Konoha: You're letting me build up my bonds, but you're offending the entire ninja world.

Looking at the panel, the remaining Bond Points have reached 2200.

After hesitating for a moment, Shimura Gengetsu decided to make a purchase first.

Even if we keep him alive, he can't reproduce. The most urgent task is to improve his immediate combat strength so that he can have a smoother hunt in the future.

Open the section on the Thousand Hands Bloodline and click "Upgrade".

Two thousand bond points disappeared, replaced by a massage for every cell in the body.

A warm, comforting feeling washed over him again. Feeling relaxed, Shimura Gengetsu closed his eyes and slowly waited for his body to complete its evolution.

Chakra is the foundation of everything, especially since he also has a penchant for using ninjutsu machine guns to bombard others. Twenty chakra is neither a lot nor a little.

Instantaneous Movement Technique, wide-range Fire Release, and Scorching Release are all mana-intensive techniques; twenty mana cards are really not enough to justify their unrestrained use.

About ten minutes later, Shimura Gengetsu opened his eyes and glanced at the system panel.

The Senju bloodline became excellent, and the total amount of chakra increased to thirty-five calories, nearly doubling.

He felt his strength had increased considerably, and he had also awakened his perception abilities.

"I knew I made the right choice." Shimura Gengetsu was very satisfied with his decision; any other choice would not have provided such a direct and noticeable improvement in ability.

I checked and it seems that to advance from Excellent to Ultimate, you need a full 5,000 Bond Points, which is not enough to accumulate in the Death Forest.

He stretched lazily, his body crackling like firecrackers, and Shimura Gengetsu's gaze sharpened.

The enhancement is complete; it's time to continue harvesting.

This time, Shimura Gengetsu moved faster than before, and his perception range was also greater.

No wonder the system always says he needs to wait for his body to develop before he can unleash his full potential.

Indeed, there is a big difference.

Five minutes later, Shimura Konaga also spotted another ninja squad.

A gentle breeze caressed their faces, and a gust of fallen leaves swept across the cheeks of the three grass ninjas.

Shimura Gengetsu arrived in an instant, and the three who had just escaped a small team's pursuit had no time to react before they died under the blade of the Kusanagi sword.

The straight-line distance from the entrance to the tower in the Death Forest wasn't too far for a ninja, but there were too many obstacles along the way, and he needed to be constantly on guard against ambushes from others, giving him ample time to conduct a thorough search.

However... there were just too many Konoha ninjas. Despite rushing, they still managed to steal someone's kill.

Of course, some Konoha ninjas also died at the hands of ninjas from other villages.

Shimura Gengetsu encountered three Sunagakure members whose strength had reached the Chunin level. When he met them, they had already killed two Konoha teams.

Killing them would be a way to avenge those two squads.

As night fell, Shimura Gengetsu's killing spree continued.

With his chakra reserves increased, his recovery speed also improved significantly, allowing him to maintain high-speed movement for extended periods while continuously using Body Flicker Technique, greatly enhancing his search efficiency.

The examiner, watching from the shadows, was terrified.

In just over half a day, more than thirty ninjas from other villages have already been killed. If the exam is over, apart from a few lucky ones who will pass, it is estimated that none of the others will escape.

However, the examiner had no pity for him; on the contrary, he thought Shimura Gengetsu had done a great job.

They all came from the war years, and which one of them doesn't harbor deep hatred for other ninja villages?

If this isn't Konoha, and we're bound by the rules...

If they encounter these foreign ninjas in the wild, they will not hesitate to kill them.

Early in the morning.

Slightly sleepy, Shimura Gengetsu entered the heart of the forest, where he could vaguely see a tower about ten kilometers away.

Just as he was about to go to the tower to block the door and prevent anyone from sneaking out, he discovered an unexpected surprise within the range of Kagura's Mind's Eye Universal Version.

1, 2, 3... A total of eighteen chakra auras were intertwined and engaged in fierce battle.

It was just three kilometers to his northwest.

"What a great find..."

Shimura Gengetsu's eyes lit up, and he rushed over without hesitation.

Next to a stream.

Six Iwa ninja, six Amegakure ninja, and six Sunagakure ninja were fighting each other, seemingly over a water source.

The explosions of the detonating tags were incessant. The ninjas from Amegakure took out a strange device, which resembled a gun, and kept firing kunai.

The three sides were locked in a fierce battle.

Suddenly, a Sunagakure ninja twitched his nose and flung out a kunai with an explosive tag attached to it.

The kunai fell into the water and exploded into a two-meter-high water column.

"Art fire escape ho fireball!"

A massive fireball shot out from the bushes, directly bringing two Rock Blades and one Rain Ninja into its attack range.

When the flames died down, what remained on the ground were not three corpses, but three pieces of broken wood.

Almost the instant the wood appeared, eighteen people rushed into the bushes and surrounded Shimura Gengetsu, who had just launched the sneak attack.

"Ok?"

Xuan Yue frowned as she looked at the low-ranking ninjas around her.

“Surprised?” A Sunagakure sneered. “We finally managed to lure you here, Shimura Gengetsu. It wasn’t for nothing that we put on this show for almost an hour.”

"Looking for me?" Xuan Yue tilted her head in confusion. "What do you want with me?"

"Weren't you hunting down ninjas from other villages?"

A Rain Ninja wearing a gas mask spoke up, "Then why can't we hunt you down?"

“I think you’ve mistaken me for someone else.” Shimura Gengetsu blinked. “I just came over because I saw the fighting going on.”

It was the Sand Village ninja who spoke first. He sniffed hard, revealing a look of ecstasy. "Stop pretending, kid. You smell strongly of the blood of my village's ninjas, and a lot of other ninjas I don't recognize. I guess they're from other villages."

"As expected of Konoha's genius, he was able to kill so many squads single-handedly, forcing the three of us ninja villages to unite."

Shimura Gengetsu's little face was full of disgust. "Are you a rogue ninja from the Inuzuka clan who ran away to Sunagakure? Your nose is so sensitive."

"They dare to compare themselves to me? Let's fight!"

With a wave of his hand, Sunagakure shot a kunai at the pre-placed trap, severing the rope.

A barrage of shuriken and kunai rained down on Shimura Gengetsu, while the other ninjas also formed hand seals and unleashed their ninjutsu.

"Wind Release: Wind-Breaking Palm!"

"Earth Release: Earth Rush Spear!"

"Like a thousand raindrops!"

Attacks came from all directions, both above and below, aimed at Shimura Gengetsu, as if the boy was already in dire straits.

The three village genin revealed ferocious and smug smiles on their faces.

Even if they fail the subsequent exams and return to the village, killing such a genius would allow them to be promoted to genin based on their merits, right?

But after the kunai from the sky struck Shimura Gengetsu, their smiles froze on their faces.

Shimura Gengetsu, who had just been looking terrified, was now a pile of mud.

"Oh no! It's an earth clone!"

"When?! Where is the real body?!"

"Nuosu! Quickly, smell it with your nose!"

"Quiet, quiet! I'm looking! East! West! Wait, why does it smell like blood everywhere!"

Nuo Su's nose was practically steaming from inhaling the scent of blood; he could smell it coming from all directions.

"Because you're under an illusion."

Shimura Gengetsu's voice came from all directions, and four of them appeared simultaneously in the four corners, surrounding the eighteen people. They formed hand seals and slammed them on the ground.

"Earth Release: Earth Prison Hall Without End!"

The earth rumbled and a mound quickly rose up, trapping all eighteen people inside.

Gengetsu Shimura's muffled voice came in.

"A bunch of idiots! I've been watching you fight for ten minutes now, and not a single person has died, not even been injured. Are you waiting for Naruto to fall for your tricks eight years from now?"

The trapped ninjas didn't know who Naruto Uzumaki was, but based on what Gengetsu Shimura said, they knew he must be a rather dim-witted person, and they blushed with embarrassment.

The most embarrassed person was Nuosu, who was the one who orchestrated the joint attack on Shimura Gengetsu by connecting these teams. He was also the one who came up with the plan.

He was originally quite proud of this, believing that his alliance was quite shrewd and capable.

Unexpectedly, in Shimura Gengetsu's eyes, he was just a complete clown!

I don't want to take the exam anymore! I want to go back to the Land of Wind!

"What are you standing there for!" Nuo Su roared. "Break down this wall and run for your lives!"

Since Shimura Gengetsu has turned the tables on all eighteen of them by himself, it shows that he has full confidence in his own strength and absolutely cannot afford to waste any more time.