Naruto: I, Shikotsumyaku, Byakugan Princess

Chapter 100 Hunter and Prey

Friday.

nine in the morning.

Konoha Zero Training Ground, North Gate.

A rusty 'Zero' sign was held atop an iron gate by steel pillars, and a massive, seemingly endless barbed wire fence surrounded the entire forest.

A crow, entirely black with bright red eyes, stood on the iron gate.

The lush banyan tree stretches outwards, its branches weaving through the gaps in the wire mesh, as if pleading for help.

"Class teachers, please read out the rules for this exercise."

Kazama Koshi, who was in charge of leading this survival exercise, issued the instructions.

Dark green, cold eyes scanned the backpacks of the little radishes, only pausing for a moment when they landed on the silver-haired, childlike figure.

His chest injury had clearly healed almost completely.

Yet, inexplicable phantom pain still lingers.

These past few days, after returning to campus, he discovered that he was now bound to the name "Zhu Ri Hui Li".

The moment someone mentions Hairi, someone else immediately chimes in: "Oh! That's the guy who beat up Principal Kazama so badly he had to be hospitalized after enrolling..."

Every time he heard those words, he felt immense regret.

He regretted why he had stopped her from enrolling in school, why he had been careless and hadn't used ninjutsu, and why he had taught her Wind Release: Nature Transformation despite past grievances...

Given Hui Li's outrageous talent, once she achieves something in the future, the embarrassing story of being kicked away by her will probably be mentioned repeatedly.

Just thinking about it makes him feel that his future seems bleak.

The teachers had no idea how Chief Kazama felt.

After receiving the instructions, the homeroom teachers of each class began to explain the rules to their students.

Iruka launched into a long, rambling speech.

Only when everyone had become impatient did they finally get to the point, beating around the bush.

The exercise lasted three days, with each survival team only allowed to carry one day's worth of food and water. It tested teamwork and required them to hunt prey in the forest to survive.

If danger is encountered, a signal flare can be released to signal for help, but this also signifies the failure of the exercise.

During this period, teachers from the ninja academy will arrest students.

It tests everyone's ability to hide in the jungle. If you are caught, you will lose all your food and water, and you will be eliminated after three attempts.

This wilderness survival exercise, originally intended for safety, now seems to have become a different kind of test.

"Everyone line up, pack your food and water, and put them on the scale in front. If it weighs more than five pounds, take out the excess and give it to me."

Hearing Iruka's words.

Naruto quickly took the instant noodles out of his backpack and stuffed them into his clothes.

At first glance, Hui Li noticed that his belly was swollen as if he were ten months pregnant.

Naruto's cheating tricks naturally did not escape Iruka's sharp eyes.

He was directly used as a typical example and dragged to the forefront.

Grabbing his legs, he stood upside down amidst Naruto's screams, shaking out every single piece of his body.

Seeing Naruto's miserable state, Kiba, who had originally wanted to cheat, quickly took out the dog food he had prepared for Akamaru from his pocket.

Having learned from the previous example, everyone else behaved themselves, and in the end, only Naruto was injured.

Speaking of which, the grouping for this wilderness survival exercise was quite interesting.

Naruto and Hai Ri are in the same group.

Ino, Shikamaru, and Choji form the Ino-Shika-Cho trio.

A group of Shino, Kiba, and Hinata.

Sakura teamed up with two random teammates.

Except for Class 7, the group assignments for the other students were almost identical to their subsequent class assignments.

It seems the original work wasn't divided arbitrarily after all.

After everyone's food supplies were weighed as required, Iruka gathered up the pile of food on the ground and said, "Now, everyone line up and enter the training ground in batches."

Hairi and Naruto lined up at the front of the queue.

Looking at the lush forest ahead, and the classmates gradually disappearing into it.

Naruto had already forgotten his earlier embarrassment and was extremely excited, looking around curiously. Even the heavy load of food meant for two people on his back couldn't stop his energy.

That's right.

Hui Li put all her food into Naruto's bag.

Its beautiful name is:

To strengthen Naruto's physique and forge his indomitable will, Naruto had no objections and was even quite happy about it.

He felt that Hui Li's willingness to entrust him with the management of vital food and water resources represented Hui Li's strong trust.

This made Hui Li realize how terrifying it is to be obsessed with love.

And it reaffirmed her resolve not to date.

Soon the group in front disappeared into the forest, and it was finally Hui Li and her companion's turn.

"let's go!"

Naruto strode in, eager to get inside.

Hui Li held a white cane and looked up at the sky.

Rolling your eyes will induce a reaction.

In the vast, boundless green forest, there are countless wild animals.

This is enemy territory.

However, there are also many Chunin teachers at the Ninja Academy, so in Hairi's opinion, this is not a particularly good opportunity to take action.

Of course, it would be best if the other party couldn't resist taking action.

Hui Li wasn't afraid of the other party being in the open; what she feared was the other party hiding in the shadows, watching her all the time, and not knowing when they would strike with something big—that would be the most dangerous thing.

To be ready for a surprise attack at any time, she hasn't used shadow clones for the past few days, in order to ensure that her chakra reserves are sufficient.

……

creak creak!

"Woooo..."

The wails of a man echoed continuously from the locked cell.

Accompanied by terrifying chewing sounds, the wails grew fainter and fainter until a final scream rang out and the sound vanished completely.

Squeak! (It's uncomfortable!)
The mouse in the cage seemed to have been stimulated by something; its eyes were red, and its cheeks were bulging restlessly.

Fuka Sawada ignored her animal friends, dressed in a fitted tracksuit, covered her mouth and nose, and pounded the dried herbs in the mortar into powder with a pestle.

Behind.

The powder packets were neatly arranged in sealed plastic bags.

Sunburst Gray and the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki successfully entered Training Ground Zero.

The ninjas from the Hidden Cloud Village have also arrived.

Yunyin only showed her the complete plan after everyone had arrived.

It can only be said that the plan was much more meticulous than she had imagined.

I never expected that they would be willing to send a top-tier elite Jonin into Konoha. As expected of Kumogakure, one of the Five Great Ninja Villages along with Konoha, their strength is indeed terrifying.

The matter concerning the Uchiha clan has been settled.

Konoha also relaxed from its previous complete tension.

This is the best time to take action.

Crush the powder in your hand completely and put it into a bag.

Only a small handful remained.

Fuka Sawada crushed the powder with her fingers and sprinkled it into the rat cage next to her.

Squeak!

The mouse twitched its nose, sniffing at the powder falling from the sky.

The four toes of its front paws scratched restlessly.

The powder was quickly sprinkled down.

Soon, the powder in Sawada Fuka's hand disappeared.

Zhizhi! ! !

The mouse shuddered.

Its bloodshot eyes searched upwards, but no matter what it did, no more powder was sprinkled down.

Squeak!

Its cry is sharp and shrill.

Bang bang bang!
The once docile rats instantly became frenzied, their eyes red, and they frantically banged their heads against the iron cage.

Fuka Sawada grinned.

Looking at the large, red-eyed rat in the cage, its head already bleeding profusely, she was extremely satisfied with the effects of the medicine powder.

(End of this chapter)