met free Chapter 198: Yakushi Kabuto Arrives, The Changed Plot
Chapter 198: Yakushi Kabuto Arrives, The Changed Plot
Examination room.
"Ah~ Sasuke, I missed you so much..." Just as Gaara withdrew his gaze and Karin and the others breathed a sigh of relief, a beautiful figure suddenly appeared and pounced on Sasuke's back.
"Inoboro, you better stay away from Sasuke-kun!" Sakura was furious at the sight and burst out with a fist and roared without regard for the occasion.
Ino didn't care at all, and instead hugged Sasuke even tighter while making faces, "I don't want to, wide forehead."
This enraged Sakura again, and she immediately rushed forward to tear into him...
"Here they come again," Karin sighed speechlessly, already quite used to this scene of two women vying for a man.
It seems that liking someone who is too handsome isn't a good thing! Ishikawa-kun is lucky; so far, no one has tried to steal her away.
Well, except for that bad habit of liking things bigger!
"I didn't expect you guys to come too. It seems that all of our new recruits have arrived this time." Almost simultaneously, Shikamaru's voice rang out.
The group turned around and saw Shikamaru, Choji, Hinata, and the other two walking towards them.
"It's you guys! Shikamaru, Choji, Hinata, Kiba..." Karin nodded in acknowledgment when she saw her familiar classmate Naruto waving enthusiastically.
"Naruto-kun." Hinata greeted Naruto timidly, her face slightly flushed, in a voice barely audible.
Naruto paid no attention to her voice, instead engaging in lively banter with Kiba and joking around with Shikamaru and the others.
Seeing this, Taro and Jiro exchanged a glance and, with perfect understanding, left the crowd to find Neji and the others to chat and catch up.
They weren't from the same generation as Karin and the others, so naturally they didn't have much to talk about!
Naturally, the commotion quickly attracted the attention of the other test takers. Soon, a white-haired man with a short ponytail and glasses stepped forward with a smile, "You newcomers, don't be too noisy. This isn't a place for you to gather and chat."
"Who are you? How dare you speak so arrogantly..." Kiba Inuzuka said, displeased, but still looked around and restrained himself slightly.
"I am Kabuto Yakushi, and I can be considered your senior." The newcomer pointed to the Konoha headband on his forehead to introduce himself, and then pushed up his glasses to get closer.
After a round of sweet talk and small talk, Kabuto Yakushi immediately used the information cards he had painstakingly collected to attract everyone's attention.
"I want to know information about Gaara of Sunagakure and Mitarashi Ishikawa of Konoha." Sasuke immediately asked after hearing Kabuto Yakushi's offer.
"Oh? Having a name makes things much easier." A glint of light flashed in Yakushi Kabuto's eyes, and he quickly pulled out two cards.
Instantly, his action caused Karin, along with students from Class 7, Class 8, and Class 10, to crane their necks and look over.
"First up is Gaara of the Sand Village, a genin. He's completed 8 C-rank missions and 1 B-rank mission. Rumor has it that he always returns from a mission unscathed!"
"Completely unharmed?" Karin couldn't help but whisper doubtfully as soon as Kabuto finished speaking. Could it be that she remembered wrong, that Ishikawa-kun hadn't injured that guy last time?
Or did his injuries heal by the time he returned?
Furthermore, all the so-called intelligence is about mission level? What about specific strength or special abilities? And Gaara's identity as the Jinchuriki of the One-Tailed Beast is not revealed either.
It seems this guy is only half-baked and is just bluffing!
[Ishikawa's teammate, Karin Uzumaki, is being suspected...?] Kabuto Yakushi glanced at Karin without revealing much information about Gaara.
Although he knew all that information, revealing it would only cause him trouble.
"Next up is Mitarashi Ishikawa, a special Jonin of Konoha." Kabuto Yakushi quickly changed cards, leaving Shikamaru and the others speechless.
"Special Jonin? I remember the last time we met, wasn't that guy a Chunin?" Kiba Inuzuka exclaimed through gritted teeth. He knew that the other guy was only one year older than them when they were assigned to classes after graduation.
A 13-year-old special jonin, is that guy a monster even more talented than Sasuke?
Almost simultaneously, Shikamaru, Choji, Ino, and Hinata all stared in shock, equally dumbfounded.
For the first time, they directly felt the pressure from the genius senior!
Among the crowd, only Karin wore a radiant smile of pride, as if she were the genius.
"Yeah, it took me a lot of effort to find out. Compared to him, we're just useless ninjas." Kabuto Yakushi pushed up his glasses and gave a forced wry smile, then added, "27 C-rank missions, 8 B-rank missions, 3 A-rank missions, and rumor has it he even has S-rank mission experience. Wow, what an amazing guy..."
"What?!" Everyone, including Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura, was stunned. They never expected Ishikawa's mission record to be so outstanding.
No wonder he became a Special Jonin; he earned it through sheer hard work!
【This guy…】 Compared to everyone’s surprise, Karin secretly became suspicious and wary.
She didn't experience all of these missions and didn't know if they were true or false, but the fact that she could gather rumors about their team completing A-level and S-level missions was enough to prove that the other party was not simple.
He's definitely not as simple as he seems! Thinking of this, Karin took a step back and secretly formed hand seals to activate her senses.
[As expected, this guy is no ordinary genin.] The next second, Karin frowned slightly as she sensed the chakra that was no weaker than that of a jonin.
Although she didn't know why the other party was hiding their strength, whatever the reason, it was enough to make her alert.
"Damn it! I didn't expect Ishikawa-senpai to be so strong. I can't lose to him!" Suddenly, Naruto reacted and shouted excitedly, turning to look at the examinees, "Bring it on! I'm not afraid of you!"
In an instant, everyone present was briefly stunned by Naruto's sudden loud voice, and all kinds of eyes were cast towards him, making it so quiet you could hear a pin drop!
"Whoosh...whoosh..."
Almost immediately, two faint whooshing sounds suddenly rang out, causing Karin, who had activated her senses, to change her expression and quickly form hand seals.
"Don't be so arrogant, you brat from Konoha!" In the blink of an eye, two figures suddenly burst through the air and rushed straight at Naruto.
Faced with this sudden turn of events, Naruto was instantly dumbfounded and stood frozen in place, at a loss for what to do.
"Water Release: Water Whip..." Just as Sasuke was about to make his move, Karin's sweet voice rang out.
In the blink of an eye, a thin stream of water burst forth like a whip, binding and restraining the two people in mid-air.
But the two were not to be trifled with either. They immediately unleashed air waves, breaking through the water whips, and pounced on Naruto and Karin from the left and right at the same time.
In the blink of an eye, at this critical moment, two figures suddenly appeared and placed long blades against the necks of the two men.
"If you don't want to die..." "You'd better not move!"
Tarojiro glanced at the two men, who were drenched in sweat, and gave a cold snort, his eyes flashing with a chilling light.
They were no match for a monster like Gaara, but for this guy to act so arrogantly here was a gross underestimation of them!
"Kaoru, Karin, isn't she already dead?" Among the examinees, a genin wearing a grass ninja headband looked at the red-haired girl who had unleashed a water jutsu, filled with a mixture of surprise and joy.