"Guren what are you reading?" I ask curiously.
She was acting a bit suspicious and was really possessive of her book. Unfortunately, I had never seen the title of the book and didn't want to intrude.
Either way, it's been some weeks since the opening of my restaurant.
Today is the last part of the Chunin exams and it's going to start soon.
"I'm reading a book about positions..." She says hiding her face.
Looking at her a bit confused, I leave.
After stocking up on all my equipment it was time to go.
"Shuriken, metal wire…" I murmur as I start to get some items. While this was happening Guren and the rest left the house and made their way to the main arena to spectate.
I don't know who my first opponents are but I'll need to be better than him at everything to impress. But if all goes wrong and they're too weak, I'll show a huge jutsu to impress everyone.
Making my way outside the compound and through the busy streets of Konoha, I take a look my my restaurant.
The place was bustling with people with the waiters constantly moving around.
"Not bad," I said impressed at the amount of customers trying it out. The Golden Crown seems to be getting a lot of repeat customers as they like the pizza a lot. In all fairness, it's pretty addictive on top of the shinobi world being boring as hell.
No phones or many games.
'Next, I'll infect them with burgers, maybe a card game...' I think to myself with a grin. The more money that can be generated, the better.
After a few more minutes, I made it to the stadium and entered through someone using the [Body Flicker] with me.
Now at the stands, I start to look around the area which I vividly remember visiting last year.
"It's just like the anime," I murmur. Looking around the stadium you could see heaps of spectators waiting eagerly to see some battles.
Some spectators were wearing expensive robes while others had casual clothes and just having a great time.
'It's show time.' I thought to myself in anticipation.
A few seconds after my thought, an instructor walked out to the middle of the battlefield and started to talk.
Danzo said he "rigged" the matches, but what he actually did was to have my battles last.
Because at the end of the day, you will remember the start and most recent thing rather than the middle fights. Considering that I will show off then the others won't really be remembered much.
"The first battle will be…"
Just like that the first two battles passed as Isoka Yosaru and Rakuta Tari won their respective battles. These two were some interesting opponents.
From what I've seen and read, Isoka isn't the strongest person but got through the exams through his wit. I don't think he would be promoted but could if he impressed the merchant side of the crowd.
Unlikely though.
While Rakuta is a knucklehead with a staff, he isn't too bad. Although there isn't really much to say about him. My match was going to be next as only seven people passed.
So initially there will be three matches with one person getting a skip for free.
Looking down at the stadium in the spectator's area. I waited for a few minutes before my match as there was a break.
"The next match will be between Raiden Shimura and Komogi Yokko." The instructor calls out after the break has ended. Hearing him call my name out, I jump down from my position into the battlefield.
"Isn't he a clan heir?"
"He's pretty small"
"Shouldn't he be starting the academy?"
Multiple voices from the crowd could be heard as started to walk towards the centre of the battlefield. My opponent doing the same starts to stare at me. I assume he's trying to intimidate me but he's only looking like every bandit I've killed before they died to be honest with you.
Ignoring him, I take a good look at the stands.
Every clan head from a major clan was here, including the Uchiha clan's patriarch.
Squinting my eyes, my ears suddenly hear some familiar voices.
"You got this Raiden!" I hear Karin shout making me smile for a second. Looking ahead towards my opponent I start to remember some of the information I have on him.
My opponent Komogi is someone with a lean and agile build. He has brown hair in a ponytail with a "mean" face that he is using to stare me down.
'Simple plan.' I think to myself as I look back into his eyes in a calm manner.
He specialises in stealth and speed so he really isn't in his comfort zone right now. I guess he's trying to get every advantage he can get and trying to intimidate me is one of them.
Now in position, the instructor quickly explains the rules and soon after tells us to start.
"Start!"
Hearing this I quickly made space to separate the both of us. My opponent doing the same, pulls out some shuriken and throws them at me.
*Swish*
While three shuriken pierced the air towards my location, I pulled out three shuriken of my own and threw them at his with precise accuracy.
*Ting ting ting*
I've gotta remember I need to show off as much as I can to the audience while not looking like a retard to the higher-ups.
Taking three shurikens in each hand, I throw them with swift release somewhat at my opponent confusing them.
*Ting ting ting*
The six shurikens ricocheted off each other in a spectacular way, making three of the lot hit Komogi.
"Woah!"
"The shuriken just appeared!"
"How is it so fast?"
In the spectator's chairs, the civilians and even a few shinobi were in amazement. The sheer speed and trickery of those thrown shuriken were amazing. This was exactly the reaction I was hoping for right now.
"Fuck!" Komogi shouts as he gets hit on the back, left arm and right leg.
Not letting up I make a [Shadow Clone] with one hand seal.
Then we swiftly started weaving our own separate hand seals before Komogo could react. This quickly got the attention of all the shinobi on the stands. Especially the clan heads and Hiruzen who had a glint in his eyes.
My opponent realising he was going to get hit had no time to counterattack.
Both myself and the clone opening our mouths release each released wind and fire ninjutu.
Combination jutsu [Swift Wind Wall] and [Fire Release: Great Fire Wall Technique]
These two ninjutsu while acting like walls, still came out as a stream before forming. So if they were to collide they would lose their structure and just go forward.
Combination Jutsu.
*Roar!*
The raging waves of my jutsu clear for everyone to see, makes their way to my opponent who wasn't idle and was already on the run.
My opponent reacting tries to shove himself to the other side but gets burned a little on his left side.
Komogi making some hand seals makes tens of clones around the field. Clones start to pop up everywhere from the floor and even the side of trees.
'I've seen this in the anime before.' I thought to myself. None of these clones can do anything besides move around, they can't touch any objects. Not wanting to be hit, my hand was already forming a seal.
Right after this, they all started to make hand signs until I suddenly felt a gust of wind from behind me.
Komogi using [Wind Release: Breakthrough] from behind, sends a gale of wind. Using this chance, I use the [Body Flicker] to get behind him and use a [Clone] in my place as a distraction.
"Allo," I murmur.
"Wh-"
Before he could reply I quickly jumped a little to gain height and punched him in the back of his head. Sending him rolling towards the ground.
*Thud*
With Komogi's head hitting the ground, the instructor walks up to him and taps his shoulder a bit. Now knowing that he was knocked out, the instructor announced the winner.
"The winner of this round is Raiden Shimura!" He shouts out as the crowd starts to cheer at the one-sided battle.
"That was amazing kid!"
"Dad, did you see him beat that big brother up?"
"He practically disappeared and reappeared!"
The crowd's noise after a while started to die down as I made my way back to the stands waiting for the next battles to be announced after the short break.
Looking around I didn't get to see any important person's reactions. They all had neutral looks which was a shame.
...
"That was amazing." I hear a familiar voice say in awe to my left. Sensing the same presence hurling themselves at me, I ready myself as a ball of red hair smacks itself into my embrace.
"Raiden you will easily win this tournament!" The now identified Karin says with a giddy look. Smiling at her words, I sense my other subordinates, Kabuto and Guren making their way to my position.
"Karin stop bothering master, he needs to rest," Guren says with a haughty look.
Karin looking over to the two of them taunts Guren by snuggling into my chest.
The two of them looked at each other with lightning practically connecting them, Kabuto having enough of it stopped the both of them.
"Stop, master is getting annoyed," Kabuto says in a neutral voice. The both of them stopping their antics immediately apologise and start to take a seat next to me.
The shinobi watched this in curiosity. Three close subordinates with one having bright red hair. As the heir of Danzo having such kids be close to me made them want more information.
Sadly they would be in for a rude awakening if they thought they could do anything.
Right now we were in a public setting, with no room for these antics.
Looking back down at the stadium I see the same instructor as before walk to the middle of the stadium and announce the next people who will battle.
"The next battle will include Isoka Yosaru and Ichito Fuyuna. Please head down now!" The instructor calls out as the two of them make their way down to the battlefield.
The two Genins who were called out quickly made their way to the middle and soon after that, the instructor started the fight.
"Begin!"
…
"Winner, Ichito Fuyuna!" The instructor calls out as Isoka falls down due to blood loss. The same instructor started to heal Isoka's bleeding and sent him off with some medical shinobi.
"That was impressive, the way her senbons went swoosh!" Karin describes while flailing her arms around.
Looking at the cute scene, I start to chuckle a little.
'Too bad Sumiko is at the Konoha hospital.' I thought remembering the hard-working mother.
Ignoring that the last battle was something.
Seeing Fuyuna in action was quite interesting. She already had a set plan from what I've seen and has made Isoka fall into that trap quite convincing.
In the end there she got him in a Genjutsu and finished him off.
Fuyuna was able to take down her opponent over time by using her senbons. She's like your typical Kunoichi. She specialises in Genjutsu, is very agile, can make traps and is good at shurikenjustsu.
It shouldn't be someone I should lose to in the finals, but to show off my skills more I should trap the trapper.
"The next battle is between Raiden Shimura and Rakuta Tari!" The instructor calls out as the crowd starts to cheer. Using the [Body Flicker], I appear next to the instructor.
Rakuta shortly after my arrival, arrives himself and positions just a few metres away from me. After a little stare, we nodded towards the instructor to show that we were ready.
"Begin!" The instructor shouts as he uses the [Body Flicker] to get a distance away.
Rakuta with his Bo Staff immediately goes in and engages in combat with me. Seeing the advantage of a six-year-old overpowering someone older than himself, I pull out a kunai and get into a stance.
Rakuta coming in got swings at my head.
*Swish*
Ducking under the hit, I grab three shurikens and throw them at him from close range. Rakuta reacting to my attack, takes a step back while intercepting the shuriken.
*Ting ting ting*
Using a little bit of swift release, I run towards Rakuta and engage him in a little bit of combat. The initial hit got through but he quickly recovered. We went back and forth till I was able to find an opening and cut a small part of his shoulder.
*Schwing*
"Damn," Rakuta mumbles as he regains himself. While my opponent made some distance and bandaged himself. I grabbed three more shurikens and threw them with swift release.
Rakuta unable to deflect any, gets hit. One on the right shin, right arm and right leg.
'His weak side is now his right.' I reminded myself as I started to rush him.
Rakuta still in an awkward position, makes some hand signs.
Recognising what jutsu he's gonna use, I delay myself a bit.
"[Earth Style: Earth Wall]" he shouts as his Bo Staff drops while he puts his hands on the ground. Hearing him say this I wait till the wall is high enough to where he can't see me.
After a few seconds, I make a [Shadow Clone] and get him to run towards the left side. While my [Shadow Clone] was attacking from the left, I pulled out two kunai from my glove's seals.
The two of them started to engage in combat while I made my steps silent and positioned myself behind a tree.
My [Shadow Clone] seeing a Bo Staff incoming dodges to the right and drops down to swipe Rakuta off his legs.
Rakuta still sluggish, reacts accordingly and jumps upwards. My clone is now in an awkward position and can't dodge Rakuta and he lands on my [Shadow Clone] and hits shin with the Bo Staff.
*Boom*
The Bo Staff hitting the ground because of the [Shadow Clone] disappearing, creates a small shockwave.
Getting the memories from the [Shadow Clone] and seeing that he was very vulnerable from the back, I use my swift release to throw two kunai which are aimed at the non-critical part of the body.
I didn't want to kill a leaf shinobi after all, he could be a decent Chunin for sure. The more the village grows the better for me anyway.
*Swish*
The kuna is piercing the air on the way to their targets directly hitting his back, embedding themselves.
*Splat*
Blood started to gush out of the injuries as Rakuta quickly forfeited.
"Winner, Raiden Shimura!" The instructor shouts out as he heals the fallen Genin. Seeing the fallen down Rakuta I started to smile.
"That was another amazing battle!"
"Raiden was like half that guy's height!"
"He would make a good bodyguard."
Hearing the cheers from the crowd I look at the stands with my smile making them get even louder.
I won't get any breaks till the next battle I believe, so my next opponent will have a little bit of an advantage. Wiping some dust off my clothes I started to collect all my shuriken that were bounced off or bloodied because of hitting Rakuta.
"The next battle will be the final fight between Raiden Shimura and Ichito Fuyuna." The instructor calls out shortly after Rakuta is escorted out by medical-nin.
Fuyuna now partially rested, made her way back into the battlefield until she was near the middle.
After I was able to regain all of the shuriken I used, I nodded at the instructor to start the battle when I made it back to the middle.
The instructor seeing that we were both ready decided to start the battle.
"Begin!" He shouts.