I am the strongest Hokage of all time

the next day.

morning.

The number drawing session for the third round of the Chunin Examination, the nine-to-eight competition.

The two candidates who drew numbers [-] and [-] this time will face off, and the remaining contestants will advance directly.

The winners will advance to the quarterfinals, and the losers will be eliminated.

"Contestant No. [-] Hanzo Amegakure, Contestant No. [-] Konohagakure Sarutobi Hiruzen."

"Please two candidates stay, while the rest of the candidates go into the waiting hall and wait."

Hanzo and Hiruzen stood facing each other.

As the only child of Yuyin Village, Hanzo carries the hope of the whole village.

Kahara has not announced the start of the game.

Hanzo was already ready for battle.

He held the hilt of the katana at his waist tightly in his hand.

He seemed a little nervous.

After all, he was facing Konoha's well-known genius, Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Hiruzen smiled and said, "It seems we are really destined."

After Hiruzen learned that his opponent was Hanzo, he summoned his iron rod from the scroll in advance.

Hold the iron rod in your hand.

Hanzo didn't answer.

"Game start!"

Shikahara gave the order.

Hiruzen held the iron rod and rushed towards Hanzo quickly like an arrow off the string.

Hanzo has yet to use his signature weapon, the scythe, as a weapon.

Instead, use the katana at your waist.

Hanzo's body was slightly bent, his hand still on the handle of the knife.

Home cut!

Hanzo quickly drew his sword and attacked Hiruzen.

Hiruzen raised his iron rod horizontally to resist.

The violent collision between the weapons produced sparks.

Hiruzen blocked the blow and then swung the iron rod towards Hanzo.

Hanzo ducked sideways, and then struck down with another sword.

Hiruzen blocked the attack again.

Hanzo felt like every move he made was seen through by Hiruzen.

The two of you come and go.

The sound of samurai swords and iron rods colliding was endless.

The duel between the two lasted 10 minutes.

Hanzo was never able to touch Hiruzen.

Instead, Hiruzen hit him in the chest several times with a stick.

Hiruzen takes advantage of the victory and pursues it

Hanzo realized something was wrong.

The technique of water instant body!

Hiruzen swung down his stick.

But it only hit a pool of water that remained in place.

Hanzo escaped.

The high-intensity physical confrontation just now consumed a lot of his energy.

The chakra consumed in yesterday's battle with earth and stone has not been fully recovered.

After all, not everyone is Hiruzen.

Hiruzen can rely on mysterious spiritual energy to quickly restore chakra.

The status of others today is somewhat affected.

Hiruzen didn't worry when he saw Hanzo escaping.

Hiruzen decided to save as much chakra as possible in this battle.

After all, he has played one more game than the other top eight.

Hiruzen had already positioned himself as one of the top eight in his mind.

Although Hanzo has talent.

But after all, he is the same age as himself and his strength is limited.

As long as someone is the same age as himself, Hiruzen is 100% sure of winning.

Even Dango and Kagami are the same.

Hiruzen just kept saving chakra to prepare for Ohnoki and Yezuki Mochi.

Hanzo realized that if he didn't use his full strength, he might stop here.

He put his hands on his mask.

He seemed to be taking off his mask.

But Hanzo's hand didn't move.

Hiruzen looked at Hanzo from a distance.

Hanzo and Hiruzen looked at each other.

Take your hand back.

"Sarutobi Hiruzen, I will defeat you with dignity!"

Hanzo rushed towards Hiruzen, swinging his katana.

Seeing how aggressive he was, Hiruzen dodged backwards.

Hanzo did not raise his sword and pursued the enemy while he was victorious.

Instead, he put the knife back into its sheath.

Water escape? Water dragon bullet technique!

A water dragon attacked Hiruzen.

And Hanzo once again used Iai Slash.

Hiruzen faced the water dragon bullet at close range, and at the same time he also had to face Hanzo's personal attack.

The situation can be said to be quite unfavorable.

Earth escape? Earth spear!

Hiruzen formed a seal with his hands to use this move.

Although it is called an earth spear, it does not summon an earth spear to attack.

Instead, he uses Earth Release Chakra to harden his skin and improve his defense.

This is the move Kakuzu used in the original work.

Hiruzen is hard against Water Dragon Bullet and Iai Slash.

He hit Hanzo hard on the chest with a stick from both hands.

Hanzo and Hiruzen flew out together.

Hanzo was knocked away by a stick, and Hiruzen was knocked away by the impact of a water dragon bullet.

Hanzo landed first and then continued to perform ninjutsu.

Water escape? Great waterfall technique!

The arena instantly turned into a lake.

A huge amount of water hit the ground, and the waves were five meters high.

Hiruzen formed a seal with his hands in the air, then spat out a puddle of soil and fell to the ground.

The soil instantly rose up into a towering, solid rock wall.

Hiruzen landed right on top of the rock and rose into the air along with the rock wall.

The impact of the Great Waterfall Technique was overwhelming.

But he couldn't shake the earth flow wall even a bit.

Hanzo drew his sword and rushed up the rock wall.

Hiruzen also swooped down holding the iron rod.

clang!

Hanzo's katana was broken by Hiruzen's stick.

It made a crisp sound like the impact of gold and stone.

Hanzo's expression changed before he could react.

He was knocked into the lake below by Hiruzen.

Hanzo fell into the lake, but it was like a fish sinking into the ocean.

You can come and go freely in the lake.

Upon seeing this, Hiruzen stood on the earth flow wall and used ninjutsu.

Earth escape? Rock bullet technique!

Hiruzen spit out rocks that looked like bullets.

Attacking Hanzo who was submerged in the water.

The stone bullet penetrated the water easily and still had no loss of force when it hit the ground under the water.

sunk deep into the ground.

Although Hanzo could come and go freely in the water, it was difficult to dodge Hiruzen's top-down attacks.

There were several bloody marks on his body instantly.

Of course Hiruzen deliberately avoided Hanzo's abdomen.

After all, if the poison gas leaks, the trouble will be big.

Not only Hanzo will die, but the entire arena audience will be affected.

Hanzo had no choice but to swim out of the water.

Stand back on the water.

Hiruzen then pulled out the iron rod inserted into the rock.

Attacked Hanzo again.

Hanzo was in very bad shape at this time.

Not only was he injured, he also consumed a lot of chakra.

Plus the katana has been broken.

When fighting Hiruzen again, he was clearly at a disadvantage.

After a few rounds.

Hanzo was completely defeated.

Hiruzen's iron rod was raised above Hanzo's head.

If he had just hit it, Hanzo's life would have been lost.

Hiruzen said: "You are strong."

Hanzo's expression was touched.

Hiruzen continued: "With such strength, I, Sarutobi Hiruzen, recognize you."

Hanzo murmured to himself: "Do you agree...?"

Hanzo, who was treated as a freak since childhood, has never received so-called recognition.

Even as he became stronger, the villagers and other ninjas only became more afraid of him.

Hanzo didn't expect that his strength would be recognized.

Shikahara had already appeared on the field at this time.

Hiruzen's victory was announced.

Several more ninjas appeared on the field and began to restore the terrain of the playing field.

Hiruzen and Hanzo walked towards the examination hall together

Hiruzen patted Hanzo on the shoulder.

"I've heard about you. Isn't this kind of life very hard?"

Hiruzen asked with a concerned tone.

Hanzo nodded silently.

He looked at the scar on his abdomen that was covered by his clothes.

Hiruzen said as he put his hand on Hanzo and used medical ninjutsu to heal Hanzo's injuries.

"Being treated as a monster by the villagers and feared by teammates, I can understand how uncomfortable it is to live without companions."

"I can be your companion if you wish."

"Even if we are not ninjas of the same country."

"Because the ninja world, which is divided into camps based on countries, is still too small."

Hanzo said thank you to Hiruzen.

Silently pondering the meaning of Hiruzen's words.