Chapter 2: Competition with Kakashi

When Uchiha Feiyu finished speaking, Kakashi was slightly stunned, but he quickly reacted:

"Okay then, it's a deal!"

Kakashi's father, Hatake Sakumo, is the famous Konoha White Fang in the ninja world and one of the top ninjas in the entire Konoha Village.

And now is the time when this Konoha White Fang is at his most famous and renowned. He can be said to be the most famous ninja in the entire Konoha Ninja Village besides the Hokage.

To Kakashi, it was perfectly normal for someone to want to visit his father, and he didn't think too much about it.

Uchiha Feiyu wanted to meet Konoha White Fang, of course not because he admired Konoha White Fang's reputation, but because he wanted to learn from him.

On the contrary, Uchiha Feiyu thought of the original work, in which Hatake Sakumo failed in his mission around this time and then committed suicide amid rumors - he was targeting Hatake Sakumo's soul!
The Soul Binding Technique is one of the Eight Great Skills in the world under One Person. It is a unique skill that can forcibly restrain the souls of others, or even devour the souls of others. The power of the skill depends entirely on the soul reserves in the hands of the owner.

Unfortunately, there are no wild souls in the Naruto world. Generally speaking, after any creature in this world dies, its soul will dissipate without a trace and go to the Pure Land within ten minutes.

Therefore, Uchiha Feiyu, who had been staying in the Konoha Village, had not found the soul of any ninja despite his hard search for more than ten years.

No matter how dangerous the world of Naruto is, at least the current Konoha Village is still relatively safe for the time being. It is almost impossible to find the body of a ninja who has died within ten minutes.

Uchiha Feiyu even once went to Konoha Hospital to wait, but he found that due to the popularity of medical ninjutsu, basically all the ninjas who could be sent to Konoha Hospital could be saved, and those who could not be saved would have died without being sent to Konoha Hospital.

There are also places like the interrogation class, the intelligence class, the Konoha Prison and so on where one can come into contact with freshly dead bodies, but they are all the vital parts of the Konoha Village and are not accessible to a ninja trainee at all.

So until now, Uchiha Feiyu only has some animal souls in his hands, and has never obtained the souls of ninjas.

Most of the animal souls were eaten directly by Uchiha Feiyu. He couldn't do things like devouring human souls, but he had no psychological burden in absorbing animal souls. Moreover, most of the animal souls, even if they possessed a body, could not exert much combat power, so there was not much meaning in it.

It is precisely because of the souls of these animals that possess chakra that Uchiha Feiyu can be said to be outstanding in terms of physical fitness and chakra amount among his peers and even among Uchiha of the same age - but this is only among his peers.

After understanding these circumstances, it becomes clear how tempting a ninja soul like Konoha White Fang's is to Uchiha Feiyu.

Even if the possessed soul is unable to unleash all the strength of the original owner, a strong man like Konoha White Fang is enough to make Uchiha Feiyu instantly possess top combat power among the Jonin.

But now, Uchiha Feiyu’s first thing to deal with is the enthusiastic Kakashi.

A whistling cold wind blew by, and Kakashi casually pulled out a short sword from his waist, a cold light flashing on the blade.

Before Konoha White Fang committed suicide, the White Fang dagger was certainly not in Kakashi's hands, but the quality of this dagger is definitely first-class.

Compared to Kakashi, Uchiha Feiyu casually pulled out two kunai. Although he joined the Uchiha clan, it is easy to imagine that the Uchiha clan would not put much effort into an "outsider" like him, so the equipment on him can be described as ordinary.

However, after clenching the two kunai, a black leopard-like soul suddenly appeared on Uchiha Feiyu's body.

This is the most powerful beast soul he has ever collected in the Forest of Death, a black panther with incredible speed. With the help of the ability to summon spirits and generals, after the soul of this black panther possesses his body, Uchiha Feiyu's nerve reflexes and physical speed can be increased by 50%.

Kakashi couldn't see the soul, but feeling Uchiha Feiyu's sudden change in momentum, the expression on his face also became somewhat excited, and tiny electric lights began to jump on his body.

Using lightning electric current to stimulate one's own cells to speed up is exactly what Konoha White Fang is good at. Apparently, Kakashi also inherited his father's unique skills.

Feiyu swung the kunai in his hand and it whizzed towards Kakashi. It was not some fancy kunai throwing method of the Uchiha family, but just a pure, quick and sharp throw.

The short sword in Kakashi's hand struck with a sharp clang, and the kunai, which contained a huge force, made Kakashi's wrist numb.

Fei Yu followed closely behind, raising the kunai in his hand high. Although it was a short weapon, he used it like a heavy weapon such as a hammer or a stick, and smashed it down directly.

Kakashi gritted his teeth lightly, raised his slightly numb arm, and violent sparks flew between the short sword and the kunai. At the same time, Kakashi also took several steps back.

"So heavy... Are you really an Uchiha? Why are your fighting skills so similar to Kai's?"

"I'm sorry, although I have the Uchiha Sharingan, I haven't received any Uchiha education since I was a child. Compared to those fancy techniques, I believe more in the well-trained physical foundation!"

In fact, Uchiha Feiyu had already planned his future training route, and the physical foundation was the top priority when he laid the foundation. The so-called skills and other things could be made up by the ninja souls he would get in the future, but no matter what, his physical foundation could only be cultivated by himself.

Moreover, the method of subduing the spirit can be said to have comprehensively strengthened Feiyu, not only his chakra and mental power, but also his physical strength. This also makes Feiyu's current combat mode not at all like the Uchiha clan, but rather a bit like the Senju clan.

After taking two steps back, Kakashi's figure flashed and he directly activated the substitution technique. Feiyu, who had been attacking, split the substitute wood in half with a knife. He frowned slightly, turned around and kicked out.

Kakashi appeared behind Feiyu and was kicked into a ball of white smoke with a bang. Then a white light fell from the sky and pierced Feiyu's shoulder.

"I've been waiting for you!"

Feiyu chuckled and retreated in an instant, avoiding Kakashi's ambush. As his body retreated, the kunai in his hand turned into a black light and shot towards Kakashi's chest.

When possessed by the black panther's soul, in addition to his speed and nerve reflexes, Uchiha Feiyu's five senses and intuition will also increase significantly, and he cannot be fooled by the clone technique or the substitute technique.

The ambush failed and Kakashi was seized by Uchiha Feiyu, who managed to deflect the kunai. Before Kakashi could catch his breath, Uchiha Feiyu pulled out two more kunai and pounced on him again.

Ding Ding Dang Dang blocked several attacks and retreated one after another, but gradually calmed down.

Uchiha Feiyu, who is possessed by the soul of a black panther, is almost as fast as Kakashi who uses the Lightning Release Stimulation Technique. In terms of pure physical strength, he is far superior to Kakashi, who is only nine years old.

But Kakashi, the genius ninja, still discovered Uchiha Feiyu's only shortcoming - his foundation in physical skills and the use of ninja tools was solid and his body was strong, but his skills were not outstanding.

After all, Uchiha Feiyu did not receive a very good education and inheritance. Needless to say, Konoha's ninja school only taught the basics of the basics. The Uchiha clan only gave Uchiha Feiyu some basic ninjutsu books and materials, and did not really train him.

The exact opposite is Hatake Kakashi. The eight-year-old child's physical fitness is far from developed to the limit. Even relying on the stimulation of Lightning Chakra, he still has great deficiencies in physical strength. But if we only talk about swordsmanship skills, Hatake Kakashi, who studied under Konoha White Fang, is eight feet ahead of Uchiha Tobi.

After discovering the flaws in Uchiha Feiyu's skills, Kakashi said nothing and decided not to fight Uchiha Feiyu head-on anymore. The short sword in his hand drew arcs of light and used techniques such as sticking, clinging and attracting to remove the power of the kunai in Uchiha Feiyu's hand.

After Kakashi changed his combat mode, Uchiha Feiyu did feel very uncomfortable, but thanks to the black panther soul possessed in his body, Uchiha Feiyu's five senses and intuition were extremely sharp.

Although Kakashi had the upper hand thanks to his keen senses, it was difficult for him to be defeated in a short period of time.

Snowflakes flew up from the snow, accompanied by the clinking sound of weapons and sparks. Two figures shuttled through the woods and separated in an instant.

Uchiha Feiyu looked at his torn white clothes and frowned slightly.

Kakashi Hatake, who was standing opposite, was unharmed, but his breathing was rapid and beads of sweat were flowing on his forehead.

Although Kakashi had a certain advantage just now, the physique of an eight-year-old child still limited Kakashi's physical strength. After fighting with all his strength for more than ten minutes, Kakashi's physical strength was seriously depleted.

"It seems that I lost. Kakashi, you are improving so fast. You are worthy of being the most famous genius in Konohagakure."

Blood slowly seeped out from Uchiha Feiyu's torn clothes, gradually dyeing his sleeves red. Uchiha Feiyu casually pulled out gauze from the ninja tool bag, wrapped it around his arm, and bandaged the wound.

The wound was not deep, and it didn't even have much impact on Uchiha Feiyu's battle, but it undoubtedly meant that Uchiha Feiyu was defeated.

Kakashi took two deep breaths. It was not an easy victory for him. If he had fought for a few more minutes until his strength was exhausted, he would probably have been the loser.

Neither of them used many lethal ninjutsu during the battle, so although Kakashi's physical strength was greatly depleted, the chakra in his body was still abundant, and he recovered after taking a few breaths.

"If you... act more proactively, you should be able to get a lot of resources!"

"Since you have been practicing secretly here every day, why don't you behave better and ask for more resources from the family and the village?"

In response to Kakashi's question, Uchiha Feiyu just chuckled and didn't explain further.

With the technique of summoning spirits and generals, he doesn't need to worry about not having enough ninjutsu to use in the future. On the contrary, if he gets too many resources from the village or family, it will be difficult for him to just sit back and do nothing.

(End of this chapter)