Why do I need her? By herself - not needed at all, but if she is a relative of that kunoichi jonin from Kumo and her daughter, looking at the external similarity of faces and figures, then possible options. Very, very tasty options - I've been thinking about the Cloud Clan's main clan's lightning cover for a long time, and getting my hands on a version of it, even if it's not a full-fledged but rather high-level version, while using it to increase my own strength, survivability, and speed a couple times, wouldn't hurt me at all.
It's obvious that only the Raikage family uses the completed technique, but for me, the Founder is the main value of the technique and the direction in which to move when experimenting, especially since the kage bunshin have no problem using the elements and will be excellent testers, without putting my life at risk when testing the completed versions. And then, I'll have a really powerful jutsu that doesn't require a huge expenditure of chakra.
- Boss, I'm done," the clone snapped me out of my reverie, "we can pack.
Nodding, I pulled out a disposable wounded scroll and sealed the dark-skinned kunoichi in it before rolling it up and tossing it into the corner.
- Take her home," he ordered and a black hand that emerged from the shadows intercepted him in flight, dragging him to his side.
The clone will deliver the prisoner to my basement and then no one will be able to find out that I used the exam for my own purposes. Of course, I'd like to get down to business now, but for the next two days the tutors are supposed to stay in the tower and not leave until the second stage is over. Soon I'll have some free time, and I'll be able not only to spend time with my family, but also to do my own work, which had been neglected in recent months.
The time that was left before the deadline flew by quickly between talking to Konoha's jonins, who were also idle, and updating the data on past participants for the students, as well as monitoring the situation in the Forest of Death, Hyuga had returned to the village at this time and had only reappeared at the end of the term, and the jonin mentors were only the Uchiha, making the chances of detection almost nil.
And it was necessary to keep watch, because even with all the training and preparations, the girls would face very difficult opponents in the finals, superior both physically and in the amount of chakra and the ability to use it. And where else but in battles can you learn the capabilities of a shinobi and use it against him?
But the number of people who made it to the tower at the end of the third day surprised me - only sixteen people and fifty-four others. It doesn't mean that the rest are all dead, but about two-fifths of the genin fell from the weapons of rivals and predators, and the rest failed to get the bracelet, find the tower, or decided to give up and go back after facing the dangers of the Forest of Death.
From Kumogakure no Sato, only one team, the strongest, passed, facing Kushina; almost the same situation with Suna, but they had one individual shinobi who managed to reach the designated place with the bracelets; the only genin from Takigakure no Sato was the finalist of the second stage from all the small villages; from Konoha, the whole team passed, it was clear which one, Uzumaki and his partner, Minato and his comrade, and one Uchiha.
For the hosts of the chunin exam, quite a small number of finalists, but there is a reason for this - many clans did not put up their strongest teams, because the passage of the team Kushina, my students and Minato was almost guaranteed, and to lose talented, but not yet entered into force, no one wants to lose in vain, therefore, was given a tacit instruction not to try too hard and if injured, to withdraw from the competition.
Add to this the information provided in advance about the particularly dangerous places in the Forest of Death, as well as the conditions of the stages and most of our genins simply went off the course, a small part of them fell in battle. If it had been different, the team of our clan genin met by the apprentices would not have given up so easily.
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