People in Demon Slayer: The Journey That Began with Demon Slayer

However, the Kakashi he struck was a water clone.

"Trying to stall me? How laughable! Under my watchful eyes, you have nowhere to hide!"

"Found you...Kakashi Hatake!"

Sasuke suddenly looked down at his feet.

Earth Release: Fang Piercing Split!

Kakashi, who had been hiding underground, suddenly burst out of the ground and punched Sasuke.

"Thunder Breathing? Third Form? Gathering Mosquitoes into Thunder!"

Just as Kakashi was about to smash into his chin, Sasuke shifted his feet and spun rapidly around Kakashi, leaving wavy lightning trails in his wake.

The lightning strike made Kakashi feel numb.

Kakashi, enduring his paralyzed body, formed two simple hand seals.

"Double Thunderclap!"

Two bolts of lightning appeared on Kakashi's hands.

This is the two-handed version of the Lightning Blade, which can be used for both offense and defense. When you use the two hands to block Sasuke's attack, you can see the traces of lightning.

Guided by Kakashi's Lightning Blade, Sasuke's lightning was unable to harm Kakashi.

However, the katana in his hand was already slashing towards Kakashi's body.

Kakashi pulled a kunai from his ninja tool bag and clashed it with Sasuke's katana.

Sparks flew from the friction between the kunai and the samurai sword, but Sasuke and Kakashi's lightning conducted through each other, preventing them from forming a circuit, so neither of them got electrocuted.

Sasuke looked at Kakashi, who was fighting hard, and sneered disdainfully, "Is this all the strength a Konoha Jonin has? In that case, I'll take your Sharingan."

Sasuke's free left hand was actually forming a hand seal with one hand. Kakashi's eyes widened. He had never seen a hand seal formed with one hand before.

However, Kakashi calmed down and said, "Uchiha Sasuke, without a doubt, you are a genius, but you still made a fatal mistake, which is arrogance!"

"What do you mean?"

Look at your feet!

Sasuke looked down at his feet, and his pupils suddenly contracted.

Because the place where Sasuke was standing had turned into a mud pit, and it was constantly sinking deeper.

Sasuke suddenly remembered Kakashi's strange behavior earlier: "So that's why you used the Water Wall to block my lightning, to create this swamp?!"

"That's right. I used Earth Release: Fang Piercing Fang to get close to you so that I could create a lot of soil underground, mix it with the water from the Water Formation Wall, and form a mud pit. This time, you lost, Uchiha Sasuke!"

Before Sasuke could escape the quagmire, Kakashi retreated in the opposite direction.

When Sasuke finally escaped from the mud, Kakashi was nowhere to be seen.

Sasuke stood there, stunned, expressionless, neither sad nor happy.

Sasuke did not feel disappointed, but instead summarized the details and experiences from his battle with Kakashi.

Sasuke, who had already awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan, was able to sense that Kakashi's Sharingan had also awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan.

Kakashi had no intention of taking this fight seriously.

Sasuke, who had been training in Kagerou Village from beginning to end, had sparring partners such as Itachi, Yosuke, Gyutaro, and Deidara, but he never had a real battle.

This was Sasuke's first real battle.

From the very beginning, Sasuke never thought he could defeat Kakashi, after all, this is Konoha.

Kakashi was just going through the motions in the fight, so Sasuke wanted to use his Sharingan to provoke Kakashi and make him fight seriously.

Although the ending was not as good as he hoped, Sasuke still learned a lot of skills.

Sasuke touched his eyes: "I wonder what kind of power resides in Kakashi's Mangekyou Sharingan."

Compared to Sasuke, all the Jonin in the Hokage's office remained completely silent.

The strength Sasuke and Kakashi displayed during their battle instilled a sense of crisis in them.

Although they were reluctant to admit it, Sasuke's displayed strength was already greater than that of some of the Jonin here.

Even Hiruzen Sarutobi never relaxed his brow.

Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed softly to himself.

'Uchiha...'

Sasuke searched the Forest of Death once again.

However, no Konoha ninjas were found.

It seems that either those Konoha genin have withdrawn, or they have already obtained the scroll and headed to the tower.

Without prey, Sasuke didn't want to stay in this harsh environment any longer.

Anyway, when I killed those three people from Kusagakure, I had already obtained the Heaven Scroll. Combined with the Earth Scroll in Xiang's hand, I was able to clear the game.

Sasuke arrived at the tower entrance. Kagura, sensing Sasuke's presence through her Mind's Eye, brought Shion and joined Sasuke.

Xiang asked Sasuke, who had just returned, "Sasuke, has it been resolved?"

Sasuke shook his head and said, "No, it was all messed up by the Konoha Jonin."

Xiang asked in confusion, "Huh? A Konoha Jonin? Why would a Konoha Jonin be here?"

"They've been watching me, and when they discovered I was hunting Konoha's genin, they sent a jonin to stop me."

Xiang, filled with indignation, exclaimed, "How can this be? Isn't this a blatant violation of the rules?!"

Sasuke said dismissively, "This is the narrow-mindedness of Konoha."

After Xiang handed the Earth Scroll to Sasuke, Sasuke led the way into the tower.

Some of the tower's inhabitants have already arrived.

Meanwhile, Shikamaru and the others had already arrived inside the tower.

Upon seeing Sasuke, Shikamaru and the others dared not look him in the eye.

They were feeling very guilty because they had advanced by cheating this time.

Shikamaru initially wanted to withdraw from the competition. Moreover, all the Konoha ninjas participating in the Chunin Exams actually possessed the strength of Chunin, but due to the previous war, they were unable to undergo Chunin assessments and remained Genin.

Therefore, all he needs to do is participate in the next Chunin Exams, and he can still become a Chunin naturally.

However, Kakashi, who arrived later, told them that in order to demonstrate Konoha's strength, they were chosen to participate in the Chunin Exams because they were strong enough to be Chunin-level, ensuring a certain number of them would advance.

During the finals, famous figures from various countries will come to watch.

If all six players here withdraw from the competition, then Konoha will only have one team left, and Konoha, as the host, will lose face.

After Kakashi, Shikamaru, and the others explained the seriousness of the Chunin Exams, the six decided not to withdraw.

After all, this concerns Konoha's reputation.

Chapter 296 Preliminary Examination

As Sasuke approached, Shikamaru and his group felt extremely guilty.

But Sasuke seemed not to see them, and continued walking forward with Kaoru and Shion.

The three-day Death Forest extreme survival challenge has come to an end.

All the genin who failed to arrive at the tower on time were eliminated.

At this time, there were still as many as 18 genin who had advanced in rank within the tower.

These 18 genin (lower-ranking ninja) came from four different villages.

Nine from Konoha, three from Kagerou Village, three from Iwagakure Village, and three from Takigakure Village.

All the genin from other ninja villages were eliminated.

However, the number of people is still too large, so a preliminary selection is needed to select a portion of them to advance to the third exam.

After Hiruzen Sarutobi finished his impassioned speech.

The examiner, Hayate Gekko, appeared and explained the rules of this preliminary selection.

The preliminary rounds consisted of one-on-one individual battles, with exactly 18 participants, resulting in 9 matches.

The winner can proceed to the third exam.

There are no rules; the game continues until one side dies or concedes defeat.

Hearing until one of them dies.

Shikamaru and the other six trembled, praying that they weren't fighting Sasuke.

As the electronic screen scrolled, two names appeared on it.

Ishigaki from Iwagakure Village and Kaisou from Takigakure Village battled each other.

The rest of the people went back to the upper corridor to wait.

Yosuke, who had just emerged from the tower's lounge, appeared behind Sasuke and the other two.

"How did the exam in the Forest of Death go?"

Sasuke stared intently at Kakashi not far away: "If it weren't for the interference of the Konoha Jonin, there would only be a maximum of three Konoha people left here."

Yosuke sighed, "As expected, Sasuke, you still chose to hunt down Konoha's genin. But I could have guessed that Konoha would interfere with you. After all, if all of Konoha's genin were eliminated, Konoha would lose face in this Chunin Exam."

In the battle below, there is no doubt that Ishigaki of Iwagakure won.

His masterful Earth Release ninjutsu was something that even the genin of Takigakure couldn't withstand.

The electronic screen rotated again, and the first thing it stopped displaying was Uchiha Sasuke's name.

Everyone present held their breath, praying that they wouldn't be next.

The second name finally stopped; the opponent was Ishio from Iwagakure.

Sasuke and Ishio arrived at the battleground.

Because Ishio was a ninja sent by Iwagakure to build Kagerou Village, Sasuke and Ishio were very familiar with each other.