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

Gengetsu Shimura was still unwilling. "I don't want to go to the tower now. It's too boring. Can you let me sleep in there for two days?"

"Then don't go."

Bingzu Raikkonen quickly said that as long as this ancestor could be coaxed away, some principles could be broken: "Your strength is such that you don't need to participate in the final elimination selection, you can directly advance to the third round."

"This is the middle of nowhere, nowhere is it as comfortable to sleep as at home?"

He swore an oath, and this was the gentlest he had ever spoken in all his years as a bachelor.

Sure enough, the kid on the other side was tempted.

Gengetsu Shimura felt that what he said made a lot of sense.

This time the harvest is almost complete. The remaining people are becoming increasingly difficult to find; they might have even wandered into the tower. Our efficiency for the remaining two days will definitely drop significantly.

It's better to go home and rest comfortably for two days.

"Alright then, here you go." Shimura Gengetsu said, tossing the scroll over.

Reiji took the task with a sigh of relief; the mission was finally complete.

"Just go back the way you came, and someone will notify you of the date of the next exam."

He couldn't help but add, "If you encounter ninjas from other villages, please give me some face and don't kill them."

Xuan Yue looked at him in surprise, "Don't you also have a nickname, Red Hair?"

Parallelism: "???"

"Why are you back?"

The Shimura family.

Yekura, who had already gone to sleep, was instantly awakened by the noise coming from the door. She quietly crept downstairs and discovered that it was Shimura Gengetsu who had returned.

Shouldn't Xuan Yue be participating in the second round of the Chunin Exams at this time?

According to the information she found at the root, the second round usually takes at least three days to finish, so how come she came back in just one day?

Xuan Yue yawned as she walked upstairs. "We've killed almost everyone, what's the point of leaving them there?"

"Old Deng of the third generation probably feared that I would become too eager to compete, so he had the examiner bring me out and just wait to participate in the final competition."

Ye Cang nodded knowingly, "I see."

As she spoke, she followed him upstairs. "I'll go run you some water. Soak for a while before you sleep. Give me your clothes; they're covered in blood. Just throw them away."

Gengetsu Shimura nodded, not refusing Yokura's kindness.

Yecang is increasingly showing the demeanor of a head butler, managing everything meticulously.

After a relaxing bath and enjoying Yekura's back-scrubbing service, Shimura Gengetsu slept soundly until 10 a.m. the next day.

After finishing breakfast, he thought about it and decided not to go find Uzuki Yugao or Kurenai.

Instead, he simply told Ye Cang and went into the underground training chamber.

After so long, he finally had all the spatial talents he needed, and he could finally practice the Flying Thunder God Technique that he had been longing for.

Often, learning a ninjutsu can change a ninja's fate.

For example, the Rasengan allows Naruto to use kidneys and livers against any enemy he faces from now on.

For example, the Reanimation Jutsu. All of Orochimaru's later outrageous actions stemmed from this technique.

Flying Thunder God Technique also belongs to this type of ninjutsu.

Even without the Flying Thunder God Technique, Minato Namikaze was still a genius, but he couldn't have made enemies abandon their missions just by hearing his name, nor could he have single-handedly led Konoha to victory at the end of the Third Shinobi World War, almost accomplishing a feat similar to Hashirama's ending of the Warring States period.

It can be said that there is a world of difference between Minato Namikaze with and without the Flying Thunder God Technique.

For Gengetsu Shimura, while it wasn't as dramatic as Minato Namikaze's transformation, it would definitely allow him to achieve a significant leap in strength.

Mastering the Scorching Release technique allowed his attack power to reach the Kage level.

Once he can master the Flying Thunder God Technique, he will be an absolute powerhouse among Kage-level beings. Even some Super Kage cannot do anything to him, and he will be impossible to stop if he wants to escape.

It's no wonder that Shimura Gengetsu was so concerned and copied down the Flying Thunder God scroll early on.

To be on the safe side, he used up all the bond points he had just acquired and upgraded his spatial talent by one level.

Originally, upgrading a spatial talent required 3,000 bond points, but because he gained an extra "anything" attribute, the price suddenly dropped by 1,000.

The system is quite user-friendly in this respect. After the bond point function is enabled, the number of bond points required for leveling up will decrease every time he gains an ability attribute.

The skill you develop through practice has a similar effect.

It can be used as a progress bar.

Inside the secret room, Shimura Gengetsu unfurled a two-meter-long scroll and began studying it from the beginning.

The Book of Seals contains hundreds, even thousands, of ninjutsu, with the Flying Thunder God Technique alone taking up a tenth of its contents.

Because mastering this technique requires more than just knowing how to form hand seals, it also necessitates a thorough understanding of spatial theory. Therefore, much of it reflects the Second Hokage's understanding and knowledge of space, as well as the subsequent additions by the Fourth Hokage.

Gengetsu Shimura admired Minato Namikaze for being able to improve upon existing ideas, and he admired Tobirama Senju even more for being able to create something from nothing.

He'd do anything to deal with the Uchiha clan.

This person is outrageous.

Xuan Yue strongly suspects that if becoming a woman could seduce Uchiha Madara, Senju Tobirama would not hesitate to study how to become the most beautiful woman in the world.

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It was four o'clock in the afternoon when Shimura Gengetsu rubbed his slightly sore Sharingan with its two tomoe.

That's right, in order to see without any mistakes, he even activated his Sharingan.

This thing really works.

At least he now understands the general process of learning the Flying Thunder God Technique.

The first step, which was also the most difficult for him, was to memorize those dry and boring theoretical knowledge, and to study how to use chakra to perceive the folds and ripples of space and distinguish the differences between spatial coordinates.

The second step is the manipulation of chakra nature transformation, turning chakra into a category that can easily blend into space.

The third step is to create your own Flying Thunder God Mark and establish a connection with your main body.

The fourth step is to start trying to transfer knowledge until you become proficient in using it.

Next comes Minato Namikaze's advanced course: how to teleport to the moving Flying Thunder God mark. As for the Flying Thunder God's third stage of transferring other items, Minato hadn't fully figured it out when he died, so naturally it wasn't recorded in the Book of Seals.

However, these alone are enough to keep Shimura Gengetsu learning for a while.

He spent almost all of the next few days in the secret room. Yecang knew he was studying ninjutsu, so she didn't tell anyone else that Gengetsu had returned early.

Two days later.

Inside the tower in the Forest of Death.

The contestants who passed the second stage gathered on the high platform on the second floor. Among them were fifteen Konoha ninjas, three Takigakure ninjas, three River Country ninjas, and three Sunagakure ninjas.

Amegakure, Kusagakure, Iwagakure... all were wiped out.

Bing Zulei announced the rules: "From now on, we will enter the individual battle stage. The 27 contestants present will compete to determine 11 who will enter the third round of elimination."

Why is it an odd number?

No one objected to the elimination of more than half of the people, but they were puzzled by the number. A genin from the Land of Rivers asked about it.

Namiashi Raido glanced at him and explained, "Shimura Gengetsu has already advanced, so he's the twelfth."

Mentioning this name makes almost everyone's expression change.

Some were fearful, only a few... were angry.

"Why?!" the genin from the Land of Rivers exclaimed indignantly. "Isn't this a blatant cover-up? Our team arrived the earliest, and he wasn't even here!"

Their team was lucky; they encountered other teams right away, managed to grab the right scrolls, and rushed straight to the tower, without ever experiencing the true meaning of the Death Forest.

"Because... in this exam, Shimura Gengetsu killed more than sixty ninjas from other villages like you. In order for you to survive, I let him advance ahead of time. Are you satisfied with this reason?"

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

The genin from the Land of Rivers took a few steps back in shock, but seeing the lingering fear on the faces of the Konoha ninjas, he had no choice but to believe it.

Nami ignored him and asked again.

"It's not too late to back out now, but... this is the last chance."

Chapter Sixty-Seven: Renowned Throughout the Ninja World, Special Title: Genin Assassin

Faced with the same question again, everyone fell silent.

Soon, the genin from the Land of Rivers who had just asked the question announced his withdrawal, and his teammates also withdrew. Then it was Itachi Uchiha's two teammates, as well as two Konoha teams.

They were all lucky ones who had witnessed Shimura Gengetsu commit murder, and their hearts were filled with fear.

Even if they stayed, they wouldn't be able to perform well enough to become Chunin, so it's better to quit now and save their lives.

After some discussion, Takigakure decided to keep only one person to participate, while Sunagakure decided to keep all its members.

Finally, after a series of draws and battles, of the eleven who advanced, eight were from Konoha, two from Sunagakure, and one from Takigakure.

They will have a two-week break to rest and improve themselves.