Escape From Konoha

"Kankuro, didn't you plan to sneak up on him with his true form behind you?"

Seeing Kankuro on the field, directly facing Neji in his true form, Temari couldn't help but raise her eyebrows.

Generally speaking, as Kankuro's puppet master, he will definitely try his best to hide his true identity, so as to sneak up on his opponent at the critical moment and deliver a fatal blow.

This is a very traditional and classic combat method of the puppet master, and it can be said that it is tried and tested by people who do not understand the puppet master's profession.

But this time Kankuro gave up. Normally, the opponent should hide his real body in the bandage behind his back and show himself as a puppet instead of facing the enemy directly with his real body.

Gaara, on the other hand, clasped his hands on his chest, the look of his eyes still cold, and said coldly: "Those eyes called Byakugan have extremely strong insight and perspective capabilities. The puppet master's body, in front of such eyes, There is absolutely no way to hide, including the various mechanisms hidden among the puppets."

When encountering such an opponent, hiding one's true body is just a redundant move and a waste of unnecessary energy.

In the final analysis, this is no different from hiding one's ears and stealing the bell.

"Kankuro now faces his biggest problem ever."

Marky also sighed.

Although he acknowledged Kankuro's talent as a puppet master, relying on the puppet master's fighting style was enough to defeat even an ordinary chuunin.

But the opponent we faced this time was completely different from those we had encountered before.

Byakugan...that is the treasure-level blood inheritance limit that many villages can only ask for.

In front of such eyes, any traps and mechanisms are useless.

From the very beginning, Kankuro's true form could not be hidden. Similarly, the various traps and traps inside the puppets he operated were also visible to Byakugan.

How these organs operate, how they appear, and where they come from are also clearly observed.

All these unfavorable situations made Ma Ji wonder what kind of method Kankuro would use to turn things around.

Kankuro can be said to have encountered the worst opponent in the Chunin Exams, bar none.

"Aren't you going to hide your body and attack secretly this time?"

What Maki and others can notice is that Neji, as the person involved, has a more intuitive understanding of Kankuro's weight.

In the first written test, he noticed with his eyes the identity of Kankuro, the puppet master.

Let the puppet act on your behalf, and wrap the body in a bandage and place it behind the puppet to carry out a disguised sneak attack.

People who don't know the truth can really be fooled by this kind of trick.

But it was of no use to Neji.

The puppet controlled by Kankuro, how many gears are inside, how it works, and how many hidden weapons are hidden, are all invisible to Byakugan's insight and cannot be hidden at all.

"That would make it look even more stupid."

Kankuro looked solemn.

He also knows that this may be one of the most difficult battles since his debut.

Therefore, Kankuro directly removed the heavy object wrapped with bandages on his back, making a clicking sound.

This is a puppet with three eyes and four arms.

Wearing a gray-black cloak, it is used as clothing to wrap around the puppet's body.

Through the chakra connection, Kankuro directly gained control of the puppet, the crow.

Seeing this, Neji still didn't make any move, but glanced at Onigashima Shinobu with his white eyes, seeming to urge the other party to announce quickly.

"Now that you two are ready, let's get started."

Onigashima Ninja followed the same words as before and announced the start of the competition.

Whoosh!

Without hesitation, Kankuro's fingers started to move, and the puppet named Crow immediately rushed in front of Neji like lightning under his skillful operation.

Opening its mouth, several poisoned kunai ejected from the crow's mouth and flew towards Neji from a very short distance.

Without even looking at it, Neji escaped from the crow's attack in a flash, bypassed the crow, and rushed towards Kankuro.

The attack pattern of the crow cannot be hidden from the Byakugan. Before the crow fires the poisonous kunai from its mouth, his Byakugan has already seen through the prelude of the crow filling and launching the kunai in advance. It is like knowing the test papers in advance before taking an exam. The answer, however, is the same as step-by-step plagiarism.

Even if Kankuro temporarily changed his attack mode, he still couldn't hide it from Byakugan's detection.

Any slight movement of the body will become available material for Byakugan to judge the attack pattern.

"cut!"

Naturally, Kankuro would not sit still and wait for death. He did not dare to have close contact with Neji.

As a puppet master, he has very weak melee combat capabilities.

Under his operation, the crow immediately turned its head and clicked several times, as if preparing to activate some mechanism.

Neji raised his arm and made a sharp stroke.

Snapped!

It's like cutting something off.

The crow, which was still activating the mechanism, immediately hung stiffly in mid-air, and its next attack command was directly blocked by Neji.

The lengthening of the battle line means that the chakra threads used by the puppet master to operate the puppet will be exposed. Although these chakra threads are very thin and very hidden, Neji can see the existence of these chakra threads with the help of his Byakugan.

Kankuro was helpless. This was the first time he had encountered someone who could find and cut off his chakras so easily.

This type of opponent would be too bad.

He had no choice but to free his hand, take out the weapon from the ninja bag, and avoid the first round of close combat first.

When he had this idea, Neji seemed to see through his disguise and came to him first, pointing out two fingers accurately.

Oops!

Neji's speed was so fast that Kankuro couldn't react in time.

Although every puppet master has extremely excellent dynamic vision and neurological reaction capabilities, it does not mean that his physical abilities are very strong.

Because abandoning one's own combat power and pouring everything into the puppet is a flaw that many puppet masters cannot get around.

Kankuro is not immune to this.

As soon as Kankuro took out the kunai from his ninja bag and prepared to raise his hand to attack, his arm started to hurt.

It was pointed by two fingers stretched out by Neji.

The kunai in Kankuro's hand fell down powerlessly, and his arm seemed to have softened, unable to lift the slightest strength. Even the channel of chakra flowing to the arm was blocked immediately.

Kankuro's eyes were hard, and he continued to operate the puppet not far away with his other hand, reconnecting it.

Rather, that was exactly what he was aiming for.

Although he knew that these small moves could not be hidden from Byakugan's detection, Kankuro still wanted to fight hard and fight with his best effort.

The crow's head was seen twisting, and then it flew into the sky, revealing the sharp knife under its neck, aiming at Neji's back.

Since all attacks cannot be hidden from Neji's eyes, Kankuro has no intention of hiding his methods. Not only is it meaningless, but it will also waste his physical strength and chakra.

There was no movement on Neji's face, and then the materialized chakra erupted from his body, and a violent wind field was generated around his body.

Kankuro's eyelids twitched, and he suddenly felt bad.

"Back to the days!"

The head of the crow that attacked from behind was directly ejected, along with Kankuro's body.

After the Kaitian spins up, the wind pressure aura generated can not only defend against external attacks, but can also carry out simultaneous attacks on enemies within the range.

After flicking the head of the crow puppet and Kankuro the puppet master, Neji immediately stopped turning his body.

Although Kaiten is a very powerful move, it also consumes a lot of chakra.

But as long as you control your time, you can avoid the problem of wasting chakra.

Therefore, timing is of the utmost importance.

Kankuro, who was thrown away, fell to the ground completely. He tried to get up from the ground with his arms several times, but he felt severe pain in his body. Then he fell down weakly, gasping for air.

"What a horrible guy..."

Kankuro commented on Neji in this way.

Not only the soft fist, but also the speed is unbelievably fast.

The move that defeated him in the end was obviously some kind of unique physical skill, integrating both offense and defense, completely giving him no chance to turn defeat into victory.

Calm to the point of frightening composure.

In fact, if he encounters an opponent of the same strength, he will not perform so badly.

The reason why this happened was because every move he made was perfectly predicted by Byakugan by observing the puppet and the flow of chakra in his body.

This feeling is like being seen into the future.

It made him feel extremely uncomfortable.

"I didn't expect that when I used Kaiten, I could do two things at once. It seems that the Hyuga branch of Konoha has indeed produced an outstanding talent."

In the auditorium, Shiraishi sighed slightly.

Although he multitasks, it is not difficult for a ninja of his level to achieve it.

Sometimes it's not impossible to use three things at once.

But this is not something that a genin can do easily.

Just now, Neji used Kaiten to rebound and attack his puppet from behind, and then bounced away from Kankuro's body. In the process, Kaiten was not maintained all the time. But at the moment when Kaiten was about to disappear, he used extremely fast techniques to tap acupuncture points on Kankuro's body, causing Kankuro's body to be attacked twice before he collapsed. Otherwise, the rebound alone would not be enough to seriously injure Kankuro.

If it's a higher level of Kaitian, that's a different story.

At least in Shiraishi's view, Neji's Kaiten still has a lot of room for improvement at this age and has not fully exerted its power.

This is because his Byakugan has a flaw, causing some of its power to be lost. If it weren't for his excellent natural qualifications, it is very likely that the power of Kaitian would be weakened again.

After all, the basis of Kaiten's use is the soft fist, and the basis of the Hyuga clan's soft fist comes from the Byakugan.

There is a flaw in Baiyan's ability, which means that there is also a flaw in Rouquan. Although this kind of flaw can be corrected through acquired training, it is actually very difficult.

Back then, Ayane barely managed to overcome the shortcomings of being separated from the family because of her learning of celestial beings.

Using his own hard power, he forcibly made up for the shortcomings in the Byakugan of the Separation Family, making his own Byakugan problem-free.

But as long as the caged bird is not released, the flaw of separation and white eyes will never disappear.

"Your moves are indeed as sharp as ever, Neji."

Seeing Neji return unharmed, Xiao Li's face showed a solemn look.

He was worthy of being the opponent he always wanted to surpass. Although his opponent's ability was restrained by Byakugan, Neji defeated the opponent unscathed, which was something Xiao Li did not expect.

"Compared with my problems, you should care about yourself."

Neji said, and then his eyes turned to the stage. His originally irritable mood gradually calmed down after a battle.

"Damn it, why isn't it me?"

Not far away, a loud cry like Naruto's wail could be heard.

I saw the names of the next group of contestants displayed on the electronic screen——

Gaara (Sunagakure) VS Toss Anvil (Otongakure)

Not to mention other people's reactions, Maki and Temari, who are on the same camp as Gaara, couldn't help but get nervous when they saw this.

Unlike all the genin here, Gaara is a true monster.

This is not only reflected in the strength of the opponent, but also due to the bloodthirsty killing nature.

"Gaara, be careful not to kill your opponent, otherwise it will be very troublesome to deal with."

Maki gave Gaara a piece of advice.

With his strength, there is no need to fear Gaara, but he can only use pale words to restrain Gaara's actions.

I hope Gaara won't get ahead and kill his opponent in a moment of excitement.

If that happens, I might not be able to participate in the third official game. This would be a huge blow to Sunagakure.

"Yes, that's right, Gaara, you don't want to miss out on a strong opponent in the official competition because of the qualifiers."

Temari also forced a smile to dissuade Gaara.

Gaara went downstairs without even looking at the two of them.

This made Maki and Temari feel very helpless.

However, this also makes Gaara's style dictatorial and self-centered in his actions. Even if he is guiding the Jonin, it often doesn't work.

Toss, who came to the stage before Gaara, had a solemn expression.

He knew that he was the only one left in the trio as the representative of Otogakure Village.

Sac and Qin in front have both been eliminated.

If he was also eliminated here and could not qualify for the official competition, it would mean that the whole army of Otoyin Village was annihilated. He could not imagine what kind of miserable end the three of them would face.

Although I really want to complain about the Minister of Military Affairs of the Kingdom of Ghosts, if he has nothing to do with the qualifiers, just extend the competition time and let everyone directly participate in the official competition, isn't it a solution that has the best of both worlds?

If not, Sark and Jean wouldn't stop there.

At least in this way, the reputation of Otoyin Village can be saved, and it will not fall into this situation.

But even now it's too late to complain.

Rather than complaining like this, he now needs to think carefully about how to win this game.

Looking at Gaara who came to the field at a leisurely pace, Toss looked at his every move.

Apart from the fact that he has no eyebrows, the most suspicious thing is the big gourd behind the opponent.

He didn't know what was in that big gourd, but he was certain that it was some kind of extremely mysterious secret weapon.

Toss also didn't know whether the opponent was a melee or long-range ninja. He could only carefully guess what type of ninjutsu the opponent would use based on the existing intelligence.

"Hurry up and start, I haven't seen blood for a long time."

Gaara said coldly, his face expressionless.

Not paying attention to Gaara's rudeness, Onigashima Ninja announced the start of the competition as before.

The moment the competition was announced, a sound broke through the air.

Toss saw clearly that what was flying towards him was the cork on the gourd behind Gaara. Although it was an object made of wood, judging from the sound of it breaking through the air and the speed, if it was hit, it would inevitably break the skin and bleed.

Toss easily dodged such a probing attack, wiped up his sleeves, revealing the armor with a large number of air holes on his right arm, and rushed towards Gaara without hesitation the next second.

In just one move, he can use his ninjutsu to make his opponent lose the ability to resist.

Gaara didn't care about Toss's actions, he just stood there and kept his posture. When Toss was about to approach him, a cloud of yellow sand flew out from the gourd behind him, whizzing out. .

Toss stepped back in time and avoided the attack of sand.

Is there sand in the gourd? Toss narrowed his eyes, realizing Gaara's attack methods.

Toss, who was thinking about countermeasures, quickly noticed something was wrong.

"What?"

Toss was startled and looked down at his feet. Unknown to him, the area below his calves was already airtightly wrapped in sand.

The stone slabs at his feet turned into sand at some point, catching him off guard.

The sand in the gourd is a feint, and the sand under your feet is the hidden killer move.

Realizing this, Toss broke out in a cold sweat, because he was too wary of the gourd behind Gaara, and instead ignored his surroundings.

Toss did not hesitate, raised his right arm, and then quickly swung it towards the sand under his feet.

Buzz!

There was a vibrating sound from the air hole of the armor on his right arm, which was some kind of powerful sound attack.

Sand and dust flew, but only part of it was scattered by his attack, and a considerable part still solidified below his calf, swallowing it up.

When Toss was about to use a second blow to completely get rid of this unfavorable situation, his eyes were suddenly shrouded in a huge shadow.

Toss's eyes widened in disbelief. A large amount of sand appeared in front of his eyes, rushing in overwhelmingly and instantly surrounding him, leaving only his head exposed.

The unknown situation made Toss look horrified.

He seemed to see a very cruel smile on Gaara's face. In Toss's fearful eyes, he slowly raised his arm and spread his fingers, as if preparing a prelude to some kind of move.

"No, don't... ah ah ah ah!"

Toss's cry for mercy did not bring any mercy from Gaara. The raised arm clenched its fingers into a fist.

The sand surrounding Toss suddenly began to squeeze inward.

A large amount of blood spattered out, and it seemed like a bloody rain fell on the field, appearing in front of everyone.

And Toss, who was the test subject, fell to the ground covered in blood at this moment, lying in a pool of blood.

Although he is not dead yet, the body below the neck has been squeezed hard by the sand, and a large number of bones have been crushed by the steel-like sand layer. Basically, only the last breath is left, or the one who may die later. kind of degree.

"That guy is dead, doesn't it mean you can't kill your opponent?"

Gaara's cruel and bloody methods made Naruto shudder.

Gaara's eyes were emotionless, as if he didn't care about what was happening in front of him, and he had long been accustomed to such scenes.

Sasuke shook his head and said, "No, the one named Toss still has his last breath left and is not dead."

However, in this case, Sasuke thought it would be better to just die.

Most of the bones in the body were crushed, and except for the head, which could still move, the rest of the body had lost the ability to move freely.

Even if he can be rescued, he can only lie in a hospital bed for the rest of his life, no different from a vegetative state.

Although Toss's condition at this time was somewhat pitiful, some people were even dissatisfied with Gaara's behavior of cruelly killing his enemies.

But this is all protected by the rules of the exam.

After all, as long as the opponent is not killed, then even if the opponent is disabled, it is the default rule.

If the limit is not adjusted so low, then the Chunin Examination will be a complete game of house.

In a sense, Gaara's behavior is also encouraged by the exam rules.

After all, the battle of ninja is not a game during the ninja school, but a bloody fight and battle.

It is impossible to kill the opponent, but it can make the opponent suffer for a lifetime. It is a method that is more terrifying than death. There are as many methods as you want.

But how many people did this guy kill if he could abuse his opponent like this without changing his face? Sasuke saw Gaara's cold face without emotion, and his heart became heavy for a while.

Although he had killed people before, Sasuke still felt a little uncomfortable by torturing his enemies without any limit in order to satisfy his excessive desire to kill.

Such a bloody and cruel scene is a bit too exciting for a ninja who has not seen much of the world.

"I really don't want to meet this kind of guy in the official game."

When Naruto saw Toss being carried away by the medical ninja, he was still in such a miserable state that he couldn't help but feel lingering fear.

"It's not something you can control. And, it's your turn to play."

Sasuke pointed to the electronic screen, where a group of names was rearranged——

——Uzumaki Naruto (Konoha) VS Red Copper Armor (Konoha)

Naruto looked at the electronic screen in astonishment, and then became excited. After waiting for so long, it was finally his turn to appear.

After watching so many games, he was already excited and wanted to contribute a wonderful battle.

"But the red copper armor...he is the companion of Senior Dou. I don't know what kind of moves will be, I am really looking forward to it."

Naruto said as he walked down the stairs excitedly, he couldn't wait to start a duel.

"The guy is still frizzy."

Kakashi looked at Naruto's impatience and shook his head helplessly.

Although he has laid the foundation for Naruto as a ninja, he is still powerless in terms of dealing with the world.

"That's just who that guy is, let him be."

Sasuke also let out a sigh of relief and smiled.

Then he looked seriously at the red copper armor who was also walking towards the stage, as if he wanted to see through the red copper armor.

That guy named Yakushi Kabuto is acting very suspiciously. Is this guy his companion? Is he hiding any secrets? Sasuke narrowed his eyes when he thought of this.

For some reason, Kabuto always gives him a very strange feeling... He seems to be useless and is a genin that can be seen everywhere, but he has the perseverance to take the chunin exam for several years and is still persisting in taking the chunin exam. Exams, rain or shine.

As a result, he suddenly gave up during the preliminary round. Even if he had physical impairment as an excuse for giving up, in Sasuke's opinion, the excuse Kabuto gave was very reluctant and could only deceive a fool like Naruto.

If the opponent's willpower is so weak that they don't even dare to try, then they will have been eliminated in the first and second exams long ago, and there will be no chance of coming to the preliminaries.

With such a weird behavior, Sasuke hoped to find some breakthrough from his opponent's teammates.

He had to figure out what Kabuto's purpose was in approaching them.

(PS: There are two games left...the qualifiers will end tomorrow)