[The Third Exam!]
It seems like he recognized me by my voice so I took off my mask… His eyes narrowed and I could sense hate emanating from him but Taichou said, "Tobi, you will be late for the exam go, we will handle him..."
I nod and said, "Okay Taichou, send my regards to Ibiki-san..." I kicked his glaring face away for good measure before I dash into the arena…
'I feel so much lighter...Everyone's already here...'
'Swift Release'
I arrive in the middle of the arena with a shunshin and Genma-san was glaring at me… "You are late genin Tobi Shou, this doesn't look good for those who are judging you at the moment..."
"Yes, Sorry for the delay..." I apologize and walked to stand beside Shino…
'Hmm everyone leveled up at least a few times during the break...'
"Thanks, everyone for coming to The Hidden Leaf Chunin Selection Exam..."
Hokage-sama started his main speech as I once again started scanning the arena…
'There you are… I ignored you before because you had nothing to do with me but… Inspect'
[Baki]
[Lv- 153]
[HP- 3800/3800]
[CP- 1850/1850]
[CONTROL- 67.2%]
[Allegiance- Suna]
[STR- 185]
[DEX- 195]
[INT- 160]
[WIS- 102]
[CHA- 185]
'...he's still out of my league at the moment, I can produce the raw speed to counter him, but my reflexes are not up to the mark at the moment...'
"...Watch until the end!" Hokage-sama finished his speech and Genma turned to us with a piece of paper depicting our match orders…
'...so I am going last… maybe I should check with Kurenai-sensei and Yugao-nee while my turn arrives...'
"...now the first fight, Uzumaki Naruto… Hyuga Neji, those two stay here while the rest of you go to the waiting room..."
'Huh! Can't I go watch with my sensei… I don't think it matters so may so might as well check in with her...'
I gather chakra in my legs and used Shunshin… I appear beside Kurenai-sensei who was sitting with Asuma-Sensei and Yugao-nee…
"You were late to the arena Tobi-kun, I didn't teach you that..."
I rubbed the back of my head and chuckle a little, "Sorry sensei, a thing came up while I was coming here… I smelled a rat so I had to go and help Taichou catch him..."
Yugao-nee's shoulders trembled a little and Kurenai-sensei and Asuma-sensei gave me a surprised look… "And where did you keep the rat, Tobi-kun..." Yugao-nee's voice trembled a little as she asked that question, so I patted her shoulders and replied, "Well Ibiki-san is very fond of rats so I sent him a gift..." I gave her a cheeky grin as the fight between Naruto and Neji officially started…
She nodded and continued on looking at the fight…
"Who do you reckon will win… I don't think Naruto can handle Neji at this point… he is still lacking that edge, although he has improved a lot in his basics..."
"Don't underestimate Naruto, Tobi-kun"
'Huh! Now that's interesting… why would Kurenai-sensei support Naruto when he clearly is outclassed… Those Shadow clones though… even after all this training I can only safely create 2 clones… where the hell is all this chakra coming from, even Uzumaki bloodline doesn't give this huge a boost...'
The fight proceeded with Neji beating the crap out of Naruto's clones… After the initial standoff, Neji started berating Naruto's dream of becoming Hokage...
'Destiny... what a weird concept to believe in Neji, I would quote the Fourth Hokage here but I don't think Naruto's that smart...'
'...'
'What the hell how many clones is that… What are you Naruto... there is something very off about you...'
Neji ignored everyone and attacked a clone of Naruto proclaiming him to be the real Naruto while the real Naruto attacked from behind him…
'That was bad Neji, you can't fall into a trap like that… the examiners won't like a hot-blooded attack like that...'
Neji did the same technique Taichou did in our first spar and repelled Naruto…
'...what is that stance… hmm that provides quite a stable base for sudden movements and turns...'
Neji started using gentle fist and proceed to do a spectacular combo with 64 hits on Naruto…
'... and there it is' I turn a challenging look towards Kurenai-sensei but she indicated to me that she admits defeat...
'... it doesn't matter if you stand up idiot, you can't use any chakra, a chunin is a team leader, you need to understand that sometimes retreating is the same option...'
After getting beaten up again and somehow standing up again, Naruto challenged Neji on his views and that led to a rather dark story of Konoha being told to everyone around…
'What the fuck Neji, you can't declare village secrets when there are so many important guests present… the Hyuga clan though, that's a sick way of treating your family...'
Meanwhile, Naruto formed a tiger seal and tried to gather chakra… 'You can't do tha…t...'
'...'
'...It's the same...' I sense Gaara's chakra network to be safe but yeah whatever chakra Naruto was using at the moment, bits and pieces of that chakra were also present in Gaara's chakra network…
'...this chakra though, It reeks of anger, bloodlust, and dread… there is no way that belongs to Naruto...'
"What is that Chakra Kurenai-sensei?" I could sense all three of them tense up as I asked that question…
'...Gaara can control sand, the power of Ichibi… then that has to be the Nine-Tails...'
"It's the Nine-tails right..."
Realizing the cat is out of the bag Kurenai-sensei nodded and then proceed to explain that the Fourth Hokage sealed the Nine-tails within Naruto to save Konoha from destruction…
"So these Jinchuriki's are weapons of mass destruction right?"
Kurenai-sensei hesitated before confirming my interpretation, I pointed in the direction of Gaara…
"Then why the hell is Ichibi in the middle of Konoha?"
"..."