157 Naruto Mobile Game

"Let us congratulate Kakashi on successfully advancing to the fifth round! His path of no-difference battles continues!"

After Kakashi reversed the second match, in the third match both sides fought down to the No. 3 position, and in the end Kakashi forcefully took down Shikamaru!

Score 3:0!

It is hard to imagine such a score appearing in the fourth round of the losers bracket.

"That was really intense, Kakashi-sensei."

"Sorry."

"Don't be. Now among the Konoha contestants only you are left, Kakashi-sensei. Everyone is watching you—win it all the way to the end."

"Hehehe~ You actually say encouraging things like this now? Shikamaru."

"Don't tease me… ah~~ I'm going to sleep for a while, I'm exhausted."

After a long yawn, Shikamaru rubbed his eyes and, looking completely listless, directly stepped off the stage.

Kakashi did not turn to look down at the seats, but once again headed into the player passage.

"Really amazing… but as expected of Shikamaru, several waves were ridiculously strong. It's just a pity he was always just a bit short."

In the stands, Naruto was still sighing with emotion.

Sasuke, after watching this duel, only slightly shook his head. A bit short? Being half a step short is useless!

Losing is the result. It makes you the same as those sitting here now.

Shikamaru came down to the stands and quickly saw his dad, as well as Minato, Naruto, and the others.

Because there were still empty seats, he walked over and sat down. Without saying anything, he leaned back in the chair and went straight to sleep.

This left Naruto, who was about to say something, awkwardly stuck—but he quickly had no time to care about it.

There were only three people in the fifth round.

Kakashi had just gone in, and counting a bye round, the next match would be between the other two.

[Uchiha Itachi VS Yakushi Kabuto]

This was a pairing that, in the past, no one would even think to discuss together.

Yakushi Kabuto? Who?

There's no need to say much about who Uchiha Itachi is. Before this period of time, Yakushi Kabuto had always been seen by others as a minor supporting character without many scenes.

Sasori's undercover agent, then Orochimaru's subordinate, then sent by Orochimaru to Konoha as an undercover agent to help launch the Konoha Collapse Plan.

His strength was decent, his medical ninjutsu was also decent—he could assist when Orochimaru performed experiments.

And then… that was it.

To quote what was said when Sasuke killed Orochimaru in the story: Orochimaru was merely what the world calls a genius. Forget surpassing the Uchiha—even touching that level was impossible.

No matter what kind of genius you are, you cannot be compared to the Uchiha. Under the name of Uchiha, you can only fall to being a mere ordinary person.

And Yakushi Kabuto was even inferior to Orochimaru...

But recently, Yakushi Kabuto had become someone no one could ignore.

He joined forces with that masked man of the Uchiha and together launched the Fourth Ninja World War.

He was no longer an expendable supporting role, but a main character capable of determining the course of the entire war.

Genius—what an enticing word.

Kabuto sat in the player's chair. His phone was lying on the table; he didn't touch it, only lightly stretching his fingers.

Competing on the same stage as an Uchiha? Before, he wouldn't have even dared to think about it—and yet this opportunity was now right in front of him.

Orochimaru-sama lost to Uchiha Itachi, then settled for aiming at Uchiha Sasuke, but failed again and was devoured by Sasuke in turn, and finally was sealed by Uchiha Itachi.

As Kabuto expected, the only thing that could keep contestants standing till the end was, indeed, raw strength.

And very clearly, Orochimaru-sama did not have it.

Kabuto's heart was very calm. The one who could win all the way to the end in this match was, of course, only him.

Strictly speaking, unlike other contestants, although Itachi and Kabuto were also in the losers bracket, they were in the very last round. While most people had already been eliminated, they had not yet even taken the stage.

But precisely because of that, this match would be their first in the losers bracket—and also the last for one of them.

First match, Arena A.

Ten-thousand-ryō Card, Creation Sasori, Danzo, Akatsuki Deidara, Asuma, Akatsuki Itachi, Hidan, Sakura of the Hundred Healings, Konan, Puppet Sasori, Mifune.

A conventional ninja pool—in terms of the current version—wasn't bad for duel strength.

But this was no-difference mode.

Itachi banned ninjas first. He banned Sakura of the Hundred Healings, this ninja who was gradually emerging in the duel arena.

Seeing this, Kabuto found it interesting. He swept a glance over the ninja pool and suddenly banned Akatsuki Itachi.

This single ban instantly caused a wave of exclamations from the audience. In this ninja pool, he actually banned Akatsuki Itachi? Then what about Mifune?

With a crisp click, Itachi directly locked in Mifune.

It's over!

This was what most people present were thinking at that moment.

Mifune's strongest ability lying in pursuit kills.

The invincible Blade Slash simply couldn't be reacted to, because you never knew whether he would use Substitute instantly when hit, or wait a moment before using it.

And how long was that so-called "wait a moment"? No one could judge it.

If Mifune got the first move, it was over instantly.

As expected, Kabuto lost the first match, but he seemed to just be playing, completely unconcerned.

Perhaps only he himself could feel it—that relaxed, carefree feeling, no sense of pressure, no nervousness—he was naturally blending into each and every match.

"1:0!"

"1:1!"

"2:1!"

"2:2!"

Four matches passed, and it was still tied.

Each match only took a few minutes, and very quickly it reached the final deciding game.

The audience watched nervously. Whether looking at the process of the matches or at the score, everything seemed to show that the two were equal in strength.

One was a genius of the Uchiha; the other, an ordinary person with no bloodline and no inheritance.

Whose deer will the hunters claim? The answer was about to be revealed.

"Alright, now this is truly the very last part of the match—both sides have only one ninja left."

"Raikage gets a hug and rubs for four beans of chakra, and even leaves Nagato at a sliver of health. Now Nagato is in an extremely dangerous situation."

"Nagato used Substitute. Fire the cannon! Another one! He fired all three shots."

"Raikage has less than two beans of health left, but he doesn't have Substitute—and of course he doesn't. He's just two seconds short on skill cooldown, and if Nagato is touched even a bit, he'll die instantly."

"Nagato's double A—trying to bait a Substitute?"

"Huh?! Nagato suddenly cast the King of Hell! But Raikage is already lying on the ground… what is he doing? Nagato directly activated his ultimate!!"

"Ultimate Scene! Raikage is dead!!!"

The entire venue instantly exploded, boiling over.

No one could believe what they had just seen—Raikage, despite having Substitute available, was directly executed by Nagato's ultimate!

Why didn't he use Substitute? Because he couldn't!

Even the commentator understood it. Those Rinnegan eyes shone,

"It was a pause-frame on ultimate activation! That instant freeze-frame stopped Raikage from using Substitute, but Nagato's King of Hell was unaffected and finished Raikage off!"

"Exactly! That's exactly it! What kind of game understanding is this!" Kuroda praised again and again.

"Congratulations to Yakushi Kabuto on the victory!"