Hearing the words of "Uchiha Shizuka," Kagura and the others' expressions grew even more solemn.
The examinees from the other two factions exchanged puzzled glances, but no one acted rashly.
Standing in the middle of everyone, Uchiha Shizuka seemed oblivious to the others' gazes. She kept her eyes fixed on Kagura's Sharingan and spoke:
"My task was merely to monitor the progress of this exam.
And if necessary today, I wouldn't mind eliminating you so-called geniuses here.
But your eyes seem somewhat different from ordinary Sharingan.
I'm sure that if I plucked out your eyes and offered them to that person, he would be very pleased!"
At her words, every examinee present changed expression.
Before Kagura could speak, a Genin from Kirigakure shouted first.
"Hah? Eliminate all of us?
Who do you think you are?"
The moment he finished speaking, he rushed out from his group and charged straight at Uchiha Shizuka.
Juzō Biwa, who was leading them, reached out in an attempt to stop him, but he was still a step too late.
Just as the man darted behind Uchiha Shizuka like a gust of wind and prepared to use some kind of ninjutsu—
He suddenly felt a chill in his abdomen, as if a sharp ice spike had pierced through it.
He looked down in shock and saw that, at some unknown moment, a strange object resembling a white branch had extended from the girl's back and stabbed straight into his abdomen.
His lips trembled slightly, as though he wanted to say something.
However, in an instant, those branches seemed to come alive and spread madly through his physical body.
Along with the eruption of countless sprays of crimson blood, innumerable bone-white branches burst out from his back.
His body seemed to have become nourishment for parasitic trees.