Leaning against a tree trunk, Hyuga Arin continued to observe the remaining ninja with his Byakugan.
A notification flashed before his eyes.
[Experience +845]
"An unqualified chūnin, seriously?" Hyuga Arin cursed under his breath.
Just which village did that guy come from? How much water had they poured into the chūnin exam?
If Hyuga Arin ever found out, he'd definitely file a complaint!
He'd complain until they went bankrupt.
Of course, it was also possible that the opponent simply had a large chakra pool and was actually just a genin.
The Byakugan judged strength purely based on chakra quantity.
Whether the opponent was truly a chūnin was still debatable.
Hyuga Arin pulled the kunai out of his shoulder.
Clink!
"Obtained one kunai."
He even mentally added a sound effect himself.
His chakra was almost depleted now. The Substitution Technique was powerful, but it was also a huge chakra sink.
He'd used it five times already, consuming over a hundred points of chakra.
The rest had gone into Bear Wrestling Hands and Unknown Fire.
[Chakra: 24 / 130 + 50]
"I can still use Substitution once."
A chūnin's ninTechnique and taiTechnique both far surpassed his. Without Substitution, counterkilling even one would've been impossible.
Through the Byakugan, Hyuga Arin saw the remaining four split into two groups, standing alert and arguing with each other about something.
They were too far away for him to hear.
Hyuga Arin took a deep breath.
"Level up."
[Name: I'm Hyuga Arin]
[Profession: None]
[Level: Lv14 (0/3000)]
[Chakra: 190 / 140 + 50]
The wound on his shoulder began to heal at a visible rate. His depleted chakra rapidly refilled—he was back at peak condition.
His physical attributes increased by roughly another tenth.
[Experience Pool: 1635]
"Three thousand experience…" Hyuga Arin muttered as he looked at the growing requirement. "I'll need to kill two more enemies to level again."
The two factions that had been on guard soon reached a conclusion.
Two of the ninja—he didn't know which side—chose to withdraw outright, quickly retreating in another direction.
Only two Cloud ninja remained behind.
"With no sensor ninja, they're basically blind. Those two just gave up on fighting, huh?"
Hyuga Arin roughly guessed their thought process.
A pity—two experience packs just walked away.
But there were still two Cloud ninja left.
"Eight explosive tags remaining…"
He silently calculated his chances.
His Substitution Technique was already exposed; pulling off another cheap kill like before was unlikely.
Even though two chūnin had left, the danger hadn't dropped by much.
"Hah…"
Hyuga Arin exhaled slowly.
Then he suddenly leapt out from behind the tree, hurling shuriken toward the two in the distance.
"Shuriken Heavy Fire! Fireballs!"
The fireballs formed from shuriken were even faster than the shuriken themselves.
The two Cloud ninja jumped to opposite sides, narrowly avoiding the attack. Several trees behind them were pierced straight through.
Hyuga Arin had expected the ambush to fail—but when it actually did, he still felt a bit disappointed.
"Lightning Release · Lightning Beast!"
Lightning surged and took the shape of a rampaging thunder beast, charging straight at Hyuga Arin.
Hyuga Arin flickered and swapped places with a kunai.
But the instant he reappeared, the other Cloud ninja rushed in with a blade. Lightning crackled along it—the speed was terrifying.
Hyuga Arin used Substitution again.
Only an explosive tag remained at the original spot.
The lightning-coated blade slashed through the tag, cutting it cleanly in half. The Cloud ninja kicked off the ground and retreated instantly.
Boom!
The explosive tag barely produced flames, only a shockwave.
Hyuga Arin rode that shockwave backward, widening the distance.
"A defective one," the other Cloud ninja said as he landed beside his companion, frowning at the underwhelming blast.
"Even defective goods are being used now? How broke are you?"
The two said no more.
Their bodies suddenly turned into streaks of lightning.
Lightning Body Flicker Technique!
They appeared behind Hyuga Arin in an instant, both blades crackling with electricity as they slashed toward him.
"Body Flicker…" Hyuga Arin's expression darkened.
Fast movement techniques—no matter how quick he was, he couldn't outpace Flicker.
Substitution.
His body vanished instantly.
The shuriken that replaced him was cut apart by both blades at the same time.
Hyuga Arin reappeared at the previous battlefield.
His pupils contracted as he saw an explosive tag on the ground.
He could ambush others.
Others could ambush him too.
Now that they understood the key to his techniques, they'd naturally prepared counters.
"Heh."
Hyuga Arin snorted, stepped forward, grabbed the explosive tag that was about to detonate, and threw it straight into his inventory.
[Explosive Tag (about to detonate)]
Anything placed into the inventory had its state frozen in time.
Even an explosive tag was no exception.
The two Cloud ninja used Lightning Flicker again, reappearing behind him.
Hyuga Arin's Byakugan had already caught them.
He turned around and tossed the about-to-detonate explosive tag back at them.
"Here—have it back."
BOOM!!
A violent explosion sent all three flying.
Hyuga Arin rolled across the ground twice before stopping. He crouched, both hands glowing green—one pressed to his chest, the other to his head.
"Three broken ribs. Internal organs shaken. Concussion."
The world spun in his vision.
This was already considered severe injury.
He couldn't help coughing up a mouthful of blood.
He used Mystical Palm Technique on himself.
No experience notifications appeared—but those two had been closer to the blast.
There was no way they'd come out unscathed.
He only suppressed his injuries for now, then rushed toward where the two had been blown away.
Soon, he spotted them supporting each other, both covered in blood and clearly badly injured.
"Hyuga clan…" one of the Cloud ninja said weakly as he looked at Hyuga Arin. "Are you Hyuga Hiashi… or Hyuga Hizashi?"
"The Hyuga clan has more than just those two," Hyuga Arin grinned, shuriken appearing in both hands.
Bear Wrestling Hands.
"Shuriken Heavy Fire! Saturation!"
Shuriken formed a dense wall, crashing down on them.
They wanted to dodge—but the injuries from the explosion were too severe.
All they could do was raise their blades to block.
But against a shuriken wall empowered by the strength of four bears, they could only barely deflect a handful.
They couldn't stop this many.
What kind of lunatic fights by throwing shuriken like this?
And throwing shuriken was far faster than forming hand seals.
They didn't even have time to use ninTechnique.
They still had plenty of chakra.
They still had formidable taiTechnique.
None of it mattered.
They were directly ambushed to death by a single genin.
Their bodies were pierced through, shredded into flying gore that splattered across the ground.
[Experience +1556][Experience +1365]
"Level up!!"
[Name: I'm Hyuga Arin]
[Profession: None]
[Level: Lv15 (0/3500)]
[Chakra: 200 / 150 + 50]
The injuries across his body healed rapidly.
His depleted chakra refilled in an instant.
Hyuga Arin had advanced two levels in a single battle.
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