Saving Uchiha starts from being the patriarch Uchiha Zongxian

"Black secret skill, nothing in the mouth."

A group of three kunai flew out and collided with the bubbles, directly detonating all seven or eight bubbles in one breath. The shock wave generated by the explosion directly blew the poisonous smoke away at this moment. All around, there was a puff of poisonous smoke drifting towards the corridor on the side.

"Coming this way."

Naruto scratched his head, looked left and right, hesitating whether to disperse the poisonous smoke.

"Don't mess around, Naruto."

Kakashi stopped Naruto with a voice, "Let the others come, we will just watch."

As Sakura's teammates and teachers, if they take action to disperse the wafting poisonous smoke...it is inevitable that there will be suspicions. Even though this is Konoha's home field, they are not afraid of someone jumping out to find fault, but how can I say it? ?There's really no need to rush, there are five or six jounin alone in the corridor on this side.

This is not,

Uchiha Chihaya glanced at the floating poisonous smoke, waved his hand gently, and the strong wind roared out, rolling up the poisonous smoke and flying directly out of the wide open skylight high up.

And at this moment,

New changes have taken place on the practice field.

The explosion blew away the poisonous smoke and raised new smoke. When Kankuro was staring at the smoke and looking for Sakura's target, a black shadow jumped out of the smoke. It was... ··A giant unicorn?

That's right,

Just looking at the mighty long horns on the top of its head, there is no doubt that this is a unicorn... If you ignore the artificial joints and the steel back plate, but realize that these things seem to be It doesn't matter, it doesn't prevent everyone from thinking that this thing is a unicorn...puppet.

Not to mention the genin,

Many jounin present saw the nature of this one-horned fairy puppet at the first time, and then what emerged in their hearts were deep doubts. It was not that they were wondering why there was such a puppet, but that there was a puppet master like Kankuro. , it is normal for puppets to appear.

The problem is,

This rhinoceros puppet is not controlled by Kankuro.

This is the most puzzling thing. Many people looked sideways at Kakashi and asked Kakashi where did you get the puppet master's inheritance from?In response, Kakashi glanced at the Hokage who was standing there with a calm expression. It seemed that the Hokage didn't mind Sakura openly showing off the puppet master's methods?

but,

Speaking of which, isn't Sakura learning the forbidden human puppet technique?

This rhinoceros puppet doesn't look like a human puppet at all?

"This is?"

Kankuro was also a little confused at this moment. What is going on?Konoha...when did the inheritance of the puppet master come about?And this one-horned fairy puppet... always feels slightly familiar. It seems to have an indescribable sense of familiarity.

"Crow, enter."

He didn't have time to think about where this feeling of familiarity came from. Looking at the rhinoceros puppet flying towards him, he hurriedly controlled the puppet Crow to rush forward, and grabbed the forked part of the rhinoceros puppet with his four arms. His long horns protruded, his feet got stuck on the broken ground, and he managed to withstand the impact.

then,

next second.

The rhinoceros puppet suddenly stood up, and even the puppet crow holding its horns was lifted up high. Then under the gaze of everyone, the abdomen of the rhinoceros puppet suddenly opened, revealing a girl with pink hair. He jumped out with an arrow and rushed towards Kankuro.

Kankuro's expression changed. Can this one-horned fairy puppet hide people inside?

His fingers waggled hurriedly,

Trying to bring the puppet Crow back to his side, he now only has the puppet Crow, and there is no second puppet in his hand. However, the hasty withdrawal of the puppet Crow revealed flaws.

The man was standing upright with his legs supporting his body, and the other four legs suddenly stretched out, tightly embracing the puppet Crow who was about to retreat after letting go of his horns. It was stuffed directly into the empty belly.

"you lose."

Sakura's voice came out from the smoke.

Kankuro stared at the figure that disappeared from his body with wide eyes, and realized that he had been deceived again. The thing hidden in the belly of the rhinoceros puppet was just a clone that didn't even have a physical body, and he Being deceived by such a clone, he hurriedly tried to withdraw the crow, but instead, Sakura seized the opportunity and locked up his crow.

When the puppet crow was imprisoned in the belly of the rhinoceros puppet, the chakra line connected to the crow was cut off neatly.

He had lost control of the crow.

"·······I surrender."

Kankuro slowly raised his hands and admitted defeat.

There is nothing you can do about it,

How can a puppet master play without puppets?

His taijutsu skills can only be said to be mediocre, and his knowledge of ninjutsu and genjutsu is even more superficial. If he continues to persist, he will only be humiliating himself, especially since the opponent's puppet can still be used!

And now he also realized why the one-horned fairy puppet felt inexplicably familiar.

That unicorn puppet,

It should be from the same origin as his crow and the other two puppets that he had not brought but had already reserved for him: the black ant and the san pepper fish. This rhinoceros puppet looks like a black ant and a san pepper fish. The product of the combination of puppets, to be clear, this one-horned fairy puppet and his crow puppet were both made by the same person.

I have to admit that Kankuro's vision is really good.

This one-horned fairy puppet was indeed cast by a scorpion. It is one of the few traditional puppets among the hundreds of puppets that were recovered from the scorpion. It is the master of the series of crow, black ant, and mountain pepper fish. , taking into account the strengths of the previous works, it can be regarded as one of the pinnacle works of Scorpion's traditional puppets.

"Where did you get your puppet...?"

Kankuro didn't even care about being upset about his failure, he stared at Sakura and asked.

"It's a trophy."

Sakura replied calmly.

She asked the same question when she got this puppet, and then Zong Xian gave her such an answer. The girl now copied it exactly, "And my puppet technique is also a trophy. Okay, stop talking nonsense." , take your puppet away, the preliminaries are over."

Kankuro frowned and wanted to say something, but he also noticed that the examiner, Moonlight Hayate, had returned to the shabby training ground and had to swallow down the many questions he wanted to ask. The other party was obviously I don't want to say anything more, even if I continue to ask, it will be difficult to get any results.

and,

Here is Konoha.

The Sixth Hokage was watching from above. It was not a place for him to mess around. This matter... was no longer something he could handle. He could only wait until later to tell Mr. Maki that the puppet technique was in Sunagakure Village. The secret has now fallen into the hands of Konoha, and it is probably up to his father to consider how to deal with it.

"...I declare that all qualifying matches are over."

After announcing the victory of No. 16 Haruno Sakura, Moonlight Hayate loudly announced the end of the budget round and called all the winners to the venue. Sixteen boys and girls who had received tickets to the finals gathered together.

among them--

The ten Konoha ninjas are Kurama Yakumo, Uzumaki Naruto, Uchiha Sasuke, Haruno Sakura, Hyuga Neji, Hinata Hinata, Rock Lee, Aburame Shino, Inuzuka Kiba, and Nara Shikamaru.

The two ninjas of Sunagakure Village are Temari and Gaara.

The two ninjas of Hidden Cloud Village are Karoi and Omoi.

There are two ninjas from Kirigakure Village, Suigetsu and Rokuro Goju.

Iwagakure Village... had bad luck. The whole army was wiped out. No one got a ticket to the finals. The faces of the Iwagakure genin who left the stage were gloomy. Among the five great ninja villages, Iwagakure was the only one. Murasaki's head was shaved, and there was not even a single Iwa ninja face in the finals. One can only imagine what kind of treatment these losers will receive when they return.

Of course, things about losers don't deserve much attention. At least the ninjas in other ninja villages don't care much. For example, the Kumo ninjas even directly showed their gloating. The last time the Iwa ninja took away the nest, the hatred of the Kumo ninjas is still there. The memory is still fresh!

such a disgrace,

Can't forget.

As for those small ninja villages that are not on the list... no one cares, this is a matter of course. Not every small ninja village can have a Sansho Hanzo, all the ninjas in the small ninja villages He was eliminated in the second round, and the qualifying round was simply a game between the five major ninja villages.

"Everyone here has passed the preliminaries. 16 people... To be honest, it is still a bit too much, but it is still within the acceptable range. So, congratulations on your successful advancement and winning the third official game. tickets, and I will explain the rules of the third official game to you next.”

Moonlight Hayate paused and turned his head to look at Zongxuan, "Hokage-sama?"

"Haifeng, thank you for your hard work. I'll handle the next thing."

Zongxian waved his hand slowly.

Moonlight Hayate took two steps back with great discernment, highlighting Lord Hokage.

Not paying attention to Yue Guangfeng's little movements, Zong Xian just looked at the boys and girls in front of him seriously, with a warm smile on his face:

"First of all, as the Sixth Hokage, I congratulate you for standing in front of me as the winner. You can stand up proudly. The winner deserves to enjoy the congratulations and glory. Of course, the only drawback is the lack of audience here. Cheers and cheers.

"But don't be disappointed. Your journey is not over yet. One month later, you will step on the final stage under the spotlight of everyone. When the time comes, there will naturally be thunderous cheers for your victory."

The genin's blood was boiling after what they said, and they wished they could find their opponents to fight for another hundred and eighty rounds on the spot.

"Okay, now that I've finished my beautiful words, let's get down to the practical stuff. I know many of you are very tired now and want to rest, but I'm sorry, I can't announce the disbandment now. For the sake of the next official competition , there are still things you need to do."

After Zongxian finished speaking,

He turned his head and looked at Senju Hashirama behind him.

"Come on, take a piece of paper out of this box." Senju Hashirama came to the boys and girls holding a box with a hole in it, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I will get there. , just slap them one by one."

Gui Deng Shuiyue, who was standing on the far left, was the first to reach out and pull out a piece of paper.

Open it and take a look,

Above it is the number 2.

The note Rokuro Gotachibana drew next to him had the number 6 on it.

This went on until Omoi, who was standing on the far right, pulled out the last note.

"Did you get them all? Then count them one by one from left to right." Zong Xian said softly.

"I'm number 2."

"number 6."

···

"number 10."

Omoyi was the last to say.

While they were reporting their number, Senju Tobirama, who was standing on the right side of Zongxian, was holding a writing board and writing down something quickly on it. Two seconds after Omoi finished speaking, Senju Tobirama stopped writing, Zong Xian then asked: "Are you ready?"

"It's all up there."

Qian Shu Feijian turned the writing pad in his hand so that Zong Xian could see the whole picture.

Zong Xian took a look and confirmed that there was no problem. Then he turned his attention to the boys and girls again and said loudly: "Your lineup for the official game in one month's time has been confirmed. You can confirm it yourself."

Following Zongxian's speech, Qianju Tobijian also turned over the writing pad in his hand at the right time and displayed the tree diagram above for everyone to see. Some people had already expected such a result, even if they didn't look at it. Some people understood who their opponent would be, and some people suddenly realized it, and hurriedly came forward to find their own names and the names of their opponents.

In the first round, Gaara VS Kito Suigetsu;

In the second round, Kurama Yakumo VS Temari;

In the third round, Uzumaki Naruto VS Gotachibana Rokuro;

The fourth round, Inuzuka Kiba VS Nara Shikamaru;

Round [-], Shino Aburame VS Omoi;

Round six, Uchiha Sasuke VS Hyuga Neji;

Round [-], Haruno Sakura VS Hinata Hinata;

Round [-], Karoy VS Rock Lee.

"One more point to add, this is the final lineup. The official competition is not a round-robin elimination system. One month later, on the day of the official competition, I will compete with Mizukage, Kazekage, Tsuchikage, Raikage, and the rest of the ninja village. The leaders and famous names from various countries attended the review..."

Zong Xian paused, took a breath, and continued: "We will make the final judgment based on your performance in the official competition. As long as you are judged to be outstanding enough, even if you are defeated by a more powerful opponent, It doesn’t prevent him from becoming a chuunin, so you should be able to understand, right?"

"It means that each of us has the possibility to become a chuunin, right?"

Gui Deng Shui Yue raised his hand to ask a question.

"Yes."

Zongxian's jaw is raised, and he is affirmed.

"Now I ask again, any questions?"

Everyone looked at each other, and no one raised any new questions.

"Then, see you in a month." Zong Xian shook his sleeves, "It's time to disband. Just go and do whatever you need to do!"