"I don't believe it!"
Kisame Hoshigaki's face darkened.
It was all real?
Where had this brat gotten so much chakra?
Impossible!
Absolutely impossible!
He formed Hand Seals, and in an instant, mist billowed all around them.
Hidden Mist Technique!
But this time, he wasn't using the Hidden Mist Technique to conceal his whereabouts. He was using its effects to determine—
Was it real or fake?
But in the next moment, all three clones vanished at once.
"Where'd they go?"
"They ran. They were all clones. I couldn't tell whether they were Shadow Clones or made with the Clone Technique."
Kisame dispelled the Hidden Mist Technique, his face grim.
They'd been given a humiliating warning, and there was nothing he could do to retaliate. It left him thoroughly frustrated.
Even worse—
The delay meant they could no longer sense where their opponents had gone. All they could tell was that the three had headed diagonally uphill, apparently toward Entrance No. 2.
"Should we pursue them?"
Mei Terumi looked at her two companions.
Their squad had been assembled on short notice to form the strongest team in the village.
She was the youngest and had no desire to fight for authority within the team. But if she had to give her opinion...
Don't pursue them!
It was impossible to tell which of Kyohiko's three clones were real. His attack had clearly been just a small warning; he hadn't wanted to get entangled with them.
If they caught up and fought, it was anyone's guess who would win.
After a moment's thought, Hozuki Mangetsu suggested, "We'll run into them again once we reach the top and get the scrolls."
Yugakure's exam site was a dormant volcano. There were eight entrances around the mountain, each with three or four squads.
With the Konoha team's