[After some intense competition, you pass the second exam without major incident.]
[Next comes the preliminary matches for the third exam.]
[Your opponent is Kiba.]
["I won't go easy on you." Kiba, still thinking you're the same old dead last, is full of confidence.]
["I won't give up." You reply seriously.]
[You and Kiba then engage in a fierce battle.]
["That guy Kiba, he's really pitiful." Sasuke, Sakura, and Naruto all shake their heads and sigh, because they've seen your strength. A man who can fight Orochimaru to a standstill? Beating Kiba should be easy, right?]
[However…]
[Five minutes later, the fight continues.]
[Ten minutes later, the fight still hasn't stopped.]
[Twenty minutes later, you two are still tangled up.]
[Forty minutes later, the proctor, Gekko Hayate, coughing, declares the match a draw! Both advance!]
'Good grief...'
'This Fifty-Fifty talent is just too interesting.'
'First, it works on a Kage-level powerhouse like Orochimaru, then on a Genin.'
'How is anyone supposed to make sense of that!'
[Naruto and Sasuke are completely dumbfounded, and Sakura is also utterly confused.]
[Because, you can even hold your own against Orochimaru, yet you couldn't defeat Kiba?]
[Next is a one-week preparation period.]
[During this week, Naruto learns the Summoning Technique from Jiraiya.]
[Kakashi teaches Sasuke the Chidori.]
[You gain nothing.]
"..."
Takumi looked utterly speechless.
As if Kakashi could teach him anything anyway.
No matter how excellent a teacher Kakashi is, he couldn't teach the simulated Takumi any Ninjutsu.
After all, he simply didn't have the talent.
It's just impossible!
[The third exam officially begins.]
[Your opponent is Neji.]
["I advise you to surrender now, to avoid getting hurt later." Neji says coldly.]
["How will I know the result if I don't try?" Takumi replies.]
["Overestimating yourself." Neji snorts, then charges at you.]
[After activating his Byakugan, Neji's face becomes fierce, but it allows him to see the Chakra Flow within your body.]
[But that doesn't matter, because you don't need to use chakra at all.]
[Even if Neji sees through you, it's fine.]
["What the hell? The amount of Chakra in his body is even less than a typical Academy Student's!" Neji is shocked to discover this fact.]
[But he also witnessed your twenty-minute fight with Kiba firsthand.]
[Someone who can fight a member of the physically strong Inuzuka Clan to that extent shouldn't have such low Chakra Reserve.]
'That's exactly how little it is, no need to doubt it.'
Takumi couldn't help but comment.
However, Takumi hadn't expected that the simulated Takumi's Chakra would be even less than that of a student who hadn't yet graduated from the academy.
'No wonder he couldn't graduate smoothly.'
'It was somewhat understandable.'
[Neji stopped overthinking and unleashed his nearly decade-trained masterpiece, the Hyuga Clan's Gentle Fist, launching a fierce assault on you.]
[But facing Neji's attacks, you always managed to block them perfectly, preventing his strikes from landing on you.]
["Wha-! This technique!" Neji was shocked, as he had never seen such a method used against his Gentle Fist.]
["Eight Trigrams: Thirty-Two Palms!" Neji assumed a special stance, then executed thirty-two Gentle Fist strikes at extremely high speed.]
[But you stubbornly blocked every single one of Neji Hyuga's attacks.]
["This is impossible!" Neji was shocked once again.]
[The intense battle continued, and you and Neji were locked in a stalemate again.]
["Keep it up!" Naruto cheered for you.]
[But as time passed, the surroundings gradually grew quiet.]
[Some people even started yawning.]
[Because your fight with Neji had already lasted over three hours.]
"Hahaha, infinite stamina is just that awesome!"
Takumi couldn't help but give a thumbs up.
If it weren't for infinite stamina, even with the forced stalemate ability, he would eventually lose due to exhaustion.
It can be said that infinite stamina and forced stalemate are a perfect match.
[Beside Hiruzen, Orochimaru, disguised as Yondaime Kazekage, grew increasingly impatient.]
[Finally, Orochimaru couldn't hold back anymore. He signaled to the Sunagakure's Baki, and the Konoha Crush Plan began ahead of schedule.]
[The Sound Four appeared, casting the Four Violet Flames Formation to trap Hiruzen and Orochimaru together.]
[Baki led the Sunagakure's Shinobi in action, using a large-scale Genjutsu to hypnotize the ordinary civilians nearby, then began their attack.]
[Konoha's Shinobi immediately counterattacked.]
[Gaara no longer suppressed the power of the Ichibi within him.]
[The rampant Biju's Chakra spread throughout his body, and the Ichibi immediately appeared.]
["I'm finally out!" The Ichibi roared at the sky, its savage power sending everyone flying.]
[You, however, charged forward fearlessly.]
[Compared to the massive Ichibi, your figure was far too tiny.]
[But after you punched Shukaku in the eye, it could no longer ignore your presence.]
'I suddenly understand why elephants are afraid of mice.'
Takumi looked thoughtful.
Large creatures sometimes find themselves helpless against very small things.
They simply can't reach them.
Just like now.
The simulated Takumi scurried all over the Ichibi's body.
And Shukaku was powerless to stop it.
It kept slapping at its own body but couldn't hit him no matter what.
Even if it did hit, the simulated Takumi would just happen to be in the gap between its fingers, completely unharmed.
[The Ichibi grew increasingly agitated by your antics but was helpless.]
[You single-handedly prevented the Ichibi from destroying Konoha.]
[You, never tiring, ran across the Ichibi's body.]
[Using its attacks against you, you constantly made it attack itself.]
[You ran onto its head, and Shukaku would slap its own head hard.]
[You ran onto its nose, and Shukaku would punch its own nose hard.]
[While this behavior didn't cause any real injury to Shukaku, it made it extremely irritable).]
[By now, Shukaku's eyes saw no one but you.]
[It couldn't calm the anger in its heart without squashing you flat.]
'Good grief, you can even stalemate a Biju?'
Seeing the simulated version of himself, as if teasing a clumsy big dog, Takumi's eyes widened.
'What the hell.'
'Could I even fight the Jubi to a standstill then!?'
["What is Shukaku doing?!" Baki was furious that Shukaku was delaying the destruction of Konoha.]
[When he arrived, he was shocked to find that it was you alone holding back the Ichibi.]
[You and it were locked in a fierce struggle, unable to determine a winner.]
[Baki immediately rushed forward, trying to knock you off Shukaku's body.]
[But he was accidentally swatted away by Shukaku's palm, flying off to who-knows-where.]
[Orochimaru's Konoha Crush Plan ultimately failed.]
[Although Hiruzen died in battle, the plan was still thwarted.]
[You were rewarded for preventing the Ichibi from destroying Konoha.]
[Simultaneously, your reputation began to spread throughout the village.]
["He must be a hidden master!" Villager A said confidently.]
["Of course! If he weren't a master, how could he hold back a Biju alone!" Villager B scoffed at Villager A's statement.]
["But the amount of Chakra in his body is very low." A Hyuga Clan's member with the Byakugan discovered Takumi's average talent.]
["And he doesn't know any Ninjutsu. I've never seen him use any." Villager C said.]
["Then how could he tie down a Biju?" Faced with this soul-piercing question, no one could provide an answer.]
"This is really an interesting scene."
Takumi raised an eyebrow slightly, a smile on his face.
He knew…
The stage would only get bigger from here.
The forced stalemate would bring even greater shock to others!
This was just the appetizer for now.