The Spicy One Had Arrived

In an emergency, one had to make do. If he didn't act now, Anko would probably croak.

Orochimaru's newly accepted disciple had been taken out before she even reached the battlefield. That would be a disgrace to all of Konoha. If anything happened to Anko, leaving aside everything else, Orochimaru would never let him off.

"You really know how to cause me trouble..."

Genitsu shook his head. He remembered that during the Chunin Exams in the original story, Anko had cut the prince and then stuck out her tongue to lick the blood off his face.

Had signs of that habit already appeared at this point?

Genitsu was forced to intervene.

Nuclear Release: Impurity Absorption Technique!

In an instant, the massive amount of nuclear radiation within Anko's body was invisibly drawn out and devoured by Genitsu with a howl.

This was a ninjutsu Genitsu had mastered over years of consolidating nuclear radiation, a technique for controlling it.

Once the last trace of radiation had been absorbed by Genitsu—

Although Anko had suffered severe damage, especially with a large number of cells in her mouth having died and requiring a long recovery, she could at least remain generally normal.

Other than her pale face and sweat-soaked body.

"What did you do?"

Anko struggled to turn her head. Feeling her condition rapidly improve, she stared at him in astonishment.

She had been saved.

"It's just one of my techniques. Don't worry about it..." Genitsu stood up, still dragging Anko with one hand as he walked step by step toward the edge of the arena.

How could she not worry about it? The whole thing had been unbelievably bizarre!

Anko ranted wildly in her heart, while also feeling deeply frustrated. As Lord Orochimaru's disciple, she had actually been brought down by a mouthful of blood!

"I'm such an idiot, really. I lost without even using the Hidden Shadow Snake Hands my teacher taught me..." Tears welled up in Anko's eyes, her confidence badly shaken.

"Anko, you should look on the bright side. For example, what if you simply couldn't successfully use the Hidden Shadow Snake Hands at all?"

Genitsu kindly reminded her.

Anko flew into a rage. "Genitsu, you bastard!!"

The next moment, Genitsu kicked her straight out of the arena, and she hit the ground with a bang.

The decisiveness of that move was just like a scumbag dumping someone.

She had lost.

One of the Three Sannin's disciples had lost to the worst student.

But by now, none of that mattered.

Having gained control over nuclear radiation, developed Nuclear Release, and initially established a stable connection with the big thing inside his body, Genitsu no longer needed to hide and tread carefully as he had in the past.

Countless cries of shock rang out. Everyone stared at Genitsu in unison, their faces filled with disbelief.

"Impossible! Genitsu actually beat one of the Three Sannin's disciples?!"

One shout drowned out all the others.

The guy wearing goggles had an intense look of unwillingness on his face.

Ah, Uchiha Obito, the worst student in the entire school.

"He was clearly... he was clearly at the same level as me! Why could he beat Anko... how could this happen?!"

Obito was completely stunned, clenching his teeth. The enormous contrast was impossible for him to accept.

Why exactly? He hadn't understood any part of the whole process!

The former dead last had suddenly transformed in spectacular fashion? After the tide receded, was he, Obito, the only clown left behind?!

Obito clenched his fists tightly, his entire body trembling from agitation.

"As expected of Genitsu-san! This is the power of youth!!" In the distance, Might Guy, who was maintaining order in the arena as a genin, looked utterly fired up.

It was not just Obito who couldn't make sense of it. No one else could either.

"He didn't administer an antidote or use medical ninjutsu, yet he neutralized the poison. What kind of poison was that? And it was actually in his blood."

"Could it be that Genitsu truly planned this in advance and deliberately did something to his face?"

The official ninja watching the match pondered among themselves.

At that moment, Shibi pushed up his sunglasses. A glint flashed across the black lenses. "Not only that. Aside from the poison itself, this child's taijutsu is equally remarkable."

He had taken Anko's whip kick head-on without budging... That kind of physical strength far exceeded the average for children his age. And the angle and speed of the strike that had instantly knocked down the enraged Anko were also extraordinary.

Strange poisonous blood, bandages wrapped around him all year long, lazy and reluctant to move, yet possessing an incredibly powerful body... Putting all that information together, so that was it.

"It is some kind of secret technique, or perhaps a Kekkei Genkai."

Aburame Shibi spoke.

Many people suddenly understood and nodded repeatedly.

That explained it.

"Among secret techniques related to poisonous blood, the only one that can barely be connected to this is the Salamander Poison wielded by Hanzo of Amegakure. But the two are fundamentally different. This looks more like an unknown Kekkei Genkai."

An ANBU said.

Shibi nodded slightly. No emotional fluctuation could be seen on the face beneath his hood and sunglasses.

He said, "I had originally intended to observe Anko, but this is an unexpected delight... I will personally report this to Lord Hokage."

With that, Shibi left the arena directly. There was no longer any need to watch the remaining matches.

He had already obtained valuable information. Besides the genius Kakashi, many dependable people had emerged among this year's students, people capable enough to shoulder certain responsibilities.

Shiranui Genitsu in particular was simply the biggest surprise.

Hokage Building.

"You needn't say any more. I've already seen it. Shiranui Genitsu, an unknown Kekkei Genkai—what an interesting child."

The Third Hokage stopped Shibi from speaking. He puffed away at his pipe while constantly flipping through the documents in his hands.

They contained all intelligence concerning Genitsu, from his birth to the present, including information on Genitsu's parents and grandparents.

Yet even after reading through them for a long time, the Third Hokage found no clues at all.

"How strange. The Shiranui Clan seems never to have awakened a similar Kekkei Genkai."

The Third Hokage stroked his chin, greatly intrigued.

What remained unknown was the upper limit of this Kekkei Genkai.

It would be terrible if it turned out like the Transparent Release Kekkei Genkai awakened by that child Gekko Hayate. Transparent Release could render its user invisible and dissolve their pheromones, and was hailed as the most incredible invisibility technique. But it turned out that it only made one invisible while standing still; the moment one moved, they became visible...

It was simply ridiculous.

Gekko Hayate's body had also been dragged down by that Kekkei Genkai, leaving him sickly and nearly ruining any possibility of further developing Transparent Release.

At that moment, a gloomy voice sounded.

"Hiruzen, I am about to head to the battlefield. I need several capable members of the new generation under my command."

A gloomy-faced man walked into the room.

He was here, he was here—the legendary spicy one had arrived. He might be late, but he would never be absent.

After all, he was the one who had asked for countless protagonists, only to be rejected by the Third Hokage countless times.

Shimura Danzō!