Ch 409: A Not-so-surprising Matchup

“Water Thousand Needles Technique!”

“Great Fireball Technique!”

Boom——

“胧 is unable to continue. The victor is Sasuke Uchiha!”

Sasuke smirked, a faint smile playing on his lips.

Who says Water Release counters Fire Release? The Uchiha’s Fire Release is the best in the world!

“Wow, Sasuke is still so cool~”

Sakura, watching from the stands, paid close attention to Sasuke’s movements; this smile nearly stole her soul.

“Please have the examinees leave the field promptly, do not interfere with the following battles!”

Hayate Gekko had to remind Sasuke.

This kid is enjoying himself; this is only his first victory. Why is he so arrogant after defeating an unknown Amegakure ninja?

Whoosh——

Sasuke left the field, and the large screen began scrolling again.

Names were changing rapidly; everyone focused on the moment the scrolling stopped, wondering whose name it would be, but Yuta was watching the scrolling names, wondering who they all were.

Unsurprisingly, whenever Sakura Haruno appeared, Ino Yamanaka always appeared on the other side simultaneously, and when Ino appeared, Sakura was always on the other side.

What a random large screen!

The order of appearances may be random, but who faces whom seems to have been decided long ago!

Soon, the scrolling names on the screen stopped.

“Second match, Yuta VS Shino Aburame! Please have the examinees enter the field!”

Alright, even the order is fixed.

Yuta remembered that the original second exam was a match between Shino Aburame and Sakura, but the Sound Four was replaced by Team 11.

Shino Aburame.

Yuta strolled from the stands to the center of the field, looking at the cool Shino opposite him, wearing sunglasses and a hood, and couldn’t help but sigh.

This extremely mysterious guy, whose presence has always been terrifyingly low, is the only person in the entire Naruto series who has never been defeated.

But today, his undefeated myth is about to be broken.

Red wouldn’t allow him to lose, but if he didn’t lose, Yuta didn’t want Shino’s insects to burrow into his body and run wild, so Shino could only suffer a defeat.

“Yuta, go! Knock off his stupid hat!”

Naruto unhesitatingly sided with Yuta.

Even though Shino was also a ninja from their village, Yuta was his good brother, far superior to Shino.

“You both have to do your best! Yuta! Don’t give up, do your best!”

Red also shouted, but because Shino Aburame was also her disciple, she couldn’t take sides, so she could only remind Yuta not to give up.

Unfortunately, except for Sasuke, no one was optimistic about Yuta.

Firstly, Yuta had never seriously fought before; except for Sasuke, who had been roughed up a few times by him, no one knew how strong he was.

Secondly, the image difference was too great.

Although they were used to it and didn’t think much of it, Yuta was still wearing his tattered beggar’s clothes, full of patches and dusty.

Then look at Shino opposite him, clearly a clan member, with a distinct style.

So Shino would win?

Shino thought so too.

As for Yuta, he knew that a guy who relied on his teammates, although he was that person’s subordinate, clearly lacked that person’s style; when fighting, he only knew how to run around~

“Parasite Insects—”

Buzzing——

A swarm of parasite insects, like a dark cloud, was summoned by Shino from his body.

Their clan cultivates their own insect swarms from a young age; the insects parasitize within their bodies, feeding on the nutrients they ingest and obeying their commands.

Although they are a clan that cultivates parasite insects, the insects of each member of the Aburame clan are actually different.

Like Aburame Torune, his insects excel at using poison.

As for Shino, his parasite insects are considered the strongest among the Aburame clan, capable of both offense and defense.

The black cloud pressed down on Shino’s head, he pushed up his sunglasses, and slowly spoke: “Although we are both disciples of Sensei Red, but… I’m sorry, you can’t lose, I also want to win.”

“Hahaha~ Bring it on, Shino! Today, it’s time to let you know the true strength of Yuta-sama!”

Yuta laughed loudly, seemingly not taking Shino seriously at all.

This slightly surprised the people in the stands, including Shino.

Could this guy really be quite strong?

Sasuke: Hehe, it’s time to let others experience the humiliation of paying protection fees!

Shino cautiously leaped back, step by step; he didn’t use all his parasite insects to attack Yuta, but first separated a part, scattering them across the field to observe Yuta’s possible attack methods.

But Yuta stood there, looking puzzled.

“Come on? Why don’t you attack? Hit me, hit me~”

Shino frowned.

This guy is so arrogant!

“Parasite Insects! Secret Technique, Insect Jade!”

Although calm, Shino was still young; after finding no traps left by Yuta on the field, he immediately launched an attack.

“I’ll dodge!”

“Kill!”

“Dodge again!”

Yuta was like an agile monkey, jumping up and down on the field; every time the black cloud was about to engulf Yuta, he always found an angle to slip through.

Each time it was a close call, but this close call seemed like an insurmountable chasm to Shino.

At first, Yuta “clumsily” dodged the parasite insect’s encirclement attacks twice, and exclamations erupted from the audience.

“Ah! So close!”

“Just a little bit, just a little bit more to catch that guy.”

“Next time you won’t be so lucky!”

“Go, beggar older brother!”

……

But as the parasite insects were dodged repeatedly, even with a large-scale encirclement of Yuta, Yuta’s body could still twist into an unnatural shape, finding a position to escape the encirclement in advance.

After escaping many times, the audience no longer felt excited, but rather bored.

It’s like a game of eagle catching chickens; the participants might be tense, but the spectators, if they see the eagle failing to catch a chicken for a long time, will become unusually sleepy.

On the field, sweat dripped from Shino’s forehead; parasite insects leaving the body for too long, or without chakra replenishment, are prone to exhaustion and death, and his chakra was insufficient to support the parasite insects’ prolonged activity outside his body.

For a full half hour, Yuta was even more slippery than an eel, impossible to catch!

This made Shino begin to wonder if he was using insects, or if Yuta was the insect!

Finally, just as the audience was about to fall asleep, Hayate Gekko warned: “Yuta, don’t you have any offensive techniques?”

Anyone with a little ability could see that Yuta had already achieved an undefeated position, so why hadn’t he counterattacked yet? Was he toying with his opponent?

At this time, Shino, whose chakra was exhausted, didn’t want to overextend himself, and directly retracted the remaining parasite insects into his body, gasping for breath.

“Whew… Yuta, attack, I’ve run out of stamina.”

“Huh?”

Yuta stopped when he saw the insects being retracted.

“That’s it? But I don’t have any offensive techniques, the academy didn’t teach them, Root didn’t teach them either…”

“……?”

The entire audience was shocked.

No offensive techniques!

Is this guy even a ninja???

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