Chapter 131: The Unbreachable Tower
Be reborn in pain!
It had to be said, this phrase indeed suited Sasuke's life.
Naraku Uehara hadn't yet recovered from this generous reward, and his first thought was, which hero said this?
He had never heard it before.
Naraku Uehara calmed down to think. According to the previous rewards, the mission reward concerning Sasuke Uchiha now should be related to Fire Style ninjutsu, which meant a hero with fire attributes.
If not, then a hero with lightning attributes.
Naraku Uehara tentatively uttered two names: "Annie, the Dark Child; Brand, the Burning Vengeance…"
Quest complete, Hero Legacy unlocked.
Naraku Uehara was already used to all this, but when he saw the four skills, an irrepressible joy still appeared on his face.
Incinerate (originally Flame Sear): Shoots a fast-moving fireball forward, which will detonate on the enemy and the surrounding area. Minimum chakra cost: 50 points. Skill cooldown: 3 seconds.
Pillar of Flame: After a 0.6-second delay, a pillar of flame erupts in the target area, burning everything within. Minimum chakra cost: 60 points. Skill cooldown: 4 seconds.
Conflagration (originally Sear): Able to spontaneously generate intense, explosive flames on an enemy's body, burning them. Minimum chakra cost: 70 points. Skill cooldown: 4 seconds.
Pyroclasm (originally Blaze Storm): After attacking a target with an extremely destructive seed of flame, it will bounce to surrounding enemies, bouncing a minimum of 5 times. Minimum chakra cost: 100 points. Skill cooldown: 40 seconds.
From today onwards, Naraku Uehara could call himself a Fire Style ninja.
The Hero Legacy he had just obtained, every Fire Style skill was extremely powerful. Especially Conflagration, which could actually create flames out of thin air, it even somewhat resembled Amaterasu's attack method!
Of course, the most terrifying was Pyroclasm. As long as Naraku Uehara had enough chakra, he could make Pyroclasm spread throughout the entire battlefield!
The only problem was…
This kind of technique was very likely to be blocked by Water Formation Wall.
"Forget it, I'll find Kisame Hoshigaki to test it later."
Naraku Uehara looked down at Sasuke Uchiha, whom he had defeated. His expression became kind again, and he waved his hand to heal Sasuke's injuries.
Sakura Haruno, who was nearby, saw Naraku Uehara heal all of Sasuke's injuries with a wave of his hand and bit her lip: "Learning medical ninjutsu should be very simple, and it can also help Sasuke-kun and Naruto…"
However, Sakura Haruno didn't know that not everyone's medical ninjutsu could be as effortless and effective as Naraku Uehara's. Even the current Tsunade was a notch below.
Naraku Uehara didn't pay attention to Sakura Haruno. He just smiled at Sasuke, his attitude clearly warming up from the coldness during the battle: "Sasuke, although your strength is still lacking, you don't lack talent or effort. I believe you will soon surpass Itachi Uchiha."
Anyway, saying nice things didn't cost money!
As for all that messy talk about Sasuke being a lesser Uchiha for life if Itachi didn't die, there was no need to say it, lest it caused another death.
Sasuke Uchiha was a leek seedling that Uehara very much wanted to preserve, and he could harvest it a few more times in the future.
"..."
Sasuke was clearly a little unaccustomed to how quickly Naraku Uehara's expression changed. His emotions quickly subsided, and he even felt a little inferior: "But I can't even defeat you…"
"Isn't it normal that you can't beat me?"
Naraku Uehara chuckled lightly, patted Sasuke's shoulder, and said: "Ha, actually, I was only twelve when I lost to Itachi Uchiha. Now, even if Itachi Uchiha stood before me, he wouldn't dare to easily say he could still fight me!"
"You are sixteen this year…"
Although Sasuke Uchiha knew Naraku Uehara was encouraging him, Sasuke still began to look down and estimate. He said in a deep voice: "I absolutely cannot spend four years to defeat Itachi Uchiha, I can't wait that long!"
"..."
The expression on Naraku Uehara's face froze.
Whether Sasuke could defeat Itachi Uchiha in four years was still debatable, yet he openly mocked Naraku Uehara. This Sasuke Uchiha guy was more deserving of a beating than Uehara had imagined!
"Alright, let's not talk about this."
Naraku Uehara turned to look at Naruto Uzumaki, his smile becoming even kinder: "Naruto, do you need me to give you some pointers?"
"Eh, really?"
A look of joy instantly appeared on Naruto Uzumaki's face.
However, just as Naruto Uzumaki agreed, Sakura Haruno next to him punched Naruto on the head: "Naruto, we are still in an exam! The Chunin Exam will be over soon, you can challenge Senior Uehara after the exam is over!"
Naruto Uzumaki suddenly felt wronged: "But Sasuke…"
Sakura Haruno furiously punched him again: "Sasuke-kun had something important to ask Senior Uehara! Don't waste time!"
Sakura Haruno was truly an old hand at double standards.
Under the duress of this pink-haired little girl, Naruto Uzumaki temporarily gave up the idea of sparring with Naraku Uehara, and first rushed to the central tower to complete the second exam.
Naraku Uehara's expression gradually became a little strange. During these few days of interaction, Sakura Haruno had ruined quite a few of his plans. This debt would have to be settled sooner or later…
Of course, Sakura Haruno definitely couldn't handle him settling accounts. How about settling it with Sakura Haruno's future teacher?
Forest of Death.
Central Tower.
Many teams had gathered here now, and battles were happening every moment. Because teams that had obtained scrolls couldn't enter the tower, teams that hadn't obtained scrolls directly started snatching them!
Even though this exam prohibited forming alliances随意, ninjas from the same village, to avoid being surrounded and attacked separately, could only temporarily stay together.
Perhaps because Konoha ninjas formed the most alliances, which also happened to allow them to hone their skills, no one from Konoha was sent out to stop it.
As rookies of similar age, Konoha's Team 3, Team 8, and Team 10 naturally gathered together, becoming one of the two most powerful forces near the Forest of Death tower.
As for the other powerful force, it was naturally Gaara's team from Sunagakure. Because Gaara's sand defense was somewhat formidable, he also became recognized by the genin as the strongest genin.
No, Gaara was not the strongest.
The strongest genin should be that white-haired youth who forbade them from entering the tower. His speed and strength were so great that even Gaara's Armor of Sand couldn't defend against him!
That youth was the Amegakure genius named Kimimaro Kaguya!
How to defeat Kimimaro Kaguya and enter the central tower to complete the exam – this question had been troubling Gaara for several days, and it also troubled a group of Konoha genin including Neji Hyuga, Shikamaru Nara, and Shino Aburame.
"Is that Kimimaro Kaguya a natural-born fighting machine?"
Kiba Inuzuka's expression was extremely perplexed. He slammed his fist heavily on the ground and said coldly: "It's the last day, and his spirit still hasn't slacked off!"
"His speed is also very fast."
Neji Hyuga glanced at Hinata Hyuga sitting in the corner and continued in a low voice: "Even if I see through his movements with my Byakugan, it's still very difficult to keep up with his movements... And that guy also has a companion with an Ice Release kekkei genkai."
'That's not even the most troublesome part.'
Shikamaru Nara covered his face, a wry smile appearing at the corner of his mouth: "If we all remember correctly, Naraku Uehara, who defeated us on the first day of the exam, is also their companion, right?"
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"Mm."
Rock Lee nodded with a serious expression, a thin layer of sweat appearing on his forehead. He said in a deep voice: "Facing that white-haired guy, I still have confidence in fighting him... But facing that Naraku Uehara, I was almost completely powerless!"
Shino Aburame slowly spoke from the corner: "My opinion is the same, but I've set up traps with poison insects on the periphery, hoping to prevent Naraku Uehara from meeting up with them."
Ino Yamanaka rarely expressed her opinion seriously: "Why don't we wait for Team Seven to come? With the strength of Sasuke-kun and Senior Neji, the strongest rookies of two generations, they should be able to defeat that handsome white-haired boy, right?"
"..."
Neji Hyuga was silent for a moment, then gently shook his head: "Even the Sharingan kekkei genkai can see through his movements, but with Sasuke's speed…"
The sentence was left unfinished, but the meaning was clear.
After all, Rock Lee had thoroughly beaten Sasuke, and Neji Hyuga often thoroughly beat Rock Lee during training spars!
Rock Lee glanced at Neji from the side and hesitantly said: "Actually, it's not without hope of breaking through. I still have a move specially reserved for Neji, it should be able to defeat him…"
"Lee!"
Tenten suddenly interrupted Rock Lee.
"That move will cause great harm to your body, right?"
Shino Aburame, who was watching this scene thoughtfully from the side, exposed Rock Lee's thoughts and then scanned everyone present, speaking softly: "Everyone seems to be cooperating, but in reality, you are just fighting your own battles, using opponents to hone each other's techniques, right?"
This statement was half-truth, half-false.
Haku's Ice Release kekkei genkai was simply a long-range attack weapon.
Kimimaro Kaguya's Shikotsumyaku kekkei genkai displayed unparalleled power in taijutsu combat, and was not inferior in long-range attacks either!
It wasn't entirely false that they couldn't easily break through Kimimaro Kaguya and Haku's defensive line, but it was true that they were improving their own strength by fighting the genin teams near the tower.
"Allow me to remind everyone."
Shino Aburame pushed up his small sunglasses and said in a low voice: "Facing us are two kekkei genkai ninjas, and an enemy who could attack and overwhelm us head-on at any moment."
Kiba Inuzuka sighed: "But if there's no new increase in combat power, we might not really be able to break the defense of these two guys! We can't possibly contact those three from Sunagakure, right?"
"If we can use them, I don't object."
Shikamaru Nara chuckled lightly, leaning against a tree: "If I can easily pass the Chunin Exam and also use the Suna ninjas, why not?"
Shikamaru Nara was just a lazy person.
The key was that Ino Yamanaka and Choji Akimichi next to him actually nodded!
This generation of Ino-Shika-Cho was probably doomed!
Unfortunately, these rookies looked humble, but in reality, no one was convinced by anyone else right now.
They discussed for a long time without any results, and instead, they were attacked by two teams from other ninja villages. These Konoha genin were used to it and easily defeated the enemies.
They planned to rest for a while to recover their stamina before going to face Kimimaro Kaguya.
However, Team 8, which was responsible for reconnaissance on the periphery during the battle, returned. They brought back two pieces of news: one not particularly good, and one extremely bad.
Kiba Inuzuka had a smile on his face that seemed to find joy in suffering, just like his mood: "Ha, we brought back two pieces of news, which one do you want to hear first?"
"Then let's hear the good news first!"
Shikamaru Nara said with a light laugh: "It couldn't be that Sasuke and Naruto from Team Seven have arrived, right?"
"That's right."
The smile on Kiba Inuzuka's face gradually faded, and he continued: "Hey, Shikamaru, want to guess the second piece of news?"
"Even a guy like you is scared."
The smile on Shikamaru Nara's face instantly turned into a wry smile: "Hey, it couldn't be that Naraku Uehara guy is here too, right?"
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