Chakra Imprint

"I told you, I know nothing about the contents. But Chunin, besides understanding ninja regulations, naturally needs combat ability," Hizashi hinted, indicating that there would definitely be a fight.

"Do you have any more questions about the exam procedure?" Hyuga Hizashi confirmed once more. Seeing no one answer, Hyuga Hizashi nodded.

"Since that's the case, on the morning of the eighth day, please enter the Konoha waiting room to prepare for the written exam. The exam will begin at nine. After it's finished, the examiner will announce the results directly. Those who pass will be directly led by the examiner to the second stage of the exam, which is the preliminary round venue," Hyuga Hizashi finished explaining the exam.

"Nao, during these few days, you can go to Master Gray Fang to learn swordsmanship, because after passing, you'll immediately enter the preliminary rounds."

"Miss Kurenai. No, Kurenai, you'll continue to familiarize yourself with the Hyuga-style Taijutsu with me!"

"As for Shiyu... you can make your own arrangements, alright?" Hyuga Hizashi currently didn't know how to arrange things for Shiyu. He and his brother couldn't defeat him, and in terms of strength, perhaps only the Third Hokage could teach him. Swordsmanship also couldn't be learned in a short time.

Everyone responded with a sound and then left separately, returning home to prepare for the extremely intense exam.

A week's time is very short. As Hizashi said, it's simply not enough to learn the Hatake Konoha-style swordsmanship well. Shiyu also didn't plan to use the Meteor Blade this time, because the Meteor Blade isn't very practical for Shiyu at the moment.

During these seven days, Shiyu first used the rewards from his last B-rank mission to craft many custom kunai that were more suitable for him. Shiyu found that the Flying Thunder God Technique's marking on kunai was indeed much better than on shuriken.

Shuriken are light and have a short throwing range, so they can't be thrown very far. If the distance is too short, the Flying Thunder God Technique becomes meaningless.

Shiyu filled his ninja tool pouch with custom kunai, all of which were densely covered with the Flying Thunder God Technique's marking.

Shiyu found it extremely simple to mark the Flying Thunder God Technique; as long as he directly touched an object with his hand, he could easily cover the desired object with the technique.

Shiyu remembered that the Second Hokage's Flying Thunder God Technique marking was a pattern, while the technique he memorized from Minato Namikaze was in text. Therefore, Shiyu also made improvements to the chakra imprint of the Flying Thunder God Technique.

Shiyu discovered that whether it was text or a pattern, it was all about allowing oneself to sense spatial fluctuations more clearly. In other words, if one improves their perception of their own chakra and their understanding of the space element, the imprint left can be even smaller.

The benefit of being smaller is that Shiyu can attack before the enemy even realizes they've been marked.

Even if they discover they've been marked, there are only two situations in which it can be removed.

"One is if I personally remove it. Otherwise, even Minato couldn't remove a Flying Thunder God mark that has my chakra."

"The other is to become a Six Paths level existence and master Yin-Yang Release chakra. In the original work, only Obito Uchiha, after becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, was able to remove the Flying Thunder God mark left by his teacher, Minato Namikaze." Shiyu knew that in this era, even Madara Uchiha wasn't Six Paths level.

Within a week, Shiyu made over a hundred attempts, but his efforts paid off. Shiyu was finally able to leave only a comma-shaped mark, just one centimeter in size, on an object, and its color was very faint, almost unnoticeable if not looked at closely.

The only drawback was that if the marked object was too far from Shiyu, he still couldn't sense it.

"It seems it's still due to my age and body; my own chakra and spatial power are also limited."

Besides the Flying Thunder God Technique, Shiyu continued his previous exercises every day.

First, Shiyu still used the Shadow Clone technique, a "bug," to practice hand seals simultaneously with himself. Each seal had to be executed accurately and without any thought, just through imitation. Shiyu would never be able to surpass others.

The more techniques Shiyu mastered, the more hand seals he needed to practice. With a five-fold increase in practice speed each day, plus thousands of hand seal practices daily, he could complete the practice of all the techniques he had learned. After a week, Shiyu's hand seal speed also increased a bit.

Don't underestimate even a small improvement. In the world of ninjas, a 0.1-second improvement can mean surviving a bit longer in a ninjutsu battle. The ninja world is quite cruel.

Thus, a week passed quickly. Shiyu specifically found Amamiya Suisen and Xiao Xing to tell them about his participation in the Chunin Selection Exam.

"Brother! You have to do your best! When you reach the finals, I'll definitely be there to cheer for you! Sister Suisen, you must come too!" Xiao Xing said excitedly.

"Of course!" Amamiya Suisen nodded, a hint of tenderness showing in her eyes. "Shiyu, you can definitely do it!"

"I'll take your good wishes. I'm off then." Shiyu smiled, then used the Flying Thunder God Technique to instantly move to a pre-marked location, and then instantly moved all the way to the entrance of the Konoha Chunin waiting room.

The first person he saw was Kakashi Nao.

After a week, Kakashi Nao had also changed quite a bit, becoming much stronger. It seemed Gray Fang hadn't spared Nao in his training, all to make Kakashi Hatake look bad.

Beside Nao was the somewhat incompatible Kakashi. Both were masked, one with gray hair, the other with silver, but Kakashi was slightly taller and older than Nao.

At this moment, both were coolly silent, seemingly disliking each other.

"Huh? Shiyu! You came too!" a familiar voice called out. Shiyu looked and saw it was Obito Uchiha, wearing goggles. Obito still had that innocent and pure look.

Obito ran towards Shiyu but seemed to trip over something and fell face-first onto the ground.

Shiyu saw everything unfold without making a sound, but he understood it all clearly.

"You can trip while walking? Honestly," Kakashi rubbed his head, looking somewhat helpless.

"Ow! That hurts!" Obito cried out in pain, clutching his slightly swollen forehead.

"Are you okay, Obito!" Rin Nohara, who was beside him, asked with concern.

"Hahaha!" Laughter erupted from the surroundings. These people all had unfriendly expressions, with black hair and black eyes, and their ninja uniforms bore the Uchiha fan emblem.

"A dead last, and an Uchiha outcast? You two are quite a pair! Haha!" one of the older Uchihas, who looked about fifteen, sneered.

"You jerk!" Seeing someone mock him in front of Rin, Obito's blood boiled, and he wanted to rush over and punch him.