"Yo, you won, congratulations."
Sasuke looked at Hinata who had returned to the rest room, smiled and waved, at the same time, he winked and made faces, Karin on the side hinted at him with crazy eyes, but was completely ignored by Sasuke.
"Hmm, with the power of this Byakugan, victory is a matter of course." Hinata clenched her fist with one hand, looked at Sasuke confidently and said.
After defeating Neji, her mentality has grown a lot, when using her own Byakugan, she has also shed the previous immaturity, becoming more handy, although the surface hard strength has not changed much, but the real combat power has greatly improved.
Hinata took the initiative to walk to Ino's side, smiled naturally and confidently and said, "You have improved a lot recently, you should be very strong now, right? Next, give the ninjas of Sunagakure Ninja Village some shock that belongs to Konohagakure ninjas!"
"Hmm, of course."
A few drops of sweat were left on Ino's head, feeling that Hinata's aura was a bit strong now.
......
"The third match of the Chunin Exam, Yamanaka Ino versus Temari, both contestants please prepare for battle." Yamashiro Aoba shouted from the spectator stand.
On the battlefield, Ino and Temari stood on opposite sides of the field, looking at each other. At this moment, both of their eyes were filled with vigilance and seriousness, and they were under great psychological pressure.
The reason for Temari's pressure was that the Konohagakure ninjas who had previously appeared were all very strong, whether it was Lee who opened the fifth gate, Naruto who burst out with chakra, Neji who used Rotation, or Hinata who mastered Shinra Tensei, each of them was very powerful.
So, as a ninja from Konohagakure, Ino's strength should not be underestimated. Who knows what kind of trump card this guy is hiding, Temari will definitely not take it lightly.
And the reason for Ino's pressure is relatively simple, she has always been not strong among the people who practice Senjutsu, and is very weak. Fortunately, she had an epiphany a while ago and suddenly realized how to master the power of the water element, and also discovered a pretty good talent.
But, she has had this ability for too short a time, she doesn't have a specific concept of her own strength. Ino only knows that she is far from Naruto, Sasuke, Hinata and others, but she is stronger than Shikamaru, Chouji and others who have just started practicing. But Shikamaru, Chouji and others have already been eliminated, she thinks it's normal for her to be stronger than these people, so she actually doesn't have a concept of her own strength.
...
On the spectator stand, Ino's father Yamanaka Inoichi and Nara Shikaku, Akimichi Chouza and others sat together, their eyes were somewhat heavy and they muttered to themselves, "She's up against the princess of Sunagakure Ninja Village, this is really bad, Mind Transfer Jutsu is a straight-line attack, if she can't hit the opponent in the battle... I'm afraid..."
"Don't worry, I feel that your daughter should not be easily defeated." Nara Shikaku patted Yamanaka Inoichi's shoulder and said with a smile.
"Sigh, I don't know what's wrong with her recently, she's always running to the training ground, she hasn't practiced our family's secret technique for a long time, now facing this level of opponent, can she really successfully hit the opponent?" Yamanaka Inoichi sighed.
"Yeah, the key to this battle is whether the Mind Transfer Jutsu can hit, if not, it's best to surrender and admit defeat as soon as possible, to avoid more damage in the battle." Akimichi Chouza said.
...
"Then, the match.... begins!!"
Yamashiro Aoba shouted.
Temari quickly jumped back to distance herself, at the same time, the fan in her hand directly opened to the maximum, she swung it at Ino with all her might while whispering, "Ninjutsu - Scythe Weasel!"
On the other side, Ino directly made hand signs at the fastest speed, because using chakra to release Ninjutsu requires hand signs, only when using pure elemental force does she not need hand signs, and now, the amount of elemental force in her body is not enough to be squandered in battle.
Yamanaka Inoichi on the stage was scared, thinking that his precious daughter still had to make hand signs at this time, there was a high probability that she would be directly and severely injured by Temari's Scythe Weasel, his heart would have a kind of heart-piercing pain.
"Wait, that's not Mind Transfer Jutsu!"
Compared to the worried and confused Yamanaka Inoichi, Nara Shikaku observed more carefully, he looked at Ino who was making hand signs and pressed Yamanaka Inoichi's hand and said.
"What?"
...
"Sage Art - Water Release - Exploding Water Colliding Wave!"
After the hand signs were completed, Ino jumped into mid-air and took a deep breath, aimed at Temari opposite her and exhaled with all her might, a large amount of chakra mixed with water elemental force transformed into a powerful Water Release and burst out.
The amount of water in this Water Release is quite large, it's almost like a waterfall falling from the sky, it almost drowned Temari's Scythe Weasel in an instant, and even further surged towards the body behind.
"What, the information was fake?!"
Temari was shocked. She had collected information about Ino in advance. The information indicated that Ino was a ninja from the Yamanaka clan, and she was best at the Mind Transfer Jutsu series of Ninjutsu, which was very effective in controlling enemies and stealing information. If she was controlled in battle, she would probably lose in an instant.
That's why she jumped back at the first opportunity to distance herself and avoid being hit. Because the information said that Yamanaka Ino's Mind Transfer Jutsu was a straight-line attack that couldn't turn, once the distance was opened, her Mind Transfer Jutsu would inevitably be restricted.
But...
The opponent could use such a terrifying Water Release, can this be called only good at clan Ninjutsu? Are the people who collected the information idiots? Are they pigs?!
"Darn it!"
A drop of cold sweat dripped down Temari's forehead as she looked at the Water Release that seemed to cover the sky and the earth. Her mouth twitched involuntarily, but she didn't give up. Instead, she chose to bite open a wound on her thumb at the fastest speed, then smear it on her fan and swing it with all her might.
"Summoning Technique - Dance of the Scythe Weasel!"
The Scythe Weasel was summoned, the small Scythe Weasel looked at the huge waves and was stunned for a moment, but it overcame its inner fear and used its strongest power at the first moment, swinging the huge scythe in its hand crazily, forming an even more powerful Wind Release.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!..."
Ino's Water Release was blocked and broken, and the broken Water Release fell like a heavy rain, covering the ground. The ground had already risen up to fifty centimeters high of tidal water, which showed how terrifying the amount of water released by the Sage Art: Exploding Water Colliding Wave was.
"The real show begins now!"
A triumphant smile appeared on Ino's face, she stood firmly on the ground, and as her calves were submerged in the tide, she lowered her center of gravity again and gathered a large amount of water elemental force in her palm. In front of the broken waves, she pulled hard.
"Snap!"
With a crisp sound of water, a blue thread was pulled out of the water, and a shining blue light also lit up in her hand, like an arrow, and the surging waves seemed to become her bow.
She had been prepared to do this!
"Water Release - Breaking Wave Arrow!"
The blue arrow, carrying a powerful water elemental force, shot out, aiming straight at Temari.
"Wind Release - Tornado Hurricane!"
Although Temari was shocked, she also used all her strength to swing her three-star fan at the first moment, forming a tornado to resist the Breaking Wave Arrow.
"Bang!!"
The wind and water intertwined, the Breaking Wave Arrow exploded at the moment it came into contact with the Tornado Hurricane, and the Tornado Hurricane was also instantly dispersed.
'Did I block it this time?'
Temari had just breathed a sigh of relief, but she saw Ino on the other side making a fist at her, and in an instant, she realized the seriousness of the problem.
"Water Release - Heavenly Prison Pull!"
The water splashed by the explosion of the Breaking Wave Arrow, and the waves on the ground were manipulated at the same time, wrapping her body in a huge round water prison at the moment she finished using the Wind Release Ninjutsu and was gasping for breath.
'Does this girl not need to make hand signs at all?'
Temari, in the water, couldn't help but think while forcibly holding her breath. She was a Wind Release ninja, and she could use Ninjutsu without hand signs only when she was holding a three-star fan. But the opponent was a Water Release ninja, why could he use such powerful Ninjutsu continuously without hand signs?
Why... why...
"Splash!"
Ino watched as Temari lost consciousness, and then voluntarily dispersed the water prison, watching her body fall into the water.
Yamashiro Aoba on the spectator stand also went down to the field at the first moment, fished Temari out of the water, and looked at Ino with a serious look, shouting, "The third match, the winner, Yamanaka Ino!"
The audience on the stage boiled instantly, they never thought that the fight between Genin would be so fierce, that they wouldn't even make hand signs in the end, that pulling in the water would be a water bow, and that making a fist would be a water prison.
It's outrageous!
Under the stage, Yamashiro Aoba carefully checked Temari's condition, found that she had only lost consciousness due to suffocation, and there was no danger to her life, then he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. You know, this is the daughter of the Fourth Kazekage, if there was any problem, it would be a diplomatic issue between Konohagakure and Sunagakure Ninja Village.
...
On the stage, Akimichi Chouza and Nara Shikaku turned their heads at the same time, looking blankly at Yamanaka Inoichi. They never expected that Ino would fight an entire match without using Mind Transfer Jutsu, and directly used Water Release to blast the opponent.
"Cough cough, don't look at me, I don't know either."
Yamanaka Inoichi said somewhat awkwardly.
"Although it may be a bit presumptuous, I think you'd better confirm, the one standing on the field now, is she really your daughter?" Nara Shikaku asked seriously.
"What?"
Yamanaka Inoichi thought carefully, yes, my daughter can't use Water Release, she's good at Mind Transfer Jutsu, could it be that this person is not my daughter at all, but someone else pretending to be? If that's the case, then it can be explained.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but shiver. If this is not his daughter, then where is his real daughter? Could it be...
"Cough cough, don't act rashly, if because of your actions you startle the snake, causing Ino to be in danger, it would be bad, let's observe for a while before deciding." Nara Shikaku said.
"Hmm, I understand, during this time, I will be careful." Yamanaka Inoichi nodded.
He himself is a sensory ninja, he can sense through the changes in chakra whether Ino has changed or not, it's just that his sensory power is a bit inferior compared to Naruto's good and evil sense, and Karin's Kagura Mind's Eye at the monster level.
'I feel... something big has happened.'
Ino's chakra has not changed significantly, and she has not made any abnormal actions, he did not find any abnormalities is a normal situation.
But, if Ino was really replaced, then there is a high probability that her memory has been read, and even possibly used the Memory Erasing Jutsu...
My daughter!!
...
On the other side of the spectator stand, the members of the Akatsuki organization watched Ino, who was returning to the spectator stand, gradually fall into silence. This guy, although she is Naruto's companion, her strength is much stronger than these people imagined, the power of that Water Release is too outrageous, it's too difficult to make a move on this guy.
"Cough cough, I think, we'd better change our target, Ino's strength is a bit beyond our expectations, it's a bit difficult to capture her, it might even be higher than directly defeating the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki." Kakuzu said with a serious expression.
"Then who should we make a move on? There are only those people around the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, Ino, Sasuke, Hinata, Ino and Hinata's strength is a bit too strong..."
Hoshigaki Kisame said, his dead fish eyes couldn't help but look at Itachi on the side, and continued to say, "Ah, how about this, Mr. Itachi, why don't you capture Sasuke first, assist us in completing the task? Then decide what to do with him? After all, if we make a move, we may not be so measured by then."
"I know."
Itachi nodded slightly in response.
He was surprised at Hinata and Ino's strength, but he didn't realize how strong Sasuke was.
This is not because there is no information, but because he is a brother, and too self-centered, always seeing Sasuke as the weak little brother he once was, even knowing that Sasuke has become much stronger, he has not really faced his own brother.
Itachi is such a person, if he is willing to feel the thoughts of others, maybe he wouldn't...
"Don't make conclusions too early, the next match is Sasuke's battle, if his strength is not strong, then make a move directly after his battle ends, if his strength is strong, he will also consume each other with the One-Tail Jinchuriki, it makes sense for our actions, wait until the next match is over before deciding." Kakuzu said.
"Hmm, that makes sense." Itachi agreed.
"Hehe, indeed."
...
Inside the contestant's rest room
"Hmm? I felt like your father's chakra had some obvious changes just now, could it be that he's really starting to doubt if you're his biological child?" Naruto asked with a teasing smile.
"Ah, that fool, he must be thinking about some weird things again, having such a Pops is really tiring, sigh." Ino covered her face with one hand and said helplessly.
"Well, explain it to him later, after all, you didn't use the Yamanaka clan's family secret technique at all in the whole battle, it's normal for him to have some thoughts." Naruto spread his hands and said.
...
On the other side, the relationship between Karin and Sasuke was still a bit subtle, Sasuke prepared and then left directly, and because he was afraid of embarrassment, he didn't say much.
But soon, he felt his sleeve being grabbed, Sasuke subconsciously turned his head.
It was Karin who had grabbed the corner of his clothes, but now her face was flushed, her eyes were dodging, she didn't dare to look directly at Sasuke. But even so, she still plucked up the courage to look at Sasuke's sleeve and said softly, "Good luck."
"Okay, I understand."
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