121 Busted

Konoha.

Today is the day for the start of the third exam.

The wide streets were crowded with travelers from all over the world.

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The square in the center of Konoha,

The whole square was packed with people, and the venue was overwhelmed with enthusiastic noises.

Kozuki, along with Zetsu, stood in the stands waiting for the start of the exam.

"Hehe, the Five Kage are all here; it seems it would be a tough battle today."

Zetsu said after spotting the Kage sitting at the highest point.

"Something is wrong."

Looking at the worry-free Zetsu, Kozuki felt that something was off.

What gave Nagato and Fukashi the confidence to attack Konoha now.

Forget the Powerhouses of Konoha, the other four Kage alone working together could foil their plan.

They shouldn't depend on him since Kozuki has hardly shown his real strength during all these years.

Pain still thinks that he is the strongest in Akatsuki.

There is something that he doesn't know, and no matter how he thought, he couldn't guess where their confidence came from.

As Kozuki was lost in his thoughts, Minato sitting along with the Kage, stood up as he first gave a speech and announced the start of the third exam.

The first match was Naruto vs. Temari, and Naruto, who was different from the original using Rasengan which he learned this month, defeated Temari.

"Konoha is blessed with geniuses."

Onoki sighed, looking at Naruto, who defeated Temari, jealous of Konoha.

Stone only had Kurotsuchi, who could inherit his will, but Konoha had many geniuses.

Deidara, who he had thought would grow up to be an honorable and well-known man in Ninja World, became a notorious criminal.

"I wanted to see the fight between your Son and Gaara, Hokage."

Rasa, who saw his daughter lose, wasn't much disappointed since he had expected this result.

Even if Temari was strong, Naruto, who had inherited the talent of Minato, was naturally not someone who Temari could defeat.

"Haha, there will be a chance in the future, Lord Kazekage."

Minato laughed as he was impressed by his son's strength.

Though he would pull pranks, his strength was enough to make him proud.

After the match of Naruto, the proctor announced the start of the next game.

"Aizen Sosuke vs Nara Shikamaru"

Hearing his Name, Kozuki quickly arrived at the fighting square, calm and composed.

While Kozuki was calm, Shikamaru and the people around him weren't.

"Son, sometimes against absolute strength, any plan is useless; I won't be disappointed if you give up."

Shikaku, with Kurenai and her students, stood around Shikamaru and had a worried expression on his face.

Shikaku knew that no matter how intelligent his son was; he wouldn't be able to defeat that monster.

Kurenai also tried to persuade him as if it was someone else who was the opponent of Shikamaru; she wouldn't have stopped him.

But Aizen was different, the same out of age strength and confidence as Kozuki made her stop Shikamaru.

Hearing their words, Shikamaru looked towards Kozuki, who stood in the fighting square waiting for his arrival, and suddenly looked towards the sky.

Sigh...

"Somethings even if things are a drag, you can't just run away from them."

Shikamaru let out a sigh and went down to fight Kozuki.

"Wait..."

Kurenai wanted to stop him, but Shikaku stopped her shaking his head.

"You have finally grown up, Son."

Looking at his son, who, despite the odds, still went to fight, even if he was worried, Shikaku felt proud.

His son is not a coward; even if he loses now, he knows that his son has given his all, and that is important.

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Under the crowd's cheers, Shikamaru arrived at the fighting square and stood at a distance of 10 meters from Kozuki.

"Start"

As soon as the proctor's voice fell, Shikamaru took several Kunai and threw them towards Kozuki.

Before they could reach him, they suddenly fell.

Noticing his attack was useless, Shikamaru made a hand sign, and with a burst of smoke, two Shikamaru appeared next to him.

Running in the opposite direction, they attacked Kozuki from left and right, and real Shikamaru made another hand sign as the shadow under him began to stretch, moving towards Kozuki.

Moving around, Kozuki easily dodged the clones' attacks, and sensing the dark trail on the ground, Kozuki snorted, and immense pressure was emitted from him.

Boom...

The whole fighting square had cracks everywhere, and even the proctor fell.

The roof on which Minato and the other Kage sat also shook due to this intense pressure.

Poof...

The clones of Shikamaru were destroyed immediately, and real Shikamaru was on one knee panting.

The crowd burst into cheers after seeing Kozuki destroying the fighting square.

"When did Rain have such a monster?"

A couldn't help but say after seeing the strength of Aizen.

The rest of the Kage were also surprised and knew immediately that they had underestimated Hanzo.

"This ability..."

Looking at the familiar power to destroy everything just by momentum, Minato seemed to guess something and once again looked at Aizen carefully.

"Missing arm, the absence of Hanzo, same ability and same absurd strength?"

Minato's pupils shrank as a name came into his mind.

"Stop the fight."

Minato shouted as he stood up, and his voice spread throughout the square.

The whole square was silent, and even the Kage looked at Minato in surprise.

"What happened, Hokage?"

A who sat beside him couldn't help but ask as the whole square was looking towards him for an answer.

"It seems I'm busted."

Kozuki smiled as he pushed his glasses since he knew immediately that his disguise was seen through.

"He's not a contestant; he's the killer Akagami Shanks."

Minato's voice empowered with Chakra spread around as every Shinobi in the square was stunned and quickly looked towards Kozuki.

"As expected of the famous Yellow Flash."

Everyone saw that the kid in front put his hand on his mask, and light enveloped him.

Soon the light disappeared, and a person completely different from before appeared in front of everyone.

"He's that..."

Terumi, who saw the familiar figure, had some fear in her eyes as she recognized him immediately.

"Akagami Shanks!!!"

Kurenai roared in anger, her blood-red eye's looking at Kozuki.

(Clear the misunderstanding, his real identity will be revealed in this arc, I wasn't talking about the above)

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