Chapter 69: If the Chunin Exams Continue Like This, There's No Point in Holding Them…

Chapter 69: If the Chunin Exams Continue Like This, There's No Point in Holding Them…

A giant crow hovered in the air, carrying a little girl spectator, occasionally letting out a few calls, providing an unpleasant musical background for the battle on the field.

The head proctor on the stage stared with a pair of dead-fish eyes, looking up at the sky from time to time. Regarding this matter of proctoring the exam... even through his mask, one could see his reluctance.

Although there were many spectators, due to Kakashi Hatake's "salted fish" proctoring attitude, there was no enthusiastic atmosphere at all. It's estimated that the Third Hokage also regretted giving him this chore.

Until... Uchiha Itachi's appearance.

Nothing changed.

Kakashi's voice was filled with impatience as he announced, "Winner, Uchiha Itachi... Winner, Uchiha Itachi... Hurry up, next... Winner, Uchiha Itachi."

It was because Itachi's fighting was neither ostentatious nor cool. He calmly won three consecutive matches using Uchiha style taijutsu, without using a single ninjutsu, not even activating his Sharingan.

Furthermore, Uchiha Itachi honestly formed the Seal of Confrontation used in practice sparring before the match began, and during the match, his attacks were restrained.

This kind of combat assessment was simply not satisfying to watch.

If the Chunin Exams were all of this level, there was no need to continue watching.

The only thing that could barely be mentioned was the astonishing speed of his victories, and Kakashi Hatake seemed to have anticipated this long ago.

While the cheering squad of family and friends in the stands was still shouting their support, Itachi's three matches had already ended.

"Itachi is amazing!"

Inuzuka Hana clapped lightly. The little veterinarian was really very polite. The sparse applause from the spectator stands had already stopped, but she was still clapping hard.

"Caw!"

Kitahara proudly raised its head. This cub, I raised him!

The group of people below didn't know what "simple is beautiful" meant. Did they have to see the little cub demolish their seats with a Sage Art: Clone Great Explosion to be satisfied?

"..."

After several battles, apart from C-rank ninjutsu, the entire audience saw no other highlights. Gradually, most of the people left, and many seats in the stands became empty.

Even though Uchiha Itachi continued his winning streak, it gave people the feeling of forcibly picking the tallest from a group of dwarves.

He had only defeated a group of rookie ninjas; the combat assessment showed nothing outstanding... Many people had already secretly placed a question mark on the name of this most talented Uchiha.

This joint Chunin Exam was supposed to be a time to show off muscles to their new little brother, displaying Konoha's high standard of abundant talent.

Hiruzen Sarutobi secretly resented these Genin for not living up to expectations, unable to even find a green leaf to serve as a foil for Uchiha Itachi!

He couldn't possibly send up a thirty or forty-year-old veteran Genin at this time! That would be too fake!

And because of the reform of the Hidden Grass Village, almost all ninjas with some skill had attended the Chunin Exams. In fact, a few of their performances were more eye-catching than those of the Konoha ninjas.

As the greatest contributor to the subjugation of the Land of Grass, Danzo Shimura's expression wasn't very good either. He calmly stood up and said, "Hiruzen, I still have some work to attend to, so I'll be leaving for now."

"Does Lord Danzo find this exam too boring?" the leader of the Hidden Grass Village suddenly asked.

"No, I just suddenly remembered something."

They had fought for most of their lives. Hiruzen Sarutobi knew exactly what kind of person Danzo Shimura was.

This old fellow wouldn't leave even if he were watching a Ninja Academy graduation exam. Leaving now, he was eighty percent likely to tamper with the exam.

The brim of Lord Third Hokage's conical hat drooped slightly as he said in a low voice, "Then you go ahead and get busy. Don't overwork yourself."

Before leaving, Danzo suddenly turned around and said something out of the blue, "I remember I lost a ninja sword at your place some time ago. I wonder where you put it..."

"..."

Hiruzen Sarutobi was stunned for a moment, then slowly said, "I like that sword very much. Go look for it in ANBU. If you don't like it anymore, just give it to me!"

Not long after Danzo Shimura left, the Chunin Exams became a bit more bloody, and even the head proctor's expression became solemn.

Kakashi Hatake had a new document in his hand. He saw a team of ninjas step onto the exam field. They clearly hadn't signed up, yet they took out the Hokage Assistant's warrant and appeared here openly.

No matter how you looked at it, this exam could no longer proceed peacefully.

"Next match..." Kakashi Hatake looked at the list in his hand, then couldn't help but look at the ninja preparing to enter the stage, and read out in disbelief, "Yamato..."

As a trusted subordinate of the Third Hokage, Kakashi knew that Hiruzen Sarutobi had transferred that Wood Style ninja from Danzo Shimura's Root and renamed him Yamato.

This kid's life was a blank slate and still needed to be filled in, so Hiruzen Sarutobi rarely let him appear in public. He hadn't expected him to be brought out to participate in the Chunin Exams at this time.

And it was done through under-the-table operations... After all, there were too many people in this exam, and many ninjas hadn't seen him much... But Yamato's Kekkei Genkai was Wood Style!

And with his strength, if nothing unexpected happened, he would definitely reach the final to face Uchiha Itachi. Plus, the two teammates beside Yamato were radiating killing intent.

This Chunin Exam might just get out of hand!

Yamato, as the last to appear in his squad, temporarily hadn't had a chance to make a move.

The two young ninjas beside him had been adopted by Root since childhood, and their strength was not something these Genin could compare to.

In the midst of a taijutsu duel of punches and kicks...

The ninja on the field suddenly formed hand seals and let out a light shout, "Wind Style: Wind Scythe Jutsu!"

Blood instantly flew with the wind!

A Grass ninja's head fell to the ground...

Everyone, both on and off the stage, was stunned. Even if casualties were expected, such a clean and decisive method...

The leader of the Hidden Grass Village was momentarily speechless, "Lord Hokage, this..."

"This is Konoha's Chunin Exam. If you want to be promoted to Chunin, you must bet on the ninja's belief of being born from death."

Hiruzen Sarutobi let out a long breath. He could finally relax a bit in front of the leader of the Hidden Grass Village. Although Danzo's subordinate had directly struck a killing blow, it was better than dragging it out to a lukewarm result.

The entire Chunin Exam gradually became polarized. Uchiha Itachi still maintained his gentle style; every team of ninjas he encountered, he would stop at a touch.

On the other side, Yamato's squad, every team they met either forfeited or ended up dead or injured. The clean hand seals and brilliant ninjutsu releases couldn't help but make the audience feel like continuing to watch.

Inuzuka Hana nervously watched as another team of ninjas' corpses were carried down, "Their methods are a bit too cruel..."

"Caw..."

Kitahara gently flapped its wings, dispelling the overwhelming smell of blood. It wouldn't follow Inuzuka Hana and say they shouldn't do this or something similar. It just sullenly advised her, this is what ninjas are!

Look at its own cub; he had seen the cruelty of the Shinobi World War since he was young, and his expression remained unchanged as always.

Uchiha Itachi knew very well that a real battle between ninjas had always been a matter of life and death!

What real Talk-no-Jutsu to induce surrender? Wasn't it always beating the person half to death first!

(End of this chapter)