35Look how anxious you are.AI Model: gemini-3.0-flashChapter 35: Look, You're Getting Anxious Again
"What a coincidence, Kakashi, your student is also injured?"
"Eh, I remember this boy seems to be—Uchiha Sasuke?"
"Just like our Neji, he's also hailed as a Genius, though I feel Neji is a cut above, hahahaha..."
Completely ignoring his old rival Guy's chatter, Kakashi sighed.
Sigh... looks like I can only forfeit.
I don't know if this kid will be able to accept it once he wakes up.
Kakashi was about to get up and leave when he suddenly noticed the unconscious Sasuke on the hospital bed twitching a finger slightly.
"!!"
He and another Medical Ninja looked up at the same time.
Following that, Sasuke's eyelashes fluttered, and he slowly opened his eyes.
"...Where am I?"
"You're awake."
Kakashi walked to his side, "The one-on-one Preliminaries for the Third Round are about to begin. Can you participate in your current physical condition?"
Preliminaries?
Sasuke's memory was still stuck in the Forest of Death.
Orochimaru, revenge, Cursed Seal... but he quickly sorted out the current situation.
It must have been Sakura and Naruto who brought him through the second round of the exam.
"...Take me there."
Sasuke didn't hesitate for a moment.
"Wait a minute, the patient still needs further examination..."
Before the Medical Ninja could finish speaking, Kakashi had already picked up Sasuke from the hospital bed.
The next second, with a Body Flicker Technique, he arrived at the second-floor examination hall... Following referee Gekkō Hayate's command.
The first round of the Preliminaries, the battle between Dosu Kinuta and Uchiha Sasuke, officially began.
Team 8.
"Actually allowing his student to participate in the exam in that physical state, that Guy Kakashi really is something."
Kurenai Yuhi looked at the somewhat wobbly Sasuke on the stage and frowned.
"Don't be so anxious yet, Kurenai-sensei."
Naruto glanced at the stage, already having reached a conclusion about the upcoming battle.
"First, explain to me why the principle of Chakraflow here results in 'backflow'?"
He held up the book in his hand and tapped on a diagram on one of the pages.
"If we go by this section, Chakra should follow the Meridians and concentrate at the wound, so why does it flow back to the heart here? That doesn't make sense, right?"
Kurenai Yuhi was silent for three seconds, looking at this Blond-haired Youth with an extremely complex gaze.
What kind of attitude was this?
What kind of tone was this?
Is this the normal state of a Genin facing a Jōnin Instructor?
Kurenai pinched the bridge of her nose, forcing herself to calm down, constantly reminding herself:
This kid's father is Lord Minato... this kid's mother is Lady Kushina... they bled and sacrificed themselves for Konoha, we can't let the children of heroes cry anymore... Kurenai: "I don't know."
Naruto: "Do you really not know, or are you just pretending?"
Kurenai couldn't take it anymore and scratched her hair frantically.
"You brat! If you have time to look at this stuff, can't you care more about your teammates, hey!"
Naruto shrugged.
"Doesn't matter, Sasuke will win anyway."
"Oh, you have that much confidence?" Kurenai raised an eyebrow.
"...How about we make a bet? If Sasuke wins, you tell me the answer."
"Fine."
Kurenai Yuhi agreed straightforwardly.
"If Sasuke loses, you'll honestly go back to your Team 7 and stop pestering my student."
"make a deal."
Naruto snapped the book shut and tilted his head back to continue lying on Hinata's lap, looking relaxed and comfortable... On the field.
As Yakushi Kabuto's Otogakure Spy teammate, Dosu Kinuta erupted with full Aura right from the start.
On the other hand, Sasuke.
Because before the match, Kakashi had repeatedly emphasized to him to control the power of the Cursed Seal, or else he would forcibly terminate it.
Coupled with just waking up from a coma and his bodily functions not yet recovered, his movements appeared sluggish and weak.
Right at the start, he was quickly suppressed by Dosu Kinuta, retreating repeatedly.
"Sasuke..." Sakura clenched her hands nervously, "You must win!"
On the other side of the stands.
Gaara watched the battle on the field indifferently.
"Weak movements, loose footwork, slow reactions, not a single Move in his entire body is decent... Is such a person worthy of being called a Genius?"
"Exactly!" Kankuro chimed in from the side, "I think Konoha is truly rotten to the core."
Temari's brow, however, furrowed slightly.
Her observation skills were sharper than those of her two younger brothers, and she soon noticed that Sasuke seemed to be deliberately suppressing something.
Something's wrong.
Looking at his cool and serious appearance, she suddenly recalled that "Uzumaki Naruto" who had bullied her again in the Forest of Death.
It was as if they weren't the same person at all.
A bold thought suddenly popped up out of nowhere.
"Could it be..."
"This Guy has a Double Personality?!"
If that Boar-headed Youth wasn't the Uchiha Sasuke before her, then who else could it be?
One personality is the calm and steady KonohaGenius.
While the other personality is a pervert wearing a wild boar head mask, with bizarre behavior and eerie power, who played her in the palm of his hand.
"His movements are stiff, yet they faintly exude some kind of power that could erupt at any moment."
"Even though he's at a disadvantage, there isn't the slightest bit of panic."
If that bastard really is Uchiha Sasuke's other personality... then everything makes sense... Team 8.
"Hey, why did he suddenly stop moving?"
Kiba saw Sasuke finally seize an opportunity to pin Dosu Kinuta down.
Just as he was about to stab down fiercely with a Kunai, it was as if a pause button had been pressed; he froze, losing all his strength.
Shino's brow twitched.
He was the most perceptive and was the first to notice the abnormality.
"...Sasuke's Chakra is being absorbed."
"Ab-absorbed Chakra?!" Kiba's eyes widened, "There's such an ability?"
Shino nodded, while Kurenai Yuhi shook her head slightly.
"At this rate, there's no longer any chance of winning."
"Kurenai-sensei, why?"
Hinata asked curiously.
Kurenai explained, "This kind of ability completely counters Sasuke."
"Even if he wants to use the Fire Release that the Uchiha are good at to create distance, his body is weak right now, and the Fire Release won't have enough power to pose a threat."
"As for close-quarters combat, he can't finish off his opponent and instead will be continuously worn down, with his Chakra being absorbed."
"...Alright, you're bound to lose, so go back to Kakashi obediently."
She looked at Naruto, only to find that Narutowasn't flustered at all.
"Don't be so anxious yet."
Just then, a sudden change occurred on the field.
Before Dosu Kinuta could enjoy the joy of his advantage, he saw Sasuke's eyes in front of him turn crimson.
The Sharingan was fully activated in an instant.
"Are you kidding me? Hasn't your Chakra been drained?"
Dosu Kinuta was in disbelief.
The next second, with a bang!
Sasuke kicked him into mid-air.
Just as he wanted to gather his strength, numerous Cursed Seal markings suddenly emerged from his neck.
This thing... is actually reacting all the time... ah... are you kidding... how can I... be consumed... by this kind of thing!!!
Just as Kakashi was about to step in and stop the Cursed Seal Transformation.
All the Jonin present suddenly discovered to their surprise that the Cursed Seal markings on Sasuke's body began to dissipate.
The Single Tomoe Sharingan began to rotate slowly.
He recalled the set of Moves Little Lee used before the first round of the exam began.
Almost out of instinct, the Sharingan's powerful copying ability was fully displayed at this moment.
"Lion Combo!"