Chapter 303 Instant Kill
Chapter 303 Instant Kill
"Ladies and gentlemen! Ladies and gentlemen! Please put down your snacks and drinks for a moment and focus your attention on the second screen!"
Nishikawa Tetsu's passionate, even slightly off-key, commentary resounded throughout the venue through the loudspeaker, instantly drawing everyone's attention.
"We were just reminiscing about the Konoha squad's strategic ambush, but the cruelty of the Forest of Death always exceeds our imagination!"
"Just now, an extremely brief... no, it couldn't even be called a battle!"
Nishikawa Tetsu's tone became more assertive.
"This was a one-sided, horrific, and completely unexpected annihilation—a swift and devastating defeat!"
"And the victims were actually a squad from the village of Iwagakure, known for its defense!"
"puff--"
Onoki spat out the mouthful of tea he had just taken a sip of.
He suddenly floated up from the sofa, his somewhat cloudy eyes fixed on the second screen. The sense of superiority he had just felt, which he had been acting like a senior, vanished instantly, replaced by an undisguised astonishment and shock as if he had seen a ghost.
on the screen.
Three Iwagakure genin, dressed in khaki vests, lay sprawled in the muddy swamp.
They had no obvious burns or knife wounds, but their faces were a strange bluish-purple, they were foaming at the mouth, and their bodies were twitching from time to time, clearly indicating that they had completely lost consciousness.
"This...how is this possible?!"
Onoki's fingers gripped the edge of the sofa tightly, his beard trembling.
"These three are the most coordinated defensive team among this year's Iwagakure genin! Even against a chunin team, their combined Earth Release: Earth Wall should be enough to hold out for a while. How could they all be down without even sending out a distress signal?!"
"Want to know why? Ladies and gentlemen! Want to know what indescribable horror these three Iwagakure guys encountered?"
Nishikawa Tetsu's commentary rang out at just the right moment, his tone filled with an excitement that seemed to thrive on drama.
"Director! Director! Quick! Switch to the replay, slow motion replay, let's analyze the truth of this tragedy frame by frame."
The image on the big screen began to rewind, freezing at a point one minute earlier.
The three Iwagakure genin were cautiously advancing through the forest, forming a triangular defensive formation back to back. Their hands had even completed the initial hand seals for Earth Release, and their eyes were wary.
Suddenly, a figure slowly emerged from the thick fog ahead.
He was a handsome young man with red hair, his hands in his pockets, his eyes as empty as a stagnant pool.
The boy was Scorpion.
Behind him, peeking out, were Kana Uzumaki and Shizune.
"There are enemies!"
The Iwagakure squad reacted extremely quickly. The leader of the genin shouted, and the three of them simultaneously slammed their hands on the ground in perfect unison.
"Earth Release: Great River of Earth!"
"Earth Release: Earth Rising Spear!"
"Earth Release: Multiple Earth Flow Walls!"
Mudslides, rock spears, and thick earthen walls instantly formed a seemingly indestructible three-dimensional defensive counterattack position.
"Great! A beautiful defensive counterattack!" Nishikawa Tetsu shouted from the commentary booth. "As expected of an Iwagakure ninja, the speed of his Earth Release technique is exemplary among genin!"
However, faced with this overwhelming earth-escape technique, Sasori on the screen didn't even blink once.
He didn't form any hand seals or retreat; instead, he simply extended a slender, white finger from his wide sleeve.
"Click".
A very faint click of a mechanism.
In the slow-motion replay, everyone could clearly see that it was not a human finger, but a delicate mechanical finger. The fingertip split open instantly, revealing a tiny, dark transmitter.
"call out--"
Not just one, but hundreds of purple needles as thin as cow hair, which shot out in a fan shape in an instant!
These thousands of arrows were incredibly fast, and what was even more terrifying was that they didn't fly in a straight line like ordinary hidden weapons, but instead drew extremely strange arcs in the air.
"What kind of operation is this?!"
Nishikawa Tetsu's voice suddenly rose in pitch.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please watch in slow motion! The senbon needles that this red-haired boy shot out actually changed direction mid-air! It's as if they have eyes, perfectly bypassing Iwagakure's triple Earth Release defense!"
"That's incredible!"
on the screen.
"Pfft pfft pfft!"
The three Iwagakure genin who were hiding behind the earthen wall, thinking they were absolutely safe, didn't even have time to scream before the senbon needles that bypassed the defenses were precisely pierced into the gaps in their armor.
The potent neurotoxins attached to the needles instantly and completely destroyed their nervous systems.
The three of them fell straight down, and the combined ninjutsu collapsed as a result.
Sold out instantly.
From the moment Sasori raised his hand to the complete annihilation of the Iwagakure squad, the whole process happened in the blink of an eye.
"hiss--"
A collective gasp rippled through the stands of the Konoha Dome, followed by a deafening roar of surprise.
"Too fast..."
Kakashi, sitting in the front row of the audience, suddenly widened his dead fish eyes and unconsciously clenched his hands on his knees.
"That's... what kind of hidden weapon technique? No, that's a puppeteer's chakra threads. They can actually attach chakra threads to the senbon needles for micro-manipulation..."
Even though Kakashi was already a Chunin, he still felt a chill run down his spine when he saw this scene.
If it were him, without knowing the details, it would be difficult to completely avoid the all-around coverage of poison needles.
"That red-haired guy is definitely a dangerous person," Kakashi muttered to himself.
What he didn't know was that this redhead dreamed of killing his father.
And in the VIP section.
"Bang!"
The Fourth Raikage, A, slapped his thigh, pointed at the screen, and let out a burst of unrestrained, triumphant laughter.
"Hahahaha! Onoki, you old man! Did you see that?! This is the kind of genin your Iwagakure has?"
"Oh dear, how pathetic! You lost your fighting ability without even sending a distress signal. Your Iwagakure's rock-solid defenses are actually as fragile as tofu that can be punctured with a single finger! Hahahaha!"
Ai laughed so hard she almost fell over, tears welling up in her eyes.
"You...you brute!"
Onoki was so angry that he trembled all over. His already short body shook violently in mid-air because of his anger, and his big red nose was so red that it looked like it was about to bleed, as if he was about to have a stroke and faint at any moment.
He pointed at the screen and roared angrily:
"This...this is impossible! This is definitely cheating! That red-haired guy, his strength is definitely not that of a genin! Hiruzen Sarutobi! Where did Konoha find such a monster to impersonate a genin?!"
"Lord Tsuchikage, you can't just say things like that."
Hiruzen Sarutobi slowly took a puff of his pipe, exhaled a ring of white smoke, and looked at Onoki with a calm, even slightly innocent, gaze.
"That contestant's name is Sasori, and according to our country's records, he is indeed a genin. He has never participated in any Chunin Exams, which meets the participation standards jointly set by the five great ninja villages."
The Third Hokage paused, then glanced meaningfully at Granny Chiyo, who had been sitting silently in the corner ever since Sasori appeared.
"Moreover, this Sasori is Elder Chiyo's grandson. The puppetry he uses also originates from the Sunagakure tradition."
The atmosphere inside the private room instantly became somewhat eerie.
Onoki and A simultaneously turned their gazes toward the elder of Sunagakure.
Grandma Chiyo sat upright on the sofa, her hands folded over her cane.
The old face, covered in wrinkles, was as calm as a still pond. He showed no pride at his grandson's swift defeat of the powerful enemy, nor any anger at Konoha's attempt to cause trouble. There wasn't even a trace of emotion in his expression.
She simply stared silently at the red-haired boy on the big screen who had already turned and left, her eyes so deep they were frightening.
Onoki and Ai wisely kept quiet.
Of course they knew Sasori's background: the ruthless man who turned the Third Kazekage into a puppet, and one of the triggers for the Third Shinobi World War.
"snort!"
Onoki snorted coldly, sat back on the sofa, and stopped talking, but a sinister light flashed in his old eyes.
"It seems Konoha is determined to give all of us villages a hard time this time, even letting in monsters like this..."
On the high platform, Nishikawa Tetsu continued to dutifully provide commentary.
"Ladies and gentlemen! This is the true allure of the Death Forest! Here, there is no absolute defense, only absolute strength and unexpected tactics!"
"The first day of the exam was already so exciting! The Konoha ninjas have demonstrated unparalleled tactical skills."
"Next, which genius will be able to bring us even more awe in this forest filled with the unknown and fear?"
"Don't go away! The excitement continues after GG! Many thanks to Konoha Heian Co., Ltd. for their generous sponsorship of this exam! For safe travel, choose Heian!"
Listening to Nishikawa Tetsu's opportunistic product placements, the moviegoers in the private room all rolled their eyes.
That kid is really obsessed with money.
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