Naruto: The Ninja World's Life Buyer

Chapter 254 Graduation Exam, Mei Terumi

Leave the Water Shadow Building.

"What a madman."

Ye Cang snorted coldly. As a user of a bloodline limit, she was extremely disgusted by the Mizukage's gaze.

"He's crazy, but he's also a good customer."

Sosuke walked in front.

"We not only obtained the right to use the port, but also a staggering arms deal."

"However, since he intends to purge the bloodline families—"

Sousuke plots.

"Those bloodlines that are about to be abandoned hold many valuable things."

Luo Sha betrayed Ye Cang, and in return, he gained a high-level combatant.

Now that the Mizukage is about to slaughter the bloodline clans, he certainly can't let go of this opportunity to take advantage of the situation.

"Let's go check out their ninja academy."

Sosuke made a decision.

"I heard that today is Kirigakure's graduation exam."

Hidden Mist Ninja Academy.

The scene of the genin graduation exam.

This is a deep pit similar to the Colosseum in ancient Rome.

The surrounding area is a high stone wall, covered with moss.

The bottom of the pit was muddy and treacherous. Dark red, flocculent matter floated in the stagnant water.

"Is this the graduation exam in the Village of Blood Mist?"

As the representative of the Takaya Trading Company and the current "God of Wealth" of the Land of Water, Sosuke was easily allowed to visit.

He stood on the high platform, looking down below.

In the deep pit.

Fifty-odd children around ten years old.

They are divided into pairs and fight each other. Those who survive graduate. This is the most famous and cruel tradition in the Blood Mist Village.

"What a barbaric selection method."

Yekura stood behind Sosuke, frowning.

Even in Sunagakure, children who haven't graduated yet wouldn't be allowed to kill each other.

"Pfft."

A boy had a kunai pierced through his throat.

He fell into the muddy water, twitched a few times, and then stopped moving.

The girl who killed him had blood splattered all over her face. She didn't cry; her eyes were numb as she walked toward the exit.

She graduated. She earned her graduation by killing her fellow student with her own hands.

"This kind of 'breeding poison' method of cultivation—"

Sosuke stared blankly.

"It can filter out the most cold-blooded killing tools. Although it is efficient, it will destroy a person's spirit."

His gaze swept across the deep pit.

He was looking for prey.

Sudden.

His gaze was fixed on a girl.

She was about ten years old.

She had long, brown hair with slightly curly ends. She wore a blue sleeveless top, and her cheeks were covered in mud.

She was cornered by a boy who was half a head taller than her.

"Die!" The boy brandished a kunai, his eyes bloodshot. He had lost his mind in his struggle to survive.

The girl was not alarmed.

Her eyes were very calm, and her hands formed hand seals extremely quickly.

"Water Release: Water Chaos Waves!"

She spat out a small stream of water.

The boy prepared to forcefully break through the water flow.

But the current of water didn't attack him directly; instead, it wrapped around his feet.

The boy was taken aback. He hadn't expected that his companion had been hiding his true strength over the long period of time they spent together, and that he could use the water jutsu's form transformations to such a level.

He lost his balance and fell forward.

The girl beckoned with her finger.

"collapse!"

A thin steel wire that had been buried beforehand suddenly straightened and tripped the boy's neck.

Using the momentum of the boy's forward lunge.

"laugh"

The wire severed the boy's carotid artery.

Blood gushed out like a spring.

The boy clutched his neck, his eyes wide, and collapsed into the muddy water, quickly losing his breath.

The girl stared blankly at the corpse and put away the wire.

Sosuke's pupils contracted slightly.

He recognized the girl.

Terumi Mei.

A user of two bloodline limits: Lava Release and Boil Release!

The future Fifth Generation Mizukage.

However, in the life-or-death battle just now, Mei Terumi did not reveal a single trace of her Lava Release or Boil Release techniques.

She managed to defeat a stronger opponent by relying solely on the most basic water-based techniques, traps, and taijutsu.

"What a clever little wildcat."

Sousuke smiled.

"She knew that this village was rejecting bloodline limits."

Night falls.

The slums of Kirigakure.

Mei Terumi dragged her weary body through the muddy alley.

There was a deep scratch on her thigh, still oozing blood. It was an injury she sustained during her exam earlier that day.

She did not go to the hospital.

In Kirigakure, genin (low-ranking ninja) are not entitled to access medical resources unless they pay for them themselves. But she didn't have any money.

Since her family fell into ruin, she has been reduced to living in the slums.

"I guess I'll just have to go back and wrap it in some rags."

She gritted her teeth and walked with a limp.

Suddenly, she stopped in her tracks.

Having grown up amidst a blood mist, her perception of danger is as acute as that of a wild beast.

Someone is in the shadows of the alley.

Mei Terumi gripped the kunai with her backhand, pressed her body against the wall, and slowed her breathing.

"come out."

"Good alertness. No wonder he survived."

A calm voice came from the shadows.

Zongsuke walked out.

He wore a black trench coat and an eye patch. His tall figure exuded a strong sense of oppression in the narrow alley.

Mei Terumi's eyes instantly turned cold.

She didn't recognize the man. But the clothes he was wearing were made of very fine material; he wasn't an ordinary person.

This wealthy adult man ambushed a ten-year-old girl in a slum in the middle of the night.

Such things are not uncommon in Kirigakure.

Those high-ranking officials or wealthy businessmen with special fetishes prefer to buy low-ranking ninjas like them who have just graduated and have no one to rely on as playthings.

"What do you want to do?"

Mei Terumi gripped the kunai tightly, causing the wound on her thigh to bleed even more due to the tense muscles.

The two suppressed bloodline powers within her began to stir.

If this man dares to touch her, she will risk exposing her identity to melt him with her Lava Release technique.

Sosuke did not approach her.

He stopped three steps away.

With a flick of the wrist.

He threw a scroll over.

"Smack."

The scroll landed at Mei Terumi's feet.

"Open it and take a look," Sosuke said.

Mei Terumi hesitated for a moment.