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

After Xiang's chains knocked away all of Tian Tian's weapons, they instantly bound Tian Tian to the spot.

Kushina Uzumaki was Kakashi's teacher's wife, so she knew about the Adamantine Sealing Chains and its power.

Kakashi hurriedly said to Guy beside him, "Guy, make Tenten forfeit immediately! This is a sealing technique unique to the Uzumaki clan, which can even bind tailed beasts. Tenten has no way to break free!"

Guy, who had initially thought he could control the situation, hurriedly called out to Tenten after hearing Kakashi's warning, "Tenten! Forfeit!"

Tian Tian also wanted to shout out, but the chains were too tight, making it difficult for her to make a sound.

Xiang had already gotten into position, intending to end the match with the Love Breathing Sword Form.

The Konoha Jonin watched the arena nervously, waiting for Tenten to utter the words "withdraw".

Xiang had already activated her sword form and charged towards Tian Tian.

Tian Tian's face turned bright red as she struggled to shout, "I...give up..."

But before the third word, 'power,' could be uttered, the blade of incense had already arrived.

Tian Tian closed her eyes in despair.

At the critical moment, Kai used the Body Flicker Technique to kick away Xiang's katana.

Just as Kai was about to control Xiang and break free of the Vajra Chains, a bolt of lightning flashed.

Sasuke's blade stopped in front of Tenten's head, and Guy's hand grabbed Sasuke's blade.

Blood dripped continuously from Gai's palm onto Sasuke's blade.

However, Sasuke was still secretly exerting his strength, and the tip of his blade was constantly approaching Tenten's head.

Kakashi, Asuma, Kurenai Yuhi, and a group of Jonin rushed over, trying to stop Sasuke.

Deidara and Kurotsuchi stood in their way.

Kurotsuchi provoked, "You set the rules, which end when one side dies or concedes defeat, but she didn't say the words 'I forfeit.' I remember that in the Forest of Death, your Konoha Jonin interfered with Uchiha Sasuke of the Blazing Village during his exam. This is the second time your Konoha has broken the rules."

Kai looked at Sasuke, who was still exerting his strength, with a serious expression: "Tenten is my beloved subordinate. She has already lost. I will not allow anyone to harm her life!"

"Yo-suke!"

Asuma looked at Yosuke in the corridor, hoping that Yosuke could stop Sasuke.

Yosuke walked off the field and called out, "Sasuke, Kaori, come back."

Upon hearing Yosuke's call, Sasuke and Kaori came to Yosuke's side.

Asuma looked at Yosuke gratefully, and was about to thank him when he heard Yosuke say:

"Konoha has repeatedly broken the rules, and we despise such behavior. Therefore, we, the Village of Blazing Sun, hereby announce our withdrawal from this Chunin Exam."

Kurotsuchi immediately echoed, "Our Iwagakure village is also ashamed of Konoha's actions and will also withdraw from this Chunin Exam."

"Yosuke..." Asuma and Hayate Gekko were caught in a dilemma, trying to persuade Yosuke.

But Yosuke interrupted them: "Asuma, Hayate, I have a personal relationship with you, but I am now representing Kagerou Village, so I apologize."

Yosuke led the way out of the tower, followed by Sasuke, his two companions, and several people from Iwagakure.

The people of Konoha looked at each other in disbelief; things had escalated to this point completely beyond their expectations.

Just when they didn't know what to do, Hiruzen Sarutobi reappeared.

At this point, only the Hokage of Konoha was able to stabilize the situation.

Chapter 298 Shion vs. Shino

Hiruzen Sarutobi appeared in the center of the arena.

"Please wait, everyone!"

Yosuke and the others stopped in their tracks and looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi.

"We at Konoha apologize for everything that happened before. However, the purpose of the exam is only to test whether genin are capable of becoming chunin, not to take lives. The death in the exam rules is only to encourage everyone to give their all in the test, not to fight to the death. We hope everyone can understand."

Hiruzen Sarutobi was also in a difficult position. If both the Village of Blazing Sun and the Village of Hidden Stone withdrew, then only the ninjas of Konoha would remain in the final.

The purpose of this joint Chunin Exams was to showcase Konoha's strength. If there were no other ninjas from other villages to accompany them during the finals, wouldn't this Chunin Exams just become Konoha's Chunin Exams?

Moreover, if the Village of Blazing Sunshine and the Village of Hidden Stones were to withdraw from the tournament because Konoha had broken the rules, then Konoha would truly become a laughing stock.

"We hope everyone will continue to participate in the test. Afterwards, Konoha will give you a satisfactory compensation."

Yosuke said with a smile, "Since the Hokage of Konoha has said so, then we will stay and continue the exam. We hope that you will not break the rules again. We and the ninjas of Iwagakure are fighting with the resolve to risk our lives. We hope that the ninjas of Konoha can also have the same resolve."

The Konoha ninjas' expressions changed. Yosuke's words were tantamount to saying that the Konoha ninjas were all cowards who feared death.

Although I really wanted to refute Yosuke, they broke the rules first, so I had no confidence to refute them.

The exam continues.

Back in the corridor, Tenten lowered her head with deep remorse, because of her, Konoha had fallen into a dilemma.

Kai patted Tian Tian's head and comforted her, "Don't feel guilty. As your teacher, it's my responsibility to protect your safety!"

After the battle between Hyuga Neji and Hyuga Hinata, there are now only four people left who have not yet fought.

They are Shion, Shino, Shikamaru, and Ino.

In other words, Shion will fight against the Konoha genin no matter what.

The electronic screen scrolled, and the first name to stop was Shino Aburame, followed by Shion.

Ziyuan was a little nervous because she had no fighting skills at all, and having just watched so many battles, she felt even more uncertain.

Yosuke patted Shion on the shoulder to comfort her, saying, "It's okay if you don't want to fight."

Shion wasn't a ninja; she was just a tourist visiting Konoha. Besides, she was more of a formality in Konoha's Chunin Exams, so whether she participated or not was irrelevant.

"I want to give it a try!" Shion felt that Sasuke and Kaori were so brave, and now that she was part of the team, she couldn't just back down.

Yosuke didn't stop Shion: "If you want to try, then go ahead. You don't need to feel any pressure. If anything goes wrong, I'll stop you."

Shion nodded and walked to the battle arena.

Moonlight Gale announces the start of the battle.

Seeing that Shion was a genin from Kagerou Village, Shino dared not be negligent, after all, there was already the precedent of Kaori's experience.

Shino stretched out his arms, his high-necked shirt obscuring half of his face, making it impossible to see his expression.

"Secret Technique? Parasitic Worms!"

Numerous black parasites emerged continuously from Shino's sleeves.

Ziyuan is most afraid of disgusting things like rats, ants, snakes, and insects.

Seeing a large number of parasites flying towards her, Ziyuan got goosebumps all over and shuddered.

"Don't come any closer!"

Shion waved her hands, trying to drive away the parasitic insects.

The parasitic insects, controlled by Shino, would not give up so easily and continued to surge towards Shion.

But just as the parasite was about to touch Shion's skin, Shion's body suddenly emitted a dazzling light.

Almost all the parasites died instantly under the light.

Numerous corpses of parasitic insects littered the entire battlefield.

Shino continued to form hand seals and perform ninjutsu.

"Secret Technique? Insect Jade!"

A large number of parasites crawled out of Shino's skin.

Shion almost vomited when she saw this; it was so disgusting.

Parasitic insects swarmed and covered the aster.

Although Shion's light can kill parasites, Shino takes advantage of the parasites' rapid hatching. The moment a parasite dies from being exposed to the light, a newly hatched parasite takes its place.

This process repeats itself, resulting in a large number of parasites re-hatching, causing the entire parasite encirclement to shrink continuously.

Surrounded by parasites, Ziyuan was terrified.

Moreover, the countless white insect eggs that kept hatching made her scalp tingle.

Despite her extreme fear, Shion calmed down.

The fact that one's own light can kill parasites shows that light has the power to control these parasites.

"Calm down, we haven't lost yet."

Ziyuan silently cheered herself up.

As the encirclement of the treacherous insects outside grew smaller and smaller, Shino thought victory was assured, but then he heard Shion's voice coming from inside the encirclement.

"Activate, array, dispel!"

As Ziyuan's voice rang out, a pillar of light shot into the sky.

Tearing a gap in the parasites' encirclement, the beam of light expanded, and the parasites died once again.

Shino found it very difficult.

Because the Aburame clan's fighting style involves controlling insects, if the insects are countered, they will be like Tenten who lost the scroll to summon ninja tools, having no way to attack.

Furthermore, there is a certain amount of parasites in the body, and hatching parasites requires a large amount of chakra.

Shino now has very little chakra left.

For a moment, Shino was completely helpless against Shion, who was inside the pillar of light.

Shion continued chanting the incantation while making hand gestures.

"This, returns, to, purity, life!"

Shion aimed her right palm at Shino, and a beam of light shot out from her palm towards Shino.

"Secret Technique? Insect Wall Technique!"

Shino manipulated the parasitic insects, which spun rapidly around him to block the beam of light.

Undeterred by death, a constant stream of parasitic insects helped Shino withstand Shion's pillar of light.