Chapter 800: Report! Someone’s Cheating!
"Never expected Tanaka to win..."
"They were both amazing. I’ve never seen ninjutsu that powerful before."
"Nothing special—about equal to me."
"Nonsense, have you even been a ninja? Talking nonsense without knowing anything... just bragging..."
"What did you say?"
"Not satisfied? Then let’s fight outside!"
"Who’s afraid? Bring it on!"
"Ahh, stop fighting, calm down!"
"Konoha looks really bad this time. Even the Third Hokage lost."
"If a Sunagakure Chunin is this strong, how powerful must the Third Kazekage be?"
"Sunagakure is truly terrifying!"
"Damn it! I don’t want to live anymore—I bet on Hiruzen winning! Now I’ve lost everything..."
"You damn Tanaka bastard, I’ll never make peace with you!"
"I won, I won! Thank you, Tanaka-san! Thank you, Sunagakure! I won three million ryō!"
"Quick, look! Is that...?"
"Good grief, is the Second Hokage fighting his shadow clone?"
"He only lost one match—does he have to go crazy like that?"
"Shh, keep your voice down, or he might come and slice you!"
"Don’t waste time. The next match will start soon—there are betting stands at the exits, hurry up!"
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The spectators in the stands were extremely noisy.
An event attended by nearly a hundred thousand people was naturally chaotic.
In the lively atmosphere, within less than half an hour, the destroyed arena had already been repaired back to its original state.
And the second match of the World’s Greatest Ninja Tournament began right on schedule.
The second match: Uchiha Kagami vs. Chinoike Hyakukin
Both fighters stepped onto the arena.
Kagami officially faced a member of the Chinoike Clan from the Land of Lightning, who possessed the Kekkei Genkai: Ketsuryūgan.
Several decades ago, during the Warring States era, a daughter of the Chinoike Clan married the daimyo of the Land of Lightning as a concubine. The girl was beautiful and gentle, but this made the main wife jealous. Shortly after the daimyo married her, he died of illness. The main wife falsely accused the girl of being involved in the daimyo’s death and punished the entire Chinoike Clan, exiling them all to Hell Valley.
Recently, after Kumogakure’s destruction, the Land of Lightning became unstable.
The Chinoike Clan managed to escape Hell Valley and reemerged into public life.
Therefore, the Chinoike Clan was deeply grateful to Konoha Village.
If not for Tobirama destroying all of Kumogakure, their entire clan would still be trapped in that terrible Hell Valley.
So when Konoha hosted the World’s Greatest Ninja Tournament, the Chinoike Clan naturally participated enthusiastically to support Konoha.
The current clan leader, Hyakukin, personally came to Konoha to take part.
However, this gratitude toward Konoha didn’t extend to the Uchiha Clan.
On the contrary, they held deep grudges against the Uchiha Clan, because years ago, when their entire clan was exiled to Hell Valley, the Land of Lightning had assigned the Uchiha Clan and several other local ninja clans to carry out the mission.
Though technically, they had no reason to hate the Uchiha Clan—they were merely doing paid work.
But emotionally, who could guarantee there was absolutely no resentment?
Especially since the Ketsuryūgan had historically been inferior to the Uchiha’s Sharingan, their eye technique had always remained obscure and suppressed.
This time, the clan leader wanted to use this fair ninja tournament to defeat a genius ninja from the Uchiha Clan, proving the strength of the Ketsuryūgan.
By demonstrating their power, their clan might also join Konoha and gain the trust of the Second Hokage!
After all, everyone knew Tobirama disliked the Uchiha Clan—so perhaps the Chinoike Clan had a chance to rise in rank!
"Both sides, prepare to begin!"
"Three..."
The referee started giving signals.
Hyakukin also drew his weapon, stared sharply at Kagami, and declared fiercely:
"Uchiha Kagami! Forgive me..."
"Today, I will prove to the world that our Chinoike Clan’s Ketsuryūgan is no worse than the Uchiha Clan’s Sharingan!"
"..."
Kagami immediately activated his Mangekyō Sharingan, stared at Hyakukin, and instantly released a genjutsu.
He just wanted to end the match quickly and check on Hiruzen and Danzō’s conditions—he had no time to talk with his opponent.
The next second, Hyakukin, who had activated his Ketsuryūgan, only felt his vision blur, and his consciousness was drawn into the genjutsu space.
Although the Ketsuryūgan also had a reputation as the "Hypnotic Eye" and could use genjutsu, compared to the Sharingan evolved into the Mangekyō Sharingan, the difference was too great.
In an instant, Hyakukin, controlled by the illusion, voluntarily raised his hand to surrender: "I give up!"
Then he walked straight to the edge of the arena, jumped down, and left the battlefield.
Poor Hyakukin only realized and regretted it after jumping off the arena.
"What just happened?"
"Why am I already outside the arena?"
"Could it be..."
In the end, he had underestimated his opponent.
He thought he could resist the Uchiha’s Sharingan genjutsu, so he willingly looked directly at Kagami.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t have lost so strangely.
The referee saw Hyakukin confused about being outside the arena, then looked at Kagami, and could only sigh, silently praising the eerie power of the Sharingan.
"I declare: The winner of this match is participant Uchiha Kagami!"
Kagami left gracefully, without delaying a single second.
The entire battle lasted only about ten seconds, with no physical combat at all.
To most spectators, it seemed prearranged—as soon as the match started, Hyakukin immediately surrendered and left the arena.
Those who knew understood what happened—the fight had ended in a silent battle of illusions.
But uninformed spectators couldn’t comprehend it.
Protest shouts immediately rang out across the stands:
"Report! Someone’s cheating!"
"Was this fixed by Konoha Village?"
"There’s foul play, foul play!"
"Nonsense, don’t slander my Kagami!"
"It’s genjutsu! Don’t you know what genjutsu is?"
"Damn it, seems I’ll have to dominate you too."
"No good! They’re Uchiha ninja, they’re watching!"
Chaos erupted again, the atmosphere heating up.
Fortunately, Konoha’s close guard and security forces were on duty, so few dared cause trouble at such a major tournament.
Anyone bold enough to cause disruption would be arrested within seconds.
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"Tch! You still wanted me to bet again earlier?"
In the highest seats, Tobirama from Parallel World 1 snatched Tobirama from Parallel World 2’s seat, eating fruit while mocking him.
A few minutes ago, Tobirama from Parallel World 2 had actually wanted to challenge him to another bet, hoping to reverse his loss.
Don’t joke.
Tobirama from Parallel World 1 was only younger—not stupid.
He’d already won happily; better stop while ahead. Why bet again?
Give the opponent a chance to turn things around?
Besides, how strong was the Mangekyō Sharingan? Didn’t Tobirama know?
If a Ketsuryūgan user could beat the Mangekyō Sharingan, Tobirama from Parallel World 1 might as well do something impossible—like swallow himself whole.
The result was predictable.
With one glance, Kagami defeated his opponent, winning the match without doubt.
"Hmph! Kagami is my student, so of course there’s no doubt."
Tobirama from Parallel World 2, caught in his scheme, didn’t blush. He justified with a serious face.
Rather than fulfilling his bet—going to stab Madara’s butt until death—it was better to think of ways to trick his other self into betting again. If he won, the previous bet would be canceled. That was the best solution.
Unfortunately, Tobirama from Parallel World 1 refused to fall into the trap at all!
Making him extremely frustrated!
"Where’s sister-in-law?"
Tobirama from Parallel World 1 noticed Tobirama from Parallel World 2 sitting in Mito’s seat, slightly puzzled.
"She went to visit Hiruzen, so his ’house’ doesn’t get stolen."
Tobirama from Parallel World 2 was extremely cautious.
As a master tactician of dirty tricks who excelled at stealing ’houses,’ he certainly wouldn’t leave any gaps.
With Mito guarding unconscious Hiruzen, if Black Zetsu tried to attack, she’d bind him immediately.
"Who’s fighting in the next match?"
"Hyūga versus Uzumaki."
"Interesting."
"Well? Want to bet again?" Tobirama from Parallel World 2 immediately provoked.
Tobirama from Parallel World 1 smirked coldly, completely unshaken.
"Don’t try again. From now on, I’ll never bet with you again. Accept your fate! Hahaha..."
"You’re such a coward?"
"Provocation won’t work! But you—when will you go greet Madara’s butt?"
"You bastard...!"
Without Mito supervising, the two Tobiramas resumed their ’friendly’ communication.
But at that moment, another figure arrived.
"Sensei? You, both of you...?"
Kagami, who had just finished his match, came to the highest spectator seats and found the two Tobiramas.
But upon approaching, he sensed something was off—the two Tobiramas before him seemed both real?
Not shadow clones?
"Kagami, your performance earlier was excellent. Keep striving." said Tobirama from Parallel World 2, sitting up straighter and more seriously, praising Kagami.
"Yes. But..."
"What is it?"
"Sensei, I’d like to visit Danzō..."
Kagami explained his purpose.
After the previous match ended, unconscious Danzō had been taken away by Sunagakure ninja. Kagami was still very worried, so he wanted to visit him.
Tobirama paused briefly, then nodded in agreement and reminded him.
"Fine. But be careful—don’t let anyone else notice. Danzō mustn’t be exposed right now."
"Yes! Thank you, Sensei!"
Kagami was overjoyed.
He couldn’t help glancing briefly at the younger Tobirama from Parallel World 1, already guessing the truth.
But that wasn’t important—the key was that he could finally go see Danzō.
Kagami left happily.
He quickly arrived at the temporary medical center outside the arena. Most participants injured in the ninja tournament would be swiftly moved here for treatment.
And Danzō was here too.
Only, Danzō’s medical room was surrounded by Suna ninja, making it hard to sneak in.
Kagami confirmed with his ninja senses.
Two Sunagakure ninja guarded the door. Inside the room, besides Danzō, there were four others—even the Third Kazekage was present.
It wasn’t easy to visit Danzō secretly—seemed he’d have to wait for an opportunity.
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On the other side, in the temporary medical room.
Chiyo had just finished treating Danzō, repairing the physical injuries on his body.
But Danzō remained unconscious, as his extreme physical and mental exhaustion wasn’t easy to recover from.
Chiyo didn’t even allow Konoha medical ninja to assist. She treated him herself and even missed the second semifinal match.
Yet right now, in her eyes, Danzō was clearly more important.
"Kazekage-sama, the second match has ended."
A Suna ninja opened the door and reported quietly.
"Who won?"
"Uchiha Kagami."
"As I expected. How long did it take?"
"Very fast—within seconds, his opponent fell under a genjutsu and surrendered..."
"..."
Chiyo shook her head and sighed.
These students of the Second Hokage were truly unbelievable.
Today’s match between Danzō and Hiruzen alone had exceeded everyone’s expectations—brutal beyond imagination.
Let alone Uchiha Kagami, who seemed unaware of his own limits.
Could he really win the final victory?
But thankfully, Danzō had already defeated Hiruzen—that removed a powerful rival.
Still, why did he have to fight so desperately? To the point of injuring himself...
For her sake, for Sunagakure’s sake.
Danzō had truly sacrificed far too much!
If every Sunagakure ninja could be as loyal and fight as hard as Danzō, how could Sunagakure not prosper?
"Kazekage-sama, the third match will start soon. Would you like to watch it?"
The Sunagakure ninja asked again boldly.
"No, you go. Record the details and report back to me later."
"This..."
"Hurry up!"
"Yes!"
Several Sunagakure ninja left, leaving Chiyo alone with Danzō.
Though they were somewhat touched that the Kazekage seemed to value Danzō so highly.
Yet no other Sunagakure ninja spoke further—they had just witnessed Danzō’s sacrifice and strength firsthand.
If they could possess such power and dare to fight to the death to defeat the Third Hokage, they too would surely earn honor and special treatment.
Indeed, Danzō had already gained recognition and admiration from many Sunagakure ninja present.
Everyone had gone.
Chiyo sat alone beside unconscious Danzō’s bed, silently gazing at the face of Sunagakure’s great hero.
Firm, clean-cut, muscular, and imposing—all adjectives describing a strong ninja could perfectly describe young Danzō right now.
It made Chiyo never tire of looking at him—the more she looked, the more she liked him...
Ah...
Why couldn’t Sunagakure produce ninja as strong as this?
The only one remotely close was her bald teacher—but in appearance, her bald teacher was far inferior to Danzō.
Anyway, Danzō now belonged to Sunagakure—belonged to her people.
She would never let him go!
Even if someday Danzō was discovered and Konoha came to reclaim him, Chiyo was determined not to surrender him!
Thus, for a moment,
Chiyo sank into her thoughts, time seeming to stop and infinitely shorten.
Until the room door was knocked and opened again by a Suna ninja.
"Kazekage-sama!"
"What is it?"
"The fourth match will start soon—it’s your turn."
"So soon?"
"An hour has passed..."
"Huh? Then who won the third match?"
"The winner is Uzumaki Ashina from the Uzumaki Clan..."
"Alright, I’ll go shortly. You stay here and remain vigilant!"
"Yes!"
"Wait for me—I’ll return soon!"
Chiyo had to leave Danzō, preparing to participate in the fourth match.
Though sentimental, she wasn’t someone who only cared about love.
She knew everyone’s sacrifices were for winning the tournament and claiming the valuable prize—to resolve the village’s crisis.
So, the next match she must participate—and she must win!
She couldn’t disappoint Danzō’s sacrifice!
Shortly after Chiyo left, only one Suna ninja remained inside the room, with two more guarding outside the door.
But Chiyo had only been gone for two minutes.
A ’medical ninja’ wearing a white medical uniform and mask suddenly opened the door and entered the room.
"Who are you?"
The Sunagakure ninja inside was slightly confused, assuming it was a Konoha medical ninja coming to check.
But he unconsciously looked up—and was immediately met by a pair of glowing red Sharingan eyes.