Chapter 138 Trivia

"It is of course impossible to give up the Iwagakure Village, but it is still necessary to cut costs and replace the Tsuchikage."

"And you heard what the Tsuchikage said just now. Go and make some arrangements. Find a way to prevent those people from taking part in the Chunin Exam. Do it in a covert way. You understand what I mean, right?"

The Daimyo of the Land of Earth hinted to his entourage to take action against the Genin who were taking the Chunin Exam.

"Yes, Lord Daimyo."

The entourage of the Daimyo of the Land of Earth agreed and began to make preparations.

……

The residence of the Fairy Tail guild members.

"President, I want to open the second source of magic."

Because of his failure in the Chunin Exam, Gray decided to activate the second source of magic to increase his strength, so he secretly found President Makarov and asked for his help.

"Gray, have you thought it through? The pain you will have to endure when you open the second magic source is beyond your imagination. Have you really thought it through?"

President Makarov said earnestly.

"President, I have thought it through. You can start now."

Gray had taken off his clothes at some point and was waiting for President Makarov to carve a magic circle on his body to activate the second source of magic.

"Okay, now that you've thought it through, let's get started now."

President Makarov carved a magic circle on Gray's body to activate the second source of magic.

After President Makarov completed the magic circle on Gray, he couldn't help but ask another question.

"Gray, it's not too late for you to regret now."

"I won't regret it, President. You can activate the magic circle now."

Gray said with determination.

"Then I will activate the magic circle. If you can't hold on any longer, be sure to tell me in time."

President Makarov warned Gray and then activated the magic circle.

The moment the magic circle was activated, Gray felt intense pain bursting out all over his body. He wanted to scream out to release the pain, but for him now, it was a luxury.

"Gray, can you hold on? If you can't, you must tell me."

President Makarov couldn't bear to see Gray in pain, so he wanted to stop activating the magic circle of the second magic source.

"President, I can still..."

Gray squeezed out a few words from between his teeth, telling President Makarov that he could make it.

"I know, please stop talking."

President Makarov understood what Gray meant, and told Gray to save his strength and get through this pain.

……

When Gray was activating the second source of magic, Kamui found Madara's doppelganger and gave him Hashirama's cell eye drops.

"It can relieve your current symptoms to a certain extent, but it can only relieve them. Don't rely on it too much."

After Kamui gave the Hashirama cell eye drops to Madara's duplicate, he gave instructions.

"Is there no cure for this?"

Madara's duplicate wants to solve the problem of the Mangekyō Sharingan once and for all.

"There is a way. It is to replace the Mangekyō Sharingan with a pair of your own blood relatives, so that the Mangekyō Sharingan can evolve into the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan. This way, you don't have to worry about going blind."

Kamui told the method to the Madara duplicate, intending to see what choice the Madara duplicate would make.

"This...this is too cruel. I can't do it."

After listening to the method given by Kamui, Madara's duplicate chose to give up.

“Never lose yourself in the pursuit of great power. In the end, you will find that you have lost far more than you have gained.”

After Kamui finished speaking, he disappeared in a cloud of smoke with a bang. Yes, this was just Kamui's shadow clone. Kamui's real body was still busy in the office of the police department.

Madara's duplicate was thinking about the words Kamui left before he left. Although Madara's duplicate didn't understand why Kamui said such words to him, he kept these words firmly in his mind.

……

The residence of Iwagakure Village.

The Tsuchikage came back from the Daimyo of the Land of Earth, and as soon as he came back, he found a letter on his desk.

The Tsuchikage did not immediately open the letter to check its contents, but instead called his subordinates to inquire about the situation.

"Has anyone come into my room today?"

"Tsuchikage-sama, no one has entered your room since you left."

After the subordinate answered, the Tsuchikage sent him away and opened the letter himself. The content of the letter was very short, with only one sentence.

"The laboratory where Tobirama conducts human experiments is in the director's office at Konoha Hospital."

After reading it, Tsuchikage immediately destroyed the letter and at the same time gained more confidence in his plan.

Although the Tsuchikage didn't know why the person who sent him the letter did this, he believed that the information in the letter was absolutely true. As for who sent the letter and what the purpose behind it was, the Tsuchikage couldn't care less now.

Every move of the Tsuchikage was seen clearly by Black Zetsu who was hiding in the dark.

When Black Zetsu saw that the Tsuchikage showed some confidence on his face after reading the letter, he knew that he had already succeeded half way, and the other half could only be known during the Chunin Exam.

Seeing that his plan was going smoothly, Hei Zetsu did not stay long and disappeared into the earth.

That’s right, the person who sent the letter to the Tsuchikage was Black Zetsu.

Because of Hokage Madara's betrayal, Black Zetsu is no longer just thinking about revenge on Kamui. He has set his sights on the entire Konoha Village. Only by destroying Konoha Village can he quell his anger.

It’s hard to fool Indra’s reincarnation in this generation, so just wait for the next generation. Black Zetsu has plenty of time anyway, so he doesn’t care about these few decades.

Another reason is that Future Kamui has been chasing Black Zetsu too closely recently and almost caught him several times. Black Zetsu also plans to hide for a while and wait for the storm to pass before coming out to stir up trouble.

Black Zetsu appeared on the cliff of Hokage Rock, overlooking the entire Konoha Village and said.

"I will come back again, and by then I will destroy Konoha Village with my own hands."

Black Zetsu looked at the prosperous Konoha Village below, made up his mind, and completely disappeared from the ninja world.

……

On the streets of Konoha Village.

Metron ignored the pointing and strange looks from others and completed his training plan meticulously. Although others thought that Metron was mentally abnormal, Metron himself did not think so.

"If you can't frog jump around Konoha Village ten times, then punch it ten thousand times."

When Metron was restraining himself and strictly enforcing it, a discordant voice came from the side.

"Hey, isn't this Metron, the last-place student in the Ninja School?"

A group of Genin from Konoha Village surrounded Metron and blocked his way. The person who spoke just now was the leader of this group of Genin.

Metron turned a deaf ear and continued to complete his training.

Metron's action made the leader of this small group feel despised and angry.

"Metro, I'm talking to you."

The leader of the small group kicked Metron as he spoke, wanting to knock him down to prove his own strength.

The leader of the small group kicked, but Metron dodged it easily. However, because of the dodging, Metron failed to complete his training.

Metron wanted to leave here and go to the training ground to practice punching with wooden stakes, but a group of people from the small group blocked Metron's way and prevented him from leaving.

"I hit you and you dared to hide. Don't think I can't do anything to you after you leave the Ninja School."

The leader of the small group threatened.

"Get out of the way and don't interfere with my training."

This was the first time that Metron had a face-to-face conversation with the leader of a small group.

"Did I hear you correctly? You just told me to get out of the way and not interfere with your training. You were just lucky to pass the previous Chunin exams. Do you really think that's your strength?"

"Brothers, beat this loser for me, so that he won't make a fool of himself in the Chunin Exam and bring shame to our Konoha Village."

The leader of the small group gave a call and a group of people prepared to beat up Metron.

At this point, it has become clear that the people in this small group are also the Genin who will be taking part in the Chunin Exam this time.

However, the members of this small group were all Genin who were eliminated in the Chunin Exam. When they learned that Metron, who was the last in the Ninja School, passed the previous Chunin Exams, they were indignant. So, led by the leader of that small group, they united them together and prepared to teach Metron a lesson and send him to Konoha Hospital, so that he could not take part in the final exam.

Everything went just as they planned, they blocked Metron and gave him a good beating.

But when the small group started to take action, they were surprised to find that their fists and feet could not touch the corners of Metron's clothes at all. What surprised them even more was that Metron's movements were not at all messy. He moved among the crowd with ease, like a butterfly flying through flowers.

This small group couldn't believe what they saw. The one who used to be the last in the ninja school had grown into someone they needed to look up to.

For them, a loser like Metron should be trampled under their feet all his life, and the strength displayed by Metron now is something they absolutely do not want to see, so naturally they will not allow Metron to become stronger than them.

"He only knows Taijutsu. We should keep a distance from him and suppress him with kunai or shuriken. Then we can find a chance to use Ninjutsu and Genjutsu on him."

The leader of the small group woke everyone up with a word, hit the point, and arranged a detailed plan.

The whole small group quickly distanced themselves from Metron, kunai and shurikens rained down on him, suppressing him, and then they began to prepare ninjutsu and genjutsu.

Seeing that these people were already murderous, Metron stopped just dodging and started to fight back.

Metron burst out with astonishing speed and knocked down a Genin easily with one punch. The knocked-down Genin lay on the ground retching, obviously having lost his ability to fight.

After defeating this small group, Metron went directly to the training ground he had longed for, and practiced punching with wooden stakes without even looking at these people again.