Chapter 146: An Explanation
Akaseki stayed in the infirmary until the end.
After all, someone who had been struck in the back by a Chakra Scalpel should not have immediately bounced back to watch the matches.
Thus, Akaseki only heard that Shibi Aburame had won almost without a fight.
The spectators had been too excited, and the arena matches had temporarily been unable to continue. In the end, Lord Hokage personally took the stage and reiterated the Will of Fire before the matches could barely resume.
The next day, Inuzuka Tsume came to visit Akaseki. She vividly described the scene to him: "The moment Shibi stepped onto the stage, he released the specially cultivated Kikaichū from his gourd. He had originally wanted to teach her a good lesson for you—what a pity." As she spoke, she shook her head regretfully.
What a pity. Faced with someone "not from the Uchiha Clan," the heavily injured Yakushi Nonō had directly surrendered!
Shibi seemed somewhat embarrassed and said gloomily, "I was only making normal preparations for battle."
Unconvinced, Inuzuka Tsume punched his shoulder. "Honestly, don't be so tsundere! This counts as Akaseki handing you a win—if only the two of us had switched places!"
That had been precisely why Akaseki placed Shibi Aburame last.
Although Akaseki had not known at the time that the Root people would do something like this—
Minato had kept warning Akaseki with his eyes!
Even if he could not guess what they intended to do, Akaseki at least knew there was a conspiracy. That was why he had called out that person before Shibi.
The facts proved that Akaseki's precaution had been correct. At the very least, Yakushi Nonō had not become the arena champion!
In the end, the champion of the fourth arena was Shibi Aburame, while