Naruto: Hayate Blade

However, it didn't take long for such a happy life to be 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 their enemy was immortal and had 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. 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 It's one-sided.

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.

Why is Asuma, who is both an elite Jounin of Konoha, so much weaker than Kakashi and Gai? The four great Jounin of Konoha include Kakashi, Kai, Kurenai Yuhi, and Asma. Among these four, what gives people I feel that Kakashi and Kaido are the strongest. Asuma and Yuhi Kurenai are much weaker than them. They are both ninjas at the same time. Asuma, as the son of the third Hokage Sarutobi, is stronger. He shouldn't be weak, but he is indeed much weaker than Kakashi and Gai. Are Kakashi, Gai and the others too good?

Asuma is the son of the Third Hokage. At first I didn’t know that Asuma was actually the son of the Third Hokage. Maybe he was too low-key. Asuma was still the guardian of the Twelve Ninjas. He had a feud with the Third Hokage in his early years, and the issue surrounding Naruto and the daimyo , who is the real leader, Asuma chose to protect the Ninja Twelve, and later understood, he returned to Konoha Village as a Jonin. Asuma's strength is still acceptable. After all, the Third Hokage personally taught him, so Asuma is not much weaker than Kakashi and Kai. Kakashi is the son of Konoha White Fang and has been a genius since he was a child. Kai was able to open the Eight Gate Dunjia and almost kicked the person in the finale.

Asuma did not inherit the powerful ninjutsu from the Third Hokage, not even the monkey demon.

Asuma is the wind attribute chakra, and the Third Hokage is a person who knows all five attributes. Asuma has never learned the Third Hokage himself. He has known about falling in love since he was a child. He even got Yuhi Kurenai. He must be Without studying hard, among the four great jounin, Kakashi and Gai are both single. In addition, Asuma did not receive the true inheritance of the Third Hokage, and he did not even inherit the third Hokage's psychic beast, the monkey demon. After the death of the third Hokage, the monkey demon did not appear again. Fortunately, Konohamaru inherited the monkey demon psychic beast. In Boruto, there are two kinds of Konohamaru's psychic beasts, one is the toad of Mt. Myoboku, and the other is the little monkey demon.

Asuma died at the hands of Hidan

Asuma's last battle was with Akatsuki organization Hidan. Asuma wanted to find Chiriku's body, so he chased Hidan and the others and found Hidan at the gold exchange. Hidan and Kakuzu were both immortals, and Asuma's squad was no match for them. Moreover, Kakuzu basically didn't take any action, and Hidan was fighting alone. In the end, Asuma died at the hands of Hidan. Asuma was indeed a bit weak and died too early, but Kakashi, Gai and the others survived to the end and participated in the Fourth Ninja War. Gai opened the Eight Gates to fight against the Six Paths. spot. Kakashi forced a cheat, opened Susanoo, and fought against Ye Hui.

As the character of Sarutobi Asuma, as the grandson of the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, Sarutobi Asma is not very famous. He can even be said to be reclusive. From his body, you can’t see what a son of Hokage should theoretically have. On the contrary, he is the most humane of all teachers. But because of this character, Asuma Sarutobi is often underestimated. Today I will talk to you about how strong this Jounin of Konoha is.

In fact, many people say that Sarutobi Asuma is weak. After all, from the beginning to the end, Sarutobi Asma has a flying swallow that is more conspicuous, and there are only a few ninjutsu that he is good at. Even his killer weapon Ash is not really up to par. The purpose of inflicting a painful blow on the enemy. They are both jounin. Look at Kakashi next to him. Not only is he very good at using Thunder Escape Chidori, but he also has Sharingan. Sarutobi Asuma is also too weak.

But don't forget, when Asuma was chasing more than ten people from Sound Ninja Village alone, he walked over leisurely with a cigarette in his mouth, and knocked down all the ten people on the opposite side by himself, and he was still in the mood. By flicking cigarette ashes and not using any ninjutsu in the whole process, just the competition between taijutsu can give Asuma such terrifying strength. This kind of strength cannot be achieved by ordinary jounin.

Then there was Asuma versus Itachi and Inikaki Kisame, but Itachi didn't take action. If Itachi had taken action, there would be no suspense in this episode. It was also from this episode that people began to take this seemingly ordinary jounin seriously. In fact, the battle process is not very complicated. After all, in a one-on-one battle, no matter how strong two people are, it is impossible for them to be successful. Kisame Inikaki and Asuma are both ninjas who are better at physical skills. At first, everyone thought they were inseparable from each other. But then Kisame Kisame suddenly raised his head and realized that if it hadn't been for that action, the battle between them would have been decided by now.

In front of Kisame's neck, Asuma's flying swallow was shining coldly. Kisame is called a "half-tailed beast". This is an affirmation of his chakra and his strength. And being able to join Akatsuki means that Kisame's strength far exceeds that of most ninjas. But Asuma can fight to a 50-50 tie with Kisame Ingakaki. I believe his strength cannot be underestimated. Will you still despise this seemingly ordinary jounin now? The reason why the third generation of Hokage was rated as the strongest Naruto is inseparably related to his golden cudgel. This weapon is powerful and has an indestructible body. It can be called an artifact of the previous generation. We all know that Asuma is the eldest son of Hiruzen Sarutobi, so why didn't he inherit his father's weapons after the death of the Third Hokage?

Because Asuma is not suitable. The Golden Cudgel is not an ordinary weapon, but transformed from the ape demon. As a high-level psychic beast, it is difficult for the ape demon to identify with a person. Although Asma is excellent, we have to admit that there is still a big gap between him and his father. He had not understood the will of fire taught by his father for half his life. He only knew that his father was deliberately denying him, so the relationship between father and son once fell into a low point. But at Hiruzen's funeral, Asuma suddenly had an epiphany about the true meaning of the Will of Fire.

From this point of view, although Asuma's spirit is also very noble, he has not reached the height of Sarutobi Hiruzen. This is enough to show that he still needs to make progress for a long time before he wants to be recognized by the monkey demon. And Asuma was already middle-aged when he appeared on the scene. As the most ninja, he had no time to wait for the ape demon's approval. Instead of waiting for the ape demon's approval, it was better to master a unique skill as soon as possible.

And Asma's age does not allow him to inherit the golden hoop. When Asuma was born, he was at the peak of the Third Hokage. At this time, he was too old to inherit the Golden Cudgel. When he grew up to become a qualified ninja that day, the Third Hokage was still being re-elected. Even if Asuma wanted to inherit the Golden Cudgel at this time, there was no way the Third Hokage would allow it. Because the identity of the Third Hokage is a Kage, the Golden Cudgel is theoretically a weapon that only a Kage is qualified to use. No matter how talented Asuma is, he would never dare to openly use the Hokage's equipment as a weapon. This is Konoha's system, and no one can Not to be broken.

Later, when Hiruzen Sarutobi intended to retire as Hokage, Asuma already had his own weapon, a chakra sword. Asuma has been practicing this unique skill for more than ten years. At this time, he inherited the monkey demon and couldn't use it perfectly in a short time. Instead of inheriting the golden cudgel, it is better to spend this time practicing chakra knife. For Asuma, this is the most suitable choice.

Therefore, it's not that Asuma is unwilling to inherit the Golden Cudgel, it's just that he didn't catch up on the point step by step. Fortunately, this setting was not wasted. In the latest Boruto, Konohamaru Sarutobi inherited the agreement between his ancestors and the monkey demon, and adopted the monkey demon's son Kongo as his own psychic beast. Uzumaki Naruto's background setting at the beginning was very strange. As a jinchuriki, not to mention becoming the village's key protection target, it was understandable even if he was trained as a humanoid weapon like Gaara. But Naruto, who has the strongest tailed beast in his body, is very unpopular in the village. Not only does all the villagers avoid him, but even the Third Hokage and Kakashi, who know Naruto's true identity, are very unpopular. Pay less attention to Naruto.

Among them, Kakashi is a disciple of the Fourth Hokage Namikaze Minato, and Minato's son is Naruto. So as Kakashi is the disciple of the fourth generation, and the fourth generation also helped him a lot, why did he ignore Naruto? I will list a few reasons for a rough analysis.

Hajime Naruto's setting is Kyuubi

In the early days of the Naruto story, there was no concept of jinchūriki. The official setting book shows that Naruto was initially set to appear as a human, but his actual identity was the nine-tailed demon fox that destroyed the village. This can explain why. Almost everyone in the village, including Kakashi, no longer cared about Naruto. After all, not everyone is as great as Iruka. You must know that when the nine-tailed demon fox was raging, countless villagers were ruined and their families were killed. Even after twelve years, they could not let go.

At that time, even the Third Hokage just looked at Naruto in the crystal ball and occasionally came to visit him. So it's normal that Kakashi doesn't care much about Naruto. At least he doesn't discriminate against Naruto. Those who take special care of Naruto like Iruka and Jiraiya regard Naruto as their own child. Xi himself is not good at expressing emotions

When Kakashi was a child, Kakashi's father abandoned his mission to save his companions, and eventually committed suicide amid rumors among the villagers. Kakashi himself is a taciturn character, and his heart became even more closed-minded after his father's death. After the consciousness of companions hidden in his heart was awakened by Obito, Kakashi finally untied the knot in his heart, but later accidentally killed Rin, which made Kakashi even more melancholy. Therefore, even though on the surface Kakashi seems to be indifferent to Naruto, in fact it is Kakashi who is not good at expressing his feelings. When faced with a real life-or-death situation, he will still protect Naruto.

Not suitable for teaching Naruto ninjutsu

I think many people think that one of the reasons why Kakashi doesn't care about Naruto is that instead of teaching Naruto ninjutsu, he has been helping Sasuke train Chidori. This is actually not because Kakashi is partial, but because Sasuke is indeed more suitable than Naruto to learn Kakashi's ninjutsu. Both Kakashi and Sasuke have the Sharingan, and Sasuke himself is good at changing the nature of the thunder attribute in addition to the fire escape that is most commonly used by the Uchiha clan, so Kakashi will give him special training to teach him Chidori. Because the ninjutsu of Chidori not only requires the caster to be proficient in the changes in the nature of thunder, but also requires the sharingan eye to cooperate to achieve the best effect. Therefore, Sasuke who meets these two points will naturally get more care from Kakashi. .

Naruto himself does not know how to change the nature of chakra attributes, and learning wind escape was something that happened later in Shippuden. Naruto's own strength is that as a descendant of the Uzumaki clan, he has a huge amount of chakra.