Poisoned

"What should I do?"

As he pondered, Qi Shuang's right hand seemed to bump into something hard at his waist.

Half of it had distinct, angular edges that grew sharper toward the top, like some kind of spike; 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 out, Qi Shuang immediately found the relevant information about the object in his mind.

Although there were countless ninja tools and weapons in the Ninja World, the most practical and commonly used one was still the Kunai.

Whether thrown from a distance or used in close combat, it was an extremely suitable weapon.

It could be said that this was the standard ninja tool of every ninja.

Now that he had come to this marvelous world, he finally had the chance to touch this iconic ninja tool himself. Unable to suppress his curiosity any longer, he gently drew one from his waist.

Gazing at its pitch-black blade, he unconsciously extended a finger and tested it.

"Hiss—"

With just the lightest touch, his finger was sliced open, and a bead of red blood immediately seeped from the wound.

"It really is sharp. Just a light touch can cut through skin. If it were used to slit a throat or stab the heart, then wouldn't that mean..."

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

Qi Shuang immediately opened his ninja tool pouch. After searching through it, he finally found a white paper packet from his memories.

"As expected, there really is a way out!" Looking at the Kunai in one hand and the paper packet in the other, he curled his lips into a faint smile.

The paper packet contained none other than a kind of poison.

Being a profession that killed without scruple, ninjas commonly used poisoning as a means of assassination.

Therefore, most ninjas carried some poison on them in case of emergencies.

Although he had yet to graduate and become a formal ninja, the original owner of this body had still prepared some poison in order to pass this graduation exam.

However, because they were still students and subject to restrictions in many areas, they could not obtain potent poisons. They could only buy some mild ones.

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

According to what he had learned from his memories, the poison in his hand could not kill someone instantly, but it could quickly deprive them of their ability to move. Moreover, it was not the kind of poison that could be neutralized immediately by taking an antidote.

Therefore, if an opponent was poisoned by him during the exam, they would have no hope of surviving once they faced his attacks.

Passing the graduation exam would be a certainty!

Unfortunately, Zabuza had appeared among this year's examinees.

Poisoning was not a method that could increase one's own strength. If the gap in strength was too great, he would not even have a chance to use poison.

If Qi Shuang had not arrived, the original owner of this body would definitely have died in this exam.

Then, under the watchful gazes of the others, he carefully moistened the packet of Poison Powder and applied it one by one to several Kunai on his body.

"Could that brat really think that coating his Kunai with poison will let him pass the exam?" one Ninja Teacher said disdainfully.

All the examinees were under their watchful eyes, so Qi Shuang's actions had not escaped either of them.

"Using his head isn't a bad thing, after all. You don't have to look down on him so much!" the other teacher replied with a bitter smile.

"But the gap in strength and physical condition isn't something that one or two poisoned Kunai can change!" the first teacher said, shaking his head. He still did not think highly of Qi Shuang.

"No one can say how luck will turn out. Maybe he really will run into some unlucky fool!" the other teacher said helplessly.

"Maybe..."

Just then, a melodious bell echoed into the hall. The two Ninja Teachers immediately put away their lax expressions and assumed a solemn, battle-ready stance.

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

At his voice, the examinees scattered throughout the hall quickly gathered around the two teachers. For a while, shoulders bumped against shoulders, and the place became quite lively.

"The opportunity has come!"

Looking at the gradually gathering crowd, Qi Shuang curled his lips.

After carefully putting away the few poisoned Kunai, he also pushed his way forward.

Suddenly, a scream rang out from the noisy crowd.

"Ah—"

The lively hall instantly fell into deathly silence.

"What happened?" one of the teachers immediately asked with a frown.

They were about to enter the examination hall. If anything went wrong, the two teachers would definitely be in serious trouble.

"Teacher, someone fell down!" a child in the crowd answered loudly, mustering his courage.

At that, the children spontaneously parted to make a path, revealing a boy lying on the ground.

"Why is it him again?" The teacher raised an eyebrow.

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

"Xiao Lin, get up right now!" he shouted angrily at the fallen child.

But the child on the ground did not react at all.

"Hey!"

The other teacher beside him jabbed him with an elbow and said uncertainly, "Why has his clothing suddenly turned red in one area?"

He did not remember seeing any red patterns on the child's clothes.

"I'll go take a look!"

With that, he immediately strode over.

Only after taking a careful look did he realize that the red on the child's clothes was not dye at all, but the result of being soaked through with blood.

A Kunai at his waist still bore traces of blood.

It seemed that he had accidentally stabbed himself while being jostled by the crowd.

"How could this be such a coincidence?" The teacher was rather surprised.

"Tea... tea... cher... I... I..."

"Come quickly! This kid seems to have been poisoned!"

Seeing the boy's face turn dark and his speech become halting, the Ninja Teacher immediately called out to his companion.

"What? Poisoned?"

Although it seemed inconceivable, his companion still hurried over.

"How did this happen? First a headache, then poisoning? Isn't that too much of a coincidence?" Seeing everything before him, he still found it hard to believe.

"Maybe this kid really is just too unlucky?" The other man shook his head, then asked, "What do you think?"

"In this state, even if the poison is neutralized, he probably won't be able to move for quite some time. Having him take the exam like this would be no different from sending him to his death!"

His companion curled his lips and said helplessly, "We can only send him to the hospital and cancel his eligibility for this exam!"

"Then... are you taking him, or am I?" the other man asked tentatively.

"You go. Just looking at this kid makes me angry!" his companion said through gritted teeth.

"Then... I guess I'll be off?"

As he spoke, the Ninja Teacher picked up the weakened Qi Shuang and hurried toward the exit.

The remaining teacher once again organized the other examinees and prepared to lead them into the examination hall.

Although both of them felt that something about the situation was suspicious, neither was willing to believe that a child under ten could possess such deep scheming and deliberately poison himself to avoid the graduation exam.