Chapter 540: Little Nine-Tails, handled

The purple-haired girl poked her head out in confusion, only to see dreamers falling one after another in front of the Nine-Tails statue, her face changing slightly.

Sure enough, she queued in the wrong place. This wasn't the queue for the limited wasabi-flavored popcorn.

"Senior Hikari, this is the queue for participating in recruitment. We should leave quickly."

Uchiha Chiharu, who was already full of various snacks, reminded Uchiha Hikari, who was walking slowly.

"We know!"

Before Uchiha Hikari could respond, Senju Itama on the side took the lead in answering.

"Huh?"

Uchiha Hikari stopped, turned her head slightly, and two large characters were neatly written on her fair face.

【Competitive】

"That seafood woman can come, why can't we?"

Uchiha Chiharu, who had been tricked by the two women, paused upon hearing this. It seemed she had been dragged into trouble, and a bitter smile couldn't help but appear on her face.

"But we didn't sign up..."

The matter of Tailed Beast Knight recruitment was making a lot of noise. Even Uchiha Chiharu, who didn't like gossip, had heard of it. To participate, one had to pay 2 million ryo.

"Me coming to participate in this kind of activity is the organizer's honor. That big-butt little ghost Danzo, does he dare to charge me?"

Uchiha Hikari curled her lips in disdain. In terms of seniority, Danzo and the others had to respectfully call her "Master's Wife."

"Then just now when we came in, those two staff members..."

Hearing this, Uchiha Chiharu blinked in confusion. She had met two Shimura clan members when queuing. Now that she thought about it, they should have been there to verify identities.

"I used genjutsu."

It turned out that the reason they were able to successfully queue into the recruitment team was all thanks to Uchiha Hikari. Facing the two staff members who were verifying identities, she only glanced at them lightly, hypnotized them, and successfully mixed in.

"Ah, this..."

Uchiha Chiharu was full of entanglement. It was her first time doing this kind of ticket-dodging thing, and the girl was struggling internally, standing still for a while not knowing what to do.

"Don't be dazed, it's our turn."

Uchiha Hikari and Senju Itama didn't have as much psychological burden as her. The two of them just wanted to get in quickly and grab the Tailed Beast Card before Uzumaki Mito.

"Uh..."

Uchiha Chiharu, pulled by Senju Itama, came to the extremely abstract Nine-Tails statue.

Under the girl's keen perception, even without opening the Sharingan, she could feel that trace of cannibalistic malice.

"Didn't they say they went to buy snacks? Why did they run over there?"

Uchiha Gin in the auditorium was scratching his head in anxiety.

He even had to sponge a 100,000 ryo ticket from his little cousin, and these three spendthrift women had wiped out 6 million in one go.

Thinking of this money flowing into little Tuan Tuan's pocket, Uchiha Gin felt uncomfortable all over, sitting on pins and needles.

"Cousin, when did Hikari and the others sign up?"

Uchiha Izuna looked at Uchiha Gin, who was itching all over, and asked in confusion.

"How would I know? They've been hiding things from me when they chat lately."

Uchiha Gin, whose heart was bleeding, shook his head in pain. If he had known early on that little Hikari and the others were signing up, he would definitely have stopped their money-scattering behavior.

"Damn it! Eh? Isn't that the illegitimate daughter of the white hair?"

Izuna, who was annoyed and wanted to scold a few words, saw the white-haired girl walking out of the crowd, a look of dumbfoundedness rising in his eyes.

"Uh... did she sign up too?"

Uchiha Gin scratched his head. He didn't expect the white hair to also have covetous eyes on the Nine-Tails. It seems the experience of transformation before was quite good.

"Although she has the white hair's housekeeping skills, she is still too young and inexperienced. I'm afraid..."

Uchiha Izuna shook his head with some regret. If she had been tempered for a few more years, this Senju Hime might have had a few points of her father's fire.

"The handwriting of the Uzumaki clan, where did Danzo get this thing?"

Standing in front of the extremely abstract Nine-Tails statue, Senju Hime frowned slightly. The Nine-Tails' malice didn't have any impact on her.

The reason she stopped was because she was curious about when Danzo had hooked up with the Uzumaki clan.

"Forget it, the Tailed Beast Knight system is more important."

"Actually hasn't fallen yet, worthy of being Senju Tobirama's daughter."

"To be able to do this at such a young age is truly not easy."

"Ah? She moved! She went in~!"

Just as the audience was praising Senju Hime for her firm will, she easily stepped over the Nine-Tails statue, the whole movement smooth and flowing, without a trace of obstruction.

"Cough... if the white hair knew from the afterlife, he could close his eyes in peace."

Looking at Senju Hime who passed the test easily, Izuna, who was slapped in the face, felt a burning sensation on his face. Facing Uchiha Gin's teasing gaze, he coughed lightly and said with a straight face.

"Hehe."

"Uh... Cousin! Look! Why did that woman come too?"

Before Uchiha Gin could mock, Uchiha Izuna, who caught a glimpse of a flash of bright red, changed his face.

Only to see a slender figure wearing a white robe walk out of the crowd. Under the attention of everyone, she stepped over the Nine-Tails statue like a stroll and disappeared into the passage.

"That woman just now... is from the Uzumaki clan, right?"

"Didn't they say only Konoha people could participate? If I had known, I would have let my distant cousin from the Land of Lightning come to participate too~"

"Black curtain! Black curtain!"

"Danzo! I need an explanation!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen turned his head with a dark face and questioned Danzo behind him.

The recruitment announcement clearly marked the household registration restriction. Now you've brought a foreigner in. Do you not want to be an elder anymore?

"Monkey, rest assured, she's just here to experience it..."

Just as Danzo was explaining the reason for Uzumaki Mito's participation in the recruitment to his good friends, Uchiha Gin was also educating his little cousin who was startled.

"Izuna, be calm. You're about to be a grandfather, can't you be as calm as me, Mount Tai collapsing in front of you without... huh???"

As a result, before he finished speaking, his peripheral vision caught the three familiar figures who should have gone to buy snacks, and his half-closed fish eyes instantly widened.

"Senior Hikari, Itama, this isn't the queue for buying popcorn, right?"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 541 =====

Seeing that his teammate had not the slightest sense of crisis, Senju Itama hurriedly spoke up to explain.

"Huh!?"

"Uh."

Uzumaki Mito, who was preparing to continue the pleasantries, froze. Another coordinate had appeared on his malice radar, and the malice value was no less than that of Uchiha Hikari.

"Have the enemies increased again?"

Uchiha Zhili, eyes half-closed, exuded a cold and obscure aura. In terms of intensity alone, it was not inferior to Uchiha Hikari.

Seeing this, Uzumaki Mito raised an eyebrow, her full red lips curling slightly. The look in her eyes as she gazed at Uchiha Zhili held a hint of mockery.

Gin-san's charm is truly not small~

Just as the women were at each other's throats, the white-haired one not far away was jumping up and down in a hurry.

"Damn it! How can that curly-hair not even watch over a single person?"

Watching her own younger sister blatantly participate in such a public activity, she was instantly furious, shifting all the blame onto Uchiha Gin, who was equally bewildered.

Senju Itama also felt someone watching her and instinctively turned her head, accurately locating a familiar white-haired figure among the sparse crowd.

The two nodded at each other in tacit understanding, a silent greeting.

Some time ago, under the introduction of Senju Toka, the two had already recognized each other. As an aunt, Senju Itama always had a strange feeling about this big niece who had suddenly appeared, but she couldn't quite put it into words.

"Boom—"

Suddenly, the passage door behind them closed, and Danzo appeared with his subordinates.

"Congratulations to everyone for successfully passing the test."

Danzo looked at the few people in the arena, the smile on his face growing wider. The Uzumaki clan's sealing jutsu was indeed effective; a single statue could eliminate 99.99% of the contestants, greatly shortening the assessment time while reducing the loss of funds.

"Huh? Just this many people? I remember the number of applicants was over five thousand, right?"

The people in the audience were also caught off guard by the suddenly closed passage door. They had thought the first trial would at most weed out more than half of the contestants who were just there to make up the numbers, but it ended up being a mere fraction.

"Truly strict. So many Jonin didn't pass the test. What kind of monsters are the ones left behind?"

Even Jonin-level ninjas would feel fear when facing the malice of the Nine-Tails.

Once negative emotions appeared, elimination on the spot became a certainty.

"Next, you will face the Nine-Tails directly. I hope everyone cherishes their lives. If you really can't take it, you may forfeit."

Although everyone present had signed a life-and-death waiver, a loss of life would ultimately have a negative impact on subsequent activities and hinder his next round of profit-making.

For the sake of sustainable development, he had to ensure that nothing went wrong with this event.

Gulp—

The contestants who had barely passed the first test felt their hearts sink upon hearing this. They looked up at the Nine-Tails card flickering with golden light in the sun and instinctively swallowed their saliva.

"Go for it!"

The first Senju clansman to pass the test gritted his teeth. He had already come this far; how could he retreat now? While others were still watching, he leaped forward, his large, fan-like hand reaching straight for the Nine-Tails card on the high platform.

The future of the Senju clan was bet on this card!

"Uncle Kenta..."

In the audience, Tsunade crossed her hands nervously, her large, watery eyes fixed on the leaping Senju clansman, praying devoutly in her heart.

"Kenta is still too impulsive."

Senju Toka, sitting beside Tsunade, frowned slightly and shook her head.

It wasn't that she didn't think highly of Senju Kenta; on the contrary, compared to Senju Hijiri, who borrowed money from her to compete, she trusted Kenta, the current top expert in the clan, more. But the situation was unclear, and such a rash action would likely not end well.

"Hmph!"

Sure enough, the moment Senju Kenta was about to touch the Nine-Tails, a monstrous malice erupted, and countless negative emotions surged into his brain like a tide.

"Ah!!!"

In less than a second, the negative energy emitted by the Nine-Tails card knocked Senju Kenta unconscious. As an elite Jonin, he didn't even have a chance to resist.

"Quick! Form the formation, guard the barrier!"

The Nine-Tails hummed inside the Tailed Beast card, and the sealing squad outside was struck hard. The red-faced sealing squad leader roared.

To prevent the leaked Tailed Beast chakra from escaping, he ordered all members to maintain the barrier beneath their feet. The purple light curtain became increasingly solid, blocking the fiery red chakra within the barrier.

"Mental exhaustion, brain damage, meridian reversal..."

The medical team, having waited for a long time, quickly stepped forward to perform a preliminary diagnosis on the unconscious Senju Kenta. The series of emergency indicators made the hearts of the surrounding eager contestants race.

"As you all can see, you must act according to your ability."

Danzo looked at Senju Kenta being carried away, a strange look flashing in his eyes.

The strongest of the Senju is nothing more than this.

The Senju clan has fallen.

"I forfeit!"

Soon, someone else stood out, but not to move forward; rather, to retreat. A Yamanaka clansman who had passed the Nine-Tails statue test with his strong mental power raised his hand.

The Yamanaka clansmen, who lived by their mental power, didn't want to bet the rest of their lives on an ethereal knight's dream.

"I forfeit too..."

After all, with Senju Kenta's injury as an example, in a short while, half of the people chose to quit.

"You first?"

Of course, there were those who remained unmoved. Uzumaki Mito raised an eyebrow at Uchiha Hikari with a calm face.

"Are you sure? I'm afraid you won't have the chance."

Uchiha Hikari curled her lips. If she accepted the other's concession like this, she wouldn't feel right even if she got the Tailed Beast card.

"Then I'll go first?"

"No!"

"Then let's see who is faster~"

"Nine-Tails! Can you hear me?"

The scene fell into a stalemate again, but Senju Hijiri took the opportunity to contact the Nine-Tails inside the Tailed Beast card.

"Eh? Human, who are you? How do you know this channel?"

The Nine-Tails, who was dozing in the card, felt a familiar aura and scrambled up. Its huge beastly pupils were full of surprise.

"It's me!"

"You... you were a male before, right? How come it's gone too?"

The Nine-Tails looked at Senju Hijiri in surprise. It saw a male soul in this human female.

Old man, can you see how wild humans play?

"Sigh... we'll talk about this later. I'm here for the Knight System now. Nine-Tails, are you willing to fight with me again?"

Senju Hijiri exhaled a breath of turbid air and solemnly extended an olive branch to the Nine-Tails.

"Since that's the case, this lord will make do."

The Nine-Tails pondered for a few seconds and nodded solemnly.

That white-haired one below seems easy to order around. Anyway, that disaster Uchiha Madara isn't here, so I can finally turn over and be the master~

"Good, I'll be there soon. Hold on, don't get captured by others."

"Who are you looking down on? I, the Nine-Tails, the super-fast Tailed Beast, have never been afraid of anything since I was born... Wah!"

The Nine-Tails patted its chest to guarantee, but the next second, it felt the world spinning.

When it opened its eyes again, the Nine-Tails discovered in horror that the card it lived in was being pinched by two women at the same time.

"Maybe you shouldn't come. I'm afraid they'll misunderstand." (End of chapter)