Chapter 311 New Disciple Quota

At this moment, the forest was incredibly quiet; everyone was stunned by Kakashi’s strike, and in this silent environment, Kakashi’s last words reached everyone’s ears.

“How is this possible? Akami Hideyuki was actually killed just like that!” Zabuza looked in disbelief at Akami Hideyuki, who had been cut in half by Kakashi’s single strike.

This wasn’t some Genin or Chunin, but a Jonin who was quite well-known in Hidden Mist, yet he was instantly killed with one strike.

“Is this the power of protection?” Zabuza’s worldview was greatly impacted.

He was certain that Kakashi did not possess this strength before; otherwise, Kakashi would not have struggled so much when fighting them earlier.

If he could instantly kill Akami Hideyuki, he should have been able to instantly kill Kisame Hoshigaki, but Kakashi didn’t even instantly kill him, and they fought for a while.

Zabuza truly couldn’t understand why someone would want to protect others so much that they could unleash such terrifying power.

“Is this guy really a Genin? He must be faking it.” Kurosawa showed a bewildered expression.

He now suspected that Kakashi was a powerful Konoha Ninja disguised by a Transformation Technique, and that he had been pretending to be at a disadvantage in the previous fight.

“As expected of my best friend, I truly look forward to our next battle.” Might Guy gave Kakashi a thumbs-up after his surprise.

Might Guy genuinely couldn’t understand Kakashi just now; he looked severely injured and on the verge of collapse, and there was no powerful aura emanating from him, yet he delivered a strike powerful enough to instantly kill a Jonin.

Looking at Kakashi and Obito, Rin Nohara smiled gently and said, “I knew you two would succeed.”

She knew that with her own strength, she couldn’t achieve the dream of ending the war, so she only did what she could, which was to provide all possible support behind Kakashi and Obito.

“It was resolved this way.” Nara Shiosui’s expression was complex, showing surprise, relief, and emotion.

He deeply agreed with Kakashi’s last words; the current Kakashi was indeed the most dazzling genius.

Obito quickly supported Kakashi, who was about to fall, shaking Kakashi’s body. “Kakashi, are you okay? I admit your strike just now was genius.”

Kakashi closed his eyes, too weak to speak. That last strike had concentrated all his remaining strength, and now he was truly powerless, but a smile still appeared on Kakashi’s face when he heard Obito’s words.

“What should we do? Rin, can you still provide treatment?” Obito asked Rin Nohara anxiously.

Although they had won the battle, everyone was in terrible condition, severely injured and exhausted, with most even too weak to walk.

Rin Nohara shook her head, took out a bandage, and said, “All my remaining Chakra has been used to treat you, Obito. For now, I can only bandage you.”

If she had Chakra, Rin Nohara would have started treatment long ago; she herself was still injured.

“Let me treat you all.” Muzuki flashed and appeared among them.

“Muzuki-sensei!” Obito’s expression instantly became excited when he saw Muzuki; Muzuki’s Medical Ninjutsu was stronger than Rin Nohara’s.

“Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu!”

Muzuki formed hand signs and created nine Shadow Clones to use Mystical Palm Technique to treat the nine Konoha examinees.

As for Kisame and the others, Muzuki temporarily ignored them; after all, given what happened, it was good enough that Muzuki didn’t tie them up and imprison them.

“Muzuki-sensei, you came just in time.” Obito completely relaxed when he saw Muzuki appear, chuckling as he spoke.

From now on, let alone the appearance of a Mist Village Jonin, even if the Mizukage came, he wouldn’t be afraid, because he believed Muzuki would protect them.

“I can only say I wasn’t too late. Timely would have been resolving the incident the moment it happened.” Muzuki shook his head and said.

Muzuki was a very rational person, but he wasn’t emotionless; watching his disciples get injured from the shadows didn’t feel good to him.

“Anyway, the final outcome is the same, and if it weren’t for your treatment, Muzuki-sensei, we would have been in danger.” Obito said with an unconcerned smile.

After all, both outcomes resulted in the enemies being dealt with and them being safe, it’s just that one was slightly more difficult.

“Exactly.” Might Guy gave a thumbs-up in agreement.

Under Muzuki’s treatment, Kakashi’s condition gradually improved and he recovered somewhat. When he heard Obito call out “Muzuki-sensei,” he completely relaxed, because it meant there was nothing to worry about anymore.

When he opened his eyes again, Kakashi’s vision returned to normal, without the previous sensation. However, Kakashi didn’t dwell on this, but instead asked Muzuki:

“Muzuki-sensei, did something happen between Hidden Mist and the Village?”

Without a doubt, a Mist Village Jonin infiltrating the Chunin Exams to deal with them, the examinees, was, in Kakashi’s eyes, essentially a declaration of war.

“It’s hard to say for now. Aside from this Mist Village Jonin who infiltrated the exam site, no other Hidden Mist Ninja have taken action.” Muzuki thought for a moment and replied.

After hearing Muzuki’s words, Kakashi fell into thought, unable to guess Hidden Mist’s motive.

The reason of assassinating Konoha’s genius Genin was a bit unconvincing, because Hidden Mist wouldn’t know which Ninja would participate in the Konoha Chunin Exams, and it would be too foolish to send their own Village’s genius Ninja to do such a thing.

“You all just rest well, don’t think too much. As examinees, you have already done your best.” Muzuki said with a smile.

Even Muzuki couldn’t accurately guess how this situation would unfold. Although he suspected this was Uchiha Madara’s doing, this guess obviously couldn’t be spoken aloud, because in the Konoha Ninja’s impression, Uchiha Madara had long been killed by Senju Hashirama.

After his Shadow Clones treated his disciples, Muzuki walked over to Kisame Hoshigaki and the others.

“Tell me everything you know.” Muzuki put away his gentle smile and asked indifferently.

He didn’t expect to get any useful information from the three of them, but this was a necessary procedure.

“Unfortunately, I’m just a discarded pawn; I know nothing.” Zabuza, recovering from his shock, grinned and replied.

He had no good feelings for the Hidden Mist Village’s higher-ups, but he truly knew nothing. The order he received was to perform well in the Chunin Exams and suppress the Konoha Ninja.

“My mission was to get good grades in the exam. Do whatever you want, I really don’t know why a Jonin would infiltrate.” Kurosawa said straightforwardly.

Kisame Hoshigaki’s answer was similar to Zabuza’s and Kurosawa’s; all three appeared to be unaware.

As Muzuki expected, he didn’t get any useful information, but he didn’t care; the 重點 wasn’t with him, but with Hiruzen Sarutobi.

After all of Kakashi and the others were treated, Muzuki simply took them back to the Central Tower.

However, since Nara Shiosui’s team hadn’t yet gathered the Heaven and Earth Scrolls, they didn’t act with Muzuki and continued the exam.

Muzuki did not stop the Chunin Exams, but he dispatched Ninja to monitor all Hidden Mist examinees, and if any abnormal actions were discovered, they would be immediately arrested.

After arriving inside the Central Tower, the disciples began discussing what had just happened, while Muzuki opened his panel to check his gains from this time.

“Disciple Kakashi Hatake’s trust level has increased. Current trust level: Four.”

“Detected four disciples with trust level four. Reward: Disciple slot +1.”

Seeing this reward, a smile appeared on Muzuki’s face; in his opinion, this reward was much more valuable than a perfect-grade skill.

If he cultivated a disciple from under ten years old, the rewards they could provide after developing would be massive, including various skills and a large amount of Chakra from the master-disciple feedback.

Muzuki planned to go back and carefully consider who to use this slot on.

This slot was hard-earned, and it was unknown if more slots would be added later, so Muzuki had to choose carefully.

Muzuki continued to look at the system messages; in addition to the trust level increase, Kakashi also triggered an improvement reward.

“Disciple Kakashi Hatake has significantly grown in strength under your guidance. Reward: Earth Release: Light-Weight Rock Technique (Proficient).”

Muzuki nodded in his heart; this was a very good reward, and its significance to Muzuki surpassed the previously obtained Added-Weight Rock Technique.

Because the Light-Weight Rock Technique allowed him to fly, and flight was a rare ability in the Ninja World, mostly relying on Nin-Beasts.

Although the Added-Weight Rock Technique was also a high-level Earth Release of the same caliber, the Added-Weight Rock Technique leaned towards output, and Muzuki had other, better output methods.

…

Through the Telescope Technique, Hiruzen Sarutobi learned that the Elder was having tea with several Hidden Mist Ninja in a teahouse in Konoha.

Hiruzen Sarutobi had most of the Anbu guard outside, then took a few elite Anbu into the teahouse, entering the private room where the Elder was.

“Hokage, what is this?” The Elder looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi, who had directly burst in, and the Konoha Anbu following him, feeling something was amiss.

“Do you know a Ninja named Akami Hideyuki?” Hiruzen Sarutobi didn’t rush to question, but sat down and asked indifferently.

“Yes, I know. He is a Jonin from our Hidden Mist Village and a member of the delegation visiting your Village this time.” The Elder nodded and replied.

“Just now, Akami Hideyuki infiltrated the Chunin Exams site through unknown means and attacked our Konoha examinee team. Do you have anything you wish to explain about this?” Hiruzen Sarutobi asked, looking at the Elder, releasing his powerful aura at the end.

The Elder’s face changed slightly. Although Hiruzen Sarutobi’s tone was calm, he could feel Hiruzen Sarutobi’s anger from his aura; this Third Hokage, renowned in the Ninja World, was angry.

“As expected of the Hokage, this terrifying aura; his strength is even greater than the Fourth Mizukage’s.” The Elder compared Hiruzen Sarutobi with the Fourth Mizukage in his mind.

The Jonin next to the Elder felt the terrifying aura and couldn’t help but tremble, cold sweat pouring down their foreheads.

“Hokage-sama, is there some misunderstanding in this? Our Hidden Mist absolutely has no intention of being hostile to Konoha this time.” The Elder said calmly.

In Hidden Mist Village, besides the Mizukage, he held the most power; it could be said that there was no arrangement in Hidden Mist that he didn’t know about. He was certain that no Ninja had been dispatched to kill Konoha examinees this time.

“Misunderstanding? Come and see if it’s a misunderstanding.” Hiruzen Sarutobi led the Elder towards the Death Forest, where there were not only surveillance records but also Akami Hideyuki’s corpse.

Hiruzen Sarutobi felt something was fishy about this matter, so although he was angry, he didn’t act directly, preparing to see how the Elder would explain.

When they walked out of the teahouse and saw the Anbu surrounding them outside, the Elder basically believed Hiruzen Sarutobi’s words: Akami Hideyuki really did go to the Chunin Exams site to attack the examinees.

If such a thing hadn’t really happened, Konoha wouldn’t suddenly launch such a large operation against them. Konoha was already at war with two other major Ninja villages; they would be crazy to actively start a war with Hidden Mist.

“Who could have done this? Was it those hawk-eyed people?” The Elder speculated in his mind.

He truly didn’t want to have conflict with Konoha at this time, because he himself was still in Konoha.

Then, Hiruzen Sarutobi led the Elder to the Central Tower of the Chunin Exams and brought up the surveillance records of Akami Hideyuki attacking Obito and the others.

Watching Akami Hideyuki continuously attack Obito and the others on the screen, the Elder frowned deeply.

After playing for a few minutes, Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at the Elder. If he didn’t get a satisfactory answer, then the Elder and his group would certainly not leave Konoha.

“I am deeply sorry that such a thing happened.” The Elder handed his cane to the Hidden Mist Ninja beside him and bowed deeply to Hiruzen Sarutobi.

“But I can confirm that this absolutely has no relation to Hidden Mist Village. Akami Hideyuki must be a spy from another Ninja Village hidden within our Hidden Mist, attempting to destroy the friendship between Hidden Mist and Konoha!” The Elder then said with a resolute expression.

He didn’t know if Akami Hideyuki had gone mad or what, but for now, Akami Hideyuki’s best identity was that of a spy.

“Sandaime-sama, Akami Hideyuki’s body is in here.” Muzuki timely stepped forward and handed the scroll containing Akami Hideyuki’s sealed body to Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded. Whether he was a spy or not couldn’t be decided by the Elder’s words alone; ultimately, it would depend on the body’s memories.

For efficiency and accuracy, Hiruzen Sarutobi called for the Yamanaka Clan head to come and use their secret technique to examine Akami Hideyuki’s memories.

The Elder looked calm; if Konoha could indeed find out who instructed Akami Hideyuki’s actions, he would even have to thank Konoha, as he could then carry out a purge upon his return.

The Elder’s confident demeanor made Hiruzen Sarutobi even more suspicious.

“Could this incident during the Chunin Exams really not have been planned by Hidden Mist Village?” Hiruzen Sarutobi thought to himself.

The Yamanaka Clan head placed his hand on Akami Hideyuki’s head, closed his eyes, and began to use his secret technique.

Although Akami Hideyuki had been cut in two, as long as his brain wasn’t damaged, it wouldn’t affect his ability to view memories.

But just as the Yamanaka Clan head delved into Akami Hideyuki’s brain with his secret technique, he frowned and simultaneously opened his eyes.

“Sandaime-sama, his brain has been destroyed by a jutsu, so his memories cannot be viewed.” The Yamanaka Clan head reported.

I had diarrhea, so the update is late and only one chapter, but this chapter is a big one, a 4k chapter.

If you have any questions, you can leave a message in the paragraph. I have a bit of a headache, so I’m going to sleep first. I’ll make changes when I see them tomorrow.