Naruto: Reshaping the Shinobi World with Sasori

Chapter 285 A Draw

This tournament only involved the genin, chunin, and jonin from two villages.

There is no longer a children's group.

Today's competition is between genin and chunin.

The main event, the battle between Jonin, will be held tomorrow.

The fighters sent by Sunagakure to fight against Kirigakure were not the same people who fought against Konoha in the past.

Instead, a different group of people were brought in.

The main purpose is to provide training for the younger generation in the village.

For the higher-ups of both villages, the sparring between genin was nothing special—it was like children playing house.

However, the differences between Sunagakure and Kirigakure can still be seen from their habitual attack patterns and fighting styles.

For example, the genin from Sunagakure are quite skilled at using ninja tools, especially the improved Manipulation Blade, which can attack targets from a distance, causing considerable trouble for the people from Kirigakure.

Nowadays, almost all new recruits in Sunagakure can wield the Blade Technique, but this ninjutsu was personally improved by Yubi. The difficulty of learning it ranges from low to high, with the lowest being D-rank and the highest being A-rank. This is the Blade Intent Manipulation technique created by Yubi.

It has now been renamed Kazekage no Misaka.

Furthermore, in order to diversify the military operations of Sunagakure, Yubi had long ago commissioned the people of the Land of Crafts to create a batch of ninja tools for Sunagakure to use, according to his design.

The inspiration for these ninja tools, or weapons, naturally comes from Yubi's memories of her previous life.

Some of these ninja tools were even incorporated into the puppet army and installed on the puppets, serving as mechanisms.

In short, the current style of combat used by Sunagakure is not as limited as it used to be.

The extensive use of ninja tools with varying techniques and methods, coupled with the ninjutsu resources acquired in the Third Shinobi World War—

Even for Sand Village residents at the Genin level, there is always a way to become stronger.

On the other hand, the Hidden Mist Village excels even more in close-quarters combat skills.

Moreover, his every move clearly incorporates the essence of some killing techniques.

These techniques are not just physical skills, but also combined offensive techniques that incorporate ninjutsu.

The first match of the genin ended quickly.

The winner was a girl from Sunagakure who held a paper umbrella.

The girl's paper umbrella had a mechanism that could shoot out thousands of sticks from the top, which, combined with the steel wire wrapped around and waved by her fingers, made it difficult for the genin on the Hidden Mist side to deal with.

For long-range combat, there are specially made ninja tools; for close combat, one can defend oneself with tough and sharp steel wire.

"It sounds a lot like your technique."

Yagura remained calm about the defeat of the Kirigakure genin, only saying one thing to Yubi.

As early as after the Second Shinobi World War, Yubi, who was still a kid at the time, began to show his talent with his superb assassination skills—Yagura was well aware of this.

Moreover, in his first encounter with Yubi, Yubi also used a similar ninjutsu to kill his subordinate, an elite Jonin of Kirigakure.

He still remembers that scene vividly.

Clearly, Yubi's skills in this area have been passed down in Sunagakure and are being emulated by many younger generations.

Imitation.

Of course, the Sand Village girl's victory wasn't solely due to these two points. In a battle between Genin, whether it's ninja tools or other aspects, taijutsu and combat experience are fundamental for gaining an advantage.

It's clear that Sunagakure is very skilled at training new recruits.

This girl is also quite skilled in physical combat.

"I simplified the ninjutsu I developed to make it easier for them to practice—of course, the most important thing is that the people of Sunagakure have the talent in this area."

Yubi smiled slightly.

Then, the second group of opponents took to the court.

On the other side of Sunagakure, there was another little girl who looked very delicate.

He didn't have much of an imposing presence, and his expression was somewhat timid.

What caught Yagura's attention was that the girl was holding a kunai in one hand and a strange roll of cloth in the other.

As expected, once the battle began, the girl was repeatedly defeated by the Hidden Mist's genin and was quickly injured.

It seemed as if they were completely powerless to fight.

But the girl did not give up.

Instead, they were gritting their teeth and struggling to hold on.

His physical strength was quickly exhausted.

However, when the Kirigakure genin relaxed his guard, during a brief exchange between the two, the girl, despite getting a cut on her arm, suddenly threw off the strip of cloth she had been holding tightly and wrapped it around her opponent, turning him into a dumpling.

Immediately, he formed a hand seal and slapped his palms onto his opponent through the cloth.

"Sealing technique?"

"No—it's not a simple sealing technique. This technique seems to have caused some 'changes' in the material of the cloth strips under the influence of chakra—"

Yagura narrowed his eyes, thinking to himself.

"Sunagakure genin wins."

The referee's shout rang out from the field.

"The art of binding cloth?"

Yagura looked at Yubi beside him and asked.

"Not entirely—it's also a modified version of sealing technique."

Yubi grinned.

Yagura paused for a moment, then asked, "Did you improve upon that too?"

I guess so.

Yubi responded.

Upon hearing this, Yagura turned his head back.

It seems that Yubi, the Fourth Kazekage, has been doing quite a bit behind the scenes.

Moreover, although these techniques are not very difficult, they are of different types, and even some low-level ninjutsu are not easy to improve.

This requires an extraordinary understanding and experience in ninjutsu.

Yagura was surprised to learn that Yubi was also proficient in sealing techniques.

Kirigakure suffered two consecutive defeats right from the start, but Yagura, the Mizukage, remained completely calm, showing no emotional fluctuation whatsoever.

Because he also had great confidence in the younger generation in his village.

The genin group consists of five rounds of matches.

Soon, the genin from Kirigakure regained their dignity.

They won two games in a row.

By the fifth match, both villages' genin were well aware of the heavy responsibility they bore, so the match was extremely intense and close from the start.

Even if they get injured, they grit their teeth and fight to the bitter end.

Ultimately, it was referee Maki who, seeing the situation escalating, intervened and stopped the two competitors, declaring a draw.

Station.

If he hadn't intervened, during the final clash, the Kirigakure genin's short sword would have pierced the Sunagakure genin's abdomen.

The faces of the Hidden Mist genin will also be hit by the poison needles of the Sand Village genin.

Those two little guys were using deadly force—

They don't care about their own lives at all.

"That's so typical of Kirigakure—"

Seeing this, Yubi made a joke.

The Hidden Mist's killing intent is too great.

When they fight, they can be incredibly fierce and ruthless.

This match felt less like a competition and more like a real battle.

Fortunately, the genin from Sunagakure were also quite tough.

The five young fighters in the Sunagakure match were all chosen by Arai; Yubi didn't interfere.

They were not the five strongest genin from Sunagakure at present; the faces were deliberately changed from those who had previously engaged in diplomatic exchanges with Konoha and Iwagakure.

The intention is to nurture these little guys.

Therefore, neither Yubi nor the higher-ups of Sunagakure cared whether they won or lost; they were just happy to have the opportunity to train.

However, it's already quite good that we managed to draw under these circumstances.

After all, judging from the scale of Yagura's visit to Sunagakure this time, these five genin from Kirigakure are definitely the best of the generation in the village.