True Father-Son Match

After easily defeating his first-round opponent, Obito went to check on the other divisions.

He had originally wanted to look around with Asuma, but Asuma said he needed to adjust his condition and maintain his peak strength, so Obito went alone.

Obito could somewhat understand Asuma. Since he had no chance of advancing to the elimination rounds anyway, there was no point in looking at the opponents in other divisions.

Obito first went to Division A4, where Nohara Rin was competing.

Perhaps because some contestants in Division A1 had forfeited, and Obito had finished his match quickly, he arrived at Division A4 just in time to catch Nohara Rin's battle.

Normally, Nohara Rin, Contestant No. 25, would have fought before Obito, Contestant No. 30.

Nohara Rin's opponent was an Iwagakure jonin who looked to be around thirty years old, and he was highly proficient in Earth Release.

But Nohara Rin only seemed weak when compared to Obito and Might Guy. Handling an ordinary jonin was not difficult for her.

After a brief exchange of probes, Nohara Rin did not summon Milotic. Instead, she pushed her breathing to the limit, unleashed a massive amount of Chakra, and shattered the Iwagakure jonin's Earth Release with taijutsu before swiftly defeating him.

"Contestant Nohara Rin wins!" the referee announced, bringing the battle to an end.

"That was clean and decisive, Little Rin."

Obito grinned as he praised Nohara Rin when she stepped down.

"Thanks. How about your side, Obito? Did everything go smoothly?"

Nohara Rin asked with a smile.

"I'm definitely advancing, but Asuma got unlucky."

Obito told Nohara Rin and Kakashi that Hiruzen Sarutobi was in their Division A1—and was Contestant No. 1.

"This..." Nohara Rin did not know what to say.

There were sixteen divisions in total, with four qualifying spots in