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TUS Chapter 181: The Despicable Genius
🕑 Added 2024-09-01 04:40:38 +0000 UTCThe Konoha ninja who appeared on the dueling field was named Nakamura, a civilian ninja.
Funan had heard of him.
At just thirteen years old, he is an absolute prodigy, with skills that stand out even among the Chunin.
Funan doesn't know who his team leader is, but he's clearly been holding him back, as he hasn't participated in the Chunin Exams so far.
His opponent was a dark-skinned young woman with glasses.
A pair of bright eyes revealed a high fighting spirit.
Dodai said calmly: "You can use any means necessary. You just need to defeat your opponent. If you can't continue, you can surrender. I will intervene to save your lives. Otherwise, if you die, it's your fault."
"Start!"
As Dodai's words fell, the two of them attacked almost at the same time.
They threw shuriken and kunai at the same time.
However, the Kumogakure girl only threw out three shuriken.
Nakamura threw out hundreds of kunai in one breath. With Funan's eyesight, he could see at a glance that many of them were attached with explosive tags.
Damn, explosive tags are sold so much in the village that they have become common.
Before, a Genin only carried a few, but now, any Genin could have hundreds.
Funan laughed happily.
[Boom!]
With a deafening explosion, the young woman from Kumo was covered in dust and soot.
However, she didn't care. She was convinced that the attack was over.
Unfortunately, she was wrong.
Because another wave of attacks came immediately.
Kunai + Shuriken
There are also explosive tags in the middle.
The young girl from Kumo already looked a little embarrassed.
With difficulty, he dodged the attacks and stopped on a tree, breathing heavily.
"Hey, don't just look ahead, be careful behind you!"
Nakamura's voice echoed behind the young woman from Kumo.
"Oops!"
The girl's pupils shrank, and she instinctively dodged to the side.
[Bang!]
A pair of fists struck her arms, which she had raised to protect herself, sending her flying.
"You... you are despicable!"
The young girl from Kumo screamed angrily.
Nakamura did not attack from behind.
This despicable guy said to her to be careful behind, but he attacked from the side.
The young woman from Kumo was lucky.
Because she dodged to the right.
Nakamura was on her left.
But the blow was so strong that it still hurt her, and her arms were shaking.
"Despicable? Thank you for the compliment!"
Nakamura laughed, but did not chase after her. Instead, he silently watched as the young girl flew through the air.
The young woman felt bewildered.
The next moment, Dodai appeared in front of her and patted her lightly.
"You lost!"
Looking at the explosive tag that Dodai took off her body, the Kumo Girl was sweating all over.
"The winner is Nakamura of Konoha!"
Dodai announced loudly.
"Thank you!" Nakamura left the venue with a smile.
"Hmph!"
On the high platform, the Raikage snorted coldly.
"Despicable!"
Many people looked at Funan.
The Raikage just snorted coldly and didn't say anything.
The word despicable was what Funan said.
Everyone looked at Funan in disbelief.
"Hey, don't you think he is despicable?"
"Enough!" The Raikage shouted angrily, glared at Funan, and said: "Hokage, that's enough!"
Yashiro also hurriedly pulled Funan.
"Oh my God!" Funan said with a painful expression. "What's wrong with this world? Such a despicable person actually won, and you didn't say anything, where is your conscience? What's more, you still scold me after I said it? What a cruel injustice!"
The others looked at him in silence and let out a deep sigh.
The young man Nakamura also heard it, and his expression was very confused.
Yashiro winked at Kakashi.
Kakashi sighed, walked to the front of the young man Nakamura, and whispered something. He couldn't let the boy doubt himself.
Baki, who accompanied Pakura, looked at Funan for a long time, sighed and said: "This Hokage is really unique."
"Or he's just crazy!" Pakura said lightly. "And yet, Sunagakure can't do without him. If a war were to break out, Sunagakure would have to take his side."
Baki nodded silently.
During these four years, the relationship between Sunagakure and Konoha had completely changed. The cooperation between the two villages had deepened so much that Sunagakure was almost dependent on Konoha for its economy. If they were to break their ties at this point, Sunagakure would suffer a devastating blow, to the point that there could be people starving to death in the village.
In that case, a civil war would be inevitable.
This had led to Sunagakure becoming a near-vassal state of Konoha.
Funan made the people of Sunagakure depend on him for their money, to live a prosperous life, and thus ensured that they could not do without him.
Two people, or rather two and a half, were key to this success.
The Kazekage Rasa.
The second was the master of money, Kakuzu: almost all of Funan's businesses were handled by him, bringing immense fortune to both Funan and Sunagakure. He also had a very high status in Suna.
And the half person was Pakura.
She was vaguely aware of many of Funan's plans, but deliberately ignored them.
Especially with the growing prosperity within Sunagakure, Pakura convinced herself that she was making the right decision.
It can be said that it was Pakura's acquiescence that completed the last piece of the puzzle.
Baki nodded again.
He didn't know the true relationship between Sunagakure and Konoha, he only saw that Sunagakure had made a lot of money thanks to Konoha.
So, he still quite agreed with Pakura's words.
The Chunin Exam continued.
With the participation of shinobi from different villages, the strengths of each of the villages began to show themselves.
What made Funan feel funny was that, apart from the first battle between Kumogakure and Konoha, none of the other competitions were battles between the five major shinobi villages.
"Isn't this too crude?" Funan felt like he couldn't look straight.
The other Kage maintained an imperturbable expression, as if they were lost in their own thoughts.
After watching for a while, Funan felt bored. At the level he was at, watching these genin fight wasn't exactly exciting.
However, Funan noted that, generally speaking, Konoha's shinobi were the strongest, which made sense considering the amount of resources he had invested in them.
"Next match: Yakushi Kabuto vs. the Konoha ninja, Dan."
"Hmm?" Funan was refreshed. He knew that among the people who participated in the assessment this time, the little guy Dan was one of the best, not worse than that Nakamura.
However, Kabuto showed a doubtful expression, and his eyes cast a quick glance to the side. Then, he made a decision.
"I give up!"
Funan was stunned.
Suddenly, a feather fell softly in front of him, and a slight drowsiness came over him.
Seeing the feather, Funan's eyes widened.
Feathers began to float in the sky. It was obvious that this was a powerful genjutsu.
The Raikage's face turned cold. The electricity on his body flashed briefly. The feathers in front of him disappeared in an instant. The genjutsu aimed at him had been neutralized.
The other Kage also easily broke free from the genjutsu.
"What is this?" Terumi Mei said coldly: "Raikage, is this the plan of Kumogakure? Want to give us a surprise?"
Raikage's voice resounded like thunder: "Don't pay attention to it. It must just be the work of some lunatic."
"Haha!" Onoki laughed softly and said: "Raikage, do you need our help?"
"Neither you nor I need to do anything, it will be over soon!" Raikage's expression remained unchanged.
Funan was admiring Orochimaru for being a lunatic for daring to attack Kumo with the Kage present, but suddenly he thought of something.
Is the other party's target really Kumogakure?
It can't be me!?
Funan suddenly came to his senses.
Kumo has gathered many external forces, and among them, there are very few that have good relations with him.
If someone attacks him at this time...
Will the others cooperate?
What if everyone decided to join together to eliminate him...?
Although the relationship between them is not very good either, they cannot ignore the strength of Konoha and Funan.
Even if Konoha tries to hide its power, it's inevitable that something will leak out, and the other villages won't overlook it, right?
Funan smiled and said: "Raikage, what are we going to do about the Chunin Exam? Should we move on?"
Raikage's expression turned grim.
The other party dared to provoke them at this time, so they must have been prepared.
Moreover, the Raikage knew that if something really happened, the people around him would be good people if they didn't help and didn't add insult to injury.
However, he still said: "Continue!"
"Okay! You said to continue, then continue!" Funan nodded and winked at Yashiro.
Yashiro nodded slightly and silently passed the information on.
The Uchiha Guards were ready.
The other Kage remained silent.
They were also very curious, who was so crazy that they dared to attack Kumogakure at this time, and what was their purpose?
This thought appeared in the minds of all the Kage.
They all became more vigilant.
The audience in the arena gradually began to faint.
However, the Raikage and the others didn't care.
These people were not relevant, and anyway, the attackers would probably focus their fire on the Kage and not these nobles who, although they had high status, were ordinary people.
[Boom!!!]
A loud bang rang out.
[Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!]
Funan was surprised, it was really Orochimaru.
A few hundred meters away, a giant snake several tens of meters high suddenly appeared and roared to the sky.
As its huge body moved, the surroundings were destroyed.
[Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!]
A large number of Kumogakure shinobi rushed towards the giant snake.
