Chapter 722: Should I fight Naruto?
There are no restrictions on participation, and the rewards far exceed the previous one. Coupled with the blessings of peacetime, the second martial arts event of the Ninja Sect created an unprecedented event.
Even Liudao City, which has been expanding, has become a bit crowded due to the sudden influx of a large number of people.
The competition will definitely not fill up the Six Paths City. After all, ninjas are only a minority group. The main reason is that this grand event attracts many ordinary people.
Some people want to find reliable ninjas to complete the mission through this martial arts meeting, some people just want to watch the exciting battles of ninjas, and some people want to take the opportunity to come to Liudao City to make a fortune.
In short, due to various reasons, the number of people in Liudao City has reached its peak since its establishment.
"There are so many people. Don't expect thousands of ninjas to participate by then. How long will the qualifying competition be?" Obito couldn't help complaining as he entered Liudo Castle and looked at the crowd.
There are many people in Liudao City now, and there are also many ninjas.
"It shouldn't be over a thousand ninjas, but it will definitely be more than last time. After all, the number of places in the knockout competition has doubled this time." Kakashi shook his head and said.
Even at the last Youth Budokai, some ninjas with Jonin strength barely made it to the knockout round and were quickly eliminated.
This time there is no age limit in the martial arts meeting, and the competition will inevitably be more intense, enough to dissuade many ordinary ninjas who are self-aware.
Of course, after all, there will be rewards for entering the knockout round this time. There must still be a group of ninjas dreaming of missing out, so there will definitely be a lot more people.
"Aren't those the Third Raikage and the Alternate Raikage from Hidden Cloud Village? They were also invited to watch the game?" Obito, who was looking around randomly, spotted a group of strong men with strong muscles and dark skin. .
"Maybe." Kakashi didn't pay much attention.
It's not a war period, we bump into each other when we encounter each other, and Mu Yue is still here, what can go wrong.
Due to the large number of people, Konoha specially booked a hotel for its own ninjas.
I contacted you before you came, and you can just move in when you arrive.
When the team arrived at the hotel and the room allocation was completed, Mu Yue, the Hokage, took the Konoha ninjas who needed to participate in the competition to register.
There were so many ninjas at the registration desk that Nurse Obito was dazzled when he saw them.
"Hey, the baby-faced Kirigakure who was once captured by Mugetsu-sensei." Obito discovered his old acquaintance Gotachibana Yagura.
Goju Yagura twice led the team to fight with Mu Yue's troops. Once he was beaten by Mu Yue and fled back to Kirigakure homeland overnight, and once he was directly captured.
Because Gotachibana Yagura looks very distinctive, Obito has a deep impression of Gotachibana Yagura.
Gotachibana Yagura looks like a young genius, but in fact he is old enough to be an obitoba.
Obito continued to look in the direction of Goju Yagura, and soon saw the third Mizukage, talking to the registered ninja.
Just as Obito was curious, something more attractive to Obito soon appeared in Konoha.
"No, old man, are you also participating?" Asuma looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen who was registering and was dumbfounded.
He thought that Hiruzen Sarutobi was just here to lead the team like Mu Yue, but he didn't expect that Hiruzen Sarutobi would also participate in the martial arts meeting.
Asuma's words attracted the attention of many ninjas in Konoha's team.
The plan to assassinate Soyousuke is kept top-notch confidential. Many participating Konoha ninjas do not know that Sarutobi Hiruzen is participating.
"The way of ninja is infinite. It is a rare thing to communicate with strong people from all walks of life." Sarutobi Hiruzen said without changing his expression.
Asuma:...
In other words, he might really meet his father in the martial arts club.
Asuma is numb, what is this?
"Obito, are you still confident to win the first place?" Kakashi couldn't help but teased slightly.
"Well, the important thing about competitions is to participate, just use your best." Obito replied pretending to be indifferent.
However, his sweaty hands still let Kakashi see Obito's inner uneasiness.
"No, in this case, the Third Raikage and the Third Mizukage..." Obito suddenly thought of something a little scary.
Sarutobi Hiruzen has participated in the competition, so is there a possibility that the Third Raikage and the others are not invited to watch the competition, but also participate in the martial arts competition.
Obito's forehead was uncontrollably sweating.
If it goes as expected, let alone being first, reaching the semi-finals would be a great success.
Some ninjas noticed the unusualness of this martial arts meet and silently collected the registration fees and materials they had prepared and walked out.
Although the number of places in the knockout round has been doubled, there are so many capable ninjas that it is difficult to miss them.
Any ninja who participated in the last martial arts meeting can easily discover this.
Because there were not many contestants from the five great ninja villages in the last Budokai, and most of them were ninjas from various ninja organizations in the small ninja villages.
This time it is different. At a glance at the registration desk, you can see many forehead protectors from the five major ninja villages.
"Do the five great ninja villages want to share the rewards of the martial arts club together? There are so many ninjas here." A ninja who was persuaded to retreat couldn't help but complain in his heart.
In fact, when the registration deadline and the list was reported, the relevant personnel of the Ninja Sect were shocked and quickly contacted the registration office to ask if there were any mistakes.
No way, this list looks so scary.
The Kages of the five great ninja villages were gathered together. Except for Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was the previous Hokage, Rasa and the others were all the current Kages of their respective ninja villages.
And in addition to the Kage, there are also many famous experts from the five great ninja villages on the list.
For example, Sunagakure's Sunagakure Hero Hayakura, Iwagakure's Rock Fist Loess, Kumogakure's AB combination, Kirigakure's Goju Yagura...
The Ninja ninjas at the registration desk were very sure. I told the checker that it was correct, the filmmakers all came to sign up in person.
Due to the heavyweight status of the participants and the large number of strong players, the list of participants was reported to the Ninja Sect’s senior officials.
"What are the plans of these great ninja villages? Why are they all coming here to participate in the competition." Kakuzu touched his chin, feeling that there was a conspiracy.
The Five Shadows had greeted the Ninja clan before setting off, so Kakuzu knew they were coming.
However, Kakuzu doesn't believe in the five Kage's reasons for participating. No matter from which point of view, the current Budokai is not worthy of participation by ninjas of Kage's level.
It’s better to have a backup film.
“It’s not our arrangement in Kawakuni that has aroused their fear, and they secretly unite to deal with us.”
Although it sounds incredible, based on Kakuto’s experience For me, nothing is impossible.
"That should be the case, but there is no need to worry, this will be a successful game." Mu Yue looked out the window and said.
With his current strength, the gathering of the Great Ninja Village can save Mu Yue from wasting his energy.
"Anyway, as long as you are here, they won't be able to make any waves." Kakuzu nodded.
If Sosuke is so calm, nothing will happen.
"Having said that, this martial arts tournament is really exaggerated. I feel like if I'm a little unlucky, I won't even be able to make it to the knockout round." Yahiko couldn't help scratching his head.
He was still thinking about getting good results this time, but he didn't expect that the five major ninja villages came to the Budokai team building together.
"Just do your best." Nagato comforted with a smile.
In terms of confidence, Nagato is actually the person in the office who has the most confidence in Ninja besides Mu Yue.
Nagato, the alliance of the four great ninja villages, may have to worry a little bit, but Nagato, the alliance of the five great ninja villages, wants to laugh. The Hokage of Konoha is the leader of their Ninja Sect.
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The qualifiers officially started on February 4th.
Considering that there will be many ninjas participating this time, the Ninja Sect expanded the qualifying venue in advance and re-planned it.
There are currently four major areas in the qualifiers, and each area has four competition areas.
The promotion rules are still the same as the last Budokai, with the top four in the division advancing to the knockout round.
After drawing the lots, Obito and the other familiar Konoha ninjas gathered together for pre-match communication.
"Which division are you from? I am number 30 in the A1 division." Obito raised the white strip in his hand.
"A4 Division No. 12." Kakashi replied briefly.
"I am also in the A4 division." Nohara Lin was a little surprised.
"Fortunately, I am number 25, otherwise I would definitely not be able to enter the knockout round this time."
Since there are thirty-two people in each competition area, according to the competition system of the Ninja Sect, every eight Each serial number can generate a knockout spot, such as one from one to eight, and one from nine to sixteen.
Nohara Lin’s serial number is far away from Kakashi, so there is no need to worry about being eliminated by Kakashi.
"Obito, you and I are in the same division, but I'm number 8, so we can't touch each other." Asuma said, hitting Obito's chest.
"That's good. Let's go there together later." Obito said with some regret.
It is good to be in the same division as the good brothers, but it would be happier to be in the same division as Nohara Lin, if the numbers are not too close.
Others also reported their respective divisions. Shisui and Yamato were in the A3 division, while Metkai was in the B1 division.
"Have the same ninja village been arranged in one area?" Kakashi thought after finding that most people were in Area A.
To prove this, Kakashi asked about the competition areas of some other Konoha ninjas. As expected, most Konoha ninjas were in Area A.
"To ensure that the knockout spots of the Great Ninja Villages will not be too different?" Kakashi thought about a possibility on behalf of the Ninja Sect.
At this moment, the venue announcement sounded, reminding the contestants to go to their respective competition areas to prepare.
"See you later." Obito waved goodbye to his friends and headed to the A1 competition area with Asuma.
Since it was not a big deal, Kakashi didn’t think too deeply about it. He waved goodbye and headed to the A4 competition area with Nohara Rin.
As soon as they reached the A1 competition area, Obito and Asuma stayed where they were.
"It seems that we are not very lucky today." Asma said helplessly as he looked at the extremely familiar figure.
Obito nodded in agreement.
There are sixteen competition areas in total. By coincidence, Hiruzen Sarutobi is in their competition area.
"Never have a serial number of twenty-five or above." Obito prayed in his heart.
He didn't want to be eliminated by Hiruzen Sarutobi in the qualifying round, which would make Kakashi laugh to death.
Before the game, I said harshly that I would fight for the first place, but as a result, I didn’t even make it to the knockout round, which was a mess.
The qualifiers will officially begin soon.
"In the first round, No. 1 player Hiruzen Sarutobi versus No. 2 player Kenji Ishida." The Ninja referee looked at the list in his hand and silently added an honorific to Sarutobi Hiruzen's suffix.
After all, he is an existence at the top of the ninja world, so he deserves some respect.
The words of the Ninja sect referee instantly broke the hearts of several ninjas.
Asuma's eyes darkened when he heard the words Number One Sarutobi Hiruzen.
Spicy pills!
The players who were not numbered one to eight were relieved. No matter how high their rankings were, at least they still had a chance to enter the knockout rounds.
Sarutobi Hiruzen smoothed his long beard, did not use the teleportation technique, and walked slowly onto the battlefield.
And the grass ninja jounin named Ishida Kenji followed him calmly.
But the people present were all ninjas, and their observation skills were far beyond ordinary people. They instantly noticed Kenji Ishida's slightly trembling hands and his forehead that started to sweat.
There is no doubt that Kenji Ishida is under great pressure at this time.
When he officially stood on the battlefield and looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen on the opposite side, Ishida Kenji was in a trance for a while.
No one told him before the competition that he wanted to fight Naruto. He heard that there would be ninjutsu scrolls to advance to the knockout round, so he came.
"The fight begins!" the referee shouted after seeing the two men getting ready.
"I surrender!" Kenji Ishida bowed very quickly.
He actually fought Hiruzen Sarutobi because he was mentally ill.
If it was a strong young man, he might give it a try with the mentality of having come all the way, but this is the Sandaime Hokage who is at the top of the ninja world, the ultimate form of genius.
If Sarutobi Hiruzen accidentally used a little more strength, he might be dead.
There is no need to fight hard for the entry fee, it is really not worth it.
Sarutobi Hiruzen retracted his outstretched hand.
"Sarutobi Hiruzen-sama wins!" The referee announced the result of the battle.
Ever since, the first game in the A1 division ended at the speed of light.
None of the onlookers thought there was anything wrong with Kenji Ishida's approach, and there was no shame in surrendering to the Hokage.
Normally, a ninja of Kenji Ishida's level would not give Hiruzen Sarutobi a chance to admit defeat. The two sides were not from the same world.
Such a scene also happened in other competition areas.
In the B1 competition area, facing the fierce-looking Third Raikage, his opponent wisely raised his hands and surrendered.
In the C1 competition area, the third Mizukage just stepped onto the ring, and before the battle even started, his opponent gave up.
In the D1 competition area, Onoki’s opponent left the field and surrendered the moment the referee called out.
In the D4 division, Luo Sha's opponent gave up cleanly.
As the pinnacle of the ninja world, the sense of oppression brought by the Kage is too strong. Since the Kage are all number one, many of them are in the same competition area with the kage, and the ninjas with the number eight and below simply give up. Competition, go to different competition areas to find the ninja you want to watch to watch the competition.
Usually there are not so many opportunities to watch high-level ninja battles, so the registration fee is not a loss if it is used as a viewing fee.
Since all the players under number eight had almost abstained, Asuma also enjoyed the same treatment as Sarutobi Hiruzen, and was sent to the third round without any action.
Although this was a battle destined to be winless, Asma had no intention of giving up.
His training these years was not in vain. If Sarutobi Hiruzen underestimated him, he might suffer a small loss from him.
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