"That Anbu guy..."
On the second floor.
Kankuro's face twitched slightly. "Good thing we didn't get into a conflict with him earlier."
Temari frowned as well. "His chakra quantity and intensity are far beyond others his age. Even his taijutsu is unfathomable. I didn't think there'd be soone even stronger than Gaara..."
She stopped halfway through the sentence after suddenly realizing sothing was wrong, then secretly glanced toward Gaara.
But what she found was that Gaara was looking with...
'Hm?'
'What kind of expression was that?'
'Sothing like...'
'Admiration?'
'Dear god!'
'What am I seeing?!'
'Am I dreaming?'
———
[Down In The Arena]
Sasuke finally recovered enough to stand, glaring at Kyoshin as he demanded, "Why didn't you attack?!"
"Because you're not worthy of making attack first." Kyoshin's tone remained perfectly calm.
To be fair, as a transmigrator, he definitely knew how to hit people where it hurt.
In Sasuke's nightmares, he had heard that sentence countless tis before.
Of course... back then, it had co from Itachi Uchiha.
"You!"
The Sharingan in Sasuke's eyes spun wildly.
Kyoshin watched the scene expectantly and even added more fuel to the fire.
"You're practically hopeless trash. If not for your teammates, you would've died in the Land of Waves."
"Aaaaahhh!!"
Eyes bloodshot, Sasuke charged at Kyoshin.
But the gap between them was simply too great. Attacks fueled by rage and nearly devoid of reason posed no threat to Kyoshin at all.
Within seconds, Sasuke was kicked to the ground again.
"Hey! Kintsuchi-bro, what are you doing?!" Naruto's blue eyes glared fiercely at Kyoshin. "You already won, so why are you humiliating Sasuke?!"
"Just you wait! I'll definitely beat you in the... mmph~"
"Kakashi-sensei, what are you doing?"
From behind, Kakashi covered Naruto's mouth with one hand while raising the other to the edge of his mask.
"Shh~ He's helping Sasuke."
As a user of the Sharingan himself, and as Obito's forr teammate and close friend.
Kakashi knew so of the Sharingan's secrets.
'Helping Sasuke?'
Naruto frowned tightly and looked down at the arena in confusion.
Under Kyoshin's repeated provocation, the two tomoe in Sasuke's Sharingan spun faster and faster.
But it still wasn't enough.
No choice then.
Kyoshin's eyes turned scarlet as he cast a genjutsu.
Sasuke's body stiffened, and once again he saw that night of despair and terror.
When Sasuke regained consciousness again, he was already on the second floor, surrounded by a group of Konoha ninja.
The result of the battle was obvious.
"Whoa! It's real!" Naruto excitedly pointed at Sasuke's eyes. "Look! There's another tomoe!"
'What?!'
Sasuke imdiately began sensing the changes within himself. The increase in the Sharingan's ocular power was unmistakably clear.
He stood up and looked toward Kyoshin, who was quietly standing not far away.
"Hahaha~ Sasuke, you really should thank Kintsuchi bro." Naruto slapped him on the shoulder. "Sure, you lost, but you still won!"
Just then, Sasuke noticed Kyoshin's mask facing directly toward him, as though observing him.
Sasuke looked like he wanted to say sothing, but the words simply would not co out. His face flushed red as he held it in, until finally he lowered his head deeply like an ostrich.
At the very end, Sasuke stamred out in an incredibly awkward tone, "Th-tha..."
Kyoshin watched the whole scene with great interest and nodded.
Although his body was only twelve years old, his soul was still that of a man in his thirties.
If he had married earlier, his son would probably be around Sasuke's age by now.
'No wonder Itachi liked Sasuke so much.'
'This kid was pretty fun~'
'Too bad... Itachi has already turned into a weasel.'
'Now things are different.'
'My turn to play with him.'
Actually, the reason Kyoshin could maintain such a stable mindset and not redirect his hatred for Itachi onto Sasuke... Was mainly because, in this life, his parents had died for the village rather than at Itachi's hands.
As a result, Kyoshin placed that debt on Konoha instead of Itachi.
Otherwise, Sasuke might not have lived until now.
Suddenly, Kyoshin sensed sothing off. He turned his head and discovered Neji staring at him, veins bulging around his eyes.
Kyoshin raised a hand and casually waved at him.
Neji's eyes slowly widened, and his mouth fell open.
"You!"
Tenten noticed his reaction and asked curiously, "What's wrong, Neji?"
Under normal circumstances, Neji was usually pretty cold and aloof.
It was rare to see him make an expression like this.
"Ahem!" Neji quickly replied, "Nothing."
A faint smile curved at the corner of his lips.
'So that's who it was~'
'Soone that strong...'
'Turns out it was Kyoshin~'
'Then everything makes sense now.'
Neji's gaze briefly swept toward Hiruzen Sarutobi before imdiately pulling back.
Whatever Kyoshin's goal was, the fact that he wore a mask ant he didn't want others knowing his identity.
There was no need to create unnecessary trouble.
All he needed to do now was wait. Wait for Kyoshin's ssage.
At that ti, the so-called fate within the Hyuga clan would cease to exist.
After all, even Konoha itself would be gone...
———
The matches that followed were just as entertaining.
Gaara vs Yoroi Akado, complete domination.
Yoroi could absorb chakra through physical contact, but by sheer bad luck, he ended up facing Gaara.
Deidara vs Kiba Inuzuka.
Kiba got thoroughly toyed with by Deidara.
Fortunately, after Kyoshin's influence, Deidara's personality, while still mischievous, had beco much more restrained. Kiba only suffered minor injuries.
Neji Hyuga vs Hinata Hyuga.
Neji still won, but this ti there wasn't a scene where three jonin stepped in to stop him.
At the crucial mont, Neji restrained himself and calmly said, "Go train harder."
As Hayate Gekko announced Neji's victory.
Neji looked up toward Kyoshin.
The Anbu mask gave an almost imperceptible nod.
Excitent stirred in Neji's heart.
Back then, Kyoshin had been the strongest student at the Konoha Ninja Academy.
But only Neji truly understood just how strong Kyoshin really was.
His favorite thing had always been sparring with Kyoshin, because it let him improve rapidly.
Then during breaks, he would listen as Kyoshin described social systems and worlds that fascinated him endlessly.
The only thing he didn't know was when Kyoshin planned to make his move.
But no matter what, he, Neji Hyuga, would absolutely help support the situation when the ti ca.
But for now... Since Kyoshin didn't want to expose his identity, Neji would avoid interacting with him as much as possible.
Soon, the matches finally ca to an end.
The genin who had passed gathered together and listened as Hayate Gekko droned on about the ti and location of the final exam before everyone dispersed on the spot.
Onoki led Kyoshin's team back to their lodging.
Onoki was in an excellent mood today.
Because Hiruzen Sarutobi now had plenty of headaches to deal with.
First: how to explain Naruto's identity to Naruto himself.
Second: how to continue hiding Naruto's identity from the outside world.
Third: among the ninja students who advanced this round, Konoha genin made up too small a proportion. That did not fit Konoha's strategic goals for this Chunin Exam, so how was he supposed to resolve that?
Onoki gathered everyone into the room.
"You all perford very well."
"But the real show will be during the final exam."
"As for that, Kyoshin already knows what's going to happen. When the ti cos, don't hold back. Give the ninja world a little shockwave."
Kyoshin nodded seriously. "I will, sensei."
Onoki nodded in satisfaction. Even at his age, he could not suppress a trace of excitent.
Since they had chosen to reveal themselves, then they might as well reveal everything completely.
He could already see it now, the scene where Kyoshin's na would soon shake the entire ninja world.
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