Shinki: An Ordinary Businessman

After confirming the location of the central High Tower at the Training Ground Forty-Four, the Shinki team began their journey without stopping.

Running around was too tiring, so Shinki had some wicked ideas.

The Training Ground Forty-Four covers a vast area and is home to many ferocious beasts.

Could we catch a tiger or a bear or something to use as a means of transportation?

The moment that thought crossed his mind, Shinki spotted a giant bear, two or three meters tall, right in front of him!

The giant bear roared and charged toward somewhere!

Shinki was overjoyed and stood in front of the huge brown bear!

Upon landing, Shinki immediately activated the Fifth Gate the Eight Gates, using his formidable physical abilities to clash with the brown bear!

With just two or three punches, the brown bear was knocked to the ground, howling in agony!

Subsequently, Shinki used a spirit-summoning hand seal to establish Summoning Contract with the giant bear, successfully subduing it!

After all this was done, a timid girl's voice sounded from behind Shinki.

"Thank you."

Shinki turned around at the sound and realized that the brown bear had been chasing a girl about his age.

Importantly, the girl also has red hair just like Shinki!

Naruto and Sasuke landed at that moment.

Upon seeing the girl and Shinki, Naruto exclaimed in surprise, "Eh? Another redhead? Could she be related to Shinki?"

Upon hearing this, Shinki also became interested.

From the original owner's memories, he learned that he was apparently an orphan who was picked up from the battlefield by someone.

Now, he has finally seen someone in Konoha with the same hair color as him, who could very well be his relative.

"Are you Ninja from Kusagakure? What's your name?" Shinki asked.

My name is Karin.

The girl wearing glasses said timidly.

She had just gotten separated from her two companions when she encountered the giant bear.

If Shinki hadn't appeared in time, she would probably be dead by now.

Thank you so much!

Karin kept bowing to the Shinki.

Shinki waved his hand, indicating that there was no need to be so polite, while silently memorizing the name.

"My name is Shinki, and I'm Ninja from Ninja Village Konoha. We're heading to the Central Tower now. Would you like to come with us?" Shinki asked.

Because the other person had the same hair color as him, Shinki felt a slight sense of closeness.

"No, I got separated from my companions around here. We shouldn't be far apart, and I'm afraid they won't be able to find me," Karin declined.

Shinki nodded.

After reminding Karin to be careful, he led Naruto and Shinki away on their giant bear.

Karin stood there, staring blankly at Shinki's retreating figure, her face flushed.

From the moment she was rescued, this man left an indelible Curse Mark on her life.

Soon, Karin's two teammates arrived.

Three or four hours had passed since they became separated from Karin.

"I'm sorry Karin, we failed to protect the Scroll," said Companion A.

"We were robbed by a kid with the same hair color as you. (*꒦ິ⌓꒦ີ)" said companion B.

"I should have given him that thousand Copper Coins back then. Now I've been robbed and I don't even have my underwear left. o(╥╥)o"

After listening to her two teammates' descriptions of the perpetrator, Karin fell silent, then burst out laughing and told them about her recent encounter with Shinki.

"So, we should really thank that kid?" said companion A.

"You could say that, since the death or incapacitation of any teammate directly results in the team's defeat," Teammate B nodded.

Companion A said, "By the way, their group seemed to have grabbed quite a few Scrolls. I glanced into their bag, and there were probably about ten 'Heaven' and 'Earth' scrolls combined."

"Can't you advance directly with just one piece of sky and one piece of earth? Why do they need so many scrolls?" Companion B asked confused.

"Sell."

The clever Karin quickly figured out the key point and affirmed.

"They just headed towards the Central Tower, probably intending to set up a stall in front of it to sell their wares," Karin said.

"There must be a lot of people who want to buy the Scroll. Let's run fast, maybe we can still buy it," companion A said anxiously.

Karin: "Let's hurry over there."

At the base of the Central Tower of the Training Ground Forty-Four.

Shinki brought over a huge wooden Square Table from somewhere.

On the Square Table, thirteen Scrolls were neatly arranged in two rows, one above and one below.

Naruto, Sasuke, and Shinki sat at Square Table, setting up a parasol in a very professional manner, waiting for customers to come to them.

Naruto cautiously approached Shinki and asked, "Shinki, aren't we going to get ganged up on like this?"

"We've taken so many people; if they all turn against us, we'll be in trouble," Sasuke added.

"They can give it a try."

Shinki glanced at the Central Tower behind him and gave a confident smile.

Seeing Shinki's expression, Sasuke and Naruto, though still a little unsure, immediately felt more confident.

On the Central Tower.

One of the supervising examiners respectfully asked Mitarashi Anko, "Isn't what they're doing considered breaking the rules of the game?"

Mitarashi Anko shrugged. "They got the Scrolls from others using their own abilities; what they do with them is their own business. ┐(´-`)┌"

"But they are profiting from the Chunin Ninja Exams, which goes against our purpose of selecting elite Ninjas," another supervising examiner said.

Mitarashi Anko took a bite of the Anko dumpling in her hand and pointed at the Shinki in the shed with a bamboo skewer.

"It's alright. See that Red-Haired Kid down there? After being attacked by Orochimaru, he escaped safely with his teammates and is prepared to fail the exam. He's planning to use the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport to the Hokage's Office and report the information to the Hokage."

"He has proven himself with his ability and loyalty; let them do the rest."

Upon hearing Mitarashi Anko's words, the supervising examiner had no choice but to give up.

On the other side, Shinki's stall welcomed its first group of Customers.

Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro from Sunagakure.

"Young man, why do you have so many Scrolls?" Temari asked after seeing the neatly arranged Scrolls on the table in front of Shinki.

Because the Shinki group snatched most of the Scrolls from the Examinees, Gaara's Shinki, despite their strength, ended up with nothing, as most of the other Examinee groups they encountered along the way were completely robbed of their Scrolls.

Shinki replied mysteriously to Temari, "I obtained it through special methods. One hundred thousand Copper Coins per unit, no bargaining."

"So expensive? Why don't you just rob someone?"

Temari was so startled that she took a half step back.

Shinki crossed his arms, a half-smile playing on his lips, "Already snatched it. վ'ᴗ' ի"

Temari, Gaara, Kankuro: "..."

Kankuro: "So that's why none of the other Ninja groups we encountered on the road had any Scrolls. Turns out you guys stole them all!"

"Gaara, Temari, stop wasting time talking and just attack!!"