Chapter 66: The Young Lady's Light
"Sasuke Uchiha, I will definitely defeat you and demonstrate my abilities."
Sasuke Uchiha had just gone down when he heard Zaku Abumi on the opposite side say these words to him.
"Huh?"
Sasuke Uchiha was in a daze, but seeing a boy from a small ninja village being so cocky, he immediately snorted, "Save your daydreams for when you're actually dreaming."
"Hmph, you'll see."
Recalling what Lord Orochimaru had said to him, Zaku Abumi grinned self-satisfied.
"Ready? Then let's begin." Hayate Gekko retreated a few steps and announced the start of the second match.
Swish swish swish.
Sasuke Uchiha instantly pulled out three shuriken from his ninja pouch and threw them at Zaku Abumi, first testing the guy's strength.
"Cutting Air Wave!"
Zaku Abumi defeated the flying shuriken and neither dodged nor swept away shuriken to repel, but exposed the hollow in his palm, formed an incomplete hand seal, channeled his chakra to convert it into air pressure through a special device, and then pushed it out from the wind outlet.
This air pressure, like Wind Style, repelled the flying shuriken at once, and its remaining force boomed towards Sasuke Uchiha.
Sasuke Uchiha's eyes lost contempt as he watched the sound wave attack unique from Dosu Kinuta. His black eyes changed into red two-tomoe Sharingan, and then his body disappeared into thin air.
"Speed like this!"
Most of the examinees on the stands cried out in shock.
Some Jonin's eyes flickered with a slight abnormality.
But Zaku Abumi was not surprised but thrilled, saying, "I've been waiting for you!"
Saying so, Zaku Abumi bent and slammed his hands against the ground, forming fists in the process, "Cutting Air Extreme Wave!"
All of his chakra inside was converted to sound waves, bursting out from the wind holes, becoming intangible waves of distorted air, covering the entire hall in a flash.
Being in the vicinity, even Hayate Gekko, Special Jonin, was uneasy and immediately relocated to the stands at the second level, his muscles coiled, prepared to act to rescue someone.
And Sasuke Uchiha's silhouette materialized out of nowhere close behind Zaku Abumi, his hands on his ears, his face twisted in agony.
Seeing the arrival of Sasuke Uchiha, Zaku Abumi quickly circumvented, hands still releasing air pressure, and instantly dispatched Sasuke Uchiha.
Fortunately, most of the power of this technique went to the ground, or else Sasuke Uchiha would have been severely injured if he had taken this attack head-on.
Nonetheless, Sasuke Uchiha got his body reinforced and his head spun around.
Just like Dosu Kinuta murdered Choji Akimichi in an instant, the sound waves were causing internal damage on him with the water content in his body.
Watching the triumphant grin on Zaku Abumi, Sasuke Uchiha stored chakra in his feet, stuck to the wall, and rebounded the remaining air pressure.
When the air pressure was gone, Sasuke Uchiha did hand signs, "Shadow Clone Jutsu!"
Two pops and two shadow copies appeared on Sasuke Uchiha's two sides.
A second later, three Sasuke Uchihases disappeared in thin air.
When witnessing this, the look of Zaku Abumi became frantic-like, then suddenly he was to repeat the original scheme and prepare to perform Cutting Air Extreme Wave on the ground in order to create a sound wave field to lock up Sasuke Uchiha.
But he reminded himself that the ninja fight was an information fight.
Having just lost the information advantage, he had already lost his opportunity for victory completely by not killing Sasuke Uchiha immediately.
"Cutting Air Extreme Wave!"
Zaku Abumi repeated his gimmick from earlier, once more placing both hands on the ground and releasing air pressure and sound waves with all his might.
The bent air waves which could not be seen arrived and encircled the hall once more.
Sasuke Uchiha's two shadow clones moving at full speed and invisible to the naked eye arrived at the same time, hands over ears, agony on their faces.
Then they burst in two pops and dispersed as white smoke.
Having concluded there were only two Sasuke Uchihas, Zaku Abumi's expression went drastically different.
A bellow arose from above.
"Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique!"
The hot air enveloped downwards. Zaku Abumi looked up, and his field of vision was instantly blocked by a huge fireball.
As he attempted to raise his hands in defense, the fireball engulfed him.
Nobody at this time saved him, not even Orochimaru, who had just encouraged him.
It applies to Hayate Gekko, who was also prepared to intervene, that was to save Sasuke Uchiha.
As the individual in danger was not a member of his village, he would not do anything.
"Aaaaaah."
The fireball destroyed a small hole in the ground, burning Zaku Abumi and leaving him wailing horribly.
As he was just going to be burned alive, at last, a stream of water extinguished the fire.
"Medical team, please come over here."
Hayate Gekko, who had used Water Style to rescue Zaku Abumi, took out a walkie-talkie and addressed the following.
Two white uniforms of medical ninjas later appeared with a stretcher and took Zaku Abumi away.
Throughout the beginning to the end, Orochimaru, Dosu Kinuta, and Kin Tsuchi were stoic, as if they did not care that their friend would live or die.
This scene left most of the examinees trembling in their hearts.
About the Jonin, they had understood a bit about the Sound Village.
It was a very small ninja village where there was stiff competition and survival of the fittest.
Names flashed on the screen again at this stage.
The third round list of fixtures was decided soon.
Hinata Hyuga VS Kin Tsuchi.
"Do your best, Hinata." Kurenai Yuhi urged Hinata, "If you win, I'll take you out for a big meal."
Izayoi was silent but curled up his sleeve, revealing a scroll of storage width equal to that of a wristband, then performed a hand seal to take out the camera that had been stored inside, and smiled at Hinata, "Hinata, stay cool, I'm going to take a photo for Hanabi's entertainment purposes."
"yeah." Hinata smiled and nodded, and slowly walked toward the stairs.
Throughout the process, the rookies all cheered on Hinata.
Sasuke Uchiha, who ascended the stairs, also reminded, "Take care of their arms and devices, they all employ those things to generate sound waves."
"Yah.
Hinata nodded again, but the smile she stretched across her face was full with confidence.
Kin Tsuchi, who jumped down from the bleachers, had been waiting for a long time on Hayate Gekko's left side when he entered the hallway.
Looking at Hinata across from him, Kin Tsuchi, like Karin, subconsciously felt inferior to her.
However, in contrast to Karin's admiration, Kin Tsuchi's eyes were cast with jealousy towards Hinata.
Both had long, straight black hair, but Hinata's was glossier than hers, and she wore an expensive kimono that she might never be able to afford in her entire life, and that figure who was clearly the same age but amazingly great, and that young lady aura that made one feel inferior just to stand in front of her.
Whether by appearance, inner qualities, or even birth, Kin Tsuchi was completely heartbroken, completely not on the same level.
More precisely, they were not even in the same galaxy.
Because of this, Kin Tsuchi's heart overflowed with crazy jealousy.
Why was she just an orphan, while the other one was a young woman of a high-class family who had a bloodline cap upon birth?
Why had she had to fight so hard for this spot to participate in the Chunin Exam, while the other was here so easily?
I want to shave her hair, cut her face, and make her feel lesser as well.
Having this thought, an evil grin couldn't help but be forced onto Kin Tsuchi's face.
No one knew what Kin Tsuchi was thinking.
But seeing the opponent show such an unbecoming smile, Hinata's eyes gradually changed from warm to sharp, and the veins of the temples bulged out.
(End of this chapter)