Sasuke: What Should I Name My Niece?

Even though the Chunin Exams had ended months ago, Konoha—and indeed the entire Shinobi World—still talked eagerly about that peak showdown.

Naruto and Sasuke's battle on the Chunin Exams stage had simply been too spectacular.

Two genin had fought with the intensity of a Kage-level battle. It had to be said that everyone present at the time had felt honored to witness it.

Yes, that was right. Those who had been there now had something to brag about.

Like, "I saw that guy fight in the Chunin Exams back then. Damn, it was insanely awesome."

That was when they got to enjoy everyone else's envious looks.

As for the Chunin Exams' eventual first-place winner, Hinata Hyuga...

Honestly, most people didn't think her result held much significance.

But that was only for ordinary people.

To Yuya and the other Kage, Hinata's strength was by no means low.

Moreover, Hinata had also displayed her Jōgan during that battle.

Since there was no prior experience to draw upon in developing her Jōgan, Hinata could only rely on herself.

But sure enough, she had really developed a special ability.

Purification.

The purification of other people's ninjutsu.

Put simply, it meant that ninjutsu could be directly purified and erased.

That ability was actually absurdly overpowered.

The way it had been demonstrated during the Chunin Exams was...

Gaara had used Sandstorm Burial on Hinata, and Hinata had used her Jōgan. Then...

Then the sand under Gaara's control had turned into ordinary sand.

To be fair, if it had been the Gaara from the original story, the one who had lost his mother, he might have just used sealing jutsu to manifest that desert likeness of his mother—only for Hinata to purify it all with her Jōgan...

Gaara's mother would have vanished entirely, reduced to ordinary sand.