Arc IV Chapter 1
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<strong>Arc IV Chapter 1
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“And this is my little sister. Look, Asami, how cute she is. A little angel”, Hisaaki rambled on and on foruntold hours, presenting her proudly another picture of his sister.
Asami facepalmed. They were indeed the first team to pass the second part of the exam, but now they were stuck here in the tower for five whole days, condemned to doing nothing but waiting ... How dreadful.
Before Hisaaki could startanother eulogy onhis cute little sister,Hatsu entered the room, savingherfrom such a tragic fate.Asami had enough of the siscon Hisaaki and his incredible older brother Tatsuya. She had enough of his entire family.
“...”Hatsu approached them, ringat herspecifically with a hint of annoyance. She had probably heard what she had done and disapproved of her methods.
Asami, however, couldn''t care less. Her methods produced results. “Hatsu-sensei, can we finally leave this tower? I can’t take it any more here.”
Hatsu crossed her arms, shaking her head. “Noyet ... I was informed that you need toe with me. They have apparently prepared for you and the rest of the participants.”
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Asami and her team entered a wide, openhall that resembled an arena. In fact, it was an arena. They werethest ones and ced themselves among the rows of standing genin, which didn’t go unnoticed.A few geninred at themwith anexpected degree of animosity. Especially, the Sunatrio cherished her.
“...”Asami deployed her best smileand wavedback.
Hiruzen appeared before them, armed with a pipe and d in full regalia. He cleared his throat, startingone of his typical lengthy sermons.He was talking about the final portion of the chunin exam. About the true reason behind the chunin exams. About promoting friendship among the viges.About how the chunin exams, however, werealso a matter of prestige and influence. About how the chunin exams served to demonstrate andpare the strength of the vige. None of it came as a surprise as long as you possesseda modicumof political acumen.
Another ninja appeared. His name was Hayate. He introduced them to the concept of preliminaries. Apparently, more teams had passed the second exam than predicted. They needed to cut down the numbers.
Hayate was met by a sea of nk, disbelieving stares. Some of the genin just couldn’t shut up and didn’t stopining. This wasn’t right ... This wasn’t fair ... Sakura didn''t stop whining. Sasuke here, Sasuke there, curse mark dangerous, you can’t participate. Terribly annoying.
“...”Asami rolled her eyes. She was annoyed.And an annoyed Asami was an exceedingly dangerous Asami. She was bored. Everything was so bothersome and time consuming. Now she even had to participate in a preliminary tournament.
Hayate continued. “Ough. Ough. Does anybody else want to follow his example and withdraw? Nobody? Ough. Ough. Then we have a little problem. Ough. Ough. We nned for 12 matches. But with 23 candidates, we have now an uneven number of participants. That means that one of you won''t need to participate. Ough. Anyway, we will begin now the preliminaries. Ough. Ough. The preliminaries consist of individual fights. The winners will advance to the next round and the final portion of the chunin exam. Otherwise, there are no rules at all.”
“...”Asamiraised an eyebrow. Hayate suddenly gained her undividedattention. No rules at all? That was interesting, very interesting...
Hayate rified further,“Ough. Ough.You will fight until someone dies, copses, or admits defeat. And please give upright away. We don''t want to see any unnecessary corpses... Do you have any questions...”
“...”Asami raised her hand, armed with an innocent smile.
Hayateturned his head, addressing her. “Yes?”
“I have a question, does that mean that we areallowed to kill ouropponents?” Asami was curious.
Hayatenodded. “From a technical point, yes, you are indeed allowed to kill, althoughI still retain the right to intervene when I judge that unnecessary force is applied. But otherwise,it is up to your abilities.”
“I see ...”Asami understood.
Hayate looked around.“Any further questions? No? Thenthe preliminariesbegin.”Following hismand,Anko stepped forwards to announcethe firstarranged match.
“...”Asami yawned, once again nearly falling asleepout of boredom.The entire procedure boredher,but her agonyunexpectedly ended.
Anko gripped her clipboard. “The first match will be betweenRock Lee and Minami Asami. Thecandidates shall step forwards.”
“This ... is.... unexpected”, Asami mumbled. Hisaaki overheard her.
“Don’t worry, Asami, we are sure that you will make it. We believe in you.”Hisaaki clenched his fists.How sweet of him.
Asami responded with a smile. “Thank you, Hisaaki, for your encouragement. Your encouragement is not needed, but still.”
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