My clan was exterminated when I was three years old, and you want me to beat Uchiha Itachi? Chapter 062

Subsequently, the Anbu Root ninja ignored the third person’s request for rest. Instead, he dragged another fierce tiger out of the cage and placed it with a ferocious, dual-wielding bandit.

He then sprinkled some special medicinal powder on the bandit, causing the tiger to lose its desire to attack him. Instead, it turned its attention to the unlucky third-ranked contestant.

When the chains on the tiger were unleashed, battle erupted instantly!

Facing the pouncing tiger, the unlucky contestant, sensing his strength was inferior, clumsily pulled out a few shurikens and haphazardly threw them at the tiger. However, they couldn’t even scratch its fur. Left with no choice, he expended another explosive tag, blowing the tiger to death in mid-air.

But the dual-wielding bandit was no pushover. Seizing the opportunity while the tiger was being killed, he swung a blade straight for the unlucky contestant’s throat.

Fortunately, this person was among the top-ranked trainees. He reacted quickly, grabbing the blade with his hand and twisting, dislocating the bandit’s arm. At the same time, the bandit thrust his second short blade, piercing into the unlucky contestant’s abdomen with a squelch.

After a fierce ground struggle, the unlucky contestant tore off a piece of cloth from the bandit’s body to wrap his protruding intestines, securing victory once again at the cost of severe injuries!

Unfortunately, after several rounds of combat, the unlucky contestant’s explosive tags ran out. Facing increasingly strong enemies, and with his own injuries left untreated, he ultimately collapsed on the arena floor in defeat…

Just as the unlucky contestant was embroiled in a bitter struggle, you, the top thirty, were about to face your first battle.

As a rising dark horse, even the strongest among this batch of candidates after excluding the top three, the Anbu Root ninja couldn’t help but give you special attention.

While everyone else was fighting against living creatures like bandits and beasts, your opponent was a wooden puppet with both long-range and close-range attack capabilities. Don’t underestimate it just because it’s a wooden puppet; it was specifically soaked in Water Release by the Anbu Root before the battle began.

It was clearly designed to counter your genjutsu and Fire Release!

You stepped onto the arena, watching the wooden puppet also walk onto the stage by itself. You couldn’t help but activate your Sharingan, waving your kunai to deflect the flying needles it shot.

But this level of attack intensity was like a mere drizzle to you, who was hiding your true strength. So, you multitasked, defending against the attacks while meticulously observing the puppet’s structure.

Through your Sharingan, you saw three extremely thin chakra threads extending from behind the wooden puppet, connecting to the hands of the Anbu Root ninja controlling it from a distance.

You stared intently at the Anbu Root ninja holding the chakra threads with your Two-Tomoe Sharingan.

At the same time, you recalled the chakra thread ninjutsu you had obtained by interrogating a Sand Village spy in a previous simulation.

“Hey! Kid, you are not allowed to attack Lord Root Ninja!”

Just then, a black figure attacked you from behind. You quickly dodged to the side, simultaneously deflecting the weapons shot by the puppet, keenly avoiding this sudden pincer attack. Then, you deactivated your Sharingan and looked at the ninja in front of you with an innocent expression.

You explained that you were merely learning their ninjutsu. At the same time, you formed hand seals and released a few not-too-thin, light blue chakra threads, as if to show them that you were truly just copying the ninjutsu.

Looking at the unskillful threads in your hands, the ninja who stopped you looked suspiciously at the Anbu Root ninja controlling the puppet. Seeing him nod, indicating that you hadn’t used Sharingan genjutsu on him, he finally released your collar.

However, this ninja couldn’t make a decision regarding your mastery of ninjutsu outside the reward rules. He could only respectfully bow and look into the depths of the darkness with an inquiring gaze.

“Able to learn their ninjutsu during battle? Excellent combat wisdom~”

From the darkness, a low and resonant voice emerged. Yuuhi Ryoma slowly walked out, explaining to everyone:

The Anbu Root’s motto is—by any means necessary!

Most of you chose to join the Anbu Root to become stronger!

And rewards are just one way to obtain ninjutsu, but not the only way.

As long as you don’t violate the Anbu Root’s rules, whether you trade privately, steal, or rob, or even go outside to find a master, those truly talented individuals can create their own. As long as it can enhance your strength, the Anbu Root will not hinder you!

Upon hearing this, some ambitious individuals secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

You also relaxed. Now, you had finally unlocked a second ninjutsu that you could openly use. In future battles, you could also let loose a little more…

After receiving permission, you and the puppet returned to opposite sides of the arena, starting the battle from scratch. The puppet made the first move, opening a hidden mechanism in its chest and continuously firing a large number of poisoned senbon and caltrops.

This firing speed was beyond your hand speed. If you were to recklessly retaliate with shuriken, you would prematurely deplete your already limited supply of ninja tools. If you tried to block with kunai, you wouldn’t be able to stop all of them, and you would inevitably be poisoned!

Therefore, you simply didn’t use any ninja tools. After forming hand seals, you directly spat out a Fireball towards the puppet!

Two fireballs!

Three fireballs!

The fierce suppressive fire melted all the flying ninja tools into molten iron. Even the delicate mechanisms inside the puppet were completely destroyed by this powerful Fire Release, leaving only the water-soaked wood to maintain its basic framework!

But the puppet naturally couldn’t be destroyed so easily. Under the Anbu Root ninja’s control, it forcibly stood up again using its external framework. The puppet’s arm detached, revealing a hidden poisoned longsword beneath!

The Anbu Root ninja swung hard, and the puppet flew into mid-air. Under the precise control of the chakra threads, it aimed at you, who was running.

Facing an attack from the air, most ninjas are naturally at a disadvantage. By common sense, you would be no exception!

Releasing three consecutive Fireballs would normally deplete a regular genin’s chakra.

If you tried to dodge, the puppet would also move flexibly under the control of the chakra threads. If you tried to engage in taijutsu with a kunai, you would certainly not be able to defeat the hard, pain-averse puppet, and the chance of cutting the chakra threads would be extremely slim!

But just as your opponent thought you had no recourse, you pulled out two barely usable shuriken and threw them at the puppet. Could it be that you intended to destroy the sturdy puppet with two pieces of scrap metal?

Under the Anbu Root ninja’s bewildered gaze, the two shuriken accurately hit the movable joints on the puppet’s torso.

Immediately after, the Anbu Root ninja felt his hands sink. The force transmitted from the puppet suddenly increased, and the puppet heavily fell to the ground from mid-air.

It turned out that you had condensed extremely thin chakra threads and, using the shuriken as a medium, had injected them into the critical control structure of the puppet. Now, control of this puppet was shifting back and forth between you and the Anbu Root ninja!

No matter what operation method the Anbu Root ninja used, you would copy it exactly, nullifying their movements.

Furthermore, you seized the opportunity to toss the puppet into the air, using the downward weight to counter-restrain the puppet’s legs until it was smashed into immobility…

With the final fall, the puppet was completely shattered by you into a chaotic mess of parts!

You had won your first victory in the Anbu Root selection!