"The winner is Hyuga Nayou!"
The referee quickly announced the result after the last person fell to the ground.
"Hehehe..."
Little Iceberg panted slightly after releasing her state. Hearing the result, she slowly walked off the battlefield with a smile on her lips.
The engineering crew looked at the crater-filled arena and began to weep bitterly, "Three years of patching, three more of fixing, then three more of constant repairs? What is this, a construction site or a battleground?"
Despite their complaints, they still dutifully entered the field to start repairs—after all, we're all workers here. If you don't work well, do you even want to eat?
"Well done, Nayou! You truly are the pride of our Hyuga Clan!"
Meide praised the returning Little Iceberg with all the warmth of a gentle spring breeze, going on about how only she could defeat the Uchiha and such.
"The Hyuga are the strongest in Konoha!"
"..." x3
The Hyūga triplet awkwardly turned their heads away, pretending not to know him.
This was just too embarrassing. Look how even that old man over there didn't get this arrogant.
It seemed the gift for bragging was hereditary from Meide's side. Don't believe me? Look at Hiashi from Boruto's time—he turned into a full-on grandchild-obsessed nutcase!
"You old relic, what are you showing off for? Aren't you ashamed!" Kazushi snapped, unable to bear it any longer, as he stood up.
"You old geezer, are you asking for a beating!" Meide clenched his fist, ready to rush over to the next seat and fight, but the Hyūga triplet stopped him quickly.
"You three let go right now! I must teach this old guy a lesson today!" Even restrained, he kept threatening them.
Kazushi wouldn't let him have his way alone, "Come on then, if you've got the guts!"
"Old man, come over here!"
"Why should I? If you're so tough, why don't you come over!"
Lord Third rubbed his temples as he watched the chaos unfold before him. He couldn't believe that two clan leaders could stoop so low as to bicker like common thugs on the street. Thinking it completely lacking in dignity, he seemed to forget about that photo album that had fallen into the toilet.
"Lord Third, your decision to hold the Chunin Exams was absolutely brilliant! The clan leaders of both the Uchiha and the Hyūga have gotten their fighting spirits stirred up!"
The flatterer's words filled the Third Hokage with nostalgia for the iron discipline Konoha once had long ago. In his heart, he already regretted bringing all these troublemakers into the village's upper echelons.
"Starting tomorrow, I'll kick all these desk-warming deadbeats out of the higher-ups! If we continue letting people like this ruin things, Konoha might truly be doomed!"
Determined to clean up the mess among the leadership, he shot increasingly sharp glances at the sycophant.
"Sir, do calm down a little."
"Father, please sit down." x3
Thanks to Shen and the combined efforts of the Hyūga triplet, these two grown men finally sat back down—at least for now—but they each still managed one final jab:
"Old relic, I'm saving you some face today so you won't embarrass yourself in front of everyone. Just wait for me!"
"Old man, don't mistake my kindness for weakness! My Hyūga household doors are always open for you to come and get beaten up!"
"..."
The audience collectively held its breath, afraid even to inhale too loudly.
One claimed to be the richest in the village, the other the strongest—who would dare offend either of them?
Adults should choose their stance carefully, right?
"The match continues!"
The referee on the battlefield quickly announced loudly after noticing the arena had been repaired.
"Hmph!" x2
Kazushi and Meide, who were about to exchange some threatening words, both grunted in displeasure at each other before sitting down. Despite their mutual dislike, they still gave proper respect to the official Chūnin Exams match.
The referee finally felt some relief—the constant disruptions had really been wearing him down.
Fortunately, the two clan leaders weren't as childish and unreasonable as their kids. Ten of them? The referee thought that if it weren't for their huge backgrounds, he would have thrown them off the stage right away.
"The next match is Iga Kinoto versus..."
The referee held the list with shaking hands, unable to suppress his violent trembling. He couldn't help but feel a sense of foreboding—he'd just jinxed himself by announcing this match.
"Nawaki Senju!" He called out the name without any hope and then stepped aside to watch like a spectator munching on melon seeds.
"Me? What's going on?"
Nawaki was completely confused right now. How come a freshman who hadn't attended school for three straight months suddenly passed the Chūnin Exams written test? While still puzzling over this mystery, Tsunade pushed him onto the battlefield from beside him.
"Huh? Why did my sister push me onstage?"
Now fully aware of the situation, Nawaki looked toward the opponent standing across from him—the same contestant who'd been shoved aside twice already before even getting a chance to fight. Thinking to himself: "Ah! It must be that guy's doing! Then I'll also..."
Striking a confident pose with a dramatic toss of his head, Nawaki shouted: "I'll take on ten too!"
"Pu."
The Third Hokage had barely started to relax after seeing those thirty-something 'teenagers' finally calm down. Just as he lifted his tea, he spit it out in shock.
"Lord Third, your posture while rinsing your mouth is truly full of dignity. I admire you profoundly."
"I must immediately get rid of these guys or Konoha will have no future!" Without time to be shocked, the Third Hokage once again made up his mind firmly.
On the battlefield, Iga Kinoto's expression turned extremely grim.
This was the third time—yet again, all three opponents chose to ignore him. Feeling that simply having a name should mean he wasn't a background character, he became very dissatisfied now.
"Shua."
Along with a sharp whizzing sound, nine people descended from the contestant area.
After comparing the empty contestant area with his list, the referee announced once more: "This will be the final match. Everyone may begin!"
"???"
Everyone was baffled by his words. Previously, how could the official matches end so quickly? After thinking carefully, they realized that the previous two matches had already eliminated twenty contestants.
"Refund our cash!"
One audience member stood up indignantly and yelled loudly.
"Right! Can't you guys last a bit longer? With everything ending this fast, there's nothing left to watch!"
"You're joking, right?!"
"We love DJ Shen forever!"
The crowd began shouting loudly.
DJ Shen listened emotionlessly to those strange shouts mixed into the voices, already accepting this magical setting while internally marveling at how many unique talents Konoha possessed.
"That Iga Kinoto sure is one unlucky guy. Seems like the kind of background character whose only value is having a name."
Shen quickly ran through the manga and anime in his head and decided this guy wasn't worth worrying about. He'd originally planned to chat with him nicely, but now he wiped that background character's name clean from his memory.
Meanwhile, the very guy whose name Shen had just forgotten charged forward as the first attacker, clearly desperate to prove he existed.
[Nawaki's Mightiest Punch!]
After shouting a dramatically over-the-top-sounding technique name, the background character went flying backward to the edge of the battlefield.
With a loud clang, he slammed into the barrier and then crashed down to the ground.
Even sprawled on the floor, he rolled his eyes in frustration, desperately trying to play up the drama. Unfortunately, he had fallen not far from the medical team and was soon carried away, finally completing his little performance.
"Who's next?" Nawaki spat out threatening words to the remaining nine contestants with an arrogant glare plastered across his face.
Watching all that made Shen seriously want to knock some sense into him.
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