Chapter 41: The Face Was Saved Too Hard
At this moment, inside Konoha’s observation room.
“Third Hokage, you must give us an explanation!” “Why is a monster like that participating in the Chunin Exam?” “Is that the kind of power a Genin should have?!” … Hiruzen Sarutobi was surrounded from all sides.
The leading Jonin from the various villages pointed at the screen and kept questioning him.
Power of that level meant certain death even if they, a group of Jonin, faced it!
Let alone the elites from their villages.
Elites were still only elites.
Growth required time.
Making them face that monster right now was basically sending them to their deaths!
“Rumble!!!” Hiruzen Sarutobi watched as another dark-purple slash more than ten meters tall rose into the sky on the screen.
The corner of his eye twitched violently.
Youyu… how had he become this strong?!
In Hiruzen Sarutobi’s estimation, Youyu’s strength should have been around ordinary Jonin level.
And his swordsmanship possessed long-range attack capability.
He could unleash flying slashes!
With that kind of strength, he would definitely stand above everyone else in the Chunin Exam!
He would absolutely let the foreign villages witness the strength of Konoha’s new generation!
He would properly earn face for Konoha!
He would let the shinobi world know that even after losing Konoha’s White Fang… Konoha was still the number one ninja village!
The problem was, this brat Youyu had saved way too much face!
Right now, the foreign villages’ people were all trembling in fear!
They could face death at any moment.
Hiruzen Sarutobi did not care if a few people from foreign villages died.
Even if half of them died, it would not matter!
But damn it, he could not let Youyu kill them all!
If they were truly all killed, that would no longer be avoiding war.
That would be starting one!
“T-That’s where our village’s Genin are!” The Kusagakure leading Jonin’s face turned pale as he watched that violent dark-purple slash on the screen.
“Boom!” Everyone raised their heads and looked over, only to see that terrifying dark-purple slash actually pierce straight through a small mountain blocking its path!
“Crack!” The small mountain let out a mournful groan and was cut in two by the dark-purple slash!
“Third Hokage!
Is that really a Genin?
What exactly is Konoha trying to do by hosting this Chunin Exam?” “How many slashes has that monster unleashed already?
Even the weakest one is comparable to an A-rank ninjutsu!
A monster like that, who doesn’t even seem to get tired—could he be one of your village’s hidden experts disguised with the Transformation Jutsu?!” “Look at the Forest of Death!
The terrain has been shaved flat!
Are you trying to bury all the elites from our villages in there?!” … Looking at that terrifying slash, the Jonin from the various villages immediately grew anxious.
That monster had no idea what exhaustion was!
Slashes several meters tall, even over ten meters tall, were constantly rampaging.
Although that monster had drunk too much and his aim was not very accurate… Their Genin might be able to dodge once or twice.
But dozens of times?
Hundreds of times?!
Damn it, by the time the entire Forest of Death disappeared, wouldn’t their villages’ people be dead without even ashes left behind?
What they did not know was that Youyu, who was in his wine berserk state, would receive critical rewards after killing their village’s people.
The increase in his basic attributes would also receive the temporary enhancement of the wine berserk state!
And that temporary enhancement was tenfold!
In the truest sense, the more he cut, the stronger he became!
Hearing the Jonin from the various villages, Hiruzen Sarutobi’s face kept twitching.
In principle, all participants had already signed death waivers for the second exam.
Even if everyone died, it had nothing to do with Konoha.
But if he really killed everyone from every village… That would no longer be a matter of killing a few elites.
That would be Konoha slapping every village in the face!
At that time, the entire shinobi world would know that one Konoha Genin had slaughtered every foreign-village ninja who came to participate in the Chunin Exam!
After that, what country would still give missions to those villages?
The people from your village are that useless?
They were all wiped out by one person from Konoha?
Then we might as well go to Konoha for our missions!
For every village, that was a major crisis concerning life and death.
Without missions, what would the people of their villages eat?
So if all the people from those villages were truly killed, then every village would definitely fight for their lives!
They would use war to tell the entire shinobi world that their village was stronger than Konoha!
But now, Hiruzen Sarutobi was also stuck between retreat and advance.
If he canceled the second exam now under pressure, Konoha’s face would also suffer some damage.
“You foreign-village bastards!
You made me run out of wine!
I’m going to cut you all down!” Just as Hiruzen Sarutobi was hesitating, Youyu’s furious roar came from the screen.
“Swish—” “Rumble!” Immediately afterward, several more dark-purple lights flashed.
Even more violent slashes continued ravaging that section of the Forest of Death.
“H-How is he getting stronger and stronger?” Looking at the several dark-purple lights rising into the sky, even more solid than before, Hiruzen Sarutobi’s expression changed.
At this point, even Hiruzen Sarutobi felt that Youyu was a monster!
Logically speaking, after unleashing so many earth-shaking slashes, Youyu should have gotten tired long ago.
Hiruzen Sarutobi had also hoped that Youyu would exhaust himself until he could no longer cut.
That way, he would not have to intervene.
But why was he getting stronger the more he cut?!
“No.
We have to stop Youyu!” Hiruzen Sarutobi’s face twitched as he gritted his teeth and made his decision.
If they did not take measures now, the foreign villages’ people really would all be killed by Youyu!
Maybe it really would trigger a war!
At that point, losing a little face would not be enough to make up for it!
“You should be able to contact the true elites from your own villages, yes?
Tell them the locations of Konoha’s people.
Have them take the little red flowers and stick them on their faces.
Once Youyu senses those little red flowers, he will naturally let them go.” Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at the anxious foreign-village Jonin and said calmly.
“L-Little red flowers?” “So that’s why Konoha’s people stuck little red flowers on themselves.” “Damn it!
Hurry!” … The Jonin from the various villages immediately began using all kinds of methods to contact the elites from their villages.
“Shut off the screen!” Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered, and the screen dimmed.
No matter how the foreign-village Jonin protested, Hiruzen Sarutobi remained unmoved.
He had already done more than enough by actively interfering with the exam and stopping Youyu.
How could he let the foreign villages watch Konoha make a fool of itself?
“Jiraiya, have Orochimaru intervene and stop Youyu.” Hiruzen Sarutobi left the room with the Konoha Jonin, speaking with some exhaustion.
Although he had told them the method, Hiruzen Sarutobi was still afraid of accidents.
Originally, he had only wanted Youyu to earn some face for him.
In the end, one careless moment, and Youyu had earned too much!
Now Hiruzen still had to clean up the mess.
“Understood.” Jiraiya nodded, then hurriedly began contacting Orochimaru.
“Right.
Have Orochimaru bring a bottle of good wine.” Hiruzen Sarutobi suddenly thought of something and quickly added.
“Uh… okay.” Jiraiya paused for a moment, then immediately reacted and quickly answered.
What if even Orochimaru could not stop Youyu?
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