Chapter 58

"Maybe. Let's go back and practice, to prepare for the upcoming assessment."

They couldn't find a reason to refute Shiro's point of view, nor did they know how to continue the conversation, so they changed the subject and prepared to go back.

At the same time, they were not disappointed by the lack of results, since they had a premonition before coming, so it was within their expectations.

In the afternoon, it was Konoha's turn to field their last team. The lineup was quite impressive: Hyuga's Byakugan, Aburame's Insects, and Inuzuka's Dog. Like Team 8, Hinata would be in the future, it was a team that leaned towards sensory abilities.

However, although the group is quite good, they are actually all fresh graduates this year. Bringing them here was just to temper their arrogance.

After all, as clan ninjas of Konoha, they have always been among the top students in the Ninja Academy, so they are somewhat arrogant and still need to be tempered.

Therefore, he was defeated in no time when facing the experienced Takigakure Ninja.

"Haha, well done." Their team Jonin, said with a smile as they came out.

The three of them stared at their teacher in astonishment. After a moment, Hyuga Ten asked first:

"Teacher, why? We lost!"

"Haha, don't be so arrogant. The other side are experienced ninjas, after all. It's already quite good that you can fight them to this extent. Do you think you can beat them?"

"Besides, you should understand the gap between yourself and them now, right? So you should be confident of winning next time, right?"

"Yes! Teacher, we'll definitely win next time!"

It has to be said that those who can reach the Jonin are all quite eloquent; they can make even the most ordinary words sound incredibly inspiring.

Does having a certain job title really have a positive effect?

As Shiro followed them back, his mind wandered.

Back at their lodgings, everyone gathered together to review the intelligence and found that it was all of little value; most of the matches were just easy wins against weaker opponents, and there was nothing of substance to be gained.

Therefore, on the third day of the competition, they only sent the other two eliminated teams to try their luck, while Shiro and Minato stayed at their residence to train quietly and prepare for the third round of assessments.

Around noon, they returned with news, and as expected, there was no valuable intelligence.

However, the participants for the third round have now been determined, totaling 27 people: 6 each from Konoha, Sunagakure, and Iwagakure, 3 from Yugakure, 3 from Takigakure Ninja, and finally 3 from Kusagakure.

These are the players who have advanced so far. The third round will still be a two-on-two competition. One person will receive a bye in the first round, and 14 people will advance. Then, they will compete in two-on-two matches, from 14 to 7, and from 7 to 3.

However, in the round of 7 to 3, one person will have to fight twice to determine the top 3. In the final round, all 3 people will fight once, that is, each person will fight against the other two.

The player who defeats all opponents becomes the champion.

Therefore, both luck and strength are important in this assessment. For example, the bye in the first round can effectively prevent the leakage of information, and the second round, the seven-to-three, involves two consecutive matches with no rest time.

Therefore, not only is it laborious and mentally taxing, but intelligence is also particularly easy to be exposed.

Another troublesome aspect is that the third assessment is in two weeks, and the opponent will be determined by drawing lots first. In other words, the first round will be the most difficult because the opponent will conduct targeted training against you.

After all, most of those participating in this exam have served on the battlefield, so given enough time, they can gather the necessary intelligence.

A short while later, Nakamura and the Nakamura returned from drawing lots.

"Captain, what was the result?"

"Not bad, take a look. By the way, the one who got a bye is from the Yugakure."

"Tsk tsk, what a pity."

"Alright, what's there to regret? Here's the match schedule, take a look. We have other things to do, so we'll get back to them."

"Okay, Captain."

Shiro placed the match schedule on the table for everyone to look at. Overall, it was pretty good, and the matchups were as follows:

Shiro vs. Rasa's teammate Hirakami Masamura

Minato vs. Yugakure Ninja (extras)

Rasa vs. Minato's teammate Mai

Kitsuchi vs. Yugakure Ninja No. 2 Extra

Sasori vs. Iwagakure Shinobi Kishikawa Yoshiyuki, members of the Kitsuchi team

Watanabe Asahi (another captain of Iwagakure Shinobi) vs. Shinji

Taichi vs. Takigakure Ninja extra character)

Shikaki vs. Scorpion's teammate Kusunoki Kaoru

Sasori's other teammate Mibu Sukezane, fights against Takigakure Ninja's second minor character.

Team Rasa's Yanagihara Masamune vs. Kusagakure Ninja Ryuto

Takigakure Ninja Captain vs. Kusagakure Ninja

Kitsuchi's teammate Midnight Shinichiro battles Kusagakure Ninja.

Two of Watanabe Asahi's teammates are fighting each other.

The above is the content of the battles scheduled for half a month from now. There shouldn't be any mistakes, as the team leaders from each village drew lots, which is relatively fair.

Okay, to be honest, this battle combination isn't friendly to Shiro and his team. First of all, it's certain that Minato's teammates will be eliminated, and judging from the Kitsuchi, the other captain is clearly not Genin either.

Like Shiro and the others, he is most likely a Chunin, and the fact that he can serve as a captain already speaks volumes about his strength.

None of Shiro's opponents were easy to deal with; they were all formidable, except for Minato, who had it relatively easy.

Fortunately, there are still two weeks left. In two more days, Shiro and his team should be able to obtain the intelligence and conduct targeted training. Shiro has a significant advantage in this regard.

Because Shiro's fighting style changes depending on the Noble Phantasm he Projection, his opponent will definitely be in for a big surprise if they really train against Shiro's past combat methods.

Of course, thinking about these things now is useless. As long as you are strong enough, no amount of targeting will work.

However, since the blacksmith hadn't finished forging Shiro's weapon yet—it had only been delivered that morning, so it couldn't be finished so quickly— Shiro continued learning Magecraft.

This time, both the clone and the main body are learning together, because Shiro is almost ready to master the Magecraft that allows him to borrow Mana. Shiro decides to put in the effort and overcome this difficulty as soon as possible.

Of course, Shiro didn't learn the same Magecraft for both of them. It wasn't like he had any enlightenment, and it would be a waste to learn two at the same time. Shiro had his Shadow Clone Technique continue to learn the Magecraft.

Shiro's true form then learns another basic Magecraft — Replacement Magecraft.

Replacement Magecraft is a very basic Magecraft, and like other Magecraft ' Projection Magecraft, it's a bit of a gimmick. However, there are always some freaks who can take these basic Magecraft to the extreme.

Shiro certainly couldn't do that; all he wanted was to Displacement Space to make it easier for him to build his Magecraft Workshop.

However, even if a regular Replacement Magecraft can Displacement Space, it can only be done within Magecraft Workshop. The displacement between two regions that Shiro desires requires further research.

As for this, Shiro estimated that Medea should be able to do it. After all, Shiro didn't need to reach the level of replacing Parallel Worlds, and besides, Shiro estimated that the Counter Force of this world was very weak. Given Medea's strength, it should be possible to do it. (The reason will be explained in the next chapter.)

After all, just look at the Otsutsuki Clan; several of them have developed extraordinary abilities with the Mangekyou Mangekyo Sharingan alone. Moreover, Shiro also discovered that the destruction caused by the release of Noble Phantasm is much greater.

Therefore, Shiro estimated that the world's Counter Force was very weak.

Well, even though I missed a chapter, I'm still begging for recommendation votes! ▄██● I'm kneeling!