XX-level Hokage

“Yes, Ms. Spark, I’ve said it three times already,” Mashiro said softly. Upon hearing this, Spark instantly collapsed to the ground.

"It's true what they say, comparisons are the thief of joy," Hanabi said in a low voice.

"Mashiro is even more talented than Neji!" Hinata was also very surprised. Creating Gentle Fist—this was a skill possessed only by a few legendary members of the Hyuga clan.

"I don't care, Mashiro, teach me, I want to learn." Hikaru stood up and said to Mashiro. "Okay." Mashiro nodded with a smile.

In the courtyard, Mashiro began teaching the Spark Returning Heaven Palm technique and its application.

Hinata came to the yard after putting Himawari to sleep. Under the silvery moonlight.

Mashiro was instructing Hanabi to do this pose.

Hinata was somewhat dazed as she watched this scene. She had a feeling of déjà vu, as if it were very familiar.

The same was true for Spark; as Mashiro touched her, she kept recalling what Mashiro would look like when she grew up. Then, looking at the young Mashiro now, her face flushed slightly.

"What's wrong? Hanabi, you seem a little lost in thought," Mashiro whispered in Hanabi's ear.

For some reason, Hanabi didn't feel uncomfortable when Mashiro called her name; on the contrary, she felt a faint desire to get closer to her.

How strange, what's wrong with me...? The next day, in the dueling arena.

The Chunin Exams finals have officially begun.

Now, in the dueling arena, Mashiro looks up at the sky. It's getting closer and closer.

Chapter 242: The Arrival of the Otsutsuki

"Now the final battle begins! Konoha, Boruto Uzumaki, Konoha, Mashiro Hyuga, Sunagakure, Shinki. The final battle will be a free-for-all. The last one standing among the three will be the champion. So, begin!" Lee announced.

Shinki launched the first attack, his iron sand transforming into spikes that relentlessly lashed out at Mashiro and Boruto. Boruto quickly got up to dodge.

A paper shield appeared in front of Mashiro.

“They attacked the other two right from the start,” Darui said with great interest on the Five Kage platform.

"Isn't that stupid? He'll just get ganged up on in a melee." Hei Tu shook his head and said. "Or rather, he's quite confident." Chang Shi immediately offered his opinion.

Gaara looked at Shinki on the field and muttered to himself, "I hope this will be a blow to you, Shinki."

“My ninjutsu is suitable for one-on-many situations. I can fight both of you at the same time,” Shinki said to Mashiro and Boruto. “You really underestimate me,” Boruto said while dodging.

“Coincidentally, my deception technique is also good at dealing with multiple opponents. I should have played along with you, but I don’t have time for house now,” Mashiro said with a light laugh. Then she walked towards Shinki.

Seeing Mashiro's actions, Shinki controlled the iron sand to transform into a giant hand and reached out to grab her. However, a giant paper hand of the same size also appeared at the same time, blocking Shinki's attack.

Shinki then launched a series of different attacks on Mashiro, but all of them were neutralized by the same attacks made of white paper. After a moment, Mashiro appeared in front of Shinki.

“Even though you are strong, you can never beat me,” Shinki said calmly.

Iron sand condensed around him, forming an iron sand defense similar to Gaara's Defense.

“Apart from my father, no one in the Sand Village has been able to break through my absolute defense,” Shinki said.

"Has the Sand Village weakened to this extent?" Mashiro said softly, unleashing a palm strike at Shinji. Blue-white chakra emanated from her palm, forming a rapidly spinning vortex.

Upon contact with Shinki's absolute defense, the iron sand instantly began to scatter, flying in all directions.

The violent spiral, carrying a powerful centrifugal force, caused a large amount of iron sand to detach. To Shinki's incredulous gaze, the Heaven-Returning Palm touched his body. "!"

All the iron sand surrounding Shinki scattered, and Shinki was thrown heavily to the ground, unconscious. The entire dueling arena fell silent.

"Is this really the power a genin could possess?" Shikadai swallowed hard.

"It seems my defeat wasn't unjust." Sarada calmed down, and after seeing the gap in skill, she was less conflicted. Arakko and Yotsuchi from the Sand Village were even more terrified, as if they had seen a ghost.

"She...she actually broke through Shinki's absolute defense?!" Yoto said in disbelief. "She's very strong," Araki murmured.

"Big sister is so amazing, so cool!" Himawari clapped her hands excitedly. Hinata, on the other hand, looked worried, since Mashiro was going to face Boruto next.

On the Five Kage Platform, Darui exclaimed in surprise, "This brat is incredibly strong!"

"Anyway, when I was a genin, I definitely couldn't beat her. By the way, Hokage, Konoha has always been full of talented people. Which class were you in when you were a genin?"

"Is there anyone who can beat her?" Kurotsuchi asked curiously.

Upon hearing this, Naruto began to ponder.

First, we can rule out Hinata and Sakura, then we can think of Kiba and Shino, and then Neji and Kiba.

Finally, she spoke, "Shikamaru might be able to, but as for the others, unless I use the Nine-Tails' power, it won't work." "Boruto, shall we continue?" On the field, Mashiro asked Boruto with a smile.

At this moment, Boruto was incredibly tense, a sense of insurmountable despair filling his mind. He absolutely couldn't win!

Boruto looked up and saw Shikadai, Mitsuki, Himawari, and then Naruto. He clenched his fists tightly; he absolutely could not lose!

Boruto jumped up instantly and started throwing kunai at Mashiro.

Immediately afterwards, four shadow clones appeared, along with five Boruto clones. Two of them continued throwing kunai, while the other three rushed towards Mashiro.

Mashiro deftly dodged the kunai, then looked at Boruto charging towards her. "Airflow!"

Three Borutos simultaneously attacked Mashiro with their whirlwind attacks, only to be perfectly blocked by the falling white paper.

But the moment they touched the white paper, all three Borutos vanished, while the two who threw the kunai rushed behind Mashiro. Mashiro picked up two kunai from the ground and fired them.

The kunai spun at an unbelievable angle, completely unstoppable, and struck Boruto instantly. Boruto vanished.

The other, braving the pain of a cut on his arm, instantly appeared before Shinji. "Rasengan!"

Boruto, wielding the Rasengan, charged towards Mashiro.

Mashiro stretched out her hand, and a giant paper arm appeared, blocking Boruto's Rasengan. At this moment, everyone watched Boruto with tense eyes.

But the Rasengan failed to break through the paper arm and began to gradually disappear. Sasuke's words flashed through Boruto's mind.

"One day you will be able to unleash powerful ninjutsu."

"It'll be too late someday. I'm going to show Dad now that I'm going to win!" With that, Boruto activated his scientific ninja tool. Purple lightning appeared in Boruto's hand.

Kakashi created a powerful stealth technique after losing his Sharingan: Purple Lightning.

The current surged forth, instantly shattering the paper arm and shooting straight towards Mashiro.

"How interesting. It's amazing that such a ninjutsu can be replicated. Scientific ninja tools are really impressive." Mashiro muttered to himself, watching the purple lightning strike him.

Immediately afterwards, a stone wall appeared out of thin air in front of Mashiro, blocking Boruto's attack.

After the attack ended, Boruto knelt on the ground, looking at the stone wall in front of him with a look of despair.

Just then, Naruto jumped down from the Five Kage Platform with a somewhat gloomy expression. "What's going on, Hokage?" Kurotsuchi asked, puzzled.

“Besides having such an outstanding strategist in their own village, they probably went down to present the award themselves,” Darui explained.

Upon hearing this, Kurotsuchi nodded eagerly. Naruto then approached Boruto.

"Dad, I'm sorry, I lost," Boruto said dejectedly.

Naruto didn't speak, but reached out and grabbed Boruto's wrist, revealing the scientific ninja tools inside. "What's going on?" Naruto said with some disappointment.

"This is..." Boruto lowered his eyes, unsure how to answer for a moment.

"This is a scientific ninja tool. He used an item prohibited during the Chunin Exams. This scientific ninja tool allows him to unleash ninjutsu without consuming his own chakra, and even..."

Replicating someone else's ninjutsu goes against the purpose of the exam, which is to demonstrate one's own strength. Therefore, Boruto Uzumaki has lost his qualification for the Chunin Exams, and the previous exam results will be discussed separately. "Naruto said to everyone in the audience.

"What's wrong with my brother? Did he do something bad?" Sunflower asked Tian worriedly from the audience.

Hinata gently hugged Himawari without saying a word. "Announce the results," Naruto said to Lee.

Lee nodded and said, "The final winners of the Chunin Exams, Hyuga Mashiro and Uzumaki Boruto, have had their rankings revoked due to their unauthorized use of scientific ninja tools. Further discussions will be held."

Immediately, everyone was discussing it.

Some people even angrily blamed Boruto.

"Cheater, get out of here!" "Trying to get first place by cheating?" "A disgrace to Miyo."

Saki looked at Naruto speechlessly. It was no wonder that Boruto and Naruto didn't get along. Although Naruto was right in terms of the rules, from a moral point of view, his actions undoubtedly put Boruto's self-esteem under the feet of everyone in Konoha and crushed it.

Naruto then reached out and removed Boruto's headband, saying, "You're not qualified to be a ninja. Let's go, I'll lecture you later." Naruto patted Boruto on the shoulder.

Boruto, who had been suppressing his emotions, suddenly exploded, looking at Naruto and saying, "A lecture? Does Dad really have time for that? If you had treated me properly, things wouldn't be like this now."

Upon hearing this, Naruto didn't know how to respond.

Just then, Mashiro suddenly looked up at the sky, her expression brightening with excitement. "They're here!"

At the same time, Naruto's spirits jolted, and he looked up at the sky. Two figures were lurking in the sky.

A burly man with his face covered, and a young man sitting on his arm, were none other than Ōtsutsuki Kinshiki and Ōtsutsuki Momoshiki. "Finally found them!" Ōtsutsuki Momoshiki said with a smile.

Chapter 243: Momoshiki and Kinshiki

Immediately afterwards, Kinshiki landed on the field with Momoshiki.

Momoshiki jumped off Kinshiki's arm and landed on the ground, then looked at Naruto.

"Mashiro, Boruto, hide behind me, quick!" Naruto's expression turned serious as he spoke.

Xiao Ji also arrived beside Naruto, assuming a fighting stance. Momoshiki instantly activated his Byakugan, looked at Naruto, and laughed.

"Those eyes? Otsutsuki's Ootengu?!" Boruto exclaimed in surprise upon seeing Momoshiki's Ootengu. "Are you related to Kaguya Otsutsuki?" Naruto asked earnestly.

"Hmph, there are so many troublesome inferior creatures." Ignoring Naruto, Momoshiki said to Kinshiki.

"Should we clean up first?" Kin asked. "Yes," Momo replied softly.

Jin Shi stretched out his hand, red energy emanating from his five fingers, and slammed it down onto the ground. Instantly, a powerful wind swept through, and the ground began to crack and spread.

Naruto held Boruto tightly with his right hand, and when he tried to hug Mashiro with his left, he found that Mashiro had disappeared without him noticing.

The shattering spread, reaching the stands and walls, and suddenly the entire arena began to crumble. "It's collapsing! Run!"

All the people immediately began to flee in panic.

"Those two...could they be...?" Kakashi, watching from the stands, looked at Kinshiki and Momoshiki in the arena below, his eyes filled with astonishment. Just then, a crack suddenly appeared under the feet of a civilian next to him, and Kakashi quickly jumped up and rescued him.

At that moment, two Konoha ninjas approached Kakashi. "Previous Hokage, what should we do about the exam?" one of the ninjas asked.

"We can't worry about the exam now, let's organize an evacuation quickly," Kakashi ordered. Meanwhile, the powerful ninjas in the stands had already begun their actions.

Sakura punched the falling roof, shattering it, and Temari pulled out her fan, blowing all the rubble away.

The four Kage also mobilized, and Gaara summoned yellow sand to hold up the collapsing roof and the shattered audience seats.

Kurotsuchi used a molten escape technique to quickly solidify a barrier to prevent people from falling while fleeing. Darui and Chojuro, on the other hand, smashed the falling rocks while rescuing the trapped people.