The Opening (8K Seeking Subscriptions)

The Chunin Exams proceeded in an orderly fashion, and the Forest of Death portion had completely concluded.

However, because there were too many participants this time, Namikaze Minato had no choice but to arrange a temporary additional round to eliminate the excess candidates.

Uchiha Kei watched the entire round of matches. He had to admit that this sort of competition was quite interesting. At the very least, he could see traces of his former self in these genin taking the exams.

Back then, his combat methods had been nowhere near as refined, and the power he could wield had been very limited.

Shuriken, Taijutsu, and a small number of Ninjutsu were his ultimate means of dealing with enemies.

All of this struck him as rather interesting. Team Naruto in particular truly reminded him of his own old team.

Although Naruto was not skilled in Sword Techniques, his Taijutsu was formidable, especially his speed, which was enough to leave people dumbfounded.

He had yet to fully master the Flying Thunder God, but his performance was not bad either.

He could practically be seen as Imai Kenta without any hidden strength.

As for Sasuke, once he began using Ninjutsu in conjunction with the Sharingan, Fire Style, and Lightning Style, he really did resemble Uchiha Kei in his younger days.

There was even less need to mention Hinata. Having been trained by Hyuga Aya since childhood, she was quite something in battle.

However, the relationship among this three-man team was far better than that of his team back then.

There was no scheming among the three of them, nor did they possess the mindset of selling out even a teammate just to ensure their own survival.

It could be said that while this team resembled his old one, it was also completely different