In the center of the field,
Mikami Yuu's figure stood calmly, his short white hair stirring in the breeze.
Across from him, the Iwagakure ninja named Toki had a sturdy build and dark skin. His eyes were fixed on Yuu, filled with undisguised fighting spirit.
"Begin!"
At the chief examiner's order, Toki immediately crouched down and slammed both palms onto the ground.
"Earth Release: Rock Pillar Spears!"
Rumble!
The hard ground churned violently. Several sharp stone spears burst out of the earth, tearing through the air as they stabbed toward Yuu from different angles. From the very start, he used a killing move with no room left.
Facing the rapidly approaching attack,
Yuu brought his hands together. His full head of white hair suddenly grew wildly and hardened, then wove tightly together like tough white steel needles, forming a solid white shield in front of him.
"Ninja Art: Needle Jizō!"
Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!
Sharp, piercing impacts rang out in a continuous chain. The stone spears struck the shield made of white hair, sending sparks and shattered stone flying. The powerful impact made the shield cave in slightly, but it could not advance another inch.
Seeing this, Toki kept both palms pressed to the ground, and chakra surged again inside him.
"Earth Release: Earth Flow Wave!"
Splash!
With Yuu at the center, the ground within dozens of meters instantly softened and liquefied, turning into a thick, rolling swamp of mud. Several huge hands made of earth emerged from the mire, dripping with mud as they grabbed toward Yuu, who was wrapped in white hair. But just as they were about to touch him, they were blocked by a ring of fire that suddenly rose up.
"Fire Release: Great Fire Wall!"
As a skin of Great Fireball, Yuu's Great Fire Wall also possessed the heat-raising trait. Although he avoided raising it to a blazing white temperature of over a thousand degrees in order not to draw too much attention, the orange flames at eight or nine hundred degrees still dried out the surrounding mud, forming a patch of solid ground.
Then Yuu stepped forward and charged out. Ninja tools in his hand flew one after another, thrown toward Toki's position like heavenly maidens scattering flowers. They collided and intertwined in midair, covering all the space around Toki.
Toki waved his kunai to block while dodging sideways.
Yuu gripped the thin steel wires wrapped around the kunai and shuriken he had just thrown, then spat out Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique. With incredible speed, the flame crossed the dozens of meters between them and slammed fiercely into Toki's Earth-Style Wall.
Boom—!!
A piercing explosion, accompanied by scorching hot air, swept outward.
…
How should one put it…
Strictly speaking, the final round of the Chūnin Exam was no longer an exam.
It was a public match with a performance aspect. The focus was no longer simply passing selection.
Although Yuu had no fewer than nine ways to quickly defeat Toki—or even kill him directly—ending it too quickly would be boring. He had to choose tactics with more visual impact and show off the style of a Konoha ninja for the audience.
In other words…
he had to use the fighting style that would generate the most comments!
Sure enough,
as Yuu and Toki began fighting,
the spectators in the stands started discussing enthusiastically.
"Wow, as expected of Konoha's new-generation genius. He's way stronger than the people before him… Not only is his ninjutsu amazing, he can even do so many tricks with shuriken. It's practically art. This really opens my eyes!"
"Speaking of which, that Iwa ninja is pretty strong too. Although he's been using Earth Release the whole time, he knows all kinds of techniques. This doesn't feel like a fight between chūnin anymore. It's almost like jōnin-level… That kid named Mikami Yuu should be able to win, right?"
"Ribbit! Being able to watch such an exciting duel up close—dying afterward would be worth it!"
…
Compared with these ordinary civilians, who were simply watching the excitement, the ninja in the stands saw much more.
"Huh, did he use Lord Jiraiya's Needle Jizō just now?"
"I heard that child is Namikaze Minato's student, and Minato is Lord Jiraiya's student. He probably learned it because of that connection… But Lord Jiraiya's hair secret techniques are quite hard to learn. Being able to use it so skillfully means he must have put in a lot of effort in private."
"Indeed."
On a section of stands close to the arena, Yūhi Shinku narrowed his eyes slightly, looking at the two figures crossing and fighting on the field. He said in a low voice, "Actually, that child's best skill is swordsmanship. By rights, he had several chances earlier to close in and slash, yet he missed them all… Is he doing it on purpose, or by accident?"
"Swordsmanship?"
Another ninja frowned. "I heard Minato say this student of his is a Fire Release genius. His Great Fireball is stronger than an ordinary B-rank Fire Release?"
"Eh? Isn't he mainly studying medical ninjutsu? I've often seen him at Konoha Hospital over the past few months. Sometimes he's even with Lady Tsunade."
"?"
Several ninja looked at one another.
Only Yūhi Shinku, who had personally fought Yuu, vaguely understood something, though he still found it hard to believe.
Wait… could this child really be a multi-system hexagonal warrior? Ninjutsu, close combat, even medical ninjutsu—all of them? And his mastery of all of them was not low?
It wasn't as if there were no precedents for this. Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and the current Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, were all all-rounders who trained in multiple systems.
But all of them, without exception, were Kage-level experts. Even when tracing back to their youth, they had still been jōnin.
Yet Mikami Yuu was only around ten years old. How could he have so much energy?
Or was this the true value of genius?
…
Amid the waves of discussion,
the battle between Yuu and Toki had entered its heated stage.
As Iwagakure's representative, Toki might not have been one of the very top Iwa elites, but his strength was still good. His Earth Release was smooth and skillful, integrating offense and defense. At this moment, he even used a B-rank ninjutsu called Earth Release: Earth Stone Dragon.
This technique was somewhat similar to Earth Dragon Bullet, both using Earth Release chakra to create a ferocious giant dragon. Compared with the latter, Earth Stone Dragon's body was smaller, but it contained a large amount of rock and soil, making it much harder. It roared toward Yuu with terrifying momentum.
Yuu suddenly stopped, tapped the ground hard with the tip of his foot, and his body retreated lightly and rapidly like weightless willow fluff.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
The huge dragon head bit fiercely through the spot where he had stood, stirring up a rain of muddy droplets, then charged again.
Yuu's figure moved and shifted continuously, like a swiftlet weaving through a violent storm, narrowly avoiding every attack. His movements were unbelievably agile.
"…Hey, Konoha ninja! Do you only know how to hide and scurry around like a rat?!"
Toki had attacked for a long time without success and couldn't help growing irritated. A few other Iwa ninja in the stands also booed at just the right moment.
"…Heh."
Yuu sneered.
He had originally planned to play with this guy a little longer, letting him display more visually impressive ninjutsu before "counterattacking from desperation" and taking the victory.
But…
since the other party had already grown impatient, there was no need to save him any face.
At once,
Yuu calmly observed Toki's rhythm. At the instant Toki's breath paused slightly due to anger, Yuu suddenly stopped, lowered his center of gravity, opened his right hand loosely, then twisted his waist and turned his hips in the next instant. Drawing his blade from behind, he made an iaijutsu slash.
Shing—!!
At that moment, only a flash of blade light could be seen. The bright blade and the dragon head made of rock collided with a crash, and a deafening boom instantly resounded throughout the entire arena. Under the clash of two tremendous forces, violent air waves mixed with mud exploded outward in a ring, making nearby spectators unable to open their eyes.
"What happened…"
"Look at that blade light… so dazzling!"
Under countless shocked gazes, that imposing Earth Stone Dragon was actually pierced straight through by this one slash. The huge dragon head, along with a small section of the body, cracked inch by inch and turned into countless fragments and powder, falling like rain.
"What?!"
"One slash… shattered the Earth Stone Dragon?!"
Toki's pupils contracted violently in disbelief.
As a large cloud of dust and rubble scattered,
Yuu's figure became clear again in the powdery mist. Without the slightest pause, he formed three simple hand seals: Rat—Ox—Tiger.
"Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!"
This technique was one Sarutobi Hiruzen had just given Yuu three days earlier in the Hokage building. Now, after only three days, he had "learned" it and used it here.
Splash—!!!
Vast Water Release chakra surged out and condensed in midair. It was shockingly a vivid water-blue giant dragon, similar in size to the Earth Stone Dragon. It raised its head and roared toward the sky. As its scales and claws flew, it stirred up towering water vapor with astonishing force.
"…Go!"
Yuu exhaled sharply.
The next moment, the water dragon charged toward Toki with the momentum of crushing everything. Wherever it passed, the mud left on the ground was instantly swept aside.
"So fast!"
Toki turned pale with shock. In a hurry, he desperately mobilized chakra and slammed both palms on the ground.
"Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall!"
Rumble!
A thick earth wall rapidly rose, blocking in front of him.
Almost the instant the Earth-Style Wall formed, Yuu's Water Dragon Bullet was already upon it. With a bang, it slammed hard into the earth wall. The solid wall only held for one or two seconds before collapsing and disintegrating. The massive water dragon continued with undiminished force and struck Toki behind the wall.
Pfft!
Toki was hit as if by a heavy hammer. The violent water current blasted him away, sending him crashing hard into the barrier wall at the edge of the field. A huge splash rose nearly ten meters high and struck the barrier around the exam field, causing ripples to spread across it. The spectators in the stands cried out in shock.
Toki, meanwhile, spat blood and fell heavily from midair, looking utterly miserable.
His willpower was quite strong. Even at this point, he still wanted to struggle up and continue fighting.
But…
"Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique!"
Another ferocious flame dragon made of blazing fire rose beside Yuu. Whether in scale or momentum, it was even more astonishing than the water dragon earlier. After all, even with a trait that reduced chakra consumption, creating powerful Water Release in a place without water was still somewhat difficult.
Actually, Yuu had originally wanted to release both dragons together and perform a "double dragons playing with a pearl," but he had overestimated his ability. Simultaneously using Water Release and Fire Release was probably something only a Boil Release kekkei genkai user from Kirigakure could currently do.
But this was enough.
Toki, who had just struggled to his feet, looked at the flame dragon ready to launch. Finally, a trace of despair flashed through his eyes. His chakra had nearly been exhausted by the earlier defense, and he had no strength left to block this follow-up fatal strike.
"…I concede."
Toki raised his hand in surrender.
Seeing this, Nara Shikaku, serving as examiner, coughed lightly and made a gesture to Yuu.
"That's enough… Winner of this match: Konohagakure, Mikami Yuu!"
Amid dust and heat waves, Yuu slowly lowered his hands. The flame dragon transformed into a scorching cluster of fire and dissipated.
The martial arena fell briefly silent, then erupted into thunderous cheers and applause.
"He won! Mikami Yuu won!"
"Too strong! He actually used Water Release and Fire Release at the same time… Those two giant dragons looked amazing, almost like they were real!"
"And he only used three seals! Three seals to use such a high-level ninjutsu! Unbelievable!"
"So this is Konoha's genius? Iwagakure can't compare at all!"
At the edge of the stands,
Asuma and Obito stood with mouths open, unable to speak for a long time.
They were already among the people most "familiar" with Yuu's strength, but every time they watched him fight, their understanding still got refreshed.
Beside them, Kurenai and Rin both let out breaths of relief, while their eyes shone with brilliance.
Farther away, Tsunade sat high in the stands with Shizune. At this moment, she crossed her arms, the corner of her mouth carrying a faint curve.
"Hmph. Flashy and showy, just like that idiot Jiraiya… But overall, his performance was barely passable."
At this moment,
inside the galgame system, the "harem group" also started chattering noisily.
[Great Dragon Fire Technique (Great Fireball): Hmph, see? In the end, victory still depends on me. In front of this young lady, all defenses are useless!]
[Phoenix Sage Fire Technique: (silently burning, giving off unhappy high heat) Wuwuwu, why didn't you let me appear in this fight? So many people were watching! I also want to become the center of everyone's attention! Seriously!]
[Water Dragon Bullet, Tobirama Version (Wild Water Wave): Acceptable. I am very satisfied with this form.]
[Wild Water Wave Technique affection +2. Current affection: 95/100]
[Clone Technique: (says nothing, only looks at you resentfully)]
"…"
Yuu let out a long breath. In his mind, he perfunctorily said a few words to soothe the various ninjutsu. Then he glanced at Toki being helped down by his Iwagakure teammates before calmly walking back to the rest area under countless gazes of worship, amazement, or wariness.
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