Chapter 144 Obito VS Kakashi

“Next, you need to engage in more battles to better comprehend the Breathing Technique.”

“Battles, huh? Damn it, do I have to go find Kakashi again?” Obito couldn’t help but sigh, recalling Muzuki’s words.

Although Might Guy’s strength was similar to his, and Shisui could easily suppress him, both of them were still practicing the Breathing Technique recently and had no time to fight with him, the fastest progressing one.

Obito could only think of Kakashi. He couldn’t possibly go find Asuma, could he? With his current strength, unless he didn’t use the Breathing Technique, defeating Asuma would be too easy. But how could the Breathing Technique improve without using it in battle? That was the problem.

In the end, Obito truly found that only Kakashi would do.

Kakashi’s strength was decent, making him a worthy opponent for Obito to use the Breathing Technique against, and Kakashi also didn’t seem too busy.

The most important thing was that Obito felt he could now challenge Kakashi. He had, after all, managed to achieve Total Concentration Breathing.

If he didn’t feel it was still a little unstable, Obito would have called Rin Nohara along to let her admire his heroic figure defeating Kakashi, and to know who the true genius of Konoha was.

Thinking of this, Obito couldn’t help but burst into laughter.

“Why are you standing in front of my house laughing so lewdly by yourself?” Kakashi heard the sound and, seeing Obito giggling alone, asked.

“Lewd? This is a hearty laugh of pre-celebration for victory!” Obito realized he had unconsciously walked to Kakashi’s doorstep.

“So you’ve come to challenge me?” Kakashi asked.

“That’s right.” Obito nodded and said, “Kakashi, prepare to lose! Just a few days ago, I became the top student in my year at the Ninja Academy!”

“Is a Ninja Academy achievement something to brag about? I got tired of those three years ago,” Kakashi said calmly.

“By the way, Obito, how many times have you been first? It can’t be just once, can it? I think I was always first in my year before graduation.”

“Uh, the number of times isn’t important. Anyway, I’m now the top student in my year, just like you.” Obito gave up on competing with Kakashi over academic achievements.

“Seeing you so confident, I thought you had already graduated and become a Ninja. After all, even though I’m the same age as you, I’ve been a Chunin for several years now.” Kakashi was still laying it on.

Obito: …

It’s just graduating at five and becoming a Chunin at six, what’s there to show off about? What’s the use of graduating a few years earlier than him? If he had graduated that early, he wouldn’t have met Teacher Muzuki. Obito used a mental victory technique.

“Kakashi, less talk, let’s start fighting quickly.” Feeling that letting Kakashi continue would affect his performance later, Obito stopped him.

“Then let’s go. Anyway, dealing with you won’t take much time.” Kakashi led Obito to their usual training spot.

“Damn it, you’ll pay for underestimating me!” Obito’s anger instantly maxed out, determined to teach Kakashi a lesson.

Although only a little over three months had passed, he was no longer the Uchiha Obito who would be instantly defeated by a Body Flicker Technique three months ago.

Now, he had mastered Flash, learned Flame Breathing, learned Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique and Phoenix Sage Flower Claw Crimson. His strength was completely on a different level than before.

“Let’s begin.” Kakashi said calmly.

He truly didn’t take Obito’s challenge seriously. If it were Might Guy, he might show some interest, as a previous encounter had shown him that Might Guy’s strength had made significant progress.

As for Obito, Kakashi’s impression was still stuck in the period a few months ago when Obito sought him out for evasion training.

Obito immediately entered the Breathing Technique state, inhaling large amounts of oxygen into his body to strengthen it.

Whoosh!

Obito’s body instantly vanished from his original spot, swinging a fierce punch towards Kakashi’s abdomen.

Kakashi’s pupils sharply constricted. He hadn’t expected Obito’s speed to be so fast. In his haste, Kakashi had no time to dodge and could only quickly put up his arm to block, instantly being knocked back over two meters.

“Such power and speed.” Kakashi’s gaze towards Obito changed.

If it weren’t for his rich combat experience just now, he might have truly been caught off guard by Obito.

Kakashi no longer underestimated Obito, quickly pulling a Shuriken from his Ninja tool pouch and throwing it towards Obito.

Obito directly used Flash to dodge the Shuriken and rushed towards Kakashi again.

This time, Kakashi was already prepared. The moment Obito charged, Kakashi nearly landed a punch on his face.

Kakashi’s exceptionally excellent offensive rhythm instantly turned the tide, pushing Obito back step by step, his clothes covered in a good amount of dust.

“Damn it, is Kakashi’s Taijutsu even stronger than Might Guy’s?” Obito felt incredibly frustrated by being beaten.

Before, he could go head-to-head with Might Guy even with the Breathing Technique activated, but he didn’t expect to be suppressed by Kakashi. He felt like he couldn’t unleash his full strength.

Bang!

Obito was caught by Kakashi, who landed a punch and a kick, directly knocking him to the ground.

Obito quickly distanced himself, no longer competing with Kakashi in Taijutsu, and formed hand signs to use Fire Release.

“Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!”

Obito erupted with Chakra, spewing a four-meter-tall giant fireball towards Kakashi.

“Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall!” Kakashi calmly formed hand signs, summoning a massive earth wall to block in front of him.

Rumble!

The fireball slammed heavily into the thick earth wall but failed to completely destroy it. Looking at the tattered dog head on the earth wall, Obito was very displeased.

He had originally intended to force Kakashi to dodge, then seize the opportunity to use Total Concentration Breathing to rush in and launch a surprise attack. However, Kakashi directly used a defensive Ninjutsu to block.

“Flame Breathing, Total Concentration Breathing!” Obito decided to give Kakashi another Breathing Technique shock. The speed and strength he showed just now were not his limits yet.

Obito directly leaped onto the earth wall and found Kakashi standing right by the wall. Relying on the boost from the Breathing Technique, Obito rushed towards Kakashi while performing Nature Transformation, bursting flames from his palm and aiming to burn Kakashi.

Seeing Obito’s fierce approach, Kakashi directly used a Flash to create a small distance, causing Obito’s flames to miss.

Seeing Kakashi being so cautious, a light bulb went off in Obito’s mind, and he prepared to try releasing Ninjutsu with a single hand sign, something he hadn’t successfully done before.

“Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Flower Claw Crimson!”

Obito quickly pulled out three Kunai, secretly forming hand signs with his left hand behind his back, then swiftly threw the three Kunai towards Kakashi. Although only two of the Kunai were imbued with flames, it was still a success.

At the same time Obito threw his Kunai, Kakashi also threw two Kunai towards Obito.

Dodging the Kunai thrown by Kakashi by sidestepping, Obito laughed heartily. His Kunai weren’t ordinary; they would explode. He wondered how Kakashi would dodge them.

Rumble!

The distance was too close. Although Kakashi successfully dodged the Kunai, the Kunai exploded right next to him.

“I won!” Obito thought with surprise in his heart.

This level of power wouldn’t severely injure Kakashi, but the subsequent battle would definitely not be easy for him.