Naruto: The Defense-Breaking System – Putting Some Pressure on the Shinobi World

Chapter 101 You're still using me as a stepping stone?

Nara Nagatoshi led Minato Namikaze's team to their tent and asked obsequiously, "Jonin Minato, is there anything else you need? Just let me know!"

"Thank you for your help, Chief of Staff Changwan. We don't need anything for now. Please go ahead with your work."

Nara Nagato left with regret, without saying much to Minato Namikaze.

Minato Namikaze glanced at Asuma and Ebisu, who were waiting in the distance, and then at Obito, who was impatiently waiting, and said, "Go on, you guys go see your classmates first."

Obito hurriedly ran away. Rin Nohara ran a few steps and noticed that Kakashi was still walking slowly. She turned around, grabbed Kakashi's elbow, and led him to run towards Obito.

Minato Namikaze first went to see Jonin Kōji Mokume to inquire about the situation at the front.

Kōdō Mokume is a classmate of Jiraiya's teacher and a veteran Jonin who is the most supportive of the three of them in the Jonin team meeting.

After asking the questions, Minato Namikaze realized that the front lines could only be described as utterly devastated.

These Konoha ninjas on the front lines guarded a nearly 1,000-kilometer-long border, which was leaky and vulnerable, resulting in a high casualty rate for their defense squads.

Minato Namikaze went to find Kakashi and the others to see what the three students were doing.

Arriving at the woods next to the training ground, Minato Namikaze saw many Genin from Obito's class, numbering nearly twenty.

He did not show himself, but hid behind a tree trunk, observing the situation inside the field.

Most of the people surrounded Kakashi, seemingly urging him on.

This scene greatly pleased Minato Namikaze, who had been very worried about Kakashi's mental state. After Sakumo Hatake's death, Kakashi shut himself off, prioritizing completing missions above all else.

For the sake of his mission, Kakashi killed without hesitation.

Kakashi can't stay this tense forever; it will cause problems with his mental state.

Seeing the lively scene, Minato Namikaze thought that Kakashi should spend more time with his classmates, as that's what a child his age should be doing.

On the opposite earthen wall stood a Uchiha child.

Minato Namikaze thought to himself, "That's the Uchiha Ryouji that Kōdō-senpai mentioned."

My senior said there's a genin named Uchiha Ryo who's been very active on the front lines lately.

Kakashi pushed Obito Uchiha's hand away, swatted away Might Guy's arm, frowned, and walked to the center of the arena.

Uchiha Ryo yawned and stared at Kakashi.

I didn't expect Kakashi to come to the front lines too.

There are still two or three years until the Battle of Kannabi Bridge, and Kakashi has not yet become a Jonin. Kakashi's team will have to waste a lot of time on the front lines.

Uchiha Ryo said, "Kakashi Hatake, why did you come up here alone?"

Everyone else challenges my Earth Release ninjutsu with a whole team, but you come alone. You're not just looking down on me, you're looking down on Sarutobi Asuma's team, Might Guy's team, and Morino Ibiki's team.

Kakashi said, "Stop talking nonsense."

Before I formed a team with Obito Uchiha and Rin, I had carried out many missions on the front lines, and I had witnessed combined Earth Release ninjutsu.

Rin Uchiha thought to himself, "When facing someone like Kakashi, you have to beat him into submission first before putting pressure on him."

He formed hand seals: "Earth Release: Flying Gravel Barrage!"

Five stone cores flew out, grew larger in the wind, and became five stones two or three meters in size.

Kakashi also formed hand seals: Tiger—Snake—Tiger—Snake—Tiger, five seals at an extremely fast speed. After that, he gathered two balls of lightning in his hands and then radiated lightning outwards indiscriminately.

"Lightning Release: Scattered Strike!"

Uchiha Ryo was taken aback. Wasn't this the Lightning Release ninjutsu that the Cloud Ninja were good at?

Four or five streaks of lightning, like long, silvery-purple snakes, whipped erratically around them.

The first wave of flying gravel was quickly shattered by lightning.

Lightning Release counters Earth Release. When Lightning Release hits a rock, it destroys the Earth Release chakra inside the rock, causing the rock to collapse.

The students around him burst into genuine cheers.

"Very good!"

"Although Kakashi has a sour face, he's not as annoying as Ryo Uchiha."

"Lightning Release counters Earth Release, so why didn't anyone use this strategy a few days ago?"

"Don't we know that Lightning Release counters Earth Release? We don't have any Lightning Release chakra!"

The others were overjoyed to see Uchiha Rin get his comeuppance.

Seeing this, Uchiha Ryo became serious.

After he formed the hand seals, two shadow clones appeared beside him and said, "Kakashi, Earth Release: Flying Gravel is a combined ninjutsu of Iwa ninja. Once used, it can take down at least an Iwa ninja squadron or even a battalion."

Since you've got some skills, then I won't hold back. I'll show you what it means to be a whole brigade by yourself!

Three Uchiha Ryos simultaneously used Earth Release: Flying Gravel Barrage.

A dozen or so huge rocks flew toward Kakashi with a whooshing sound.

Kakashi quickly increased the chakra in his Lightning Release: Scattered Strike.

More lightning bolts shot out from the lightning balls in his hands. Kakashi realized that the power of this technique was not concentrated enough and was too loose.

Four or five bolts of lightning shattered some rocks, but more rocks came crashing down on him, forcing him to jump up and dodge.

Kakashi can learn anything from the ninjutsu scrolls left behind by Sakumo Hatake.

He considered himself to have extremely high talent in ninjutsu, but he never expected to be forced into such a sorry state by Uchiha Rin's earth-style ninjutsu.

He dodged and weaved among the rocks, but the last two or three were impossible to avoid.

Left with no other choice, Kakashi raised the lightning ball he had gathered in his hand and smashed it against the rock.

The rocks shattered with a crash, but it also consumed a significant amount of the lightning created by the Lightning Release technique.

Kakashi had a sudden thought, and the lightning ball scattered lightning bolts, but the power was not concentrated enough.

If you confine the lightning to your palm or around your hand and compress it, will you increase the power of your Lightning Release ninjutsu?

The last stone shattered and fell to the ground, and the area suddenly fell silent.

The students on the sidelines looked at each other in disbelief. This was the first time that Uchiha Rin's Earth Release technique had been completely defended against.

As expected of Kakashi, he is indeed the only one who can stand up against Uchiha Rin.

In fact, Uchiha Rin could have kept his breath down, but he pretended to be out of breath in order to conceal his strength.

After a short rest, the three Uchiha Ryos formed hand seals again and used Earth Release: Flying Gravel Barrage.

Seeing Kakashi's response, Uchiha Ryo's eyelids twitched.

That was Kakashi's hand seals, with a lightning ball on each hand. This time, the lightning balls emitted fewer lightning bolts, were smaller, and had more concentrated energy.

Kakashi didn't use the Lightning Serpent technique from the Sanshou Muruto to attack the rock; instead, he directly held a Lightning Ball and smashed it against the rock.

While dodging, he used his lightning balls to smash rocks, all the while lost in thought.

Seeing Kakashi deep in thought, Uchiha Ryo wondered if Kakashi was going to develop Chidori ahead of schedule.

In the original story, Kakashi developed Chidori when he became a Jonin at the age of 11.

Could it be that my appearance spurred Kakashi on, making him stronger than in the original story?

After smashing the last stone, Kakashi stopped in place, pondering how to improve this technique.

The lightning orbs in both hands are still not concentrated enough, and energy dissipation is quite serious.

Uchiha Ryo looked at Kakashi and thought to himself, "I came here to break your defenses, but you still use me as a stepping stone?"

It seems I'll have to show some real skills!