Konoha: The Female Ninja Fell Apart After the Diary Was Exposed

Then,

he kicked.

Boom!

With a muffled thud,

Rock Lee flew backward. He tumbled more than ten meters across the ground before finally coming to a stop.

The once-noisy arena

fell utterly silent.

Yugao: Gentle Naruto-kun, I've Met a Good Man

"What... just happened?"

"No idea. The fight was over in an instant."

"What was that? I thought we'd get an amazing showdown. That ended way too quickly!"

"Yeah, and that Rock Lee guy was clearly strong."

"Then again... wasn't that spectacular in its own way?"

As they looked at Rock Lee lying on the ground, unable to fight, the spectators in the stands couldn't help talking among themselves.

Most of them had expected this outcome from the start.

But

when Rock Lee displayed strength far beyond that of an ordinary Ninja,

they began to hope

that this little-known kid might surprise them after all.

Instead,

it took just one move...

for Naruto Uzumaki to put him out of the fight.

Still,

that showed something else:

Naruto Uzumaki...

was absurdly strong, wasn't he?

Couldn't someone like him

be promoted as an exception?

Why make him take the Chunin Ninja Exams? This was a complete mismatch!

"He's too strong. There's no way we could beat him."

"Right? How did Naruto get so strong?"

"Sigh... Rock Lee was pretty strong too. He was just unlucky enough to face Naruto Uzumaki."

"Naruto-kun might have hit him a little too hard..."

Rock Lee's defeat in a single blow had also caught Kankuro, Hozuki Suigetsu, and the others completely off guard.

They made up their minds:

if they advanced to the next round

and drew Naruto Uzumaki,

they would forfeit immediately.

Otherwise,

getting kicked across the arena like Rock Lee would be humiliating.

Only Gaara looked a little excited.

*If only that kick had landed