On Itachi's side, seeing his shuriken being shot down, he was a little surprised, but he didn't think much of it.
Taking advantage of the gap between Yuta's shurikens, he ran over and quickly formed seals with his hand.
Serpant, Ram, Monkey, Boar, Horse, Tiger!
Taking a deep breath, his chest bulged.
"Fire release: Great Fireball Technique!"
A fireball with a diameter of three or four meters completely blocked the vision between the two and speeded up in the direction of Yuta.
'There should be no way to avoid in this distance...' Itachi thought to himself.
The opponent's taijutsu and shurikenjutsu are not inferior to him.
Even if he can rely on his ninjutsu to win in the end, for him, this match is considered a loss.
He decided in his heart that after this battle, he would go to Shisui for special training.
Tamura next to him didn't have time to be surprised by Itachi knowing elemental ninjutsu.
Just as he was about to rescue Yuta, he saw that Yuta's left index finger and middle finger were closed together, and standing in front of his mouth.
His hands weren't making any seals at all. But he directly spit out a huge Great Fireball!
In terms of size, it was much larger than Itachi's Great Fireball!
Almost at the exact moment when Itachi's hand seal was completed, Yuta displayed the Great Fireball Technique at the same time!
Itachi, who was thinking about whether to apply for an early graduation first or train with Shisui for a while, stared blankly at his fireball being dispersed.
Then a fireball came from the opposite side, with the remaining power towards him.
Boom!
The scorching flames scorched his skin, and Tamura next to him changed his direction in an emergency, barely saving Itachi from the fireball.
The medical ninja who had been on standby for a long time quickly stepped forward to treat Itachi's burned skin.
"...The winner, Uchiha Yuta."
Tamura announced with shock on his face.
"Actually... it was Yuta who won..."
"Both of them have mastered Fire release Ninjutsu, damn it! Is there such a big gap between us? We are obviously the same age!"
"Did you see that when Yuta used his ninjutsu just now, it seemed that there was no hand seal?"
"How is that possible? You read it wrong, how can it be possible to use ninjutsu without a hand seal?"
The battle was going on too fast, plus most of the eyes were on Itachi, and there was a cover of flames.
So, many people were not sure whether Yuta had made some hand seals when he had performed ninjutsu just now.
But Tamura, as well as the other Chūnin-sensei around, could see clearly.
This kid, who didn't use a hand seal just now, used the same Great Fireball Technique as Itachi, and it was even stronger.
On Itachi's side, he was being treated by a medical ninja, and his face was dazed.
Lost.
He actually... lost?
Taijutsu, shurikenjutsu, ninjutsu, he had already used most of his methods, but he still lost.
Looking back on his previous inner activities, he felt a little ridiculous, and at the same time, his heart was a little tingling.
Looking up at Yuta, the other party seemed to be looking at him as well.
He didn't know if it was an illusion, but Itachi felt that he seemed to see an emotion called disappointment in the eyes of the other party?
In an instant, Itachi's heart stinged deeper, and he couldn't help clenching his fists, but he was reprimanded by the medical ninja beside him.
Yuta took his eyes away from Itachi, and seeing that the other party was not in a good state at the moment, he didn't make the seal of reconciliation.
Instead, he reached out and touched his eye socket.
He won without relying on the Sharingan.
He also has his own pride in his heart.
Since Itachi hasn't awakened his sharingan yet, he didn't want to use his Sharingan in battle at all.
However, since he won in this way, then there really isn't much to learn at the ninja school.
"Tamura-sensei, I want to apply for early graduation." Yuta said calmly.
"...Fine, but I can't control this kind of thing, I need to report it to Lord Hokage first."
Tamura was not too surprised by this.
The strength that Yuta had shown before was already at the level of a Genin.
If the other party continues to stay in the ninja school, he will have nothing to teach him.
Not only Yuta but also Itachi.
Although Itachi lost, in his opinion, he also had the ability to apply for early graduation.
"Whoo~"
Tamura let out a long sigh.
This year, he really had two geniuses in his class.
Hokage Building.
Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen received two applications for early graduation from Ninja School.
That's right, two.
Itachi also applied to graduate early.
After losing to Yuta, his inner thoughts of quickly graduating were instead strngthened.
He didn't want to waste any more time at Ninja School.
Participating in those boring games between children wouldn't do anything to improve his strength.
"Uchiha Itachi, the son of Uchiha Fugaku, the head of the Uchiha clan, has been the first in all aspects since he entered the school. He has excellent taijutsu, excellent shurikenjutsu, and has even successfully learned a C-rank Fire release ninjutsu."
"Uchiha Yuta, whose parents died in battle, only has a good grade in the ninja school, but he has always worked hard in training. In the previous actual combat assessment, he showed excellent taijutsu and shurikenjutsu. He has also mastered the Great Fireball Technique."
"...even, he can use the Great Fireball Technique without hand seals."
Sarutobi Hiruzen stared at one of the applications and muttered to himself.
This was confirmed by several Chūnin teachers who were present at the time.
Mastery of Fire release!
"The Uchiha clan have two geniuses..."
Sarutobi Hiruzen sighed, and flipped through the other two documents.
Those were two exam papers, which contained questions from the previous exam of the Ninja School.
The question was to write out their own understanding of a ninja and the will of fire.
The central idea of Itachi was that ninjas are people who can endure, and ninjas should carry their missions with the utmost importance for the sake of the village and for the sake of peace.
The central idea of Yuta's answer was that ninjas are people who have mastered a power that is beyond the grasp of ordinary people and this power should be used to protect family, partners, and friends.
Sarutobi Hiruzen's carefully judged the answer of the two.
The latter's answer was a bit narrow, and not like the former.
Beyond the limitations of himself and his family, his understanding of the will of fire was not enough.
Thinking of this, Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't help but have a headache.
In his opinion, Yuta should stay at the ninja school and receive more education on the will of fire.
On the contrary, Itachi, who lost in the actual test, should be allowed to graduate early.
But how can he allow the second place to graduate and force the first place to stay in school?
After thinking for a moment, Sarutobi Hiruzen had an idea.
"Go ahead and arrange two assessments later. If they pass, they will be allowed to graduate early."