Kapitel 411: Ch411. Reaction of Kages
And as the break between the matches started, Rei focused on keeping Konan's sullen ire at bay by cuddling and improving her mood with tender kisses.
Unlike the fluffy mood between them, the Kage Box was silent as a grave after the Kages witnessed the previous fight.
Orochimaru had a hard time keeping himself from outwardly showing his orgasmic mood during the last fight so right now, he was just silently enjoying the residual joy.
The more power Temari showed, the more she unveiled the real prowess of the Magnetic Release, the more he regretted not proceeding with his original plan of assassinating the Kazekage and impersonating her.
Temari was a perfect vessel!
Powerful chakra, body in superb physical shape and extremely used to elemental ninjutsu, an incredible bloodline that, he had to admit, he underestimated quite a lot before witnessing to what heights it could reach in competent hands.
She was the wet dream of any body-snatching madma-... ahem, any civilized gentleman with a penchant to dabble in science.
Oh, oh, oh! And the Uzumaki's girl show of recreating Uchiha's Susanoo with her clan bloodline! That was pure gold! He almost moaned from elation when he saw that!
Yes, it was unfinished and half-assed at this stage but the girl basically proved it could be done!
Orochimaru found it really hard to not drool at that sight. Wasn't this what he wished for since Danzo showed him the scroll holding the information on the secret evolution of Sharingan? The reason why the Uchiha clan was really feared by those strong enough to be in the know?
If Susanoo could be replicated to this extent... what's to say other techniques like Tsukuyomi and Amaterasu could not be replicated either!?
This! This was the reason why he was so obsessed with ninjutsu! Breaking the notion of possibility with nothing but chakra alone! He wanted... no! He needed this!
Plans on how to kidnap these two girls started sprouting in his head like a weed. He didn't care about the power they showed in the arena. He was confident enough that with his superior intellect, he could come up with a plan to defeat them. He was not a Sannin for nothing!
Needless to say, if Rei heard his thoughts, he would snort and say that his delusions knew no bounds.
And while Orochimaru was reliving his boyish wet dream, the other Kages were feeling quite troubled because of what they just witnessed.
Shikaku gained a new understanding of why Tsunade put her foot down and decided to tweak the matchmaking to her own liking, not taking anyone's opinion into consideration.
At first, he thought she just wanted to give herself better stakes at winning some bet... which, unknown to him, was the real reason... but now he could see that Tsunade's foresight was incredible.
From the power levels he saw throughout the finals, the matchmaking was done incredibly well and people around the same level fought with each other. And considering there were monsters like the two last girls mixed up with lambs like... ugh, like the Konoha genins, it was a miracle that no match had a massive curb-stomping so far.
Shikaku gained a newfound respect for Tsunade for managing to accomplish this feat.
He didn't even want to imagine how he would have felt if Shikamaru was to face that Suna girl, Temari. That would have been a disaster! There was no way in Shikaku's mind that his lazy boy would be able to handle her.
In that regard, he was extremely grateful to Tsunade.
Frankly, Shikaku did not care that the two girls were definitely not genin-level kunoichi. As long as Konoha did not come to harm, he could care less if they trashed the arena. He also didn't want to reprimand either Uzushio or Suna as both were allies of Konoha but...
He was the host here and that position came with certain duties and the need to uphold an impartial image.
That's why he turned to Pakura before lazily asking in a disinterested tone, "Lady Kazekage... would you mind explaining why you sent someone far above genin level to compete in these exams?"
Shikaku knew his question was utter bullshit because Kages usually sent their strongest genins to foreign villages' Chunin Exam and these were seldom genin level ninjas. But for the sake of appearances, he asked it. Just to make sure the Tsuchikage and Raikage would feel much less threatened.
Fortunately or unfortunately, Uzushio's representative was not in the Kage Box so he did not need to ask for her intentions right now.
Pakura amusedly raised her eyebrow at Shikaku as she quipped, "What are you talking about, Hokage? The girl is bonafide genin rank! I can't see what's the problem with her participating in this fine event!" She exclaimed with feigned lack of understanding that fooled no one.
But... 'Heh. So this is the angle you want to play it?' Shikaku inwardly mused, thinking it smart. After all, as long as officially the girl was still a genin, there was nothing any of the other Kages could openly do. Temari's participation would be fair.
"Demoting your high-ranking ninja just to show off in Chunin Exams... have you no shame, woman? Even we would not fall so low." Onoki gruffly grumbled under his nose, purposefully loud enough for others to hear.
There was a reason why no Kage ever did something similar to what Onoki just described. It would drag the village's reputation through the mud in the eyes of the potential clients.
Funnily enough, normal people actually expected a degree of honor from ninjas because it gave them a sense of safety that the ninjas would not abandon them mid-way through the mission. That's why the villages strived to show a positive facade and avoid seeming deceptive during these kinds of events.
The darkness should be left buried deep enough for the normal people to not discover it, after all.
"Demoting?" Pakura smirked, "I think your brain no longer works so well in your old age, Tsuchikage. I have never demoted Temari. She just didn't get a promotion yet." She finished innocently and Onoki wanted to spit blood at the shamelessly smug woman.
She basically in a roundabout way just admitted this was all planned!
And while the Tsuchikage had a hard time keeping his blood pressure down due to the audacity of the Kazekage, the Raikage grunted, "Hmph. What else to expect from the woman who pretended to be dead for years before she walked into her former village, murdered her former Kage, and took his place."
His tone was full of contempt and Pakura's eyebrow twitched at his sentence. It was provocative enough to make even Ringo snap out of her thoughts and turn towards the conversation.
The tension in the air increased and Shikaku knew this was not going well. He was there to moderate these big-shots and prevent them from starting a fight but... 'Ain't they simply ignoring me?' He inwardly groaned.
This was why Kages had to be extremely powerful ninjas. Without that, getting even basic respect from other Kages was hard. Unfortunately, he was not in this category.
As he pondered what to do, a voice resounded through the Kage Box, making him feel as if salvation came early.
"Heh~, I see you are still the same petty bastard, shit flinger." Tsunade jeered at Onoki before turning to Raikage, "And you should keep your mouth shut about being a deceitful piece of shit because that description fits you quite well too. Hyuuga incident, remember?" She snorted and turned away, not even waiting for a reaction from him.
"The matter is closed. Temari's documents are all fine and that's that. Now then, tell me, how did you like the show?" Tsunade grinned at the disgruntled and probably offended Kages. She thought asking this would be interesting and she was not left disappointed.
Just... The first answer came from the least expected person.
"Kukuku~, Tsunade-chan..."
Kapitel 412: Ch412. Tsunade's chaos
"Kukuku~, Tsunade-chan, it was magnificent. I wonder what kind of 'coincidence' allowed both Uzushio and Suna to gain geniuses like that at the same time, eh?" Orochimaru slyly chuckled in a calculated manner.
His words instantly prompted a shift in the atmosphere as both Raikage and Tsuchikage realized a few important things now that they were pointed out so bluntly.
There were no free lunches in their world and geniuses did not fall from the sky nor were they cabbages.
For both Suna and Uzushio to gain these 'earth-shattering' prodigies at the same time... now that was fishy as hell.
Needless to say, the attention of everyone shifted towards Pakura. Even Tsunade and Ringo did not try to break the situation off, both taking sadistic pleasure from throwing Ringo under the bus like this.
Pakura, however, did not even blink an eyelash at the sudden attention. She just leisurely leaned into her chair, "I can't speak for Uzushio but... Suna is just that good!" She exclaimed in a prideful manner while smirking smugly.
The people watching her gave her deadpan looks for that answer.
"Oh~? Are we to expect more miracles like that from Sunagakure?" Orochimaru slyly asked, completely ignoring the fact that Pakura's answer was basically a subtle way to blow off the topic.
He didn't care if Suna was really 'just that good' or if they had any new secret. He surmised he would know soon enough as this discovery practically cemented his resolve to infiltrate Sunagakure.
While he definitely would not dare to go for Uzushio because of their strong sealing defenses... after all, he spent the last few years sending spies into their village only for none to return... Suna was a different matter altogether. Orochimaru really didn't think he would have many problems getting in.
Pakura chuckled at his question as she found amusement in his telling expression. Anybody who knew his modus operandi would guess what was going through his head and Pakura was a bit wistful that the guy would not survive past today. She could certainly make use of his schemes as a group training exercise for Sunagakure's chunins.
"Miracles, heeh~?" Pakura mysteriously quipped while briefly glancing at Tsuchikage with a small mischievous smile. 'I wonder if making an old man homeless could be called a miracle.' She inwardly mused before she answered, "Naah. Temari is special." And nonchalantly shrugged, too experienced in the kunoichi arts for her lie to be caught.
Temari... despite her bloodline... was not really all that special. What made her reach her current level was attention and tutelage from both Pakura and Rei as her teachers. Pakura taught the girl the basics and more intricate things kunoichi needed to know while Rei polished Temari's chakra natures, bloodline, and chakra control to an unprecedented degree.
That was honestly all there was to it. Temari simply had the guts and determination to stick to their training and her current level was the result.
In short... it was definitely something they could replicate with someone else if they really wanted and that person could take their training methods. In fact, Konan was making her own experiments with training others and they were largely successful. After all, the number of S-ranks in Uzushio attested to that.
This fight between Karin and Temari? It could be taken as a measure of success between their two methods. Karin was mostly trained according to Konan's training method while Temari was under Pakura's influence.
'Needless to say, it is obvious whose method is superior. Hehe.' Pakura gleefully thought, happy with the result of this match. Temari was definitely in for a nice little bonus for her victory!
If Rei knew what she was thinking, he would have shaken his head in exasperation. Obviously, it was HIS training that made Temari prevail. After all, she mostly used elemental Jutsu and her bloodline, did she not?
And while Pakura was on the moon for one-upping Konan in this way, the other Kages took her word for Suna not having another genius. As suspicious as they were, geniuses were indeed not something common. They just could not believe Suna to have more than one of them. It simply didn't fit their common sense, and hence, such thought was subconsciously discarded.
In this manner, the topic was concluded, much to Tsunade's and Ringo's dissatisfaction. They wanted to see Pakura sweat a little under the scrutiny of the Kages but it seemed the other Kages were just pussies with limited mental capacity if they couldn't press her more...
'How utterly disappointing.' They both thought in disgruntlement.
Of course, Tsunade would not let her fun end like this. She did not put the effort into coming to the Kage Box during the break between the matches just to be stopped from witnessing a bit of chaos. And since the chaos would not happen on its own, she had to help it a little bit, no?
"So, old man shit-flinger," Tsunade addressed Onoki who turned to her, not at all happy at her calling him that. He did not show it outwardly, however. Just as when Hiruzen called him that in the past, he once again put an unbothered facade and snorted at Tsunade as she continued, "A little senbon-using birdy told me that you and the old pedo-snake had a small reunion. Wonder what that was about..." She grinned, giving a side-glance at Orochimaru.
Orochimaru, Onoki, and A almost had a heart attack when they heard her mentioning this.
Orochimaru almost involuntarily gave a signal to start the invasion because he thought they were exposed but fortunately, his cold head prevailed and when Tsunade's words fully registered, he realized she was just fishing for a reaction.
There was no way Kin, because there was nobody else this 'senbon-using birdy' could be, would know about his plans. Realizing this, Orochimaru forcefully calmed down and donned a genial smile, ignoring how Onoki and A were subtly eyeing him.
Couldn't they at least pretend to not be on edge!? Damn muscle-headed idiot and paranoid old fool!
"Since the Land of Rice is close to the Land of Lightning and the Land of Earth, our villages recently entered talks about doing business together. It is only natural. But I guess something like diplomacy does not belong to your barbaric worldview, Tsuna-chan. I remember you prefer a 'punch it till it goes away' method of solving things." He calmly replied, his expression the perfect picture of amusement.
Tsunade snickered at that, "Oh, you have no idea. In fact, Konoha recently also decided to enter an alliance with Suna, Uzushio, and Kiri! What a coincidence, riiiight!?" She childishly uttered, causing Shikaku to facepalm.
The second Orochimaru heard that, his calm smile fell, and his eyes involuntarily glanced at Pakura and Ringo who observed him with calm amusement.
The only thought that filled his head as he realized what that meant for his plans was...
'Oh... fuck.'
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