Naruto: Inheriting the Legacy of a Person Who Traveled Through Time

Chapter 70 Kisame: Was I the only one who went on missions before?

The shadow of the Hokage's death quickly dissipated over Konoha, and now both ninjas and civilians are discussing who will succeed the Fifth Hokage.

Inside a training ground, Naruto glared angrily at Tetsuya's Chunin vest, muttering to himself for a long time.

I fought my way through to the finals of the Chunin Exams and even defeated a powerful opponent like Neji. Why is it that Neji has been promoted to Chunin while I am still a Genin?

"Teruya, I challenge you to a duel!"

Naruto's biggest wish was to gain everyone's approval, but he never expected to fail so badly in his first Chunin Exam. Feeling increasingly frustrated, Naruto suddenly jumped up and shouted.

"All right."

Having endured Naruto's resentment for a long time, Tetsuya also wanted to get some peace and quiet once and for all, so he did not refuse.

A contest?

Sasuke, in the distance, extinguished the lightning in his hand, his eyes also filled with fighting spirit.

Currently, only three ninjas with Sharingan remain in the entire Hidden Leaf Village. Kakashi, being an outsider, cannot use the Sharingan for extended periods, leaving Sasuke without a worthy opponent for a Sharingan-based battle. Now that he has discovered his teammate also possesses the Sharingan, Sasuke has long harbored the desire for a duel.

Let me see your true strength.

Sasuke always thought that although Tetsuya was stronger than him, he had the advantage of being younger. After all, the period before the age of twenty is the period of rapid improvement in a ninja's strength. Sasuke could accept that Tetsuya, who had trained for an extra year, was better than him.

However, it wasn't until Tetsuya used the First Hokage's Wood Release during the Chunin Exams and easily defeated the seemingly insurmountable behemoth Shukaku that Sasuke began to acknowledge the difference in strength between himself and Tetsuya.

What kind of power would be unleashed when the abilities of the two legendary ninjas who founded Konoha were combined into one person?

"I'm going to go!"

In the center of the training field, Naruto shook off his negative emotions and became full of fighting spirit.

Tetsuya stood on the other side, his eyes turning crimson in the blink of an eye.

Three-tomoe jade?

Sasuke couldn't help but show a look of surprise and envy.

Although Sasuke was only a junior at the Ninja Academy when the Uchiha clan was wiped out, he had been exposed to the importance of the three-tomoe Sharingan in the clan since childhood.

In fact, Tetsuya was not surprised that his Sharingan had evolved to three tomoe, because he had obtained it a few days earlier when he extracted Danzo's abilities.

When Tetsuya saw the pointer of the roulette wheel land on the three-tomoe Sharingan, he couldn't help but curse his bad luck under his breath.

Tetsuya had long sensed that as the Senju clan's Yang Release chakra and the Uchiha clan's Yin Release chakra gradually merged, his Sharingan was not far from reaching the three-tomoe stage. He only needed to train for one or two months according to the method recorded in the training materials copied from the Uchiha clan to advance to the next level. Tetsuya felt it was not worth wasting an extraction opportunity to save one or two months of time.

The only thing that gave Tetsuya some comfort was that the power of his three-tomoe Sharingan had increased at least three times compared to before it evolved, and there was still a huge room for improvement after it stabilized.

It's just unknown whether the eye power is stronger or weaker compared to Sasuke's three-tomoe Sharingan later on.

It's important to know that Sasuke used the power of his three-tomoe Sharingan to enter the sealed space inside Naruto and see the Nine-Tails. He also used his eye power to break Itachi Uchiha's Tsukuyomi. While the fact that he was a filial son and let the sea go was certainly part of the reason, the strength of his three-tomoe Sharingan was definitely greater than that of Kakashi, who was an outsider.

Just as Naruto raised his hands to form hand seals, preparing to unleash his unchanging Shadow Clone Technique, he suddenly froze on the spot, completely still. The hand seals between his hands were clearly only an inch apart, but he stopped all movement, and even the fighting spirit on his face froze.

Naruto was already trapped in a genjutsu just by making eye contact?

Sasuke, who was watching the battle, was initially very puzzled, but then something occurred to him, and a look of horror flashed in his eyes.

Is this the power of the three-tomoe Sharingan?

Sasuke originally thought that although Tetsuya had clearly widened the gap in strength, Naruto, the loser, had made rapid progress in strength since training with Jiraiya, one of the Legendary Sannin. It was said that he had even learned two incredibly powerful ninjutsu. Although Sasuke did not think that Naruto could compare to Chidori, Naruto's strength was definitely not to be underestimated. Even he would have to exert a lot of effort to defeat him.

However, the entire battle ended in an instant, giving Sasuke even greater expectations for possessing the three-tomoe Sharingan for the first time.

Indeed, the power of the three-tomoe Sharingan was even greater than Tetsuya had anticipated.

Tetsuya seemed to be taking it lightly, but in reality, the consumption of Sharingan power was not small. After all, Naruto's chakra reserves were extremely large, and controlling him with genjutsu was not an easy task.

Compared to Itachi Uchiha's genjutsu, Tetsuya definitely has a lot of room for improvement.

Before the battle between the Uchiha brothers, perhaps sensing that Itachi Uchiha would never return, Kisame Hoshigaki proposed a duel with Itachi. The result was almost exactly the same as before. In the genjutsu space, Kisame used all his skills to outwit and outmaneuver thin air. However, after the genjutsu was broken, he realized that he had been trapped in Itachi Uchiha's genjutsu from the very beginning without even realizing it.

Mr. Itachi, tell me honestly, am I always alone when I go on a mission?

After witnessing Itachi Uchiha's genjutsu power, Kisame Hoshigaki began to become suspicious.

Seriously? Speak of the devil and he appears?

Just as Tetsuya was about to break free of the genjutsu controlling Naruto, Kagura's Mind Eye detected two unfamiliar and massive chakra streams appearing at the entrance to Konoha Village.

Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki have arrived!

"Please dispel the genjutsu for Naruto, I have something urgent to attend to."

Seeing Tetsuya suddenly turn and leave, Sasuke was extremely puzzled and pressed for an answer.

"What happened?"

Whoosh!

Tetsuya's figure vanished instantly, leaving only a single sentence behind.

"It's getting foggy!"

Sasuke stood there bewildered for a while, frowning, before finally reaching out to channel his chakra into Naruto's body.

"Huh, where's Tetsuya?"

Back in reality, Naruto looked around but didn't see Tetsuya.

"Could it be that he was discouraged by my newly learned Naruto Two Thousand Combo Taijutsu?"

Seeing that Naruto was still oblivious, Sasuke couldn't help but chuckle and recounted the whole story, temporarily putting aside his doubts about Tetsuya's sudden departure.

Ding!

In the thick fog, Itachi Uchiha and Kisame walked side by side, step by step toward the gates of Konoha.

"Excuse me—please tell me—"

Upon hearing the commotion, a Chunin standing guard at the gate instinctively looked up and was greeted by a pair of scarlet Sharingan with three tomoe.

ha----

The Chunin yawned and felt his eyelids getting incredibly heavy. He leaned against a wooden pillar and slowly sat down on the ground, soon snoring away.

The duo didn't stop for a moment and quickly disappeared into the mist, with only the occasional sound of bells carried by the wind indicating their arrival.