This Is a Victory for Physics!

Seeing the name appear on the screen, In the Kirigakure section, a young man carrying two jagged blades on his back felt his eyes light up instantly.

"Is it finally my turn!"

Raiga Kurosuki licked his lips and drew the blades from his back without a moment's hesitation. As the blades scraped against each other, they emitted a shrill screeching sound, and tiny, visible sparks of electricity danced along the steel.

He then leaped directly from the high platform into the center of the arena...

"Orochimaru of Konoha! Get down here quickly! Our Kirigakure hasn't won a single match yet! I, Raiga Kurosuki, will be the one to secure our first victory!"

Standing in the center of the ring, Raiga jammed his Thunder Blades into the ground and stood with his hands on his hips, shouting arrogantly toward the Konoha side, his voice filled with wild pride and disdain.

Seeing this, a faint curve tugged at the corner of Orochimaru's mouth.

Without saying a word, his figure flashed, and he arrived in the center of the arena as well.

"Huh?"

In the Sunagakure line, Tessen, who had just sent Might Duy off the stage, was taken aback.

This was the very same Konoha ninja who had made him feel a strange fluctuation during the first written exam.

"Orochimaru! Go for it! Once the Chunin Exams are over, the two of us will go out and gather intel together!"

Jiraiya shouted at the top of his lungs from below the stage, his signature grin on his face, though his eyes held a hint of seriousness.

"Hey! Orochimaru! If you lose, watch out, I'll beat you to a pulp!"

Tsunade, looking annoyed, crossed her arms and shook her fist in Orochimaru's direction.

This guy always acted like he didn't care about anything, which was truly infuriating.

Hearing the voices of the two behind him, Orochimaru didn't look back, merely waving his hand lightly as a response.

"The match—begins!"

The Chief Examiner Jonin on the high platform saw that both were in position, swept his gaze across the arena, and announced in a deep voice.

"Lightning Style: Thunder Fang!"

The moment the words fell, Raiga Kurosuki moved.

He gripped the twin blades stuck in the ground with both hands, and his Chakra erupted instantly.

He pulled the blades outward with a violent jerk, and powerful electricity instantly condensed onto the steel, then surged toward Orochimaru like two ferocious lightning pythons, accompanied by a piercing crackle!

The intensity and range of the electricity were so great that the entire arena was engulfed in blinding light.

Seeing this, Orochimaru quickly formed hand seals, crouched slightly, and pressed his palms against the ground.

"Earth Style: Earth Flow Wall!"

A thick wall of earth rose instantly from the ground, blocking his front.

With a thunderous boom, the lightning pythons slammed into the earth wall, kicking up a sky full of dust and debris.

"Hahahaha! You think you can stop my Lightning Style with a wall like this? How naive!"

Raiga laughed wildly, increasing the output of his Chakra.

The power of the electricity intensified sharply, and under the impact of the powerful current, the Earth Flow Wall began to crack, showing signs of imminent collapse.

Orochimaru was forced to abandon the Earth Flow Wall, flashing his body to dodge toward the rear, appearing somewhat disheveled.

Watching such a large-scale Lightning Style attack, the expressions of the spectators changed.

"This... what kind of ninjutsu is this? The range is too big!"

A Genin from Kumogakure exclaimed in shock; was this scale of Lightning Style not a bit exaggerated?

On the Kumogakure side, the tall youth with half-white, half-green hair also narrowed his eyes, his expression one of surprise.

Tessen of Sunagakure wore an equally surprised expression at this moment.

As a Magnet Style user, he had a sensitivity to electromagnetic energy that far exceeded that of ordinary people.

He could clearly perceive that the Kirigakure ninja's Lightning Style was actually capable of generating a magnetic field!

In other words, was that lightning not a product of Chakra nature transformation?

"Hahahaha! Are you surprised? Are you afraid?"

Listening to the gasps from the stands, the smile on Raiga's face grew even more smug.

He wasn't using mere Chakra!

Each of the seven ninja blades of Kirigakure was more powerful than anyone could imagine.

And the ability of his Thunder Blades was to generate and attract lightning!

Because of this, he could essentially use large-scale Lightning Style indefinitely!

Under the restricted rules of an arena match, he was invincible!

Thinking of this, Raiga danced his twin blades wildly, the lightning sweeping out like giant pythons.

Orochimaru dodged the whip-like lightning strikes unleashed by Raiga while rapidly throwing several Shuriken toward him.

"Shadow Clone Technique: Shuriken!"

He followed up with a rapid sequence of hand seals.

The moment the words left his lips, the few Shuriken suddenly multiplied into dozens, raining down upon Raiga from all directions like a dense downpour.

"Muda, muda, muda!"

Facing this assault from every side, Raiga simply stood his ground, unmoved.

As he roared, even more violent currents erupted from his body.

Yet, the next moment, the countless Shuriken seemed to be seized by an invisible hand, all of them deflected and clattering onto the edge of the arena.

"What... what is going on? The Shuriken didn't even touch the electricity!"

"How did he do that?!"

The spectators erupted in gasps and questions once again. They had no idea how he had blocked so many Shuriken, especially since they hadn't made direct contact with the lightning.

On the other side, Orochimaru watched the scene, his eyes growing brighter.

His Shuriken had approached, induced a current due to the magnetic field, and were then deflected by the Lorentz Force.

This confirmed his hypothesis: the one releasing the lightning was not the man himself, as he had already verified that Chakra-simulated currents lacked electromagnetic properties.

In other words, the twin blades were ionizing the molecules in the air, turning them into charged particles.

This man called Raiga was merely controlling these charged particles to form a current.

The advantage of this method was the ability to unleash large-scale Lightning Style with minimal Chakra, essentially borrowing the power of nature.

But correspondingly, it was also subject to the laws of physics...

"This is truly... interesting..."

Orochimaru said, licking his lips with a hint of excitement.

It was just a pity that he couldn't simply snatch the blades away to study them.

The next moment, Orochimaru stopped dodging, turned his body, and charged straight toward Raiga!

"Is he insane?!"

"Isn't charging in like that just asking for death?!"

The spectators gasped again as they witnessed Orochimaru's actions.

Were the ninjas of Konoha all idiots? Knowing full well that his opponent could unleash large-scale Lightning Style, he still charged straight at him.

"Seeking death! What an idiot! If you want to be charred to a crisp so badly, I'll grant your wish!"

Seeing this, Raiga was stunned for a moment before bursting into laughter.

He raised his Thunder Blades high above his head, and the current throughout his body converged instantly.

"Thunder Burial: Banquet of Lightning!"

Countless thick bolts of lightning descended from the sky like a torrential storm, striking toward Orochimaru.

However, to everyone's shock, these bolts of lightning, which carried the force to destroy heaven and earth, inexplicably veered away just as they were about to touch Orochimaru's body, slamming into the arena floor beside him and leaving charred marks.

"What?! Why?!"

"Impossible! Did the guy from Kirigakure miss on purpose?!"

The spectators were completely dumbfounded. They rubbed their eyes, unable to believe what they were seeing.

How could those lightning bolts possibly avoid the target?

It wasn't as if the Kirigakure ninja was throwing the match for Konoha, was it?

"You rely too much on the power of those blades."

"Current only flows from a high potential to a low potential."

"You cannot be struck by your own lightning; which means, as long as I am at the same potential as you, I am immune to this lightning."

Orochimaru spoke softly as he closed the distance, his voice not loud, yet it reached Raiga's ears with perfect clarity.

"Huh?"

Raiga's body stiffened at these words, not understanding what this "potential" the other was talking about meant.

But he noticed that, at some point, his twin blades had been wrapped in several nearly invisible steel wires.

Those wires were connected to Orochimaru, linking him, himself, and his Thunder Blades into a single, unified circuit!

"You bastard..."

Raiga's eyes widened as he realized in an instant that this had been done under the cover of the Shuriken attack earlier.

His invincible Lightning Style, his pride and joy, had been countered by such a simple method?!

In that split second of distraction, Orochimaru's attack arrived.

He did not use any offensive Ninjutsu, for in this situation, it was unnecessary.

He simply reached out a hand and slapped him across the face.

Chakra transformed into a faint current of electricity, surging directly into the body of Raiga Kurosuki.

Raiga felt his entire body go numb, stars danced before his eyes, and he instantly lost control of his limbs.

He didn't even have time to let out a scream before his eyes rolled back and he collapsed limply, the Thunder Blades in his hands clattering to the ground.

The entire exam arena fell into instant, deathly silence.

Everyone stared in disbelief at the fallen Raiga Kurosuki on the stage, and at Orochimaru, who stood beside him with his clothes pristine and not even a single strand of hair out of place.

Th-this... it's already over?

That ninja from Kirigakure, that monster capable of summoning massive bolts of lightning, had actually been knocked unconscious by a single slap so easily?

How was this done? Was it magic?

"Hmm?"

The Third Hokage was also somewhat surprised; he could naturally see that his student had used steel wires to connect himself to the ninja from Kirigakure.

What he didn't understand was why doing so prevented him from being struck by the opponent's lightning.

"Match over!"

"Konoha, Orochimaru—wins!"

The Chief Examiner Jonin on the high platform was also stunned for a moment before he snapped back to reality and announced the result of the match.

This voice shattered the silence of the arena.

Immediately, a tide of discussion erupted instantly.

"How is this possible? Lord Raiga actually lost just like that?!"

The expressions on the faces of the Kirigakure ninjas were quite ugly, as more than half of the tournament had passed, and they hadn't managed to secure a single victory.

Moreover, they had all been defeated at the hands of Konoha ninjas...

They were now even starting to suspect whether Konoha had done this on purpose...

"That Konoha ninja... how did he do it?!"

Tessen of Sunagakure was feeling quite excited at this moment.

That Orochimaru was definitely not just an ordinary Konoha ninja.

"Hahahaha! I told you that guy Orochimaru would be fine!"

Jiraiya waved his fists in excitement.

Tsunade's tense face finally relaxed; seeing that large-scale Lightning Style earlier, she had really been sweating for Orochimaru.

But with this, they would all be able to advance to the next round of the exam...