Chapter 46: Changes in the Nature of Yin Chakra (Seeking Follow-up Reading)

Kakashi appeared on the arena in a flash.

“Kakashi, you can do it!” Rin Nohara cheered for Kakashi.

Watching Kakashi use the Body Flicker Technique just to get onto the arena, Obito felt that Kakashi was really showing off, and he decided he would have to learn the Body Flicker Technique too.

“Contestant Kakashi Hatake is no ordinary Ninja; he’s a famous genius of our Konoha. I believe this is your second time participating in the competition, isn’t it?” Because of Kakashi’s fame, the host introduced him a bit more.

“Mm.” Kakashi nodded indifferently, not saying much, maintaining a cool and aloof demeanor.

“Contestant Kakashi Hatake, what Ninjutsu will you be demonstrating this time?” the host asked.

“Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall,” Kakashi replied.

After the host stepped back, Kakashi quickly formed hand signs, and Chakra erupted from his body.

“Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall!”

As Kakashi used the Ninjutsu, the ground shook, and then an incredibly thick and solid giant wall slowly rose behind Kakashi.

“This level of Earth Release Ninjutsu…” The judges looked at the long and thick Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall and fell into thought.

For this level of Ninjutsu, he would have definitely given a perfect score before, but now that there was already one perfect score, wouldn’t another perfect score mean two first places?

The judge thought for a moment and finally raised the card with ’10’ written on it. He decided to leave such matters for the organizers to worry about.

“This guy is still as abnormal as ever.” Asuma was not surprised by Kakashi’s strength.

“To defeat Kakashi using Ninjutsu, I still need to work harder.” Might Guy recalled the battle where Kakashi went all out that day.

That time, it was almost a complete crushing defeat; besides the Leaf Whirlwind unexpectedly landing a kick once, he had no power to retaliate afterward.

Seeing one of the judges give a perfect score, Obito felt a bad premonition. If Kakashi also got a perfect score, who would be considered first?

“Ten points, ten points, ten points. Contestant Kakashi Hatake’s total score is thirty points!

Incredible, this is the second perfect score of today’s competition, and also the first time since the competition began that two perfect scores have appeared!” the host exclaimed.

The quality of the contestants in this competition was surprisingly high, with two perfect scores appearing. Someone of Uchiha Tekka’s level would have been enough to win first place in the previous competition.

“Such bad luck.” Uchiha Tekka was a bit depressed; he thought he could get first place, but he was suddenly pushed down to third.

Yet, he was convinced by the loss, because the Ninjutsu displayed by Kakashi and Obito were indeed strong.

“It would have been great if Shisui had participated; he definitely would have gotten a perfect score too,” Uchiha Tekka said.

He had confidence in Shisui; although he was two years older than Shisui, he admitted he was no match for Shisui.

Shisui smiled and said nothing. He had no particular thoughts about this competition, and since Obito wanted to get first place so much, he was even less inclined to participate.

“Satisfied now? If you want to defeat me, you’ll need to train for a few more years,” Kakashi said to Obito after stepping down from the stage.

“Why are you acting so arrogant? We both got thirty points, and I got mine earlier than you, so logically, I won,” Obito retorted, unconvinced.

“You got thirty points because you could only get thirty points. I got thirty points because thirty points is the maximum,” Kakashi said calmly.

“You…” Obito couldn’t argue with Kakashi, and his face started to redden.

“Alright, you’re both very strong, no need to argue,” Rin Nohara stood between them, showing a helpless smile.

Near the competition venue, the organizers and merchants began discussing.

“How did we end up with two perfect scores this time? How do we determine the rankings now?”

“How about we have a tie-breaker, and let them use other Ninjutsu to compete again?” a merchant suggested.

“That would be a good way to determine the first place, but it might not be appropriate. One of them is still a student, and mastering such a Fire Release is already very impressive,” another merchant felt it was improper.

“Can’t they just be co-first place?” a voice suddenly interjected.

The merchants found the voice somewhat unfamiliar, and then they realized that a blond man with a forehead protector had appeared beside them at some point.

“We could also use the ‘dual first place’ as a gimmick for a discount celebration to attract more people to shop,” Muzuki suggested with a smile.

“That’s a good idea.” The merchants thought about it and found Muzuki’s suggestion very appealing.

One of the purposes of holding this competition was to increase foot traffic in the commercial street, and if they could attract more people to buy things, that would be even better.

Even a little more profit would make up for it, after all, the prize money for first place was only eight thousand Ryo.

“Ninja-sama, do you have any thoughts about opening a shop here?” A shop owner felt that Muzuki had a good business mind, so he invited him.

“No, I’m just an ordinary Chunin passing by. Your competition is very good; it can promote the enthusiasm of the village’s youth for training.” Muzuki praised them and then left.

If Obito and Kakashi had a tie-breaker, Obito definitely wouldn’t be able to win against Kakashi.

For Obito’s first place, he had truly gone to great lengths, doing everything he could. He hoped the reward wouldn’t disappoint him.

In the subsequent matches, there were no more perfect scores like Obito’s and Kakashi’s, and not even anyone higher than Uchiha Tekka. The highest score achieved was only twenty-three points.

After all the contestants had finished their demonstrations, it was time to announce the rankings.

“Uchiha Obito, first place; Kakashi Hatake, first place; Uchiha Tekka, second place…” The host announced the top three.

Muzuki’s suggestion had worked; Obito and Kakashi tied for first place, considered a draw.

“You got lucky this time; next time, I’ll definitely beat you!” Obito, who had secured first place, excitedly declared.

“When your strength is as tough as your mouth, maybe you can achieve that.” In terms of sharp tongue, the current Kakashi was far beyond Obito’s reach.

Fortunately, with the first-place reward in hand—a beautiful silver-plated Kunai and eight thousand Ryo—even though he couldn’t out-talk Kakashi, Obito was very happy looking at his reward.

The moment the rankings were announced, Obito’s training mission was also settled.

The rewards that popped up made Muzuki look relieved. With such rich rewards, his twenty days of effort were not in vain.

Eight hundred Chakra; if he were to grind classes, he would need to get forty B-rank evaluations.

The Ninjutsu Proficiency Scroll was also a good item, capable of instantly raising a mastered Ninjutsu to the proficient level.

As for the Yin Release Chakra Nature Transformation, it was Muzuki’s most satisfying reward, making him even happier than the eight hundred Chakra.

These two special Nature Transformations, Yin and Yang, are very difficult to master. The moment he received the reward, many memories of cultivating Yin Release Chakra Nature Transformation suddenly appeared in Muzuki’s mind.

Muzuki opened his panel and began to check his data.

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