The Hidden Grass Village is no exception.
In order to stand out in this Chunin exam, besides sending two experienced Genin, the Hidden Grass Village also sent their secret weapon, Karin, hoping to gain an advantage through her abilities.
However, Karin's abilities aren't strong, nor is she adept at combat; the Hidden Grass Village never thought of training her. They have always directly sucked her blood, and this time, they only allowed the two teammates participating in the Chunin exam to recover their Chakra and heal injuries by sucking her blood.
"Our strength isn't enough..."
"Then we must find a way to make every team battle a war of attrition."
A Hidden Grass Ninja hid behind a big tree, coldly mentioning their battle plan, his gaze occasionally flicking to the timid red-haired girl beside him: "As long as we exhaust our Chakra against the opponents and then suck your blood to restore injuries and Chakra, they definitely won't expect this kind of battle tactic..."
"Yes..."
The red-haired girl nervously retreated instinctively, her sleeve exposing the skin on her arm, which bore several tooth-like scars.
This is...
Scars collected over the years.
Karin is only twelve years old now, yet she was treated as a medical tool by the Hidden Grass Village from a young age. Even with her impressive healing abilities as an Uzumaki descendant, it was impossible to heal those countless bite wounds...
"Hey, stop retreating!"
"If you keep retreating, you'll be discovered!"
Another Hidden Grass Ninja grabbed the red-haired girl's arm, furiously threatening: "If we don't bring back results from the Chunin exams, I'll kill you first, you little thing..."
"Don't be impulsive..."
His companion frowned, advising: "This little thing's mother was bitten to death by people in the village long ago; we only have this one Uzumaki descendant left..."
"People in the village wouldn't care that much..."
The Hidden Grass Ninja showed no concern for the red-haired girl's life or death, grinning viciously: "Even if we have to eat her alive to restore Chakra in the Forest of Death, we must enter the third round of the Chunin exam!"
"Ah!"
The red-haired girl was startled.
Her courage was already small, and upon hearing about her mother being bitten to death by the Grass Ninja, tears involuntarily flowed from her eyes, but before having time to grieve, she heard those heart-pounding words!
Moreover...
What these two Grass Ninja said wasn't a mere threat!
If it truly came to that, these two Grass Ninja would definitely bite her to death and devour her flesh to restore Chakra and heal injuries!
"Prepare to take action now!"
The two Hidden Grass Ninjas didn't care about Karin's thoughts.
The Hidden Grass Ninja has always taken whatever they wanted from Karin, mastering her life and death, never considering the possibility of resistance from this red-haired girl.
These two Grass Ninja just hoped this red-haired girl would let them smoothly pass the second round of the Chunin exam before being sucked to death...
One has to admit.
The Grass Ninja mastered the exploitation of Karin to an extreme.
The two Grass Ninja quickly selected a well-matched Hidden Rain team, and both sides immediately launched into battle with Explosive Tags and Shurikens, planning to utilize Karin's blood ability to engage their enemy in a war of attrition.
In front of a large rock.
A young Grass Ninja stood at the front, battling the enemy, throwing Shurikens and Explosive Tags at the faraway enemy!
Another senior Grass Ninja provided support from behind the rock, while keeping an eye on Karin, to prevent her from fleeing in terror due to the intense battle.
Boom!
A huge explosion sounded!
The first young Grass Ninja, bleeding profusely, retreated behind the rock!
"Quick!"
"Bite this little girl's arm!"
"Hurry up and heal your wounds, don't let them stop!"
The second senior Grass Ninja instructed while taking over the battle at the front of the rock, continuing to engage the enemy to prevent them from resting!
This is their tactic!
They can use Karin's blood for rapid recovery on the battlefield, while the enemy can't heal their injuries or restore Chakra, ensuring they would eventually defeat the enemy!
"Let me take a bite quickly!"
The first young Grass Ninja lunged at Karin's side, ignoring her trembling fear, grabbing her arm forcefully!
In the distance.
A group of people was observing all this.
Naruto Uzumaki and Haruno Sakura didn't quite comprehend the Hidden Grass Ninja's recklessness.
After all, the Hidden Grass Ninja, upon encountering their enemies, seemed nothing like a battle between Ninjas, disregarding all sorts of tactics and purely engaged in frontal confrontation.
Kabuto had already deduced from Uchiha Sasuke's attitude towards Karin that the key to the Hidden Grass team and Hidden Rain team's victory might lie with Karin.
"If this is their tactic for frontal battle..."
As an experienced Ninja, Kabuto adjusted his glasses, fixating on the shivering red-haired girl wearing ragged clothes at the back of the battlefield, sharing his judgment on the battle's outcome: "It must be because the Grass team has an exceptional Medical Ninja, excellent enough to allow rapid recovery..."
"Hmm."
Uchiha Sasuke nodded nonchalantly.
Seriously speaking, Karin is truly the most outstanding Medical Ninja in the Ninja World, even surpassing Tsunade, the Fifth Hokage of Konoha, in the real world.