Chapter 301 Eyes in the Dark

Uncle Sawada, if we all get promoted to Chunin this time, will we be qualified to take A-Rank Missions?” Obito asked curiously.

The Ninja leading Obito and the others to the designated entrance was Sawada Kazuya, whom Obito often saw in the mission hall.

No, but you can freely take B-Rank Missions,” Sawada Kazuya replied.

A-Rank Missions depend on Jonin Minato’s decision; he is the one with the authority to take A-Rank Missions.”

Minato-sensei is also part of our squad, so his authority is our squad’s authority, isn’t it?” Obito was a bit confused by Sawada Kazuya’s words.

After becoming a Chunin, it’s different from being a Genin; you don’t need Jonin Minato to take missions yourself. Moreover, during wartime, Jonin have heavy responsibilities. If he has other missions, you’ll have to do missions on your own,” Sawada Kazuya explained.

The Ninja ranking system is very simple, with only Jonin, Chunin, and Genin, so a Chunin is actually already qualified to lead a team.

With that, Sawada Kazuya led them to Entrance No. 44.

Because other Ninja Villages were also participating, there were many people in this Chunin Exams. Konoha had twenty-seven teams, and the other Ninja Villages combined had seventeen teams.

Upon reaching the entrance, Sawada Kazuya did not immediately open the Gate of Opening. He glanced at his watch and saw it was 2 PM, still half an hour until the exam began.

Sawada Kazuya told Obito and the two others the exam start time, then closed his eyes to rest while waiting for the exam to begin.

Since we can’t go in now, let’s discuss how we should act in this exam,” Kakashi said after thinking for a moment.

What’s there to discuss? Just quickly find a team, snatch their scroll, and then rush to Central Tower,” Obito felt it was best to just follow the rules.

How do we find them? Do we wander around and rely on luck, or do we go directly to the vicinity of Central Tower and wait for prey, or do we make a big commotion to attract others?” Kakashi said calmly.

The goal is definitely to grab a scroll and go to Central Tower, but there are many ways to go about the actual operation.

Kakashi seems very reliable in this regard,” Rin Nohara said with a soft smile.

Obito decided to cram knowledge in this area and become a Ninja with plans and strategies.

Seeing Rin Nohara’s support, and Obito’s silent agreement, Kakashi stated his idea.

On the first day, we’ll try to search for enemies in the surroundings. If we can gather both the heaven scroll and earth scroll, we’ll go directly to Central Tower. If we don’t gather them on the first day, then for the next two days, we’ll go to places with abundant water and food to look for other teams.”

There are no shops in the Death Forest; all logistical problems can only be solved by oneself, so Kakashi felt that places with sufficient food and water would likely have people.

If we don’t encounter anyone for the first three days, then we’ll head directly to the vicinity of Central Tower and ambush teams that have already gathered both the heaven scroll and earth scroll.”

After speaking, Kakashi paused before continuing, “If you don’t have any other ideas, then we’ll act according to this plan.”

Rin Nohara nodded, indicating her approval of Kakashi’s plan, while Obito’s silence was automatically taken by Kakashi as agreement.

You can go in now, come over,” When it reached 2:30 PM, Sawada Kazuya immediately took out the key, opened the iron gate, and spoke to Obito and the two others.

Uncle Sawada, when the exam is over, you have to pick a good A-Rank Mission for us!” Obito immediately turned to Sawada Kazuya, waving and laughing loudly after entering the Death Forest.

First, pass the exam well. Be careful of those Mist Ninja; this Chunin Exams is very dangerous,” Sawada Kazuya replied while locking the gate.

Sawada Kazuya wasn’t worried that Obito and his team couldn’t defeat the Ninja from smaller Ninja Villages. As for Konoha Ninja, battles usually wouldn’t be fought to the death. Only the Mist Ninja, being from a large Ninja Village, were the most dangerous.

After entering the Death Forest, the three began to act according to Kakashi’s predetermined plan.

Kakashi and Obito stood on the front two sides, while Rin Nohara was two steps behind them, standing in the middle. The three ran quickly, searching for other teams.

The Death Forest has a diameter of twenty kilometers. If over a hundred ordinary people were running around inside, it would be very difficult for them to see each other, but for Ninja, the Death Forest isn’t particularly large.

After about an hour of moving, Obito and the two others encountered their first team.

Hand over the scroll. Since we are fellow Konoha Ninja, we won’t fight you. Otherwise, I can’t guarantee that your two teammates won’t be seriously injured during the fight,” said the tall, thin Konoha Ninja standing at the very front.

I know Kakashi, you are much stronger than me, but even you might not be able to win consistently in a one-on-three fight. It’s better to conserve your strength and go snatch scrolls from smaller Ninja Village teams.”

He was four grades older than Kakashi, but because Kakashi graduated early without even reaching the third semester, his actual graduation time was later than Kakashi’s. Therefore, he knew that Kakashi was a genius whose strength could not be judged by age.

But he felt that even that genius Kakashi might not be able to defeat their combined efforts. After all, each of them had trained for four more years than Kakashi, adding up to twelve more years of training.

As for Obito and Rin Nohara, he completely ignored them, seeing them as inexperienced Genin who had just graduated.

Hey, hey, why are you talking as if Kakashi is really strong? I’m stronger than him, okay?” Obito couldn’t help but speak up.

He was a bit speechless. Three people fighting Kakashi weren’t even confident of a sure win, yet they wanted to injure him, who had defeated Kakashi in a one-on-one.

Who are you?” The tall, thin Konoha Genin gestured to his two teammates, then asked Obito.

The two companions of the tall, thin Konoha Genin began to slowly spread out, forming a triangular formation to surround Obito and the two others, to prevent them from suddenly running away.

Uchiha Obito!” Obito replied with a proud expression.

Never heard of him,” the tall, thin Konoha Genin shook his head and said.

His fists hardened. Obito felt his fists harden.

You should be the ones to hand over the scroll. This guy’s individual combat power is indeed not inferior to mine,” Kakashi said, changing his breathing rhythm and entering Thunder Breathing state.

However, the tall, thin Konoha Genin did not believe Kakashi’s words. He quickly took out a Kunai from his Ninja tool pouch and said:

Kakashi, you know, doing this will only make others think you’re bluffing.”

He naturally didn’t believe Kakashi’s nonsense. How could a seemingly foolish Genin have the same strength as Kakashi? That’s impossible.

After speaking, the tall, thin Konoha Genin made a hand sign and immediately charged towards Obito. His two teammates also quickly launched their attacks after receiving the signal.

Flame Breathing, Total Concentration!”

Obito pushed his breathing to the limit, inhaling a large amount of oxygen and augmenting his body with Chakra.

Whoosh!

When the tall, thin Konoha Genin charged in front of Obito, he found that Obito’s figure had directly disappeared from his sight.

Could it be that Kakashi wasn’t bluffing?” This thought immediately appeared in the tall, thin Konoha Genin’s mind.

Bang!

Using Shave to burst out at high speed, Obito instantly appeared behind the tall, thin Konoha Genin, delivering a full-force punch that sent the tall, thin Konoha Genin flying backward, crashing into a large tree on his way.

Such fast speed!” The tall, thin Genin was extremely shocked.

Bang! Bang!

Before the tall, thin Genin could think too much, he found that his two teammates had also been sent flying like him.

Hiss.” The tall, thin Genin stood up and felt the pain radiating from his body, unable to help but gasp.

Damn it, we kicked a steel plate,” the tall, thin Ninja felt a strong sense of foreboding.

Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!”

Obito seized the opportunity to form hand signs and use Fire Release. With the enhancement of Flame Breathing, he quickly condensed a three-meter tall, massive Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique.

Seeing that Obito also had an excellent Fire Release, the tall, thin Genin’s initial thought of fighting it out completely extinguished. He quickly shouted:

We surrender! We’ll give you the scroll, just stop fighting!”

The exam had just begun, and there were many opportunities. If they got injured here, it would greatly affect the rest of the exam.

Obito spat out the unfinished Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique to the side and said proudly, “I told you I’m stronger than Kakashi! Make sure you remember the name Uchiha Obito!”

Even if you didn’t say it, I’ve already remembered it,” the tall, thin Ninja sighed. When he first saw Kakashi and his team, he thought they were lucky, but he didn’t expect this seemingly harmless team to have no simple members.

Here’s the scroll,” the tall, thin Ninja took out the white scroll with the character ‘Heaven’ written on it and threw it to Obito.

Obito’s excited expression immediately turned to disappointment when he saw it was a heaven scroll.

This was a wasted effort; it’s a heaven scroll,” Obito sighed and said.

Getting duplicate scrolls in this exam was useless; they only needed one heaven scroll and one earth scroll.

Kakashi frowned slightly. Obito’s sense of secrecy was too poor; this was directly telling that team their scroll information.

You also have a heaven scroll? Then two heaven scrolls are useless for you too, why don’t you return it to us?” The tall, thin Ninja’s eyes lit up and he said.

Two heaven scrolls cannot pass, but you can look for other teams with extra earth scrolls to exchange,” Kakashi spoke up, rejecting the tall, thin Ninja’s request.

Two scrolls are always better than one. Although they were Ninja from the same village, this was the Chunin Exams, and Kakashi didn’t want to return the stolen scroll.

I can exchange it for information. I’ve collected a lot of information on Chunin Exams candidates from the village. Even if it’s not useful for the second stage, it might be for the third stage,” the tall, thin Ninja quickly said.

That depends on whether your information is worth it,” Kakashi didn’t immediately agree. Information was indeed important for Ninja.

The tall, thin Ninja rummaged through his belongings and tossed two small cards to Kakashi.

Nara Shiosui, Nara clan Ninja, skilled in Shadow Imitation Technique, very intelligent, extremely calm in battle…”

Inuzuka Midori, Inuzuka clan Ninja, skilled in combat with Ninja dogs, rather reckless…”

Kakashi looked at the tall, thin Ninja with a sidelong glance. These cards even had small photos attached. He was a bit curious how the other party got them.

Exchanging a useless heaven scroll for information is a good deal, isn’t it?” The tall, thin Ninja saw that Kakashi seemed a bit tempted and struck while the iron was hot.

I need to first confirm the accuracy of your information,” Kakashi thought for a moment and then named two Konoha Genin he had met in the first stage of the exam.

If this information was correct, then it would indeed be quite useful, but if the information was false, then it would have a negative effect.

The tall, thin Ninja quickly found the information cards for the two people Kakashi mentioned and threw them over.

After Kakashi looked through them and found no problems, he agreed to the scroll-for-information trade.

Although it was all basic information, exchanging it for an extra scroll was very worthwhile.

Thank you! If we don’t get promoted this time, I’ll give you information for free next time,” Taking back the scroll, the tall, thin Ninja said with a chuckle.

Then we definitely won’t need it. We’ll definitely get promoted successfully,” Obito replied while looking at the information cards.

Then I wish you good luck,” the tall, thin Ninja quickly led his teammates back.

He was worried about encountering other teams if they continued forward. Their current condition wasn’t very good; Obito’s punch was quite ruthless.

After organizing the information, Obito and Kakashi continued forward, searching for the next team.

However, as Obito and his team advanced, they didn’t notice a half-black, half-white figure watching them from the shadows.

Today was very painful. You definitely wouldn’t want to know what it feels like to eat something extremely spicy and then have diarrhea. I can only say it severely affected my writing.

Also, a misconception about the Bloody Mist: some people think Obito caused it, but that’s not true. In the manga, during Obito’s flashback, a Hidden Mist Anbu said, “Don’t underestimate our Village of the Bloody Mist” when fighting Obito.

At most, Obito inherited or promoted the Bloody Mist policy, but he certainly didn’t create it.

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