The scene was silent for a moment, then Naraku and the surrounding ninja moved simultaneously.
Naraku turned and ran without hesitation, while the ninja behind him shouted curses and gave chase, calling for reinforcements.
More and more people gathered, throwing various hidden weapons as if they were free.
No matter how fast he dodged, he couldn't avoid all of them.
[This baiting effect is top-notch!]
[It's over-accomplished!]
[I can't tell if this is an exam or a pursuit anymore.]
[This must be an all-out effort, right?]
[With this posture, I feel like they want to catch Naraku and roast him.]
[Ah ah ah Naraku has so many injuries QAQ]
[My little brother is trying so hard!]
During his escape, Naraku also used his pursuers to drag out a few candidates from another team, ignoring their loud complaints.
"That's too despicable!"
"Damn Uchiha!"
"You just wait!"
[Hahahahahahahahaha.]
[When the city gate catches fire, the fish in the moat suffer.]
[An undeserved calamity, hahahahahahaha.]
[Naraku did that on purpose, right? So bad, I love it!]
[There's no other way; if he wants to avoid Kakashi and the others, he has to run in another direction.]
Naraku turned left and right, leading his pursuers through several levels until he was blocked from both front and back, with nowhere to escape.
Glancing at a nearby window, he held two kunai in a reverse grip in front of him, then charged towards the window and leaped forcefully.
Crash—
The glass shattered, countless fragments sparkling in the sunlight.
Enveloped by the shards, Naraku fell with them.
The strong wind blew through his hair, revealing confident eyes and a clean face.
[The blood is gone?]
[Holy cow, I get it!]
[It's fake!]
[It's all fake!]
In the scene, Naraku shouted loudly for his teammates.
"Senior Duy!"
"Coming!"
Might Duy, who had been waiting for a long time, jumped up, intersecting with Naraku in mid-air, as if taking a baton.
"Konoha Gōriki Senpū!"
The pursuers who jumped out of the window were in a passive situation and were quickly dealt with by the teammates responsible for the reception.
Facing his teammate's question, Naraku smiled shyly, completely lacking the fierce and unruly demeanor he had just shown.
"I used a Genjutsu."
The camera returned to the corner where the massacre had supposedly occurred.
The walls and ceiling were spotless, without any bloodstains.
The two people lying on the ground also had no wounds, their chests rising and falling as they snored soundly, even blowing snot bubbles.
Only then did the audience fully confirm that everything they had just seen was a Genjutsu.
[I knew Naraku was still a good boy, boo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo.]
[He acted so realistically, it scared me.]
[Everyone is a master actor.]
[The Uchiha live up to their reputation.]
[The Old Thief must be secretly enjoying watching the comments.]
[How was it activated? It deceived everyone in an instant.]
[Naraku's talent is strong enough.]
[He's only One-Tomoe and hasn't used it much, yet his Genjutsu is already this strong. When he awakens his Three-Tomoe Sharingan, he'll just take off.]
After receiving Kakashi, everyone learned that Kobayashi Masaru had been captured.
Naraku and Kakashi went ahead to the Examiner to submit the intelligence, while the others stayed behind to cover their retreat.
By the time the two of them returned with proof, they saw Might Duy, Nakano Neko, and Ota Ryoichi sprawled on the roadside, apparently exhausted.
[Oh my! These two are rich!]
[Naraku is stunned.]
[Naraku: A rich second-generation is right beside me.]
[I remember running under the sunset that day; that was my lost youth.]
[I don't know why, but seeing everyone collapsed from exhaustion was quite touching.]
[Everyone is a really good person.]
This episode ended with the teammates linking arms, laughing as they agreed to go eat barbecue.
Naraku opened the episode list and saw there were still two episodes left.
Could it be that everything up until today is in them?
With a mix of trepidation and anticipation, he clicked on the next episode, skipping the opening song.
The animation began with Kakashi, Naraku, and Might Duy already gathered at the entrance of the Forest of Death, where the Examiner was explaining the rules.
As soon as the time came, all the teams rushed into the forest.
With their agile movements, Naraku and his team quickly found the "Fire," "Wind," and "Lightning" mission cards.
[This mission is too easy for Kakashi and his team, isn't it?]
[It shouldn't be that simple.]
[It's well-known that the exam in the Forest of Death is the most intense in terms of fighting.]
[My blind guess is that some other teams won't collect them, but simply snatch them.]
[What was said earlier makes sense.]
[The protagonist team looks quite easy to rob; they're either kids or an old uncle.]
[Uncle Duy: Ribbit! Let me show you the power of youth, ribbit!]
[Oh no, Uncle Duy has become a crazy old man.]
Sure enough, the audience soon saw a team trying to snatch the mission cards.
Three shadowy figures, whose faces couldn't be seen, ambushed them from above.
One of them took out a kunai from his side, tied an explosive tag to it, and threw it at Naraku and his team.
Naraku was the first to notice.
A close-up showed his hand; with just a slight flick, he magically held two shuriken between his fingers. Then, he quickly swung his arm, and two streaks of light flew towards the kunai.
The two shuriken spun past the camera, one after the other.
The first one accurately hit the tip of the kunai, creating sparks and knocking it into a spin in mid-air.
The second one passed through the rotating kunai's ring, sending it back the way it came.
The animator used slow motion and close-ups, doing everything possible to showcase the exquisite precision of the throwing technique.
The attacker had no choice but to leap out from the shadows to dodge the explosive tag's blast, but this also exposed him to Naraku and his team.
[Holy cow!]
[So cool!]
[His dynamic vision is so f*cking awesome!]
[Severely envious as a highly nearsighted person.]
[Can every Uchiha hit a bullseye from a hundred paces?]
[Only a few Uchiha can be this amazing.]
[Naraku is getting more and more assertive, isn't he?]