"Begin the match."

  "Then I'll go first!" This Akiharu was also an impatient person, but in the previous tests, his average score was in the top twenty, making him a decent student.

  However, the ninjutsu he used wasn't really worth eborating on. After all, it was his original "Environmental Ninjutsu."

  Among the more famous ones were "Environment: Rock Barrage" and "Environment: Haphazard Water Spray." These could be said to combine deception and attack into a perfect combination.

  "Yah! Environment: Dust Cloud!" Akiharu stomped his feet hard on the ground, sending all the accumuted dust flying up, then waved his sleeves, trying to blow this dust, which could serve as a smokescreen, into Shikamaru's face.

  However, with Shikamaru's personality, he wasn't happy to wait that long. He hated troublesome things the most. Who knew what trouble might arise after the dust settled? So, he formed a hand seal, his legs naturally spread into a horse stance, slightly crouching.

  Secret Technique: Shadow Imitation Technique!

  The shadow under Shikamaru's feet slowly changed shape, the range of its movement growing rger and rger, twisting as if trying to break free from Shikamaru's body!

  It came out! The shadow transformed into a straight line, directly approaching Akiharu, who was still a few meters away, enthusiastically waving his sleeves. Akiharu felt that Shikamaru hadn't moved, so there was no threat, and he continued to focus on setting up what he considered his environment.

  "Alright, Shadow Imitation Technique, great success!" Shikamaru said only this sentence. Slowly, the dust around Akiharu also settled, and everyone saw the exposed Akiharu.

  He was clearly holding a kunai to his own neck! And Shikamaru opposite him had his hand empty, pced near his own neck.

  "This is... Nara Shikamaru. No wonder. Third match, Nara Shikamaru wins," Ibiki muttered to himself, having noticed the key. The Nara cn was famous in Konoha for this shadow that could control the enemy's movements. The Ino-Shika-Cho trio formed by the Akimichi, Yamanaka, and Nara cns was even famous throughout the ninja world. Seeing the shadow under Shikamaru's feet, Ibiki knew that this Tenbutsu Akiharu had no chance of winning and directly announced the result.

  "Nara Shikamaru, not bad abilities. I should find an opportunity to get to know him," Haru thought. Getting to know strong people and surpassing them seemed to be a knot in his heart.

  "Next match, step forward."

  Uchiha Sasuke leaped onto the ptform, while Aburame Shino walked up slowly, step by step.

  "Sensei, I..."

  "Begin the match!" Shino had just wanted to forfeit, but Ibiki, although he heard, didn't care and directly started the match.

  "Ibiki, why didn't you let Shino finish speaking?" Iruka was a bit strange. Logically, an instructor should accept a student's reasonable request. But Ibiki hadn't done so, so there was clearly some reason.

  "I guessed he was going to forfeit because bug manipution is countered by Fire Release. But I want him to know that you don't get to choose your enemies on the battlefield. Watch carefully."

  "Huh, you rarely say so much," Hearing such a detailed expnation, Iruka was quite happy. After all, the usual Ibiki was truly a man of few words.

  Shino on the ptform obviously had no reaction. His original intention was to forfeit, but since the instructor ignored him, he had no choice but to go through with it. And he wasn't someone to be easily bullied!

  Intellectually, among this group of students, he was probably second only to Haru and Shikamaru. And now, the strength of his ninjutsu would be dispyed before everyone!

  "Uchiha Sasuke, your Fire Release counters my bug manipution and will also cause serious damage to my insects. But since I can't forfeit, I will do my best. Please guide me," Shino said, maintaining his usual calm demeanor, although his heart was already burning with anxiety. After all, he cared deeply about the safety of his insects, but on the surface, there wasn't the slightest ripple.

  "Good, let me witness your secret techniques. But I will defeat you," Sasuke's arrogance was unmatched by anyone else. In terms of conceit, he was truly unrivaled.

  Compared to before, Sasuke was now more skilled with Fire Release, and his hand seal speed had reached Haru's level.

  Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!

  Sasuke took the initiative, releasing a rge fireball that compressed Shino's space. This was a C-rank Fire Release! And a six-year-old child could use it normally. It seemed that the Uchiha's mastery of Fire Release was truly unmatched.

  "It's going to be difficult to win," Shino muttered under his colr. This situation was very unfavorable for him. He didn't have the ability to teleport instantly, and his taijutsu wasn't his strong suit. He was really at a loss against such a fireball.

  But how would he know if he didn't try?

  Parasitic Destruction Insect Technique: Insect Sphere!

  To reduce the number of insect casualties, Shino chose the Insect Sphere. The insects gathered together to form a small sphere, then quickly moved towards the fireball. He was trying to force his way through!

  The small Insect Sphere smmed into the center of the fireball and actually dispersed the rge fireball containing a rge amount of chakra! Shino seized this opportunity and directly burst out from the hole he had created.

  "Tch, not bad usage," Sasuke said, somewhat unconvinced that his ninjutsu had been countered, but facing the swarm of insects slowly flying towards him, he could only temporarily retreat.

  However, while moving backward, his hands didn't stop. Hand seal! Another C-rank Fire Release! The best choice against a small insect swarm was naturally a small fireball!

  Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique!

  "He can even do this. My insects aren't that fast," Shino cursed inwardly again. From the beginning until now, he had been in a passive state. If he continued like this, he would definitely lose. However, Shino had quite a few tactical reserves. He recalled all his insects to his side, returning them to his body, then used his own body to approach and evade the fireballs one by one. Whenever he couldn't avoid them, he released a few insects as bait to divert the chakra fireballs. This brought him closer and closer to Sasuke.

  At this point, Sasuke felt it was time to use taijutsu for close combat, and coincidentally, Shino thought the same. In less than three seconds, the two engaged, exchanging punches and kicks, unable to gain the upper hand, evenly matched. Even Sasuke's Uchiha-style taijutsu couldn't inflict any effective damage against Shino, who occasionally released insects to interfere.

  "Third Hokage-sama, the children in this year's css seem to have started training very early. Even the Aburame cn has strengthened their targeted taijutsu."

  "Indeed, I didn't expect this inconspicuous child to be so strong. Konoha, perhaps it will rise again!"

  Sasuke suddenly felt a part of his chakra was missing and cautiously jumped away from Shino, only to see insects crawling on his arm!

  "When..." These small insects were truly hard to guard against. With this, Sasuke didn't dare to approach anymore, but Shino, realizing this was effective, chased after Sasuke.

  Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique!

  This time, only a small fireball was used, accurately hitting the ground under Shino's feet. This resulted in a moment where Sasuke didn't see Shino in front of him!

  The smoke cleared, revealing Shino behind it. At this time, there were two Shinos! That was clearly a Bug Clone! With this, Sasuke dared not get close anymore. If he hit a Bug Clone, who knew how much of his chakra would be lost? At this point, Sasuke used the C-rank ninjutsu he had learned from Haru half a year ago.

  Fire Release: Great Fire Annihition!

  A rge-scale Fire Release engulfed Shino and his clone. Now, there was no space left on the entire ptform!

  Even if Shino still had tricks up his sleeve, he couldn't protect his insects at this point. And as it was just a match, there was no need to risk his full power reserves. So, Shino resolutely jumped off the ptform and walked away directly.

  "I forfeit." The calm voice reached Ibiki. This time, he couldn't very well grab Shino and force him back onto the ptform to continue, so he announced Sasuke's victory.

  "Hahaha, interesting children," Minato was amused. There were quite a few children with their own ideas this year. It seemed the teachers of this group of students would have a headache.

  The following matches were mostly dull, cking any amazing ninjutsu or taijutsu. Most of the children just brawled like ordinary fights, going onto the ptform, filing their arms and legs, and ending in a mutual injury, stubbornly refusing to stop until the instructors forcefully separated them.

  It wasn't until the second to st match, when the Hyuga cn's young dy stepped onto the stage, that Minato's attention was drawn again. "I remember this child has already awakened her Byakugan. She's quite the little genius. Her agility test score seemed pretty good earlier. I should take a look."

  "Yes, Hizashi's child won't be cking."

  "Alright, Hiratsuka Jirō wins. Next pair."

  "My name is... Hyuga Hinata. Please guide me," Hinata's personality was very introverted. She didn't dare to look strangers directly in the eye at all, and this was well demonstrated now.

  "Yo, little sister, if you're afraid of getting hurt, just forfeit. I'm really strong. I've never lost a group fight when I was a kid!" The boy named Nakatane Maru had a痞气 look on his face, clearly a mischievous child since childhood who wouldn't listen to adults properly. His arrogance combined with a young person's fearlessness made him very confident, even believing that no one here was his opponent.

  "A frog in a well," Haru said casually, having no interest in such a person and even feeling a bit of contempt.

  "Hey, you in the white clothes, what did you say? You looking for a beating?!" He started shouting again. A child who hadn't suffered hardship had such a violent temper.

  "Nakatane Maru, your opponent is Hinata."

  "Yes. But I don't hit girls," Even at this point, Nakatane Maru still thought he was invincible and spouted such chivalrous nonsense.

  Hinata also disliked such a tone and made up her mind, weakly saying to Nakatane Maru, "Then... I'm going to attack. Please guide me!"

  "Huh? You're going to attack first? Alright, alright, since you're a girl, I'll let you have your way. You're the first one to ever..."

  Thwack, crackle, boom!

  One punch and two palm strikes sent Nakatane Maru flying, heavily smming into the ground, a trace of blood already oozing from the corner of his mouth. Clearly, the impact had injured him quite a bit.

  "You little brat, you actually dared to hit me!" Nakatane Maru roared, leaping up in a fish-like jump, waving his arms at Hinata as if to devour her alive.

  After nding those two strikes, Hinata's shyness directly lessened, and a fighting spirit even rose within her. "Sorry, but you talk too much!" Hinata had never been provoked like this since childhood, so she naturally couldn't stand it now and took the initiative to teach this boy named Nakatane Maru a lesson.

  "You! You have a problem with me? Let me teach you a good lesson!" Still not learning his lesson, he couldn't hold back and took the initiative to attack!

  It had to be said that his speed wasn't slow. However, Hinata met him with the same speed, her hands crossed, the two exchanging blows back and forth.

  After a period of intense fighting, Hinata took a step back, leaving the fray first.

  "What's wrong, little girl? Scared by my punches, huh? Just surrender, that way you won't get hurt, hahaha!" Nakatane Maru didn't notice the change at all, still arrogantly believing Hinata was afraid.

  "I believe now that you really look like someone who has never lost. But, you definitely won't win today!" Hinata was truly angry. Even when her cousin Neji belittled her, she only felt she wasn't good enough. But now, having suffered unwarranted humiliation, how could the young dy of Konoha's strongest cn endure it?

  Slowly, a faint blue chakra appeared on Hinata's palms, and veins bulged around her eyes!

  Byakugan, open!

  Her hands adopted the Gentle Fist starting stance, her legs formed a bow stance, her whole body seemingly standing at the center of a Bagua formation, and this Bagua formation spread out like a spider web, reaching Nakatane Maru's feet.

  In Hinata's eyes, the chakra points on Nakatane Maru's body appeared one by one, locked on!

  "What's wrong? Are you going to fight or not? Hurry up, hurry up, I want to go rest!"

  "Eight Trigrams, Eighteen Palms!" Hinata cried out sharply, completely ignoring Nakatane Maru's provocation, increasing her speed to the maximum, charging towards Nakatane Maru. Before he could even react, her palms struck!

  One! Two! Three! Four!

  Four palms struck Nakatane Maru's abdominal chakra points first, and he immediately spat out a mouthful of bck blood.

  Five! Six! Seven! Eight! The speed of her palms slowly increased! Crack! This time, she struck the chakra points on Nakatane Maru's side, one of them on his ribs! A faint cracking sound was heard.

  Nine! Ten! Eleven! Twelve! The speed increased again! This time, she struck Nakatane Maru from bottom to top, from behind his knees to his neck. After this set, Nakatane Maru knelt down without any resistance.

  Thirteen.

  After this palm strike, she stopped. Ibiki grabbed Hinata's hand, forcibly stopping her momentum.

  "I'm... I'm sorry, Ibiki-sensei," Hinata knew that her actions could have directly crippled or killed him, so she realized her mistake and immediately apologized.

  "It's not your fault." After saying this sentence, Ibiki directly used the Body Flicker Technique to return to the stands.

  "Hinata wins. Next match, step forward."

  "Unexpectedly, that girl from the Hyuga cn, gentle on the outside but firm on the inside, a good personality," Minato praised. This was another promising seedling with a personality simir to his.

  "Hey, Ibiki, comforting people isn't your style. Could it be... you like her?" Iruka had seen Ibiki act unusually for the second time today and joked with him.

  "..."

  "Hey, it's rare for you to say a few more words, don't cm up again," Iruka knew Ibiki was just too zy to talk again, so he didn't say anymore. He was used to it.

  "Last match, Yamanaka Ino versus Haruno Sakura, begin!"

  And so, these two sworn rivals stepped onto the stage! Before seeing them, their voices were heard first...

  "Billboard Brow!"

  "Ino-pig!"

  ...

  "You two, do you want to forfeit collectively?" Instantly, the arena became quiet. Ibiki's intimidation was really effective.

  "Then here I come! Ino-pig!"

  "Alright! Forehead of Doom!"

  While cursing each other, their hands also moved in a somewhat decent back-and-forth. Unfortunately, these two were naturally evenly matched, and continuing like this wouldn't be interesting to watch.

  Just like ordinary girls fighting, there weren't many punches exchanged; instead, various hair-pulling and knee-kicking methods emerged endlessly.

  "These two..." Minato was speechless. Even if they were mortal enemies, there was no need to fight so strangely.

  "Billboard Brow! Watch my one-hit win!"

  "Ino-pig! You wish! The only one who will win is me!"

  ...

  The boring match had no highlights at all. The students all sat down and started resting. Even the instructors no longer paid attention to this match.

  But there was one exception. And that person was Ibiki.

  Perhaps he foresaw a turning point. That turning point appeared right now.

  Sakura grabbed Ino's hair, but Ino didn't curse and try to shake it off as before. Instead, she very decisively took out the kunai her father had given her and directly cut off the grabbed hair along with the rest!

  "Oh? A bit interesting now," Iruka also caught this scene and was drawn over.

  In that instant, Sakura lost the strength to hold on because her hand lost its grip, and she fell backward directly, her hair scattering in the air, blocking her vision, and conveniently, she couldn't move! These all met the conditions for the Yamanaka cn's secret technique to be used!

  Secret Technique: Mind Body Switch Technique! Activate!

  The secret technique she had practiced many times, the hand seals were naturally skillful, formed in an instant, and the ninjutsu was successfully activated! Ino herself fell down, but her soul went into Sakura's body! "Instructor, I... I forf..." The voice came from Sakura's mouth, so discordant, clearly the two were fighting for control of the body.

  "Yah! Hah!" A strong shout erupted, and it seemed that this soul tug-of-war had a result.

  Sakura's body fell down.

  Both of them fell unconscious to the ground. This was the first draw in the entire test,