178. Chapter 178 The Light Footsteps that Shocked the Examination Room, Danzo’s Greed, and Sarutobi Hiruzen’s Amazement
Chapter 178 The Light Footsteps that Shocked the Examination Room, Danzo’s Greed, and Sarutobi Hiruzen’s Amazement
While thinking this, the Root Ninja sped up, went back to the Root Base, and found Danzo to report the situation.
”Go directly to monitor Uchiha Sasuke.”
After hearing the words of the Root Ninja, Danzo narrowed his eyes and coldly ordered: “Since Orochimaru can’t be found, then go directly to monitor the Uchiha clan’s brat. Orochimaru came for that brat and is likely to be around that brat now.”
”Yes, Lord Danzo.”
Hearing Danzo’s words, the Root Ninja nodded and whispered: “Currently Uchiha Sasuke is in the budget competition. When I came back, they had just started the second round.”
”Still taking the exam.”
Danzo thought for a moment and said slowly: “Are there any good talents?”
“Yes.”
The Root Ninja whispered: “In the exam today, there was a student named Tenten led by Might Guy. She was very powerful. She defeated the ninja from the Sand Village with just physical skills and strength.”
”The most important thing is that she has developed a hidden weapon secret technique that combines ninjutsu with ninja tools.”
As he spoke, the Root Ninja described Tenten’s performance in detail today, and Danzo’s eyes suddenly burst into a cold brilliance.
She actually developed a hidden weapon secret technique that combines ninja tools.
This ability is exactly the talent that the Root needs!
“Interesting, ninjutsu combined with ninja tools, this tactic has great potential.”
”Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique? This cannot be mastered by simple training.”
”This child has a strong talent for controlling ninja tools.”
Danzo narrowed his eyes, and his inner calculations began to emerge.
The Root Ninja saw that Danzo was interested, and immediately added: “According to observation, her combat methods and fighting style show extremely high ninja qualities.”
”Her combat ability is not only reflected in the use of a single ninja tool, but also in the flexible use of scroll seals and various tactical means.”
”At least the speed of unlocking the seal scroll is also very fast.”
”If we can pull her into the Root and cultivate a stronger combat power, it will greatly enhance the strength of the Root.”
Hearing this, Danzo’s mouth corners slightly raised, revealing a barely visible sneer.
Such a seedling is simply tailor-made for the Root.
In addition, the background behind this child is not complicated, and it is a good time to win over and control her.
”It is indeed a good seedling.”
There was a hint of depth in Danzo’s eyes: “However, I need to confirm with my own eyes whether she is worthy of our Root’s resources and training.”
Speaking of this, Danzo paused, his eyes became more sharp, and then asked: “Where is Sarutobi Hiruzen now?”
”The Hokage is watching this Chunin Exam at the venue.” The Root Ninja replied in a low voice.
Hearing this, Danzo couldn’t help but sneer: “Sure enough, that old guy still likes these superficial things. It seems that he is really reluctant to let go.”
Immediately, Danzo stood up and said in a deep voice: “Very good, then I will go to the venue too.”
”I want to see in person which seedlings are worth cultivating in this exam.”
Following Danzo’s order, the Root Ninja immediately bowed his head and answered.
Danzo then formed a seal and cast an identical shadow clone.
Then this hard-core member slowly walked out of the secret passage of the Root, his steps steady and calm.
For him, every Chunin Exam is not only to examine the new generation of Konoha Village, but also a great opportunity for him to find talents in the Root.
”Danzo, that Tenten has passed the second round of assessment.”
The Root ninja followed Danzo’s shadow clone and whispered, “If you go now, you won’t be able to see her.”
”It doesn’t matter, I’ll go directly to Sarutobi to get her.”
Danzo said calmly, “As a disciple of Konoha’s Jonin, it is impossible to contact directly, so go directly to Sarutobi, and let Sarutobi give the order to notify.”
If he went directly to Might Guy, Might Guy would definitely not agree.
But if Sarutobi Hiruzen gave the order, then there would be no problem.
The title of Hokage is very useful.
“By the way, Master Danzo, I’mWhen I came here, I also saw two children from the main family of the Hyuga clan. ”
The Root Ninja immediately told Danzo what he had encountered before, and Danzo narrowed his eyes: “Don’t worry about it. Since Tsunade is over there and has accepted the children of the main family of the Hyuga clan as her disciples, don’t provoke her now. Just take a look at her range of activities.”
”Yes.”
Hearing Danzo’s words, the Root Ninja nodded.
Then, the two came to the preliminaries of the third Chunin Exam.
In the venue, the scene was in a mess, and the candidates looked at Gaara, who represented the Sand Village, with surprise, anger, and horror.
It seemed that they were all frightened by this person.
”Huh? ”
Just when Danzo came over, Sarutobi Hiruzen sensed a familiar chakra fluctuation, and his eyelids twitched.
Why did this guy come?
Shouldn’t he “obediently” hide in the Root base that he didn’t even know about? Thinking in this way, Sarutobi Hiruzen left in the direction of Danzo.
Sarutobi Hiruzen’s departure did not alarm many people.
Even if someone saw it, they retracted their gaze and didn’t care much.
”Danzo.”
When Sarutobi Hiruzen left the scene and walked outside, he saw Danzo standing at the entrance of the shadow.
At this time, Danzo, standing here, can easily overlook the entire competition venue.
And the people below, even if they look up, can’t see Danzo.
All they can see are some black shadows.
”Shadow clone? ”
Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was approaching, was about to continue talking when he suddenly realized something and his eyelids twitched: “You are willing to use your shadow clone to come to me. Is there something wrong?”
If Danzo wants to find him, he can directly order the ninjas of the Root to find him.
”I just came to see the seedlings of Konoha Village.”
Hearing Sarutobi Hiruzen’s words, Danzo said calmly: “Also, let me talk to you about a child named Tenten. Her parents run a ninja tool store.”
Hearing this, Sarutobi Hiruzen frowned.
Come for Tenten?
Without waiting for Sarutobi Hiruzen to speak, Danzo continued: “This child has a good talent for ninja tools. Only in the Root can it be fully developed. I can give her a chance to become a member of the Root.”
”She has only graduated for a year. Now is a good opportunity for her to join the Root and get training.”
”This child is going to join the Anbu. ”
Without waiting for Danzo to finish, Sarutobi Hiruzen shook his head and said, “I have already talked to the child’s teacher, so she can’t join your Root.”
Although he hasn’t talked to Might Guy yet, now that he sees Danzo coming to him to ask for someone, he decisively says it first.
”Want to join the Anbu?”
Hearing this, Danzo’s face darkened, and he said in a deep voice: “Hiruzen, this child is not suitable for the Anbu. Today’s Anbu are all in the village and rarely perform tasks. Only by joining the Root can you continue to get the opportunity to train on missions outside.”
”Enough for the time being.”
Sarutobi Hiruzen shook his head: “After she joins the Anbu, I will arrange for someone to take her to the border of the Wind Country to perform some tasks. The Root is not suitable for this child.”
”Of course, if you have talked to this child and he agrees, it’s not impossible. ”
Danzo: “.”
Hearing this, Danzo’s face became even uglier.
Talk to Might Guy? If talking to Might Guy is useful, will he come to Sarutobi Hiruzen?
This old guy.
If I had known earlier, when I first met Tenten in Tenten’s ninja tool shop, I would have taken the kid directly to the Root.
Just kill first and report later, even if Sarutobi Hiruzen knew, he would temporarily give up the follow-up.
“Next, please invite Hyuga Neji and Oboro to the stage. ”
Just then, the voice of Moonlight Gale echoed in the examination room.
It instantly made Sarutobi Hiruzen and Danzo look back.
Hyuga Neji looked stern and sharp, and walked into the venue with the calmness and confidence unique to the Hyuga clan.
On the other side, the ninja Oboro from the Rain Village had a gloomy expression, and his whole body was covered by a black cloak. His face could not be seen clearly, only a pair of sharp eyes were exposed.
As the two confirmed their positions, Moonlight Gale announced again: “The game begins!”
As soon as the voice fell, the venue was filled with a tense atmosphere in an instant.
Hyuga Neji took the starting position of the soft fist.
And Oboro maintained a defensive posture, staring at Neji with a sharp eagle-like gaze,As if waiting for Neji’s flaw.
”Wait for me to attack?”
”Then as you wish!”
Seeing this, Neji launched an attack without hesitation, his palms rushing towards Oboro like flowing water.
”Bang!”
The two fought almost instantly, and the fierce physical skills collided with a “bang bang” sound.
In just a few rounds, the figures of both sides intertwined.
But on the surface, Oboro was obviously at a disadvantage. ”This guy’s soft fist is too flexible!”
Oboro was secretly shocked.
He thought that with his expertise in water escape and the unique ninjutsu of the Rain Village, he could easily deal with Neji’s attack.
However, Neji’s pace and attack speed completely exceeded his expectations, and every defense seemed reluctant and embarrassed.
He didn’t even have the opportunity to perform ninjutsu.
There is no advantage at all in a close fight with this guy! While Long was thinking this, with a “boom”, Neji’s palms approached his chest again.
Seeing this, Long’s face changed, and he stepped back decisively, quickly formed seals with his hands, and sneered: “It seems that I can’t hold back anymore!”
”Black Rain Technique!”
Instantly, the sky seemed to be covered by a dark cloud, and countless black raindrops suddenly condensed above the field.
This is not ordinary water, but the unique secret technique of his Rain Village – black oil.
Long waved his hand violently, and black rain fell around the ring. Every drop of black oil made a sticky sound when it fell to the ground, and a strong greasy smell filled the air.
”Water escape?”
”No, this is oil!”
Some people saw this scene and guessed aloud, and some people smelled a special smell for the first time and looked surprised.
What kind of water escape is this? Why is it so strange?
While everyone was discussing, Long took out a strange detonating talisman from his sleeve without hesitation and smiled coldly: “Burn! Black Rain Burning Technique!”
”Swish!”
The detonating talisman was thrown out by him and directly ignited the black oil around. In an instant, there was a “boom” and the flames shot up into the sky.
On the ring, the black rain turned into a blazing flame, and the heat wave rushed in, like a scene of hell.
The flames fell from the sky, like a rain of fire, directly surrounding the entire ring, and the burning flames even affected the edge outside the ring.
“Fuck.”
Seeing this scene, the people in the audience widened their eyes: “What, what is this?”
“It’s raining fire!”
“The ninjutsu of the Rain Village is so powerful?!”
”Is that a detonating tag? No way, how can a detonating tag be like this?”
”It should be improved. What a bold guy, he dared to improve the detonating tag. Aren’t you afraid of being blown to death?”
While one person after another was discussing.
The third generation Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen in the stands also narrowed his eyes slightly.
This kind of ninjutsu is not small in power.
If there is no defense, it may cause great damage.
And it is in such a sealed environment.
However, just when everyone thought that Hyuga Neji would be surrounded by this terrifying flame, they suddenly saw Neji’s figure flickering in the rain of fire.
It seemed that he was not threatened by the flame.
Neji’s footwork was wonderful and smooth, and he was as light as the wind. The flames around his body seemed unable to catch up with his steps.
In the rain of fire, he was able to move flexibly! ”What kind of footwork is that?” Someone couldn’t help but exclaimed.
”The Hyuga clan actually has such a step?” Another audience member was stunned.
”Is this step based on the eight trigrams?”
Watching this scene, Sarutobi Hiruzen whispered softly, frowning, with a flash of surprise in his eyes.
He is a well-informed Hokage.
Although he didn’t know the name of this step, he could see the subtlety of this step.
This seems to be an extremely rare physical skill that can move a large amount in a very short time and completely avoid the enemy’s attack.
“The little brat from the branch family of the Hyuga clan actually has such a powerful footwork?”
Beside him, Danzo narrowed his eyes suddenly: “It seems that the main family of the Hyuga clan also masters this footwork.”
Very good, this match was not in vain.
This footwork is very useful even for the ninjas of the root.
A little brat from a branch family can master it.
At this time, on the ring, the flames were still burning, and the hot breath was blowing in the face. The people below even felt a burst of heat.However, Hyuga Neji’s figure shuttled through the sea of fire like a dragon, with light steps and graceful posture, as if walking on the wind.
Every time his footsteps fell, the ground seemed to ripple faintly, as if an invisible Bagua map was hidden.
”This Lingbo Weibu combined with the soft fist is really convenient.”
At this time, every evasive action of Hyuga Neji seemed to be smooth.
He lightly dodged the black rain burning technique of Long, without being attacked by any flames, and was completely at ease.
Black oil fell and the flames rose.
And Neji’s figure hardly paused in the flames, as if the figure could flash to another position in an instant, making Long’s attack completely ineffective.
Seeing this scene, Long’s mood became more and more nervous.
The little ghost in front of him was really scary.
His Black Rain Burning Technique was incredibly powerful, but it was completely unable to hit Neji.
On the contrary, every time Neji approached, he could feel a suffocating sense of oppression.
”Do you think you can beat me like this?”
Oboro quickly formed a seal, preparing to perform another illusion to combine.
However, Neji’s figure suddenly appeared in front of him.
”Soft Fist Technique·Eight Trigrams Sixty-four Palms!”
With Neji’s low shout, the airflow around him seemed to stop instantly.
Hinata Neji’s hands were like a storm, and each palm hit the vital points of Oboro with great precision. The fine fist shadows seemed to draw a Eight Trigrams formation in the air.
”Bang, bang, bang!”
”Two palms! Four palms! Eight palms! Sixteen palms!”
Ningji’s palms carried extremely strong internal energy, and each palm had penetrating power, shocking Oboro’s meridians.
“Bang!”
Oboro’s figure could hardly stand firm under this fierce attack.
With Neji’s continuous attacks, Oboro’s chakra flow was completely blocked, and the whole person became sluggish and weak.
”Sixty-four palms!”
With the last palm, Neji slapped out and hit Oboro’s chest directly.
Oboro’s figure was instantly blown away and hit the stone wall at the edge of the ring heavily, making a dull collision sound.
At this moment, the whole audience was silent, and everyone was speechless with surprise at the smooth attack in front of them.
Every palm of this Hyuga Neji was accurate and fast, as if the entire venue was under Neji’s control.
The seamless attack and defense transition was simply textbook perfection.
“Too fast! How did he do it just now?”
Someone couldn’t help but exclaimed: “Is this the soft fist of the Hyuga clan? Too strong!”
”I know the soft fist, but it seems that the footwork is effective.”
”It’s not like I haven’t teamed up with people from the Hyuga branch before and went on missions, but they didn’t master this footwork.”
Not only the examinees were shocked, but even some of the Chunin of Konoha Village and even Sarutobi Asuma were surprised.
As examiners, they understood it very clearly.
Most of the skills that Hyuga Neji just showed came from that footwork.
“This kid, if I remember correctly, this kind of physical skill should have been passed down to the main Hyuga family, but he, a member of the branch family, figured it out on his own with his talent.”
Beside him, Danzo Shimura had a deep greed in his eyes: “Could it be that he also figured out this footwork from the main Hyuga family?”
”Ningci, you are indeed a genius of the Hyuga clan.”
Sarutobi Hiruzen said softly: “Not only did he master the soft fist technique, but he also made this footwork so perfectly combined. This should be due to Gai’s contribution.”
Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at Might Guy.
Currently, among Might Guy’s three students.
All three students have shown incredible physical skills and techniques.
Even Rock Lee has mastered the technique of Eight-Gate Chicken Stew.
Unfortunately, he met the Sand Village ninja who has the ability to control sand and was unable to advance.
But both Tenten and this Neji succeeded in advancing.
He absolutely didn’t believe that there was no instruction from Might Guy.
At this time, Hyuga Neji stood on the ring, his face extremely calm.
His sleeves fluttered lightly, as if the fierce battle just now was just a routine exercise for him.
(End of this chapter)
