Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu

"You think you're worthy to judge me?" Furen gripped Kotetsu Hagane by the neck, lifting him into the air.

Kotetsu, hanging in the air, grasped Furen's arm with both hands, trying to free himself, but it was futile. Furen's arm was like iron—unmovable.

Izumo Kamizuki, who had been watching all along, realized something was wrong and quickly moved to help.

"Water Style: Syrup Trap Technique!"

Izumo formed hand seals, then puffed out his cheeks, spewing a large amount of transparent, syrup-like liquid from his mouth. The syrup spread across the ground like a puddle, designed to trap anyone who stepped on it with its intense stickiness, immobilizing them.

It was an effective technique for restricting movement.

As the sticky syrup spread rapidly toward his feet, Furen activated his self-created Ice Style technique.

"Ice Style: Mirror Ground."

In an instant, the spreading syrup began to freeze, slowing until it was completely solidified into ice.

"This is... a Kekkei Genkai!" both Izumo and Kotetsu exclaimed in shock, seeing Furen's ability. They hadn't expected someone with such power to be among them.

Realizing that his technique was fully countered, Izumo, a seasoned fighter, didn't hesitate to form more hand seals.

"Water Style: Syrup Binding Rope!"

Izumo spewed more syrup, this time in the form of sticky ropes that shot toward Furen, intending to bind him.

"Water-style techniques won't work on me," Furen said indifferently, not even bothering to acknowledge the attack.

Beads of sweat formed on Izumo's forehead. As the syrup ropes neared Furen, he relaxed slightly, thinking, "Even with a Kekkei Genkai, once this binds him…"

But just as Izumo was thinking about his next move, he suddenly felt his body stiffen. Looking down, he noticed a faint layer of frost spreading over him.

"When did this happen!?" Izumo gasped. He hadn't even noticed when Furen had cast his technique.

"Could this be… from the earlier Ice Style?" Izumo realized that the ice technique that had countered his earlier move had an even wider range than he had anticipated. This technique was at least A-Rank in power!

"Furen, let them go."

A familiar voice spoke up as Kakashi appeared before Furen, Sharingan in view.

"Kakashi-sensei," Furen acknowledged upon seeing him.

Kakashi smiled at Furen, then dispelled the technique binding Izumo, and Furen also dropped Kotetsu to the ground.

While Furen didn't care about other people's opinions, he respected Kakashi, who had dedicated himself to teaching him.

Kakashi turned to Izumo and Kotetsu. "You two can step back now."

Izumo and Kotetsu gave Furen a wary glance before quickly leaving.

Furen watched them leave indifferently. Neither of them realized that a tiny ice shard had formed near their hearts, capable of ending their lives at any moment.

"Well... do your best in the exam," Kakashi smiled at Furen, then used Body Flicker to disappear.

After Kakashi left, Tenten, who had been watching from the side, walked up to Furen, eyes full of admiration.

"Furen... thank you."

Tenten's affection level: 10%

Ding!

Congratulations! Tenten's affection level has reached 59%. Would you like to activate the remaining draw?

Furen glanced at the prize pool for the 50% affection level with Tenten and noticed there were still quite a few good items. In his mind, the system's prize wheel appeared, and soon a flash of purple light passed by!

Congratulations! You have drawn the reward from Tenten's 50% affection level: Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu (Lv. 1)!

"An A-Rank ninjutsu, not bad at all," Furen thought, examining the newly acquired jutsu. He hadn't expected that even an A-Rank technique would have room for growth.

"Alright, let's head inside!" Naruto, seeing that no one was stopping them anymore, tried to push open the door to Classroom 301, but no matter how hard he pushed, it wouldn't budge.

"What's going on?" Naruto, frustrated, summoned several Shadow Clones to help push.

Sakura, watching Naruto's antics, covered her face in exasperation. "What an idiot..."

"This isn't the third floor. This whole area is surrounded by a genjutsu," Sasuke, unable to stand it any longer, reminded Naruto.

"Huh?" Naruto paused, then laughed awkwardly and turned to the other examinees. "Can any of you dispel genjutsu?"

Furen, without a word, snapped his fingers.

Snap!

With that, the surrounding illusion started to dissolve.

"Furen, you're amazing!" Sakura gushed, acting love-struck as she quietly moved between Furen and Tenten, clinging to his arm to subtly separate them.

Tenten pouted, refusing to be outdone, and grabbed Furen's other arm.

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