The Exams Begin

A great dealer always knew how to seize the audience's hearts.

Ye Liang was not a dealer.

But he served the same purpose as one.

"Wow! Who is that handsome guy? How can he be this handsome?!"

"I can't take it anymore! He's stolen my heart!"

The audience in the stands screamed wildly. Even the conventions from Ye Liang's previous life had never been this insane!

"Ah, I don't care! I want to marry him! I have to marry him!"

Watching the jonin maintaining order drag away yet another crazed audience member, Ye Liang had grown used to it.

"It seems handing him the hosting job this time was absolutely the right choice."

Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded from the platform.

"Brother Hiruzen, where did you find such a dazzling host? How is he so eye-catching?"

"Indeed. I was fortunate enough to attend a social gathering in one of the great nations back then. The girls were lovely, but it still couldn't compare to how lively this is."

Hiruzen Sarutobi did not answer the Kage-level experts. If they learned that Ye Liang was not from Konoha, they would definitely try to poach him with a hefty sum!

After all, Ye Liang liked money.

Hiruzen Sarutobi knew that well!

"I didn't expect there to be so many people this time." Ye Liang gave a dashing, roguish smile as he signed an autograph for a thirteen-year-old girl who had rushed down from the stands.

The girl was so excited that she fainted on the spot.

"Ze, there aren't enough medical staff arranged today. I hope nothing happens."

"All right! Since everyone has arrived, let us welcome the first pair of contestants!"

"Cough, cough!"

Ye Liang tugged up his collar, making it stand up to raise his cool factor a little.

"Now, please welcome the contestants for the first match. Lantu from Iwagakure versus Mei Terumi from Kirigakure! It is worth mentioning that Mei Terumi is one of the few Ninja Flower-level contestants!" Ye Liang announced in the manner of the hosts from his previous life.

He glanced at the cue board again.

Were Iwagakure's names really this casual?

Lantu? He had no words.

At that moment, Mei Terumi emerged with graceful, catlike steps, her hips swaying from side to side.

The moment she appeared, the entire venue fell silent!

Too big!

They were simply too big!

Practically F-cup level!

"Cough, cough!"

He meant her age.

Ye Liang was rather surprised. Mei Terumi, who was participating in the competition, looked to be around twenty years old!

Twenty?

Taking the Chunin Exams?

Wasn't that a bit ridiculous?!

Ōnoki immediately lost it!

"Yagura, is your contestant really a genin? At that age, she's really a genin?"

"What else would she be? A ninja village kindergarten student? Hahaha."

Ōnoki's cheek twitched.

He was the leader of Iwagakure, and Lantu was his younger brother. Lantu was already rather old, and if he failed to become a chunin because of something like this, he might be stuck like that for the rest of his life.

"I suspect Yagura is cheating! This Mei Terumi may not be a genin at all! They're playing dirty!"

"Hmph, do you have proof? If you do, bring it out right now! I'll have Mei Terumi step down immediately!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi, sitting nearby, shook his head helplessly.

"Forget it, forget it! Peace is what matters!"

"We can't just forget it!"

As they argued.

Lantu, the opponent, entered the arena as well.

He was an elderly man with a bulging belly and white hair.

He looked to be around fifty or sixty years old.

Ye Liang gave him a quick once-over and felt that this man was very strong, at least at Quasi-Kage level!

After all, age was on his side.

"Ōnoki! What the hell do you mean?!" Yagura could not sit still any longer!

He admitted that sending Mei Terumi, who was in her twenties, into the competition did carry an element of cheating. But what was with this white-haired old man?!

At that age, who the hell would believe he was a genin?!

"Lantu is one of the few people in our village who still hasn't passed the Chunin Exams. He is sixty-eight this year."

"There's no helping it. The Chunin Exams in Iwagakure are too strict, but please believe me, he really is a genin!"

They were all overage examinees.

Hiruzen Sarutobi said, "Forget it. Peace is what matters."

"All right, the examination will begin immediately." Ye Liang did not waste words as he announced the start from the platform.

What goes around comes around! Yagura had sent Mei Terumi, who was in her twenties, to take the examination, so naturally his opponent would send sixty-eight-year-old Lantu to counter her. That was perfectly normal.

The two ninjas in the arena began their clash.

Mei Terumi moved with light steps, then launched a Water Dragon Bullet at the elderly Lantu across from her.

Because of the difference in their ages, Mei Terumi had no intention of dragging things out with Lantu. In terms of experience, she was certainly no match for the old man.

A quick battle, a quick victory!

Water Release—Hidden Mist Jutsu!

The surrounding area instantly vanished from view.

After Lantu blocked the Water Dragon Bullet with Earth Release, he swiftly burrowed a hole into the ground.

He understood Mei Terumi's tactics. After all, he had far more life experience, so a response naturally came to him.

The two sides faced off, and battle was about to erupt!

Obito on the platform stared fixedly at their battle.

"Teacher, is that the Double Suicide Decapitation Technique?" The Double Suicide Decapitation Technique was also an assassination technique that involved burrowing underground, so the two were very similar.

"It isn't. This is merely ordinary Earth Release. The old man has probably turned Earth Release into an instinct, allowing him to use earth-element Chakra to burrow into the ground with ease. Mei Terumi may be in trouble."

"Just Earth Release?" Obito was shocked. Merely relying on his Earth Release Chakra, he could accomplish what normally required ninjutsu. It was simply unbelievable.

This was what it meant to become a demon with age.

"Teacher, how does he compare to you?"

"The stars and the sea!"

"What does that mean?"

"He is the sea, while I am the boundless stardust high above!"

Obito was instantly stunned by Ye Liang's words.

He had never expected the top-tier ninja he regarded as utterly unattainable to be described as so worthless by Ye Liang!

Mei Terumi immediately leaped into the air!

Her cherry-red lips tightened.

A mouthful of fiery mud formed from lava shot toward the ground beneath her.

The lava was scorching hot!

But after being cooled by the mist, it immediately formed a ten-meter-high platform she could stand on!

"Using Lava Release to create footing for herself? Mei Terumi has some skill."

Ye Liang applauded her admiringly.

But Obito thought she was still far inferior to his teacher!

"Hmph! A petty trick!"

Seeing Mei Terumi's ploy, the old man underground immediately snorted coldly.

He did not even show his head.

A towering earth dragon a hundred meters long burst from the soil and smashed into the lava stone pillar beneath Mei Terumi!

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

After three consecutive strikes.

Mei Terumi's stone pillar immediately began to crumble apart. Huge chunks of rock slid downward, and even she herself nearly fell from the pillar!

"Damn, this old man is impressive too!"

Ye Liang saw through it as well.

Elderly Lantu seemed to be trying to force Mei Terumi off the stone pillar. Once she set foot on the ground, she would inevitably be attacked by Lantu, who was lurking beneath the earth.

The victor would be decided in an instant!