'Well, I never thought I would win against him anyway,' Kaida thought. He looked toward the audience, but their expressions were not what he was expecting.
Shisui was normally smiling at the result. He knew about Kaida's strength the best, and since he was friends with Itachi too, Shisui had quite a good idea about his strength as well. He was still happy that his brother was able to hold his own for so long.
One of the elders turned to Itachi and asked, "Didn't you say that his Sharingan evolved to 3-tomoe just one month before this?"
"Yes, elder. I was the one who helped him with that," Shisui replied.
"How could he stabilize and be so proficient so soon then?" the elder asked.
His doubt was genuine. In this world, nothing was for free; every power has to be earned. You may be lucky in one aspect, but you have to compensate for that luck. The 3-tomoe Sharingan gives its user quite a huge boost in power, along with an increase in chakra reserves too. But as a result, the mind-body coordination becomes very bad, almost like you are controlling someone else's body. Due to this, the fighting capabilities of a ninja actually degrade after getting the 3-tomoe Sharingan, at least until they can regain their body balance.
And Kaida not only regained that in one month but was already using his Sharingan with quite proficiency.
"Uncle, I think you are forgetting who his father was," Fugaku said.
Then every elder remembered that the boy in front of them was not only an Uchiha but a Senju as well. Every elder felt a bit of jealousy toward that boy; he actually got the best of both worlds.
Even though Uchiha were very proficient in everything and were superior in many fields compared to other clans, a strong body is something they never had (normally). Those with strong bodies and huge chakra reserves are usually born with them.
If not for the Sharingan increasing their chakra reserves each time it evolved, they might not be able to match a Senju on the battlefield (A.N: As no matter how fast a car is, if it runs out of fuel every 100 meters, it could never win a race).
But this boy doesn't have that problem. Suddenly, they had a very uneasy thought in their minds. They turned to Shisui, then Kaida, then once again Shisui.
Shisui understood what they were thinking and said, "You can directly ask him, elder."
One of the elders stood up and called Kaida.
"Yes, elder?" Kaida asked after coming in front of him.
"Kaida, I want to see your chakra reserve."
Kaida turned to Shisui, who just shook his head, meaning he could do whatever he wanted. It was also Fugaku's idea to check whether Kaida trusted them or not.
Kaida just nodded his head and stopped masking his chakra. Seeing the amount of chakra Kaida had, every elder felt a small heartache.
"You are saying this boy is just 9 years old? He already has more chakra than I had when I was in my prime," the elder who asked Kaida to check the chakra said.
Kaida just smiled awkwardly at that. Before he could say anything, Fugaku asked, "Kaida, did your chakra reserve increase when your Sharingan evolved to 3-tomoe?"
Kaida just nodded his head.
"A normal ninja has a 4-5 times increase in their chakra reserve. Did you have the same amount of increase?" Fugaku decided to share some of the details as well. He didn't want to make it sound like some sort of interrogation.
Kaida's face became a little sour, and he said, "Not at all. I only got a 2.5 times increase," Kaida said, like someone who had been deeply scammed.
After hearing that, every elder had to stop themselves from beating this ungrateful brat. He was already in the top 10 people in the Uchiha clan according to the amount of chakra he possessed, and he was still not satisfied with the amount.
But after their initial jealousy, they focused on the meaning behind Kaida's answer.
'It looks like when both genes combined, they both got a little toned down. He gets a strong body, but not as strong as a pure Senju, and his Sharingan is also not providing him the same enhancement as it does to any normal Uchiha. But the strength of his Sharingan is not weak at all; it even feels a little stronger.'
They deduced many things from a single fight. Though they still didn't know everything about Kaida, Shisui was not going to allow them to do so anyway.
Every ninja hides their true strength and never shows all their cards until they fight a life-and-death battle; otherwise, building a counter against you would be child's play for your enemy.
Unlike the elders and Fugaku, Mikoto and Hae didn't care about the boring stuff. They were just excited about the spar and relieved that none of their children got injured. Though they had some light injuries, these types of injuries were not even worth mentioning for a ninja.
But Kaida still went back to Itachi and offered to heal the injuries he had caused.
"Please, do I have to remove my shirt?" Itachi said with a smile.
"And give those girls a chance to feast on your body? If you want to show off, please use another time," Kaida said and healed Itachi's injuries in a minute.
Kaida was not very silent when he said that, and everyone smiled a little hearing that. Those kunoichi turned their heads, acting like they were talking about something else and were not watching the spar at all.
Itachi just sighed; it was not the first time he was in this situation. But with time, he had come to ignore those girls like air.
"You are good, but I will catch up in no time," Kaida said after healing Itachi back to his perfect condition.
"And you think I would be waiting for you to catch up?" Itachi said with an amused smile.
"You don't have to. I'm sure my speed is higher than yours. I will overtake you in no time," Kaida said.
"Hahaha, it's good to have dreams. But you should know, I have not even used 20 percent of my full strength," Itachi said. Not to demotivate Kaida but to give him the bigger and actual goal to strive for.
"How much percent did I use? 30? 40? No, I think 50%?" Kaida said.
"You are just 3 times more powerful than me. I will catch up in no time," Kaida continued, a fire burning in his heart. Until now, he kept thinking people like Shisui and Itachi were out of his reach. But after today's spar, the gap actually didn't seem that big.
Since the spar was over, Kaida turned to the elders and Fugaku and asked, "Fugaku-sama, I have a class to attend at the hospital. Can I go now?"
"Yes, you can," Fugaku said, and the elders nodded their heads.