"Great work! Worth a reward!"
In an instant, stacks of banknotes were thrown down from the stands, making people's eyes burn with envy as they secretly thought that a bunch of big spenders had shown up today.
Kakashi saw the money, his attention was distracted, his rhythm disrupted, and Shisui began to claw back some ground.
Slash after slash, he pressed toward Kakashi, forcing him back step by step.
From above, Obito cheered Kakashi on: "Kakashi, you have to win! As long as you win, all those tips are yours!"
Kakashi was speechless inside and cast an Earth Release: Hound-Style Wall, then retreated several steps.
He was a ninja, not a street performer.
Kakashi's ninjutsu immediately sparked discussion among the admiral.
"An Earth Wall that even carves a dog's head—so refined!"
"Why not stop calling him Fifty-Fifty and just call him Dog-Head Kakashi?"
"Sounds good!"
In an instant, a wave of voices surged again.
"Konoha Dog-Head Kakashi!"
"Konoha Dog-Head, keep it up!"
"Konoha Dog-Head will win!"
The audience was led astray as well, all shouting for Konoha Dog-Head to keep it up.
Kakashi's face darkened. He was affected again and beaten back step by step. It was already a four–six split now—he four, Shisui six.
Kakashi no longer had any desire to win. With such an awful nickname stuck on him, he'd probably never wash it off in this lifetime.
His reputation was basically ruined.
Fortunately, he wore a mask, so no one recognized his true face.
"Hahahaha…"
Obito laughed uproariously, laughing until he cramped up and rolled around on the ground.
Kakashi getting such a speechless nickname—he'd be embarrassed to even give his name when going out in the future.
"Who goes there?"
"Konoha Dog-Head Kakashi!"
Just imagining that scene left Obito unable to complain.
Kairen also wore a face full of smiles. The admiral did good work—this deserved to be recorded as a merit for the admiral.
In the end, Kakashi relied on his solid ninja fundamentals to pull back some ground.
On the basis of fifty-fifty, he used Chidori and pushed it to a seven–three split, directly eliminating Shisui.
The two formed a seal of reconciliation, then turned and left.
Kakashi carried his ninja blade on his back, regaining that lonely-cold-river silhouette aura from before.
Obito sprawled across the railing of the contestants' area and shouted loudly: "Kakashi, the tips! Hurry and pick them up—there are tens of thousands of ryō!"
Kakashi seemed not to hear and silently walked into the dark entrance.
But he wasn't indifferent.
The supplies his father left him weren't much. He'd been killing people since he was six, and life had always been tight.
"Summoning Jutsu!"
Seven or eight dogs raised by Kakashi emerged from a cloud of smoke.
"Pakkun, take all that money!"
Pakkun looked at Kakashi with disdain, having also heard the audience's nickname for him.
"It really lives up to your name, Dog-Head Kakashi!"
"Hurry up, or I'll shave your fur with the White Fang short blade!"
"Woof! Fine, I'll go—but you have to give us half, to buy some good dog food!"
Kakashi waved his hand. "Alright! Alright!"
The second match began.
Obito cheered for Guy: "Do your best, Guy! If you fight well, the honored audience will give tips!"
Guy clenched his fist, his eyes filled with flames of youthful passion.
Kairen tugged at his sleeve and tightened his belt.
The time had come—it was time to enter the pass and take Xianyang.
...
Guy charged out first, like a green beast emerging from the mountains, standing proudly in the arena with soaring fighting spirit.
The moment he appeared, the nicknames were shouted out.
"Konoha Youth—youth never ends!"
"My youth will never fade!"
"Right song, right person—smash beyond Kage level!"
"Right song, wrong person—the scum of youth!"
"♫ A kind of unexpected joy ♪ It seems like ♫"
One of the admiral held a huge speaker, blasting the Youth March. In an instant, the entire combat arena seemed to turn youthful.
Many people were so youthful they felt like they were about to crush their own balls, defending their youth.
Hearing this BGM, Guy immediately ignited, directly flinging off the weights on his legs.
In an instant, it was as if buildings collapsed, and massive dust billowed up.
Everyone gasped in shock—no one expected this bowl-cut guy to be so strong, carrying such heavy weights.
Kairen's admiral shouted "Youth" at the top of their lungs, as if this were his home field.
Guy waved to those around him from the arena, deeply grateful for their cheers.
Might Duy was so moved he burst into tears:
"Guy, you've succeeded! Everyone recognizes you now! You will definitely become a great ninja and let your youth overflow!"
Suddenly, the youthful BGM changed again.
A suona, mixed with various instruments.
"♪♫♪♫..."
Kairen folded his arms and slowly walked out from the entrance. Behind him followed Wolon and Fenchu, two panda cubs struggling to carry two large banners.
A cloud in the sky covered the sun. As Kairen walked lightly forward, the cloud slowly moved as well, yielding a stretch of radiance for him, as if Heaven itself were also part of his admiral.
This scene, filled with big-shot style, instantly stunned everyone. They all wondered in secret: who is this divine figure, able to afford such an entrance fee?
In the pavilion of Konoha's upper ranks.
Tsunade wore a face full of smiles. "He really knows how to have fun!"
She recalled Kairen's many elaborate moves and immediately savored the moment.
Kairen's admiral led the rhythm.
"Back then in the ninja world, the seas were plagued by great demons…"
"No sooner said than done—thunder and lightning filled the heavens, and a true hero emerged across the sky, cleansing all directions and restoring peace to the human world."
"My dad is a fortune-teller. He said this person is the reincarnation of that true hero, the Son of Heaven of the ninja world."
"Hurry and worship him! If you're late, there won't even be a spot to kneel!"
"Right, right! His dad's fortune-telling is super accurate. He said I was fated for romance, and this morning I ran into three beautiful married women!"
"That's insane! Aren't you afraid of getting struck by lightning?"
"I'll give everyone a great way to get rich. If you have relatives, friends, or wives who look good, hurry and package them up and send them over. If you're late, you'll have to line up!"
"You little bastard!"
...
Kairen stood there with arms folded, as if merging with the surroundings, the entire world responding to him.
The chief examiner pleaded somewhat: "Could you turn off your speakers?!"
Kairen snapped his fingers, and in an instant, the music lingering in the arena slowly stopped.
Wolon and Fenchu slowly climbed down, planted the banners into the ground, pulled out bamboo shoots, and started munching on them.
"Mm~┐(´-｀)┌"
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