Shinobi System In Elemental Nation - Chapter 44
“What the hell is this place?” Naruto muttered, as everyone gathered in the clearing outside the Training Field. There was a little booth to the side where several of yesterdays sentinels were sitting, and a sunlit clearing big enough for everyone to gather. The Training Field itself was surrounded by a wire fence, plastered with all kinds of warning notices. Inside, it was like a different world.
And if there was nothing anyone could do, then the only thing to do would be to complete the test as fast and painlessly as possible.
“This is the location for the second phase of the exam. It’s Training Ground 44, but we call it the Forest of Death.,” Anko said, smiling.
“Forest of Death. Pff. Do your worst!” Naruto shouted. “You’re not going to scare me away! I can handle anything!”
“So looks like we’ve got ourselves a tough guy.” She twisted, palming a kunai and launching it towards Naruto.
Fuhaku appeared in front of Naruto and deflected the kunai.
“Well,Well a jonin attacking a genin” Fuhaku
“Your behavior explains why no one wants to team up with you” Fuhaku said with a smirk on his face
“Shut up!!” Anko shouted
One of the Grass ninja moved behind her.
“I was just returning your knife,” the Hidden Grass ninja said, extending an obscenely long purple tongue. Fuhaku narrowed his eyes”Was thatOrochimaru!?”
Had he disguised himself as a Genin? Or was it coincidence? Stretching limbs had been one of his techniques, hadn’t it?
“Why, thank you Grass-nin.” Anko said tightly, taking the kunai back. “You know, I only recommend you stand this close behind me if you wish to reach a premature end.”
“Seems like everyone here today is quick tempered. There must be something in the air,” she said blandly, moving back to the front of the group where everyone could all see her. It looked like she was changing tactics.
“Now before we begin this test, I have something to hand out to you all. It’s just a standard consent form. Before the test, all of you are going to have to read over this form and then sign it,” Anko said, holding up a thick stack of papers.
“What for?” Naruto asked, puzzled.
“Some of you may not come back from this test. And I have to get your consent for that risk. Otherwise it would be my responsibility.” Anko chuckled like the concept was ridiculous.
“Now, I’ll explain what you’ll be doing on this test. The first thing you need to know is that this test will tax every one of your survival skills. First, I’ll give you all a description of the terrain on the practice field.”Anko
“The 44th Training Ground has 44 locked entrance gates. There are rivers and a forest inside. In the centre is a locked tower, located 10km from each gate.”Anko
“You’ll be fighting to get both a Heaven Scroll and an Earth Scroll,” Anko said, holding up both as an example. They weren’t large scrolls, about a hands length and about the width of a circled finger and thumb. They’d be easy to hide. “Altogether 26 teams will be taking part in this test, so half of those teams will be going after the Heaven Scroll and the other half will be trying to get the Earth Scroll. I’ll hand over one kind of scroll to each team and that’s what you’ll be fighting for.”
“Okay,” Sasuke asked. “So how do we pass the test?”
“Your entire squad must bring both a Heaven and Earth Scroll to the central tower within five days.”
“Completely surrounded by enemies, we wont have time to rest. We’ll have to keep a constant watch,” Sasuke said, eyes narrowed as he considered what this was going to be like.
“Right,” Anko nodded, looking happy at the observation. “This test also measures endurance behind enemy lines. This is designed to be a gruelling test, and I’m sure some of you wont be up to the challenge.”
“So lets say, mid exam, can we just quit?” Shikamaru asked hopefully. It sounded cowardly, but knowing escape routes or rescue points was one of the first things we were taught to consider before entering unknown territory.
“Of course not. In the middle of a battle you can’t just quit. Well, I guess you could but it’s probably going to get you killed.” Anko shrugged. “There are also some ways you can get disqualified. First, if all three members cant make it to the tower with both scrolls. Second, if a team loses a member or a member become incapacitated and cannot continue. But most importantly, none of you, absolutely none of you, may look at the contents of the scroll until you reach the tower.”
“Naruto do you still have the kunai I gave you before? “Fuhaku
“Yup”Naruto
“Good”Fuhaku
“Listen up!” Anko shouted once all the team were done. “All the teams have received their scrolls, so everybody go to your gate and wait there. When the gates open, the test is on!”
“We should wait Fuhaku should be coming any moment now” Sasuke advised
“Okay” Sakura
After five minutes,Fuhaku, Masaki and Anzu appeared before them.
“Brother which scroll did you get?” Naruto
“Heaven, and you?” Fuhaku
“Earth” Naruto
“So we need to get a heaven and a earth to complete the task” Fuhaku
“Let’s move” Fuhaku
“There’s two team ahead one from Sound and other team from Grass with the crazy tongue lady as well. They sound team have earth while the grass team have earth scroll, I think.” Fuhaku
[MISSION TRIGGERED – DEFEAT OROCHIMARU AND TAKE HIS SCROLL
REWARD – 150K SYSTEM POINTS]
“This task is too easy, we were given five days.to complete it but we might complete it in a single fay” Naruto laughed
“The snake lady is very strong” Fuhaku said seriously
Strong winds started to blow near Fuhaku’s team.
“What?? Orochimaru already here??” Fuhaku thought
“Such bad luck,I have been in the forest for only an hour now and he found Sasuke already” Fuhaku sighed
“Everyone move back, this not an opponent you can fight with” Fuhaku screamed
“He is one of the legendary Sannin” Fuhaku
“What?? A sanin” Sasuke
“What is he doing here?” Sasuke
“He is here for you Sasuke” Fuhaku
“He wants your body” Fuhaku
“What? my body” Sasuke
“We don’t have enough time time to talk,everyone leave and stay together” Fuhaku
“I will come after dealing with him” Fuhaku
“Hahaha, a worthy opponent after some time” Fuhaku’s lust for a battle awakened
“You are an unusual kid” Orochimaru appeared from the mouth of a snake
“It it isn’t Orochimaru, one the legendary Sannin” Fuhaku
“Even the Hokage didn’t know that I have infiltrated the exam, how did you know that I am Orochimaru” Orochimaru
“That’s not for you to know” Fuhaku
“A genin like you can’t defeat me” Orochimaru
“We will see that” Fuhaku said and awakened his eternal mangekyou sharingan
“Hoho, how come you have sharingan?” Orochimaru
“You have peeked my interest kid” Orochimaru
“Summoning jutsu” Orochimaru
“Seventh gate open” Fuhaku
Violet vapors started to come out of Fuhaku’s body.
“Your technique is different than the eight inner gates” Orochimaru
“Earth style head hunter jutsu” Fuhaku disappeared from Orochimaru’s sight and moved underground towards Orochimaru and appeared from the ground
“Asakujaku” Fuhaku attacked Orochimaru with a series of punches and kicks
“You are very fast” Orochimaru completed
“Haha, but for how much time can you use that form” Orochimaru
“I can easily defeat you if I want to” Fuhaku
“It’s just that both you and I can’t use very destructive jutsu right now or else it would alert the ninjas outside” Fuhaku
“But I can’t let you return without a beating” Fuhaku laughed and threw four kunai towards Orochimaru
Orochimaru easily deflected the kunai’s.
“Beat me with that, eh” Orochimaru started laughing
“You are done now” Fuhaku appeared appeared near Orochimaru through the kunai
“Scorch style supernova blast” Fuhaku hit Orochimaru with a reddish rasengan
A very huge explosion occurred the nearby 100 meters area was completely destroyed.
Fuhaku picked the scroll from the ground nearby.
[MISSION COMPLETED – 150K SYSTEM POINTS RECEIVED]
“What happened?? What was that explosion??” Hiruzen
“Hokage-sama, Orochimaru infiltrated the exam but was already defeated by someone” Anbu
“What?” Hiruzen
“Who was the one to defeat Orochimaru?” Hiruzen screamed at the Anbu
“The identity is currently unknown” Anbu
“I should take down the sound ninjas on the way” Fuhaku thought
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“Now that I have both the scrolls I should return” Fuhaku
“That jutsu was amazing” Fuhaku
“I didn’t even used the jutsu completely” Fuhaku
“But it takes too much chakra” Fuhaku sighed
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“I am back” Fuhaku
“Fuhaku, did you heard that explosion?” Sasuke
“Yes, it was my jutsu” Fuhaku
“Ok, whattt!!??” Sasuke
“Forget it” Fuhaku
“I have got both of the scrolls so let’s go to the tower now” Fuhaku
“We have been in the forest for only two hours and we already have our scrolls” Anzu
“Fuhaku is too strong” Anzu
“Start moving towards the tower” Fuhaku
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“Two teams have already reached the tower and both are the team from my village, amazing” Anko
“It’s a record” Anko