NOVEL NEXT Chapter 32: Chapter 31
When the line he had just spoken was the first time uttered in his previous life, Yuta knew he would be embarrassed by it in the future. Still, as he quietly walked away from the stage and heard the crowd's laughter around him, he never imagined that it would embarrass him even after reincarnation.
Yuta's sudden praise of his own beauty made the crowd laugh, while some little girls thought Yuta was cool and asked Shizune to introduce them to Yuta.
Of course, Yuta was oblivious to these girls, staring at the floor as much as possible and wondering why the distance to his seat was so far away. Yuta had already admitted that he was socially dead.
When Danzo turned to Hiruzen to tell him what he thought of Yuta's talent, he saw him suddenly start laughing. The anbu ninjas were surprised to hear Sarutobi Hiruzen laughing out loud.
The Hokage, who was always smiling in Naruto's time, hadn't smiled much since the second shinobi war. Especially the sudden onset of the third shinobi war had ended the small smiles that had sometimes appeared on Hiruzen's face.
When Danzo saw his old friend smiling like that, he thought that he was getting senile and stopped giving his thoughts. He had to get to the Hokage seat as quickly as possible and then everything would be easier. He could bring Yuta into the roots with one order and he could help Tsunade return to the battlefield. He needed only one thing - that position - to make Konoha great again.
As Danzo continued to brainwash himself, Hiruzen turned to his subordinates and told them the reason for his laughter. "Look how the villagers are laughing. It is like they have forgotten about the battle outside."
Hiruzen had not seen the villagers so happy since the death of the first Hokage, so today his tolerance for Yuta had risen to a whole new level. Now, even if it turned out that Yuta was really a spy, Hiruzen decided to imprison him in the best possible prison conditions.
What Yuta had just said had already become a meme among the villagers. One villager turned to his orange-haired friend sitting next to him and said, "Do you know how much I owe your market?"
The orange-haired man turned to his friend and replied. "This is not the time to talk about it, we are friends, you can pay this debt when you have money, now focus on the competition."
"I will not pay that debt."
As the orange-haired man looked at his friend as if he was serious, his friend continued to speak. "Nazenara, warawa ga... utsukushii kara!"
The orange-haired man started laughing when he heard his friend say these words as he flicked back the last two hairs on his head. He almost thought he was serious and felt sorry for his friend for thinking about debts even at this time. After laughing enough, he decided to join in the joke. "No."
Thinking that his orange-haired friend was taking him seriously, the man immediately tried to explain the joke, but his friend kept talking and interrupted him.
"I'm not talking about the debt, don't pay it if you want, what I'm talking about is; that you are not beautiful, my man. Wake up"
When the man heard his orange-haired friend making fun of him, he suddenly began to sulk. His friend's good looks had already caused him to lose many of the girls he had been attracted to as a boy, and now to have his friend publicly calling him ugly was too much.
Meanwhile, the villagers in the vicinity had heard the joke and were laughing loudly at his sulking. When the orange-haired man saw his friend's expression, he ignored the fact that they were almost forty years old, hugged his friend, and apologized.
"I will not pay that debt"
"Just forgive me! The debt doesn't matter."
Everyone thought the situation had ended in a very romantic way until two women sitting right behind the two men became jealous of their behavior and lifted their bags to hit them on the head...
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With Ensui's elimination, there were twenty-two people left. After one last round of eliminations, eleven will be left.
Six will face off in the semi-finals after someone skips the quarter-finals by lottery. When there are only three left, the finals will begin. This was Hiruzen's own decision. It would be a three-way battle with no limitations.
Maybe two of the three would agree among themselves and attack the only one left and try to eliminate him first. At the moment, Yuta was definitely the one who attracted the most attention with his unknown techniques. If the final was not going to be fought by two boys from the Uchiha and Hyuga clans who despised each other, it would definitely have to be a one vs two battle.
Thinking about this, Hiruzen looked at the remaining students and saw that there were only two Hyuga children left.
When one of the Anbus saw the Hokage's hand signal, he immediately appeared at his side and listened to the orders.
When Tsunade heard that the draws would be manipulated so that Yuta would have to face two Hyuga clansmen in a row, she wanted to protest, but before she could open her mouth, Sarutobi Hiruzen was the first to speak as if he understood what she was thinking.
"Calm down, Tsunade! I already told you that the outcome of this battle is not important, I just want to see more of Yuta's taijutsu skills. Besides, haven't you noticed that the red chakra he uses to cover his fists is similar to the techniques of the Hyuga clan? Maybe Yuta has unknowingly developed a taijutsu skill of his own, similar to the technique that the Hyuga clan has spent generations to developing. If he really has such a skill at his age, he needs special training."
At these words, Tsunade gave up protesting, but she did not forget to leave one last threat behind. "I hope you're not fooling me, old monkey, or I'll punch your face."