From undercover in Konoha, to I am the Hokage!

Chapter 234 Points
"Boom——!"

The earth trembled.

Even faint roars of animals can be heard.

Kakashi and the others who were moving quickly through the rock tunnel subconsciously raised their heads and looked in the direction of the sound, then stopped.

Kakashi, who was in the lead, frowned, holding the Red Fang in his hand, feeling confused.

It's not just because of the violent vibration, but also because of their current situation.

"Beast?"

"Could it be that the Jinchuriki of Iwagakure has been released?"

In this situation, even Obito couldn't help but be more serious than usual, his whole body tense.

Due to the new education after the reform of Konoha, the few people who successfully graduated from the ninja school are all very clear about the weight of the word "tailed beast".

When they were studying at school, Mr. Kiri even specially called in Lady Kushina to show them the initial process of liberating the tailed beasts.

That experience left a deep impression on Obito.

Although he knew that the Nine-Tail was much stronger than the other tailed beasts, the fear that came from biological instinct was not so easy to eliminate.

"But, this beast roar should be more than just the 'first stage', right?"

Nohara Lin sounded worried.

Based on what they had learned in class, they had already learned from Lady Kushina about the three different stages of Tailed Beast Transformation.

Before the appearance of three tails, it is the 'first stage', with the whole body covered with highly corrosive tailed beast chakra. From four to six tails, the basic tailed beast body form will appear, which is the 'second stage'. As for six to nine tails, the bones, muscles and overall form will appear, and it will be completely transformed into a tailed beast.

If a beast has fewer tails, such as Shukaku and Nekomata, they will directly enter the full tailed beast transformation from the first stage, which is very dangerous.

"Yes."

"If we want to make such a sound, we have to at least enter the 'second stage'."

"Even our drones didn't detect any chakra reaction around us."

Hatake Kakashi's expression was even more solemn than theirs, and his voice was a little suppressed: "But... What kind of guy can force that guy to reach the level of three-tail or above?"

He was thinking in his heart, and suddenly turned to ask Lin: "Lin, how many forks in the road did we pass?"

"Eleven locations. The current estimated depth is two hundred meters underground."

“A total of three replicate paths were passed.”

Nohara Lin was very professional. She was memorizing the direction and depth of the team along the way.

"Two hundred meters."

"But the sound came from further down."

Kakashi's feeling of uneasiness grew stronger, but he had no idea what was happening.

Could it be that someone else had invaded the area below the examination room?

This is within the territory of Iwagakure Village.

Or has Mr. Kiri discovered some conspiracy and taken action against the enemy's Jinchūriki in advance?
"In this exam, who can pose a threat to the tailed beasts?"

Suddenly, Kakashi's attention turned to the drone floating next to him and the card of unknown function in the special backpack.

His tone suddenly became more urgent: "We just encountered several groups of enemies. What village are they from?"

"Three teams, namely Kusagakure, Takigakure, and the other team is Nijigan."

"Eh?"

Nohara Lin also reacted and said puzzledly: "We are quite lucky."

"You haven't encountered any ninja from a big country?"

"Is there any problem with this?" Obito tilted his head and looked at the two of them, "Wouldn't it be best to just pass the second round?"

"Do not."

Hatake Kakashi said in a serious tone, "There are a total of six teams of Iwagakure candidates remaining from the first round, one each from Kumogakure and Sunagakure. We have already dealt with all the ninjas from the small countries."

"Judging from the probability, this extreme situation is almost impossible to happen."

"Then it can only mean that the Iwagakure team has reached some kind of tacit understanding and is hiding from us."

"Or maybe - they are all under unified command, ambushing deeper underground."

If there is anyone among the candidates present who can pose a threat to monsters of the level of the tailed beasts, it must be the Konoha team that Teacher Kiri has left with special means.

If we think back to the special atmosphere before the exam began.
Hatake Kakashi's expression was vaguely and even a little sinister.

"Will the other ninja village teams also join forces with Iwagakure?"

"It's just a Chunin Exam, is it necessary for them to go to such lengths?"

Kakashi had the same doubts as Asuma.

But just as he thought of this.

"drop--!"

The surface of the drone floating beside him suddenly lit up red and emitted a subtle warning sound.

Kakashi raised his head suddenly:

"Enemy! Above!"

"high speed."

Almost at the moment Kakashi gave the warning, Rin and Obito simultaneously rushed deeper forward.

"Boom——!"

Accompanied by a dull bang.

The figure, whose body was wrapped in the chakra of the tailed beast, suddenly fell to the ground from the hole created by the vibration from above, making a dull sound.

"damn it."

"Kirabi that bluff bastard."

There was a hint of anger in Han's voice, and bubbles like oil dots floated on the surface of his chakra coat, revealing his beast-like vertical pupils, staring straight in the direction of Kakashi and others.

"But fortunately, I didn't get away with these little bugs."

The direction is wrong.

Two tailed beasts?!
Almost at the moment when his figure fell on the tunnel, this thought flashed through Kakashi's mind like lightning, his pupils suddenly contracted, and he suddenly shouted:

"escape!"

"Earth Escape·Earth Formation Wall!"

The thick earth wall instantly blocked the road behind the three people, separating them and the Han people into two sections.

Han looked at the people who were retreating in embarrassment, and the corners of his mouth underneath the mask rose slightly.

'escape? '

"Can you escape?"

The next moment, his body rushed forward like a sledgehammer, smashing the obstacles in front of him in one breath and rushing into the depths of the smoke in front of him.

'Something's wrong! Ten to nine points!'

Although he was on the run, Kakashi felt that his brain was unusually clear. The movement of his feet did not seem to interfere with his thinking at all. Everything he had seen in the past few days went through his mind again, and this feeling of incongruity became stronger and stronger.

The Chunin Exams were held with much fanfare;

The Jinchūriki of various countries with noble status;

Extreme Battle Royale;

And this hidden environment deep underground.

This series of clues connected together in Kakashi's brain, and an answer that made him breathe faster was about to come out.

Iwagakure.

No, to be precise, it should be the other three countries.

Their target is not at all the Konoha Genin of their own generation who have limited value.

Rather, it was someone who would definitely stop this exam for some reason.

That is--

Teacher Mist.

At this point, it is almost impossible to continue with the third Chunin Examination.

Therefore, the place where the action takes place is the most suitable place to limit Mr. Wu’s combat power.

Deep underground. But where did they get the confidence to confront Teacher Wu head-on?
Do they want to start an all-out war?
Besides, even I can see the problem, do they think Teacher Wu didn’t notice it at all?
'No, that's not right. '

Kakashi suddenly realized that his understanding was different from that of the ninjas from other villages.

In the eyes of these young Genin, 'Sawara Kiri' is a gentle, kindly-spoken young ninja who can be a bit eccentric and cynical at times.

But what is Sawara Kiri like in the eyes of those people?
Kakashi tried to put himself in the perspective of Ōnoki and the others, and scenes he had seen since arriving in the Iwagakure Village flashed through his mind.

The Third Tsuchikage pretended to be friendly, the guards of the Iwagakure were as if they were facing a great enemy, and Killer Bee was terrified after just mentioning a name. Other ordinary ninjas, even those from other villages, only dared to address him as "sir" and never dared to mention the teacher's name.
He is an absolutely powerful man who truly dominates the entire ninja world by himself and is invincible.

What kind of attitude would such a person have when faced with their inferior traps that use the lower-level ninjas as bait?

arrogant.

Even contempt.

Almost instinctively, this thought came to Kakashi's mind.

"So, this arrogance of looking down on others is their real confidence?"

The moment he thought of this, Kakashi seemed to be relieved.

obviously.

The Mr. Wu that they imagined seemed to be very different from the real image of that man.

Whether it is the special backpack distributed to each Genin, the special cards of unknown purpose, or the drone in his hand.

As if he thought of something, the corner of Kakashi's mouth under his mask twitched suddenly.

"boom--!"

The deafening explosion, along with the huge impact wave coming from behind, swept towards the three members of Team Hatake in front, causing them to stagger.

Kakashi rolled over and ran to the corner of the intersection ahead. He looked at the light blue operation screen that was directly reflected on his retina. He suddenly lowered his voice and spoke tentatively:

"Mr. Wu."

"You, have been looking at this place?"

In fact, he didn't expect this seemingly rigid operating interface to respond, but just held on to a faint glimmer of hope.

However, the moment after he opened his mouth.

Kakashi suddenly heard Sawara Kiri's voice, which was always filled with a hint of laughter:
"Allah?"

"As expected of Kakashi-kun."

"you caught me."

Veins bulged on Kakashi's forehead, and he tensed his body with all his strength to hold back the roar that was about to come out.

You old silver coin who even cheats students!
Damn you!!!
He looked at the dark red figure in the dust behind them, who was following them at an extremely fast speed, and spoke faster than ever before:

"We are now being hunted by the Five-Tails Jinchuriki. The other Iwagakure and Killer Bee are in the same group. We—"

"Yes Yes Yes."

The voice that came from my ear was still unhurried: "Kakashi, you should have noticed it too, right? He is just chasing you away, he has no intention of killing you right away."

Kakashi rolled over to avoid the rocks and shuriken shot from behind, and continued to run forward, lowering his voice and speaking quickly:

"What are we going to do?"

In just a moment, he figured out the hidden meaning behind Sawara Kiri's words.

From the very beginning, everything that is happening now is under Teacher Wu's control.

After understanding this, even though there was a Jinchūriki following him, Kakashi seemed to feel a sense of confidence deep in his heart.

After hearing this direct question, the smile in Sawara Kiri's voice seemed to become even more intense.

"Next, you run in the direction I say."

"Then, help me destroy a small toy."

"That's enough."

Hearing this, Kakashi's eyes immediately became firmer, and he said in a deep voice:

"Yes."

"Phew—this is the last one!"

Looking at the puppet in front of him with most of its body embedded in the cave wall, Maki stood up, exhaled a breath of accomplishment, turned his head with joy and looked at Fei Liuhu beside him, and said happily:

"You are truly worthy of being Lord Fei Liu Hu!"

"Such a complex formation was completed in such a short time."

"Now, even 'that person' will never be able to escape from the net we have set up!"

"only."

As he spoke, Maki's voice could not help but show some hesitation, and he asked, "Master Fei Liuhu, what did we agree with Iwagakure to do before about hunting down the son of the Third Hokage?"

"Humph."

Fei Liuhu, who was quietly observing the connection between this puppet node and the surrounding seal network, snorted with disdain after hearing Maki's question, and said in a cold tone:

"Don't bother with those idiots."

"If they want to attack the people of Konoha, then let them do it."

Fei Liuhu, no, to be precise, it should be Scorpion who was remotely controlling the puppet, who knew it very well.

With Sawara Kiri's attainments in space, if anyone became suspicious of their actions underground, the first to die would be the most active fools.

He would never get into such trouble.

What's more, even if he doesn't go, there will be others who will step into the trap, right?

It won't affect the results.

"Since you say so, sir, I feel relieved."

When Maki heard the cold words, his heart, which had been in his throat, inadvertently relaxed a little.

Since these big shots already knew what was going on, there was naturally no need for a little Genin like him to interfere with the rest.

When I turned around and looked back at the formation node that I had participated in forming, I couldn't help but feel a sense of accomplishment.

Unexpectedly, in addition to the space-locking barrier in the plan with Iwagakure and Kumogakure, Lord Scorpion actually has such a trick up his sleeve.

A large space-distortion barrier powered by nuclear fusion explosions at the deepest point underground.

Not to mention the people from the other two villages.

Even I, who was responsible for assisting in the construction of this barrier, only learned the relevant information after being distributed to the corresponding barrier components.

The core part of the whole process was done by Lord Scorpion himself.

There is no way that anyone could discover it in advance!

Confidentiality is top notch!
At the same time, it also provided a safety net for this operation.

Now, even Maki had some confidence in the operation to ambush and kill Sawara Kiri.

Sawara Kiri is not the Sage of Six Paths.

He can't really have the ability to predict the future, can he?

Thinking of this, Maki couldn't help but reveal a confident smile on his face.

At this time.

Fei Liuhu, who was standing in front of the puppet node just now, suddenly turned behind him. The long puppet tail, which was in the shape of a node all over, suddenly swept behind him like a whip, making a "woo--" sound.

Maki, who was feeling confident, suddenly woke up. He subconsciously picked up the kunai at his waist to block the way in front of him, took a half step back and turned to the direction where the sound came from.

Immediately afterwards, he caught a glimpse of a figure being swept away by the long tail in his peripheral vision.

"Ow—"

The figure that was swept away with a cry of pain had a circle of bone-shaped chakra armor flashing on its surface, and with a heavy whistling sound, it slammed heavily on the opposite wall of the cave.

At the same time, Maki heard Fei Liuhu's urgent shout:

"Block him!"

Until the moment this voice sounded.

Just as Maki was about to turn his vision around, a flash of purple was reflected.

"Thunder Release·Purple Lightning!"

In an instant, a dazzling light rushed into the crowd in a straight line like real thunder, brushed past Maki, and pierced into the surface of the puppet behind him.

Completely penetrated.

(End of this chapter)