Chapter 38 This is a victory for physics!

Seeing the name appear on the screen
In the area of ​​Kirigakure, a boy carrying two serrated blades suddenly lit up in his eyes.

"Is it finally my turn?"

Kurosuki Raiga licked his lips and eagerly drew the blade from his back. The blade scraped against each other, producing a piercing hissing sound, and tiny, visible electric currents danced across the blade.

Then he jumped directly from the platform into the center of the arena...

"Orochimaru of Konoha! Get down here now! Our Hidden Mist Village hasn't won a single match yet! I, Raiga Kurosuki, will take the first victory!"

Raiga stood in the center of the arena, planted his two lightning swords in the ground, put his hands on his hips, and shouted loudly in the direction of Konoha, his voice filled with arrogance and disdain.

Upon seeing this, Orochimaru's lips curled into a faint smile.

Without saying much, he flashed and arrived at the center of the arena.

"what?"

In the Sand Village ranks, Iron Smash, who had just sent Might Guy down, was taken aback.

This is the same Konoha ninja who made him feel a strange fluctuation during the first written test.

"Orochimaru! Good luck! After the Chunin Exams, let's go research together again!"

Jiraiya shouted from below the stage, his signature smile on his face, though a hint of seriousness lurked in his eyes.

"Hey! Orochimaru! If you lose, I'll beat you to a pulp!"

Tsunade, looking annoyed, crossed her arms and raised her fist in Orochimaru's direction.

This guy always acts like he doesn't care about anything, it's infuriating.

Orochimaru heard the voices of the two people behind him, but didn't turn around. He simply waved his hand lightly in response.

"Game start!"

The chief examiner on the high platform saw the two take their places, his gaze swept across the entire room, and then he announced in a deep voice.

"Thunder Escape·Thunder Fang!"

The moment the words left his mouth, Raiga Kurosuki moved.

He gripped the twin swords stuck in the ground with both hands, and his chakra exploded instantly.

He suddenly pulled his twin swords outwards, and a powerful current instantly condensed on the blades. Then, like two ferocious giant pythons of lightning, they swept towards Orochimaru with a piercing crackling sound!

The current was so strong and wide that it enveloped the entire arena in a dazzling electric light.

Seeing this, Orochimaru quickly formed hand seals, squatted slightly, and placed his hands on the ground.

"Tu Dun·Tu Liubi!"

A thick earthen wall suddenly rose from the ground and blocked his way.

With a deafening roar, the giant lightning python slammed into the earthen wall, kicking up clouds of dust.

"Hahahaha! You think this mud wall can stop my lightning release? You're too naive!"

Raiga laughed wildly, increasing his chakra output once again.

The power of the electric current suddenly increased, and the earthen wall began to crack under the impact of the powerful current, even showing a tendency to collapse.

Orochimaru had no choice but to abandon the Earth Release: Earth Wall. He flashed backward and quickly dodged, looking somewhat disheveled.

Seeing such a large-scale lightning attack, the expressions of the audience all changed.

"What... what kind of ninjutsu is this? The range is way too big!"

A genin from Kumogakure exclaimed in shock, "Isn't this kind of lightning release on a ridiculous scale?"

On the other side of Cloud Village, the tall boy with half-white and half-green hair also narrowed his eyes, looking somewhat surprised.

Iron Scatter from Sand Village also looked surprised.

As a Magnet Release ninja, he possesses an extraordinary sensitivity to electromagnetic energy.

He could clearly sense that the Hidden Mist ninja's Lightning Release technique could actually generate a magnetic field!
So, wasn't that lightning a product of chakra nature transformation?

Hahaha! Surprised? Scared?

As Lei Ya heard the gasps of the audience in the stands, his smile grew even more smug.

He wasn't using chakra!

The seven ninja swords of Kirigakure are all far more powerful than anyone could imagine.

His lightning blade's ability is to create and attract lightning!

That's why he can basically use large-scale lightning techniques indefinitely!

Under the limited space of a ring match, he is invincible!

Thinking of this, Lei Ya brandished his twin blades wildly, unleashing a torrent of lightning like a giant python.

While dodging Raiga's whip-like lightning attacks, Orochimaru quickly threw several shuriken at Raiga.

"Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu!"

Follow by quickly forming hand seals.

The moment the words left his mouth, the few shuriken suddenly multiplied into dozens, raining down on Raiga from all directions.

"Mu Da Mu Da Mu Da!"

Faced with attacks from all directions, Raiga simply stood still, unmoved.

As he roared, even more violent electric current surged from his body.

However, the next moment, it was as if the countless shuriken were grabbed by an invisible hand and bounced away, landing with a clatter at the edge of the arena.

"What... what's going on? The shuriken didn't touch the electricity!"

"How did he do that?!"

The spectators gasped in astonishment and raised questions once again. They couldn't understand how their opponent had managed to block so many shurikens, even though the shurikens hadn't directly contacted the lightning.

Meanwhile, Orochimaru watched this scene with increasingly bright eyes.

His shuriken approached, but the magnetic field induced an electric current, and it was then deflected by the Lorentz force.

This confirmed his suspicion that the one releasing the lightning was not the other party himself, because he had previously confirmed that the current simulated by chakra had no electromagnetic properties.

In other words, the dual blades ionize molecules in the air, turning them into charged particles. This thing called the Thunder Fang simply controls these charged particles to form an electric current.

The advantage of doing this is that it allows for the activation of large-scale lightning release with minimal chakra, almost equivalent to borrowing the power of nature.

However, it is also subject to the constraints of physical laws...

"This is really... interesting..."

Orochimaru said, licking his lips with a hint of excitement.

It's a bit of a shame that we couldn't just snatch the other person's knife and examine it.

The next moment, Orochimaru stopped dodging and turned around, charging straight towards Raiga!

"Is he crazy?!"

"Isn't charging in like that just courting death?!"

The spectators gasped in surprise at Orochimaru's actions once again.

Are all the ninjas in Konoha idiots? Knowing that the opponent could unleash a large-scale lightning release, they still blindly charged forward.

"You're asking for it! What an idiot! Since you're so eager to be electrocuted into a charred corpse, I'll grant your wish!"

Upon seeing this, Lei Ya was taken aback for a moment, then burst into laughter.

He raised both lightning blades high above his head, and electricity instantly gathered throughout his body.

"Thunder Burial - Feast of Thunder!"

Countless thick bolts of lightning rained down from the sky, heading straight for Orochimaru.

However, unexpectedly, these lightning bolts, carrying the power to destroy the world, miraculously avoided Orochimaru just as they were about to touch his body, instead striking the arena floor beside him and leaving charred marks.

"What?! Why?!"

"Impossible! Did the people from Kirigakure deliberately miss?!"

The spectators were completely stunned. They rubbed their eyes, as if they couldn't believe what they were seeing.

How could those lightning bolts possibly avoid their target?

Surely it can't be that the people from Kirigakure (Hidden Mist Village) colluded with the people from Konoha (Hidden Leaf Village) to throw the match, right?
"You have too much faith in the power of this knife."

"Current will only flow from a high potential to a low potential."

You won't be struck by your own lightning, which means that as long as we're at the same electrical potential, I'm immune to this lightning.

Orochimaru approached quickly, speaking softly, his voice not loud, but clearly reaching Raiga's ears.

"Ok?"

Upon hearing this, Lei Ya's body stiffened abruptly, not understanding what the other party meant by "electric potential."

But he noticed that several thin, invisible steel wires had somehow become wrapped around his twin swords.

Those steel wires are connecting Orochimaru, linking him, himself, and his lightning blade into one whole!
"You guy..."

Raiya's eyes widened, and he instantly realized that this was the cover provided by the shuriken the opponent had just used to entangle his knife.

His invincible lightning technique, which he was so proud of, was actually broken by such a simple method?!
In that instant of his daze, Orochimaru's attack had already struck.

He did not use any offensive ninjutsu, because it was unnecessary in this situation.

He simply stretched out one hand and slapped it across the face.

The chakra transformed into a weak electric current and surged directly into Raiga's body.

Lei Ya felt a sudden numbness throughout his body, saw stars before his eyes, and instantly lost control of his body.

Before he could even let out a scream, his eyes rolled back, and he collapsed limply to the ground, the thunder blade in his hand clattering to the ground.

The entire examination room fell silent instantly.

Everyone stared in disbelief at Raiga Kurosuki, who had fallen on the stage, and Orochimaru, who stood beside him, his clothes neat and his hair perfectly styled.

This...that's it?

That Hidden Mist Village ninja, that monster who could summon massive amounts of lightning, was so easily knocked unconscious with a single slap?

How did they do that? Magic?
"Ok?"

The Third Hokage was also somewhat surprised, as he could naturally see that his disciple had used a steel wire to connect him with that Hidden Mist Village ninja.

What he didn't understand was why doing this would prevent him from being struck by the other party's lightning?

"competition is over!"

"Konoha, Orochimaru—wins!"

The chief examiner on the platform was also stunned for a moment, but then he reacted and announced the results of the competition.

The sound broke the silence of the examination room.

Immediately, a tidal wave of discussion erupted.

"How is this possible? Lord Raiga actually lost just like that?!"

The ninjas from Kirigakure looked quite grim, because the competition was already more than halfway through, and they hadn't even managed a single victory.

And they were all defeated by Konoha ninjas...

They now even suspect that Konoha might have done this on purpose...

"That Konoha ninja... how did he do that?!"

Iron Shot from Sand Village was somewhat excited at this moment.

Orochimaru is definitely not just an ordinary Konoha ninja.

"Hahaha! I knew Orochimaru was no problem!"

Jiraiya excitedly waved his fist.

Tsunade's tense face finally relaxed. She had been really worried for Orochimaru when she saw that large-scale lightning release.

However, this means they can all advance to the next round of assessments...

(End of this chapter)

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