In the forest.
Seimei was moving rapidly.
Suddenly, a kunai shot from the front right.
Almost instinctively, Seimei dodged and jumped onto another tree not far away.
However, as soon as his feet touched the branch, he felt something was wrong.
Looking down, he saw a barely noticeable steel wire.
'A trap? Is it because I killed that white-haired ape just now?'
That's right. Just now, on his way, for some reason, he was targeted by a white-haired ape.
Seimei didn't want to cause any additional trouble, but the environment in the jungle was too suitable for the ape.
For a while, he couldn't get rid of its pursuit.
So, Seimei decided to go all out and, after some effort, dealt with it. He originally thought that it wouldn't attract anyone's attention.
Unexpectedly, the three-person team he was chasing was so close, so it was no wonder they noticed some movement.
That's right, Seimei was almost certain that the people who set the trap and ambushed him here were that three-person team.
Almost instantly, Seimei figured out the cause and effect.
At this time, the trap had just been triggered.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh~
A dozen kunai shot from all directions, blocking all possible escape routes.
However, facing such a predicament, Seimei not only didn't panic at all, but even had the mood to comment, "The trap is well set!"
This wasn't a joke, but he really thought so.
In this current situation, if it were an ordinary person, there was almost no good way other than to resist head-on and then fall into a passive position.
Unfortunately, he was not an ordinary person.
The two tomoe in Seimei's blood-red pupils spun rapidly, instantly capturing the incoming kunai in his mind and judging their flight trajectories.
Then, his figure swayed, narrowly avoiding all the attacks.
This scene stunned the three people hiding in the dark.
"Are you going to come out yourselves, or should I drag you out?"
Seimei looked around, his gaze locked on the location where the three were hiding, and said.
His tone was very calm, as if he didn't take the three of them seriously at all.
In fact, secretly, he was already on high alert.
Not to mention that the other party could set such an ingenious trap, they were definitely not mediocre. Even if the other party were just a few ordinary ninjas, he wouldn't be careless at all.
As the saying goes, even a lion uses its full strength to catch a rabbit.
If he thought that activating the double tomoe Sharingan meant he could do whatever he wanted, that would be the real way to die.
There were all kinds of ninjutsu and secret techniques in the ninja world. Once he developed this habit, he might overturn one day.
Therefore, Seimei never underestimated anyone.
And this was also his reliance on being able to survive until now.
"Still not coming out?"
Seimei spoke again.
However, this time, before he could finish his words, several shurikens flew over.
But such an attack obviously couldn't hurt Seimei.
He easily avoided all the shuriken attacks with a few flashes.
But at this moment, a faint sense of crisis surfaced in his heart. Seimei glanced back from the corner of his eye and saw a pitch-black shadow rapidly shooting towards him.
'Shadow secret technique?'
Seeing this shadow, Seimei immediately recognized it as the inherited secret technique of the Nara clan.
Then, he thought of the other party's identity - Nara Seibei.
As the only ninja from the Nara clan participating in this Chunin Exam, Seimei had paid extra attention to him in secret.
Therefore, the moment he saw the 'Shadow Imitation Technique', he guessed the other party's identity.
'No wonder they could set such an ingenious trap. It turns out they are ninjas from the Nara clan...'
As everyone knew, the Nara clan's ninjas were famous for their high intelligence.
Therefore, it was not surprising that the other party used the kunai attack to calculate his landing point and make him fall into the trap.
Unfortunately, in the face of absolute strength, these were just minor tricks.
Various thoughts flashed through his mind, and Seimei dodged Nara Seibei's attacks with several leaps.
Finally, the shadow suddenly stretched forward but stopped a few dozen centimeters in front of Seimei, unable to get closer.
Obviously, there wasn't enough shadow area.
Seeing this, Seimei didn't hesitate at all and immediately launched a counterattack.
He raised his hands and completed the hand seals for the 'Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique' at a dazzling speed.
Then, he opened his mouth and spat out dozens or even hundreds of fireballs.
Under his control, these fireballs accurately hit the location where the three were hiding.
With a series of banging explosions, Nara Seibei and his two companions were forced out.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh~
Several kunai shot towards Seimei.
Seimei dodged a few in a row, and when the last kunai flew past his eyes, he suddenly reached out his right hand and accurately inserted his index finger into the ring at the tail of the kunai.
Then, he flicked his wrist, and the kunai spun around his index finger a few times before he threw it out forcefully.
Whoosh~
A sound of something breaking through the air rang out.
The kunai accurately pinned itself three inches above someone's head.
Feeling the sound of the kunai piercing into the wood from the big tree above his head, Sato Masaru was startled. When he looked up and saw the kunai right above his head, his face turned pale.
It was so close. If the other party had aimed a little better, he would probably be dead now.
Wait...
'Did the other party really miss?'
This thought popped into Sato Masaru's mind. He then looked at Seimei not far away and saw the blood-red Sharingan in his eye sockets. He immediately knew that the other party had shown mercy.
Otherwise, with the Sharingan's insight, how could it have missed by exactly three inches?
Seimei ignored the motionless Sato Masaru, his figure flashed, and he had already arrived in front of another person.
Aoki Akiko looked at Seimei who suddenly appeared in front of her and didn't hesitate at all. She immediately retreated.
At the same time, she drew her kunai, preparing to counterattack.
However, it was too late.
'Genjutsu: Sharingan~'
The moment their eyes met, Seimei completed the hand seals at the fastest speed and used this technique.
Although due to insufficient preparation time, the effect was only slightly stronger than the Sharingan's own hypnotic ability, it was enough.
Aoki Akiko, who was retreating, suddenly stopped, her eyes filled with confusion. Her eyelids started to droop, as if she was about to fall asleep.
Clang~
The sound of a blade being unsheathed rang out.
Seimei swung his sword, knocking down the kunai thrown by Nara Seibei from the side, then kicked out, sending Aoki Akiko flying.
Seeing this, Nara Seibei suddenly dropped all his guard, which made Seimei, who was preparing to attack him, slightly stunned. But then he understood the other party's intention.
This was because he realized that he was no match and decided to surrender.
Sure enough, Nara Seibei's next words confirmed his guess.
He took out three scrolls from his ninja tool bag, threw them on the ground, and said quickly, "We surrender. These are the scrolls of the three of us."
Seeing that the other party was so sensible, Seimei didn't want to waste any more energy.
He walked to the scrolls in a few steps, glanced at them, and saw that they were all 'Earth Scrolls'.
It made sense. If the same team was assigned different scrolls, then what was the point of the test? They could just pass directly.
However, this happened to meet his requirements.
Seimei picked up a scroll with his short sword, carefully examined it, and after confirming that there was no problem, he left without saying a word.
It was only after he left that Nara Seibei breathed a sigh of relief.
(End of this chapter)