win."
He said, carefully putting back the scrolls he had looked at one by one, then he stepped back a few steps, leaned against the wall behind him, and slowly squatted down, preparing to spend the remaining few hours of the night in this corner of the wall.
Seven forty-five, Haryu suddenly woke up with a start. He usually got up at six to do his morning exercises, it seemed that his interest in jutsu yesterday had made him lose himself in it, he had slept too late, and he had overslept this morning. "Crap, my mental state isn't very good, what am I going to do about the sparring match later?" Seeing that he was short on time, Haryu became anxious.
"Lightning Release: Earth Walk!" He quickly formed hand seals, first mobilizing the flow of chakra in his body, then he slapped his hand with lightning bolts on his face.
Slap!
"Whew, I'm more awake now." Haryu didn't care about the marks left on his face, he took off the gray robe covering him and put it on, then put on his fox mask, and went directly to the testing space.
"Tenryū, you're the first one here, as expected." Captain Yamato stood upright in the center of the testing space, looking at the slightly shorter gray-robed Anbu walking towards him, and recognized that this was the youngest member, Haryu.
"Good morning, Captain Yamato." Hearing this voice, Haryu also recognized Yamato. The mask still made him uncomfortable, both in terms of vision and voice.
"Yo, Captain Yamato! Hey, I'm not the first one, huh." A female Anbu jumped into the testing space, her lively voice attracted Haryu's attention.
"Yomi. This is your squad captain." Yamato took the initiative to introduce the newly joined Haryu to this Anbu named Yomi.
"Hmm? This is… a newcomer? You seem very young." Yomi didn't look down on this seemingly short newcomer, but she still felt a little unconvinced.
"Hmm, he broke the record for the youngest Anbu. He's currently eight years old, codename Tenryū."
"Pleased to meet you." Haryu said timely, and Yomi was stunned.
"Eight… eight years old? Captain, you're kidding me, an eight-year-old can be our squad captain? This…" This age did make Yomi a little concerned. After all, he was too young. Even though the Anbu was about strength, this age gap made her a little surprised. After all, Yomi had been in the Anbu for five years, and she was now twenty-two years old.
"Good morning, Captain Yamato." At this moment, greetings came from the door, in unison.
"Hmm? I said it first this time!" A man with a red wolfdog mask said to another man with a blue wolfdog mask, aggressively.
"Okay, okay." The man with the blue wolfdog mask waved his hand, casually perfunctory.
"You guys are here, Ashita, Tsuki." Yomi turned around and recognized the pair of brothers.
"Alright, now that you're all here, I'll tell you what's going on. You'll form a four-person squad, Tenryū, although you're a newcomer, you're the captain. Today, you'll be challenged three against one. Get to know each other first." Yamato announced today's content, then turned around and left.
"Hmm? Three against one? That's a little unexpected." Haryu had thought about a rotating battle, but a three-on-one was something he couldn't imagine. Although he lived up to the name of genius, at only eight years old, challenging three adults who were at least chūnin, it would obviously be a tough battle.
"Okay, okay, I can't be captain again. My codename is Ashita, I specialize in swordsmanship, chūnin, twenty years old." The male Anbu with the red wolfdog mask introduced himself first.
"I'm Tsuki, I specialize in swordsmanship. Chūnin, twenty years old." This was the Anbu with the blue wolfdog mask.
"Then, I'm Yomi, I specialize in genjutsu, chūnin, twenty-two years old."
"Okay. I'm Tenryū, I specialize in ninjutsu. I just graduated from the ninja academy, genin, eight years old." Haryu didn't hide anything, he told his team members his personal information. "Pleased to meet you."
"Eight years old! Captain Yamato, you're kidding me? Why am I not the captain?" Ashita jumped out when he heard this age. He didn't want to be managed by a kid.
"Ashita, be quiet. You'll know his strength when you spar later." Tsuki, who seemed to be a twin brother to Ashita, was much calmer in comparison, he directly pulled Ashita.
"Alright, are you all ready? Captain, let's begin." Although she was helpless, Yomi still knew the rules. Anbu appointments weren't easily decided, and they weren't easily changed either. Supporting her forehead, she slowly stood up, then said to Haryu.
"Okay, let's begin." Seeing that Yomi was ready, Haryu didn't delay for a moment, he bounced up and then did a backflip, pulling back thirty meters.
"Okay! If you can't beat us, I won't respect you! Take this, little brat!" Ashita, seeing that the sparring was about to begin, shouted out his thoughts without hesitation.
"Ashita, calm down. Don't abandon our cooperation."
"Alright, alright, we can't lose."
"Okay, let's begin." Haryu saw that the two brothers were ready, so he gave the order.
"Tch." Ashita was the first to move, his right hand holding the standard Anbu short sword, naturally hanging down, his left arm stretched out straight. On his left, Tsuki had already caught up, without knowing when! His left hand holding the standard Anbu short sword, naturally hanging down, his right arm stretched out straight!
"Could it be, these two have a combination technique? No wonder the brothers are in a team." Haryu saw their coordinated attack, and immediately considered ways to break it. "I need to keep some tricks up my sleeve, their combined chakra is enough to drain me."
But while he was thinking, the two brothers had already run thirty meters! Their straight arms were motionless, but their sword-holding hands slashed down in unison. Haryu saw that the paths on both sides were blocked, so he aimed for the gap between the two, preparing to break through next.
"Got him." Yomi, standing still in the distance, slightly raised the corners of her mouth, slowly clasped her hands together, and started forming hand seals.
Haryu sensed this movement: "Could it be… all three of them are involved in this attack? It's too late." Then, he slammed into the arms of the two brothers, who were in the genjutsu barrier set by Yomi.
"Haha, you fell for it so easily, let's finish you off! Brother, Fire Release: Blazing Burn!" Ashita saw Haryu's movement paused for a moment, and called out to Tsuki to use their combination technique.
Ashita and Tsuki's corresponding palms suddenly burst into flames, as if there was an invisible force of attraction, the flames on both sides were pulled together.
"Fire Release: Blazing Burn!" The brothers said in unison again, and the flame reached Haryu!
"Hmm? It's still a combination jutsu." Haryu was still conscious at this moment, even he was a little confused. But since he could move, he would dodge. Then, he did a backflip, crossed the two brothers again, and returned to his original position.
"What!" Yomi saw this scene, her mouth opened wide, her eyes widened under the mask. She had clearly felt the entry of an external object into the genjutsu barrier she had set up, and she had activated the genjutsu in time, how could it be useless?
"Yomi, what are you doing!" Ashita, seeing that the combination jutsu was dodged, became a little furious, and shouted directly at Yomi. Yomi really didn't know what was going on. She had seen people who could sense the genjutsu barrier and dodge it, but she had never seen anyone who could undo it on their own. Haryu, besides his age, shocked this Anbu once again.
"Ashita, get out of the way." At this moment, Ashita was facing away from Haryu, how could Haryu miss such a good opportunity? He casually threw a kunai, aiming for Ashita's back.
"Hmm?" Ashita heard the reminder, turned around and slashed, cutting down the kunai. "You're attacking me!"
Almost killed by a kid, Ashita was furious. He and his brother were rare swordsmanship geniuses in their family, and because of their brotherly bond, their combination jutsu and swordsmanship were even more proficient than others, but now they couldn't figure out a child's tactics and strength, so they naturally couldn't let go of their face.
"Hmm? I clearly felt the genjutsu, why did it suddenly disappear?" Haryu was immersed in his own thoughts, as if he hadn't heard Ashita's yelling.
"This old man will personally cut you down!" Ashita, seeing that Haryu ignored him, charged forward again.
"Sigh." Tsuki was speechless, his younger brother, who was half a minute younger than him, was so impulsive, he didn't know how to plan anything. But he couldn't watch his brother take risks, so Tsuki followed.
"Hmm? You're coming again. Fire Clone!" Haryu felt that the distance was not enough for him to prepare more, so he directly released his unique clone. This time, he chose Fire. Maybe he was eager to experiment with his new jutsu that he couldn't do himself.
"Clone or not, I'll still cut you down!" Ashita didn't suspect anything, he continued to raise his sword and slash at Haryu.
But at this moment, Haryu controlled the Fire Clone to move, running directly in the opposite direction, while his real body raised his kunai and forcibly received this slash.
"Hmm? You can only run?" Ashita saw the clone escaping, decisively put down Haryu in front of him, and chased after what he thought was the real body. "Brother, take down the real body!"
"Sigh, alright." Tsuki heard this, so he ignored Haryu and chased after the Fire Clone.
"Hmm, this is good enough. Fire Release: Blazing Foot!" As soon as the words left his mouth, Haryu controlled the Fire Clone to use the A-rank jutsu Fire Release: Blazing Foot, and began to use extreme speed to fight the brothers. "Then I'll deal with the genjutsu ninja first." Then, his real body also burst into top speed, charging towards Yomi with his bare hands.
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