The First Exam: Rinnegan

"These two monsters can't be harmed by conventional methods."

Shuyuan lowered her voice and spoke to Naruto and Sasuke, while keeping an eye on the two Rain Ninja and glancing at Senju Zen and Uchiha Genso out of the corner of her eye.

He felt as if a Taiseki was pressing down on his heart, making it hard for him to breathe.

Being targeted by such an enemy can only be described as their misfortune.

If it were just those two Rain Ninja, it would be fine, but the real source of pressure was Senju Zen and Uchiha Genso, who were standing to the side without making a move.

"What can we do? We can't kill them, we can't escape, and there are those two... those two Akatsuki Organization monsters are watching us..."

Naruto's face scrunched up, looking utterly helpless.

Sasuke frowned, staring at the two Cloud Ninja who were almost recovered, and did not make a move rashly.

After a brief exchange, everyone except a fool understood that these two Rain Ninja were not things that could be dealt with by ordinary methods. Physical attacks and Ninjutsu were useless, and Genjutsu even tried Sasuke, but it was completely ineffective. Things that don't even have thoughts can't be fooled by Genjutsu.

"What bad luck! Why did this monster target us?"

Naruto muttered to himself.

This kind of enemy, which ignores physical attacks, is the type he's least adept at dealing with; he doesn't currently possess many techniques for handling such situations.

Sasuke is the same; he excels in Shurikenjutsu and Fire Style, but he hasn't specifically honed or trained his Sharingan skills, relying on the talent of his Genjutsu.

"Didn't they say before that they planned to use our corpses to create a big news story?" Sasuke's face was grim. "They probably want to use our identities to incite conflict between Father and the Kumogakure. These bastards want to fish in troubled waters."

Shuyuan didn't speak, but carefully observed the two Rain Ninja, staring at their healing wounds.

A few seconds later, the two Rain Ninja fully recovered, their lifeless eyes looking at Shuyuan and the others, and they pounced on them like wild beasts.

"I'll deal with those two Rain Ninja. Naruto, you use Shadow Clone to keep an eye on those two in black. Sasuke, you keep an eye on Naruto and make sure he doesn't get pulled into the Genjutsu."

Shuyuan bit his lip, made up his mind, drew his short sword, and prepared to fight.

"I might have a way to deal with those two Rain Ninja."

"Leave it to us, we'll keep an eye on those two in black."

Sasuke readily agreed, and he and Naruto quickly retreated, hiding behind Shuyuan.

The Rain Ninja were incredibly fast, instinctively using the Body Flicker Technique. In the blink of an eye, they were in front of Shuyuan, their katana and curved sickle slashing down from different directions.

Adamantine Sealing Chains.

Shuyuan's eyes widened, Chakra erupted like a burst dam. The clanging of iron chains resounded, and golden chains shot out from behind her like long dragons.

In an instant, the two Rain Ninja were stuck in strange positions, unable to move. Their hands and feet were bound by chains, and the blade was still five or six centimeters away from Shuyuan's neck, but it could not get any closer.

Like pigs and cattle awaiting slaughter, the Rain Ninja were suspended by golden chains.

Far away.

"Wow! Holy crap, there are so many geniuses here. I remember what this thing is called again..."

Uchiha Genso threw away the lamb leg in his hand, casually wiped his greasy hands on his clothes, lit a cigarette, and pondered deeply.

"It's the Adamantine Sealing Chains, Secret Technique unique to the Uzumaki Clan."

Senju Zen carefully observed Shuyuan's every move, while also observing the state of the Rain Ninja who had been Impure World Reincarnation.

He also had a small notebook in his hand, which he kept writing and drawing in.

This was the first time he had used this technique in actual combat. He had thought that a few Genin would be easy to deal with without much effort, but Shuyuan and the other two surprised him.

First, he blasted the Rain Ninja's bodies apart with a Ninjutsu, using this opportunity to observe the reincarnated individuals' regenerative abilities and record the data. Then came the Adamantine Sealing Chains Technique, a special Fuinjutsu —very rare experimental data...

"Huh?"

Senju Zen blinked, and for the first time, a bewildered light appeared in his Rinnegan.

With a snap, the pen in his right hand broke off.

"What's wrong?"

Uchiha Genso was focused on Naruto's Shadow Clone and hadn't noticed the commotion from Shuyuan's side until he heard the sound of the pen snapping.

Then he froze, the smile on his face vanished, and he frowned.

The scene he saw was two Rain Ninja disintegrating into dust, and two Cloud Ninja corpses lying in the dust.

"... Have you dispelled the spell?"

"No!"

Senju Zen answered decisively.

"Then... what happened? I tried with you, and these Impure World Reincarnation are impossible to deal with without Fuinjutsu... Did that brat seal his soul? But that was too fast!"

Uchiha Genso stared at Shuyuan from afar, his face filled with disbelief.

"I... I'm not entirely sure either. I didn't see him Hand Seals; I just touched him, and my soul was instantly pulled away. The spell was completely destroyed... not undoed, but destroyed..."

Senju Zen spoke hesitantly, also pondering what exactly was going on.

He originally regarded the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu as a major trump card.

Unexpectedly, their first attempt at combat ended in failure, as they were directly defeated by a mere Genin.

Although he wasn't an ordinary Genin, he was still just a twelve-year-old kid, and more importantly, he hadn't figured out what methods his opponent had used.

This puzzled him, made him hesitant, and prevented him from taking immediate action.

"Okay! That's fine."

In truth, Shuyuan looked at the dust scattered on the ground and the unfamiliar corpses of the Cloud Ninja, and felt excited and somewhat confident.

Before even trying, he wasn't confident he could deal with this monster.

He was just instinctively trying, otherwise none of them would escape. Ninjutsu was ineffective against this kind of monster, and Taijutsu attacks were obviously ineffective as well. He used the power of the Human Path to extract the soul, and then had it devoured by the Hell Path. As a result, he succeeded very smoothly.

"Sasuke, Naruto, you two step back, I'll handle them."

Shuyuan turned to look at the two of them and said, her originally dark eyes transforming into wavy purple eyes— the Rinnegan.

"...That...that's Shuyuan, your eyes are..."

Sasuke stammered, looking at Shuyuan in disbelief.

Naruto gaped, looking as if he'd seen a ghost.

"You mean this?" Shuyuan smiled slightly. "This is my trump card. My father warned me since I was little that I should never reveal it to others unless absolutely necessary, so I'm really sorry I haven't told you!"

"I know you have many questions you want to ask, but if we don't get rid of these two, you probably won't have a chance to speak."

Shuyuan turned her gaze to Senju Zen and Uchiha Genso in the distance.

Two pairs of Rinnegan and one pair of Sharingan stared at each other. (To be continued)