A Beautiful Misunderstanding, the Meaning of Bearing the Burden

The atmosphere in the forest suddenly became tense, and also quite subtle.

What do you want?

If it were anyone else, Orochimaru would have already used Hidden Shadow Snake Hands to summon a large number of snakes to tear them apart, but since this person is Miya, Orochimaru thought about it and decided against it.

With a grin, Miya revealed his plan.

I want to be the only one who passes this exam.

Orochimaru was speechless. Although he had guessed Miya's plan, hearing it with his own ears was a different story.

Hehehe...

Faced with Orochimaru's sinister smile, Miya shrugged noncommittally.

"With me here, they'll fail the rest of the exams, won't they?"

Then, Miya added another sentence.

Upon hearing Miya's words, the various expressions on the faces of the Jonin inside the central tower, as well as their tense and worried hearts, all came to a sudden halt.

They had all forgotten this: with Konoha Miya their trump card in this Chunin Ninja Exams, even if their village's Genin could pass the second exam...

What about the ones after that?

"Third Hokage, on Genin of Sunagakure, I withdraw from this exam."

The Sand Village Jonin who were the first to react no longer showed the same worry and clamor for an explanation from Hiruzen Sarutobi. Instead, they decisively requested to withdraw from the Chunin Exams.

At the same time, he also suspected that Miya's current actions might be due to a secret mission from Hiruzen Sarutobi.

"Third Hokage, on behalf of our Takigakure, I also request to withdraw from this Chunin Ninja Exams."

Following the request from the Sand Village Jonin, the Takigakure Jonin, who was also in the examination hall, spoke up.

Hiruzen Sarutobi carefully looked at the two Jonin who had Jonin, considered it for a moment, and then nodded.

"I have received your request."

Hiruzen Sarutobi turned around expressionlessly and said to Jiraiya:

"Jiraiya, inform Orochimaru to terminate this Chunin Ninja Exams."

After saying that, Hiruzen Sarutobi walked out of the surveillance room, watched by the group of ninjas.

"Now, Miya, you've become the target of everyone's criticism."

Hiruzen Sarutobi felt both gratified and worried at that moment.

Dissatisfied with Miya's practices?

In reality, from the village's perspective, Hiruzen Sarutobi only had admiration for Miya. From a personal perspective, however, Hiruzen Sarutobi only had concern for Miya.

Hiruzen Sarutobi saw something deeper in Miya's actions. It was precisely because he saw the significance behind Miya's single-handedly bearing the burden of the Chunin Ninja Exams that Hiruzen Sarutobi took advantage of the situation and agreed to terminate the Chunin Ninja Exams.

He couldn't bear to burden eight-year-old Miya with too much.

"Old man!"

Jiraiya left the inspection room soon after Hiruzen Sarutobi left.

Orochimaru stared at Miya for a long while, then said:

"I'm just the examiner; I don't have the right to ask anyone else to withdraw from the exam."

"Then I refuse to pass the exam directly; I believe I have that right."

Miya's smile grew even brighter and more sinister.

"If you want to continue taking the exam, I won't pretend I didn't see it!"

"I have always respected your ideas, even if you are a disobedient disciple, but you still need to prove your abilities."

"Teacher, if you're going to use force to make me agree, I won't just give in!"

As he finished speaking, a Rasengan the size of a volleyball appeared in Miya's hand, and Orochimaru's snake-like eyes narrowed slightly upon seeing it.

"Orochimaru- sensei, this is a technique I just learned, I call it..."

"Nuclear Release · Rasengan."

"Multiple Hidden Shadow Snake Hands"

Miya flung the Rasengan in his hand toward Orochimaru, sending it flying straight towards him.

At the same time, Orochimaru's hands were also quick. After leaping to dodge, he clasped his hands together and immediately used the Ninjutsu he used most often.

"Hiss--Hiss--Hiss--"

More than twenty venomous snakes flew out from Orochimaru's sleeves, their blood-red mouths wide open, revealing sharp fangs as they lunged at Miya.

"Orochimaru- sensei, you really have no regard for the bond between master and student! You attacked so violently!"

Seeing the venomous snake lunging at him, Miya calmly gripped the Kunai in his hand and spoke to Orochimaru at the same time.

Swish, swish, swish.

Nuclear Release: Lightning Blade Slash.

He swiftly unleashed several consecutive slashes, a dazzling azure light flashing before Miya's body.

The venomous snake that lunged at them was instantly sliced into pieces, like a fragile jelly, and fell to the ground.

"Teacher, it seems I'm just the one who can subdue your venomous snakes!"

Miya now wielded another Kunai, pointing it directly at Orochimaru.

Nuclear Release: Twin Lightning Blade Slash.

"Restraint?"

Orochimaru's lips twitched, and his snake-like eyes narrowed.

Having spent so much time with Miya, Orochimaru knew him quite well, but Miya's claim of restraining his Ninjutsu was something Orochimaru couldn't tolerate on the spot.

Today, I'm going to show you what it means to still be someone's teacher.

Orochimaru had already made up his mind to take this opportunity to teach Miya a lesson.

Otherwise, there might not be another chance.

Call out.

A Shuriken was thrown from Orochimaru's hand.

Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique.

In an instant, hundreds of Shuriken transformed into afterimages, hurtling towards Miya at a terrifying speed.

As Hiruzen Sarutobi's prized student, Orochimaru inherited over a thousand Ninjutsu from him, including the Hiruzen Sarutobi Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique.

Swish, swish, swish...

"Um!"

Seeing the Shuriken that seemed to have sealed off all his escape routes, Miya's eyes shone brightly.

Nuclear Release: Limit Mode.

In an instant, Miya, covered in a layer of azure Chakra, also increased his speed, rapidly wielding Kunai in both hands.

Ding, ding, ding, ding...

Whether dodging, avoiding, or shooting down, Miya easily dealt with Orochimaru's attack.

Seeing that Miya still had energy left, Orochimaru, who was about to continue his attack, froze for a moment, even more surprised.

"It hasn't been long, and you've gotten stronger again."

Surprised as he was, Orochimaru was mostly happy and excited.

"Miya, your outstanding talent puts countless ninjas to shame. It seems you've gained quite a bit these past few days in Ryūchi Cave."

With just two Kunai in his hands, he managed to survive an attack by hundreds of Shuriken Kakuzu, which amazed Orochimaru.

"Orochimaru- sensei, you attacked first, now it's my turn!"

"Let's continue our battle from last time!"

Whoosh!

Before Orochimaru could respond, Miya had already transformed into a blur, wielding two Lightning Blade Slash as he charged towards him.