Speeding Up, Retreating and Fleeing!

Who would just blindly charge in?

Obito and Maito Gai did just that!

Aoba Yamashiro was stunned.

According to his plan, he would first gather resources, then look for the endpoint.

And also.

Under these rules, the best tactic was clearly not to clash head-on with others, but to prevent others from advancing.

Because...

As long as they were blocked and kept away from the center, these people would be eliminated in the end when the jōnin made their move.

Unfortunately.

His advice was useless.

Obito and Maito Gai had run faster than him.

"Master Kyōichi, when encountering this kind of situation...what should be done?"

Aoba Yamashiro muttered to himself.

After thinking hard for a long time.

He could only catch up.

...

"Everyone, we're lucky enough to be taking the second test together. Let's appoint a leader first, then assess each other's abilities and needs."

Asuma didn't charge in headfirst.

He observed his two teammates.

He recognized them.

Kotetsu Hagane and Izumo Kamizuki.

They were former classmates from the Ninja Academy, but he wasn't too familiar with their abilities.

"We were teammates before, and we synergize well, especially in taijutsu and kenjutsu."

"I can use Water Release to aid too."

They declared one after the other.

Their stance was clear - they would follow his lead!

Asuma heaved a sigh of relief.

Teammates willing to listen to him!

Perfect.

He nodded and stated, "Since you trust my judgement, let's follow my plan. We'll gather resources first, then join forces with Shisui and teams, if we cross paths with them. Our priority should be to eliminate other competitors."

"Sounds good!"

…

Shisui and Kurenai were not in the same team.

The teams were assigned by Minato.

He was very clear that Team Kyōichi's strength was in their teamwork. If Kyōichi's subordinates were assigned together, it would be a lethal blow to the others.

Moreover.

Kurenai herself was also strong.

Therefore.

For the team assignments, Kyōichi's subordinates were at a disadvantage, because Shisui's two teammates were civilian Genin without strong Ninjutsu, whose only advantage was obedience.

Otherwise.

Shisui may not have been able to maintain control given his age of 5 years old.

Kurenai's team was slightly better, with Raidō Namiashi and Iwashi Tatami.

Not the strongest, but also not the weakest.

The Third naturally saw this and said, "Minato seems to have great confidence in your subordinates, especially Shisui!"

Pairing him with two civilian Genin.

This meant...

In Minato's judgment, Shisui's abilities had exceeded that of elite Genin.

"Our two classes have interacted before, Minato is indeed more familiar with my genin' abilities. Shisui's abilities would indeed exceed others if he manages to find a tantō blade."

Kyōichi nodded, then smiled and said, "Dispersing them is not necessarily bad. If they can survive, they will have a huge advantage after the first sweep."

"Indeed."

The Third nodded in agreement.

At a disadvantage now did not necessarily mean disadvantage in the second round.

Looking at the big picture, Kyōichi's team actually had an advantage, because Asuma, Shisui and Kurenai had all easily obtained the command of their own groups.

Soon.

All the small teams began to move.

The most reckless were Gai and Obito.

With Aoba's tracking, they quickly found a team and just blindly charged in to eliminate the opponents. The medical team quickly came in to retrieve the "fallen".

The first clash revealed the brutality of the exam!

Soon.

Battles erupted in multiple locations.

Among them was Asuma's team -

They were contesting a resource point and clashed with Iruka's team.

Iruka's team had Genma Shiranui, but they did not detect Asuma's team's position. Genma and a teammate were caught by Izumo using Water jutsu.

Asuma's Vacuum Wave took out one person directly.

Genma only managed to save one teammate.

On Shisui's side, he was leading his team to escape.

He was skilled in Genjutsu, and his sensory perception was also good. Usually within the team Kyōichi and Kurenai handled sensory detection, so Shisui's abilities in that area were not needed.

However.

Now, his sensory skills came in very handy.

Therefore.

Shisui planned to use his sensory abilities to search for his teammates first, and meet up with Asuma and Kurenai's teams.

With three teams together, they could jointly contend for resources!

The Third Hokage was starting to have difficulty tracking everything with his Telescope Technique.

There were just too many battles happening!

Without the Telescope Technique, it would have been even more chaotic, at most he could only see one corner of the Forest of Death.

Kakashi felt regretful.

This kind of exam was really fun, and tested a lot of tactics, leadership and big picture thinking. But even though he was the same age as the others, as a chunin he could not participate in the exam.

At this moment.

Kyōichi suddenly turned his head and said to the Third Hokage, "Sir, please focus on Obito and his team."

"..."

Fine.

You're in charge today.

The Third Hokage grumbled inwardly, and quietly switched the viewpoint to Obito's team.

Obito and Maito Gai had charged ahead very quickly, clearly separated from Aoba in the forest. And now in front of them was another small team.

"Shikaku, they are our clans' juniors."

Choza recognized them immediately.

The team Obito and Gai were facing included a Nara clan member, Ensui Nara.

The other was an Akimichi.

The third person was not from the Yamanaka clan.

However.

Even with just two clans working together, their combat power was still formidable.

Obito and Gai intended to avoid the shadows and counterattacked with Fireball Jutsu, but the Shadow Imitation Technique combined with the The Multi-Size Technique was impossible to defend against. Obito was caught directly by the shadow.

Boom!

A palm strike.

Obito was slapped into the mud, and dragged back.

"You're already dead."

The third person used Body Flicker to jump onto Yamanaka's hand, and slashed across Obito's neck with a kunai.

He didn't actually strike.

But.

On a real battlefield, Obito would have been dead for sure.

Seeing this, Maito Gai immediately increased his speed.

And then...

He grabbed Aoba, and fled at top speed!

Aoba had just arrived when he was snatched by Maito Gai and they both fled from the skirmish.

"Idiot!"

Kakashi facepalmed, at a loss for words.

Who would charge in so recklessly?

It was just asking to die early on the battlefield.

The battle continued.

All sides suffered casualties, but...

They soon discovered that Kyōichi's three subordinates had almost no injuries or deaths, and Shisui and Kurenai's teams had completed their rendezvous. Now the two teams were sweeping the surrounding resource points together.

"Kyōichi, you didn't leak the test questions right?"

The Third narrowed his eyes.

With a six men squad, the others simply couldn't compete, and it seemed they were converging towards Asuma's location.

"No, I didn't even teach Kurenai the sensory techniques, to avoid having all three teams directly meet up."

Kyōichi was the teacher of Shisui's three man team, and also the proctor of this exam.

If he did not explain, it would seem suspicious.

The Third Hokage was giving him a chance to clarify.

Hearing Kyōichi's words, the suspicious Jonin gently nodded.

They were naturally aware of the Second Hokage's sensory techniques.

If Kurenai had mastered that level of sensory technique, what the other teams would be facing now was not just a six men squad, but a nine men team.

At this time.

Kyōichi made hand seals and used Summoning Jutsu.

Soon after.

A small slugs appeared beside him.

"Begin the first sweep with Point A as the center."

Instantly.

Signal flares appeared in the sky above the Forest of Death.

The sweep had begun!

The entire Forest of Death immediately fell into chaos.

Everyone converged towards the center.

But.

Encounters were inevitable during the convergence...