A day later,
Inside the Hokage office,
Sarutobi glanced at the scroll with information in his hand, then glanced at the anbu ninja kneeling in front of him and said, "Deal with it, after they leave the village premises." He ordered calmly,
"Yes, Hokage Sama," The anbu spoke, and then his figure flickered and disappeared.
Meanwhile, inside the hotel room, Aoi was standing beside the window, looking in the direction of the village outside.
"It is going to be interesting. This old guy is planning to drag me down after his death." Aoi muttered intriguingly, sensing the situation in the hokage building.
Then he walked outside the hotel with Karin, went to the ramen shop,
"It's delicious," Karin muttered after eating a bowl.
Aoi glanced at her, becoming thoughtful. 'What should I do with her? I can't take her everywhere with me. Well, I will deal with her after completing my task.'
After eating, they left and walked toward the good-view spots, then returned to the hotel.
On the other hand, Naruto found the Jiraiya, and Sasuke started training with the Kakashi.
…
Soon, a month passed.
Land of Fire,
An unknown valley in the middle of a forest,
Aoi, sitting cross-legged on a huge rock boulder, opened his eyes.
raised his finger and aimed in the direction of the small water stream in front of him.
Zzz!!!
Finger-size bright light beam ejected out and pierced the water stream; instantly, the stream boiled into vapors and smoke.
Aoi raised his brow, looking at the light blood limit. 'Although the attack intensity of light is good, I have to use it for travel purposes. I have other limits for attacks beside the light limit,' He then thought of Suigetsu from the Hozuki clan, the Sasuke future partner, and was able to turn his body into elemental form.
After thinking for a while, he shook his head, jumped down from the boulder, and walked toward a small wooden house built by him using the wood limit.
Aoi glanced at the red-haired girl far away, sitting and watching the butterflies.
"Karin, let's go; tomorrow is our third exam." He called her and told her to get ready, then walked inside the house.
Karin glanced at his back, then nodded with a smile, ran, and appeared beside the house.
After taking away his swords, Aoi removed the house using wood style.
"It was so quiet and peaceful here," Karin then said reluctantly.
Aoi nodded with a smile, then said, "It seems you also like to stay in peaceful places."
Karin was startled, her face turning red, and she nodded.
Aoi glanced at her, patting her head, then asked calmly, "Peace requires strength; have you learned the seals of the Uzumaki Clan? I gave you."
Karin nodded solemnly replied, "I have learned it and awakened my bloodlimit." looking at him, she released a single golden chain from behind her torso.
Instantly, she felt her chakra was exhausting.
Aoi glanced at the adamantine chain, then, looking at Karin pale complexion, said, "It seems you have to work more on chakra control, too." He spoke, then grabbed the golden chain.
Aoi felt a suction and sealing force from the adamantine seal. He released his chakra, which was devoured by the chain. Looking at Karin's complexion becoming rosy again, "It seems the modifications I made are working perfectly; they will devour other people's chakras and complement you. Don't show this seal before the last moment in the exam; now retract it."
Aoi then instructed and released the chain, and it disappeared into Karin's body instantly.
"I understand." Karin hurriedly nodded, feeling warmth in her heart. Looking at Aoi,
"Let's go." Aoi spoke, patting her shoulder.
Flying Thunder!!!
Both disappeared, leaving a quite atmosphere behind.
…
Next Day,
Inside the Konoha village,
Aoi was walking down the street with Karin, looking at everyone gathering toward the competition field.
He appeared inside the arena, in the candidate area, looking at other candidates around, including the third Hokage, along with Orochimaru disguised as Kazekage.
The third hostage then announced the beginning of the exam.
Sasuke wasn't available, so the match was postponed to Dino vs. Naruto.
The same dramatic battle happened: Dino lost the match, and Aoi deliberately let his clone admit defeat; he didn't want to cause trouble.
Aoi, witnessing the fight, becomes thoughtful: 'Neji didn't fight Naruto; what will happen to him in the future? Will his hatred thrive or disappear like a plot?'
Aoi thought, then glanced at the Hyuga clan area, looking at the Hyuuga Hiashi, Hinata, and another little girl beside them, the Hyuga Hanabi.
The 'Hyuga clan was probably hunted for their byakugan in the ancient era; that's why the separate clan rules were imposed. There is nothing wrong with such rules generally, but if such rules are applied in the current era, then it will become a huge problem because, now that they are living in an equal community, eventually dissatisfaction and rebellion will occur under such suppression.' Aoi thought to himself, then turned his gaze away.
The next competition is Temari vs. Tenten; both won the previous competition against Ino and Sakura.
Tenten summoned a lot of weapons from her storage scrolls and attacked Temari.
Temari, using her wind fan weapon and wind-style arts, disarmed all weapons thrown by Tenten.
Aoi glanced at so many different types of weapons thrown by Tenten.
'Rich lady, no wonder her father has a weapon shop. She should learn to switch between weapons and use all of these weapons by hand; instead of throwing them toward her opponent like garbage, she is just wasting her talent as a blacksmith's daughter.' Aoi thought, then shook his head.
Next match: Konkuro vs. Shikamaru
Shikamaru lost because his shadow style couldn't work against the puppets and Konkuro.
Although he strategically trapped the puppet's and Konkuro's chakras, it was an epic battle.
'The only person who can achieve something using his brain is lazy and unmotivated.' Aoi thought, looking at Shikamaru, that he was one of the likable characters in this dimension.