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The thick swarm of bugs resembled a black cloud, overwhelming and surging towards Satoru Hyūga and the other two.
Are we really starting to fight already? Not even a warning?
Satoru Hyūga felt his scalp go numb. He wanted to jump out of the bug swarm's encirclement, but suddenly, a dense chirping sound came from behind him. In an instant, a large swarm of Parasitic Bugs started biting his back.
"If you get bitten by Parasitic Bugs, your chakra will be drained dry."
Behind the bug swarm, Shibi Aburame pushed up his black sunglasses. Let's see what abilities you, the one with double Kekkei Genkai, possess.
However, just as he finished speaking, a bolt of electricity suddenly shot out from Satoru Hyūga's back. All the biting bugs went rigid and fell to the ground with a crackling sound, giving off a burnt smell.
"Lightning Release? Has this guy also learned Lightning Release?"
Shibi Aburame wore a surprised expression.
Compared to Satoru Hyūga's calmness, the other two were not so relaxed. Uchiha Rin held two Kunai in her grasp and attacked the approaching bug swarm. The sharp glints of the blades cut through, splitting the Parasitic Bugs in two. Gradually, a layer of bug corpses covered the ground.
But this trend didn't last long. Soon, small Bug Bites from the Parasitic Bugs appeared on her arms.
"These bugs are really disgusting!" Uchiha Rin's eyes showed disgust.
She gave up attacking the bugs and suddenly jumped backward. She leaped into the air from the bug swarm's encirclement and quickly formed hand seals with her palms.
At the same time, the dense bug swarm surged towards her like a black mist.
Scalding chakra welled up from her throat. Uchiha Rin took a deep breath and spat at the black mist from mid-air.
"Fire Release! Great Fireball Technique"
The huge orange fireball instantly engulfed the chasing bugs. Charred ashes fell from the air, emitting a smell similar to roasted meat.
Touching the ground with her toes, Uchiha Rin calmly surveyed the bug corpses all over the ground.
"Although that guy Satoru always teases that the Great Fireball Technique can't kill people, I have to say that fire has great lethality against these tiny bugs."
Behind the bug swarm, Shibi Aburame nodded slightly.
"Gitai ability A, ninjutsu A+. Both combat reaction and combat quality are quite good."
"Just..."
He looked in the direction of Anko. In the bug swarm resembling a black mist, Anko could only keep hacking at the surrounding bugs with her Kunai. Dense red bug-bite marks could be seen on her exposed arms. After having a large amount of chakra drained by the bugs, her movements became sluggish.
"A ninja team is a unit. Even if an individual's ability is outstanding, if they don't consider their teammates, they won't achieve much."
Shibi Aburame secretly shook his head.
Even a Jonin would find it hard to escape the attack of his Parasitic Bugs. They had already performed quite well to hold out for so long. However, there still seemed to be a lot of room for improvement in terms of teamwork.
Shibi Aburame was quietly analyzing the situations of those people in his mind and formulating a plan for subsequent training. Just as he was lost in thought, the bugs around him suddenly issued a warning.
He just raised his head. Before he could see clearly, suddenly, everything went dark before his eyes.
A Shuriken neatly slit his throat.
His pupils suddenly dilated.
How could this be? I had already taken precautions. When did this happen?
The doubts had just arisen when they dissipated. His entire body suddenly swelled up and burst into countless black bugs that scattered and flew everywhere.
「I'm saved.」
The bugs around them stopped their attacks. Anko plopped down on the ground, gasping for breath.
「Are you okay?」 Satoru Hyūga pulled her up.
「I'm fine. There are just a few marks on my arm. Anyway, I know healing jutsu, so it doesn't matter. But where did the teacher go?」
Anko looked around curiously. The dense black bugs were frozen in place as if they had malfunctioned, and Shibi Aburame was nowhere to be seen.
「That guy was never here in the first place.」 Satoru Hyūga shrugged.
On a big tree several hundred meters away, Shibi Aburame scratched his head awkwardly.
「This is so embarrassing. I wanted to give them a scare, but unexpectedly, my bug clone was actually killed!」
These few people were all geniuses, especially Uchiha Rin. If he didn't show off something, it would be difficult to rein them in.
Suppress them with a bug clone, knock their arrogance down a notch. Then, when the right time came, he would make a dashing entrance and take back the clone amidst shock and admiration.
It was a perfect debut performance, at least that's what he thought.
However, the bug clone was killed...
He remembered the entrustment from Hiruzen Sarutobi not long ago, and his expression darkened.
「Lord Hokage, I've let you down.」
「Shibi, I have a mission for you.」
「Lord Hokage, please speak.」
「Three students from the ninja academy have graduated early. They are all great talents. I want you to be their instructor.」
「Ugh... Lord Hokage, you can ask me to kill people, but teaching students is out of the question.」
「Alas! Shibi, I know that your Aburame clan doesn't like to interact with others, and you're especially so. You always act alone on missions. But after all, being a ninja is a profession that requires teamwork. Teaching students is also an experience for you.」
「Shibi, don't let me down.」
「Alright...」
Shibi Aburame scratched his head in distress. Teaching students wasn't something he was good at, and the planned imposing debut performance had completely failed.
But how did the bug clone suddenly drop dead?
Shibi Aburame was quite puzzled. Although it was just a clone, in terms of strength, it was comparable to an ordinary Jonin.
The last image sent back by the bugs was a Shuriken??
[Magnet Release]?
No matter how powerful it was, it was just a clone. Its being fragile couldn't be changed. The shadow clones from the other side would burst with just a poke, and the bug clone wasn't much better.
Shibi Aburame fell into deep thought.
But at this distance, being able to manipulate a Shuriken to pass through the defense of the dense bug swarm and still have the power to kill the bug clone with one strike. It seemed that Satoru Hyūga's [Magnet Release] was much more powerful than he had imagined.
This kind of ability to play dirty tricks on people was impossible to guard against.
Now the problem was how to face those three. Shibi Aburame started to have a headache.
「Why hasn't Teacher Shibi Aburame appeared yet?」
At the training ground, Anko looked around among the bugs that seemed to have malfunctioned but couldn't find Shibi Aburame's figure.
「Haven't you noticed yet?」 Uchiha Rin pursed her lips and said. 「He's just fooling us. He sent a bug clone to play a trick on us. Who knows where his real body is hiding?」
「So are we still going to fight or not?」
「Is this fight just going to end halfway?」
「Have we passed the test?」
Anko bombarded them with three crucial questions.
Just then, a man wrapped in a loose robe jumped down from a tree not far away and walked towards the three of them. After waving his hand to recall the bugs, he said.
「You... are all very good.」
「Being able to defeat one of my bug clones, your strength is quite impressive. You have all passed the assessment.」
The voice was still as gloomy as ever, but this time, the previous calmness was nowhere to be found.
「Huh? It was just a bug clone? I thought the teacher was this weak.」 Anko stared wide-eyed and said.
Shibi Aburame took a critical hit x1
「Well... actually, this was just a test, and you all passed it perfectly.」
Not willing to give up, Shibi Aburame tried to salvage the situation. Damn it, if he lost so much face on the first meeting, how could he be a teacher from now on?
「Then teacher, increase the difficulty of the test next time, okay? I've just started to get warmed up. This is so boring.」
Uchiha Rin rolled her shoulders a few times and said flatly.
Shibi Aburame took a critical hit x2
Kid... don't get so bratty!
Shibi Aburame involuntarily clenched his fists, and his hair seemed to tremble with anger. Shibi Aburame felt a surge of anger welling up in him. Just as he was about to explode, he wilted like a cucumber doused with a basin of cold water.
「Fine...」
His tone started to sound listless, just like a withered cucumber, which Shibi Aburame resembled at this moment.
「This assessment was my mistake. To make up for it, I'll treat everyone to barbecue. Let's celebrate the establishment of Team 3.」
「Yay! Barbecue.」 Anko, the foodie, cheered first, and tears streamed down from the corner of her mouth involuntarily.
Barbecue?
Uchiha Rin gave Satoru Hyūga a strange look. Some unpleasant past memories came flooding back. Then she looked at Shibi Aburame, who was grinning stupidly. Maybe this guy is going to suffer another setback because of Satoru Hyūga.
Hmm.
For the second time.