Zaku's eyes widened when the Uchiha appeared in front of him, it was pure instinct that the boy pushed chakra to his arms. A blast of wind from his left arm pushed him well clear of Sasuke while the right arm blasted Sasuke in the ribs, sending him spinning through the air.
The flying Uchiha grunted painfully as he bounced once on the hard stone tile that lined the floor, however the bounce gave him the chance to reposition and come back to his feet. He locked back on to Zaku, running at him, occasionally strafing left or right to avoid a blast of wind, his hands blurring through seals. Sasuke took a deep breath into his lungs and held it a moment, waiting for Zaku to fire off another blast of wind.
Zaku smirked, seeing the Uchiha finally hold still, he charged up both arms and fired the biggest attack he had. "Zankukyokuha no Jutsu!"
Now it was Sasuke's turn to smirk as he unleashed a giant fireball that magnified when it struck the wind, quickly over powering it and obliterating Zaku. When the fire and smoke cleared all that remained was a charred briquette that barely resemble a person only for it to crumble into ash a moment later.
"Winner, Uchiha Sasuke!"
The room when it was done was mostly silent. Killing was allowed but as stated at the start, it was highly frowned upon. The faint outline of the young man on the wall was disturbing as well. It was not a pleasant death but at least it was fast.
Sasuke was emotionless as he climbed the stairs again to rejoin his team.
Naruto made the payout for the gambling but it was somber group collecting their winnings.
Aburame Shino vs Tsurugi Misumi
And a new round of betting began, much more subdued as barely any of the genin joined in on it, having lost their taste for it now that someone had died and they profited from it. Even Naruto felt a little guilty to continue [Bookmaking] like this but the logically part of him knew he couldn't turn away the money or it would be bad for business later. It was also a fair kill, the other genin was clearly trying to kill Sasuke. Naruto just wasn't that bothered by it where everyone else who had so little exposure to killing clearly were bothered.
That brought up another thought. The ones that continued betting were the ones exposed to killing and death, had maybe even killed people themselves. It made them a degree more dangerous than those who hadn't taken life. It was disturbing but beneficial knowledge.
Misumi looked very much like his teammate but taller and a bit thinner. His blue uniform matched as did the bandana cover his head and cloth hanging over his face, even the dark round glasses were the same. If not for different names, they could have passed for brothers.
Shino stood passively waiting, his long grey coat with the high collar was exactly as Naruto remembered from the academy days, and he still sported a massive fro on his head too that still looked out of place.
"Hajime!"
Misumi attacked first, throwing a few kunai at Shino, who deflected the thrown weapons with a kunai of his own. It was a pretty boring fight, both fighters seemed to just test each other, having small exchanges of weapons and taijutsu.
Misumi finally got in close, his body seemed to suddenly stretch to wrap around Shino, binding the young man.
"Surrender or I'll break your neck," demanded Misumi, breathing heavily and starting to sweat profusely.
Shino didn't move or speak, just waited patiently.
"Surrender damn it," snapped Misumi again, looking even paler. "I said . . . I said . . . what the . . . gah!" The man suddenly unbound Shino, his body falling to the ground in a heap, complete unconscious.
"Winner, Aburame Shino!"
"What just happened?" asked Naruto, confused by the outcome.
"Shino's kikaichu," answered Kiba. "His bugs can drain chakra from anyone they land on. He can drain a person in just a few minutes, less with more bugs on them."
"That's awesome but also extremely creepy," said Naruto.
"Yeah," echoed Ino, Sakura, and Karen in a single voice, each of them shuddering in disgust as well.
"Due to the odd number of competitors in this round, the final fight will be a three way fight between the remaining competitors," announced Hayate, coughing every few words.
Hyuuga Hinata vs Tsuchi Kin vs Uzumaki Naruto
Naruto wasn't prepared for that announcement, he hadn't really counted the number of competitors so he hadn't realized there was an odd number. But to have a three way fight was kind of cool, especially since it was two Konoha shinobi versus one Oto shinobi.
Naruto and Hinata jumped down followed a moment later by Kin.
Kin was dressed similarly to her two teammates, she too wore the same greyish camouflage that made no sense at all. He long black hair hung straight down her back, lacking any real style to it. She was actually very plain looking.
Hinata wore her normal oversized coat and fidgeted nervously, something that seemed to be common place every time Naruto had seen her. Her navy hair was still short save for the two bangs that framed her face and dangling around her neck was her forehead protector.
"So Hinata, what do you say we take out Kin together first, then we can fight? What do you think?"
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