"The winner of this match is Senju Yuta. Medical team, please come to the stage."
At these words, Yuta stepped out of the boy's shadow and into everyone's eyesight. Yuta's first plan was to hide in the shadow of the goat and then, after blending into his shadow, punch Hyuga hard in the jaw and defeat him, but after he entered Hyuga's shadow, a possibility came to his mind.
Would he be discovered by the byakugan while hiding in someone else's shadow? And he almost got his answer. Although the Hyuga boy had pushed himself to the limit, he had failed to discover Yuta's location. After Yuta had once again won an effortless victory, the crowd cheered loudly, surprising even Yuta. Yuta bowed several times to the audience and thanked them, then walked back to his seat.
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The Hokage's arrangement must have worked because the villagers generally wanted Kakashi to win. The Hatake clan had suffered such great losses during the era of fighting clans that the number of their remaining members did not drive a wedge between them and the villagers. Apart from that, there was a significant number of people who thought Yuta would be victorious and supported him. Well, he was a Senju after all, people could not feel anger towards the Senju clan no matter how much they wanted to, who knows, maybe their wives were once from the Senju clan.
That's why in the battles without Kakashi and Yuta, the villagers didn't make much of a fuss to show their anger. Of course, the clan leaders who were not on the battlefield and had come to watch the competition were aware of this, but they did not react. This was not the first time Sarutobi had tried to suppress the clans.
At this moment an anbu ninja came and whispered in Hiruzen's ear the information he had gathered. Hiruzen listened to everything, then sighed deeply and said "That was a genjutsu huh" as if disappointed.
Yes, that was the final verdict of the Anbu ninjas after their thorough investigation. The red flames covering Yuta's hands did not contain any chakra, so it was nothing more than simple genjutsu. The Hokage remembered that he was still a child, it was not unusual for a boy his age to use techniques to make himself look cool and intimidating. Wasn't Kakashi already drawing dog heads on the earth wall technique?
The main conclusion to be drawn from this was that this boy not only had a special bloodline but was also skilled in genjutsu.
The Hokage decided that there was more to this boy and ordered his anbu ninja to carefully observe Yuta's next battle, along with a few ninjas specializing in detection. Meanwhile, Hiruzen, realizing that his ass had not touched the seat since the middle of the battle, sat quietly in his seat, trying to hide his embarrassment.
Meanwhile, the Mutant Goat, who had been on its back and unable to right itself after falling out of the arena, was remembered by Yuta and with a gesture was pulled back into the shadow space. Those who had enjoyed watching the goat making funny movements like an upside-down turtle were saddened by this, while the ninjas who were about to take action to remove the goat from the stage were happy.
*Ladies and gentlemen, the quarterfinals will start after a twenty-five-minute break. The semi-finals and finals will continue in the afternoon.
After the loud announcement by the referee ninja, people relaxed in their seats and started chatting with their friends around them.
Preparing to wait for the next competition to begin, Hiruzen frowned and gave up at Danzo's insistence and called Yuta over for a private conversation.
When Danzo heard his order to the Anbu ninja, he immediately objected. "Hiruzen, I asked you to call him after the competition, not now. If you call him to talk in front of everyone, people might misunderstand."
Tsunade heard these words but chose to remain silent. If necessary, she would rather use her fist than speak anyway...
Hiruzen acted as if he didn't understand what he was talking about and took a pipe out of his pocket and put it in his mouth. "What kind of misunderstanding are you talking about, Danzo?"
Danzo answered without thinking. "If people see him being called by you after seeing his abilities, they might think that you personally invited him to Anbu. Even if you are going to call him now, call Kakashi too, so you can avoid a bigger misunderstanding."
Hiruzen saw that he was getting flustered and smiled warmly, his face unchanging. "What do you mean by a bigger misunderstanding? Besides, personally inviting him to Anbu doesn't seem like a bad idea."
Seeing Danzo's anger, Hamura and Koharu tried to calm him down at the same time, but when they saw that Tsunade was starting to gather chakra in her fists, they quietly took their seats.
And Danzo continued to speak in his accumulated anger. "If you call a talented boy to your side at a time like this in front of everyone, Hiruzen, people will think you are going to take students again. The villagers already think that you have no talent except to train students."
Hiruzen acted as if he hadn't heard the insult and said it might be a good idea.
Danzo stood motionless for two seconds as if he had been struck by lightning, then shouted with reddened eyes. "You want to teach a spy boy personally, HIRUZEN! Are you crazy? Now..." Before Danzo could say anything more, he was punched by Tsunade who realized he had called Yuta a traitor.
Danzo was punched so hard that when he hit the ground there was a huge explosion, sending pieces of the floor flying.
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