“Old Man, after you finish eating, let me check the results of your training.”
At the dinner table, Senju Tobirama put down his chopsticks and looked up at Renye.
Hearing this, Renye's eating paused, and the food in his bowl suddenly lost its flavor.
His gaze caught sight of the kunai faintly visible under Tobirama's sleeve, and he sighed in his heart: “I’m afraid this Old Man is up to no good!”
Damn it, he even prepared the kunai in advance…
“I’m finished.”
Renye swallowed the last bite of food, instinctively gripped the innocence at his waist, then got up and walked towards the courtyard.
Senju Tobirama looked at the Uchiha clan crest on Renye’s back, wondering what he was thinking.
…………
The evening breeze swept cherry blossoms through the courtyard, and two figures, one large and one small, faced each other on the training ground.
Renye unhesitatingly activated his Sharingan, drew out innocence with a backhand, and the clear, dragon-like clang of the blade leaving its sheath cut through the silence.
The moment the cold light slashed past Senju Tobirama’s clothes, he transformed into a mist of water; this was a Water Clone.
“Too slow.” A cold hand suddenly clutched the back of his neck, Renye’s hairs stood on end, and his Sharingan captured the distortion in the air behind him.
“Water Release: Water Prison Technique!”
He spun around violently, swinging his blade, and the blade cut open the transparent cage formed by the Water Prison Technique. Amidst the splashing water, Senju Tobirama easily dodged by moving to the side.
“Old Man, pay attention.” Senju Tobirama formed hand signs, “Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique!”
Renye gritted his teeth and channeled Chakra into his blade.
When Senju Tobirama’s Water Release roared towards him, dazzling electric arcs suddenly appeared on his body.
He used the Lightning Release: Body Flicker Technique to pass through the water curtain.
This was a special move he had comprehended over the years, its principle could be compared to the Raikage’s Lei Kai (Lightning Armor), using Lightning Release Chakra to stimulate body cells, thereby enhancing attack power and defense.
Coupled with the Body Flicker Technique, it even felt a bit like the Flying Thunder God Slash.
Renye called it the “Substitute Version: Flying Thunder God Slash.”
Of course, these two are completely different.
The Body Flicker Technique involves concentrating Chakra in the feet, using explosive power to propel the body, achieving rapid movement, and reaching speeds beyond normal human visual perception in a short time, giving the illusion of instantaneous movement.
The Flying Thunder God Technique, on the other hand, belongs to space Ninjutsu, utilizing a Ninjutsu formula to mark a target location, and by distorting space, achieving instantaneous movement between different locations, capable of breaking through distance limitations.
Renye, holding innocence, thrust towards him at an extremely fast speed.
Senju Tobirama was slightly startled when he saw this move.
This familiar move reminded him of a battle with someone.
He had used a similar fighting style to unexpectedly take down someone…
But now the roles were reversed; he was the one being attacked.
Senju Tobirama quickly reacted, using the Water Wall to block.
innocence, enveloped in lightning, struck towards the opponent, but was bounced back by the mirror-like surface formed by the Water Release.
Renye had long anticipated this situation, using the momentum to leap up, twisting his wrist in mid-air, and actually forming hand signs with one hand, “Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!”
A hint of approval flashed in Senju Tobirama’s eyes, “One-handed hand signs?”
He saw that this Old Man had simplified the Fireball Technique’s hand signs to achieve one-handed hand signs, but not all Ninjutsu could be performed with one-handed hand signs.
The reason Renye used one-handed hand signs was entirely out of necessity!
Since he had innocence in his hand, he couldn't possibly add an action of sheathing his sword when forming hand signs, could he?
So, he could only force himself to learn one-handed hand signs…
A huge Fireball Technique came with a wave of heat.
Senju Tobirama quickly formed hand signs and blocked the Fire Release with a Water Wall.
The collision of Fire Release and Water Release immediately produced a large amount of steam, blurring Senju Tobirama’s vision.
Renye silently appeared behind Tobirama, raised his blade, and mercilessly swung it down.
“Got him!”
Senju Tobirama’s figure dissolved into a mist of water and vanished.
“Heh heh, Old Man, you’re still too naive.”
Senju Tobirama suddenly appeared behind Renye, his kunai stabbing straight forward.
Just as the attack was about to hit, Renye’s mouth curved slightly upward.
Seeing this, a hint of doubt flashed in Senju Tobirama’s eyes, but he quickly reacted, because the Renye in front of him dissolved into smoke and vanished.
“Shadow Clone?” Senju Tobirama’s pupils constricted sharply, “When exactly…?”
“Uncle, don’t zone out in the middle of a fight!” Renye raised his blade and slashed at Senju Tobirama.
Before he could be happy for long, his figure dissolved into a mist of water and vanished.
Renye: “???”
At this moment, Senju Tobirama appeared in front of Renye with a Body Flicker.
While Renye was still guessing if this was a clone, the opponent raised his foot and kicked him flying.
“Bang—”
Renye fell heavily to the ground, blood spilling from the corner of his mouth.
The intense pain made him gasp, this Old Man really didn’t hold back…
“Old Man, I’m returning that sentence to you.” Senju Tobirama came to Renye’s front, “Don’t zone out during a fight.”
Renye stood up, wiped the blood from his mouth with his hand, “Uncle, the fight isn’t over yet.”
Saying that, he held innocence, showing no intention of giving up.
Senju Tobirama saw Renye’s cold gaze and instinctively thought of Uchiha Izuna.
This Old Man Renye was becoming more and more like Izuna.
The moment Senju Tobirama lost his focus, Renye launched an attack.
…………
The battle lasted for half an hour, and Renye finally knelt on one knee due to exhaustion.
Senju Tobirama stood under the porch, holding a teacup that had been refilled at some point: “Being able to combine swordsmanship with ocular Ninjutsu, you’ve improved since last time.”
If it were someone else, they might really have fallen for Renye’s trick.
After all, as long as one falls into the Sharingan’s Genjutsu, there will definitely be a moment of distraction, and in that instant, Renye could use the Body Flicker Technique to get close, thereby achieving a one-hit kill.
Unfortunately, Renye’s Sharingan was useless in front of him.
As someone in the Ninja World who understood the Uchiha even better than the Uchiha themselves, how could he fall for the Uchiha’s Genjutsu?
It was already good that he didn’t use the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique to bully Renye.
However, Renye’s performance this time did surprise him a bit. To think of using Lightning Release Chakra to stimulate body cells, and combining swordsmanship with ocular Ninjutsu and the Body Flicker Technique for a finishing move, he could already be called a genius.
Senju Tobirama stared at Renye, lost in thought.
Perhaps, he could teach Renye the Flying Thunder God Technique, but he wondered if this Old Man could learn it?
After all, the Flying Thunder God is very difficult to learn, requiring mastery of a lot of knowledge about space, and Renye’s academic performance was hard to describe…
Forget it, let’s talk about this later.
If Renye knew that he missed the opportunity to learn the Flying Thunder God in advance because of his academic performance, what would he think?
Senju Tobirama entered the kitchen, brought out a glass of milk, and handed it to Renye.
“Tomorrow, call Danzo and Koharu over, and let me see their training results.”
“I understand.” Renye took the milk and drank it in one gulp.
Senju Tobirama saw this and nodded with satisfaction.
“It’s late, get some rest early.”
Renye didn’t think much of it and went back to his room to sleep.
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In the laboratory, Senju Tobirama, dressed in a white lab coat, held a syringe and came to Renye, his visible eye sparkling with excitement.