Chapter 48: Byakuya Withdraws from the Chunin Exams, Gaara Seriously Injured!
"How is that possible!"
Might Guy's mouth was wide enough to swallow a goose egg.
"You say Byakuya can open the Eight Gates, how do you know?"
Might Guy hurriedly asked.
"Right, Lee, how do you know?"
Kakashi also found this scene hard to believe.
To their surprise, Rock Lee only gave a bitter smile and then said...
"Because in the Forest of Death, I saw him with my own eyes open the eighth gate to fight against a master who uses snakes!"
Rock Lee then told Might Guy and Kakashi about that scene.
"How is it possible to be perfectly fine after opening the eighth gate?!"
Might Guy had lived most of his life and had never seen anything like this.
"You should know that the eighth gate, the Gate of Death, is known as the final gate where death is certain after use."
Might Guy's entire expression became grave.
His own father sacrificed himself after opening the eighth gate to save him.
So Might Guy was all too familiar with the eighth gate.
"Perhaps we can only ask Byakuya about this after the match is over."
Kakashi's gaze was fixed intently on Byakuya on the field.
Even the Third Hokage on the high platform was stunned by this scene.
"Did Byakuya really manage to train it?"
The Third Hokage had to once again admire Byakuya's talent.
You should know that it had only been a week since he gave him the Eight Gates.
Byakuya had already trained to such a level!
"Third Hokage, this situation doesn't seem like the fifty-fifty you mentioned, does it?"
The 'Kazekage' stared intently at the Third Hokage.
"You call this fifty-fifty?"
"Haha, Kazekage, no need to be nervous. It's just a bluff. Besides, Byakuya knows his limits."
At the critical moment, the Third Hokage still chose to believe in Byakuya.
"Absolute Defense!"
At this moment, Gaara covered his entire body with sand.
He unleashed his final move!
When Gaara used this technique, it was already clear.
Gaara had been pushed to his absolute limit!
"Captain Baki, let's apply for surrender for him!"
At this moment, the most anxious person below the stage was Temari. She desperately hoped Baki could surrender on Gaara's behalf.
However, Baki was also in a very difficult position.
He glanced at the Fourth 'Kazekage' on the platform.
Who knew that the Kazekage wouldn't even acknowledge him, as if the person on the field had nothing to do with him at all.
"Daytime Tiger!"
Once everything was ready, Byakuya unleashed a Daytime Tiger air cannon that nearly leveled the entire examination grounds.
Fortunately, Konoha activated a barrier at the critical moment.
As the smoke on the field cleared, everyone thought Gaara would surely have died within that defense.
That shattered Absolute Defense was actually still supporting Gaara's body.
"You're quite good!"
Byakuya spoke with great admiration for Gaara's refusal to fall.
To think he could withstand a watered-down version of his Daytime Tiger.
But in the next second, Gaara collapsed directly from his heavy injuries, completely unconscious.
"In the final match, the candidate Gaara is heavily injured and unconscious."
"The winner is Byakuya of Konoha Village!"
Subsequently, the people of Konoha began to erupt in boisterous cheers.
They didn't understand the technicalities.
From their perspective, Byakuya was like a god descending to earth.
He had defeated the genius of the Hidden Sand Village in a single blow.
After Byakuya left the stage, Naruto, Sasuke, and the others immediately surrounded him.
"Wow, Byakuya, that move you just used was way too strong!"
Naruto was now completely conquered by the strength Byakuya had displayed!
"Byakuya, does this mean you're going to become a Chunin now?"
At this time, Ino and Sakura were still excited about Byakuya becoming a Chunin.
Because based on Byakuya's performance, becoming a Chunin was a guaranteed certainty.
"I won't be participating in the upcoming matches!"
To everyone's surprise, Byakuya spoke contrary to expectations.
"Ah, why!?"
Naruto was instantly dumbfounded upon hearing this.
Byakuya was so strong, so why wouldn't he participate in the rest of the matches?
"Idiot, matches at this level of strength offer no improvement for Byakuya at all!"
Sasuke said to Naruto.
Even someone as proud as Sasuke had to admit that Byakuya's strength was in a league of its own.
"Anyway, the purpose for which the old man Third Hokage invited me has been achieved."
Byakuya felt he had done right by the old man.
"By the way, where's Gaara?"
Only then did Naruto notice that Gaara had been urgently sent to the medical room by the Hidden Sand Village people.
"It looks like Gaara's injuries are very serious!"
Rock Lee chimed in; the terrifying power of that strike just now was simply beyond everyone's imagination.
"By the way, Lee, the injury on your leg hasn't healed yet, right?"
Byakuya noticed that Rock Lee's leg was still tightly bandaged, so he asked... Later, after Byakuya finished his business, he went home intending to start today's check-in.
He always had the habit of checking in at home to get good items.
On the other side, with Gaara.
After sending Gaara to the medical room, the siblings Temari and Kankuro were both incredibly silent.
And their hearts were cold.
They were silent because they were powerless against Gaara's injuries.
Their hearts were cold because their father watched Gaara fight Byakuya down there but didn't step forward to stop it.
Of course, Rasa was definitely wrongly accused regarding the last point.
I mean, Rasa was already dead, how could you expect him to step forward and stop it?
"Doctor, how is Gaara's condition?"
When Konoha's Medical Ninja came out, Temari rushed forward to ask.
"The deceased... uh, no, the injured person's condition is very poor."
"I'm afraid that except for Lady Tsunade, none of us can perform the surgery."
After examination, Gaara's right hand was on the verge of a comminuted fracture.
Although Byakuya had held back during the match, a Daytime Tiger of this level was not something Gaara could block.
Now Gaara's situation was somewhat similar to Rock Lee's state in the original story.
It was just that one had an injured hand, while the other had an injured foot.
It really was a complete reversal of roles.
Just as Temari was falling into despair, the Medical Ninja seemed to remember something.
"By the way, at the end of the competition today, there was a Ninja in a green jumpsuit."
"Originally, his right leg was severely injured, but when he came for a test just now, he had somehow recovered."
"You can go and ask him!"
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