Poisoned

"What should I do?"

As he was thinking, Qi Shuang's right hand seemed to bump against something hard at his waist.

Half of it was angular, becoming sharper as it went upwards, like some kind of sharp cone; the other half was round, like a handle, with something wrapped around it, and a thumb-sized ring at the end.

"Kunai?"

After feeling it roughly, Qi Shuang immediately found the relevant information about such an item in his mind.

In the Ninja World, although there were many ninja tools and weapons, if one were to talk about the most practical and commonly used, it would be this kunai.

Whether for long-distance throwing or close-quarters combat, it was a very suitable weapon.

It could be said that this was the standard ninja tool for all ninjas.

Now, having come to this wondrous world, he finally had the chance to personally touch this iconic ninja tool. Unable to suppress his inner curiosity any longer, he gently drew one out from his waist.

Gazing at the pitch-black blade, he involuntarily extended his finger to test it.

"Hiss—"

With just a light touch, his finger was cut, and a small bead of red blood immediately seeped out from the wound.

"It's really sharp. A light touch can cut the skin. If used for slitting throats or stabbing hearts, wouldn't that..."

Suddenly, he covered his mouth, as if he had thought of something.

Immediately, Qi Shuang opened his ninja tool bag and, after searching, finally found a white paper packet from his memory.

"As expected, heaven never closes all doors!" Looking at the kunai in one hand and the paper packet in the other, he slightly curled his lips.

That paper packet contained nothing else but a type of poison.

Ninjas were a profession that would stop at nothing to take lives, so poisoning was also a common assassination method they used.

Therefore, most ninjas would carry some poison with them, just in case.

Although he hadn't graduated and become a formal ninja yet, the original owner of this body had prepared some poison on himself to pass this graduation exam.

However, because they were still students and were restricted in many ways, they couldn't get their hands on potent poisons and could only buy some with mild medicinal properties.

But, that was enough. Even a mild poison was still poison.

According to what he knew from his memories, although the poison in his hand didn't have the ability to kill instantly, it could quickly incapacitate someone, and it wasn't the kind that could be immediately detoxified by taking an antidote.

Therefore, during the exam, if an opponent was poisoned by him and then faced his assault, there would be no chance of survival.

Passing the graduation exam was as good as a sure thing!

Unfortunately, this batch of examinees included a Zabuza.

Poisoning isn't a method to increase one's own strength. If the gap in power is too large, you won't even get the chance to poison someone.

If not for Qi Shuang's arrival, the original owner of this body would surely have died during this examination.

Then, under many covetous gazes, he carefully wet the packet of poison powder and smeared it onto several kunai on his body.

"That kid, does he really think poisoned kunai will let him pass the exam?" a Ninja Teacher said disdainfully.

All the examinees were under their watch. Qi Shuang's actions did not escape the notice of the two of them.

"It's not a bad thing to use one's brain after all. You don't need to look down on him so much!" another teacher replied with a wry smile.

"But the gap in strength and the gap in physical condition aren't something one or two poisoned kunai can change!" the first one shook his head, still not optimistic.

"Who can say about luck? Maybe he'll really run into a unlucky fellow!" another teacher said helplessly.

"Perhaps..."

Just then, a melodious bell chime echoed into the hall. The two Ninja Teachers immediately composed themselves, putting on a serious and prepared demeanor.

"All examinees, gather immediately and prepare to enter the examination hall!" one of them shouted loudly.

Hearing his voice, the many examinees scattered throughout the hall quickly converged towards the two teachers, shoulder to shoulder, creating a lively scene.

"The opportunity has arrived!"

Watching the gradually gathering crowd, Qi Shuang curled his lips.

Carefully packing away several poisoned kunai, he also squeezed into the throng.

Suddenly, a scream rang out from the noisy crowd.

"Ah--"

Instantly, the lively hall fell into a deathly silence.

"What's going on?" one of the teachers frowned and asked loudly.

The examination was about to begin, and if anything went wrong, they, the two teachers, would surely be in trouble.

"Teacher, someone fell!" from within the crowd, a child bravely shouted back.

Hearing this, the children immediately and spontaneously parted to create a path, revealing a boy lying on the ground within.

"Him again?" that teacher raised an eyebrow.

The child who had fallen was none other than the one who had complained of a headache earlier and wanted to withdraw.

"Xiao Lin, get up right now!" he yelled at the child lying on the ground.

But the child on the ground didn't react at all.

"Eh!"

Another teacher next to him nudged him with an elbow and said uncertainly, "Why is his clothes suddenly red all over?"

He didn't remember any red patterns on the child's clothes.

"I'll go take a look!"

With that, he quickly strode over.

Upon closer inspection, he realized that the red on the child's clothes was indeed not dye, but soaked through with fresh blood.

At his waist, a kunai was still stained with traces of blood.

It looked like he had accidentally stabbed himself while jostling in the crowd earlier.

"What a coincidence?" he said, somewhat surprised.

"Te... Tea... Teacher... I... I..."

"Quick, come here! This kid seems to be poisoned!"

Seeing his face turn dark and his speech stammering, the Ninja Teacher immediately called out to his companion.

"Huh? Poisoned?"

Although it felt incredible, his companion still rushed over.

"How could this happen? First a headache, then poisoned, isn't this too much of a coincidence?" Seeing everything before him, he still couldn't quite believe it.

"Perhaps, this kid is just too unlucky?" another person shook his head and asked, "What do you think?"

"In this state, even if the poison is neutralized, he'll likely be incapacitated for a while. Participating in the exam like this would be no different from sending him to his death!"

His companion pouted and said helplessly, "We can only send him to the hospital and disqualify him from this exam!"

"Then... do you want to take him, or should I?" the other person asked tentatively.

"You take him! Looking at this kid makes me angry!" his companion said through gritted teeth.

"Then... I'm leaving?"

Saying that, the Ninja Teacher picked up the weak Qi Shuang and quickly headed towards the exit.

The remaining teacher, however, reorganized the rest of the examinees and prepared to enter the examination hall.

Although both of them felt that something was fishy, they were unwilling to believe that a child under ten years old could be so cunning as to deliberately poison himself to avoid the graduation exam.