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Chapter 129 Uehara Naraku is a good person! (Fifth update! Bonus chapter for first-day subscribers! Please subscribe!)

The water dragon roared in!

Uehara Naraku was still forming hand seals, muttering under his breath, "Damn it! How come Kisame Hoshigaki invented so many hand seals? What kind of weird hand seals are these? They're so troublesome. Missing a few shouldn't be a big deal, right?"

After saying that, Uehara simply gave up on forming hand seals and snapped his palms together: "Water Release: Roaring Waves!"

Huge waves surged skyward, instantly destroying the oncoming water dragon!

A hint of horror flashed in Maruhoshi Kosuke's eyes. Although Uehara Naraku seemed to have a flaw in ninjutsu hand seals, his techniques were very powerful.

Seeing the tsunami crashing down, Maruboshi Kosuke quickly formed hand seals again: "Water Release: Water Wall!"

Kosuke's water barrier is noticeably different from the water barriers of other ninjas.

His water barrier, just like the water barrier of the Second Hokage Tobirama Senju, quickly transformed into a hollow cylinder, firmly enveloping himself!

The waves gradually receded...

After dispelling the Water Barrier Technique, Maruhoshi Kosuke coldly stared at Uehara Naraku not far away, and once again clasped his hands together in a hand seal. He was going to have a ninjutsu battle and take advantage of Uehara Naraku's lack of skill in hand seals to defeat him.

"Water Release·Water Crush Wave!"

This time it was Kosuke Maruboshi's turn to fight back!

Using the still receding waves around him, Maruhoshi Kosuke completed the hand seals for the Water Rush Wave Technique, and a wave swept towards Uehara Nao!

Moreover, this time, Kosuke took advantage of the water barrier receding to start forming hand seals, thus avoiding Uehara Naraku's gaze.

By the time Uehara reacted, the waves of Michōha had already swept in!

Uehara Naraku continued cursing, symbolically forming a few hand seals: "Damn it, I'll turn Kisame's Samehada into pickled fish sooner or later! What kind of hand seals does this guy invent? They're so troublesome to use!"

Uehara symbolically and hastily completed a few hand seals, unleashing his skill just before the waves crashed in: "Wind Release: Wind Barrier!"

In an instant, a wall of wind appeared in front of Uehara Naraku, directly blocking the surging waves of water. The seawater was even blown back by the wind wall!

Kosuke became even more determined.

However, his expression was still somewhat unpleasant: "Although this guy's hand seals are much worse than others, his spells are very powerful... Perhaps this can be considered a fair exchange of gains and losses?"

This should be confirmed without error.

Because Maruboshi Kosuke always looks impatient when he sees Uehara Naraku performing hand seals, it seems he really doesn't like hand seals.

This is perfectly normal.

After all, Uehara Naraku's taijutsu was already powerful enough. If he could defeat his enemies with taijutsu alone, why waste chakra?

Think again about Uehara Naraku's despicable behavior of bullying those Konoha kids...

Clearly, Uehara Naraku has always fought against people weaker than him. Before encountering someone of equal or even stronger strength, he had become accustomed to bullying the weak.

Kosuke looked at Uehara Naraku and sighed, "What a brilliant genius, but his talent has blinded him..."

Sighing is one thing, regretting is another!

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Kosuke continued forming hand seals, his eyes narrowed as he stared at Uehara Naraku, who had finally rushed over impatiently, and said coldly, "Water Release..."

The next second, Maruboshi Kosuke suddenly saw Uehara Naraku disappear from his sight, which made him feel greatly frightened. He finally gave up the hand seals and touched his ninja sword!

A hand suddenly grabbed Kosuke's wrist!

This made Kosuke's heart sink instantly!

In close-quarters combat, Maruboshi Kosuke believed his chances of winning were absurdly low, especially since Uehara Naraku had gotten the first move.

Uehara Naraku's voice boomed in Kosuke's ears like thunder, his voice incredibly sinister: "Senpai, are you never going to stop using ninjutsu?"

"It's just two ninjutsu techniques..."

While quietly stalling for time, Maruhoshi Kosuke swiftly broke free from Uehara's grasp and drew his ninja sword!

But the next second he found that Uehara Naraku had disappeared from his sight again.

Another hand grabbed his wrist tightly from behind, and even snatched his ninja sword away!

Maruhoshi Kosuke stared wide-eyed in disbelief, slowly turning to look at Uehara Naraku and saying, "Your Body Flicker Technique is faster than I imagined!"

"That's normal!"

Uehara Naraku sheathed Kosuke's ninja sword again and continued softly, "Our leader is a ninja demigod. Lord Hanzo personally taught me the Body Flicker Technique."

The ninja demigod Hanzo of the Salamander's Body Flicker Technique is indeed very fast.

What can Kosuke Maruboshi say about the Body Flicker Technique personally taught to him by a ninja demigod?

The old man's body gradually relaxed, his posture momentarily hunching over: "I admire you. It seems I'll have to give up my chance to become a Chunin..."

"..."

Uehara Naraku's forehead twitched.

Even though Kosuke has admitted defeat, why is he still putting on an act?

Uehara Naraku didn't mince words either, saying in a deep voice, "I just feel that it's unnecessary for you to participate in the Chunin Exams. I estimate that you'll soon be promoted to a Jonin in Konoha! If no one in Konoha discovers your strength, I'll find an opportunity to mention your desire for promotion to Mr. Kakashi and ask him to help convey it to your superiors."

"No, no."

Kosuke quickly waved his hand and patted his aching lower back: "I'm getting old, so I'll just do the ordinary quests that genin can handle..."

"Um…"

Uehara Naraku didn't continue his mockery, after all, he had won a big prize!

Hidden Mission: Defeat a real Konoha Genin (1/1). Mission complete. Reward: 3000 Life Energy, 3000 Chakra Energy, and 3000 Natural Energy.

This hidden mission isn't too outrageous.

After all, Kosuke Maruboshi and Might Guy created the first generation of legends among Konoha's genin!

From then on, the number of Konoha genin became increasingly uncontrollable, until Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha ushered in a great era that was called genin but was actually the Six Paths of Heroes.

"Oh, right, there's one more thing."

Uehara Naraku stopped Maruboshi Kosuke, who was about to leave, and whispered, "After leaving here, please immediately report to your village's higher-ups that the S-rank rogue ninja Orochimaru has appeared in the Forest of Death!"

Orochimaru?

Maruhoshi Kosuke's expression changed.

This title is not one he can handle!

"That's right, I've temporarily scared him away with Lord Hanzo's name."

Uehara Naraku was spouting nonsense. He continued, "Orochimaru was trying to attack Mr. Kakashi's Team 7, but I scared him away!"

We encountered Orochimaru again, who wanted to assassinate our examiner. I scared him away by using Lord Hanzo's name, but I can't guarantee he won't show up again!

I need to get to Team 7 immediately to join them and protect them from another attack by Orochimaru. I hope that after Mr. Kosuke leaves, he will inform the higher-ups in charge of organizing the Chunin Exams that I did not intentionally violate any rules.

"I see."

Maruboshi Kosuke nodded seriously. Orochimaru's attack was such a big deal, the Chunin Exams were child's play, and they might be suspended soon!

Kosuke bowed solemnly to Uehara Naraku: "Even with my strength, I am no match for Orochimaru. The safety of the many genin in the Forest of Death is temporarily entrusted to you. I will report to the Third Hokage immediately!"

Based on Kosuke's observation of Uehara Naraku, he originally thought that Naraku was not too bad in nature, but had some perverse tastes and bullied the weak.

It seems that Uehara Naraku was a good person in retrospect.

The fact that Uehara dared to protect the weak ninjas shows that he still has some positive energy, and he also seems to have a good impression of Konoha.

Let's set a fixed time for each day!

If it's a basic update schedule, how about one chapter at 11:30 AM and two chapters at 5:30 PM every day?

If there's an extra chapter, it will be added at 11:30 AM.

I need some advice, everyone!

Actually, I prefer 11:30 or 5:30 in the afternoon.

(End of this chapter)