Sixth round, Shino vs. Gaara
This round is a bit of a pity, Shino's strength is really good, he can fight anyone else, but unfortunately he met Gaara, and it's Gaara after reconciling with One-Tail, that overwhelming sand, Shino can't fight at all, the bugs were completely countered by the sand.
In the end, Gaara won.
Seventh round, Hyuga Neji vs. Inuzuka Kiba
Neji won with a strong Byakugan
Eighth round, Rock Lee vs. Chouji
Lee won
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Ninth round, Yamanaka Ino vs. Haruno Sakura
This is the most predictable duel, not because the two are uneven in strength, but because this is the last round, now only they two haven't fought yet, you can guess that they are going to fight without looking at the electronic board.
The atmosphere before this was a bit awkward, Ino and Sakura had made eye contact, but after a brief eye contact, they both tacitly withdrew their gaze, there was still some estrangement between them.
"Ino, come on."
Naruto said with a smile.
"Yes, I will win."
Ino frowned slightly, but still tried to answer with a smile.
After Ino went downstairs, Shikamaru on the other side came over directly and said, "Although I don't know what it is specifically, but, you should have taught her a lot of useful things, right? Ino's strength has improved too fast recently."
"Well, I helped a little bit, mainly she practiced hard herself." Naruto said.
"That... it's not something from the ninja system, is it?"
Shikamaru suddenly said.
"Why do you say that?" Naruto asked.
"The foundation of a ninja is chakra, and chakra is extracted from the body, requiring the consumption of physical energy and mental energy. What you guys are practicing is not chakra cultivation, but another kind of practice that absorbs some kind of power. I can feel a bit of it."
Shikamaru's expression gradually changed, and he looked at Naruto more seriously and asked, "Although I don't know what that power is, but... most methods that can quickly increase strength in a short time have considerable side effects. Sasuke and Hinata's strength has increased so quickly, they..."
Are you worried?
Naruto smiled and said, "Don't worry, what we absorb is the elemental power of nature, that is, natural energy. Theoretically speaking, we should be considered as cultivating immortality."
"Cultivating immortality? How did you guys do it?"
Shikamaru couldn't understand.
"I developed a technique that enhances one's perception and control to the extreme. After practicing this technique to a high level, one can easily perceive the power of natural elements. If you want to learn, I can teach you after the Chunin exam." Naruto answered.
Shikamaru could perceive some abnormalities, which means he also has some talent in this aspect, but the specific degree of this talent cannot be determined yet.
Of course, he might have guessed it, so he deliberately said that, his actual talent is not good. But that's okay, Naruto is only responsible for teaching, everything else is not his concern, what kind of achievement can be achieved, that depends on Shikamaru himself.
He is willing to teach Shikamaru, mainly because he and Shikamaru are friends, and the time is chosen after the Chunin exam, which involves other aspects...
"After the Chunin exam? Are you afraid that if I learn now, it might affect your grades?" Shikamaru raised an eyebrow and asked.
"Well, without having experienced cultivation, you can perceive these things with a high probability. I am really afraid of your talents, so you must wait until after the Chunin exam to teach you." Naruto answered with a smile.
Afraid of me? He doesn't think I would believe that, does he?
Shikamaru stared into Naruto's eyes, but couldn't see anything. Finally, he said, "Tsk.. forget it, Ino believes in you, Sasuke and Hinata also believe in you, I hope your cultivation of immortality will not let them down."
"Of course."
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On the arena
"I really didn't expect that I would fight against you, Sakura, and it's in the last match."
Ino was the first to break the deadlock.
"Yeah, I didn't expect it either."
Sakura's face didn't look too good either. Although she had learned a lot of useful things from Kurenai sensei during this period, if her opponent was Ino... she really wasn't confident of winning.
But, Ino seemed very serious, she really is worthy of being my opponent.
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Second floor
"It's really troublesome, it's just them who are up against each other."
Shikamaru said as he sneaked a glance at Naruto, noticing that Naruto's expression was also very tense.
Of course, Naruto was not nervous because he was afraid that Ino would not win, but he was afraid that Ino would not fight.
Ino's strength itself is not bad, after cultivating elemental power and often obtaining three tails, she has become even stronger. If it's just a hard strength competition, Ino will win very easily.
But... the opponent is Sakura, although there is some estrangement between Ino and Sakura, but after all, they are good sisters for many years, whether Ino can, can seriously fight is still questionable. Even if she fights seriously, how will she deal with her best friend after the fight, these are all problems, this is what Naruto and Shikamaru find troublesome.
It's really women's relationships that are troublesome, like the relationship between Naruto and Sasuke is very simple, if there is a problem, just fight, and after the fight, they are still good brothers, there is not so much to consider, if you are not convinced, just fight again.
"Hmph, what are you doubting, the outcome of this battle is inevitable, there is absolutely no suspense." Sasuke said proudly with a smile.
"Then Sasuke-kun, who do you think will win?"
Karin asked behind Sasuke.
"Ino, of course it's Ino, their chakra strength is too different, even if there are some accidents, it won't change the result." Sasuke confidently answered.
"Really? That's just like Sasuke!"
Karin echoed excitedly.
"Hehe, of course, I am a genius who possesses the Sharingan." Sasuke replied satisfactorily.
In fact, Karin could also sense, and her sensing power was very strong. She could feel who was stronger between the two without Sasuke saying it. But, things couldn't be done this way, as long as she gave Sasuke some face in normal times, he would be very happy, and that was enough.
On the other side
Naruto and Shikamaru turned their heads to look at Sasuke, showing the same look as if they were looking at a fool, and then sighed at the same time. Sasuke's EQ was sometimes high and sometimes low. It was very high at certain times, and very low at times like now.
Could it be because Karin is here?
...
"The ninth match, begin!"
Gekko Hayate announced.
As soon as the words fell, Sakura and Ino moved at the same time, quickly approached each other, and then launched a round of... evenly matched pure Taijutsu contest.
Their battle was fierce, both of them were serious to the extreme, it's just that the direction of their seriousness was slightly different, but at least to some extent, their seriousness could be considered parallel to each other.
Soon, Sakura took out three Kunai and threw them directly at Ino, while Ino subconsciously clenched her hand, seeming to want to directly use the water elemental force to block this attack. But she just made a gesture and decisively gave up, took out her own Kunai and knocked off the Kunai thrown by Sakura a few times, and then continued to fight with her.
"Ding! Ding! Ding!"
The weapons of the two collided several times, rubbing sparks in the air, and Ino and Sakura also looked at each other at some point in the middle, looking at each other's faces at a very close distance, and couldn't help but recall their past.
"Sakura, you've grown."
Ino praised.
"Likewise, you're not bad either."
Sakura replied cautiously.
After a brief stagnation, the two once again launched a fierce contest, the intensity of the battle further escalated, but in the eyes of the audience on the second floor, the intensity of the battle was still not high, some people who didn't know why even felt a bit disappointed.
...
Upstairs, Sasuke instantly frowned, incredulously said, "How could this be, it shouldn't be, is Ino using Water Release? Sakura also looks completely unaware, really, there are people who can't find out when someone used Water Release, and continue to fight foolishly, it's simply too foolish, how could there be such a person."
"Achoo!" After finishing speaking, Sasuke sneezed, he muttered doubtfully, "That's strange, could it be that someone is talking bad about me? I don't know which guy who doesn't have toilet paper when going to the toilet, doesn't have a fork when eating instant noodles, can't open the corner when drinking milk, Tenten gets beaten up is talking bad about me... Achoo! Hiss, could it be... I caught a cold?"
"Are you okay? Do you want me to go to Konohagakure's hospital to buy some medicine?" Karin asked anxiously.
"It's nothing, a mere cold is not worth mentioning."
Sasuke said.
"Okay."
Karin nodded and said, "We don't have much food at home, can you give me some money to go out and buy some things?"
"Here."
Sasuke casually threw over a wallet, proudly crossed his arms, and said, "Take as much as you want, I'm too lazy to take it out for you bit by bit, it's troublesome."
"Um, got it."
"Okay, I got it."
Karin took the money while calculating, she had to buy some medicine for Sasuke, and also buy some food, but the cold medicine couldn't be given to him directly, this would definitely make Sasuke hard to accept, wait until the evening to quietly put it in the drawer on his side of the room, and then leave a little trace.
Given Sasuke's character, he would most likely go and see what was there. After finding it, if he needed it, he would eat it himself. If he didn't need it, he wouldn't feel uncomfortable because I reminded him proactively, this is the best choice.
...
Sakura and Ino clashed again, they looked at each other, and their expressions were somewhat trance. And just as the two of them relaxed at the same time, the problem also appeared.
"Bang!"
Due to a brief trance, Ino's control of her strength had a problem, she accidentally used a bit more strength, and instantly hit Sakura to stiffen, clutching her stomach in a daze, her eyes bulging, almost directly spitting out a mouthful of old blood.
"You... you actually... ambushed."
Sakura pointed at Ino tremblingly and said.
"Ah... ah this."
Ino was stiff, she just accidentally didn't control her strength well, she didn't mean to ambush.
What should she do?
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