Chapter 202: Chunin Exam Battle Royale in Progress
If this item were to be put into large-scale use, wouldn't it mean that if they didn't have a way to interrupt the summoning jutsu, Konoha ninjas on the battlefield in the future, as long as they were seriously injured, could be transported back to camp by the summoning jutsu to receive treatment? The boost this would provide to morale and combat effectiveness on the ninja battlefield was unimaginable.
Onoki and A simultaneously looked at the temporary medical point on the map. The furthest distance from this medical point to the edge of the exam area was about five kilometers, which meant that this summoning wristband had an effective range of at least 5 kilometers.
Right now, it was naturally impossible for the two of them to directly ask Uchiha Douhuan for one to study. Therefore, they could only hope that the genin from their villages still in the competition would realize the strategic significance of this wristband, study it, and thereby bring back important intelligence for their villages.
Fortunately, among those who came to Konoha from their two villages to participate in the joint Chunin Exam, there were genin with such foresight. The future Fifth Raikage and Fourth Tsuchikage began studying the wristband the moment they received it.
However, when they put on the wristbands, they felt a stinging pain on their wrists.
At this moment, Anko's voice sounded in their ears.
"Don't panic, a stinging sensation is normal. The summoning jutsu formula in the wristband needs to extract a little of your blood to temporarily sign a summoning contract. You can cancel this contract yourselves after the exam is over."
In the VIP room, Uchiha Douhuan watched this scene with a blank expression. Meanwhile, thirty kilometers away from the exam site, at the Konoha Scientific Ninja Tool Research Institute, Katasuke Tōno collected the data just sent back by the wristbands, packaged it, and handed it to a man wearing glasses who was drinking tea in the institute's café.
"Mr. Yakushi, as per Lord Hokage's instructions, the DNA information of all candidates participating in this Chunin Exam, excluding the Konoha candidates, is all here."
"Thank you for your trouble, Mr. Tōno. Please send my regards to Lord Hokage." Yakushi Kabuto put down his coffee cup, took the documents Katasuke Tōno handed over, nodded in acknowledgment, then formed a summoning jutsu seal and disappeared from the research institute.
Since Uchiha Douhuan was willing to reveal this battlefield support tool that could change the course of a war, it was naturally not just for showboating. Collecting the DNA information of these ninjas under the pretext of signing a summoning contract was one of his objectives.
The plan proceeded very smoothly. It could be said that ninjas in the current ninja world had absolutely no awareness of protecting their DNA information. They often spat blood carelessly during battles. In other words, if Hidan had even a little bit of sense, he could have single-handedly dominated the entire ninja world relying solely on his Jashin techniques.
Uchiha Douhuan himself, however, paid great attention to this issue. Although it had been a long time since he encountered an opponent who could make him bleed, on previous ninja war battlefields, Uchiha Douhuan would consciously destroy blood carrying his DNA during combat. He had also taught this awareness to his three disciples.
And now, since the ninjas from the major villages participating in this Chunin Exam were brought to Konoha by their Kage, it meant that they were all key training targets for their respective villages and future mainstays in wars. Now that the DNA of these geniuses had been collected, how to utilize it was something that, apart from that brainless cultist Hidan, only Orochimaru had the capability for.
Therefore, Yakushi Kabuto had appeared in the Scientific Ninja Tool Research Institute.
For Yakushi Kabuto, he was perhaps the one in Orochimaru's entire research facility with the highest loyalty to Uchiha Douhuan. Orochimaru had likely already found a way around Kotoamatsukami. After his showdown with Uchiha Douhuan, the two now operated more like collaborators. Uchiha Douhuan provided Orochimaru with stable testing grounds and funding materials, while Orochimaru provided Uchiha Douhuan with research results. The other Kekkei Genkai geniuses collected by that fellow in Orochimaru's research facility were only loyal to Orochimaru himself.
Yakushi Kabuto was an exception. After all, Uchiha Douhuan had killed Danzo, the one who caused him to lose everything he once had. In a way, it was considered avenging his adoptive mother. So, although the two had never formally met, Yakushi Kabuto had always held a degree of loyalty towards Uchiha Douhuan.
As Yakushi Kabuto returned to Orochimaru's research facility with the collected DNA, the members of the 28 squads had also been taken to their respective starting points by the examiners.
"Get ready to go all out!" Naruto said confidently, stretching his limbs after being sent to his starting point.
"Idiot, gather supplies first!" Sasuke said coldly from the side. "Our ninja tools and soldier pills have all been cleared. Neji and I both need to find suitable weapons first to maximize our combat power. Besides, unlike you, we can't last three days hungry."
"Alright." Hearing this, Naruto had no choice but to calm down.
"There's a supply cache in a tree hollow two hundred meters to the west," Neji announced, having already completed a survey of the hundred-meter radius with his Byakugan and pointed out the direction.
Before long, the three obtained their first supply drop: enough soldier pills for one person for a day, one kunai, and three shuriken.
"The supplies here might be a bit scarce. It might be troublesome to find a sword that can roughly withstand your chakra," Neji analyzed after giving all the found weapons to Sasuke.
"The area we are currently in is on the edge of the examination site. The resource-rich areas marked on the map are all in the center of the exam area. What do you think, should we go look?" Neji asked.
"Heh heh, finding it ourselves isn't as fast as having others find it for us," Sasuke chuckled.
"What a coincidence, I was thinking the same thing." A smile also appeared on Neji's face. After settling on a plan, the three headed straight for the central area of the map.
Similar scenes played out across the exam area. Various squads in the forest, after a brief search for nearby supplies, formulated their plans. Those confident in their strength headed directly for the resource-rich areas marked on the map, while some chose to play it safe and steady.
Shikamaru's squad was one of the latter. They had quickly searched three wild spots and obtained enough resources for the three of them to last the first day, as well as some standard weapons.
"Shikamaru, what now? Continue searching?" Ino asked.
"That's about enough. Let's stop and rest for a bit, then see the information for the first wave of the shrinking circle," Shikamaru said.
"Speaking of which, even if the three of us went to those resource-dense areas, we should be able to gain something and retreat safely, right?" Although Ino followed Shikamaru's arrangement and stopped, she couldn't help but ask.
"These resource-dense locations will likely see intense fighting. Even if the resources are abundant, our consumption after encountering a battle will be enormous. More importantly, we might get injured. Without a medical ninja in the squad, joining battles too early isn't wise," Shikamaru said, leaning against a tree and gesturing with a branch. "The goal of this assessment is only to become one of the remaining 9 squads. There's no requirement for the number of eliminations. So, we just need to move along the edge of the circle."
On the other side, Shino, after a calm analysis, made arrangements similar to Shikamaru's. After calming down an eager Kiba Inuzuka, he unhurriedly waited for the first shrinking of the activity area.
The journey was somewhat boring. At this moment, in the VIP room, Onoki and A were still pondering how to deal with the teleportation wristband issue if a war broke out with Konoha in the future.
At this time, Uchiha Douhuan clapped his hands. A server walked in and served drinks and snacks to everyone. These were specially prepared according to the dietary habits of the places the VIPs came from.
"Come, you've been watching for so long, have something to eat." Uchiha Douhuan pushed a serving of fried chicken in front of A and prompted him.
A took a bite of the fried chicken and then showed a slightly disdainful expression, saying, "They say Konoha is rich in produce, but the standard of this fried chicken is far worse than that of our Land of Lightning."
"The Land of Lightning's fried chicken is famous throughout the ninja world, after all. It's normal for our Land of Fire's chefs to be inferior," Uchiha Douhuan said with a smile that didn't reach his eyes, while thinking inwardly.
[You're still being picky? Not satisfied even with fried chicken to eat? Sooner or later, I'll throw you into a cotton field to get whipped.]
Just as everyone was eating, the surveillance feed of the forest showed the first clash between two squads.
The colliding parties were Konoha's Haruno Sakura squad and a genin squad from the Cloud Village.
The starting points of the two squads weren't too far apart, so it was inevitable they would encounter each other during their search. Although Karin had already detected the enemy's movements with her sensory abilities and intentionally tried to avoid them, the opposing team seemed to have enemy-seeking methods as well and followed them like sticky candy.
"They're still chasing us," Karin said to Sakura with a frown.
"Looks like they see us as soft targets, huh?" Sakura pursed her lips. "Then let's just take care of them."
"That's what I'm talking about! Why were we running?" Rock Lee was overjoyed upon hearing this, stopped, and prepared for battle.
"They're here!" Karin shouted, consciously retreating behind her two teammates and beginning to prepare a sealing jutsu.
Before her voice faded, three flashes of lightning cut through the air. Lee's bandages suddenly tightened, and the First Gate of the Eight Gates, the Gate of Opening, instantly activated, enveloping his entire body in verdant green energy.
"Konoha Whirlwind!"
The high-speed rotating leg sweep knocked down the three incoming shuriken, which landed in a pile of pine needles, exploding into charred pits.
"Not planning to run anymore?" At this moment, three Black ninjas wearing Cloud Village forehead protectors emerged from the dense forest, surrounding Sakura's team from three directions.
"You probably haven't even found enough supplies to last the first day, right? If you fight us now, aren't you afraid you'll have no harvest and go hungry on the first day?" Sakura narrowed her eyes, looking at the commotion caused by the shuriken just now. To be able to cause such damage with just shuriken attacks, the opponent's strength was definitely not that of a simple genin.
"As long as we eliminate you, won't we have your supplies?" said the Cloud ninja blocking their path.
"Are you so sure you can take us down?" Haruno Sakura took a deep breath. Although as a doctor, she wasn't keen on fighting, she still remembered her teacher Tsunade's teachings well—sometimes, beating down an enemy who could threaten your teammates was also a qualified medical technique.
At this moment, in the VIP room, the leaders of the various ninja villages perked up upon seeing this scene.
"Have squads already started clashing? It's your Konoha and Cloud genin squads, I see." Onoki looked at Uchiha Douhuan and A. "I wonder what your views are on the outcome of this battle."
"Kamui and those three idiots. Starting a fight rashly without even securing supplies for the first day of survival. It seems that idiot learned nothing but Lightning Release taijutsu combat skills. If it weren't for the coordination between their taijutsu, I wouldn't have let the three of them team up. There isn't even one person in the squad who can analyze the situation," A said unhurriedly.
Although A said this, anyone with discerning eyes could see the underlying炫耀 (xuànyào - show-off/boastful) intent in his words. A seemed to have already confirmed that this squad was sufficient to take down their opponents.
This was understandable. Currently, Sakura's squad indeed looked very deceptive: a young girl with heavy dark circles under her eyes who looked listless, a weirdo with a bowl cut and eccentric green jumpsuit who looked a bit slow-witted, and a red-haired little girl who looked delicate and weak with no combat power.
"It seems Lord Raikage is very confident in his village's ninjas," Onoki chuckled. "Does Lord Hokage have any thoughts on this battle?"
"Heh heh, this squad from our Konoha probably can't compare to the Cloud's elite genin. This squad is just a temporarily formed genin squad. A medical ninja, a taijutsu-specializing genin, and an ordinary ninja who specializes in sealing techniques," Uchiha Douhuan said faintly.
"Specializes in sealing techniques? Uzumaki clan?" Onoki, upon hearing Uchiha Douhuan's words, also noticed Karin's red hair. "This little girl, is she the Uzumaki clan member you brought back from the Land of Grass back then?"
"That's right." Uchiha Douhuan nodded.
After hearing this news, the Raikage's eyes also flickered slightly; it seemed his old habit of coveting other villages' Kekkei Genkai was acting up again.
At this moment on the screen, the two squads began to engage.
"Lightning Release: Lightning Fang Thrust!" A Cloud genin's kunai, wrapped in dazzling electric arcs, thrust towards Karin. When the blade was three inches from her nose, it was parried by a suddenly appearing green figure.
The weighted metal on Lee's arm sparked as it collided with the kunai. The next second, surging chakra blew away the surrounding fallen leaves.
(End of chapter)
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