After Nagato's battle ended, Kakashi returned to the first zone, waiting for the second round to begin, and observing the ninjas in the first zone.
Since Kakashi came back late, most of the first round had already been going on. Kakashi only watched a few games before the second round was about to begin.
Kakashi was very calm. Based on his observations in several competition areas, the average strength of the ninjas in the Youth Martial Arts Tournament was actually that of a Chunin.
Not to mention them, even Nohara Rin, as long as she is not too unlucky and does not meet a ninja like Nagato, can easily enter the knockout round.
"It's easier than I thought," Kakashi thought.
In Kakashi's original vision, the competition in the highly anticipated martial arts tournament should be fierce, and many young talents from the five major ninja villages would participate.
But the fact is not so. Among the more than 200 participating ninjas, ninjas from the five major ninja villages are actually a minority.
Kakashi knew the most about Konoha, there were a total of eighteen people participating in the competition.
On the Kirigakure side, Kakashi only saw the team led by Mei Terumi, a total of six Kirigakure ninjas.
Kakashi from Sunagakure only saw one team, with only four members in total.
As for Iwagakure, the number is relatively large. Kakashi roughly calculated that there are about twenty-one people. It is a large ninja village with the most participating ninjas.
Kumogakure had the smallest number of people. Kakashi only saw three Kumogakure ninjas among the contestants, and he didn't see many other Kumogakure ninjas in Six Paths Castle.
Kakashi believes that there are two main reasons for this situation.
The first is that it is a war time and the situation is tense. It is impossible for the big ninja village to send too many young talents to participate in the Youth Martial Arts Tournament.
The second is the attractiveness of the rewards to different ninja villages. Although Fire Dragon Dance now has the title of the strongest fire escape, the strongest fire escape is still fire escape.
For example, in the Hidden Mist Village, there are very few people who can use Fire Style. Those few Fire Style ninjas may not even be able to learn Fire Dragon Dance. In this case, it is impossible for the Hidden Mist Village to have much interest in young martial artists.
Kakashi guessed that Kirigakure sent out ninjas with the mentality that they were useless, but they couldn't let others take them away.
"That's good. If a ninja like Killer Bee comes, I'm afraid Kai won't be able to deal with him either." Kakashi nodded secretly.
Killer Bee became famous at a young age. When Kakashi was still a Chunin, Killer Bee was already famous in the ninja world together with the Fourth Generation Ai.
Kakashi has encountered the new AB combination twice during the mission, so he has some idea of Killer Bee's strength.
"The first match of the second round, number one Hatake Kakashi versus number three Komiyama Yuuji!"
Hearing the referee's call, Kakashi suppressed his thoughts and walked onto the battle field.
Yuuji Komiyama sighed and walked forward with a fearless attitude.
Although the battle hasn't started yet, based on Kakashi's performance in the last battle, the possibility of him winning is zero.
"start!"
"Flash!"
Swish!
As soon as the referee finished speaking, Kakashi immediately focused his breathing, pulled out his white fangs, and charged forward like lightning.
Yuuji Komiya only felt a dazzling flash of lightning in front of his eyes. He had just taken out the kunai, and the next moment the White Fang short blade was placed on his neck.
The battle ended incredibly quickly once again.
The difference from the previous game is that this time Kakashi's instant kill was without any suspense, while in the previous game some people didn't even know Kakashi.
The players whose numbers were below eight couldn't help but sigh after looking at their numbers. How could they continue to play like this? They had already locked in defeat.
After the battle, Kakashi didn't hesitate and immediately rushed to the sixth area.
He killed his opponent so quickly because he was worried that he would go too late and miss the fight between the sand crabs.
The sand crab is number three, which means it will be the first battle of the second round.
Fortunately, the battle pace in the Sixth Division was a little slower. When Kakashi arrived at the Sixth Division, the second round had not yet started and the last battle of the first round was in progress.
Kakashi stood quietly in the sixth division waiting for the second round of battle to begin.
Nagato's number is relatively low, so he is not in a hurry to go to the seventh division.
"Number One Xiu San vs. Number Three Sand Crab!"
Kakashi was a little disappointed when he saw the Kusagakure forehead protector on Shuzo's head, Sand Crab's opponent.
Although there are capable fighters in the small ninja village, they are too few. Kakashi estimates that he may not see more tricks from the Sand Crab this time.
The fact was just as Kakashi expected. Sand Crab defeated Shuzo with just physical skills, without even using chakra lines.
"Round 2, Match 2, No. 5 Momochi Zabuza vs..."
Hearing the referee's shout, Kakashi looked up at the fighting arena.
"If it's that Kirigakure, they should be able to bring out some of the Sand Crab's true abilities." Kakashi recalled the battle with Zabuza in his mind.
With the strength that Zabuza displayed at that time, as long as he had not been too lazy in the past two years, he should not have been killed by the Sand Crab using physical techniques like the Grass Ninja.
Feeling Kakashi's gaze, Zabuza turned around and looked at Kakashi.
"Are you here just to watch me fight? My sword is sharper now than before."
Zabuza still remembers the power Kakashi showed to protect his friendship during the Chunin Exam two years ago.
Zabuza has not yet met someone worthy of him protecting with his life, but he has been practicing very hard in the past two years.
Not to mention defeating Kakashi, Zabuza felt that he should be able to make Kakashi feel some of the joy of fighting.
Since there was still a lot of time before Nagato's battle, Kakashi went to take a look at the fourth division where Nohara Rin was.
Before they even reached the fourth division, Kakashi heard Obito cheering for Nohara Rin.
Kakashi watched for a while and found that Nohara Rin's opponent was at the ordinary Chunin level. Nohara Rin only used ordinary physical skills to beat the opponent without any chance of fighting back.
Kakashi was not surprised by this. Although Nohara Rin specialized in medical ninjutsu, her overall ability was that of a real Konoha Jonin. As long as she was not compared with Kakashi and the others, her strength was still not weak.
After greeting the two, Kakashi quickly headed to the fifth division where Shisui was.
At this time, Shisui had just finished the battle and walked down the battlefield. He saw Kakashi coming and greeted Kakashi.
Kakashi responded and then asked, "Shisui, have you found any ninjas in the fifth district that need attention?"
Kakashi thought that Shisui would write down the intelligence of those ninjas who performed well.
"There is a powerful Iwagakure ninja named Choishi who possesses the Kekkei Genkai of Explosion Release." Shisui replied.
"But his number is very low, so he and I won't meet in the qualifiers."
"I suspect that the ranking of this martial arts tournament may not be completely random. They are trying to avoid strong ninjas from meeting each other before the elimination rounds." Shisui expressed his speculation.
"I conducted a survey in several nearby competition areas. There is no such thing as a battle where both teams are equally strong. Either they are crushed or they are almost as weak."
"Your guess should be correct." Kakashi nodded, then told Shisui all the information he had.
"It seems that this ninja clan has a large intelligence network."
It is normal to know the strength of the geniuses in the ninja villages in the neighboring countries, but if you want to know the strength of all the young ninjas participating in the competition, you need intelligence capabilities.
Because geniuses do not necessarily have a good record of military achievements. For example, before Kakashi and his companions went to the battlefield, they were not very famous even in Konoha Village, let alone in the Land of Fire or even in the Ninja World.
Even if there are battle records, as long as they are not at Mu Yue's level, there is no way to become famous in the ninja world. At most, the warring parties will become famous, and then the surrounding countries will spread to a certain extent.
Kakashi didn't talk too long with Shisui about the battle number, after all, this was more advantageous to them overall.
Thinking that Nagato's battle time might be approaching, Kakashi went to the seventh zone to watch Nagato fight.
"The fifth battle of the second round, number seventeen, Hezuleitong versus number nineteen, Nagato."
Kakashi mourned for Beizu Leitong in his heart for 0.1 second. There was no way he could win against Beizu Leitong. It depended on whether he could hold out for a few more moves so that Kakashi could get more information about Nagato.
"It's a strong enemy." Bingzu Leitong took a deep breath and walked onto the battlefield with a serious face.
"Leitong, come on!" Kakashi encouraged, hoping that Leitong could hold on a little longer.
"Since Kakashi, you've come to cheer for me, I can't let you down." Bingzu Leitong was a little surprised to hear Kakashi's voice.
After the battle began, Bingzu Leitong immediately stepped back and formed a seal to create two shadow clones. The shadow clones, one on the left and one on the right, rushed towards Nagato in tacit understanding in order to create an opportunity for the original body to attack.
At this time, Nagato also created a shadow clone, and both the original body and the shadow clone quickly formed seals with expressionless faces.
"Fire Style: Head Hard Work!"
"Wind Style: Suppress!"
Nagato spat out a compressed fireball in the center of the battlefield. As soon as the fireball landed, the compressed flames inside it instantly burst out and created a sea of fire.
Then the shadow clone spit out another high-pressure wind ball. When the wind ball hit the sea of fire, it turned into a large-scale storm. The wind helped the fire. The fire in the sea of fire immediately became extremely terrifying and engulfed the two shadow clones.
Bingzu Leitong widened his eyes and almost lost his grip on the long knife, causing the knife to fall to the ground.
What an excellent matching mechanism that allows him to fight against opponents of this level.
"Referee, I give up." Bingzu Leitong raised his hand to admit defeat before the sea of fire spread over him.
If he could get close to Nagato, he might still be able to fight back as he was good at physical skills, but his speed was obviously not fast enough to rush to Nagato and hit him with a knife before Nagato released his ninjutsu.
"Nagato wins!" the referee announced the result of the fight.
"His Fire Style is just as good as Wind Style, and he can use combination ninjutsu." Kakashi silently wrote down the new information and further increased Nagato's danger level.
Next, Kakashi stayed in the seventh division until the end of the second round before returning to his first division.
Kakashi quickly dealt with his opponent just like before and quickly rushed to the sixth division where the Sand Crab was.
Kakashi now has some information about Nagato, but the Sand Crab is really well hidden. Apart from his chakra lines, he only has ordinary physical skills.
Zabuza discovered that Kakashi had come to watch the fight again, and he subconsciously straightened his chest as he walked towards the battle field.
"The battle begins!"
"Mist Hidden Technique!"
As soon as the battle started, Zabuza immediately burst out chakra and spit out thick mist to cover his vision.
He had also seen the battle between sand crabs and knew that the opponent was not easy to deal with, so Zabuza went all out from the start.
Kakashi frowned slightly. The Mist Hidden Technique is the secret technique of the Mist Hidden Village, and its upper limit is very high. Not only can Obito's Sharingan not see through it, but his transparent world is the same.
At this time, Kakashi could not see the battle scene in the thick fog, and could only judge the general situation of their battle based on the sound.
"Is there no way to deal with the thick fog, or is it okay not to deal with it?" Seeing that the thick fog had not dissipated for a minute, Kakashi couldn't judge which possibility it was.
Another minute passed, and the sounds of fierce fighting were heard. The thick fog gradually dissipated, revealing the fallen Zabuza and the intact sand crab.
Kakashi felt helpless. It was not easy to collect intelligence. After watching three games, he didn't get any useful information. The only thing that was certain was that the sand crab was quite powerful.
Kakashi watched for a while longer, thinking that he might be able to gather some useful information in the fourth game.
The fourth round is the last round of the preliminaries. The ninja who wins the fourth round will not be too weak. And according to the serial number, the opponent of Sand Crab's last battle will be Iwagakure, and it will not create a fog to block the vision at the beginning.
Nagato's opponent in the third round was also of average strength. Nagato still relied on the wind and fire combination ninjutsu to kill his opponent instantly, and Kakashi did not get any new information.
After the third round, the final fourth round did not start immediately. Instead, there was a three-hour break and the final round started three hours later.
Kakashi and others used this intermission to eat together and exchange information with each other.
Kakashi first informed all the information he had gathered, then waited for the rest of the disciples to take over.
"It turns out that other members of the Akatsuki organization also participated in the martial arts tournament. I saw the Akatsuki leader Yahiko in my competition area." Obito said after hearing Kakashi's information about Nagato.
"He seems to be good at water-style ninjutsu. I've only seen one of his battles, so I'm not particularly clear." Obito said honestly.
Kakashi looked at him sideways. He thought Obito would stay in the competition area where Nohara Rin was all the time. He didn't expect that Obito was still collecting information, although not much.
After Obito finished speaking, Nohara Rin and Shisui also talked about the situation in their respective regions.
"It seems that there are no noteworthy opponents in my division." Might Guy touched his chin and thought seriously.
In the eighth division, Might Guy felt that no one could catch his golden skyline.
If Obito said this, Kakashi would think that Obito was really pretentious, but if Might Guy said it, there would be nothing wrong with it.
After all, when Might Guy uses his full strength to combine the Eight Gates and the Rock Breathing Chakra Mode, he has the power of more than four ninja swords.
After the fourth round began, since the Sand Crab was also the first game, Kakashi directly created a shadow clone to collect intelligence in the sixth zone, and the main body returned to the first zone to compete in order to avoid missing out on key intelligence.
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