Chapter 455: Fire Escape

“Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!”

Although he was somewhat surprised, Uchiha Fugaku’s excellent Ninja upbringing prevented him from delaying the Ninjutsu’s release. After completing the hand signs, he immediately spewed a large amount of flames, forming a giant fireball.

Just as Uchiha Fugaku finished releasing his Great Fireball, Shisui’s Great Fireball had already flown a short distance.

Fortunately, the two were not too close, so Uchiha Fugaku’s Ninjutsu wouldn’t be immediately met with Shisui’s attack right after he released it.

Boom!

The two giant Great Fireballs collided, a huge explosion erupted, flames burst forth, and heat waves ascended. Finally, both Great Fireballs dissipated into the air, leaving only scorched earth.

“Not only can he perform it without hand signs, but its power is also so strong. What exactly has Shisui experienced these past few months? His strength has improved so much.” Uchiha Fugaku wondered.

Confrontations between Nature Transformation Ninjutsu of the same type are the best way to gauge the level of Nature Transformation. This is even more true when it’s the exact same Ninjutsu.

The mutual nullification of the two Great Fireballs was unexpected by Uchiha Fugaku. It should be known that Uchiha Fugaku had just used most of his strength. He was the head of Konoha’s top noble clan, while Shisui was just an eight-year-old genius.

A few months ago, when Shisui participated in the Chunin Exams, Uchiha Fugaku went to watch Shisui’s battle. At that time, Shisui’s Fire Release was far from this strong.

“The Clan Head’s strength is indeed extraordinary.” Shisui thought to himself.

That was his full-power Fire Release under Flame Breathing Chakra Mode, different from ordinary Fire Release.

However, this was also within Shisui’s expectations. Uchiha Jonin are famously strong in the Ninja World, and within the clan, strength is revered. If Uchiha Fugaku wasn’t strong, he wouldn’t be able to command respect.

According to Shisui’s observation, Uchiha Fugaku still held considerable prestige within the Uchiha Clan.

“Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique!”

After a brief thought, Shisui chose the faster and more flexible Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique.

While Flame Breathing Chakra Mode can enhance Fire Release, it is limited to increasing release speed and flame power, unable to change the fundamental weaknesses of some Ninjutsu.

Shisui released fireballs while running around Uchiha Fugaku, making small fireballs form an arc-shaped net of fireballs that shot towards Uchiha Fugaku.

“Still no hand signs, and his way of using Ninjutsu isn’t confined to tradition.” Uchiha Fugaku evaluated internally while dodging with Body Flicker Technique.

At this moment, Uchiha Fugaku felt a bit awkward, because with Shisui’s performance, he didn’t seem to be able to guide Shisui’s Fire Release.

Although Shisui would definitely not be his opponent if he truly used his full power, in essence, the difference in their Fire Release was not very significant, and Uchiha Fugaku had no way to guide Shisui.

But as the Clan Head, Uchiha Fugaku also had his pride. Since he couldn’t guide him in Fire Release, then he would guide him in combat.

“Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet!”

Just as Fugaku was about to switch from defense to offense, Shisui gathered a large amount of Chakra within his body, converted it into Fire Release, and then forcefully exhaled.

A large amount of flames combined to quickly form a small sea of fire that spread towards Uchiha Fugaku.

“Such powerful flames.” Uchiha Fugaku thought to himself, feeling the temperature transmitted by the flames.

Uchiha Fugaku, who was preparing to attack Shisui, immediately stopped. He couldn’t just rush into a Ninjutsu that clearly wasn’t simple.

Since this was an open space with no materials for Shisui’s sea of fire to continue expanding, Shisui immediately manipulated the flames, causing the sea of fire to split into three fire dragons that charged towards Uchiha Fugaku from three directions.

“Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique!”

Uchiha Fugaku retreated while forming hand signs with both hands. He only formed one Tiger sign and then exhaled a thick fire dragon, which nullified one of the fire dragons that had split from the Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet.

Although Uchiha Fugaku couldn’t perform Fire Release without hand signs, his proficient Fire Release allowed him to reduce the number of hand signs needed.

Immediately after, Uchiha Fugaku activated his Sharingan to enhance his perception, dodging the impact of the two remaining fire dragons.

But just as Uchiha Fugaku was preparing to attack again, Shisui simply stopped fighting.

“Thank you for your trouble, Uncle Fugaku. I don’t have any Chakra left to continue fighting.” Shisui said politely.

In fact, Shisui still had some Chakra left. Although Flame Breathing Chakra Mode consumes a lot of Chakra, Shisui was an Uchiha who had activated his Three-Tomoe Sharingan after all, so he had more Chakra than ordinary people.

However, the remaining Chakra was too little, and Shisui felt that continuing the battle would be meaningless.

Anyway, he had already roughly probed a bit of Uchiha Fugaku’s strength.

This completely threw Uchiha Fugaku off. He had been suppressed the entire match and was just about to show off his moves, but his opponent directly surrendered.

And Uchiha Fugaku couldn’t say anything, because Uchiha Shisui was his junior.

“Ahem, Shisui, your Fire Release is already excellent. You can continue to train according to the previous methods.” Uchiha Fugaku adjusted his emotions, coughed twice, and then said.

Although it was a bit awkward, Uchiha Fugaku was not someone who would talk nonsense for the sake of his reputation. He truly couldn’t guide Shisui’s current Fire Release.

Let alone giving guidance, to be honest, Uchiha Fugaku now found Shisui’s Fire Release a bit incomprehensible, feeling it was somewhat strange.

Not only could all his Fire Release be performed without hand signs, but the flame power was also very high, completely unlike someone who had only been exposed to Fire Release for a few years.

Among them, the fact that all of them could be performed without hand signs was what puzzled Uchiha Fugaku the most; he couldn’t figure out how Shisui did it.

“Perhaps this is what a true genius is like.” Uchiha Fugaku sighed inwardly.

He was also called a genius in his youth, but there was a considerable gap between him and Shisui and Obito.

“Yes, thank you for your guidance, Uncle Fugaku.” Shisui thanked him.

Uchiha Fugaku kept a straight face and nodded slightly in response.

After the battle with Uchiha Fugaku ended, Shisui spent some time alone with Uchiha Itachi, telling Uchiha Itachi some relatively positive stories.

The next day, Shisui officially underwent the Jonin examination.

However, what Shisui didn’t expect was that his examiner was actually Uchiha Fugaku, who he had fought the day before.

But this time, Shisui didn’t immediately enter Flame Breathing Chakra Mode and go all out like last time. Instead, he proceeded step by step, like a normal battle, with probing attacks.

Shisui first used Fire Release to force movement, then threw Ninja tools, followed by Taijutsu probes, and finally, he used Flame Breathing Chakra Mode to unleash his true full power.

After the fifteen-minute battle ended, Shisui saw Fugaku’s satisfied smile and felt that his practical combat score should not be bad.

In the written exam that afternoon, Shisui clearly felt the difference in difficulty between the Jonin examination and the Chunin Exams.

For Shisui, not much time had passed since the Chunin Exams, so Shisui still remembered some of the Chunin Exams’ written questions; the two were completely not on the same level.

If Shisui hadn’t continued studying after graduation, he truly wasn’t confident he would have passed this written exam steadily.

PS: Moving, a bit busy, can’t write too much. See if I can find some time to add a bit tomorrow. 2k is too short.