Naruto: With maxed-out affection, I am invincible in the ninja world.

Chapter 113 Individual Competition

The Third Hokage was aware of Haneda's level of illusion magic and was not surprised. He continued to announce the next opponent:

"Next match, Obito Uchiha will face Might Guy."

"Hey, I didn't expect my opponent to be Runtu!"

Kai laughed, revealing two rows of bright teeth.

"You damn watermelon head, how many times have I told you? My name is Uchiha Obito! Uchiha Obito!!"

"OK! Uchiha Runtu, let's begin!"

Kai made the Opposition Seal, and Obito glanced at the Third Hokage on the platform, gritted his teeth, and also made the Opposition Seal.

Just then, a special Jonin raised a red flag, about to lower it, when Rin's voice rang out.

"Go for it, Obito!"

Obito looked over and his face flushed slightly.

He also noticed the encouraging looks in Haneda and Kakashi's eyes, which strengthened his resolve to defeat Guy.

But just then, the red flag fell, and Kai delivered a powerful horizontal kick, ending Obito's fantasy.

The goggles he was wearing on his forehead also fell to the ground.

"The winner is Might Guy." The special Jonin announced the end of the match.

Haneda glanced at the hopelessly infatuated man lying on the ground and sighed helplessly.

He then stepped forward and helped Obito up.

Are you alright, Obito?

"It's nothing! I just got ambushed by that bastard with the watermelon head again!" Obito looked at Guy indignantly.

He wasn't ready yet, and Kai made his move. How despicable!

"Sigh~ It's clearly because I was too distracted..." Haneda sighed silently for his love-obsessed friend.

The familiar scene reminded him of his childhood.

Obito was also kicked away by Guy, and in a way, he hasn't changed at all.

At that moment, Kakashi also came over.

He looked at the disheveled Obito and habitually made a sarcastic remark:

"Hey~ Loser, where did your imposing Sharingan go?"

"Idiot Kakashi! I was ambushed! I didn't dodge!!" Obito shouted in protest.

But all he got in return was Kakashi's merciless mockery.

Rin also came over and asked with concern, "Obito, are you hurt?"

"Not at all, Rin-chan!" Obito immediately changed his attitude when facing Rin.

Looking at Obito, who was still being treated by Haneda, Rin sighed helplessly:

"You can't get distracted next time, Obito. You'll never become Hokage if you keep this up."

"Next time for sure," Obito said with a sheepish grin.

Later, Kakashi fought against an unknown genin and defeated him instantly.

Asma and his team also passed the test successfully.

After the preliminary rounds ended, the third generation announced the date for the individual competition – one week later.

…………

Haneda and Obito were walking back.

Thinking that everyone he knew except himself had passed the preliminaries, Obito put his hands behind his head, walked along, and "casually" said:

"Hey, Haneda, what do you think is the fastest way to improve your strength?"

"Raise your strength quickly? Oh, Beat! Are you trying to pass the Chunin Exams as soon as possible?"

Haneda glanced at Obito and, seeing his evasive gaze, knew what he meant.

He was defeated by Guy, who was also a bottom-of-the-class student, and mocked by Kakashi. Even Asuma, who had previously threatened to beat him up, passed the test...

Obito is most likely upset.

"Yes, if I'm not even a Chunin, how can I become Hokage?"

When Obito thought about Haneda teaching Minato Chidori, his eyes lit up.

"How about you teach me some more powerful ninjutsu, Haneda? What do you say?"

"Um... I've been developing a ninjutsu lately... Forgive me, Obito, maybe next time."

Haneda gently tapped Obito's forehead and smiled apologetically.

"You tapped my forehead again! Do you think I'm stupid and don't want to teach me anymore?!" Obito said.

Haneda used to teach me these things, but somehow, everything changed after Haneda went to the Land of Rain.

He always stayed alone in the Forest of Death, practicing ninjutsu.

Seeing Haneda's hesitant expression, Obito felt it wasn't good to keep bothering him, so he turned his head away and said:

"Alright, since you have something important to do, I won't bother you anymore. I remember that Minato-sensei's Fire Release technique is pretty good too."

"Yeah, Kushina-neechan's hair is burning quite brightly too."

"Let's go, Haneda, let's go home and rest for a while."

…………

A week later, the individual competition was held as scheduled.

In the morning, the stands were already full of people, including representatives from various countries, businessmen, politicians, and residents of Konoha.

Besides the purpose of avoiding war, the Chunin Exams also aimed to attract other countries to hire Konoha ninjas.

This is also one of the underlying reasons why Konoha often collaborates with other ninja villages to hold the Chunin Exams.

Yogura, a representative from Sunagakure, led Maki and the others to the viewing area.

This is a location relatively close to the Third Generation.

At that moment, the Third Hokage arrived with his ANBU guards.

He noticed that Ye Cang and the others kept glancing towards the entrance of the individual competition, and asked with a smile:

"Does Sunagakure also have promising ninjas?"

Ye Cang said respectfully on the surface:

"I heard that Kakashi Hatake from your village defeated Maki and the others. I want to see what kind of genius Kakashi Hatake is."

"Is that so?" The Third Hokage understood Sunagakure's purpose, silently took a puff of his cigarette, sat down, and waited for the match to begin.

Haneda and Kakashi both possess strength beyond that of ordinary Jonin, and with their captain and teacher also present, it would be difficult for the Sand Village to have a chance to make a move.

Moreover, Sunagakure has very few outstanding ninjas, so the Third Hokage wasn't too worried about that.

Before long, Haneda and twelve others walked in and stood in a row.

Seeing this, a Jonin in charge of the third match jumped down from the spectator stands.

He took out a tube of slips of paper and said:

"The opponents in the individual competition are determined by drawing lots. The twelve lots are divided into six groups, A and B, and each group is marked with the number one to six."

"The corresponding numbers A and B will be used as opponents to determine the top six."

"The judging panel will score each participant based on their performance and determine the top four. If you disagree, you can challenge the top four chosen by the judges."

"But you only get one chance."

"Let's begin the draw now."

Haneda glanced at Kakashi, and Kakashi looked back at that moment.

Without hesitation, they stepped forward and pulled out their respective slips of paper from the tube.

Haneda is ranked first in the class, and Kakashi is ranked second in the class.

"It's a pity I can't fight you right away, Kakashi," Haneda said regretfully, looking at the slip of paper in Kakashi's hand.

As the first player in the first division, he was the first to appear.

"See you this afternoon then. We'll meet in the finals or semifinals eventually," Kakashi said with a smile.

After the two finished drawing lots, Kai and Asuma also stepped forward to draw lots.

Asuma is number 1, Kai is number 3, and Hong and Lin are matched up, both being number 6.

Kakashi and Guy's opponents were all genin from other ninja villages.

After the draw was completed, everyone except for the person in position number one left.

Only Haneda and Asuma remained.