Chakra Thirst

Takara examined with interest the images he obtained from the noxins that were following a particular group, in an area near him.

"So these are the genins of Hoshigakure," Takara rubbed his chin as he thought.

Hoshigakure has the Mysterious Peacock Method, a technique that uses the radiation of a meteorite that fell two hundred years ago in the Land of Bears. The radiation from this meteorite greatly enhances the amount of chakra, but it is incredibly damaging to his physical body.

No matter how Takara looked at it as time passed, making comparisons, it seemed that while the common chakra was similar to Wakfu, the chakra generated from this technique was closer to Stasis.

Even the color has similarities! It couldn't be a coincidence...

If he stole the meteorite from that village, could he recreate Nox's Cortatiempo?

No, he didn't need the meteorite, but... its survivors.

The meteorite alone generates radiation, the chakra he was interested in was that of the ninjas who meditated next to it and lived to tell the tale.

"It's good to have more types of chakras to work with.

In fact, he had to experiment if he could somehow use the Uzumaki clan's chakra chains using Karin, but that would come later.

As for the sacrifices to pass through Edo Tensei to these three genins...

The noxins notified him of a team of elders from Iwa camping ahead, they could be worth it.

"It's always nice to have this kind of surprises...

On the third day of the test...

Since the arrival order does not give points or anything of the sort, Takara decided to wait until the last day to pass the second test and bring out the Ram and Rem puppets.

The reason is simple, it was more productive to pass the time he would have to wait anyway in his hideout, than in the tower guarded by the Konoha ninjas.

"Why did you take so long?" Temari interrogated him once Takara settled in, knowing that the genin could have arrived much earlier without problems.

She and her siblings arrived without any problems early on the second day, so as time passed and they heard nothing from Takara, she was getting a little anxious.

"In this forest, there are interesting materials, I couldn't just leave them there for Konoha to collect, right?" Takara responded with a pragmatic tone.

The truth is that he was a little annoyed because the noxins couldn't locate the team he was looking for, so he couldn't kidnap Sakura to have more sacrifices. They were lucky.

So you can't always win...

But he secured the genins from Hoshigakure!

At the moment, he has three more batteries in his hideout that are supplying him with chakra twenty-four hours a day, constantly accumulating for later use.

"I see," Temari seemed to accept the excuse, "What team did you... deal with to get the other matching scroll?

Temari almost forgot that Ram and Rem are "real" in this exam.

"A Kusagakure team, with a very bad team spirit.

While Hinata's team also provided him with a "Heaven" scroll, he used the one that Karin's team was carrying just in case, while the other was burned directly without hesitation.

You never know if they put a tracker or something similar, why take the risk?

Temari continued asking with curiosity and Takara answered with half-truths, while also controlling Ram and Rem to make small comments or occasional observations, making it seem like they are of few words.

Takara could see how some Konoha ninjas frowned when they noticed the absence of some of their genins as time approached the end. From the marks on their cheeks, the excessively covered face, or the white eyes, it was easy to see that some clans were worried about the disappearance of some of their own.

But no one seemed as restless as a certain jonin with red eyes, who looked towards the entrance every few minutes.

"Why aren't they here yet?!" Kurenai Yuhi mentally shouted.

Kiba and Shino had come to the forest several times, even if they only stayed on the periphery, they shouldn't have any problem orienting themselves and much less being able to outwit an enemy team if they were to surpass them.

Adding Hinata's Byakugan, there is no chance that they have been ambushed and fallen, right?

She knew she shouldn't accept Asuma's "favor" to take a decent team and improve her record, especially after her embarrassing failure with the girl from the Kurama clan.

Asuma's father was very kind to her by sweeping the matter under the rug, avoiding it spreading throughout the village, but in return she had to spend more quality time with his son.

Three clan heirs who don't use genjutsu as her students?

It doesn't make sense, she had no idea about sensory skills in that!

She could only reinforce their basic skills and as for techniques, each one had their characteristic clan jutsus prepared, you could say that her job wasn't even to teach, just to make sure they didn't die while growing up on missions.

But she couldn't reveal that she bribed the then-jonin examiner to pass the promotion exam, because her only talent was to do some decent genjutsu, right?

She didn't even master the change in chakra nature required!

Even if it's not her fault, if something happens to her students during the exam, all the leaders of the respective clans will point their fingers at her to unleash their frustration on someone. Saying that she didn't teach them well, didn't prepare them enough, that she is not fit to be a sensei and who knows what else.

It would be the end of her reputation and she would become...

A similar existence to Anko, how horrible!