The next period was one of waiting, apparently, the nobles were very interested in the fight of the "Uchiha boy".
So, instead of disqualifying Sasuke, they all had to wait.
Neji seemed uninterested, but Jugo could hear his fists clenching, it was clear he was unhappy.
So what?
Even if he were a Hyuga, he was just another one, very different from the appeal of the last Uchiha.
Jugo didn't mind, he kept to himself. Every now and then he teased Kin a little, which made the girl blush more and more, but she didn't push him away. Instead, she drew closer and closer.
Jugo sensed that after winning, some kind of internal barrier had broken down in Kin, before, she wouldn't have refused, but she would have been much less proactive. Now, she seemed like she wanted to take him to the nearest hotel.
He wasn't complaining, but unfortunately, the attack would happen today.
Jugo had already instructed Kin and Dosu to find the dogs and fight them on the shore, he would also leave some shadow clones to protect them.
In the arena, when the examiner finally received a signal that he could continue, disqualifying Sasuke, the late teacher-student duo appeared in style.
Basically, a whirlwind of leaves surrounding them.
Naruto wasn't there yet, probably in a coma after all that poison had entered his body.
Sasuke glanced at the waiting area, but seeing Dosu instead of Naruto, he clicked his tongue in annoyance.
Inside, he was cursing Naruto for being useless.
Kakashi noticed this too and sighed.
But he focused on the bigger picture, seeing Dosu and Kin still there, he narrowed his eyes, even Shikamaru had lost.
Kakashi finally looked at Genma and gave a nervous, slightly hopeful, playful smile. He asked. -We're not too late, are we? Was Sasuke disqualified?
Genma smiled slightly. -It seems your student inherited your tardiness ability, Kakashi, but no, he was not disqualified.
-Good.- Kakashi sighed in relief.
The next moment, Neji appeared on the field, looking at Sasuke with obvious irritation.
They began exchanging barbs, but Jugo was no longer interested in the field, instead, he started thinking about how to act next.
Potions are strange things, their acceptance depends not only on the actor but also on the audience.
The stronger the audience, the better the effect, perhaps that's why he was able to completely digest the Lunatic's potion while fighting Orochimaru.
In these few days, he has been hunting with the three dogs, the bond between them has grown, but he will need at least another twenty days to finish processing this at this rate.
But when you stop to think about it, in this environment with a war involving thousands of ninjas, including Jonin and even Kages, isn't it the perfect setting to act?
He's still hesitant because the danger is very high, precisely because there are thousands of ninjas, death becomes a possibility.
Jugo looked towards the place where Orochimaru and Hiruzen were.
He could get involved in their fight and manage to perform in front of not only two Kages, but also Hashirama and Tobirama, if the pair can even be considered an "audience" while being controlled.
But he quickly rejected the idea.
He still hopes that Orochimaru will lose his arms, if he does, the advantage will be with Orochimaru.
He looked away and thought, should he go face Shukaku? Less dangerous and more hidden, besides, facing a Bijuu, as long as it doesn't use the Bijuu Dama, is very simple.
Dealing with the giant raccoon is better than staying here and possibly getting sealed away.
At that point, he will be very limited.
So he made up his mind, the target is Shukaku.
Sure, he was supposed to be attacking the Leaf Village, so he would use Konoha's genin chasing Gaara as a motive, and after that? He could simply use the curse power and claim he lost control, after all, it's a plausible excuse.
Satisfied, he squeezed Kin's buttocks harder and the woman let out a soft moan, quickly burying her face in his chest, embarrassed.
Fortunately for her, Dosu and Gaara didn't mind and Kankurou was too afraid to look.
Jugo glanced at Gaara for a moment before turning back to the arena.
The fight had already begun and... Sasuke was in trouble.
Neji had learned the Kaiten, the Chidori is indeed a great attack, but it's a close-combat technique, and trying to get close to Neji using Kaiten proved extremely difficult.
Sasuke held back the Chidori, waiting for Neji to stop spinning, the question now was who could hold on longer.
In the end, Neji couldn't maintain the Kaiten at first, the moment he stopped spinning, Sasuke's Sharingan detected his mistake. When Neji realized what was happening, the Chidori was just centimeters from his face.
The examiner stopped the fight, Sasuke was victorious. Neji seemed extremely frustrated, but still resigned, he knew that if Sasuke hadn't stopped, he would have died.
Sasuke wasn't having fun either, having maintained the Chidori for so long and with the Sharingan active, he was already breathing heavily.
Since Sasuke appeared to be finished, his fight with Gaara was postponed until after the fight between Kin and Dosu.
But unfortunately, it didn't work, because the next moment, Kin raised his hand and gave up.
Jugo asked her to do it, it wasn't worth showing too much and wasting too much chakra now, with the attack about to happen.
Kin accepted this calmly, she didn't think she could beat Dosu. They knew each other's strengths perfectly and Dosu was faster, stronger and had more chakra than her. She would only be asking to be beaten if she went up.
She hadn't planned to give up because she thought Jugo would think she was weak for not daring to fight, but since Jugo asked, she could calmly give up.
Dosu didn't care.
The audience was unhappy, but this time the withdrawal made more sense, they were from the same village and knew each other, unlike Kankurou's withdrawal against Jugo.
This caused Sasuke's rest to go down the drain, he could only return to the arena after eating a soldier's pill, recovering some of his strength.
Gaara, already thirsty for blood, was waiting for him there, the winner between them would fight Jugo, but unfortunately, if everything went as planned, Jugo would never enter that arena as a competitor.
The fight was very similar to the original, but this time Gaara already knew about Sasuke's enhanced form. The problem was that he underestimated the power of the Chidori, which had never touched anything before.
When the Chidori pierced his dome, he bled.
Blood was the catalyst, Gaara went completely insane, and in the next moment, a heavy chakra began to emanate from the earthen dome.
But it was also at this point that feathers began to fall across the stadium.
It was official, the invasion had begun.
Jugo sighed and gave Kin one last squeeze, sending Chakra to keep her from falling asleep. The woman jumped slightly and woke up. Dosu managed to notice in time and freed himself from the Genjutsu, Jugo's mind couldn't even be penetrated by that level of genjutsu.
His Bind is already in sequence 7.
-You know what to do.- Jugo said.
Yes! - x2
Jugo pulled Kin's face towards him and kissed her forcefully. Kin was shocked, but soon she was ecstatic, kissing him back passionately. Well, she didn't know much about it, so it wasn't the best kiss.
Jugo laughed, pushed her away, slapped her on the bottom and said. -Go!
Kin was still red-faced and dazed, but she woke up quickly. Dosu pulled her up before she ran away with him. Jugo had already left some clones transformed into kunai with them, that would be enough.
By this point, Kankurou had already caught Gaara and along with Temari, who had left the audience, had fled far away.
Sasuke followed right behind, as did Shino in the audience.
Jugo smiled and chased after them.
-I have to keep an eye on Orochimaru-sama's new body, right? I can't let the Sand Jinchuuriki hurt him, it makes perfect sense for me to go after him, not even Orochimaru could blame me for this.- Jugo thought contentedly, running after them.
But he was soon stopped, as Kakashi and Guy appeared in front of him.
Jugo's eyes narrowed in confusion, but he understood, Jugo's strength was far greater than that of the Genin here. Letting him pursue them would be foolish, so Kakashi came to eliminate him first and even brought Guy along!
Jugo didn't want to feel the power of the strongest Taijutsu recognized by Madara, so he did what he had to do.
Run!