Inside the forest of death, I'm surprised they don't ambush me right away, but I'm not stupid enough to stand around waiting for them to do so, so I walk over to some bushes to change my clothes.
I take new clothes out of some sealing scrolls. The pattern simulates leaves and shadows from the forest. I also apply green and brown paint to my face. Basic camouflage, but useful.
Since I can't use much chakra, I've had to figure out how to go unnoticed, as well as using many artifacts and the sealing techniques Kushina taught me.
To hide my chakra, I circulate it differently to prevent it from leaking and being easily detected, but I just hope I don't encounter any sensor ninjas, as it would be a headache to deal with them when they are protected by their companions.
I scatter my bullet ants and draw a summoning mark, then spill blood from a vial, clap my hands, and place my hands on the mark. My wolves and bears emerge, and I order them to scatter and search for food as well as monitor the area.
This somehow makes me feel like a druid, now all I need to do is turn into an animal too...
Anyway, putting my random thoughts aside, I seem to remember that the shinobi from the Grass Village are also taking the exam here, so that will be my short-term goal.
I activate remote communication with my summoned creatures so that they give priority to the Kusagakure ninjas.
While they find them, I proceed to take out my ninja bags necessary for stealth combat and hang them on my belt and put on my mini hand crossbow.
It's time to test the new weapons and substances I managed to create and obtain.
General POV
At least 20 genin teams have entered the forest of death, and the supervisors have also entered to prevent any irregularities within the area, whether they be intruders or a team surrendering.
Everything started quietly, with the teams dispersing immediately and a few of them engaging in combat right away.
"How boring, I was expecting more action," complained one of the supervisors of this test.
"It's better this way," sighed another supervisor. "It saves us work."
The supervisors seemed bored, but to their surprise, they noticed something moving, as if it were a bush.
"Is that bush moving, or am I having a stroke?"
Another supervisor also saw the "bush" moving, so he approached it, but immediately noticed that it was a test participant.
The bush was being followed by a pack of wolves and two bears.
Ahead were ninjas from Kusagakure, the same team that had been provoked earlier.
The bush conjured up a shadow clone, which was then handed a thin piece of bamboo.
"What does it want that piece of bamboo for?"
After a while, two of the grass ninjas were knocked down and were clutching parts of their bodies as if they had been stabbed.
They began to convulse on the ground, foam coming out of their mouths as they screamed.
The third member of the team was very confused, as nothing seemed to have happened, but they were screaming so loudly and sniffling as if they were being tortured.
"What's going on? Hey, what happened?"
But his teammates couldn't speak because of the terrible pain they were feeling.
The remaining grass ninja began to search the surroundings, but then he noticed a crimson glow in a bush.
He stared at that glow and began to attack it desperately, but nothing worked. It was as if he were attacking the air.
But outside, the surviving ninja suddenly froze, for that crimson glow was Kenji's Sharingan, which, upon making eye contact, fell into a genjutsu.
The supervisors saw Kenji emerge from the bush, but noticed that he was dressed in green clothes and had mud on his body.
Kenji took an axe out of its sheath and decapitated the three ninjas in the grass, then snatched the scroll they had, which was just what he needed, and left the place.
But first, Kenji threw a kunai that landed near one of the supervisors, which contained a message.
The supervisor felt a chill as he read the message after unrolling the paper.
"I can see you. Don't be so obvious."
A genin shouldn't be able to sense us, he thought.
But that's not a genin.
He's a predator with the face of a child.
After his experience of being struck with a sword on the shoulder without realizing it, he trained his perception extensively with his master Sakumo.
He didn't want to repeat that mistake.
He didn't want to die without realizing he was being attacked from behind, so he put a lot of effort into it, now being able to sense the test supervisors.
...
Time really does fly, because as soon as I killed three Kusagakure ninjas, I found the scroll I needed.
But I dislike the Kusagakure ninjas, so I started hunting them down as a clear target, using needles dipped in the puterotoxin of the paraponera clavata as well as testing my sharingan to put them in a genjutsu and force them to show me their techniques so I could copy them.
I can't use them because these eyes constantly drain my chakra, but it doesn't hurt to have more up my sleeve, right?
I also tried using martial arts with the monstrous strength Tsunade taught me, but when I punched a Grass ninja in the face, his head exploded and splattered me with blood and other fluids.
Because of that, everyone who saw me covered in blood avoided me, both because of the sight and the smell of death.
My hand crossbow allowed me to hunt rabbits and even some deer. Not bad... if it weren't for the stench. Without seasoning, venison stinks. Better for my wolves.
The good thing is that I asked Maki to cook before entering the forest of death and bought some food.
My wolves guard the perimeter while I eat, and my ants have started to build their colonies in this forest, so now they inform me of what's around.
From time to time, when night falls, I like to have them bite some ninjas from other villages, so at night you can hear agonizing screams, giving off a sinister aura.
It's not that I'm sadistic... well, maybe a little. But imagine the scene: screaming like that over an ant while others think something worse.
I find it comical.
A few more hours pass and I walk through the forest as if it were a stroll in the park.
There were a few who crossed my path and tried to attack me, but they were ambushed by wolves and bears that distracted them and then struck with a poisoned needle and lightning chakra, causing them to go into cardiac arrest.
Hmm, after the first one died, the second one managed to defeat some wolves and began to pounce on me, ignoring his companion.
Was it the poison or the electricity injected into his body? Which is worse, ignorance or indifference? All I can say is: I don't know nor I don't care.
Hey, aren't you going to help him? He's having a hard time with the bears.
But what can I say? He's just a genin, which in modern terms would be a rookie player who wants to steal the kill while ignoring his teammates.
I make hand seals.
Raiton: Lightning Spear.
I expel a burst of lightning from my mouth that hits the genin squarely and stuns him.
Hey, I expected you to dodge it.
But taking advantage of his paralysis, I throw a needle covered in putotoxin, which causes him to fall immediately while screaming and vomiting.
-Seimei!!!
Seimei's teammate is distracted by his teammate's fall, but because of that, one of my bears manages to hit his head with its claws.
SPLASH...
Good thing this time it wasn't me who got covered in blood.
"Well, young semen, this is your end."
Yes, I just changed his name.
"It's Seimei, you motherfucker"
The boy Seimei looks at me with fury in his eyes, because apart from killing his companions, I also insulted him by changing his name to something ridiculous.
Hehehe.
Look at his little face, it makes me laugh to tease him.
Seeing him for the last time, I leave the place while giving my bears and wolves permission to eat the remains.
"AAAAAAHHHH"
We mustn't leave any evidence, you know?
One thing I did was take the scrolls from those who confronted me or pick up the ones I found lying around and then throw them to other teams from my own village.
We have to help each other, right?
I have no use for those leftover scrolls anyway, so it doesn't hurt to give them away.
But having already exterminated the Kusagakure, I go to the center to deliver the scrolls...
In the Hokage's office.
The high command of Konoha, as well as Hiruzen himself, were keeping an eye on things, because in a way, they were concerned that young talents like Kakashi or Kenji would end up dying.
But they didn't expect to see how Kenji handled his rivals.
How Kenji, disguised as a bush, managed to take out at least three teams using only a piece of bamboo and a weapon that had recently come on the market.
They found it curious that he was specifically targeting ninjas from Kusagakure, but they let it go, as these things commonly happen in these exams.
What surprised them most was that he didn't need to use ninjutsu to take down his enemies. You could say that he didn't even engage in combat; it was as if he were hunting them down like mere beasts for trophies.
"This is a real ninja, hehehehe." A malicious voice was heard in the office, his words sounding like those of a vile snake eyeing its prey.
Hiruzen couldn't help but frown and twist his mouth as if he had swallowed something bitter.
"Just look at him, he doesn't need to fight at all, his methods and tactics show that his strength is as great as his intelligence, he doesn't need ninjutsu and he is very skilled at assassination, something we should be experts at."
Danzo Shimura, who rarely praised anyone so highly, watched the broadcast of Kenji's actions, but Hiruzen knew his intentions.
"Danzo, don't you dare do anything foolish." He slammed his fist on the desk, showing his displeasure with Danzo.
But the old man just smiled, as if he had something planned.
"Hehehe."
This time, there was no usual script of Danzo slamming the door or Hiruzen yelling at him, "Danzo, I am the Hokage."
But everyone in the office knew it was a tacit agreement, but what were they supposed to do?
Koharu Utatane and Mitokado Homura just sighed resignedly, knowing that Danzo was going to make a move.
It was the same as always, but this time Hiruzen regretted a little that Kenji had caught Danzo's attention.
It was truly an unfortunate situation.
The jounin of Konoha were watching the second exam unfold in another room, where the heads of families were also watching their own.
They watched how their families stood out, whether they were Hyuga, Inuzuka, Yamanaka, Nara, Akimichi, or others.
Their own genin worked well as a team as compatriots from the same village, as they also noticed that Kenji helped them by giving them the leftover scrolls.
But for some reason, Uchiha Fujima and Uchiha Fugaku were present.
They didn't understand exactly why they were there, as no Uchiha was participating in the exams, since they were usually immediately enrolled in the Konoha military police.
However, the head of the family and his son were there to see Kenji, because even though he was adopted, he was still Fugaku's nephew on his late cousin's side.
"Did you teach him those things?" asked the elderly clan leader.
"No, Father... when Kenji asks us for help with training, it's not because he wants us to teach him anything, but rather because he seems to use us to test his theories or ask our opinion. But we've never seen him use those needles."
The elderly Fujima understood what he meant.
"It's a real shame he doesn't have Uchiha blood. If he were of our clan by blood, his power would be much greater.
This was the pride of the Uchiha clan, as they believed that their Uchiha blood alone made them powerful, but if Kenji, having been raised by the Uchiha, was already strong, one could only imagine
if he had a natural Sharingan that did not drain his chakra.
He would become something much more powerful.
That's what old man Fujima thought, but Fugaku, for his part, was amazed and looked with admiration at Kenji's methods, as he immediately noticed that Kenji did not test these weapons on them because he considered them family and not mere guinea pigs for his techniques.
To Fugaku, Kenji seemed to be a true Uchiha without sharing the clan's blood.
It should also be added that thanks to Kenji's ideas, the Uchiha clan has gained greater power lately, whether it be because of the business ideas he mentioned as "a simple idea." Fugaku immediately understood that Kenji preferred to give him the credit, either to help the clan or because he did not want to stand out.
But if he did not want to stand out, why would he have participated in the chunin exams in the first place?
So Fugaku leaned more toward the former, and now he saw him as someone who was truly part of his clan.
And in this, Fugaku was right, because Kenji gave those ideas to Fugaku precisely to help the clan, because he felt so much acceptance and appreciation in the Uchiha clan that he felt that if he didn't help them, he would be ungrateful.
But Danzo had other plans, as he hated the Uchiha clan but coveted the talent of the bratty Kenji, so he would not hesitate to use any method to snatch him away.
And so the second part of the chunin exam passed.
Kenji killed a total of seven teams from Kusagakure and at least one from Takigakure, earning him the nickname "Crimson-Eyed Ghost of Agony."