Chapter 440: The gap in strength between Genin
After hearing Kono announce the list of the first group, most of the candidates secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Although they know that no matter what place they rank in, they will have to fight.
But obviously no one wants to be the first to appear.
Maki, whose name was called, nodded indifferently and jumped directly into the venue.
For a Chunin like her, although she had seen some relatively powerful Genin in the second exam, she did not think that anyone could truly defeat her.
On the other side, over at Gekkō Hayate, before their team leader, the jonin, could speak, Uchiha Shisui was the first to speak and gave a reminder.
"Hayate, be careful, that girl is very strong!"
Upon hearing this, Gekkō Hayate immediately became serious.
As a teammate, he knew Uchiha Shisui's strength very well.
If even Shisui says that the Sunagakure ninja on the opposite side is very strong, then it would be difficult for him to win with his own strength.
But even so, Gekkō Hayate still tightly grasped the long sword behind him and walked into the ring.
"I will try my best!"
When Kono saw that both of them had entered, he did not delay and simply stepped aside, shouting.
"First round, start!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Gekkō Hayate immediately drew out the long sword from behind.
At the same time, he formed seals and performed the clone technique, creating two clones, which rushed towards Maki on the opposite side together.
However, when Maki saw this, there was a hint of contempt and ridicule in her eyes.
She also quickly formed seals with both hands.
"Wind Style: Net!"
Maki pushed her hands forward, and a large wind net formed by several intertwined wind blades immediately appeared. As her hands moved, it quickly pressed towards Gekkō Hayate and his two clones.
"Bang~Bang~Bang~"
There were three slight explosions in succession, and Gekkō Hayate's clones turned into white smoke as soon as it touched the wind net.
However, what no one expected was that all three 'Gekkō Hayate' were clones.
But, the next moment.
As the wind net continues to advance.
The sound of "Ah~".
A scream came from behind the clone which was originally nowhere.
The figure of Gekkō Hayate immediately appeared out of thin air.
Pushed by the wind net, it continued to fly backwards, and even a long trail was left on the beach.
It turned out that Gekkō Hayate originally wanted to use the clone for cover, while his own body used his unique bloodline limit "Transparent Style" to hide his body and launch a sneak attack.
Unexpectedly, Maki on the opposite side directly used a large-scale Wind Style Jutsu and easily broke his plan.
He even suffered several small cuts on his body from the wind net because he failed to dodge in time.
But that's not all.
Maki, who was standing in the same place before, was slightly startled and broke into a cold sweat when she saw Gekkō Hayate suddenly appear out of nowhere.
Then she didn't plan to make any reservations.
While Gekkō Hayate was caught in the wind net, she rushed forward rapidly.
She put her right fingers together to form a sword, summoning a sharp blade of air.
"Wind Style: Wind Blade!"
The transparent wind blade swept past rapidly.
A large amount of blood immediately exploded on Gekkō Hayate's chest, and he screamed "Ah~" and flew backwards.
"The winner is Sunagakure Maki!"
When Kono saw Gekkō Hayate fall to the ground, he immediately appeared on the field, blocked Maki's subsequent attack, and announced the result of the first battle.
After hearing the examiner announce the result, Maki herself stopped what she was doing and stepped back.
The outcome was decided, and Konoha's leading ninja also quickly appeared in front of Gekkō Hayate to check his injuries.
But then, his expression immediately turned ugly.
"The lungs are seriously injured and there is a high possibility of sequelae!"
Uchiha Shisui and Morino Ibiki, who were standing by, also looked very ugly after hearing the judgment made by the leading jonin.
But in the Chunin Exam, let alone getting hurt, even if they die they can only blame themselves for not learning the skills well enough.
The three of them had no choice but to quickly take Gekkō Hayate and go to the medical ninja prepared by Kirigakure to seek treatment.
This brief confrontation just now also shocked the remaining candidates.
"He was defeated instantly? Is that guy really a Genin like us?"
Hagane Kotetsu asked his companion in horror, but what he saw was Kamizuki Izumo's shocked look, which was exactly the same as his own.
"Kabuto, you're awesome! You actually fought with that girl for so long that day?"
Ringo Ameyuri patted Kabuto's shoulder carelessly, forcing him to quickly dodge aside with his teeth bared.
"I was just using the terrain to delay her. I'm no match for her in a head-on battle."
"Hey, you bastard, have some faith in yourself, okay?"
In the face of Ringo Ameyuri's encouragement, Kabuto just rolled his eyes without saying a word.
Everyone originally thought that this kind of confrontation with such a huge disparity in strength was only a low-probability event.
After all, they are all Genin and the age gap is not that big.
Although this age is a period of rapid improvement in ninja strength, after all, those who can get here are basically the elite of their respective ninja villages, so their strength should be at the same level.
Who would have thought that the next three matches would be almost instant defeats?
First, Hozuki Mangetsu fought against Amegakure Genin.
Relying on his Hydrification Jutsu, the overwhelming attack of the opponent's Senbon could not cause any damage to Hozuki Mangetsu at all.
He just rushed to the other person and knocked him out with one punch.
A similar situation is between Guren from Kirigakure and Ibiki Morino from Konoha.
Facing the large crystal dragon created by Guren's 'Crystal Style: Tearing Crystal Falling Dragon'.
Ibiki Morino was not good at frontal combat, and if he hadn't surrendered cleanly enough,
it might still be unknown whether he could walk off the ring in one piece.
However, it is obvious that good luck cannot always favor Kirigakure.
As soon as Guren finished her part, her temporary teammate Miru faced Konoha's Mitarashi Anko.
Faced with the giant snake summoned by Mitarashi Anko, which was no smaller than the "Tearing Crystal Falling Dragon", Miru simply chose to surrender.
Just when everyone was sighing that the gap in strength between them, as both were Genin, was really outrageous.
However, Kaito, who had been watching the show from the side, stared at the Kirigakure Girl named Miru, with a hint of smile in his eyes.
At the beginning, Kaito and Ao suggested that they just find a random Genin and put them in Guren's team.
Unexpectedly, Ao would find such a person to make up the numbers.
It's not that Miru's strength is worthy of Kaito's attention.
But 'Isn't this girl the wife of that guy Kisame? Hehe, after this exam is over, I need to send someone to keep an eye on her.'
'Should I transfer her to Kisame's team later?'
Just as Kaito was daydreaming, Kono, who was in charge of the exam, spoke again and announced the candidates for the next duel.
"The fifth match, Konohagakure's Uchiha Shisui VS Kirigakure's Fushin!"
(End of this chapter)