Chapter 115

"Everyone, welcome to the Cat Country."

"I am the Lynx Elder of the ninja cat clan, and the one beside me has the same status as me."

"Next, we will be responsible for assessing you all."

"As long as you can pass our assessment, you will be able to meet our King directly and get what you want."

The slender and delicate Lynx Elder squinted his eyes and said to everyone; through some kind of Yin Release secret technique, his voice was enough to cover the entire venue, allowing all the ninja cats to hear clearly.

The ninja cats revealed excited expressions; for the cat clan that loved to play, such a scene was not common.

At the same time, the Lynx Elder looked at Mizunuki Eiro in the crowd extremely subtly, as if there was another meaning.

The Lynx Elder's gaze was extremely subtle; except for Mizunuki Ryosuke, who had been staring at him, it seemed that no one else noticed.

Seeing this, a flash of depth flickered in Ryosuke's eyes.

Sure enough, when he saw the state of Mizunuki Eiro's team, he felt that there was another problem in it.

Now looking at it, it was indeed so.

Whether it was personal strength or squad strength, Mizunuki Eiro's team was far behind the Hozuki squad.

There was no reason for Hozuki Mangetsu to be so disheveled after breaking through the first two levels, while Mizunuki Eiro looked like a person who had nothing to do.

This could not be solved by a simple "luck."

So there was only one answer.

Since Mizunuki Ryosuke could get the help of Boss Cat and skip the first two levels in one go, then perhaps Mizunuki Eiro also had contact with a certain high-level official in the cat clan, and thus got the help of the other party; this was not impossible.

Now it seems that it was very likely that the one helping Mizunuki Eiro behind the scenes was this Lynx Elder.

"This is interesting..."

Mizunuki Ryosuke squinted his eyes; with Boss Cat's advance notification, Ryosuke already knew the form of the assessment.

Then presumably Mizunuki Eiro should also have known the content of the next level.

It seems that only Hozuki Mangetsu was still kept in the dark.

"Next, I will announce the specific rules."

"Since you all came to the Cat Country in the form of squads, our side will also respond to you all in the form of squads."

"We will send three squads composed entirely of ninja cats to fight against your squad members respectively."

"The winning side can send one person to choose to challenge one of me or the elder beside me."

"As long as you can pass our test, you will obtain the qualification to meet our King."

The Lynx Elder said slowly, and the general rules were about the same as Ryosuke's estimation.

"For the sake of fairness."

"The battle will be conducted in a one-on-one form."

"Each member within the squad can only appear once."

"Add one rule."

"The side that loses each battle must be the first to send out the members for the next battle."

Finally, the Lynx Elder announced all the rules, and then jumped out of the colosseum with Boss Cat beside him, leaving the venue to the three squads.

Upon hearing this seemingly useless supplementary rule, a flash of sharpness bloomed in Mizunuki Ryosuke's eyes.

As the two elders left, several cats appeared and used ninjutsu to divide the colosseum into three parts, just separating the three squads and forming three arenas.

At the same time, from the three directions of the colosseum, three squads with completely different auras also entered the arena respectively.

The three ninja cat squads sent by the cat clan to assess everyone also looked extremely interesting.

But judging from the configuration of these three ninja cat squads, the cat clan's test could be considered to have brought "fairness" to the extreme.

From the physical characteristics of these ninja cats, as well as the auras emitted from their bodies, one could faintly judge the strength of these ninja cats.

The four ninja cats that Ryosuke's squad was fighting against had an extremely formidable aura from the leader, who should be the strongest among all the ninja cats fighting.

And the remaining three beside the strongest were weaker.

This also extremely conformed to the configuration of Ryosuke's squad.

Likewise, on Mizunuki Eiro's side, among the four ninja cats, two had auras slightly weaker than the remaining two.

It just corresponded to the configuration of two Jonin and two Elite Jonin in Mizunuki Eiro's squad.

Finally, on Hozuki Mangetsu's side, the auras of the four ninja cats were all extremely formidable, also considered the one with the strongest balanced strength.

Knowing the level of the opponents and the arrangements of the cat clan, a flash of interest flickered in Mizunuki Ryosuke's eyes.

Mizunuki Ryosuke originally thought that this level mainly assessed combat power.

Just didn't expect that the cat clan would arrange it this way; the one-on-one battle method, as well as the strength distribution in the squad, created the possibility of manipulating victory or defeat with "tactics."

To advance, one must win at least three victories in the battle.

Besides competing in strength, it seems there were other ways.

Thinking of this, a flash of sharpness flickered in Mizunuki Ryosuke's eyes.

"Since everyone understands the rules, let's start directly."

As everyone was in place, the Lynx Elder directly announced the start of the competition.

On Mizunuki Ryosuke's side, the other party played a trump card as soon as they appeared, directly sending out the strongest ninja cat in the squad.

It could be seen that this was a ninja cat that was quite combative.

Although it could not be compared with Boss Cat watching from the side, compared with other ninja cats, this ninja cat's body was much larger.

At the same time, a strong fighting spirit erupted from this ninja cat's body, his eyes staring tightly at Mizunuki Ryosuke, without the slightest retreat; his purpose was also very direct, as if he wanted to challenge the strongest in Ryosuke's squad.

"Interesting."

A trace of a smile appeared in Ryosuke's eyes.

Simply not hesitating, he directly stepped into the arena.

Seeing Ryosuke about to fight, the remaining three in the squad stepped back one after another; for Mizunuki Ryosuke's strength, they had absolute trust.

Hidden Mist Village, the Jonin watching the battle through the Water Curtain Technique all perked up at this moment, watching the competition on the water curtain intently.

After tossing and turning for so many days, they finally waited for the main event.

The Jonin were all excited, waiting for the performance of the three squads.

Only Maeda Tian Yuanshi's eyes flickered, looking at Mizunuki Ryosuke on the screen.

Few people knew that this level was actually arranged by Maeda Tian Yuanshi himself.

"Wanting to shoulder the name of Mizukage cannot be done by force alone."

"Will, faith, perseverance, tolerance, strength, resourcefulness..."

"These are all indispensable."

"Ryosuke, let me see just how far you can go!"

Maeda Tian Yuanshi said secretly in his heart, while sending a piece of information to all the Jonin sitting there.

"What is this?"

The Jonin were all startled, and after reading it, they understood the content of the information.

This was actually a detailed profile of the two sides fighting on the screen, which summarized the combat power of the total twelve people and twelve cats according to the difference in combat power.

The combat power of most of the fighting sides was extremely average.

But when a ninja turned to Ryosuke's squad and the ninja cat they were fighting against, he couldn't help but frown.

Squad evaluation.

Hidden Mist

Mizunuki Ryosuke: Strength Rating S+

Mizunuki Hikari: Strength Rating B+

Terumi Mei: Strength Rating B

Takeda Yoichi: Strength Rating B-

Cat Country

Neko no Suke: Strength Rating S-

Cat One: Strength Rating A-

Cat Two: Strength Rating B+

Cat Three: Strength Rating B

A Jonin was surprised to find that the ninja cat team fighting Ryosuke's squad, except for Ryosuke's rating being higher than the opponent, the strength of the other members of the squad was completely crushed by the other party.

"Squad Leader Maeda, is such an arrangement somewhat unfair to Ryosuke's squad?"