Ninja Pot Shadow

Genma Shiranui is a referee, not a venue maintenance worker. If such a large artificial lake is to be moved, he would have to use earth-escape techniques to dig ditches around the arena, then divert the water into the Naka River, and then raise the embankments and dredge the river channels. This workload is definitely not small... It can't be done in a short time.

People came to watch the Chunin Exams, not to watch Genma Shiranui put on a show.

Seeing that the third generation hadn't made any move, he simply thought, "It's not my exam, right? Why should I worry about it?"

You can fight standing on the water.

He gestured for the next player to enter the arena.

Naruto and Sasuke truly didn't care about the environment; they only cared about each other. Seeing that it was finally their turn, their fighting spirit soared, and they jumped onto the water together, staring at each other in a somewhat eerie silence.

Jiraiya and the Fourth Kazekage were paying close attention to the match, as was the Third Kazekage; they were all watching the game quietly.

"Naruto Uzumaki vs. Sasuke Uchiha... Begin!" Genma Shiranui announced loudly.

The next second, Naruto used the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, creating at least two hundred shadow clones.

Sasuke was extremely familiar with this move. Since the Sharingan couldn't distinguish between the shadow clones and the real body, he might as well just kill them all.

He swiftly waded through the water, shooting out like an arrow. Three kunai were held between the fingers of each hand. He then spun around, his arms waving, sending the kunai flying. Six shadow clones vanished in a cloud of white mist. He then tripped one of the shadow clones with a sweeping kick, slapped the water's surface with his right hand, and unleashed a flurry of kicks. In the blink of an eye, he had taken down more than a dozen of Naruto's shadow clones.

Naruto didn't know the Rasengan yet, but his battle with Lee made his taijutsu seem to have gained two points instantly. The many shadow clones looked chaotic, but in fact, there was order in the chaos. A large group of shadow clones with kunai surrounded and intercepted him, and their coordination was quite good. Sasuke was like a tiger coming down the mountain, with fierce attacks, but for a while, no obvious advantage could be seen.

"Who do you think will win?" Shikamaru asked Ino.

She thought for a moment and said, "In terms of raw strength, Sasuke is probably stronger, but Naruto is too unpredictable. Who knows what kind of special move he might have?"

The situation on the field changed rapidly. In the short time it took them to exchange a few words, Sasuke used Fire Release to clear out most of the shadow clones. Then came another round of close combat. In the midst of the fierce battle, Naruto saw an opening and then hit Sasuke with his Uzumaki Naruto 2000 Barrage. But he didn't expect it to be just a clone. Meanwhile, Sasuke had already gripped Chidori and charged over with a sharp buzzing sound.

Because of the need to use Naruto Uzumaki's 2000-hit combo, the shadow clones were positioned very close together. Sasuke calculated that his Chidori could bring all the shadow clones into the attack range.

A surge of electricity rushed towards me.

Without a second thought, Naruto immediately formed the "未" hand seal.

"Harem Techniques!"

There were still more than fifty shadow clones left. At this moment, they used a harem technique, and they all turned into beautiful women with slender figures and extremely revealing clothes.

Naruto's voice was sweet and cloying, and more than fifty shadow clones simultaneously opened their arms and pounced on him: "Sasuke-kun~~!"

The spectators were breathing heavily; it was too exciting! The Third Hokage, Jiraiya, and Iruka were all secretly wiping away the blood flowing from their noses. The Konoha ANBU, Jonin, and Chunin had different expressions. Some looked up at the sky with shifty eyes, while others said that morality had declined and people's hearts had become degenerate, but they still couldn't help but steal a few glances.

The expressions on the faces of the Sand Village residents were quite strange. The tense atmosphere was greatly diluted by this erotic scene. They let go of the kunai in their arms, feeling both amused and exasperated, thinking that these Konoha ninjas were all crazy!

Ino, Shikamaru, and Hinata all wore expressions of disbelief.

Sakura gritted her teeth and clenched her fists. If it weren't for the inappropriate situation, she would have rushed over and given Naruto a good beating.

Of course, the most embarrassed one was Sasuke!

Maintaining his charging stance, he nearly stumbled while running at high speed. Having barely regained his balance, he held the Thousand Birds sword in his hand, but his gaze was involuntarily drawn to the "beauties" on either side. He froze, wondering whether he should continue stabbing, where to stab, and who to stab.

He was a ruthless man; faced with seduction, he hesitated for only about a second before thrusting out the Thousand Birds sword.

The lightning scattered by Chidori resembled electric snakes, darting wildly across the water's surface. Sasuke, with ruthless skill, not only destroyed all of Naruto's shadow clones but also injured his main body.

Naruto rallied and used the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique again, but Sasuke countered with a Chidori.

When Naruto used the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique for the third time, his weakness in chakra control was completely exposed. As soon as the shadow clones appeared, they fell into the water with a "splashing" sound, and he could no longer maintain the precise control required to tread water.

Naruto vs. Sasuke, the final victor was Uchiha Sasuke.

The Third Hokage and the Fourth Kazekage whispered a few words to each other, then announced that the morning's matches were over. They told everyone to eat something, rest for a while, and that the afternoon's matches would be the final between Ino and Sasuke, as well as the third and fourth place match between Naruto and Gaara.

The three families, Ino, Shika, and Cho, gathered together to eat and celebrate Ino's outstanding performance.

Naruto was a little unwilling to accept his defeat; if they were on land, he could have fought for a much longer time.

Sasuke was under a lot of pressure and didn't even eat, so he went to rest alone in the back mountain.

As he pondered how to deal with Ino's water-style technique, a masked man in black suddenly appeared behind him.

Chapter 158 Halftime

Orochimaru's trip back to his "hometown" had only two purposes: to send one person away and to pick up another. Sending someone away meant sending off his beloved teacher, Sarutobi, and picking someone up meant tricking Sasuke Uchiha into leaving. The former represented the past, and the latter represented the future. For the pragmatist Orochimaru, the latter was more important than the former.

You have to be careful about how you pick someone up; the "chance encounter" in the Death Forest was ruined by Ino.

He had to find another way.

This has dragged on until today.

Even though Orochimaru possessed profound ninjutsu skills and mastered many secret techniques, he was currently under the guise of protection but in reality being monitored by numerous Konoha ninjas, and he couldn't extricate himself from the situation.

Using the Shadow Clone Technique so openly? Are you kidding me? Are you the only one in the world who knows ninjutsu?

Since Orochimaru couldn't come over, they could only send Kabuto, who had just risen from the coffin, to persuade them.

Sasuke has always been a loner and likes to go to places where no one is around, so Kabuto naturally came over when he had the chance.

"Who are you?" Sasuke was wary. He didn't recognize the masked man at all. At first, he thought he was an ANBU ninja from the village, but then he realized he didn't.

"Uchiha Sasuke," Kabuto called out his name, "Are you confident you can win this afternoon's match?"

Sasuke said impatiently, "Get lost, don't make me say it a second time."

Dou sneered inwardly, "What are you pretending for, you brat!"

"That Yamanaka lady possesses clan secret techniques and has inherited the ninjutsu of the Second Hokage and the Second Mizukage. She also recently became an apprentice of Tsunade, one of the Legendary Sannin. With just the Sharingan and a little bit of teaching from Kakashi, can you defeat her? You should know that in this morning's match, she didn't even use half of her true strength, yet she easily defeated the Jinchuriki of Sunagakure. How long do you think you could last if you went up there?"

Kabuto revealed all the details about his vice president, Sasuke was still too inexperienced, and his thoughts were clearly written all over his face.

In truth, Sasuke wasn't sure either; it was even worse than Kabuto had described. He didn't dare use his Sharingan on Ino because he was worried about unforeseen circumstances.

Even if he could use it, his Sharingan is only at the two-tomoe level, which is not very powerful.

The intense training of Chidori during this period may have been partly an attempt to find a new approach to ninjutsu.

Many clan leaders and Jonin knew that Ino had become Tsunade's apprentice, but he didn't know it, and no one had told him this information.

Kabuto chuckled and said, "Have you already guessed it? I am Orochimaru's subordinate. Orochimaru, one of the Legendary Sannin, admires you greatly. We met by chance in the Forest of Death, and your performance was outstanding. Orochimaru wants to recruit you as his subordinate. Sasuke, don't be so quick to refuse. I've heard that your Uchiha clan is very skilled in using shuriken, and this is a gift from Orochimaru to you."

He tossed a scroll to Sasuke, then said nothing more, simply nodded, formed a hand seal, and vanished in a puff of white smoke.

Sasuke hesitated for a moment, but still opened the scroll to take a closer look.

This is an A-rank ninjutsu, the Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique.

This technique requires extremely high shuriken throwing skills, a strong insight into timing, lighting, environment, and other factors, as well as a considerable level of chakra.

Sasuke had all these conditions. After figuring out the purpose of this technique, the first person who came to his mind was not Orochimaru, nor Ino, but... Naruto!

Indra's chakra was influencing him in a subtle and pervasive way.

His mind wandered.

Next time Naruto uses the Shadow Clone Technique, I won't need to go through all that trouble to deal with each Shadow Clone Technique individually. I can just use this Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique to take him down!

Thinking of his triumph, he finally showed the smile that was appropriate for his age.

Since Orochimaru gave him ninjutsu, he's going to take it and become his subordinate? Don't be ridiculous!

For Sasuke, defeating Naruto and steadily improving was enough; he didn't really have any other ideas for the time being.

He had no idea that Orochimaru's plan was full of tricks. The Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique was the Third Hokage's signature technique. If he used this ninjutsu in front of everyone, he would definitely be accused of using an A-rank ninjutsu of unknown origin, and then he would be unable to explain himself.

Want to learn an A-rank ninjutsu in a single afternoon? Don't even mention him, even Itachi Uchiha couldn't do that.

Shuriken is not very useful against Ino's "Sea Release" technique; we need to find a solution using lightning release.

Sasuke used the last bit of time to practice more lightning-style chakra nature transformations, without even eating.

Naruto was also the one who hadn't eaten.

During the school's lunch break, Iruka came to the Chunin Exams site to invite Naruto to eat the lunch he had brought with him, but Naruto, unusually, refused.

Losing to Sasuke made him very upset.

He didn't know why, even though he had always been at the bottom of his class and it seemed like he could lose to anyone without any problem, but Sasuke... he didn't want to lose to Sasuke. He couldn't explain why, but he just felt uncomfortable!

It was clearly an opportunity to be in the spotlight and gain recognition from everyone, but I messed it up. I feel really resentful about it.

Jiraiya glanced at it from afar but didn't go over to comfort him. It's not a bad thing for a boy to experience setbacks. He himself had been defeated countless times by Orochimaru back in the day, so what? He'd rather go find some pretty girls to gather inspiration from. A girl named Pink Skin had come to the hot springs earlier, and she truly lived up to her name…

Meanwhile, in Sunagakure, Gaara was being treated. Several ninjas skilled in sealing techniques spent a long time trying to figure out how to break the Five Elements Seal.

The five chakra natures cycle endlessly, making it very difficult to break this sealing technique through brute force.

The Third Hokage started playing dumb as soon as the tournament ended. What do you mean, "reopen the seal"? Did I say that?

He could indeed undo the Fourth Kazekage's seal, but there were too many Konoha ninja around him, so he couldn't just admit it without being asked. He also claimed that he wasn't good at sealing techniques.

Looking at Gaara's calm face, Temari gave up the idea of ​​confronting Ino again and decided to let her younger brother sleep a little longer.

Lee lost to Naruto because, although there was a fellow villager among the ninjas, many of his special moves were useless. However, he believed that since he had special moves that were useless, Naruto must have the same problem, so it was fair in that respect.

He stubbornly believed that his training intensity was not high enough and that he hadn't eaten. He shouted with boundless enthusiasm, "Run two laps around the Land of Fire, and if I can't do that, I'll jump rope two thousand times!"

Teacher Kai made a declaration that "youth and passion will never fade," and then went for a run with his beloved student.

Neji and Tenten weren't quite that crazy, but they still wore rather Chinese-style clothes and went to the training ground together.

Chapter 159 Taking a nap?

Time quickly passed and it was afternoon.

Genma Shiranui, Raido Namiashi, and the strangely named Iwashi Tsutsumi hadn't eaten lunch. All three were guards of the Fourth Hokage, but unfortunately, the Fourth Hokage died after only one year in office. The three of them were orphans as soon as they joined him. As "veterans of the previous dynasty," they had worked hard over the years and put in a lot of effort to regain the Third Hokage's trust.

Using their lunch break, the three of them drained all the water from the arena into the Naka River. Then they discovered a thick layer of sand left behind by Gaara and the One-Tailed Beast. With no other option, they continued clearing the water. The three of them started moving the sand again.

When Ino and her group finished drinking all afternoon and rushed back to the competition venue, they had just finished their work. The three of them were covered in dust and dirt, and even the senbon that Genma Shiranui was holding in his mouth smelled of mud. They looked quite disheveled.

Ino sat leisurely in the stands, waiting for the contestants.

First, there will be a match for third and fourth place, which is the match between Naruto and Gaara. Then, the match to determine the first and second place will be held.

As per past practice, the top three automatically qualify as Chunin, and who becomes a Genin after that depends entirely on the leadership's decision.

If I say you can do it, you can, even if you can't.

If they say you can't do it, then you probably really can't.

In the original timeline, Tsunade only had Shizune as her confidante. She reluctantly returned to the village to become Hokage. In the Hokage's office, she encountered Shikaku and Shikamaru, father and son, who came to "report on their work." She understood the meaning behind the Ino-Shika-Cho trio and immediately promoted Shikamaru to Chunin.