Naruto: I, a decent person, have become the mastermind behind all this!

"What an excellent performance!"

Kumura Kyuya was very appreciative.

There is no doubt that Kakashi wasted a ninjutsu and consumed part of his physical strength.

He even had to continue to consume it.

Although the clones created by Shuichi Hoshita had little combat power, he hid among many clones, so Kakashi had to waste physical strength to kill these clones that rushed over, and at the same time, he was highly focused on guarding against Shuichi Hoshita's real body that could launch a sudden attack at any time.

Which one is the real one?

Kakashi leaned against the earth wall he made, while beating up the people who rushed over one by one, while observing and thinking.

Uchiha Obito, Sarutobi Asuma?

Suddenly, he observed that there was a person in front and on both sides of him making hand seals.

Which one is the real one?

Are you lying to me again?

In a flash, Kakashi blew up the two clones that rushed over and quickly made hand seals.

In front of him, another wall rose from the ground.

At this moment, Kakashi was sandwiched between the two walls.

And Shuichi Hoshita also completed the seal.

The seal on the left is the real one. Shuichi Hoshita opened his mouth in the appearance of Sarutobi Asuma and spit out a line of fire that pierced through his own clones and entered between the two walls, quickly expanding into a flame bomb.

Boom!

The flames exploded, but Kakashi jumped up one step earlier and avoided the exploding flame bomb.

Clang clang!

The falling Kakashi blocked two kunai, and Shuichi Hoshita's clones also rushed up, blocking his vision.

Bang bang bang!

The clones were blown up one by one.

Shuichi Hoshita took the opportunity to move and kicked Kakashi away.

At this moment, he appeared in the appearance of Uchiha Obito.

Kakashi rolled on the ground for a few times and then jumped up, with his hand on his mouth.

Fire Style - Great Fireball Technique!

At almost the same time, Shuichi Hoshita also completed the seal of the ninjutsu again, opened his mouth and spit out a line of fire, forming a fireball.

It was also a fire escape - the Great Fireball Technique!

Boom!

The two fireballs collided, the flames scattered, and the ground cracked.

When the flames faded, Kakashi was panting.

He had consumed too much physical energy.

Shuichi Hoshita was also panting slightly, but better than Kakashi.

He used the clone technique, the transformation technique, and two fire escape techniques.

Kakashi used two earth escape techniques and one fire escape technique.

But obviously, the clone technique and the transformation technique require much less chakra than the earth escape technique and the fire escape technique.

However, the physical consumption of the two people has been very serious so far.

The battle between ninjas is not a regular large-scale ninjutsu bombardment.

For Genin and Chunin, the confrontation of physical skills, the confrontation of weapons, traps, and calculations are the norm.

Ninjutsu duel, most ninjas don't have that much chakra, and for Genin and Chunin, they don't master that many offensive ninjutsu.

Hoshita Shuichi's father is a Chunin, but he only has two offensive ninjutsu besides the basic ninjutsu such as Sanshinjutsu and Flickering Jutsu.

And his mother, as a Genin, only has one wind escape ninjutsu, Fierce Wind Palm.

Ninjutsu duel?

It doesn't exist.

So, after Hoshita Shuichi deliberately made Kakashi consume a lot of physical strength, the two started hand-to-hand combat again.

Punch to the flesh, until the last bit of physical strength was drained.

There is no doubt that Kakashi has the upper hand in skills, strength, and even pure attack speed.

But Hoshita Shuichi has the advantage of physical strength and dynamic vision at this time.

In the end, neither of them could do anything to the other, and after exhausting their physical strength, they could no longer attack each other.

"Very exciting duel!"

Kimura Hiroya couldn't help but praise, and finally understood why the third generation Hokage wanted these two people to fight.

If it were someone else, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to squeeze out all their strength.

Especially Shuichi Hoshita, who was far from being as strong as he is now last semester.

At this moment, Uchiha Obito and other classmates were already stunned.

Shuichi Hoshita was of course very good, and he always got full marks in theoretical exams.

But in actual combat, he can only be said to be in the upper middle.

But now, it made Kakashi, who was ranked first, very embarrassed, and finally ended in a tie.

This was more shocking than the visual impact formed by Shuichi Hoshita's combination of clone technique + transformation technique before.

…

In the Hokage's office, Sarutobi Hiruzen also ended his watching.

There is no doubt that the battle between Shuichi Hoshita and Kakashi is completely at the level of Genin, and even many Genin can't do this.

Kakashi's excellence has long been known, and this time Sarutobi Hiruzen also focused more on Shuichi Hoshita.

There is no doubt that Danzo's information was not discounted at all.

In addition, Shuichi Hoshita has mature thinking, self-discipline that exceeds that of an adult, and most importantly, his understanding and maintenance of the will of fire.

There is no doubt that this is a civilian genius who deserves to be cultivated vigorously.

"Ten years later, maybe there will be another Minato..."

Sarutobi Hiruzen smiled and had great expectations for Shuichi Hoshita.

This also made him determined to cultivate Shuichi Hoshita.

But how to cultivate him?

Orochimaru was excluded by him first.

Sarutobi Hiruzen has already felt that since his disciple Nawaki died in battle, Orochimaru has changed more.

Not only him, Tsunade was almost destroyed after her brother and lover died in battle.

Thinking of this, Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't help but feel gloomy.

Jiraiya?

Sarutobi Hiruzen shook his head secretly again.

Originally, he was an excellent candidate. Jiraiya was his disciple, with outstanding strength and good at teaching students.

Unfortunately, this guy was driven by the so-called fate and spent most of his time traveling.

Minato was almost left alone by him, although the current Minato is still outstanding.

"Shuichi has a greater advantage than Minato did at the beginning. With such a level of self-discipline, he only needs a teacher to lead him forward."

"Especially in terms of thinking..."

Sarutobi Hiruzen gradually made a decision in his heart.

...

September of the 38th year of Konoha passed in a flash.

The third fire escape ninjutsu, the Dragon Fire Jutsu, was also mastered by Hoshita Shuichi. There were only two fire escape ninjutsu of at least C level left to reach the point of the term [Fire escape expert].

This day happened to be the weekend. After 5 days, Hoshita Shuichi came to Tianxiang Store with the detonating talisman he had made.

Since the start of school, he only went to Tianxiang Store on weekends. Usually, he would bring the materials back home and use the evening time to make detonating talismans.

2 detonating talismans per day, 10 per 5 days, a total of 2,000 taels.

After collecting the money, Shuichi Hoshita looked at Miss Tianyun and asked with a smile: "Sister Tianyun should also master the fire escape ninjutsu, right?"

Tianyun smiled and asked: "Why, Shuichi, do you want to learn the fire escape ninjutsu?"

Shuichi Hoshita nodded repeatedly, looking at Tianyun eagerly.

In the ninja school, he was a genius student, mature and gentle.

In Sarutobi Hiruzen and Tsunade, he was still a genius student, but his thinking was not inferior to that of an adult.

Here at Tianyun, he was still a genius student, but just a poor, hard-working, 5-year-old orphan.

Looking at Shuichi Hoshita's appearance, Tianyun smiled and said: "Since you are working so hard to make detonating talismans, then sister will teach you a fire escape ninjutsu!"

As she said that, she took Shuichi Hoshita to the back of the store, where there was a small venue, enough to experiment with ninjutsu.

"Hey, look carefully. This fire escape technique is called the Phoenix Fire Technique. It creates multiple fireballs to attack the enemy."

"You have already learned the fire bomb technique, so the Phoenix Fire Technique should not be a problem. It's just that compared to the fire bomb, you need to have more control over chakra to control the trajectory of the fireball."

"In addition, this technique can also be used with shuriken to increase the attack power and control the trajectory of the attack, making it more difficult for the enemy to dodge."

While explaining, Tianyun, who was wearing a cheongsam, slowly made hand seals.

Xingxia Xiuyi ignored Tianyun's outstanding figure at this moment, staring at her hands, and engraved the order of the seals in his mind.

Zi-Yin-Xu-Chou-Mao-Yin!

Tianyun completed the hand seal, and Xiu spit out three fireballs in a row, flying forward in a triangular shape.

Boom!

The three fireballs hit the ground three meters away, blasting out three charred pits.