Naruto: Uchiha Youngjo's Konoha Spring

Chapter 204 Chunin Exams: Battle Royale in Progress

If this thing were used on a large scale, wouldn't it mean that if they didn't have a way to interrupt summoning jutsu, then in the future, any Konoha ninja on the battlefield who was seriously injured could be brought back to camp for treatment by summoning jutsu? The boost this would give to the morale and combat power of ninjas on the battlefield would be unimaginable.

Onoki and Ai looked at the temporary medical point on the map at the same time. The furthest distance from the edge of the examination room was about five kilometers, which meant that the applicable range of this psychic bracelet was at least 5 kilometers.

At the moment, it's impossible for the two of them to directly ask Uchiha Touko for a research tool. Therefore, they can only hope that the genin from their village who are still on the field will realize the strategic significance of this bracelet, study it, and bring back important intelligence for the village.

Fortunately, among the people from their two villages who came to Konoha to participate in the joint Chunin Exams, there were quite a few genin with such insight. The future Fifth Raikage and Fourth Tsuchikage began to study the bracelets as soon as they received them.

However, after they put on the bracelet, they felt a sharp pain in their wrists.

At that moment, Hongdou's voice rang in their ears.

"Don't panic. The stinging sensation is normal. The psychic spell in the bracelet requires a small amount of your blood to temporarily form a psychic contract. You can dissolve this contract yourself after the exam."

Inside the VIP room, Uchiha Touko watched this scene expressionlessly. Meanwhile, at the Konoha Scientific Ninja Tool Research Institute, thirty kilometers away from the examination site, Tono Fusuke collected the data transmitted back by the bracelet and handed it to a bespectacled man drinking tea in the institute's coffee shop.

"Mr. Yakushi, as instructed by the Hokage, the DNA information of all candidates participating in this Chunin Exam, except for those from Konoha, is here."

"Thank you for your trouble, Mr. Tohno. Please give my regards to the Hokage." Kabuto Yakushi put down his coffee cup, put away the documents handed to him by Tohno, nodded and bowed, then formed a summoning jutsu incantation and disappeared into the research institute.

Since Uchiha Touko was willing to expose this battlefield support weapon that could change a war, it was not just to flex his muscles. One of his purposes was to collect the DNA information of these ninjas under the pretext of signing a summoning contract.

The plan is progressing very smoothly. It can be said that the ninjas in the ninja world currently have absolutely no awareness of protecting their own DNA information. When they bleed in battle, they often vomit randomly on the ground. In other words, if Hidan had even a little bit of brains, his evil secret techniques alone would be enough to take down the entire ninja world.

Uchiha Touko himself paid great attention to this issue. Although he had not encountered an opponent who could make him bleed for a long time, Uchiha Touko would consciously destroy the blood carrying his own DNA during battles in the previous Ninja Wars. He also taught this awareness to his three disciples.

Now that the ninjas from the major ninja villages who came to participate in this Chunin Exams have been brought to Konoha by their respective Kage, it means that they are all key talents cultivated by their villages and will be the backbone of future wars. Now that the DNA of these geniuses has been collected, how should it be utilized? In this regard, apart from Hidan, that cult member with a bad brain, only Orochimaru has the ability.

That's why Kabuto Yakushi appeared at the Ninja Tool Research Institute.

For Kabuto Yakushi, he is probably the most loyal to Touko Uchiha in the entire Orochimaru Research Institute. Orochimaru has probably found a way to bypass Kotoamatsukami. After confronting Touko Uchiha, the two are now more like collaborators. Touko Uchiha provides Orochimaru with a stable experimental site, funding, and materials, while Orochimaru provides Touko Uchiha with research results. The other bloodline geniuses collected by Touko Uchiha in Orochimaru's Research Institute are also only loyal to Orochimaru himself.

Kabuto Yakushi was an exception. After all, it was Touko Uchiha who killed Danzo, who had caused him to lose everything. In a sense, this avenged his mother's death. So, although the two had never officially met, Kabuto Yakushi always remained loyal to Touko Uchiha.

When Kabuto returned to Orochimaru's research institute with the collected DNA, the members of the 28 teams had already been taken to their respective birth points by the examiners.

"Get ready for a big battle!" Naruto said confidently after stretching his muscles after being sent to the spawn point.

"Idiot, let's gather supplies first!" Sasuke said coldly from the side. "Our ninja tools and ration pills have all been taken. Neji and I both need to find a suitable weapon to unleash our full fighting power. Besides, we're not like you, who can go hungry for three days."

"Alright." Naruto had no choice but to calm down after hearing this.

"There's a supply drop inside a tree hollow two hundred meters to the west." By this time, Neji had already used his Byakugan to survey the area within a hundred meters and pointed out the direction.

Before long, the three of them received their first supply: enough ration pills for one person to consume for a day, a kunai, and three shuriken.

"Supplies here might be a bit scarce, and finding a sword that can withstand your chakra might be a bit troublesome," Neji said after handing over the weapons he had found to Sasuke.

“The area we’re in right now is on the edge of the testing site, while the resource-rich areas marked on the map are all in the center of the testing area. How about we go and look for them?” Neji asked.

"Hehe, it's never as fast as having someone else find it for us if we look for it ourselves," Sasuke laughed.

"What a coincidence, that's what I was thinking too." Neji smiled as well. After finalizing the plan, the three of them headed straight for the area in the center of the map.

Similar scenes unfolded one after another inside the examination hall. After a brief search of the surrounding resources, the various teams in the forest made plans. Those who were confident in their abilities headed straight for the resource-rich areas marked on the map, while others chose to proceed cautiously.

Shikamaru's team was one of them. They quickly searched three wilderness areas and obtained enough resources for the three of them to survive the first day, as well as some standard weapons.

"Shikamaru, what do we say now? Should we continue searching?" Ino asked at this moment.

"That's about enough. Let's stop and rest for a while, then check the first wave of shrinking circle information," Shikamaru said.

"Speaking of which, even if the three of us go to those resource-rich areas, we should be able to gain something and leave unscathed, right?" Ino stopped following Shikamaru's instructions, but she couldn't help but ask.

“These resource-rich locations will likely see intense battles. Even if the resources are plentiful, the costs of fighting will be enormous. More importantly, we risk injury. Without a medical ninja in our team, joining the battle too early is unwise,” Shikamaru said, leaning against a tree and gesturing with a branch. “The goal of this assessment is simply to become one of the remaining nine teams. There are no requirements regarding the number of eliminations, so we just need to follow the edge of the circle.”

On the other side, after a calm analysis, Shino made a similar arrangement to Shikamaru. After suppressing the restless Kiba Inuzuka, he waited patiently for the first reduction in their area of ​​activity.

The journey was somewhat tedious. Meanwhile, in the VIP room, Onoki and Aya were still pondering how to resolve the teleportation bracelet issue should a war break out with Konoha. At that moment, Uchiha Touko clapped his hands, and a waiter entered, bringing drinks and snacks specially prepared according to the dietary customs of the places the VIPs had visited.

"Come on, you've been watching for so long, have something to eat." Uchiha Touko pushed a plate of fried chicken in front of A and reminded him.

After taking a bite of the fried chicken, Ai showed a slightly disgusted expression and said, "Everyone says that Konoha is rich in resources, but the quality of this fried chicken is far inferior to that of our Land of Lightning."

"The fried chicken from the Land of Lightning is famous throughout the entire ninja world, so it's normal that our chefs from the Land of Fire can't compare," Uchiha Tokō said with a forced smile, while thinking to himself.

【You're still being picky? You're not satisfied with fried chicken? One day I'll throw you into a cotton field and whip you!】

While everyone was eating, the footage monitoring the forest showed the first clash between the two teams.

The two sides clashing were Konoha's Sakura Haruno squad and a squad of Kumogakure genin.

The two teams' spawn points weren't too far apart, so they inevitably bumped into each other during the search. Although Karin had already used her senses to detect the other team's whereabouts in advance and was intentionally avoiding them, the other team seemed to have their own methods of locating enemies, following her like a leech.

"They're still chasing us," Karin said to Sakura, frowning.

"Looks like they think we're easy targets?" Sakura pouted. Well, let's deal with them first.

"I knew it! Why are we running?" Upon hearing this, Xiao Li was overjoyed, stopped in his tracks, and prepared for battle.

"Here we come!" Karin shouted, then consciously retreated behind her two teammates and began preparing a sealing technique.

Before he could finish speaking, three bolts of lightning pierced the air and arrived. Li's bandages suddenly tightened, and the first gate of the Eight Gates Formation opened instantly, enveloping his entire body in emerald green energy.

"Leaf Whirlwind!"

The rapidly spinning leg swept away three flying shurikens, which fell into the pile of pine needles and blasted out charred craters.

"Not planning to run away anymore?" At this moment, three black ninjas wearing Cloud Village headbands emerged from the dense forest and surrounded Sakura and her two companions from three directions.

"You haven't even found enough supplies to survive the first day yet. If you fight us now, aren't you afraid that you'll go hungry on the first day if you don't get anything?" Sakura glanced at the sound of the shuriken from earlier. The fact that the shuriken attack could cause such power meant that the opponent's strength was definitely not that of a simple genin.

"Once we eliminate you, we'll have our supplies, won't we?" said the Cloud Ninja blocking our way.

"Are you so sure you can take us down?" Sakura Haruno took a deep breath. Although she wasn't keen on fighting as a doctor, she still kept in mind her teacher Tsunade's teachings—sometimes, defeating an enemy who could threaten your teammates is also a qualified medical approach.

At this moment, in the VIP room, the leaders of the various ninja villages perked up upon seeing this scene.

"So, teams have already clashed? It's your Konoha and Kumogakure genin teams, huh?" Onoki looked at Uchiha Touko and A. "What do you two think about the outcome of this battle?"

“These three idiots, Kamui, started a war without even finding enough supplies to survive the first day. It seems that this idiot has learned nothing except for combat skills in Lightning Release ninjutsu and taijutsu. If it weren’t for the coordination between their ninjutsu and taijutsu, I wouldn’t have put them in a team. There isn’t even one person in the team who can analyze the situation,” Ai said slowly.

Although Ai said that, anyone with eyes could see the arrogance in his words. Ai seemed to have already confirmed that this team was capable of defeating their opponents.

No wonder, Sakura's team is indeed very deceptive right now. There's a little girl with dark circles under her eyes who looks listless, a cross-dresser with a melon-shaped head who looks a bit dim-witted and wearing a green outfit, and a red-haired little girl who looks weak and doesn't seem to have much fighting ability.

"It seems Lord Raikage is quite confident in the ninjas of his village," Onoki chuckled. "What are Lord Hokage's thoughts on this battle?"

"Heh, our Konoha squad might not be as good as the elite genin of Kumogakure. This squad is just a temporary genin squad, consisting of a medical ninja, a taijutsu specialist, and an ordinary ninja skilled in sealing techniques," Uchiha Touko said calmly.

"Skilled in sealing techniques? A member of the Uzumaki clan?" After hearing Uchiha Touko's words, Onoki also noticed Karin's red hair. "Is this little girl the Uzumaki clan member you brought back from the Land of Grass?"

“That’s right.” Uchiha Touko nodded.

Upon hearing this news, Raikage's eyes flickered slightly, indicating that his old habit of coveting the bloodline limits of other villages had resurfaced.

At this point, the two teams began to clash.

"Lightning Release: Lightning Fang Thrust!" A Cloud Village genin's kunai, crackling with blinding arcs of electricity, pierced towards Karin, but was stopped by a suddenly appearing green figure just three inches from her nose.

Sparks flew as the heavy metal on Lee's arm collided with the kunai, and the next second, the surging chakra scattered the surrounding fallen leaves.

(End of this chapter)