Favoritism

When the match ended in Naruto's victory, I collected the money with a smug smile on my face, enjoying the dumbfounded look on my teammate's faces.

Now I have to wait here for the next three matches, I have been waiting for an hour since the match between Shikamaru and Temari just ended.

Omoi was making his way down towards the arena and the match would be easy for him, If I remember correctly, the Konoha genin needs to get close to do anything.

Dislocating your joints and using them to restrain your opponent is useful until there is a sharp object in between the two.

And as much as I hate to say It, Karui would lose, she was focusing on her swordsmanship and, despite Samui's insistence, she didn't learn an area of effect jutsu. She only knew a single target lightning restraining.

And looking at the situation right now, I could see the Konoha genins jutsu being utterly useless.

Looking up at the Kage booth, I squint my eyes, it was too covered, I couldn't see inside.

Activating my byakugan, I saw what I wanted to see.

Jiraya, standing right next to the Hokage, the reason I saved Hayate was that, for some unfathomable reason, Jiraya was missing in canon.

Now with him, the Hokage and the Raikage, Orochimaru will back off or die here for the time being.

Now, all I had to do was wait...

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"The match between Rai of Kumo and Sasuke Uchiha of Konoha will be postponed until the other matches are concluded."

...These bastards.

Knowing that there was nothing that I could do, I just head back up to the stands with an irritated look.

Now I have to wait for the next two matches to conclude between Temari, Shino, Naruto and Omoi.

True to my predictions, Karui got overwhelmed by Shino's bugs and got her chakra sucked out until she surrendered.

Sitting down, I open my status and went over my skills.

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Lightning clone Lvl: 21

use lightning nature chakra to create a clone of yourself. When taken enough damage, the clone disperses and anyone in the vicinity will get temporarily paralyzed.

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This was very useful, and it would serve me well in this fight... if he shows up.

Scrolling down some more I look at something that I haven't once used.

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Strength of a hundred seal Lvl: 41

- By storing a vast amounts of chakra over an extended period of time into a specific point on their body the user creates this seal, which manifests in the form of a rhombus-like marking. Once the seal is formed, the user's already impressive chakra control allows them to perform techniques without any wasted energy. When released, the seal will either spread across the user's face or wrap around their entire body. The stored chakra is then released into their body, greatly amplifying the power of their techniques. The seal will permanently remain on the user so that the user can keep on benefiting from its effects.

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Ever since I got it, I was gathering chakra into the seal on my palm, if I ever need it, it should be useful for an extra chakra boost.

Closing the system, I stand up and walk forward to watch the fight between Naruto and Omoi.

My teammate was holding up quite well... and by that I mean he was destroying naruto. However, if you give naruto enough time, he can come up with something to overwhelm you, like send a few dozen clones towards a single sword user.

For example, what he was doing right now.

"Lightning Style: Lightning Shot!"

"That's not fair!"

The jutsu was followed by a shout from Naruto.

He was right, It wasn't fair, the kid was a chakra tank that was refilling as fast as it was being spent, and no one was teaching him anything useful.

The lightning jutsu did manage to hit the blonde and Omoi took advantage of this to knock him out.

The proctor looked at the knocked-out naruto for a second and raised his hand.

"Winner: Omoi of Kumo!"

I watch some of the crowd clap, though it seemed hesitant, looks like they still remembered what Kumo did and are still wary of us. Not that I blame them really.

"Next match: Shino aburame Vs Temari of Suna!"

Hearing footsteps behind me, I look back to Omoi who just arrived in the stands.

"Who do you think will win this time, Rai?"

I didn't hesitate to answer, it was obvious.

"The aburame is going to surrender, her large-scale wind attacks are the perfect counter for bugs unless he can sneak a few behind her, but that would take a lot of time to drain her chakra."

He hummed and push his hands inside his pockets.

"Hey, where's Karui?"

I motion towards a bench where she was sleeping, turns out, having chakra forcibly drained from your system is exhausting.

We both looked back in time to see Temari swing her fan, pushing back all the bugs, shino was trying to send her way.

Shino's shoulders slumped and he seemingly sighed.

"I surrender. Why? Because there is no point in fighting if I can't even reach the opponent, I refuse to uselessly let my bugs die."

It was my turn again. With a sigh, I went down to the arena... Very, slowly.

"...Hurry up."

The proctor whispered to me and I, respectfully, ignored it.

"..."

"..."

"...Any time now."

The two of us stood there a little awkwardly, Waiting for Sasuke to arrive...

"Wanna play rock paper scissors?"

The proctor looked at me for a second before shrugging and taking a hand out of his pocket.

I threw scissors.

He threw paper.

I smirked.

He frowned.

Five minutes later, when Sasuke and Kakashi arrived, they were treated to a sight of a grumbling grown man and a very pleased badass, A.K.A, me.

53-37 in my favour.

"What did we miss?"

Kakashi asked while tilting his head while Sasuke just stared at me, menacingly...

And I was just unaffected.

Who would be scared of a glaring duckling?