Chapter 7: Chūnin Exams! Karin’s Inner Journey
The Uchiha cemetery truly feels desolate.
Looking at the graveyard in front of him, Byakuya couldn’t help letting out a soft sigh.
Then he stopped hesitating.
He closed his eyes and quietly began sensing the aura of the place.
Very quickly,
he found his target.
“Revive…
Uchiha Izumi.”
A six-pointed star magic circle suddenly appeared in the center of the cemetery.
A burst of seven-colored light flashed.
Then a flock of rainbow-colored Ho-Oh appeared…
Every time Byakuya gave a subordinate an Pokémon Card,
he himself would obtain the exact same skill and effects as that subordinate.
So right now,
he was using the same revival skill as Karin.
As the revival technique was cast,
soon enough,
a young girl with a beauty mark at the outer corner of her right eye was brought back to life just like that!
【Ding! Major plot change detected. Reward: 100,000 Plot Points!】
“Even though I don’t have a suitable Pokémon Card for you yet,
I believe…
you will become an excellent offensive member in the organization.
Ho-Oh’s revival skill carries an absolutely terrifying level of power amplification.
Rin became much stronger than she was before death.
But I think your change will be even greater.
After all, you possess a kekkei genkai.
I wonder… just how far your three-tomoe Sharingan will evolve.”
Byakuya silently admired her for a few moments.
Then he hurriedly took out clothes and helped her change.
After that, he put away the alarm tools he had placed around the area.
Carrying Uchiha Izumi on his back, he carefully and quickly left the place.
…
The journey was uneventful.
After returning to the bookstore,
Byakuya arranged for Uchiha Izumi to stay in one of the bedrooms on the second floor.
Using his own power, he made her sleep even more deeply.
He didn’t have a suitable Pokémon Card for Uchiha Izumi yet.
In order to reduce trouble, he planned to keep her in continuous deep sleep for now.
He would wake her only after obtaining a new Pokémon Card.
…
Time passed in the blink of an eye.
Before long, the day of the Chūnin Exams arrived.
During these past few days,
quite a few people had come looking for Byakuya.
There was his teacher, Iruka, and also the Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen.
They came to ask whether Byakuya was willing to participate in the Chūnin Exams.
He refused both of them.
Then there was Sakura.
She felt her own strength was too weak and was hesitating about whether she should continue with the exams.
She had suffered a serious blow lately.
No matter how hard she tried, she just couldn’t catch up to her two teammates.
On top of that, the person she liked had already given up on being a ninja.
So she had lost all motivation to keep going.
Seeing this,
Byakuya naturally advised Sakura to give up on the Chūnin Exams.
After all, once Sakura quit,
Naruto and Sasuke would also lose their chance to participate.
That way,
the plot would undergo a massive change!
Byakuya would be able to lie down and harvest a huge wave of Plot Points.
However…
for some reason, Sakura changed her mind again at the last moment.
She had already agreed to quit.
But two days later, she suddenly ran over again,
blushing furiously and declaring that “if both husband and wife aren’t ninjas, it will be very disadvantageous for raising the next generation!”
Then she ran away with her face completely red.
Byakuya was left with a face full of question marks.
Still, he didn’t really mind.
With Karin around this time, he was guaranteed to harvest a massive amount of Plot Points anyway!
…
In classroom 301, the gathering place for all Chūnin Exam participants, the atmosphere was extremely lively at the moment.
Karin sat quietly in a corner of the classroom, staring fixedly at the main entrance.
She was waiting for her target—Uchiha Sasuke—to appear.
These past few days, she felt like she was living in an extremely unreal world.
First she met a boy as handsome as a god.
Then the boy granted her power.
And finally…
the entire village’s ninjas did a complete 360-degree change in attitude toward her!
That day,
when she returned to the Kusagakure ninja camp,
she was questioned by the Kusagakure ninjas.
One jōnin even directly attacked, wanting to teach her a lesson.
The result…
that jōnin was instantly knocked down by her.
Because she hadn’t controlled her strength properly, she directly injured him very seriously.
In an instant, the world fell silent.
Everyone’s gaze toward her was filled with awe and fear.
And also…
a trace of greed.
Such a drastic change made Karin feel somewhat uncomfortable.
At the same time, she felt a little lost.
So…
she thought of the ring Byakuya had given her.
“I can go ask the Master for advice, right~?
This way I can hear the Master’s pleasant voice again.
This is a completely reasonable and normal request.”
Karin hid in her room and contacted Byakuya through the ring.
After receiving his instructions,
she immediately knew what to do.
Then,
following Byakuya’s guidance, she called all the Kusagakure ninja jōnin out
and held a closed-door meeting in the room.
“To be honest, I encountered a great opportunity.”
Karin went straight to the point: “If you all want to obtain power,
then cooperate with me and help me pass the Chūnin Exams smoothly.
After the exams are over,
I will grant you power.
Of course, power doesn’t come for free.
You will have to pay a price.
And that price is…
you must obey my orders and become my subordinates!”
“Hmph!
You want us to listen to a little girl like you?
You—”
Before one of the jōnin could finish speaking,
he was sent flying with a single punch from Karin.
“You people really disgust me.
The chakra on your bodies carries a nauseating stench.
I don’t want to stay with you even for a single second.”
Karin’s face was full of revulsion.
“If it weren’t for the fact that I need to take the Chūnin Exams,
I would have left long ago.
Who among you could possibly stop me?
I advise you to behave yourselves!
Hmph!”
Seeing that she had successfully intimidated the jōnin,
Karin let out a cold snort, turned around, and returned to her room.
“Haa… haa…”
The moment she entered her room,
she leaned against the wall and panted heavily.
“So this… is what it feels like to have power?”
Joy filled her red pupils.
Before meeting Byakuya,
she had been nothing more than a “portable healing pack” with no human rights at all.
But now…
she was the boss of the entire Kusagakure ninja camp!
“Haa~”
So satisfying!
A confident smile appeared on Karin’s face.
Strength truly is the fastest and best way to build confidence.
Right now, she felt completely overflowing with confidence.
Forget about facing Orochimaru, one of the Legendary Sannin—
even if her opponent was the “strongest Hokage” Sarutobi Hiruzen, she would dare to fight him!
After establishing dominance so simply, Karin’s days in the Kusagakure ninja camp became much more comfortable.
However, she didn’t slack off because of it.
She was still wholeheartedly training in “Ho-Oh Mode” and the wood-style technique that Ho-Oh had taught her—fusing water and earth chakra into Mokuton.
…
“To be blunt, everyone here is trash.”
Karin glanced at the genin in the classroom, then pushed up her glasses.
She proudly grumbled in her heart.
Although she hadn’t fully mastered “Ho-Oh Mode” yet,
she was already starting to get a little… inflated.
“Hm?”
“Is that Uchiha Sasuke?”
Suddenly, three people pushed open the door and walked in.
A black-haired boy in blue clothes, a blond boy in orange clothes, and a pink-haired girl in red clothes.
Karin swept her gaze over the three of them,
then locked onto the boy in blue.
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and then Add to home screen.