Naruto: Hayate Blade

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Asuma is the son of the third-generation Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen. Together with Kakashi, Metkai, and Kurenai, he is one of the four top ninjas of Konoha Village. He is also the instructor of the tenth class of Ino Shika Butterfly. He is also married to Young and beautiful Kurenai has a daughter, Sarutobi Mirai. From this point of view, Asuma should have been the winner in life, but the tragedy is that he encountered a battle where the gap between the enemy and ourselves was too wide, and ended early in less than 300 episodes. Compared with the activeness of his colleagues Kakashi and Gai in the later period, Performance, Asma is easily underestimated by everyone.

This video hopes to allow everyone to get to know a warm and responsible teacher again, who is qualified to become Hokage and the hero who will protect the future of Konoha Village.

Asuma is not a genius ninja. He has not inherited the Bloodline Limit, nor does he have unique skills such as Eight Gates Dungeon or Immortal Technique. What he is good at is the seemingly unknown chakra sword. But his chakra knife is not simple. The Book of Masters calls it the "Light Blade of the Wind". It is similar to the principle of Kakashi's Raikiri, and it is a change in the nature of the wind escape chakra. His wind blade can penetrate trees and rocks at will, and can chop enemy weapons into powder. Later, when Naruto developed the S-level ninjutsu Wind Release Rasenshuriken, Asuma also served as his instructor for the Wind Release part.

In addition to wind escape, Asuma is also good at fire escape. Regardless of its power, his fire escape ashes accumulation is at least one of the rare fire escapes that can hit people. He has used it three times in total, with a hit rate of 100.

Because Asuma has a beard and always holds a cigarette in his mouth, he looks a bit like an uncle, but he is actually about the same age as Kurenai. When they were in the ninja school, they were the same generation as Kakashi, Gai and others. With his outstanding talent, Kakashi was the first to be promoted to Jonin and joined the Anbu. Asuma embraced his own ideals and became the "Twelve Guardian Ninja" who protected the name of the Land of Fire. They were twelve elite ninjas selected from all over the Land of Fire, including the abbot of the Fire Temple, who later suppressed Hidan and Kakuzu's Chiriku in physical skills. Asuma is also the strongest among the "Twelve Warriors", and the Fire Emblem on his loincloth is proof of this honor and strength.

However, when Asuma completed his mission of protecting the daimyo and returned to the village, he was not recognized by his father, the Third Hokage, because he had made too many sacrifices. As a result, Asuma and the Third Hokage had a dispute. He believed that despite the sacrifice, he protected the most important "jade", which was the name of the Fire Country. However, the third generation said that he still did not understand what the real "jade" meant. Asuma was still very young at this time and could not understand the deeper meaning. He thought that his father simply did not want to acknowledge him.

Later, he, Kakashi, Kai, and Kurenai became jounin and began the task of training a new generation of ninjas. However, they are both jounin, but there is a big gap in their qualifications. Kurenai was called a "novice jounin" by them, and he should have been promoted recently, while Asuma had been a jounin for many years.

Although many viewers ridicule jounin as inferior to jonin, this is actually limited to the cannon fodder jounin from other villages. The real jounin of Konoha Village is still very valuable. Each of them is a master with a name and a unique ability. In the early days, apart from the four of them, only the chiefs of the major families were jounin. Anko, Morino Ihiki and others, as well as Minato's four personal guards, were all special people who were "specialized in certain aspects." They are just jounin, and most members of ANBU are just chuunin. When Kakashi entered ANBU as a jounin, he was directly the captain.

Asma's students are the descendants of Konoha's legendary group Ino Shikacho. They each have unique family secrets and distinct personalities. They are a relatively difficult class to teach. Asma teaches them in accordance with their aptitude. Among them, Shikamaru is a genius with an IQ over 200, but he lacks patience. Asuma taught him shogi to calm him down and turn his IQ into strategies and tactics. Although it only took Shikamaru ten minutes to learn it and crush his master, as the saying goes, "chess meets your opponent", and Asuma's ability to play against him as Shikamaru's opponent shows that his IQ is not low.

Another student Choji is characterized by kindness. Kindness is certainly an advantage, but being too "holy" can also turn into a weakness in battle. Being kind to the enemy will undoubtedly put you in danger. So Asuma conducted special training for Choji:

"If you can hit me with one punch, you're considered qualified. If you can't, you, Shikamaru, and Ino will have to go back to school and retake it." He wants Choji to turn his kindness into the power to protect his companions. Although Choji did not pass the special training immediately, in the subsequent battle with Oto Ninja Jirobo, he showed us the powerful power he burst out "to protect his companions".

Before Ino became Asuma's student, she was a savage and venomous girl. At first, she disliked the fat Choji who only knew how to eat and the wooden Shikamaru who didn't understand romance. But later Ino would take the initiative to understand the feelings of her companions. , don’t allow others to call Dingci “fatty”. Team 10 also went from being awkward when they were first formed to becoming happy and happy with one barbecue feast after another. And every time they have a big meal, Asma pays for it, which is much more than the two "fleeing kings" Kakashi and Jiraiya.

Furthermore, Asuma always arrives when his students are in danger. For example, when Orochimaru invaded Konoha, he heard that Shikamaru and the others were chasing the dangerous Gaara, so he put aside the fighting in the venue to support Shikamaru. Sure enough, Shikamaru was facing a crisis. He was surrounded by nine enemies with strength above Chunin, and his chakra was exhausted, and his life was hanging by a thread.

At the most critical moment, Asma fell from the sky, spitting out a mouthful of cigarette ash, and looked at her with domineering expression. He casually throws away the enemies he is holding in his hands, and uses powerful physical techniques to knock them away one by one. This is Asuma's first attack in the play. Although he only dealt with a group of small soldiers, his unstoppable fighting style, combined with his tough guy body shape and skin color, can be called a violent aesthetic.

However, although Asuma saved Shikamaru, when he returned to the village, his father, the Third Hokage, had died. After attending the funeral, in front of the Hokage's commemorative monument, Asuma finally understood the meaning of "jade" his father said. He once thought that "Jade" refers to the name of the country and the Hokage to the village, but the third generation had to sacrifice himself and die with the enemy in the battle, so what did he want to protect? Thinking that he left the Hokage at that time At the venue, he gave priority to supporting his students, and he suddenly understood the answer.

"Jade" is the most important chess piece in Shogi that will be defeated as long as it is eaten. When the Hokage dies, there will be a new successor. The real "jades" are the children who shoulder the future of Konoha Village. As long as they are still there, Konoha will continue to thrive. Asma placed the lit cigarette in front of the commemorative monument, "He was a handsome dad."

At this time, he has the same determination as his father to protect "Jade" with his life. With this awareness alone, he is enough to become a candidate for Hokage. But the battles he faced next became more dangerous each time.

First, there were the S-class rebellious ninjas, Uchiha Itachi and Inigaki Kisame, who suddenly appeared in the village. Asuma and Kurenai followed Kakashi's instructions and went to delay the enemy. Kurenai was responsible for containing Itachi, while Asma faced off against Kisame, another tough guy ninja in the show.

Many viewers thought that Asuma was at a disadvantage in this battle, mainly because Kisame's one-handed sword swing suppressed Asma's hands and cut his arm in the opening scene. But in fact, Asuma immediately retaliated and used the wind blade to leave a cut on the opponent's face. In terms of the degree of danger, the knife on the face was more serious than the arm. Asuma was at least a draw with Kisame in the first round. Afterwards, Kisame turned to using ninjutsu to attack, which can be seen as a sign of weakness in close combat. But then Kakashi arrived and blocked Kisame's attack with the ninjutsu copied by Sharingan.

Asuma didn't show any panic or "saved" expression. He thought that if Kakashi hadn't stepped in, he would have used Wind Release, Fire Release and Kisame to compete. Although Asuma may not be able to defeat Kisame, this plot should be to express that the two of them are equally powerful, otherwise they would clearly lose to Itachi like Kurenai next to him.

Everyone is familiar with the subsequent battle situation. Metkai arrived later and Itachi and Kisame retreated. Although the opponent was very strong in this battle, his teammates were equally reliable. The four Jonin were able to fight against two members of the Akatsuki organization. However, in Shippuden, Asuma once again faced the powerful enemy of the Akatsuki organization, this time with only three chuunin by his side.

At the beginning of Shippuden, Asuma was living a happy life. Shikamaru, Ino and Choji all became chunin and began to perform tasks independently. In his spare time, apart from guiding Naruto, who was practicing S-level ninjutsu, Fengdun, his focus in life was on Kurenai. Although Asuma looks rough, she is actually very shy on the inside. She wants to buy flowers for Kurenai secretly, but is as embarrassed as a little boy after being seen through by her own students. However, Asuma successfully caught up with Hong and got her pregnant quickly. Out of her husband's responsibility, he, a heavy smoker, also started to quit smoking.

However, this happy life was soon broken by the invasion of the Akatsuki organization. Akatsuki's Hidan and Kakuzu appeared in the Land of Fire and attacked the Fire Temple. Asuma's former comrade in the "Twelve Guardian Ninja", Chiriku, was killed by them. After receiving this news, the current Fifth Hokage, Tsunade, organized twenty new teams and launched a large-scale manhunt in the Land of Fire. Tsunade's order was to "bet the prestige of Konoha and not allow them to escape from the Fire Country." country. If they cannot be captured alive, they will be punished on the spot.”

Although Konoha had come into contact with Akatsuki at this time, it seemed that they had somewhat underestimated the enemy because they had defeated Scorpion with the help of Granny Suna Ninja Chiyo some time ago. Among the Jonin, Asuma was the only one who participated in the operation, and his Ino Shika Butterfly Squad was also dismantled, leaving Shikamaru the only one in the team who could fight. The other two new teammates were mistakenly thought by the audience to be the special jounin who had served as Minato's bodyguard, but in fact they were the cannon fodder chuunin who was subdued by Xiao Li with one hand when registering for the chunin exam. He was the gatekeeper of Konoha Village. Not only were they useless in a battle of Akatsuki's level, but Asuma was distracted from protecting him.

Moreover, Hidan and Kakuzu's enemies this time have very special abilities, especially Hidan's "immortality" and "curse" abilities. It is easier to target them if there is sufficient information, but if you don't know his abilities, it is almost impossible. You will definitely get tricked.

Before the war, Asuma and Shikamaru discussed tactics. Shikamaru advocated forming a double frontline with Asuma to maximize the success rate of the Shadow Binding Technique. But although Asuma gave this tactic a high evaluation, he did not adopt it. He believed that Shikamaru was the only advantage of this team and the most important strategist. He should use his brains and judgment to control the battle situation from the rear. In addition, The two chunin were responsible for protecting Shikamaru, and he was the only vanguard capable of breaking through the enemy's formation. Asuma's tactics were more cautious than Shikamaru's, and they did work well.

Afterwards, Asuma's team found the enemy, and when Kakuzu entered the house to exchange money and Hidan was alone, Asuma's team launched a gank.

Asuma first attracted Hidan's attention. Shikamaru took the opportunity to trap Hidan with the shadow binding technique that was sure to hit him at first sight. Two chunin, Izumo and Koko Tetsu, attacked from the side and stabbed Hidan through. The coordination at this moment was perfect. If they were ordinary enemies, they would be dead if they met each other. But Hidan raised his head as if nothing had happened: "Do you know which one of you is in pain?"

The well-informed Asuma was also shocked. Such an ability was simply unbelievable. No wonder Jilu died at their hands. In fact, if Asuma and Shikamaru had known that the enemy was immortal and had directly cut off Hidan's head in a sneak attack, they would have been in the best condition to face Kakuzu; even now, Asuma still has a chance to cut off Hidan's head. Hit Hidan's head. But at this moment Kakuzu came out of the house and directly attacked Shikamaru who was maintaining the shadow binding technique. Asuma did not hesitate at all and immediately gave up Hidan in front of him to save Shikamaru. The opportunity brought by the sneak attack was completely lost. In exchange for the information that the enemy has immortality.

Afterwards, Hidan told Kakuzu not to take action, and he wanted to single out these few people who dared to attack him. Kakuzu really had no intention of taking action and just watched the battle quietly. Asuma and Shikamaru exchanged tactics: "I'll go first. You wait for the opportunity to use the shadow binding technique. As long as you trap him for a moment, I will chop off his head." And all this is not to win, but to escape.

Asuma's mind was calm and clear. He was not careless because the enemy was idle. After seeing Hidan's ability, he immediately understood that the enemy in front of him was not something he and the three chuunin could deal with. The gap between the enemy and ourselves is too great, and even retreat is impossible. Asma said: "If we retreat without fighting, we will be completely wiped out." The only chance of survival at the moment is to create the illusion of wanting to fight. Let the other enemy not rush to take action and wait for reinforcements to arrive.

But it would take 30 minutes for the nearest reinforcements to arrive, and Asuma was prepared to make a desperate move. Shikamaru is also aware of the current situation. After years of playing shogi, he knows that Asuma wants to take the dangerous move of "stick silver". Simply put, the "stick silver" tactic is to deliberately send chess pieces into the enemy's formation. , but because there is support from one's own pieces behind, the opponent does not dare to change pieces, thereby gaining an advantage in the situation, just like using a rook to protect the pawns in chess and push them forward.

Asuma said to Shikamaru: "I will not be an outcast because you are here." He regarded Shikamaru as his car to protect him from behind. However, although Shikamaru has a strong mind and good strength, he is not good enough to be a car in front of opponents of the level of Hidan and Kakuzu.

At this time, Hidan on the opposite side had drawn a strange magic circle on the ground and urged them: "Is the combat meeting over?" Asuma knew that the enemy would become suspicious if he delayed it any longer, so he started to attack.

His goal was only to last for 30 minutes, so he was very conservative in the battle with Hidan. With the wind blades that cut iron like mud, Hidan's weapons did not pose a threat to him. In addition, he learned from his comrade Ji Riku to meet thousands of enemies. Killing with his hands and containing Shikamaru's Shadow Sewing Technique, Asuma had the upper hand in the taijutsu contest. But the only weak point where there was a problem was the two chunin responsible for protecting Shikamaru. Facing the scythe suddenly thrown by Hidan, they were unable to stop him for even a moment. Asuma had no choice but to retreat to rescue him, but fell into Hidan's trick and was scratched by the returning scythe.

The wound was very shallow and shouldn't be a serious problem, but Hidan had another terrifying ability in addition to "immortality", "curse". He licked Asma's blood off the sickle, walked into a circular magic circle, and his body turned into a terrifying skull shape.

At this time, Asuma has been cursed, and any harm Hidan suffers will be suffered equally by him. It happened that Asuma used Fire Release Ash Sekiyaki at this time. As a result, this powerful ninjutsu displayed for the first time caused him to be seriously injured. The battle situation that was originally under control suddenly turned into a desperate situation. Due to Hidan's self-harm, Asuma was left with only one arm and leg to move.

Shikamaru fell into deep self-blame. He failed to be a vehicle to contain the enemy, but instead needed Asuma to turn around and protect him, which led to him facing the situation of being singled out. He used all his strength to cast the Shadow Binding Technique, and finally controlled Hidan just as his sharp blade was about to pierce his heart.

Hidan failed to avoid the shadow this time, allowing Shikamaru to notice the clues. His mind began to work rapidly, and every detail of the battle appeared in front of his eyes. Based on the keywords such as "curse, ritual, and preparation" mentioned by the enemy, as well as the corresponding blood licking movements and walking into the circular magic circle on the ground, Shikamaru deduced in just a few seconds that the opponent's technique was likely to be It can only take effect in a magic circle. This is why villains die from talking too much, Hidan shouldn't talk so much.

Shikamaru struggled to use the shadow imitation technique to control the opponent out of the magic circle on the ground. Asuma immediately cut Hidan's ear with a shuriken to test. Sure enough, the damage was not reflected back to himself, so Shikamaru immediately used the shadow seam. The technique pierced the enemy's body.

Hidan finally knew something was wrong, and shouted to Kakuzu: "Come and help me, hurry up." Asuma's wind blade increased to its maximum, and he cut off his head with one blow. Although Hidan is immortal, without his head, his body cannot move.

At this point, Asuma and Shikamaru's battle against Hidan should actually be over, which is in line with the protagonist's level of combat power when the two of them replace a member of the Akatsuki organization. However, in addition to Hidan, the enemy also had an unscathed Kakuzu, and Asuma was severely disabled, Shikamaru was also unable to move due to excessive consumption, and the other two chunin were nothing more than air, so the next step was A unilateral massacre.

Kakuzu finally took action, first completely defeating Asuma who was unable to resist, then using the secret technique of resentment to sew Hidan's head back to his body, and then grabbed the two chunin one by one like chickens. stand up. Hidan, who had regained his life, couldn't wait to kill Asuma, but Asuma delivered a dying blow, causing Hidan to be struck by his own scythe. Unexpectedly, Hidan was already in the curse circle at this time, and Asuma received another fatal injury.

Shikamaru staggered and ran towards Asuma, but it was in vain. Hidan plunged the sharp blade into his heart frantically.

But Asma did not fail like this. Don't forget, his purpose was to delay for 30 minutes. At this time, reinforcements finally arrived, including his other two apprentices Choji and Ino, as well as two special jounin who had served as Minato's bodyguards.

In particular, Jonin is much more useful than Chunin, at least he can go with Kakuzu for a few rounds. But they arrived a step too late. Asuma had already suffered four fatal injuries, and Ino's medical ninjutsu was powerless to save him. Fortunately, both Hidan and Kakudu received the call from the organization at this time and temporarily withdrew.

In this battle, Asuma protected Shikamaru with his life, preserving the hard-won intelligence and the hope of defeating the enemy in the future. On his deathbed, he told Shikamaru what he realized about the meaning of "jade". I am the silver general who charges into battle, you are the resourceful Keima, and the "Jade" we must protect at the risk of our lives are the children who shoulder the future of Konoha Village. Me and Hong’s child, I’ll leave it to you.

Asuma lit up the last cigarette and sighed: "There is no need to quit smoking now." His biggest regret was that he could not see his daughter, named Sarutobi and Mirai.