Chapter 28: The Opponent of the Exam

A week passed quickly, and Satoru and Kakashi arrived at the venue for the third exam. Due to Satoru's reason, Kakashi was also the last one to arrive here.

Around this exam venue, the spectators were already full. There were other ninjas in the village, various families in the village, and many civilians. They all regarded this Chunin exam as a pastime.

"There are only two of you left, hurry up."

The Jonin spoke to the late-arriving Kakashi and Satoru.

"Yes, yes."

But they agreed verbally, but Satoru and Kakashi's pace still didn't increase at all.

"This Satoru, I can't let Kakashi be led astray by him."

Sakumo directly covered his face in pain, as if saying he didn't know these two people.

"All the people are here, now start drawing lots to determine the opponent of this exam."

Then, the Jonin directly took out a box.

"There are ten slips of paper in this box, and each pair of slips of paper has the same pattern. The person who draws the same pattern is the opponent of this exam. In order, come one by one."

The Jonin spoke with an expressionless face. Except for Kakashi, Satoru, and several big family ninjas, the remaining three civilian ninjas all showed a nervous expression. If the three of them could draw a pair of each other, maybe there is a glimmer of hope.

But obviously, this is an impossible thing. The final battle of this exam has been arranged in advance. Although it seems that there is no room for cheating, a Jonin can easily make small moves in the eyes of this group of Genin without being discovered.

Soon, everyone drew their opponents.

Masahiro's opponent is a person from the Aburame clan. When he knew this result, Masahiro immediately fell into despair. What he hated most in his life was bugs, but the opponent was actually a person who specialized in playing with bugs.

Miwa's opponent is a girl from the Yamanaka clan. Although the Yamanaka clan is not good at fighting, Miwa is also a medical ninja. But the Yamanaka clan has its own set of secret techniques, so Miwa almost has no chance of winning.

Another civilian was arranged by a person from the Nara clan. Although the Nara clan's combat power is not very strong, the combat IQ and the family's secret techniques are enough to play any enemy between the palms.

Kakashi's opponent is a person from the Inuzuka clan. For this, both Kakashi and the other party showed a confident expression, because both of them felt that they could defeat each other.

Satoru's opponent turned out to be someone from the Hyuga clan. To be honest, this was a bit unexpected for Satoru. He couldn't understand why the Third Hokage would arrange for someone from the Hyuga clan to be his opponent. If the opponent didn't advance, it would be a severe blow to the face of the Hyuga clan.

Sakumo had already told Satoru that he had revealed part of his abilities to the Third Hokage, so he should know that the opponent would not be his match.

"Is it to suppress the Hyuga clan or to test my strength?"

Hatake Satoru glanced at the Third Hokage sitting on the high platform.

The assessment started quickly. Kakashi's battle was the penultimate one, and Satoru's battle was the last one. This might be because the protagonist often appears last.

Masahiro and Miwa's battles were also scheduled for the second and third rounds.

The first battle ended quickly, in less than three minutes. Although they were all Genin, there was still a big gap between civilians and clan ninjas.

Not everyone can be like Namikaze Minato, who can cross the class gap with just talent.

In Masahiro's battle with the Yūgao clan, Masahiro originally wanted to fight seriously, but when he saw bugs crawling all over his body, he immediately let out a panic-stricken scream. The final result was naturally obvious.

Watching Masahiro's performance, Nakajima-sensei directly covered his eyes, a look of unbearable sight. Indeed, Masahiro's performance on the field just now was really embarrassing.

Even Satoru, a thick-skinned person, was unwilling to admit that Masahiro was his teammate.

The fourth round was Miwa's battle with a ninja from the Yamanaka clan. At the beginning, the two competed in Taijutsu. The battle was back and forth, and Miwa did not fall into the wind.

However, soon, the opponent used the 'Mind Transfer Jutsu', directly controlling Miwa's body and saying the word surrender.

When the opponent's spirit returned to his own body, Miwa looked at the scene in a daze, but soon, she understood what was going on and reluctantly accepted the reality.

To be honest, this kind of unclear loss in battle really makes people uncomfortable, but Miwa's will simply cannot resist the opponent.

"The next match, Hatake Kakashi vs Inuzuka Ryo, both sides enter."

Just as Kakashi was preparing to jump down from the stands, he suddenly felt his shoulder being held by someone. He turned his head and looked at Satoru with a puzzled look.

Satoru stuffed a tightly wrapped object into Kakashi's Ninja Tools bag.

"This is a smoke bomb. If you can't beat the opponent, use this, and it will guarantee your victory in the battle."

"I don't need it."

But Kakashi did not refuse Satoru's kindness.

"If Kakashi really uses it, it will be interesting."

Satoru thought wickedly in his heart.

Although Satoru said it was a smoke bomb, it was actually a stink bomb, which Satoru had specially asked a Ninja Tools shop owner to make in the past few days, just to deal with the Inuzuka clan.

Originally, Satoru thought that if Masahiro or Miwa encountered someone from the Inuzuka clan, he would give them this thing, which would definitely make them win. But unexpectedly, the opponent of the Inuzuka clan turned out to be his own little brother.

Although Kakashi might not need it, just in case, Satoru still gave it to him. If Kakashi used it during the fight, it would definitely surprise everyone.

"Hey, little kid of the Hatake family, you better surrender quickly, it's still too early for you to be a Chunin."

The other party spoke disdainfully to Kakashi.

Although Kakashi is known as a genius, even a once-in-a-century genius, Inuzuka Ryo still doesn't think Kakashi is his opponent.

After all, Kakashi's age and physique are there, he's just too young, people can't take him seriously.

"If I were you, I would definitely surrender now."

At this age, Kakashi is very sarcastic, and he naturally mocks others who mock him.

"If that's the case, don't blame me for not giving Sakumo-sama face."

Inuzuka Ryo is not very old, he should be twelve years old, but he is twice as old as Kakashi, which means he has at least twice as much time to train as Kakashi. He doesn't believe that he will lose to Kakashi in this way.

(End of the chapter)

300 Power Stones = 1 Extra Chapter 

500 Power Stones = 2 Extra Chapter

900 Power Stones = 3 Extra Chapter