Without a single hitch, Uchiha Shingetsu claimed the championship crown of the inaugural Chunin Ninja Exams, just as everyone had expected.
Only after the entire exam was over did the spectators, looking back on the matches, realize that Hanzō, the first to be defeated, had actually stood the best chance of beating Uchiha Shingetsu-
Neither the puppets nor the poison techniques Chiyo and Ebizo specialized in could get anywhere near her. Instead, Wood Release bound both them and their puppets, stripping them of all ability to fight.
Kekkei genkai users like Sandstorm, Scorched Earth, Ararashi, and Minazuki Rin fared no better. In these clashes of kekkei genkai, the one with the real cheat powers won with absurd ease. Magnet Release, Lava Release, Storm Release, Ice Release-it made no difference. Before truly top-tier kekkei genkai like Wood Release and the Sharingan, everyone was equal: none of them measured up.
Though Kirigakure's Kaguya Utsusemi and Hōzuki Oborozuki were powerful, with bizarre abilities that made them exceptionally tough opponents and left a deep impression on the audience, they still fell swiftly.
Kaguya Utsusemi's bones might have been indestructible, but before the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, they were paper that shattered with a single cut. Hōzuki Oborozuki, who possessed the Hydrification Technique, could negate physical damage and wielded the Kubikiribōchō. He escaped Wood Release's restraints several times by turning into water, only to have his chakra drained dry. The Kubikiribōchō's death lines were also severed by the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, leaving it unable to regenerate. From then on, Kirigakure's Seven Ninja Swords became six.
In the final match, Shingetsu, who had won every battle, faced Ōnoki, wielder of Dust Release. While everyone else believed Shingetsu would surely claim the final victory, Mu still held out hope for Ōnoki from the spectator