Arc III Chapter 14
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<strong><b>Arc III Chapter </b></strong><strong><b>14</b></strong>
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Poisonous creatures lurkedamong the ancient trees, hidden by shadows. Despiteitsominous name, the Forest of Death was a calmce, apeaceful ce.Asami enjoyed the scenery and madeherselffortable before the entrance of the tower. They were now waiting for their prey,forpetitorsstupid enough to challenge her.
The trees shielded her fair skin from the sunlight.Her low resistance to sunlight wasa source of constant annoyance ever since her childhood. Her pale skin disliked the sun and punished her with frequent sunburns.Okaa-saneven joked that she got moon burns.
Her lips mustered a weak smile. Sweet memories of happier times. She missed those days. She truly missed Okaa-san, but sadly the past was the past.
Asami turned her attention to her two exhausted team mates. They were in a sorry state. They made her feel kind of guilty, but only kind of. Hisaaki and Katsusane were lying sprawled across the ground. They were panting, gasping for air. Her little forced march nearly killed them. A little bit of running already exhausted them, what a disappointment. Their stamina was poor. Their speed average, at best.
Hisaaki scowled on the ground.“What did you...say again? I am Asami... I am a weak and helpless girl...I am shy and innocent ...Whydidn’t you tellus that you are faster than the fucking Yellow sh?” His body copsed,pletely out of breath.
Asami giggled with a hint of schadenfreude. Her heart took pleasure in their misery.“Excellent, it appears that you haven’t lost your sense of humour.That means you are still alive.”
“Shut up!”Hisaaki retorted.“You are not funny at all, you ...,you ...,you merciless ve driver! But seriously, how are you so damn fast?I doubt that evenHatsusenseistandsa chance againstyou ...No wonder thathe Hokagevouched for you ...”
Asami merely smiled. “Indeed, I am more than meets the eye.”
“...” Hisaaki chose to say nothing. “Anyway, how long did we take?”
Asami tilted her head. “Hard to tell, but I guess that our time is good. Ten minutes,at most.Congrattions. To be honest,I didn’t expect youtobreak the ten-minute mark. Respect.”Her handsapuded.Hisaaki and Katsusane deserved some recognitionfor their efforts.
“...”Hisaaki merely blinked.
Katsusane, meanwhile, groaned, visibly angry. “I don’t need your congrattion.” He forced himself up and dusted off his clothes. “In fact, these are the chunin exams. Can’t you take them seriously, even for a single moment? First, you try to get us all killed by provoking the entire room. Now, you try to kill is with an inhumane forced march. Do you even care about us, Asami?”
His words gave her pause. Katsusane had ... a point, although hecked her perspective. “Katsusane, I assure you, I do care about your well being. Trust me, I take theexamsseriously, in my own way.They are just not as importantto me as they are to you.”
No bloodshed, no destruction, no morally questionable decisions, no death, no tears, no cries. This world was socalm and peaceful, aworld of light,a world not tainted by shadows.Konoha was abeautiful vige, a perfect vige, maintained and sustained by people like her, by people shrouded in darkness. They were Konoha’s shield,Konoha’s sword, Konoha’s dagger.Konohadidn’t be a majorpowerby virtue ofkindness and benevolence. Konoha was a vige founded on a mountain of corpses, a mountain tallerthan many realised.
“...” Katsusane sighed in resignation. “So, what is your n to get the Earth Scroll? Do you think it will juste to us?”
Asami pointed her index finger at him. “Katsusane, that is exactly the n.The Earth Scroll wille to us eventually. We just need tobe patient andwait.Every team needs toenter the towertoadvance to the next round. We will just wait here for them to show up. They will soonerorter, and then we will take their scroll ...”
Hersenses sharpened. Her instincts warned her. Three unknown signatures approached their position. They were about to get visitors ...
Anotherominous chakra signature joined the fray. The signature moved in their direction.It was them,the Suna trio and the jinchuurikiof the One-Tail. It wasmon knowledge that the fourth Kazekage sealed the One-Tail inside his youngest son. The boy''schakrapossesseda aurasimr to Naruto''s.Now, he wasing for her. How troublesome.
Asami clicked her tongue and unholstereda kunai.“Katsusane, Hisaaki, prepare yourselves,we are gettingpany.The enemy is close. They areing.”
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