blogombal Chapter 99 cleared, individual competition about to begin.
Chapter 99 cleared, individual competition about to begin.
"Roar!!"
"Hiss..."
"Aww~~"
"Gurgle, gurgle..."
Five hundred meters from the outer perimeter of the tower, ferocious wild animals such as bears, tigers, pythons, and wild boars are scattered around, blocking all passages in all directions.
Anyone who arrives will inevitably be targeted, triggering a chain reaction and leading to an attack.
Moreover, the dense bushes and branches are teeming with poisonous insects, making it extremely dangerous to venture in!
"Heh! They're really well-prepared. No wonder this assessment was so easy; they were waiting for us here." Neji glanced around with his Byakugan, observing everything, and couldn't help but sneer.
With the power of his Byakugan, he had skillfully avoided all the previous obstacles, though they were dangerous. But now it seemed he had no choice but to force his way through!
"I wonder if Ishikawa and the others can get here quickly. Neji, should we just charge straight in and enter the tower?" Tenten wiped the fine sweat from her forehead and looked at Neji with her beautiful big eyes.
They were able to overcome numerous obstacles and arrive here within five hours only because Neji was there. But Ishikawa and his group had virtually no scouting skills to avoid traps!
"No way! My youthful passion won't allow me to be selfish and only think of myself. Neji, Tenten, let's help guard the tower and wait for Ishikawa and the others to come."
"Don't worry, only our group and Ishikawa and the others will pass the test this time." Neji nodded and smiled calmly when he heard Lee's excited shouts.
Before entering the examination room, he exchanged glances with Ishikawa and formed a defensive alliance. No matter who arrived near the tower first, they would block the others and wait to join each other to advance.
Clearly, those with the Byakugan were the first team to arrive at the tower. Didn't they see there were no signs of fighting nearby?
"Let's go! First, seize control of the gate to prevent the others from entering the tower." Without hesitation, Neji looked around and immediately found a weak point to lead the charge.
"Gentle Fist - Pressure Point..." As Neji roared, a tiger was struck by the Gentle Fist and roared through the mountains.
"Awoo!!"
As the tiger felt the pain in its meridians, it roared and opened its blood-red maw to pounce on Neji.
"Konoha Whirlwind..." Just then, Lee unleashed a powerful kick from his side, striking the tiger's right cheek.
"Behold my barbed wire..." Before the tiger could react, its eyes bulged, and Tian Tian shouted, summoning a scroll of barbed wire to bind it.
"Go!" Seeing the tiger struggling and tearing at itself in the iron net, Neji didn't linger and urged it to cross the tiger's territory.
As taijutsu-type ninjas, Lee and Tenten were naturally extremely fast, breaking through the encirclement just before the other beasts pounced.
The three were incredibly fast, disappearing from the sight of the beasts in the blink of an eye with a series of leaps.
This caused the wild beasts to roar and howl, but not one of them went to give chase. They harbored a deep-seated fear of the central tower.
"I didn't expect to break through so easily. It seems this assessment wasn't that great!" With the tower within reach, Xiao Li couldn't help but shout excitedly.
"That was all thanks to Neji's eye roll. Otherwise, let alone breaking through the weak point just now, even those previous traps would have made us walk on thin ice." Tenten chimed in, looking at Neji's back with even more admiration.
Having a teammate who rolls their eyes like that really saves a lot of trouble!
"Wait, what's that...?" Suddenly, Neji, who was at the front, changed his expression and looked incredulous!
Xiao Li and Tian Tian's hearts skipped a beat, and upon hearing the sound, they looked over and stared in disbelief.
How did they get here?
"They're even earlier than us? No way!"
Looking at Tarojiro outside the tower gate, Xiao Li was speechless and couldn't believe it.
They relied on Neji's Byakugan to overcome all obstacles and arrive here in just about five hours. But how did Ishikawa and the others manage to do that?
"That guy..." Neji clenched his fists, his eyes filled with resentment. He had originally thought that Ishikawa had taken advantage of him in this alliance.
Use his eye-rolling advantage to grab a spot, then clear the way for Ishikawa and his group, making them owe him a favor and giving them a chance to vent their frustration!
But reality turned out to be quite the opposite; Ishikawa and his group arrived even earlier. So, regardless of whether they were actually in the second group, Ishikawa and his team were already indebted to them for this favor…
"Taro, Jiro, you're even faster than us? Do you have a ninjutsu even more powerful than the Byakugan??" Lee, with his impatient temper, didn't care about anything else and immediately unleashed his speed to step forward and demand an answer.
“That’s right! We only got here smoothly with Neji’s help, how could you have arrived before us?” Tenten pressed on, looking equally incredulous.
“Uh, what if we fly?” Taro and Jiro exchanged a glance, then Taro shrugged and smiled in response.
"Fly!!" Instantly, Neji, Tenten, and Lee were all dumbfounded, with a speechless expression that said, "Are you kidding us?"
Even the Hokage couldn't do this, how could you three genin possibly fly?
"Ahem, to be precise, I flew over on a mountain eagle." Just as Neji and the other two were looking at each other in bewilderment, Ishikawa's voice came from inside the door as he slowly walked out.
"You've finally arrived, Neji, Tenten, and Lee." Ishikawa smiled brightly and confidently at the three who were staring at each other in disbelief.
He didn't expect to see a mountain eagle on the way. With the help of 0.4 chakra, Ishikawa's spiritualization technique had already advanced to a higher level.
Not only can it project its spirit into its body to unleash true spiritual techniques, but it can also possess large birds of prey or ninja beasts.
Naturally, Ishikawa, who was already eager to demonstrate his value, made no attempt to hide it. He possessed the mountain eagle and, along with his two underlings and his true form, flew straight to the tower.
Having a skill but not using it might cause misunderstandings. Rather than that, it's better to give the Third Hokage a surprise and make his path to Chunin more secure.
"In that case, there's no need for us to waste time here. You can't eliminate us here anyway, so let's go inside!" Neji didn't ask any more questions, gave Ishikawa a deep look, and walked straight into the tower.
Instead of stopping them, Ishikawa invited everyone to go into the tower first to qualify for the third exam.
As for the four teams outside, including Yakushi Kabuto? Heh! They're just there to make up the numbers anyway, so there's no need to waste time on them; just eliminate them directly.
They can only blame their bad luck; even Kabuto Yakushi couldn't have reached the tower faster than them in this kind of test.
A few seconds after Ishikawa and his six companions entered the tower, a signal flare trailing a fiery tail shot into the sky...
"This is... how is this possible??" About two kilometers away from the tower, Kabuto Yakushi looked at the signal flare announcing the end of the assessment with astonishment.
It's only been about five hours since the start, and two groups have already entered the tower. How is that possible?!
Neji's group, which had the Byakugan advantage, was likely one of them, something he had anticipated. But who was the other group?
Interesting. It seems there are elite genin he doesn't know about!