“Yoruha.”
Sasuke Uchiha stared directly at him with cold eyes.
“Do you really deserve to become a Chunin?”
The atmosphere instantly became quiet.
Nearby, Kakashi Hatake remained leaning casually against a tree as though he had heard nothing at all.
Clearly—
He had no intention of intervening immediately.
Meanwhile, Naruto Uzumaki suddenly felt his scalp go numb.
“Damn it…”
“This idiot actually wants to fight Yoruha?!”
Naruto still remembered Mizuki’s blood-covered body vividly.
One punch.
Just one punch nearly killed a Chunin-level ninja instantly.
Almost instinctively, Naruto quietly retreated several steps backward.
If Yoruha attacked seriously—
Naruto genuinely worried Sasuke might die.
But Sasuke himself showed absolutely no fear.
His dark eyes remained fixed firmly on Yoruha.
Yoruha chuckled faintly.
“You disagree with my promotion?”
Sasuke clenched his fist tightly.
“If you can’t even defeat me…”
“…then what qualifies you to skip directly to Chunin?”
Then Sasuke’s gaze sharpened further.
“Back at the Academy, you were practically invisible.”
“You barely showed anything.”
“What exactly are you hiding?”
Yoruha looked at him calmly.
“That’s all?”
Sasuke frowned slightly.
“You used strange pressure against me earlier.”
“But pressure alone proves nothing.”
“Show me actual ninjutsu.”
Yoruha almost laughed internally.
“Ninjutsu?”
Currently, the only techniques he properly mastered were:
The Academy Three Techniques.
And Fivefold Rashōmon.
Neither fit ordinary offensive combat very well.
Meanwhile, his true power fundamentally came from Akainu’s inheritance rather than Naruto-style ninjutsu.
Still—
Yoruha understood Sasuke’s mentality.
Sasuke did not truly hate him.
He simply wanted proof.
Proof regarding why the Hokage valued Yoruha so differently from everyone else.
At this moment, Sasuke desperately needed a target to measure himself against.
Yoruha glanced sideways toward Kakashi.
“Kakashi-sensei.”
“You really aren’t stopping this?”
Kakashi sighed helplessly.
“This seems more like a personal issue between classmates.”
“How can I interfere casually?”
Then Kakashi added meaningfully:
“Just remember to hold back.”
Both statements carried hidden implications.
Yoruha nodded calmly.
“Understood.”
Meanwhile, Naruto looked increasingly nervous.
Part of him also wanted to challenge Yoruha.
But every time he remembered that horrifying crater from the Mizuki incident—
His courage disappeared instantly.
Soon afterward—
Sasuke and Yoruha stood opposite one another across the training ground.
Kakashi positioned himself nearby casually.
“Yoruha.”
“Seriously, take it easy.”
Unlike Sasuke, Kakashi actually understood how terrifying Yoruha truly was.
Yoruha merely nodded.
Meanwhile, Sasuke lowered his center of gravity into a combat stance.
Unlike him—
Yoruha simply stood there calmly without moving at all.
The contrast instantly irritated Sasuke further.
“…You’re not even taking a stance?”
After waiting several seconds without response, Sasuke’s expression darkened.
“Fine.”
“If you won’t attack first…”
“…then I will.”
His hands moved rapidly through seals.
“Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!”
BOOM!!
A gigantic fireball erupted outward instantly.
The flames expanded violently while racing across the training ground.
The sheer size alone already exceeded what ordinary academy graduates should produce.
Even Kakashi’s visible eye narrowed slightly.
“…Interesting.”
“Sasuke still had enough chakra remaining for another Great Fireball.”
The Great Fireball Technique was the symbolic Fire Release technique of the Uchiha Clan.
Traditionally, mastering it represented entry into adulthood within the clan.
For Sasuke to use it at twelve already demonstrated excellent chakra reserves and control.
Still—
Kakashi instinctively glanced toward Yoruha afterward.
Compared to Yoruha’s absurd chakra quantity—
Sasuke’s reserves genuinely resembled a puddle beside an ocean.
Meanwhile, Sasuke’s fireball continued expanding.
Five meters.
Six meters.
The flames roared violently while illuminating the training ground orange.
Clearly—
Sasuke genuinely wanted to force Yoruha into revealing something.
Kakashi looked mildly impressed.
“That fireball is larger than your previous one.”
“You really want to defeat him badly, huh?”
Then Kakashi added inwardly:
“At this output…”
“…Sasuke’s chakra will nearly bottom out afterward.”
The enormous fireball surged directly toward Yoruha.
Yet—
Yoruha did not dodge.
He did not move at all.
Sasuke’s expression changed immediately.
“What is he doing?”
“That’s too reckless!”
Nearby, Sakura panicked instantly.
“Yoruha!”
“Move!”
Even Naruto shouted anxiously:
“Don’t underestimate that technique!”
Despite everything—
Neither Naruto nor Sakura actually wanted Yoruha seriously injured.
Meanwhile, Kakashi’s brows furrowed slightly.
He briefly considered intervening.
Yet after noticing Yoruha’s calm expression—
He stopped himself.
Something felt wrong.
Too calm.
Even Sasuke himself became nervous now.
“Damn it…”
“If this continues…”
“…he’ll actually die!”
The fireball engulfed Yoruha completely.
BOOM!!!
Flames exploded outward violently.
The entire training ground became swallowed by fire.
Then—
Silence.
Sasuke’s breathing instantly became chaotic.
He stared blankly at the burning flames.
“…No way.”
“I…”
“…did I kill him?”
Even Sakura and Naruto froze in horror.
Neither expected things to escalate this far.
Only Kakashi remained strangely calm.
Because beneath his forehead protector—
His Sharingan had already activated silently.
And through the Sharingan’s vision—
Kakashi saw something impossible.
Inside the flames—
Yoruha’s body still existed completely intact.
Not merely resisting the fire.
Not blocking it.
But…
Merging with it.
Kakashi’s visible eye widened slightly.
“…Elementalization?”
At this moment, Yoruha himself also felt genuine surprise internally.
“This feeling…”
“…is incredible.”
His body had transformed entirely into living flame.
Heat flowed through him naturally.
The fire surrounding him no longer caused harm.
Instead—
It felt almost comfortable.
Then Yoruha quickly realized something important.
“The Mag-Mag Fruit…”
“…really does contain flame properties too.”
In the One Piece world, Akainu’s Mag-Mag Fruit naturally overpowered Portgas D.
Ace’s Flame-Flame Fruit.
Magma consumed flame completely.
And now—
That superior relationship apparently still existed after crossing worlds.
Which meant Yoruha could partially utilize flame elementalization itself.
Although his true nature remained magma—
Flame still belonged beneath that hierarchy.
Yoruha smiled faintly.
Then—
WHOOSH.
All surrounding fire suddenly collapsed inward.
The flames spiraled violently toward Yoruha before being absorbed directly into his body.
It resembled a black hole swallowing fire itself.
Within seconds—
The entire battlefield returned to normal.
The flames vanished completely.
And standing there calmly at the center—
Was Yoruha.
Completely unharmed.
Not even his clothes showed damage.
Sasuke’s pupils contracted violently.
“…How?”
“How are you completely fine?!”
Nearby, Kakashi’s expression became extremely serious.
Not even the fabric burned.
Which meant this was not simple resistance or chakra protection.
It was something fundamentally different.
Still—
Kakashi immediately forced himself toward the most reasonable explanation available.
“A unique Fire Release technique…”
“One he developed personally.”
After witnessing Yoruha repeatedly create impossible phenomena already, Kakashi instinctively categorized this ability as another abnormal ninjutsu variation.
Meanwhile, the training ground gradually quieted completely.
Only black scorch marks remained on the earth as evidence the Great Fireball Technique ever existed at all.
And at the center of those burn marks—
Yoruha stood untouched.