Darui, Are You Really That Brave? Heh

"Rigged... rigged!"

"What the hell is Xuanyu doing? What kind of trick did he use?"

"Backroom dealings!"

"This is Konoha's disgrace!"

This time, the crowd finally could not hold themselves back and began to jeer. Most of them were dissatisfied with Xuanyu. Just because he had money... he could do whatever he wanted?

Sarutobi Hiruzen coughed a few times with a dark expression, but his gaze turned toward Gekko Hayate, who had been watching the battlefield.

Gekko Hayate immediately understood what he meant. His stern gaze swept over the crowd, cold light flashing in his eyes. "Shut up. Watch the match quietly!"

As the chief referee of this event, he naturally had to ensure the proceedings went smoothly. Although... he too disliked Xuanyu's behavior, there was nothing he could do. Everything Xuanyu had done so far was within the rules!

The only exception was probably that he had known his opponent beforehand.

"Hmph, it seems you can only target us. If you have the guts, go after Xuanyu! He cheated, yet instead of investigating him, you come here to scold us!"

"Exactly!"

"Xuanyu is from the Uchiha Clan. They don't dare touch him!"

"It's not that they don't dare. There's just no evidence!"

"Tch~~ If you ask me, they're afraid of Xuanyu. No... they're guaranteeing his promotion to Chunin!"

As Xuanyu's fellow classmates, they were understandably frustrated. Xuanyu's advancement might very well squeeze one of them out of a spot.

"If Xuanyu advances, he might very well take away one of our remaining slots!"

"Take one away? Look... before the top twenty, every opponent Xuanyu has to face is from another ninja village!"

"Huh? I only just noticed!"

"Wait. Is Xuanyu being targeted? His opponents all seem to be elites from other villages!"

"Only after looking at Xuanyu's match chart