i am kimimaro

"I give up."

Although their conversation seemed long, it only lasted a few dozen seconds.

The conversation was conducted through magical telepathy, so the audience could only see Kimimaro grabbing Neji's head and pressing it to the ground, trying to completely subdue him.

After they reached an agreement, Neji simply surrendered.

This surrender didn't seem abrupt.

Because Kimimaro had already shown overwhelming strength against Neji.

Having cracked the Hyuga clan's Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms and Rotation one after another, the audience had already feasted their eyes.

"The winner, Kimimaro."

Genma announced the result, and the audience erupted in excitement.

"That was amazing! I didn't expect a match between two Genin to be so exciting. It's truly worthy of the Joint Chunin Exams."

"Indeed. The first match was so thrilling, I wonder if the following matches can still excite us."

The crowd buzzed with discussion.

Tenten looked at the battered Neji on the field with some worry.

Suffering such a crushing defeat, Neji, who was always proud, must be feeling terrible now.

"Neji actually lost... And lost so badly."

Rock Lee clenched his fists again, his face full of disbelief.

The figure he had always been chasing was defeated so easily.

Kimimaro was only a year older than them.

The gap was unexpectedly this huge.

And Rock Lee knew that Kimimaro was also a powerful medical ninja.

It was unbelievable that a medical ninja could have such strong combat abilities.

"I was wrong. Even Hyuga Neji couldn't force out Kimimaro's true strength. I feel that even I might not have much chance of winning against him."

Asuma said, his eyes filled with seriousness.

The speed Kimimaro had just erupted with was simply too astonishing.

It was a terrifying speed that even most Jonin didn't possess.

Asuma had only seen it in two people.

One was the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, and the other was Uchiha Shisui, known as Shisui of the Body Flicker.

"How can someone like this still be a Genin? The Hidden Sound Village must have deliberately kept him to participate in the Chunin Exams. However, he is indeed young. Kaguya Kimimaro, the Kaguya clan, I've only heard of them, never seen them. I didn't expect them to be this strong."

Kurenai exclaimed.

"Something's not right. Does the Hidden Sound Village want to make a name for itself, or do they have other motives?"

Asuma felt something was strange.

Kimimaro's strength was abnormally strong.

But he couldn't pinpoint what was wrong.

Just as Asuma was puzzled, the second round of the exams began.

"Asuma, your student is up. It's that unmotivated kid."

Hearing Kurenai's words, Asuma's attention was immediately diverted.

"Hehe, although Shikamaru is an unmotivated kid, he has a very high IQ. Unless someone's strength completely overwhelms him, once he gets serious, no one can defeat him."

"You have such a high opinion of him?"

Kurenai was a bit surprised.

"He's a genius with an IQ over 200."

"200?"

Kurenai was shocked.

On the other side, Kimimaro and Neji returned to the contestant area.

Gaara's gaze was fixed on Kimimaro, but he didn't care.

"When will you take me to the Hidden Sound Village?"

"After the Chunin Exams."

"So soon?"

Neji was surprised.

"What? Reluctant to leave Konoha?"

"No, all I want now is to gain the power to change my fate. The sooner I leave Konoha, the better!"

Speaking of this, Neji looked at Tenten, Rock Lee, and Might Guy in the distance.

If he had any attachments in Konoha, it was these three people.

But he didn't want to follow the same path as his father; he wanted to change his fate!

Just Kimimaro's magical ability to remove the Caged Bird Seal was enough for Neji to follow him.

It was better to leave as soon as possible, lest the longer he stayed, the more reluctant he would be to leave.

"Don't worry, you'll have a chance to come back. And you'll come back in a very powerful way."

"What exactly are you trying to do?"

From Kimimaro's words, Neji sensed a confidence that was unlike that of a Genin.

That confidence wasn't ordinary confidence; it was the confidence to manipulate Konoha in the palm of his hand.

This could even be called arrogance.

But Neji strangely felt that he could do it.

It was a strange feeling, and he didn't know why.

"You'll know in the future. Take one last look at this village. The next time you want to see it, it'll be years later."

After saying that, Kimimaro fell silent and focused his attention on the competition arena.

At the same time, he noticed that Kabuto was gone.

"It seems they've started to move."

On the arena, the unmotivated Shikamaru, who didn't want to lose to a woman, met the motivated Temari, who also didn't want to lose. This would naturally be an exciting battle.

Kimimaro's gaze swept towards the stands where Orochimaru was disguised as the Fourth Kazekage.

Four people stood behind him. Although they were disguised, he recognized them as the Sound Four at a glance.

"It's about time."

Kimimaro got up and left the contestant area.

After this match, the Chunin Exams had nothing to do with him anymore.

The Konoha Crush plan was about to begin.

Finding a deserted place, Kimimaro used Gaia Foundation to transform into an ordinary spectator and blended into the crowd.

Soon, he found Kabuto, disguised as an Anbu, in the crowd.

He walked straight over.

"Everything is ready."

Kimimaro whispered.

"Good work. Next, we'll wait for Lord Orochimaru to finish watching Sasuke's match, and then we can act."

Kabuto pushed his glasses and said with a smile.

"Orochimaru-sama really favors Sasuke."

Kimimaro complained.

"Are you jealous?"

"I only have respect for Orochimaru-sama, unlike you guys who want his favor."

"Hehe, as expected of Kimimaro, you're different. After today, I can finally leave Konoha and end my two and a half years of undercover life."

Although Kabuto was used to undercover life, he was still very happy when he could end an undercover mission.

Because it meant he had some time to not act and be himself for a while.

Even if his true self was incredibly empty.

Kimimaro could sense Kabuto's joy.

If possible, who would want to do such a high-risk job as undercover all the time?

"I feel like you live a tiring life."

Kimimaro suddenly felt some emotion.

Kabuto was taken aback and looked back at him.

"In this world, who isn't tired? Hehe, Kimimaro, you and I are both ordinary people. But sometimes I envy you. Because you have your own pursuit, you know what you want. But me... hehe."

Halfway through his sentence, Kabuto seemed to realize he had said something he shouldn't have. He gave his customary fake laugh and avoided the topic.

As an undercover agent, he wasn't used to having heart-to-heart conversations with others.

Even though he was familiar with Kimimaro, it was still the same.

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