"I lost!"
Hearing Uchiha Shisui's slightly unwilling words, Seimei withdrew the short sword that was against his neck.
Honestly, he didn't feel very good about winning this battle.
First of all, in terms of head-on combat, he didn't achieve complete suppression, which led him to have to frequently use ninjutsu to force the opponent to reveal flaws.
However, this was not only inefficient and consumed a lot of chakra, but it also relied heavily on the enemy's performance.
If his opponent this time wasn't Uchiha Shisui, but another experienced Uchiha ninja, his method might not have worked.
Even if they fought again, Uchiha Shisui wouldn't reveal flaws so easily.
In that case, the battle would inevitably drag on.
As the saying goes, delays lead to changes.
If every battle he fought in the future dragged on for so long, there was no guarantee that he wouldn't overturn.
Therefore, it was best to choose a quick victory.
But the premise of a quick victory was that his own combat power was far superior to the opponent's.
Seimei wasn't worried about the future. With the proficiency panel, his strength would sooner or later be far ahead of others.
But now, and for a long time to come, he couldn't be invincible.
Therefore, encountering evenly matched opponents was a high probability event.
In that case, he couldn't count on quick victories.
At that time, if he wanted to win, he would probably have to face a similar situation to today.
Then, if he didn't want to be as passive as today, he had to make up for his shortcomings.
That's right, his shortcomings.
Through today's battle, Seimei discovered that he seemed to lack large-scale attack methods.
Whether it was the 'Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique' or the 'Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique', they both focused on single-target attacks.
Even the so-called group attack 'Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique' could only exert its group attack effect when facing people whose strength was much lower than his own.
When facing a ninja whose strength was not much different from his, like Uchiha Shisui, even if all the attacks were concentrated on one point, it might not be able to injure the opponent, let alone a group attack.
As for his other skills...
They had even less group damage effect.
Therefore, strictly speaking, he didn't have any large-scale attack methods.
Undoubtedly, this was his shortcoming.
If he had a large-scale attack Fire Release ninjutsu today, even if Uchiha Shisui wanted to avoid close combat, he probably wouldn't be able to.
Why would he need to frequently release ninjutsu, hoping for the opponent to reveal a flaw?
Thinking back to the battle scenes between Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha, two top experts, which of their moves wasn't aimed at changing the world?
In such a situation, any strategy, combat wisdom, ninjutsu, taijutsu, and genjutsu were just fleeting clouds.
Vaguely, Seimei had some enlightenment. Perhaps this was the path he should take.
"The final match, Uchiha Seimei, wins!"
At this moment, the examiner's voice came from the side, interrupting Seimei's thoughts.
Immediately, there was a burst of cheers in the field.
It was still the latter half of the Third Ninja World War, and Konoha hadn't yet experienced the Nine-Tails' attack. The high-level officials, led by Danzo, hadn't yet started the unfavorable public opinion guidance against the Uchiha clan.
Therefore, most Konoha ninjas didn't have much hostility towards the Uchiha clan.
So, after Seimei won, they didn't hesitate to applaud.
Especially those examinees, after witnessing the power of the Sharingan, couldn't help but cast envious glances.
However, amidst these envious gazes, Seimei suddenly sensed an undisguised malice.
Seimei frowned slightly and looked in the direction of the feeling. Then, in a corner of the second-floor corridor, he saw a 'familiar' figure.
He had a thin build but very strong muscles, wearing a grayish-black kimono, with brown hair and two crossed scars on his chin. His right eye was wrapped in bandages, and his only remaining left eye was narrow and long, giving people an extremely sinister feeling.
Who else could it be but Danzo Shimura?
'When did this troublemaker come?'
Seimei was puzzled, but he didn't look at the other party too much.
Although the other party showed malice at their first meeting, making Seimei very unhappy,
But he knew his own limitations. With his current strength, he couldn't challenge the other party's authority.
In this situation, it was natural to stay as far away as possible.
He wasn't some fool who would act recklessly when his strength was insufficient.
That would only bring temporary satisfaction and no other benefit.
It might even bring about his own demise.
The correct approach was to improve his strength and then crush the opponent with one palm.
Seeing Seimei look away, Danzo Shimura looked at the Root ninja beside him and said, "Before tonight, I want all the information on these two people."
"Yes, Lord Danzo!"
After responding, the Root ninja disappeared.
At the same time, Hiruzen Sarutobi walked to the front of the stage, encouraged everyone a few words, and then announced the end of this Chunin Exam.
As for the results...
They would have to wait two more days for them to be announced.
Afterwards, the examinees present followed their respective teachers or the messenger Chunin and left the central tower one after another.
Before Seimei could move, two figures came in front of him.
It was Uchiha Haruto and Uchiha Shisui.
"Let's go together!"
Uchiha Haruto said.
Hearing this, Seimei agreed almost without any hesitation.
The appearance of Danzo had already made him more vigilant.
Now that he could stay by the side of Uchiha Haruto, a Jonin, he naturally couldn't ask for more.
...
More than half an hour later.
Seimei said goodbye to Uchiha Haruto and Uchiha Shisui and returned home.
The first thing he did when he got home was to sense everything around him. After confirming that there was nothing unusual, he finally let out a long sigh of relief.
It was no wonder he was so cautious. The malice emanating from Danzo was too obvious.
With the memories of his past life, he knew very well that Danzo was a person who would do anything to achieve his goals.
Expecting such a person to abide by the village's unspoken rules was undoubtedly wishful thinking.
Therefore, he had to be careful.
Anyway, he wouldn't stay in the village for long. It was always right to be careful now.
Once he returned to the battlefield, it wouldn't be so easy for Danzo to have any ulterior motives.
Putting his thoughts aside, Seimei began to think about the previous issue of making up for his shortcomings.
As for large-scale attack Fire Release ninjutsu, Seimei could only think of the various Fire Release ninjutsu used by Jiraiya and the 'Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation' and 'Fire Release: Great Fire Destruction' used by Madara Uchiha.
The former needed to be obtained from Jiraiya. Although Jiraiya was easy to talk to, they weren't related, and it was impossible for him to teach him his trump card.
And the latter...
'Perhaps I can find it in the Uchiha clan's collection.'
If he really couldn't find it, he could also look for similar ninjutsu after he developed other chakra natures.
"There's always a way."
Mumbling to himself, Seimei stopped thinking about it and turned to start today's training.
Although the Chunin Exams had just passed, he couldn't relax his training for even a moment.
Only in this way could he ensure that he wouldn't regret it when danger came.
... No more...
(End of this chapter)