Chapter 71: Kabuto Yakushi
As Naruto and his group are having their usual banter.....
"Hey, you guys! You should be a little quieter. You guys are the rookie "twelve" fresh out of the academy? Carrying on like that with a cute face... Man. This isn't a field trip. " said a man wearing eyeglasses.
"Who're you? Acting all haughty" Ino with her temper.
"I am Kabuto Yakushi. Anyway, take a good look around you. "
As Rookie Twelve looked around their surroundings they saw an unusual stare from all the other participants around them.
"Behind you. They were from Rain Village. They were hot-tempered. Everyone is tense before the exam. I thought I'd warn you guys before you get your butts get whipped. " Kabuto seriously warned them.
" Well, It can't be helped. You're a rookie who doesn't know left from right. You remind me of my old self." Kabuto said while having a thought for a second which is most likely his first chunin exam experience.
"You're Kabuto right? " Sakura asked.
"Yes":
"Then this is your second time?"
"No, It's my seventh time. This exam is only held twice a year. So it's my fourth year."
"Then that means you know a lot about this exam?"
"No Kidding"
"Kabuto, you were pretty awesome, huh? " Naruto
"But you haven't passed" Shikamaru
"Yeah, well, that is the case.. "
"Is the Chunin Exam that high a hurdle? Man, this is utterly bothersome." Shikamaru
"Then maybe I will give a bit of information to my cute juniors with these Ninja info cards."
Kabuto Yakushi took a bunch of cards from this pouch containing a weird symbol on the backside.
" Ninja Cards? " Sakura asked curiously as she never heard of that before.
"To put it simply, they were cards that have information burned into them and coded with chakra. I spent a whole four years gathering information for this exam. There are close to to hundred of these cards."
Kabuto Yakushi kneeled down and placed the strange Ninja Cards on the ground. The back side of the cards with strange symbols is visible. He flipped the top card showing its white front side with nothing on it.
" They are pure white to the eye. To open the data on these cards..." He started to rotate the card with his middle finger.
"What are you doing?" asked Sakura
"The way it works is that no one can see the info without using my chakra. For example like this..." he made the ninjutsu symbol and focused his chakra on the card. The White front part suddenly turned into a make of the nations with some data marked over it.
" wow, awesome! What information is this? " Ino asked
"The number of test takers and participating nations, and the number of applications from each respective village is individually displayed. Why do you think that the Chunin exam is conducted in the first place? It's said it is done to deepen the friendship among the nations first and to boost the shinobi level, second "
"It is said? What do you mean by that?" Sasuke asked
"That's right. the real aim is in the checking of the shinobi levels of neighboring nations and keeping power balance equal."
"Why such bothersome things?" Shikamaru asked
"If that's not done the weak nations will be invaded by the strong nations in no time at all. and maybe ended up being controlled unilaterally. There is a point to mutual supervision. Probably."
"On those cards, are there ones with detailed individual information?" Sasuke asked.
"yes, there are. Are there ones you're concerned with? "
"Yes, there are" Sasuke replied.
"The information of the applicants this time around is not perfect but is burned in and saved. You guys are included. Except for the shinobis from the Snow Crystal Village. I have no data on them. About those 'one's you were concerned about' who you know. Anything's fine, tell me their information and I will retrieve it for you."
"Gaara from the Sand Village" Sasuke replied.
"Oh, you even know names. That makes it quick."
Kabuto Yakushi shuffled the cards and picked one random card from it. He again started to spin the card on the ground with his middle finger while applying chakra to it. The card shows the data on Gaara with his picture on it.
"His mission experience, eight C ranks, B rank one. He is also a rookie shinobi like you guys. So there is no further information. But It seems he returned from all his missions uninjured."
" B rank as a Genin But uninjured? " Shikamaru asked.
" What is this guy" Naruto asked
Kabuto Yakushi spun another card and it shows all the nations.
" Leaf, Sand, Rain, Grass, Waterfall, Sound, Stone, Mist, Clouds and Snow Crystal Village. There are a lot of exceptional genins from those villages who come to take the exam this year as well. As for as village hidden in Sound, it's a village of a small nation that just sprang up in recent few years so there isn't much information. At any rate, they were all hidden villages with nothing but crackjacks. One final warning, Don't fight Snow Crystal village members. From what I heard they were the most dangerous in this exam. I had Zero data on them. So they are very hard to predict."
"That kind of makes you lose your confidence." Hinata worried
"Why are you saying that now " Ino
"In other words, all the applicants who have gathered here... " Sakura
"That's right. Not just Gaara, they were all top-choice elites Genin from each Nation. This isn't going to be easy. "
On Kabuto Yakushi's reminder, the whole Rookie 12 got silent.
"I won't lose to any of you, got it?" Naruto's loud idiotic straightforward provoking statement to all the other participants immediately lifted the spirit of Rookie 12.
"Say What's with him?" Ino
"Well my brother would never get depressed" Hina laughed
"It won't do any good to provoke everyone" Ino
"Don't tell me that" Hina
"If I don't tell it to you who do I tell it to?" Ino
"I feel better now." Naruto
Another banter started to go on within Rookie 12. At the same time intensity of the glare from the other participants starts to intensify after Naruto's statement.
" Isn't that guy from before? " Kankuro who is among the crowd.
"The dog's bark is bigger than the bite." Temari.
Also among the crowd....
"Hey did you hear? Sound Village is a minor Hidden Village of a minor nation. That's offensive. "
" Maybe I'll play with them a little bit"
" Yes, being referred to as something like leftover shinobis and all. we will add this to his data. Those sound village shinobis are brutal on their own"
Also among the crowd...
"Interesting individuals. Keep an eye on them. This exam is going to be fun for us especially since they have zero data on us."
Rookie 12....
Kiba," Won't lose to any of you, you say? Ha Ha Ha" laughed
Shikamaru," That Idiot. In no time at all, he made enemies of his surroundings"
Ino," What are you talking big for?! You."
Naruto," but I just said what was true. I say"
This made the situation even worse proving everyone. Kankuro untied his secret weapon to teach these brats a lesson but was stopped by Gaara. Reason? Well three guys were already on to the action. Shinobis from the sound village. They moved at a high speed and targeted Kabuto Yakushi first. Kabuto Yakushi was lucky enough to dodge the fist thrown at him. he thought he unscratched but suddenly his eyeglasses got shattered shocking everyone.
Kabuto Yakushi," I see it's that kind of attack"
Sasuke," What's going on? He was supposed to have evaded it. Why'd that happen to his glasses? "
Shikamaru, "Probably grazed the tip of his nose. He is trying to act strong, That punk."
Suddenly Kabuto Yakushi kneeled and puked. His whole body started to shake.
Naruto," oh! he puked?!"
Rookie 12 was confused. What was happening?
Naruto and Sakura rushed to help Kabuto. " Hey Kabuto What was going on? Are you ok? "
Kabuto," I'm ok."
Naruto," Really"
Sound Village Shinobi," Oh, so, he is not so special. Even though he is a veteran who's been taking the exams for four whole years. Write this on your card. The three from the sound village are Doubtless Chunin "
Sasuke," Kabuto should've totally read the attack But why did he vomit?"
Before a further disaster happens, Exam Instructors appears in the room with a loud noise!
"Silence degenerates. Sorry to keep you waiting. I am Ibuki Morino proctor of the first chunin Exam."
[ ROOKIE 12
TEAM 7: Naruto, Sasuke and Hina
TEAM 8: Hinata, Shino and Kiba
TEAM 9: Isigami Noida, Kagami Yami and Choji ( you see more about them in this Arc)
TEAM 10: Ino , Shikamaru and Sakura ]
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