Chapter 473 Cage and Bird

Seeing his name on the electronic screen, Asuka knew it was his turn to play.

"Then, I'll go down first."

Asuka didn't have too much to say, leaving this sentence behind, she walked towards the stage below.

As he went down, he thought about the opponent's ability characteristics.

Before the qualifiers, he deliberately learned about the abilities of many players, or from the players' usual performance, or from their surnames, to determine their ninjutsu style.

The Nara clan is undoubtedly a group of ninjas mainly based on the secret art of yin and escape. They can manipulate shadows to attack and control the opponent's body.

It's like the Uchiha clan, who are always labeled as Sharingan and Huodun.

From this point of view, it is very similar to his 'sister' Shadow Dancer's ability.

But the shadow technique of the Nara clan is more inclined to control, while the shadow produced by the shadow dancers through Yin escape is more inclined to defense and offense.

Although the secret arts of the Nara clan tend to control, it does not mean that they do not have any offensive capabilities.

Reminiscent of the information I have collected, Nara Shikamaru is the son of Konoha Jominin squad leader Nara Shikahisa, and Konoha Jonnin squad leader adopts a hereditary system, and the successive johnin squad leaders are all headed by the Nara clan.

No surprises...Nara Shikamaru will be the next Konoha Jonin squad leader and Naruto assistant.

Having shouldered such important responsibilities since childhood, there must be no mistakes in tutoring.

Therefore, you can't bet your hopes on the opponent not learning the offensive family secrets.

The prerequisite for winning the game is not being hit by the opponent's secret technique.

Once hit by a secret technique, it is likely to lead to failure.

Fighting with an intelligent guy, you can't delay the time, and you can't give him time to react and think, you must fight quickly! A sharp light flashed across Asuka's eyes, and a battle strategy was quickly drawn up in his mind.

On the surface, Asuka remained calm and walked to the stage at a normal speed.

When he walked onto the stage, Shikamaru slowly came down from the observation deck, and it took another half a minute to walk to the position five meters in front of Asuka and stop.

Seeing that Shikamaru was so far away from him, Asuka knew that the other party's seemingly lazy character was actually very cautious.

Not only that, the other party has understood the characteristics of Sharingan, and knows that the illusion of Sharingan is a close-up tactics, and it needs to be released within a five-meter range to capture the opponent and make the opponent fall into the illusion.

Beyond this distance, the illusion will not only fail, but even if it succeeds, the power will be greatly reduced, and it can be undone quickly, so that it will not be passive in the first place.

"Shikamaru, please do your best!"

On the observation deck, there was the sound of Naruto cheering loudly.

Shikamaru dug his ears, looking troublesome.

Sometimes he envies Naruto's carefree character, but envy is nothing but envy, he doesn't want to be such a fool as Naruto.

Moreover, the opponent in front of him is not an opponent that can be easily defeated.

Regarding Asuka's information, Shikamaru is basically blank.

So you can only start by defending against the opponent's illusion, then fire escape and shuriken throwing, and finally look for opportunities to find the opponent's flaws.

Therefore, this battle must be delayed long enough to gain enough room to play.

Otherwise, you will fail and there will be no chance of turning the tables.

Just, is this guy going to give me this kind of time? No matter how you look at it, you are the same as me, a type who fights very carefully. Shikamaru became worried.

Among all the ninjas of the Demon Kingdom, he thinks Asuka is the most calm and calm one.

And in the first exam, he had already determined that Asuka was the 'leader' of the ninjas in the kingdom of ghosts.

Leading so many terrible ninjas, even the ninjas, the opponent's ability to judge is not comparable to ordinary ninjas.

What you can predict, the other party may also guess.

Each side knows each other's grand strategy, and it is difficult for both sides to cover it up.

is the worst opponent.

Because in this case, the person with stronger hard power has a higher probability of being the winner.

"Two, please start."

Seeing the two standing still and looking at each other, Onijima Shinobu announced the start of the game.

After Onijima Shinobi announced the start of the game, Asuka quickly reached into the ninja bag without saying a word, took out six shurikens, and after swinging his arms, the shurikens pinched Shikamaru's body from both sides.

Shikamaru carefully watched Asuka's every move, and the moment the opponent drew out his shuriken, he was in a dodge position, and he put his hands together and started to make seals.

After dodging the six shuriken attacks, the shadow under Shikamaru's feet suddenly stretched out, rushing towards Asuka's feet like a jet of black lightning.

There is no communication with the extended shadow, your own shadow.

That is to say, jumping into the sky, as long as there is a shadow cast down, the fate of being controlled cannot be avoided.

Because the shadow has no entity, physical attacks are invalid, so we can only attack from the caster.

Thinking of this, Asuka retreated as originally planned, while taking out a kunai from the ninja bag.

The color is the same as that of ordinary bittern, but this kind of bittern has stronger conductive properties.

Asuka's pitch-black pupils turned red, and the shuanggouyu turned in the pupils. After wrapping the thunderbolt around his arms, he shot the kunai in his hand towards Shikamaru's lower body.

So fast!

Shikamaru's eyelids twitched, interrupted the ninjutsu without the slightest hesitation, and jumped sideways.

Boom!

The ground burst open.

In the blasted earth pit, a branch of Kunai was inserted obliquely there, standing still.

Seeing this scene, Shikamaru's face was covered with cold sweat.

If hit by this kind of kunai, he will be crippled without dying.

He didn't expect that just a small kunai could do so much.

This is completely different from what he expected.

"Dodged it? So, what about this speed?"

Asuka saw that Shikamaru had dodged his kunai, and then took out the same kunai from the ninja bag, attached a thunderbolt, and threw it out forcefully.

"Isn't it!?"

Shikamaru's face remained unchanged, this guy was too cautious, and he was not given time to think about countermeasures.

Although the opponent's body will be sluggish when throwing out the kunai, Shikamaru knows that before his shadow touches the opponent's body, he will be the first to be hit by the kunai.

That kind of powerful kunai, not to mention a direct hit, even a scratch is very terrible.

The speed and destructive power surpassed his secret technique.

In desperation, Shikamaru dodged again.

Because Kunai's speed had increased to a higher level, he dodged extremely reluctantly this time, and after tumbling out in embarrassment, he panted heavily.

Before he stabilized his body, a shadow enveloped him, and the bird appeared above his head when he didn't know when, and he slashed down vertically with his heels.

Although the shadows of the two overlapped, it was a good time to use the secret technique, but Shikamaru did not do that.

Because when he used secret techniques to control the opponent, his own skull would also be split by the opponent's heel.

The opponent had calculated everything before making melee contact with him.

Damn it, I can't find a good time to release ninjutsu! Shikamaru flipped backwards in embarrassment, keeping his hands together, not daring to let go.

This is my only chance.

It is necessary to maintain the state of sealing the whole process, find a flaw in the gap of the opponent, and win it in one fell swoop.

Because according to the previous tactics adopted by the opponent, the opponent will not give him any time to think about countermeasures.

"it's over."

Asuka murmured softly. Seeing Shikamaru's state after jumping back, he couldn't use force to move his body from the air. It can be said that his whole body was full of flaws, so he didn't intend to waste any time. He took out two kunai, attached them to the lightning bolts, and shot towards the place where Shikamaru landed.

Boom!

The thunder and flash of the explosion immediately swept Shikamaru's figure after landing.

Shikamaru rolled on the floor with bruises all over his body, his thighs were dripping with blood, and he couldn't even stand still. After he came back to his senses, he kept gasping for air, but he stubbornly didn't make a sound.

Asuka saw Shikamaru's state, and didn't approach it rashly. As long as he didn't touch the opponent's shadow, no matter how strong the control was, it would be useless.

Then, he took out the shuriken from the ninja bag and made a posture to shoot it.

At this time, using long-range attack is a safe and safe way to attack, and it can also ensure complete victory, so that the opponent can't find his slightest weakness.

This cautiousness was learned from his father Baishi.

At any time, you must ensure that you are safe enough before thinking of ways to attack the enemy.

He implemented this strategy very well.

"Wait, I admit defeat!"

Seeing Asuka's ruthlessness, and the horrible appearance that he might shoot him into a hedgehog in the next moment, Shikamaru knew that he had nothing to play.

He originally wanted to use the shadow imitation technique to counter the opponent when the bird approached him carelessly.

How could he know that the opponent was so cautious when he couldn't move his legs, using shuriken to attack, which made him very depressed.

Where did I learn to be morbidly cautious.

He simply pays more attention to the word stability than him.

So, Shikamaru simply surrendered.

There is only one chance, and it depends on whether the other party is careless.

Since the opponent doesn't leave any chance, Shikamaru knows that it will be a matter of time before he loses when the gap in hard power is too large.

Rather than being shot into a hedgehog and then surrendering, it is better to suffer less physical pain and surrender directly.

Hearing Shikamaru's shout, Asuka paused when he threw the shuriken, and did not continue to attack

Onijima Shinobi simply announced Asuka's victory, ending the game.

"Hoo..."

Asma took the cigarette out of her mouth and exhaled a burst of smoke.

"It seems that the whole army was wiped out. I didn't expect this exam to be so difficult."

Asma has observed Konoha's Chunin exams many times in the past, but the difficulty of this joint Chunin exam is much higher than the difficulty of everyone held by Konoha himself. There are not a few even powerful renunciations.

Even in wartime, these ninjas are outstanding.

"Yeah, I feel that if this continues, I almost lose confidence in my students."

Hong nodded, agreeing with Asma's words.

While they were talking, the list of players for the next competition came out.

Amoyame Shino (Konoha) VS Zack Stirrup (sound)

"Is it Yinyin Village?"

Hong frowned.

Yinyin Village is the only Ninja Village of a small country that squeezed into the qualifiers. It is said that the village was established less than ten years ago, and it is an unusually inconspicuous small country village.

But to be able to break into here, there should be some strength.

As long as you don't run into the ninja of the kingdom of ghosts.

Shi Nai walked down the stairs silently, the sunglasses covered his eyes, making people wonder what he was thinking, very mysterious.

"It's time for you to play, Zack."

Toss squinted at his teammate Sac.

"Understood, this kind of guy only needs one blow."

Sac sneered, and walked into the stage from the other side.

"Is that Zac guy okay?"

In the Yinnin team, Qin, the only female ninja, asked worriedly.

"Although this guy is a bit arrogant, his strength never disappoints."

Toss said.

Because they participated in this joint Chunin exam as representatives of Yinnin Village, they have the strength of Chunin themselves. And under the training of Orochimaru, they have experienced many battles of life and death, which are completely different from the flowers cultivated in the greenhouses of Konoha.

They are real ninjas.

Thinking of this, Toss looked towards a certain position in the auditorium. A Jnin from Yinyin Village was sitting there alone, smiling and staring at the battle on the stage, watching seriously.

We will show you our value, Oshemaru-sama! Toss thought to himself.

For the ninjas of Otonin Village, the most terrifying thing is not death, but being abandoned and becoming useless discarded children.

That feeling is even more desperate than being an experimental subject.

Only when you are endowed with value, can you stand on a higher ground and follow the figure that you have longed for all your life.

So, for those who take the Chunin exam, failure is not allowed.

Just after he experienced such a complicated and changeable mental process, suddenly, a violent explosion on the stage shocked him.

Along with the sound of the explosion, there was also Sak's scream of pain, and then it stopped abruptly.

Toss quickly withdrew his mind, opened his eyes and looked at the stage.

I saw his teammate Sac collapsed on the ground like a dead body, his arms exploded from the middle, and flew to the side.

The severe pain made him pass out on the spot in pain, and he lost consciousness.

The wound on the arm that was blasted was still bleeding.

"What, what's going on?"

Toss looked at this scene in surprise.

Qin pointed to the location of Sac's broken arm, and said, "Look there."

A black mass slowly crawled out from the pipe of the severed arm.

are small, pitch-black insects, returning towards Shino's body.

"Bugs?"

"He used worms to block the vent hole in Zac's arm that releases ninjutsu."

Qin said with a serious face.

"So that's it, it's a terrible ninjutsu."

Toss frowned, turned his gaze to Otogakure Murakami Shinobi, and found that the smile on the other party's face faded a little at some point, and seemed to reveal some dissatisfaction, and Toss couldn't help feeling panic and fear.

I can't lose anymore, if I continue to lose... Toss can't imagine what will happen if he continues to lose the game.

They will be abandoned and become abandoned children that are worse than the experimental subjects.

Seeing Sak's fate, Shino remained silent. Since he is an opponent, the necessary kindness should not exist.

Pushed some of the glasses that had slipped down to the bridge of the nose, kept his hands in the pockets of his jacket, and silently returned to the observation deck, without saying a word during the process, as if he had done a very boring little thing.

"Shino, the way you walk...is still as unpleasant as ever."

Iba watched Shino come back, and spit out this sentence.

"No, I'm just fighting in the style of our clan. Only you are left."

After Shino finished speaking, he stood silently on the side again, passively beginning to lower his sense of existence.

"Don't worry, it's not just mine, I will win back Hinata's share."

Ya said confidently.

Intentionally or not, he glanced at Wuzhi.

If you want to fight her, you must pass the qualifiers to avenge Hinata's defeat.

"With all due respect, Teeth, you are not hers..."

Before Shino finished speaking, Kiba had already started muttering 'Who will be the next match', completely oblivious to what Shino said later.

Just after everyone was nervous and looking forward to the next competition, the fluorescent light on the electronic screen suddenly went out and fell into a black screen state.

"Hey, the examiner over there, what is going on here, is it a leakage?"

Naruto was still looking forward to whether he would be himself in the next game, but when he saw this, he suddenly couldn't stand up, and asked loudly what happened.

Jinnin Kijima, who is in charge of the referee work, said: "Idiot, it's lunch time at halftime. You don't want to fight hungry next time, do you?"

Hearing what Onijima Shinobu said, not only Naruto, but also the rest of the people felt a little hungry.

And at this time, it was almost twelve o'clock, and it was indeed time for lunch.

"It was a wonderful game, and I'm looking forward to the official match."

Ayane stood up from her seat, stretched herself, and said with a smile.

With her eyes, she can naturally see what the purpose of this qualifier is.

Ben are the elites who passed the second exam, and continue to undergo a round of screening, then those who stay must be the absolute elites among the ninja.

"Then, I'll go there first."

Ayane said.

"Don't take it too far, he's just a kid."

Shiraishi warned like this.

Ayane waved her back to Shiraishi, meaning she knew.

But with her attitude, Baishi felt that she didn't listen at all.

Afterwards, he looked at another part of the auditorium. Otogakure Murakami Shinobi who was still there had disappeared at some point.

"Should we kill him during lunch time? One of the three ninjas, I have always wanted to fight. I just want to change to a better quality Kusanagi sword."

Ichihime smiled and said cruel words.

"It's just a clone, it's meaningless to kill him. It's impossible for a ninja like him to come and take risks in person."

Shiraishi shook his head, indicating that there was no need to do so.

At the moment, there is no need to start with Orochimaru so quickly.

Lunch time is about an hour, at one o'clock in the afternoon, the second half of the qualifiers will start on time.

In the morning, seven contestants have passed to participate in the third official match.

Original 30 candidates, 2 abstained, so a total of 28 people participated in the qualifiers, and 14 games were played. In the case of seven contestants who have passed, seven games will still be arranged in the afternoon, and seven winners will be selected, and a total of 14 candidates will participate in the official competition.

After lunch, there was still half an hour left before the second half of the qualifiers began.

Before that, Naruto and the others went to visit the companions who were receiving treatment in the infirmary.

"Naruto-kun, brother Neji...why are you here?"

Lying on the hospital bed, when Hinata saw Naruto and others coming in, she immediately panicked and lowered her head shyly.

"Of course I came to visit you. How are you? You should be fine, right?"

Naruto walked in carelessly.

Ningji glanced at Naruto dissatisfiedly, then at Hinata who lowered her head and twisted her fingers, then frowned.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but I always feel that Hinata looks a little differently at this yellow hair.

No matter how you look at it, this guy is just a careless idiot.

"Master Hinata, is there any discomfort in your body?"

Different from Naruto's carefree attitude, Neji's voice is much gentler.

"Well, I'm fine now, it's just that the chakra consumption is a bit serious, just take a rest for a while..."

Hinata nodded, indicating that she was fine.

"So, how did you fall down? I always feel that the dark enchantment is a bit weird."

Naruto looked at Hinata's fair and tender face, and asked this question curiously.

Ningji also looked at Hinata, feeling puzzled about what happened in the barrier.

Facing the doubts of the two, Hinata also said in a daze: "I don't know what happened, I just feel that my body can't move, and the chakra in my body is decreasing rapidly... When I woke up, I was already lying on the hospital bed."

"Is that so?"

Ningji saw Hinata also looked dazed, so he knew that if he continued to ask, there would be no results.

"However, her chakra is a bit strange..."

Hinata said in such a soft voice.

"Chakra...strange?"

"Hmm... It feels like her chakra has its own consciousness."

Hinata said.

"What is that?"

Naruto looked puzzled.

Ning Ci is also a bit puzzled. Chakra has life... Does that kind of pure chakra aggregate have its own life?

If this is the case, it is indeed a very strange technique.

Then the two of them didn't stay for long. Now Hinata needs to rest, so after asking for a while, she left the ward.

In the corridor, Naruto took a step first, and he had to check on the situation of the rest of the people.

Ning Ci also planned to visit Tian Tian of the same team, Xiao Li and Kai had already gone there one step ahead.

When he was raising his feet to visit the ward where Tiantian was, he suddenly noticed a strange smell in the air.

"Who is there?"

Ning Ci turned around vigilantly, his pupils fixed on the corner, and there was a person hiding there.

The other party didn't intend to cover up, so Neji immediately caught the other party's hiding place.

Then, there was a crisp applause.

"It's really amazing reflexes, you are the child of the day's senior."

The voice came from behind.

Ning Ci was startled, and turned around again. At some point, about three or four meters in front of him, stood a figure, as if he had stood there a long time ago, blending into the surrounding air.

"Who are you"

Ningji saw the other party's long black hair and the beautiful face full of laughter, and the other party's name suddenly appeared in his mindHyuga Ayane.

Used to be a member of the Hyuga clan, but turned out to be the most rebellious traitor of the Hyuga clan when he betrayed the clan more than ten years ago, resulting in the death of many ninjas from the clan and the clan.

Ning Ci took a step back. Although he didn't think the other party would attack him at this time, there was nothing wrong with being careful.

The other party came to him at this time, obviously with a different purpose and conspiracy.

"Looking at you, you should know something about me. So, you don't have to be so nervous, you and I are separated, and we are on the same line from the beginning to the end. How about it, there is still half an hour before the second half of the qualifiers, do you want to come and talk?"

Although the words were full of tenderness and kindness, Neji felt the will that absolutely would not allow him to refuse.

"Come on, it's not appropriate to talk here. You don't want to be noticed by other people in Konoha, you young bird that yearns for freedom."

Ayane smiled, and the figure appeared behind Ning Ci, and disappeared around the corner.

Ning turned around belatedly, and there was no one there.

After a moment of silence, Ning Ci raised his foot and chose to follow.

(end of this chapter)