Still, at this rate, Naruto would be significantly richer by the end of the day.
Yaroi looked a lot like his remaining teammate but shorter and a bit thicker. His blue uniform matched as did the bandana cover his head and cloth hanging over his face, even the dark round glasses were the same. If not for different names, they could have passed for brothers.
Chouji looked comfortable, munching on the last of his chips before the match started. He was big, it was amazing to some that he was able to find such a large brown leather jacket to cover him. It was a bit rude to think it but true nonetheless. Thankfully, he had gotten rid of the ridiculous bandana he used to wear that made it look like he was wearing tighty-whitey's on his head, in its place with the alligator shaped skull cap with the Konoha symbol stamped in the middle of it.
"Hajime," called out through the room, both closing the betting and starting the match.
It wasn't much of a match. Chouji's arm enlarged to extreme proportions, impacting with Yaroi and continued moving forward until he slammed the body into the wall, cracking the stonework and relieving his opponent of consciousness.
"Winner, Akimichi Chouji!"
"Damn!" said Naruto appreciatively. "One shot for the win."
There were also several curses from those who lost their bets as well as cheers from those who won even though the payout was severely reduced.
"That wasn't even a match," complained Kiba.
"It was a smart decision by Chouji," said Asuma. "He may not have showed off much of his skill but he showed good forethought and decision making. Strategy seems to make a bigger impact on the decision of whether or not you make chuunin than brute strength. They are looking to find leaders, not soldiers."
That made sense to Naruto. It also spoke well for all of those who'd made it to the next phase, most of the victories were won on having a better strategy than their opponent with the exception of Neji, which was actually surprising.
Kinuta Dosu vs. Rock Lee
Naruto was actually excited for this fight, it was two of the better fighters here, both of the strongly taijutsu oriented. He'd seen Dosu's stats days ago but he had yet to really see Lee's.
Name: Rock Lee
Title: Genin (+10 increase to experience gain)
Level: LV30 Next Level: 80.44%
Affiliation: Konoha
HP: 3700/3700
CP: 20/20
STR: 360
VIT: 370
DEX: 360
INT: 20
WIS: 30
LUK: 10
DEF: 150
SPD: 310
Status: Genius of Hard Work (+5 STR & +5 VIT & +5 DEX per level, +100% increase to bonus stat gain), Chakra Deformity (-90% to CP), Tough (+50 STR, +50 VIT, +50 DEX)
Rock Lee was born with a deformed chakra coil system. In spite of this Lee has work himself near to death to become a ninja, to prove that despite his handicap he can still become an exceptional shinobi. His hard work has paid off better than even he could have imagined.
Naruto was stunned by Lee's stats. They made no sense, even with all of his bonus status abilities, there was no way he could have possible gained that much strength, vitality, and dexterity. No matter how hard he trained or worked it should have been possible.
He then looked to Gai, maybe that would explain it.
Name: Maito Gai
Title: Jounin
Level: LV? Next Level: ?
Affiliation: Konoha
HP: ?/?
CP: ?/?
STR: ?
VIT: ?
DEX: ?
INT: ?
WIS: ?
LUK: ?
Status: Master of Hard Work (+20 STR & +20 VIT & +20 DEX per level, +500% increase to bonus stat gain), Monster (+200 STR, +200 VIT, +200 DEX), Teacher of Hard Work (+25% experience to teaching skills, +50% to training bonus stats)
Maito Gai is known as Konoha's Beautiful Green Beast, he is a renowned taijutsu master known and feared by every country. A true master of Goken, his skill is unmatched. Only his dedication to his students and a desire to teach the next generation has stopped him from moving higher in the village hierarchy . . . that and he's just weird.
Okay, so that didn't tell him anything.
Naruto was distracted from further thought on the subject by people demanding to place their bets, this time the split was right down the middle. The only oddity was Gai placing a bet, trying and failing to be subtle about it.
"Hajime!"
Naruto turned his attention to watching the fight, it should be a good one.
Lee bounced on his toes a few times and jabbed a fist into the air a couple times, showing a fair amount of speed but not even close to what his speed stat said he was capable of. His hair bobbed with his move and the unpleasant eyesore of a green leotard showed off way too much for anyone to be comfortable with.
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