"Who are our next opponents?"
Having learned that Qi would be fine, Homura returned his attention to the conference, and his eyes turned to Kakashi and Obito.
Qi was so "active" before that the two of them haven't played together yet, but now they finally have a round, otherwise it would be all in vain...
"The opponents in the same group should be Kumogakure and Takigakure."
A Konoha Ninja opened the form in his hand and analyzed,
"Their opponents are unlikely to have a chance to win. The other three groups have now decided the winner. Sand, Rock, and Fog Village have won. We will finally have to compete in the group stage."
"Huh, this is really a win without any suspense..."
Homura snorted unhappily. He was not satisfied with Konoha's grouping this time. A group with two large villages often has more teams than the other three groups. This is also to increase the visibility of the conference and give some opportunities to teams outside of the large ninja villages.
Under such circumstances, it is very common to lose manpower prematurely. Isn't Qi Ke down now? Although he will wake up, at least he will not be able to play in the group stage. This is already the best situation.
"After they decide the winner, which team are we going to face first?"
After suppressing the unhappiness in his heart, Homura asked again.
"Well... we are lucky."
The ninja smiled and said,
"It should be Takigakure. We can still fight alone."
"Well, this is indeed a blessing among misfortunes."
Homura's expression relaxed, and he turned to Kakashi and Obito.
"Which one of you is going to play?"
"..."
Kakashi and Obito looked at each other and hesitated.
In fact, they all want to go, because this is probably the last solo battle...
"Forget it..."
How could Homura not understand after seeing this scene? He took a lottery tube, put two red and black lottery tickets in, closed the lid, shook it, then opened the lid again and handed it to the two of them.
"Let's draw, whoever draws the red lot will be the winner."
This idea is obviously a good one. At least Kakashi and Obito breathed a sigh of relief. Luck is the fairest thing.
The results will come out soon. The one who is going to play is Obito...
Homura is actually more inclined to let Kakashi play. After all, Kakashi, who has the blood of White Fang, is also one of the Senju Clan camp.
But since this is the result, he doesn't think about what is possible and what is not.
"Very good, Obito, you will be the next one, don't let anyone look at us Konoha."
Nodding, Homura also started to have other interests at this time. How does this child, who has recently been called a "talent" within the Uchiha Clan, compare with Qi?
He winked at his subordinate, who immediately understood and brought a stack of information.
"This is the information of the Takigakure team. At this point, we have an advantage because you and Kakashi have not taken action yet."
He chuckled twice and handed the information to Obito,
"Take a good look. Although I don't think Waterfall Ninja can defeat you, it's good to get to know it."
"Yes."
Obito responded, took the information, and started reading page by page. During this process, everyone remained silent and just waited quietly.
After a while, Obito, who had read the information back and forth several times, finally raised his head and handed the information back.
"No problem, I've finished reading it."
"Well, you can see quickly."
He took the pile of stuff without caring, and Homura threw it aside.
"Are you confident? Waterfall Ninja has good hands this time."
"No problem, her ninjutsu won't work on me."
Obito smiled and blinked his eyes in a sign.
"If you are confident, then go ahead and go to the venue!"
Homura couldn't help laughing when he saw this, and stayed away from the village. At this moment, he seemed to no longer have the pressure and scruples he had when facing factional games in the village, and felt much more relaxed. He even patted Obito's shoulder affectionately.
When he was young, he once had Uchiha Clan's teammates. Although things have changed now, seeing Qi and Obito occasionally reminds him of the happy time when he was still under Second Hokage, fighting side by side with his companions from different factions and families.
Following his order, the group of people, except for some who stayed to look after Qi, followed him out of the residence in a mighty manner and walked towards the venue.
It was quite lively along the way, and when we got to the stands, there were all kinds of people here. Some people were sitting quietly, some people were showing all their joy, anger, sorrow, and joy on their faces, and some people were shouting loudly, and even quarreling with others. Of course, such people, without even thinking about it, must have participated in the gambling game...
At this time, the group competition is almost over, and it can be said that it has entered the climax of the conference. Everyone has let go, and the excitement is naturally much higher than at the beginning.
As one of the inevitable teams, Konoha Ninja attracted everyone's attention as soon as they appeared.
Those who support Konoha smile because they see confidence and peace on the faces of Konoha Ninja.
Those who support other teams are more complicated. Some are dismissive, thinking that Konoha is just pretending to be calm and covering up the fact that they have lost troops. Some are worried, thinking that Konoha seems not to be affected by the loss of manpower at all, and they do not know the current strength of the two contestants who have not yet taken action...
They will soon understand that Obito will prove that no matter how declining Uchiha Clan is, it is still a skinny camel bigger than a horse. At least, no one can take advantage of it except Senju Clan.
"It seems that Konoha is going to let Uchiha appear."
In the distance, a group of people in the Kumogakure team looked indifferently at the Konoha Ninja who had just arrived. One of them kept scanning the Konoha delegation with his eyes, as if he wanted to find someone in the crowd.
"Hualing, what are you looking at?"
The young man next to him looked at the girl next to him curiously,
"Do you know anyone there?"
After saying this, he couldn't help but laugh again,
"Ha... If that's the case, I have to congratulate him. It would be best if he comes to Kumogakure, then we will be much cleaner."
"Shut up, you stupid brother!"
This Cloud Ninja girl who was almost angry to death by Qi and Ogata in Konoha was so angry by her brother this time that she almost couldn't help but pounce on the unscrupulous old man and bite him.
"You must consider yourself lucky to have such a beautiful and gentle sister like me!"
"I'm lucky..."
The young man grinned and showed a forced smile that was uglier than crying.
"I'm just so 'lucky' that I want you to get married early and go out, you stupid girl..."