Naruto and Sasuke are doing nothing; Madara and I will set an example.

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Chapter 74 The flowing wind returns to the snow

Sage Mode Mitsuki (Image unrelated to text)

As Shinki, supported by Araya, passed by Kansuke, she couldn't help but turn to him and ask, "How does your strength compare to that girl named Yuki?"

Gan Zhu is honest and straightforward, always speaking his mind: "My strength is the worst in our three-person team."

"I see." After a long while, Shinki finally looked away.

He sighed inwardly: What kind of being founded this Hidden Ninja Village? Could it be that they were even stronger than his adoptive father, who was the Kazekage?

From his seat in the Shadow's Quarters, Gaara watched his adopted son's dejected departure and said in a low voice, "This Dark Village doesn't seem to have any good intentions. Naruto, don't you know anything about this village?"

Naruto sighed and said, "To be honest, Gaara, I was unconscious in bed for several days and only woke up last night. I only found out this morning about the sudden news that the Hidden Dark Village had registered me for the exam."

"What!?" The shadows all looked at them in astonishment.

Compared to the newly arrived Dark Village, they were more concerned about the incident that could cause Naruto to faint.

"Unconscious? What happened?!"

Thinking about his recent experiences, Naruto smiled bitterly: "Well... that's a long story. I'll tell you all about it after the match."

Chen, leaning on his walking stick, exclaimed sincerely, "It's truly admirable that you dared to help this child."

Samyi smiled and asked, "Achen, did you name Ganzhu? Is there any special meaning behind it?"

Chen laughed and said, "The brave are blessed by Heaven."

Hmm... that seems to be Yamato's understanding.

Dust acquiesced.

He can't very well say that the inspiration for his name came from Officer Yamato Kansuke from Detective Conan, can he?

After cleaning up the remaining iron sand and bamboo in the site,

The athletes returned to the field.

"I wonder who my opponent will be." Feng's gaze turned to the handsome young man standing quietly behind Boruto.

"Although Shinki is very eye-catching, she's actually the one I feel is the most dangerous among all these contestants..."

The large screen rotated, then froze on two names.

Wind vs. Siyue.

Feng smiled helplessly: "Oh dear, I really can't stand being nagged."

Before leaving the arena, Sarada cautioned, "Be careful, Mitsuki. That teammate who dared to help the opponent just now can't be weak!"

Mitsuki smiled and said, "Yes, I will."

And so, the contestants left the stage once again.

The wind and the moon faced each other.

Both of them are people who don't talk much to outsiders.

With Locke Lee's cry, "The battle begins!"

They each charged at the other!

Mitsuki, the most perfect masterpiece of Orochimaru's cloning technology, was also treated as his own child by the latter.

In search of the 'sun', he came to Konoha to stay by Boruto's side.

He has never shown his true strength in front of others.

In the original timeline, during the Chunin Exams... Mitsuki lost to Shinki in order to conceal the fact that he possessed 'Sage Mode'.

Victory or defeat is not important to him; his greatest wish is to live a peaceful life and stay by Boruto's side.

He didn't intend to use his full strength in this battle.

—Hidden Shadow Snake Hand!

During his sprint, a dozen white snakes, baring their fangs, emerged from under his sleeves and attacked the wind.

"Clang!" The ninja sword was drawn as the wind rushed forward, and in addition to the azure lightning crackling around it, there was also a white wind aura attached to it!

With a slash carrying the force of wind and thunder, the attacking snake hand was sliced ​​into countless pieces in a single strike!

On the Shadow Stand, Raikage Darui was slightly surprised: "Oh my, this one is not simple either. He can add both Wind Release and Lightning Release chakra to his swordsmanship at the same time."

"How did he manage to perfectly reconcile these two opposing chakra attributes, achieving 'elimination of the weak and complementarity of the strong'?"

"And his swordsmanship style even bears the shadow of the Cloud Hidden Style."

The wind swung its sword at a leisurely pace, seemingly deliberately slowing down to test Mitsuki.

After Mitsuki dodges to create distance, he forms hand seals and unleashes a Wind Release: Breakthrough!

Feng Fei, who was not wielding a sword, instantly unleashed a 'Wind Release: Rending Wind Palm' without any hand seals, negating the breakthrough!

Siyue unleashed a golden lightning serpent from his right palm.

Feng crouched down, plunging his ninja sword into the ground, and used a Lightning Release technique to neutralize the lightning snake.

After drawing his sword, Feng thought: This guy's a tight-lipped fellow, I should speed things up a bit.

As Siyue finished his move in a conventional manner, a chilling aura suddenly filled the air. His pupils contracted abruptly, and he hastily dodged the descending slash!

"Crack!" Feng Shun pulled out his ninja sword from the ground, rushed forward, formed a hand seal with two fingers, and unleashed a powerful fireball that exploded on Mitsuki's body!

Then, Mitsuki's body disintegrated into a white snake and was swallowed by flames.

—The art of snake clones!

Mitsuki leaped into the air, his soft-modified hand grabbing out like a whip!

Without even looking, Feng judged the direction of the attack by the sound of the wind alone. With a flash of inspiration, he stepped on Mitsuki's wrist as it was about to bounce back.

He turned his gaze and said, "Your body seems to have undergone some kind of special modification. Your movements are very agile, and the timing of your technique is just right."

"But your power shouldn't be limited to this level, right?"

As he spoke, he raised his knife as if to cut off Mitsuki's arm!

"!" Mitsuki's expression suddenly hardened, and he flicked his sleeve, unleashing a flurry of kunai!

"Oh? Are there explosive tags posted everywhere?" Feng sheathed his sword and instantly flashed back.

"Boom!" As Mitsuki retracted his arm, he landed on a kunai, and the explosive tags exploded into a pile.

Using the smoke from the explosion as cover, Mitsuki landed and used his underground movement to escape into the ground, then launched the Shadow Serpent Hand!

Dozens of white snakes burst forth from the ground, attacking from all directions!

The wind-ninja sword, wrapped in wind and lightning, swiftly slashed, instantly turning the chaotic snakes into fragments.

"That's all there is to it..."

His eyes suddenly transformed into 'Sharingan'!

From the Shadow Stand, Kurotsuchi exclaimed, "Hey! Look at that brat's eyes!"

"Sharingan!"

"Is he from the Uchiha clan?!"

"..." Naruto's gaze darkened at this moment.

The one who just helped out has the bloodline of the Thousand Hands.

The Sharingan has reappeared in the current wind!

Konohamaru came to ask for instructions: "Seventh Hokage, should we stop the match?"

Naruto hesitated for a moment and said, "No, let the match continue."

The Sharingan... I'm very curious, how many Uchiha clans are there in this ninja world that Sasuke and I don't know about!

Sam sighed, "That kid Feng, sometimes he's actually quite serious. Who does he take after..."

Xiaohua said with delight, "The little boy who's fighting with my brother is quite handsome. I hope he doesn't lose too badly."

After Feng activated his Sharingan, Mitsuki, who was hiding underground, had nowhere to hide. He was forced to reveal himself by a storm of shuriken that were wrapped around him with lightning release and possessed the ability to penetrate the ground.

After performing a series of backflips, Mitsuki landed with a deep gaze and said, "So, these eyes... I felt something was off from the beginning. You, and that girl named Yuki, are indeed Sarada's people, aren't you?"

Feng Zhangdao said calmly, "We never intended to hide anything. I say, why don't you unleash your 'hidden' power?"

The eyes that reflect the soul gazed at Mitsuki and spoke calmly.

"I can see it clearly. You possess an astonishing amount of chakra. If I'm not mistaken, it's 'Sage Mode,' isn't it?"

Siyue could no longer suppress her astonishment.

With his Sharingan, can he see through my hidden power? Does he even have the experience to discern its source?

No... According to my father, simply having the Sharingan wouldn't be enough to see through my possession of Sage Mode.

A deep sense of apprehension welled up in Siyue's eyes.

This means... even if I use Sage Mode here, I might not actually be able to defeat him! (Note: Mitsuki's Sage Mode is activated through Cursed Seal Mode. After activation, his strength is above that of a Jonin, but he is currently incomparable to other Sage Mode users.)

Mitsuki thought to himself: But even if I can win, I don't want to reveal that I possess Sage Mode, because according to Konoha's policies, I will no longer be able to stay by Boruto's side.

"Defeating an opponent who doesn't use their full strength is meaningless. Unleash your power and fight me here!"

Urged on by the wind, Mitsuki smiled and then... raised his hands.

"I surrender."

As expected, an uproar erupted from the stands.

"Admit defeat? Why would you do that? The game was going so well!"

"Yeah! Those two were really going back and forth! I was actually quite engrossed in watching them!"

"That guy named Feng seemed to have said something to that guy named Siyue, and then the latter admitted defeat."

"Whoosh!" Rock Lee landed in the arena and asked, "Mitsuki, are you sure you want to admit defeat?"

Mitsuki laughed and said, "That's right, I admit defeat."

"Good!" Locke Lee shouted. "Winner, wind!"

As Siyue walked past, the wind asked, "Do you have some unspeakable secret?"

Siyue said, "No, I just want to hold onto this hard-won place of refuge."

The wind asked, puzzled, "If you reveal that power, you will lose your place of refuge? Is your place of refuge such a fragile place?"

"In my opinion, power is not a crime, nor is the person who possesses power. The guilty ones are those who have no power but love to indulge in wild thoughts."

Siyue smiled noncommittally and said, "If you can say that, then the place where you live must be a very open-minded place, right?"

Feng chuckled and asked in return, "What, do you want to come?"

Mitsuki smiled and said, "I don't want to. I just want to stay by the sun's side."

The wind said, "I don't know what you mean by 'sun.' If one day your sun comes to where I live, will you come?"

Siyue thought for a moment and said, "Wherever the sun goes, that's where I'll find refuge."

Feng Xin said: Is this guy the kind of person who places his life beliefs on others? Well, everyone has their own way of living. Some people like to create messes, some people like to eat messes. The key is whether you can piss in the same pot.

I don't really dislike people like him.

He closed his Sharingan and sheathed his ninja sword.

"Well, I'm looking forward to the opportunity to have a real fight with you. I'll accept this victory without hesitation!"

After cleaning up the ninja tools left from the battle, the contestants returned to the field.

Boruto felt uneasy, glancing out of the corner of his eye at Yuki, who remained calm and crossed her arms.

Deep down, I hoped: anyone but this girl. She's the only one who has fought her way up from an unknown small ninja village; I don't want to use the power of scientific ninja tools to hurt her! To hurt her dreams! To hurt her beliefs! To hurt all the effort and sweat she's poured into this place!

This power is so strong, so strong that even I am afraid... So!

So...no, please don't!

The subtitles on the big screen stopped scrolling and froze, displaying the message:

—Snow vs. Boruto Uzumaki!