Chapter 39: Following the rules will make people angry

Tatsuma suspected that Orochimaru was playing him, but he had no proof.

He could only look at Orochimaru in disbelief. Orochimaru continued to show off a smile that looked elegant but was actually a bit sinister. In his life, Orochimaru's favorite thing was to play with these "geniuses" who thought they were smart.

And if you directly target Kushina, it will be easy to see. Instead of doing this, it is better to target Tatsuma to make Kushina feel that she is a lucky person.

After all, she had a break in the middle, and after the break, she faced Minato who had just finished the battle. As for whether Kushina would win because of this?

Although letting Kushina survive the first round was not what Sarutobi-sensei wanted, Orochimaru didn't care, as long as Kushina couldn't graduate in the end, that would be fine.

Tatsuma squinted his eyes and looked at Orochimaru, who was smiling very ecstatically at him, then let go of Kushina and let her go back to the side to rest.

"Do you have any other questions?"

Orochimaru tilted his head slightly and looked at Tatsuma. Tatsuma shook his head, took the initiative to form the Seal of Opposition, looked at Minato and said, "Minato, you can start at any time."

Minato originally wanted Tatsuma to buy some more time and recover some of his strength, but seeing that Tatsuma had no intention of delaying, he had no choice but to step forward and form the Seal of Opposition.

But Minato always felt that something was strange. It seemed that Tatsuma didn't praise him today?!

It's not that Minato wouldn't fight without hearing Tatsuma's praise, but two and a half years of getting along with each other made Minato understand that Tatsuma would never forget to praise his opponent, so there was only one reason.

The two formed the Seal of Opposition and then put down their hands. Orochimaru also concentrated some attention at this time, wanting to see how Tatsuma would carry out this match when his physical strength and chakra were completely at a disadvantage.

However, after the two formed the seal of opposition, they did not take action immediately, which made Orochimaru frown in confusion. At this moment, Tatsuma raised his head and showed a bright smile.

"Lord Orochimaru, I admit defeat."

"Um?"

Tatsuma's words made Orochimaru a little unexpected. After all, from the information he collected about Tatsuma, Tatsuma's competitiveness was so strong that he wanted to compete in every trivial matter in life.

Down.

But now Tatsuma suddenly gave up. Orochimaru glanced at Minato who said "Sure enough", then his eyes returned to Tatsuma who had formed the seal of reconciliation and asked: "Can you tell me the reason?"

"Because I've qualified for the next round of testing, right?"

Tatsuma's smile is still bright. He is indeed very competitive, but that is based on the premise that he has a chance to win and thus pick up the opponent's talent.

And in his current state, there is no way he can beat Minato. He is just competitive and does not like to be abused.

Tatsuma's rhetorical question made Orochimaru's face stiffen. In the rules he just mentioned, it was clearly stated that everyone must win at least once before they can advance to the next round of assessment.

But Orochimaru never expected that Tatsuma would use a rule he casually mentioned to "play" with him, especially when Tatsuma also gave him another difficult problem.

That is, the current scene is that Tatsuma wins one and loses one, Kushina loses one and Minato wins one. If in the third round, Minato plays with the rules like Tatsuma, then all three of them can win at least one and advance.

qualifications.

"Aren't you afraid that I will deprive you of the qualification to continue the assessment on the grounds that you will lose without a fight?"

Orochimaru looked at Tatsuma, wanting to see what he would decide, but Tatsuma shrugged and said, "You forgot, you didn't tell me any other rules. I asked specifically."

Indeed, Orochimaru recalled the previous conversation, and he secretly praised Tatsuma for being serious and thoughtful. Unexpectedly, this was to prevent him from causing trouble, and he actually stepped on the trap set by Tatsuma.

No, in a sense, this trap was set by himself. If he didn't deliberately embarrass Tatsuma, then Tatsuma wouldn't be able to take advantage of this trap.

"Okay, let's start the third round, Minato vs. Kushina."

Orochimaru withdrew his gaze and looked at Kushina who was still shocked by the sudden change of direction and could not fully understand it. After Kushina came back to her senses, she glared at Tatsuma with dissatisfaction and said:

"He knows how to use tricks!"

"Don't forget, you are the only one who needs to pursue victory now, come on."

Tatsuma also responded in a strange way. The two of them passed each other. Kushina wanted to bump Tatsuma deliberately with her shoulder, but Tatsuma seemed to have had a premonition in advance and passed by. Kushina staggered two steps instead.

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"hateful!!!"

Kushina, who had stolen the chicken but lost the rice, transferred her anger to Minato who had a helpless smile in front of her. Looking at Minato's smile that seemed a little embarrassed and apologetic, Kushina said irritably:

"Sissy, why are you laughing? Do you think you have won?!"

Minato froze for a moment, his weird smile just now was just a sigh of relief for Tatsuma's bizarre operation, and the apparent incompatibility between Tatsuma and Kushina.

But Minato didn't expect that Kushina would misunderstand him again because of his smile. He didn't even remember how many times Kushina had misunderstood his smile.

But Minato didn't make any excuses. He was born with this kind of personality and was often called a bun by Tatsuma. To be honest, Minato didn't know why Tatsuma would use buns to describe his personality.

Minato shook his head, shook his thoughts away, raised his hand that he had just put down, formed the seal of opposition, and said, "Kushina-san, do you need a break?"

"Hmph! You've already formed the Seal of Opposition, are you still planning to put it down and give me some time to rest? Besides, I don't need it either!"

Kushina moved her left shoulder joint, which was still very painful, and her right hand had already formed a seal of opposition. The moment they put down their hands, Minato's eyes changed.

Six shurikens suddenly appeared in his hand and shot towards Kushina who had not yet reacted.

When the shuriken was released, Minato frowned, regretting that he should not have used the same race-against-every-second mentality as Tatsuma to fight Kushina. After all, he and Kushina had not experienced several actual combat drills.

Not familiar with the time.

Therefore, his fighting style was very likely to accidentally injure Kushina, but now he regretted it. When Kushina reacted and dodge, it was already too late, and two shurikens passed through her body.

Splashing blood.

From the beginning, the outcome of the battle was already doomed. Kushina was defeated faster than when she fought with Tatsuma. Tatsuma was not in good condition, and she was not in good condition either.

After a while, Minato, who had two wins, looked at Kushina, who was angry after two losses, stretched out his hand and said: "I'm sorry, but I promise you, I will use your determination to become a ninja first.

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"Who wants you to take it with you?! Woohoo~"

As he said that, Kushina suddenly burst into tears. Minato was a little at a loss. Orochimaru, Sarutobi Aura, and Tatsuma all looked at the meaningless distance in tacit understanding, letting Kushina continue to cry.

They knew that Kushina needed pain to vent her emotions.
Chapter completed!