Chapter 626 : Can humans do something like this? (Patreon)

Fujin's clone watched as Lee intervened in the battle just in the nick of time. With him there, Fujin's clone decided to continue staying in the background.

Just like in the original story, he saw Lee overwhelming the three Oto Genins initially. However, things quickly turned around once Lee was hit by a sound wave.

Fujin's clone ignored the result and focused on two things. Needless to say, the first thing was Lee's weights. The clone couldn't help but sigh and think, ‘Guy is just too strict…’

Fujin himself used Training Seals. He still did. However, he always turned it off during missions, no matter how easy the mission was. Going outside with weights was plain stupid in his opinion even if he was under Guy's care. And yet, Guy made Lee do it. The reason for doing so was actually quite simple.

Fujin's clone thought, ‘In order to open more Inner Gates, we need to push our body beyond our limit. Though the inner gates have some requirements in terms of physique, opening them doesn't have much to do with the strength of the body beyond those basic requirements. After all, in terms of physique, the Raikage is much better than even Guy and yet he can't open any Inner Gates.

Guy is forcing Lee to wear the weights so that he continues facing challenging situations which would slowly allow him to attack the remaining Inner Gates and open them one by one.

While I understand the logic, he should give the kid some level of autonomy while he isn't close by. After all, it'd be a shame if he died without getting the opportunity to remove the weights…’

If Fujin didn't know that Lee would survive, he would have had a chat with Guy about the same. The second thing Fujin's clone paid attention to was the equipment attached to Zaku and Dosu's arms. He thought, ‘Using a speaker, though clumsy, is still alright. However, modifying his body in order to create sound waves…’

Fujin's clone shook his head as he thought, ‘With that body modification, improving his physique would become several times harder. Even if he somehow lived, he'd never become a Jounin.

That said, it could be a good way to increase the powers of the adult ninjas who have given up on becoming Chunins. Then again, doing that operation for hundreds of ninjas might not be feasible. Besides, why go through all this trouble when sound can be created just by the vibration of air…’

With Lee injured, Sakura stepped up. Even though she was slightly stronger than her canon counterpart, she was very exhausted due to having to stay up the entire night.

Even so, she put up a better performance. She landed a hit on Kin and injured Zaku more than she did in the original story. Unfortunately, without any good Ninjutsu or Genjutsu, she was completely outmatched. It was rather ironic considering that her Sensei was said to know a thousand jutsus.

There were no more surprises after that. Ino's team jumped in to help Sakura. When they were about to be defeated, Neji and Tenten arrived. However, they didn't take any action as Sasuke woke up. Powered by Orochimaru's curse seal, he crushed Zaku before being stopped by Sakura.

Fujin's clone muttered, ‘It looks like the fun is over for now.’

The Oto ninjas escaped and Naruto finally woke up. He had a lot of catching up to do. The three Genin squads hung together for some while so that their members could catch their breaths. Just when they were about to leave, Naruto asked, “By the way, what is this burning scent I have been smelling since I woke up? Also, where did that snake guy go?”

Hearing his question, Sasuke realized and muttered, “That's right. I was getting an odd feeling. It's this smell. Why is there such a smell in the forest?”

Hearing their questions, Sakura answered, “We were saved by the proctor. He sent us flying to this safe place and confronted Orochimaru.”

Recalling their horrible chakra, Sakura shivered and added, “Their chakra was terrifying. It was even worse than Kakashi Sensei and Zabuza. I don't know what happened in their battle but it caused a massive fire to break out. I guess the examiners later doused it.”

Naruto immediately exclaimed, “Big brother Fujin saved us? Phew, luckily he was the proctor.”

Sakura's words attracted the attention of Neji and Shikamaru. They both looked at her. Shikamaru complained in annoyance, “You mean to say that freaking Sannin was attracted here by you guys? How are you still alive?”

Naruto immediately asked, “A Sannin? What's that?”

Tenten answered, “It's not what but who. Lord Third Hokage trained three students. All 3 are extremely strong and are feared throughout the world. They are called the three Legendary Sannins!”

Her words shocked Naruto and his teammates. Naruto immediately exclaimed, “He is the old man's student? Why did he attack us then?”

Tenten answered, “He betrayed Konoha and went rogue around a decade ago. You should be grateful that you were saved by Fujin. Otherwise, there is no way you could have survived against him.”

Her words forced Sasuke to think, ‘No, that isn't entirely accurate. If he wanted to kill us, we would have been dead. From that fight, it looks like he was more interested in testing us and giving me this power instead of killing us. However, why did he do that? What was his goal?’

As he was thinking, Naruto asked, “Do you know what happened in their fight? Did Big Brother Fujin win?”

To Sasuke's surprise, Neji answered, “Suzuki Fujin won the fight. The massive fire you saw was set by his jutsu. Orochimaru was forced to escape with terrifying injuries. Fujin gave chase but I'm not sure whether he killed Orochimaru or not.”

Sasuke's eyes widened as he thought, ‘Someone that strong was defeated so quickly? No way! I'm sure that even Kakashi wouldn't have stood a chance against him. Is this Fujin guy so strong?’

Sasuke glanced at Naruto, who had been talking about Fujin since the time they became Genins under Kakashi. Needless to say, Naruto was thoroughly impressed. He exclaimed cheerfully, “As expected of Fujin! There's no way a damn snake would defeat him! Next time, I'll pummel that snake myself, believe it!”

Needless to say, no one there believed him. Everyone ignored his antics. Ino said, “Sakura, you should look at the canal he created with his Wind Dragon jutsu while chasing after Orochimaru! It just extended endlessly and looked like it would travel across the world! He looked very cool when he used that jutsu and forced Orochimaru to run away!”

Realizing what she just said, she quickly looked at Sasuke and said, “But not as cool as you, Sasuke!”

Sakura immediately grabbed the opportunity, “Oh, it looks like you have a crush on someone, Ino. Don't worry, I won't fight over him with you.”

“Shut it you billboard brow!” Ino immediately replied angrily. Sakura cursed back, “Ino pig!”

Sasuke ignored the two girls and instead thought about Ino's words.

The three Genin squads finally split up. Unlike the other two, Kakashi's squad still needed a break to rest and heal. Sasuke was suffering due to the curse seal while Naruto's control over chakra had gotten poor due to the Five Elements Seal placed on him. Without access to Kurama's chakra, he couldn't heal as quickly as he normally did. Sakura also had taken a beating and required sleep.

They stayed in the same area until evening when the trio felt better. They were about to plan what to do to get the required scroll when Sasuke said, “Before we go hunting for the scroll, I want to see the location where the two of them fight.”

Realizing what he was referring to, Naruto said with a grin, “I want to see it too.”

Sakura was curious as well and didn't object. The three of them quickly moved to the area where Sakura had seen the fire. As they stood on the edge of the burned area, disbelief could be seen on all their faces.

Naruto exclaimed, “No freaking way!”
Sakura muttered, “What happened here? How could this…”
Sasuke clenched his fists in anger and reluctance, ‘If he could do something like this, then have I only been playing games until now? If Itachi is as strong as these two, how much more do I need to train to have any chance of killing him?’

Sasuke found the reality very hard to digest. In front of him was a patch of land that was burned as far as his eyes could see! The Fire jutsus that he prided in couldn't even achieve 1% of the destruction he was seeing!

As he was looking at the burnt land, he noticed something from the corner of his eye and immediately began moving towards it. Naruto and Sakura chased after him asking for him to wait. They reached him when he finally stopped.

To their shock, he was as still as a statue as he looked in one direction. Naruto and Sakura followed his eyesight and were equally stunned. They were standing at the location from where Fujin had launched the Wind Dragon. In front of them was a trench that extended for more than a dozen kilometers across the forest!

Sakura couldn't help but ask, “How can all this be caused by just one jutsu? Can humans even do something like this?”