Chapter 27: Will of Fire and Caged Bird
"Darui actually lost. Damn, I even bet on him being first place."
"That young man from the Uchiha clan is so powerful. He even defeated the genius of Kumogakure, who is three years older than him."
"As expected of the Uchiha clan, I wonder how strong the other Uchiha Itachi is."
"It seems that Konoha is still very powerful, geniuses are born in large numbers in Konoha."
"..."
As for Darui's two teammates, they were even more bitter at the moment.
Darui was defeated in the first match.
The Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was also in the stands, listened to the discussion from a distance and nodded in satisfaction.
Sure enough, it was the right choice to arrange Darui and Yuta to compete first.
Kumogakure only sent Darui alone to Konoha to take the Chūnin exam.
He probably wanted to let Darui take the first place and increase Kumogakure's reputation while also decreasing Konoha's prestige.
As a result, Darui was defeated in the first match of the third test.
This time, Kumogakure will probably become a joke.
And that's all thanks to him the Hokage.
With just a few tricks, Konoha's image was easily restored.
Instead, what he didn't expect was Yuta's strength.
Without opening the Eight Inner Gates, he defeated the genius ninja Darui, whom Kumogakure had high hopes for.
This level of talent is completely comparable to the young Kakashi.
Thinking of this, Sarutobi Hiruzen secretly frowned.
He wondered what this child thought of the will of fire now and whether he could be used by him.
If Yuta becomes a Chūnin this time, he and Guy's team will be disbanded.
"It seems that I need to find a way to test him later."
Sarutobi Hiruzen made up his mind secretly.
The test still went on.
People showed up one after another.
Itachi also fought with his opponent, and he easily defeated his opponent with just genjutsu, which caused a burst of exclamations in the stands.
And the various ninja clan's leaders of Konoha became more and more envious of the Uchiha clan in their hearts.
There are two great geniuses in the same clan.
After a short while, it was time for Yuta's second match.
"The next match, Uchiha Yuta vs Hyuga Wuji." Kakashi announced.
Yuta stepped off the stage and confronted Wuji.
Looking at the face of the other party, he tried to recall this guy, but he couldn't remember hi at all.
He should be a character that didn't appear in the original book.
Looking at the other party's forehead protector, he should be from the Hyuga branch house.
The ninjas in the Hyuga branch house basically all have one thing in common.
Regarding the ninja forehead protector, some ninjas tie it around their neck, some tie it around their waist, and some tie it around their arms.
But the people of the Hyuga branch house, without exception, wear the ninja forehead protector on their heads.
Naturally, the purpose is to block the ugly Caged Bird.
Wuji stared at Yuta opposite with a solemn expression.
After watching Yuta's previous battle, he understood that he couldn't defeat Yuta.
Even if he has already mastered Revolving Heaven during this time, he doesn't stand a chance against Yuta.
Yuta does't even need to use the Eight Inner Gates to beat him.
The two sides are not at the same level at all.
Wuji felt another burst of sadness in his heart.
He took the Chūnin exam this time because he was asked by the clan elders to do his best to get satisfactory results.
As others can imagine, even if he fights with all his strength this time, the clan elders will not be satisfied after he loses.
Maybe they will even get angry and punish him with the Caged Bird.
This is the fate of a branch house member.
Damn fate!
Wuji reluctantly lifted his mood, and looked towards the opposite side.
Suddenly!
For some reason, he felt that Yuta seemed to have seen through his mind.
Shaking his head and throwing this ridiculous idea behind him, he heard Yuta on the other side speak again.
"You are obviously a ninja from the branch house. Are you taking the Chūnin exam this time to boost Hyuga's reputation?" Yuta said with disdain in his expression.
With this Chūnin exam, not only Konoha, but also the Hyuga clan want to boost their reputation.
And the reason is naturally because of the Kumogakure incident a few months ago.
But what does Hyuga's fame have to do with a group of branch house ninjas who don't even have freedom?
Hyuga Hizashi, the younger brother of the clan leader had juts recently become a scapegoat.
"I had to do it."
Wuji said with no expression on his face.
"Yeah, I see."
Although Yuta had no contact with the Hyugas, he guessed the other party's difficulties.
It was nothing more than being forced by the main family to take the Chūnin exam to boost their reputation.
It was because of scenes like this that Yuta doesn't believe in the will of fire.
Within Konoha, the Hyuga branch house members can be said to be the group with the lowest acceptance of the will of fire.
A group of people who don't even have freedom and are trampled on by the main family.
How can they believe in the will of fire?
With the same idea, Yuta could understand their thoughts.
"I will fight seriously next, so you can have some excuse later."
"..."
Wuji was in a trance for a while.
Does he... know why he took the Chūnin exam?
He didn't know why but he suddenly had the urge to cry.
...
After a serious battle, Wuji even used the Revolving Heaven that he had learned not long ago to fully show his strength.
However, in the face of Yuta's strength, he finally exhausted all his strength and collapsed.
A medical ninja came over with a stretcher.
Before being carried away on the stretcher, Wuji turned his head to look in the direction of Yuta with his last bit of strength and he said with difficulty, "....Thanks."
Yuta looked up at the sky with a thousand thoughts.
Has the light of the will of fire ever shone into the caged hearts of the Hyuga branch house members?
Cold Chakra poured into his eyes.
Yuta knew that his Sharingan had been upgraded to three tomoe.