Chapter 127 Hi vs. White (Ch 127)

Two days later, the open tournament arrived as scheduled. Kushina and Kirara’s family sat in the audience seats, constantly looking for Naruto in the arena. Minato also took the initiative to apply to be the referee of this round of exams.

In the contestant lounge, Naruto, Choji, and Jūgo sat on the sofa together. Looking up, Naruto said in a bored tone, “It hasn’t started yet. How long do we have to wait?”

“hehe.”

Choji at the side consoled him, “Well, we have to wait for a while. First there’s the opening ceremony, and then there’s the formalities. I guess we have to wait until the fireworks are over at least.”

“Ah~ Fortunately I can still talk to you two to relieve my boredom. Those guys who have to stay in a room by themselves don’t know how to spend this time.”

“A normal person would be very nervous right now.” Choji scratched his head, “It’s rare to see someone like you who doesn’t feel nervous at all, Naruto.”

Standing up and walking to the window, Naruto carefully observed the audience.

“Hey, Choji, I saw your dad. And Ino, Shikamaru and the others.”

Hearing this, Choji wanted to stand up, but after looking at Jūgo beside him, he held back. Noticing Choji’s gaze, Jūgo waved his hand and said, “Don’t mind me.”

“Okay then.”

As he said that, Choji walked to Naruto’s side and looked in the direction of Naruto’s finger.

“Wow, it’s true. Dad and the others are here.”

Then, Naruto turned his attention to the VIP seats. At this time, the VIP seats were filled with high-ranking officials from other villages who came to Konoha. In addition, there were countless famous ninjas and celebrities from all walks of life in the ninja world.

Noticing Orochimaru sitting in a wheelchair, Naruto shouted again: “Oh my god, Orochimaru is here too?”

“What?”

Jūgo couldn’t sit still any longer. He squeezed in between the two of them, pressed his face against the glass, and finally found Orochimaru. He sighed:

“Long time no see, Lord Orochimaru.”

With the colorful fireworks exploding in the sky, the competition finally officially began. The first round was played by Nozomi from Takigakure and Haku from Kirigakure. Naruto and the other two were lucky enough to be able to watch the game for a while.

“Come to think of it, these two are both handsome guys.”

“well?”

Jūgo scratched his head: “That Bai, is he also a boy?”

“You didn’t notice it. Although he looks like a girl, he is actually a boy. Since ancient times, there has never been an ugly boy with a girl’s appearance or an ugly girl with a boy’s appearance.”

Choji looked at Naruto in surprise: “Naruto, you really know a lot. No wonder you have such good relationships with so many girls.”

“Ah, so this is how you’ve always viewed me in your heart.”

While the three were talking, the battle had already begun.

“Lightning Release: Shadow Clone.”

After drawing his sword and creating a clone, Xi and the clone surrounded Bai from the left and right. Bai frowned slightly and used the Mist Hidden Technique.

The thick fog instantly enveloped the two figures, and also covered half of the battlefield. It must be said that Bai’s fighting style was quite unfriendly to the audience at this time. Once the fog was lifted, you just watched, and no one said a word.

In the guard area of ​​the VIP seats, Kisame looked at the battle below with some dissatisfaction.

“I’ve told Bai so many times that he should learn to be flexible when facing a strong enemy. The silent killing technique he is using now will definitely not get him any advantage.”

As expected, several fierce lightning bolts struck in the fog. Then, the fog slowly dissipated, revealing Bai’s somewhat embarrassed figure. All this was within Kisame’s expectations. He stared at Xi with his shark eyes, knowingly.

“That guy has a strong sense of perception. Besides that, he also has a wide range of ninjutsu. Well, he’s a talent. Shiro is going to lose.”

Although the battle had just begun, Kisame had already made his own judgment. He turned his head and glanced at Zabuza, who was wearing expensive clothes and sitting in the VIP area of ​​the Hidden Mist Village, and was constantly communicating with celebrities from other villages in a hypocritical manner. He couldn’t help but shake his shark head.

“I didn’t expect that he, who is called a demon, would be corrupted by money and power to this extent. How long has it been since he personally taught Bai? Well, perhaps, it’s time to find a new owner for the beheading sword. Zabuza is no longer worthy of that sword. Mangetsu is pretty good…”

Thinking of this, he moved his feet slightly and stopped looking at those celebrities. In comparison, although they were enemies, Konoha’s Anbu looked more pleasing to the eye.

“Magic Mirror Ice Crystal!”

Frustrated in the battle, Bai took out his best ice escape. Several mirrors formed by ice escape wrapped Xi’s figure like a cage. Bai himself also hid in the ice mirror.

However, the opponent Xi was not panicked at all. He had seen Bai’s ice escape before and had thought about how to deal with it. When Bai’s figure appeared from the ice mirror, he quickly formed a seal without hesitation.

“Lightning Release: Lightning Bullet!”

The ball of light filled with lightning instantly burst into strong light. Xi, who had been prepared, closed his eyes in advance. But Bai was not so lucky. The strong white light, after being reflected by countless mirrors, entered his eyes and instantly blinded him temporarily. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xi threw kunai repeatedly, breaking all the ice mirrors, and Bai’s figure fell from the mirror.

“This is the final blow, Lightning Release: Pseudo Darkness!”

Violent lightning condensed on Xi’s blade. As soon as the chakra infusion was completed, he swung the blade and released this strong current. After hearing the opponent’s voice, the blind Bai did not choose to give up. He formed a seal with his hands and used all his strength to activate his own chakra.

“Ice Release: Ice Crystal!”

Since he didn’t know the position of his opponent, Bai let the overlapping ice crystals completely wrap him up. Unfortunately, Xi had already completed the ninjutsu, leaving Bai no more time to prepare.

“go!”

As he swung the knife, a strong electric current gushed out violently, like a spear made of lightning, piercing through the layers of ice crystals. With just one move, Bai lost consciousness.

“Hoo, hoo.”

Panting, Xi stood up again and waved his fist vigorously at the audience above. The audience also cheered for him, and the powerful lightning really made many people feel refreshed.

“That was a close call. My chakra was also exhausted. Fortunately, just as I calculated, this move defeated the opponent. I hope the next battle can drag on for a little longer, giving me enough time to recover my chakra.”

Thinking of this, Xi turned around and left the battle field through the contestant channel. In the channel, the two sides of the next battle had been waiting for a long time.

“Yo.”

In the passage, Naruto took the initiative to greet Xi.

“As expected of you, you won after all.”

“Thank you.” Xi sincerely said, “But, did we know each other before?”

“Hey, that’s not important. I like you because you have blond hair like me.”

“Well…”

Naruto’s words made Xi not know how to respond for a moment. He looked at Naruto, then looked at Temari next to him, and suddenly wanted to ask Naruto: “If both of them have yellow hair, who will win?”

But he held it back. His reason told him that it would be stupid to ask such a question, and hair color had nothing to do with strength.

“Okay, let’s not be stupid together.”

Temari spoke up now, glancing coldly at Naruto.

“Let’s go, the referee is here.”

“Oh, I see.”

Naruto responded, patted Nozomi’s shoulder, and walked out of the passage with Temari, leaving Nozomi standing there alone, a little disheveled.

“So, why did that guy suddenly approach me?”