Naruto: As a genin, I just want to live a normal life.

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"You must be a Chunin from Konoha. Your alertness and reaction speed are far beyond what a Genin should have."

Behind a tree further ahead, soft footsteps were heard, followed by a red-haired man who walked up to the tree trunk with his arms crossed.

The person wore a flowing Kirigakure headband and a light brown, tight-fitting plate armor. Compared to the heavy and sturdy Chunin plate armor of Kumogakure, Kirigakure's main focus was on lightness and convenience.

The man was very confident, looking directly at Bai Xing: "Let me tell you something else."

"Although I am a Chunin from Kirigakure."

"But after I return from this mission, I will be promoted to Special Jonin of Kirigakure."

"Therefore, you are not facing a Chunin-level opponent now."

Bai Xing said calmly, "Impressive."

Seeing the boy's nonchalant demeanor, the man's forehead instantly creased with anger, and his fists clenched tightly.

"Before I die, let me introduce myself."

"So you'll die knowing why!"

stab-

At this moment, two swords were drawn from their sheaths and held in his hands, accompanied by the man's fierce gaze:

"My name is Ringo Yuu-e. In the hell after death, do not forget this name."

"Oh, my name is..."

Before Shirahoshi could even announce her name, Ringo Amoeba rushed up to her: "The name of a mere weak Chunin is none of my concern!"

Shirahoshi: "......"

He remained silent, then leaped sideways off the tree trunk to dodge the opponent's vertical slash, thinking to himself, "You're such a show-off!"

But this name feels like I've heard it somewhere before.

Before Bai Xing could continue thinking, he, suspended in mid-air, only saw a small flash of blue light pass through the dust and smoke before his eyes:

"It's actually the activation of Lightning Release chakra cells?!"

"Only Lightning Release ninjas who have mastered the Lightning Release nature can use it."

"awesome."

Shirahoshi praised him again, and Ringo Yuuyu, who was on the tree trunk carrying a long sword, turned around and looked over, her smug smile never fading.

At that moment, a V-shaped dent appeared on the thicker tree trunk next to it, and with a crack, it fell to the ground.

"Good eye. Say your name. Someone with such discerning eyes deserves to be remembered by me, an elite ninja who will become a Jonin of Kirigakure in the future."

"..."

"My name is Shirahoshi, a genin from Konoha."

"Hmm~~~ Hmm?! Hmm!!!" Ringo Yuuwei drawled out the sound, her face turning extremely ugly as she went from hearing the name to realizing the other person was a genin.

"You're a genin?!"

"This is impossible!!!"

He, a future Jonin, wasted so much time with a Genin. If word got out, his fellow villagers would laugh at him.

"Emmm." Shirahoshi, who had landed on top of another tree trunk, scratched her cheek slightly and said with an embarrassed look, "I'm sorry, I'm really a genin."

"But I'll play seriously with you. Don't worry."

"..." After a moment of silence, Ringo Yuuwei's face turned somber and gloomy, making it difficult to discern her expression.

"Kill you."

"What?"

"I'm going to kill you!!"

laugh! ! !

Ringo Amoe once again used Lightning Release chakra to activate her cells, increase her speed, and swiftly struck the tree trunk where Shirahoshi was standing.

Before Shirahoshi could land, Ringo Amoe charged forward again, yelling, "You genin, what right do you have to be on my kill list?! Die!!!"

The black-haired boy, suspended in mid-air with no landing point, looked on in a panic as Ringo Yuyou attacked.

click-

At this moment, Ringo Amoe was blinded by anger and did not immediately notice that Shirahoshi had used the Substitute Technique.

It wasn't until the second second that Ringo Yuu came to her senses, and she heard a rustling sound.

A white star appeared in another location and fired six shurikens.

"Don't embarrass yourself with this kind of attack!"

Ringo Yuuwei thought the attack would hit him, but to his surprise, the shuriken just grazed past him. Before he could react, a small ray of reflected light from the steel wire shone into Ringo Yuuwei's eyes.

"I see! Don't even think about it!!"

Ringo Yuu immediately cut the steel wire that Shirahoshi had thrown out, preventing the other party from trying to bind him with the wire.

However, at that very moment, another shadow clone hidden in the tree trunk seized the opportunity:

Fire Release: Power Shuriken!

Compared to the speed of Fire Release, this D-rank ninjutsu was just the right thing to do: a metal dart, half of which was radiating intense heat, darted through the air, and by the time Ringo Amoeba reacted, it was already too late.

puff!

"Ahhhh-"

Ringo Amoe's scream rang out. Shirahoshi snapped the wire in her hand, watched as her shadow clone completed its task, nodded, and turned into white smoke with a bang. Then she watched Ringo Amoe fall to the ground with a scream.

"I'm sorry~ I don't have the Sharingan of the Uchiha clan, so I can't judge the specific movement of each line at all."

I only threw it out to scare you, I didn't expect you to actually believe it.

In short, without the Sharingan's dynamic vision, such binding methods are entirely based on luck. Who knows, it might just get tied in a knot and end up being useless.

Below, the red-haired man endured the pain from the shuriken and pulled it out of his back, which was burning hot.

*Pfft, puff*

The sound of flesh being pulled from metal rang out simultaneously with the sound of a shuriken hitting the ground.

"Damn it, if it weren't for this layer of protection, I probably would have died on the spot from a fatal heart attack!"

At that moment, the red-haired man could feel a hole in the back of his brown vest.

Immediately afterwards, Ringo looked at the shuriken on the ground, which was slightly hot to the touch. The shuriken was twisted and slightly deformed by fire-style chakra: it must have been made of chakra with fire-style chakra transformation.

"Asshole!!"

"A mere genin dared to hurt me?!"

"That was a shadow clone, wasn't it?! How could a genin possibly know a B-rank ninjutsu?!"

"You Konoha liar!!!"

Shirahoshi: "......"

They don't believe me when I tell them, and they get angry when I lose.

His purpose in engaging in combat was to train himself on how to avoid instantly defeating a Genin and being eliminated early in this year's Chunin Exams.

Bai Xing glanced at the red-haired man shouting below, ignoring him, and looked at Nawaki instead.

......

In terms of taijutsu skills, the two are evenly matched overall, but in terms of age and experience, Nawaki is a step behind the Chunin men in front of him, and he is not ruthless enough.

The Hidden Mist Chunin seized an opening in Nawaki's hand and knocked the kunai out of the brown-haired boy's grasp.

"Die!"

The voice of the Chunin from Kirigakure came from beside him. The next second, a kunai flashed by, and several strands of the brown-haired boy's hair were cut off and floated in mid-air.

"Don't underestimate the ninjas of Konoha!"

The instant Nawaki dodged, his hands moved like phantoms as he used Earth Release: Nature Transformation chakra to strengthen his side, then he took a step forward and slammed into the direction of the Hidden Mist Chunin—bang!

The Hidden Mist Chunin felt a slight pain in his abdomen and was sent flying backward.

Immediately afterwards, the somewhat exhausted Nawaki did not let up and continued his attack on the Hidden Mist Chunin ahead.

shhhhhh!

Three shuriken flew through the air. At the same time, the Hidden Mist Chunin landed on the tree trunk, making three hissing sounds from the blade of his kunai.

"Damn it! How could a mere genin possibly be able to match my taijutsu!"

Before the Hidden Mist Chunin could continue thinking, another kunai flew from the front, with a white sphere with the character 'poison' engraved on it tied behind it.

"Damn it!" The Kirigakure ninja had sharp eyesight and saw the word before the white sphere exploded.

Bang!

The white sphere exploded, and the thick, blinding smoke and mist instantly dissipated. The Hidden Mist Ninja held his breath and hurriedly pulled out his gas mask and put it on.

This was merely a feint by Rope Tree, intended to throw the opponent into a panic. The next second, he would add a kunai containing an explosive tag, preventing the opponent from reacting immediately—*splat*!

On the mask of the Hidden Mist Chunin, there was a kunai with insufficient strength to penetrate the mask, and it was bound with an explosive tag.

The Hidden Mist Chunin caught a glimpse of the strange color appearing on the kunai handle above his forehead out of the corner of his eye, and immediately realized he'd fallen for a trap! This wasn't poisonous mist!!

—The two sides are too close.

If it's poison, Nawaki will definitely need to take out a gas mask or stay away from the poisonous fog area, giving the Kirigakure Chunin time to prepare.

Furthermore, no Hidden Mist ninja would expect someone to play with ordinary mist in front of them.

boom! ! !

Chapter 65 Maybe you shouldn't be a ninja anymore (Seeking first subscription 6/10)

On the tree trunk.

They used a smoke grenade disguised as a poison gas bomb, and the appearance of the white mist blocked the vision of the two: Ringo Yuuwei, who was slightly injured, and Shirahoshi, who was standing on the trunk of another tree.