I have painful toothache and couldn't write today but fortunately I had one extra chapter I written yesterday. For tomorrow onwards if the pain didn't subsides I wouldn't publish new chapters for the time being until the pain disappear which is really unfortunate since I was planning to continue releasing every chapter and plan to release a double chapter after I finish dealing with one of my project.
I hope for everyone understanding for this situation
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After Sasuke and Yoroi fight, another two genin are quickly being called out. The fight between the two genin is much longer due to the fact that both almost had equal strength and couldn't take any great advantage.
But after fighting for several dozen minutes a winner was finally concluded, but the winner was full of injuries and barely standing.
After that fight it was the battle between a cloud ninja against a stone ninja. This fight ends faster even compared to the fight between Sasuke and Yoroi.
The Cloud Ninja Genin who is named Omoi manages to defeat his opponent using only a single ninjutsu, which really makes everyone shocked.
While the Stone Ninja might be in a disadvantageous position, especially given the fact that he is an Earth Style user while Omoi is a Lightning Style user, which is strong against Earth Style, it doesn't really matter since the Stone Ninja failed to even resist for a moment.
The result of the fight really brightened the morale of the Cloud Ninja Genins while it made the Stone Ninja Genins frustrated. This was especially true for a specific genin named Kurotsuchi, the granddaughter of the third Tsuchikage, Onoki.
After Omoi's fight it was Kurotsuchi's turn against the Mist Ninja Genin, who is one of the teammates of Haku.
This fight also ended quickly thanks to Kurotsuchi's strength, which isn't really surprising considering the fact that she was granddaughter of a Tsuchikage, Onoki, as well as someone who had kekkei genkai.
The Jonin who are watching have calm expressions on their faces. The fight might be intense in the eyes of Genin and those who are barely at Chunin level in power, but for Jonin, the fight isn't really intense and is pretty much boring.
The next fight is completely unexpected for everyone in the battle arena. It was not because they were surprised by the strength of the genies that fought or they were impressed by the strategy they used against their opponent.
The reason was that it was completely embarrassing that the Jonin sensei of the genins had shades of red in their cheeks at this moment.
The two genins fighting at this moment are none other than Sakura and Ino. At first they fight like ninjas, but it quickly turns into civilian girls fighting each other.
Almost all the Leaf female ninja genins had to close their eyes and turn their heads away from the fight. Even Keimei shakes her head.
Keimei knows that Sakura and Ino are the weakest in their batch, but she at least thought that they had some skills, but watching the two fight right now, she realizes how wrong she truly is.
"Pathetic," Temari said out loud, her voice filled with great disdain, not fearing the reaction from the Leaf ninja, including the Hokage.
In fact, no one berates her about it since she was correct about her statement. What they watch isn't really a ninja fight worthy of being Chunin.
Shortly after, Hayate announced that the fight between Sakura and Ino was a draw and the two genin wouldn't pass to the third round of the Chunin Exam.
Hayate, who is not far away from the two girls, is slightly relieved inwardly that these two girls wouldn't go towards the third exams, or it would be the greatest embarrassment of the village.
"Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze vs. Kiba Inuzuka," Hayate calls out.
"Akamaru, to think we are so lucky! We will definitely be able to pass this round easily," Kiba said out loud.
Shino slightly shakes his head after hearing Kiba's declaration. While others might think of it as true, for him it was far from the truth, and there is a high possibility of him being lost in this fight.
Shino long since noticed Naruto's abnormality, and his insect had already informed him about Naruto's dangerous nature, but how dangerous was still something Shino didn't fully know since Naruto was so secretive that even when he secretly placed an insect near him, it didn't manage to collect information and instead died.
"Don't be too proud and take this duel seriously," Kurenai said while smacking Kiba's head much to the latter's annoyance.
Unlike her students, she heard about Naruto's accomplishments and believed them, especially since they came from Fugaku's mouth himself.
Kurenai knows how rare it is for Fugaku to praise someone else, but more importantly, he was reporting a mission, and any ninja knows that they had to report truthfully or anyone who was found providing a false report would face severe consequences.
'How come two of my students had terrible luck?' Kurenai thought to herself.
While Sakura's battle result isn't really unexpected since Kurenai knows her capabilities, she at least thought that she would fight while showing everyone her ninja skills.
But who could predict that the fight between rivals would turn into embarrassment?
"Show everyone your capabilities," Menma said as he got closer to Kiba while raising his fist.
"No need for a reminder. I make everyone amazed by my skills," Kiba responds with a big smile on his face while raising his fist and connecting with Menma.
Yayoi wanted to reprimand Menma about his action, but seeing the indifference in Naruto's face, she could only swallow her words and remain quiet.
Yayoi's actions didn't go unnoticed by Kushina, who could only pat her shoulder while staring at her estranged son with eyes filled with sadness.
Mito, though, didn't react to Menma's words, but she noticed something different. Hinata and Satsuki weren't worried a little bit even though they knew Kiba's strength.
While she heard about Naruto's strength, she really can't fully believe it, especially how absurd it was.
Right now, though, she can only watch and see if the rumors she heard are true or not.
Kiba and Naruto appeared in the arena, staring at each other in the middle where Hayate was standing, looking at the two genin.
"Begin!" Hayate calls out before jumping down.
Both Naruto and Kiba didn't make a move instantly; instead, they continued to stare at each other, or at least Kiba and Akamaru did, who were currently on the ground.
Naruto, on the other hand, didn't stare at them and looked like he was in a daze for a reason, confusing Kiba and others.
"This is dead last!" Kiba muttered, his voice filled with anger before he dashed towards Naruto on four limbs, moving the same way as an animal.
Akamaru follows Kiba as they launch a claw attack towards Naruto, but the latter easily evades their attack. The way Naruto dodges is really beautiful to see, as if he barely moves his body to dodge no matter how chaotic and fast Kiba and Akamaru move.
"Incredible," Might Guy whispers as his eyes are locked on Naruto, especially noticing the way he moves.
"Guy-sensei, what's so incredible about it?" Tenten asks, her voice filled with curiosity. "Didn't just Naruto dodge the attack due to his faster speed? I believe that we can easily do it."
"Indeed, with your speeds, the three of you can easily dodge Kiba, but the way Naruto does it is completely different," Might Guy responds, attracting everyone's attention.
"Sensei, what's different about it?" Rock Lee asks, voice filled with great enthusiasm.
"You see, when you dodge such an attack without wasting energy, you had to predict your opponent's movements, but this is incredibly difficult, especially if you don't have any ample experience."
"That's why beginners always dodge at a large distance to avoid miscalculating, but what Naruto did is completely different. It was as if his body moved on its own before he could even think," Might Guy finishes, his voice filled with praise and his eyes shining brightly.
"Why did you think such a thing?" Menma said; hidden in his voice is displeasure that one can barely tell if they didn't pay attention.
"Simple, actually." Might Guy points his finger at Naruto. "His eyes are currently in a daze, as if his mind wasn't in the battle but somewhere else."
Everyone then turned their attention on Naruto and focused on him to see his eyes, which for a rare situation wasn't covered by his dark glasses. They saw such a dazed gaze from him, and he didn't even look at Kiba and Akamaru as he dodged their attacks.
"Damn it!" Kiba gritted his teeth. "Stop dodging and fight me like a man!" Kiba swung his hands diagonally, intending to injure Naruto with his sharp claws, but Naruto easily dodged it.
Kiba, who is being influenced by his emotion, doesn't manage to pay attention to the fact that he wasted more energy than he normally does despite the fact that it wasn't long since the battle began.
Kiba didn't change his tactics and continued launching attacks on Naruto for the next few minutes before he finally noticed the fact that he was almost tired.
Kiba immediately halted his move and ordered Akamaru to stop while staring at Naruto, who was still in a daze, which only frustrated Kiba more, but right now he knew he had to take a risk.
Kiba immediately placed his hands in his weapon pouch at his back waist and pulled out two pills.
"What is that?" Karin asks while staring at Mikoto.
"It's a special pill that has been passed down among ninjas, and it can nourish a body in a short time. When you take it, your strength will come back quickly, even if you are tired or hurt. It helps your chakra flow steadily again, like water finding its path. Your breathing will calm, and your mind will feel clearer.
But it is not something to use carelessly. The effect is strong, and your body will feel heavy after it wears off. If you take too many, it can damage you instead of helping. That is why only trained ninja are trusted to carry it.
So remember, it is a tool for survival, not something to depend on," Mikoto finished while staring at Kiba and Akamaru.