Everyone knew how difficult S-rank ninjutsu were to cultivate, not to mention that the Spirit Transformation Technique had extremely high demands on the caster's soul strength. Even Hiruzen Sarutobi, who held the title of Professor of Ninjutsu, had not mastered the Spirit Transformation Technique.
Yet Watanabe could cast this technique, which was enough to prove that he was an unadulterated genius.
At this moment, Dan Katō, whose body had been invaded and taken over by the spirit body, completely lost control of his own body and could not even utter a single word. He watched helplessly as he raised his right hand under Watanabe's control and spoke clearly,
"I concede."
The entire audience erupted in an uproar!
The spectator stands instantly boiled over.
"What ninjutsu was that just now? It looked seriously powerful."
"It feels like Dan Katō was forced to concede to Watanabe. Was that because of the ninjutsu?"
"What a genius! Another genius has appeared in our Konoha!"
"After today, Watanabe is destined to make a name for himself in Konoha, just like Hatake Sakumo, who graduated two years ago."
The spectators were more excited than the last. With the situation in the Shinobi World in turmoil, they sincerely hoped that Konoha's geniuses could become more and more numerous.
"Watanabe wins."
The referee announced.
Watanabe then released the Spirit Transformation Technique. The spirit body crawled out of Dan Katō's body and flew back into his own.
Dan Katō looked as though all his strength had been drained. With a thud, he dropped to one knee on the ground, looking up at Watanabe with a lingering fear in his expression.
He could not believe that the gap between the two of them was actually this large. What should he do to surpass him?
"Good match."
Watanabe offered a polite remark and turned to walk off the stage. Along the way, he intentionally or unintentionally glanced toward the judges' seats, accidentally locking eyes with Hiruzen Sarutobi.
Hiruzen Sarutobi gave a slight nod, and Watanabe returned the gesture with a nod of his own.
My performance should be enough to catch your eye.
Watanabe thought to himself. He had defeated his opponents in a lightning-fast manner in both of these battles, and his performance was undoubtedly brilliant. If this still failed to catch the Third's attention, then he really would be damned.
"Lord Hokage, I wonder what you think of Watanabe and Tenfu Clan Leader's daughter? Do the two of them have what it takes to be your disciples?"
Noticing the eye contact between the two, Nara Clan Leader asked Hiruzen with a smiling laugh.
At these words, Hyuga Tenfu instantly grew a bit tense. Although he did not think his daughter would be any inferior to Watanabe, the one taking on apprentices was ultimately Hiruzen, and his evaluation was exceptionally crucial.
"They are both very good. In the future, they will become the backbone of Konoha."
Hiruzen said, giving no direct answer to the question of whether he would take them as apprentices.
In reality, a few doubts had arisen in his heart. Putting aside Hyuga Rei for the moment, Watanabe had mastered a ninjutsu that even he had not mastered. If he were to take him as an apprentice, what could he even teach him?
Nara Clan Leader looked thoughtful. Merely the backbone, is it?
After waiting in the rest area for half a quarter of an hour, Watanabe heard his name in the broadcast once again:
"Watanabe and Hyuga Rei in combat on Arena Five."
Sure enough, I ran into you...
Watanabe stood up and headed toward Arena Five.
He had felt all along that Hyuga Rei coming over to greet him at noon was definitely not for nothing; the two of them were destined to have a battle.
"Watanabe-kun, your battles in the first two rounds were so amazing."
On Arena Five, Hyuga Rei praised him with a sweet smile, resembling an utterly harmless girl next door.
"Thanks, you're not bad either."
Although Watanabe had not watched the process of Hyuga Rei's battles against others, the fact that she was able to match up with him—someone maintaining a winning streak—was enough to show that she was no simple matter.
Besides, the other party was the young miss of the Hyuga Clan, and in a sense existed on the same tier as Tsunade. You could underestimate anyone, but you could never underestimate her.
"Watanabe-kun, don't forget, you promised me you'd go easy on me." Hyuga Rei put on a pretense of vulnerability, looking pitiful and touching.
Watanabe kept his composure. "Mm, I will."
Hearing this, Hyuga Rei felt secretly delighted. As long as the opponent remained careless, her victory was absolutely certain.
She was only allowed to win her battle with Watanabe, not lose.
At that moment, the referee nearby finished inspecting the examinees' test admission tickets and announced the start of the match.
Hyuga Rei was just thinking of taking advantage of the opening while Watanabe was lulled into carelessness to launch a surprise attack, but unexpectedly, the moment the referee finished saying the match had begun, Watanabe's hands immediately blurred into afterimages, rapidly forming hand seals to cast the Fire Style: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique.
Several fireballs sprayed continuously from Watanabe's mouth, carrying a scorching high heat straight for Hyuga Rei's face.
Hyuga Rei's pupils shrank to pinpricks. She never expected Watanabe to strike a step ahead of her, and she hurriedly dodged to the side.
"Bang!"
The fireballs struck the ground behind Hyuga Rei, blasting open several craters of varying sizes. If her body had been hit, the outcome could well be imagined.
"Watanabe-kun, what are you doing?!"
Hyuga Rei angrily demanded an explanation. Although she hadn't been hit by the fireballs, the heat of the fireballs brushing past her shoulders had scorched the hem of her clothes and the tips of her hair, making her look extremely disheveled right now.
"If you're afraid of getting hurt, then concede. I've already held back as much as possible."
Watanabe said calmly. As he spoke, with a flick of his hand he unleashed an A-rank Water Style: Great Waterfall Technique to blast her away. A massive amount of torrents gushed forth from his mouth, instantly swallowing Hyuga Rei and even washing away two examinees on the neighboring Arena Six in the process.
His chakra value was as high as over twenty thousand points, and the sheer magnitude of his chakra far exceeded ordinary people's imaginations, enough for him to wantonly unleash high-level ninjutsu.
"Is this the kind of combat that should happen between students?"
"Watanabe isn't even a Genin yet!"
"Who among the examinees is still his opponent?"
The spectator seats erupted in an uproar, stunned by Watanabe's endless array of ninjutsu skills.
The various clan leaders in the judges' seats were also far from calm, feeling that Watanabe's chakra was absurdly abundant. One had to know that he had just experienced two battles not long ago, having cast a Multiple Shadow Clone and the Spirit Transformation Technique, yet right now he still had chakra to spare.
"What kind of monster is he? This amount of chakra can even rival a Jinchuriki!" Nara Clan Leader could not help but say.
"Could it be that he has the Uzumaki Clan's bloodline in his body?"
Danzo's eyes flickered. Watanabe's potential far exceeded his expectations. Once he was allowed to grow, no one knew where his upper limit would be.
It was just a pity that such a talent could not be used by him. Since he failed to recruit him into the Root back then, there would be even less of a chance in the future.
"Tenfu Clan Leader, your daughter has run into trouble this time." Clear on Hyuga Tenfu's thoughts, Hatake Sakumo felt a bit of cold sweat for him at the moment.
Hyuga Tenfu remained expressionless. "Rei won't be defeated that easily."
Just as Hyuga Tenfu had said, his daughter was definitely not an existence that could be underestimated.
"Watanabe, you're playing me for a fool!"
Hyuga Rei stood up from the water, soaked from head to toe. Her thin practice uniform clung tightly to the surface of her body, completely exposing the young girl's fine physical curves.
However, at this moment, Hyuga Rei's face was filled with fury, completely devoid of her previous sweet smile.
She already understood that Watanabe had not been fooled by her at all; instead, she was the one taken in by him, failing to notice even when he was putting on an act with her.
This made her feel like a clown.
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