From the bushes, watching Naruto Uzumaki run toward them, the Rain ninja grinned wickedly.
"Just as expected, a foolish rookie eager to show off. He took the bait after only a little convincing!" the ninja thought. "I'll gladly accept your scrolls, hehehe..."
Just as Naruto reached them, the Rain ninja formed hand seals.
With a thud, he transformed into a large rock.
"Nobody here?" Naruto asked, parting the bushes.
But his eyes fixed excitedly on the incongruous rock. Then he muttered to himself, "Never mind, I must be mistaken. I'll just go to the toilet."
As he spoke, Naruto quickly pulled down his pants and urinated on the rock.
Splash!
The pale yellow liquid splattered all over the rock.
It trembled violently, then swiftly returned to its original shape. However, a minute passed, and the Rain ninja—still disguised as stone—realized the foul-smelling liquid on his head was still plentiful. This time, he couldn't hold it in any longer!
Although he couldn't attack from behind, with the traps he'd set, he was still 90% confident of success!
Thinking this, the Rain ninja stopped hiding and transformed back into his true form with a thud, leaping high into the air. At the same time, he pulled on the threads connecting the surrounding trees and threw several kunai at Naruto.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
"Damn filthy brat, die!"
But the Rain ninja's smile quickly froze. The shuriken he'd prepared and the kunai he'd thrown were all blocked. And in the surrounding jungle, there were several Narutos, eager to fight!
And where he'd just stood, others had their pants down, grinning wickedly!
"Shadow Clone Jutsu!"
The Rain ninja instantly understood why there was so much urine. At the same time, he exclaimed in disbelief at the countless shadow clones covering the mountainside.
"How can there be so many?!"
"They call these recent graduates from Hidden Leaf Village?!"
With so many shadow clones, he'd believe it if you told him they were Jōnin!
"Hmph, I'm Hidden Leaf's genius, Naruto Uzumaki!"
If Naruto had a tail, it would be wagging in the air by now. "Hand over the scroll now, or I'll beat you up!"
The countless shadow clones chuckled wickedly, their hands rapidly forming hand seals.
"I surrender! Come out now, I'll give you the scroll!"
The Rain ninja, practically wetting himself with fear, immediately surrendered. At the same time, he reached into his robes, as if to hand over the scroll.
Naruto, his face split into a wide grin, prepared to emerge from the shadow clones. He could easily imagine how much Sakura Haruno would admire him after he single-handedly obtained the scroll.
You idiot, he's lying to you! Send a shadow clone over!
Naruto's naive action caused a pang of heartache in his mind, like a sudden stab of pain from Menma. If it weren't for the Rain ninja's earlier exclamation, which made Naruto feel like he'd pulled off a convincing act and gained some "Corruption Points," he genuinely wouldn't have bothered, wanting only to take over the body when danger struck.
Hearing Menma's words, Naruto paused, then immediately sent one of his shadow clones leaping out.
As expected, the Rain ninja's face hardened as the shadow clone approached. He reached into his robes and slammed all three Explosive Tags onto the approaching clone!
"Naive brat, die!"
Boom!
The violent explosion kicked up clouds of dust. The Rain ninja didn't stop to check the damage; instead, he turned and ran. He knew that making such a commotion would definitely attract Sasuke Uchiha and Sakura's attention on the other side.
"Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!"
But he had barely escaped the dust cloud's reach when he saw that none of the shadow clones—who should have disappeared due to their chakra flowing back after being severely injured or killed—had vanished! Not only could they use ninjutsu on him, but every single one was unleashing ninjutsu!
"Impossible! What kind of monster are you?!"
The only answer the Rain ninja received was a colossal tornado formed from countless converging tornadoes. In an instant, the Rain ninja, along with trees and rocks within a ten-meter radius, were all swept into the sky! Then, like a rain of stones, dust, and trees, they all crashed heavily to the ground. He broke his arm instantly, coughed up blood, and collapsed unconscious!
"To allow so many shadow clones to amplify their breakthrough, Naruto's chakra reserves are truly terrifying!" Orochimaru, who was secretly observing from the side, couldn't help but marvel.
Across the grounds—
Anko Mitarashi was sitting at the examination hall entrance eating dango. Staring at the massive tornado rising from the forest, her face was filled with disbelief.
"How is this possible? A genin can actually master this level of Wind Release!"
"Such a large area, he must have mastered shape manipulation or nature manipulation!"
Not only was Anko shocked, but the other proctors were also astonished. No one could have imagined that this was the result of someone with an extremely monstrous amount of chakra, accumulated using more than ten C-rank ninjutsu. It only looked impressive; in reality, it wouldn't even kill a person from a fall.
"Damn it, I think I went too far!"
Slightly out of breath, Naruto also saw the terrifying giant tornado. He quickly dispelled his shadow clones and ran to where the Rain ninja had fallen. He breathed a sigh of relief after seeing that the Rain ninja had only lost an arm and was sitting unconscious on the ground. After all, it was just an exam; it wouldn't be good if someone actually died!
In the distance, Sakura and Sasuke, hearing the commotion, also rushed over.
"Naruto, are you alright?"
"Where's the enemy? Did you take care of them?"
Naruto quickly took out a rope, tied up the Rain ninja, and grinned triumphantly at the two of them.
"Hahaha, I've already taken down one enemy, and captured him alive! With the scroll from him, we can focus on our journey now!"
Sasuke and Sakura breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing the Rain ninja covered in blood and bound. But seeing Naruto's smugness, Sasuke couldn't help but scoff.
"He's just a lowly genin from a small village. I could easily kill a whole bunch of him. Nothing to be proud of!"
"You should still be careful. His teammates might be hiding nearby, ready to ambush us!"
Hearing Sasuke's words, Sakura quickly drew her weapon, ready to defend herself.
"Tch, seeing how strong I am, they would have run away long ago!" Naruto muttered resentfully.
Then he crouched down and began searching the Rain ninja for scrolls. Unfortunately, after searching for a while, he found nothing. He stood up and shrugged at the two wary teammates.
"No scrolls found. They must be on his escaped teammates."
Just as Naruto finished speaking, Sasuke pulled Sakura aside and backed away. At the same time, he shouted at him sharply.
"Idiot, get out of the way!"
Whoosh!
Naruto didn't have time to dodge. A terrifying hurricane rushed toward him, slamming him heavily against a tree trunk. Ahead, Orochimaru, disguised as a Grass ninja, was raising his palm toward them.
"Wind Release: Gale Palm."
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