The glory of victory belongs to Uchiha Sasuke. Although it is only a fame at the level of a Genin, it is at least the beginning of his rise to fame.

This world is so realistic. The ones that attract the most attention are always the first and the strongest. As for the excuses of narrow defeat, bad luck, or poor performance, they are always the self-consolation of the losers. Others may say so, but if you take them seriously, you will be laughed at.

Sasuke, who was accepting praise alone off the court, was intoxicated by the cheers and compliments at first, but after a moment, the desire for revenge in his heart was like a glutton, devouring the slight sense of satisfaction in his heart and urging him to constantly seek stronger power.

"The strongest Genin? What a meaningless title!"

This reputation that was meaningless for revenge was quickly forgotten by Sasuke.

It is very likely that after this Chunin Exam, I will be promoted to Chunin, but what should I do next?

The stronger you are, the stronger your desire to become. What should you do if you can't find a way to become stronger in Konoha Village?

He touched the curse seal and evil-sealing seal on the left side of his neck and still felt a little hot. Without the strength given by these seals, Sakura and I might have been in a tough battle. Although we wouldn't necessarily lose, victory would not be as natural as it was back then.

Thinking of this, Sasuke looked thoughtfully in the direction of Mizuki in the stands. The alert Mizuki seemed to feel the gaze and met Sasuke's meaningful eyes.

When the Heaven's Curse Seal erupted, it not only brought strength to Sasuke, but also a faint familiar breath came from the stands not far away. That feeling of resonance that came from the same source was not only noticed by Sasuke, but Mizuki naturally would not ignore it either.

"It seems that every famous and powerful person in the village has a secret existence that is unknown to the public."

As time goes by, his knowledge is not as limited as before, and his views on some things are also changing, but one thing has never changed, and that is his desire to kill Uchiha Itachi with his own hands.

"Your desire for revenge hasn't weakened at all? It seems Kakashi's persuasion has had little effect!"

Shuimu shook his head with some regret. Of course, he could also lecture him shamelessly.

"If you take your life for revenge, it's just a waste of time."

Mizuki can talk about this kind of chicken soup for the soul, and he can talk about it for half a day without repeating himself. But if there is no empathy, what is the point of talking more? Hatake Kakashi has proved through practice that these are useless.

If someone hurts Xiaochun, what would you do? Kill the person first, then talk about reason!

If you think about it this way, Sasuke's way of thinking is not hard to understand. The only regret is that you know that he has been deceived by false information and is going further and further down the wrong path, but you have no way of telling him this helpless feeling!

…

In a spacious and bright ward in Konoha Hospital, the Takinin girl with short blue-green hair opened her eyes and looked at the white sheets and the simply decorated ward with some confusion.

"Where is this?"

Fu sorted out her thoughts and remembered that she seemed to have been careless during the Chunin Exam, and then she opened her eyes and found herself lying here.

"Did I lose?"

Although I don't particularly care about the results of the Chunin Exam, I will always be unhappy if I lose. My perfunctory attitude might even make the village chief angry!

While thinking about it, Fu wanted to move her body, but she felt piercing pain all over her body, especially her left leg, which seemed to be wrapped in a thick layer of plaster and she could not move at all.

Fu, who was grimacing in pain, couldn't help but gasp. The noise also alerted Tochi and Kun who had been waiting outside the door.

"Fu, you're awake, that's great."

Although the medical ninja of Konoha had said that it was nothing serious, it might take some time to recover from the broken left leg. If it were an ordinary person, it might take at least one or two months, but Fu was a Jinchūriki, not as fragile as ordinary ninjas, and she could walk around in ten days or half a month. In addition, Fu had the ability to fly, so there was basically no need to worry about her being unable to move.

"What time is it now?"

Looking at the sky outside the window, it seems to be getting late.

"There was quite a commotion at the stadium just now. It should be almost over. I wonder which scary guy will win. I didn't expect Lian Fu to be defeated!"

"Kun, stop talking!"

After leaving the Anbu, Kun, who seemed to be a little careless in his words and deeds, made the leader Tochi a little dissatisfied. He wanted to teach him a lesson, but suddenly, a huge cheer came from the direction of the stadium. The excitement there could be felt even from such a distance.

"That's great!" Fu felt a little regretful that she was not there during such a lively moment. "I wonder who won."

"Whoever he is, he's an incredible monster."

Usually, those so-called geniuses in the village are all so arrogant, as if in their hands, it would be easy to make Takinin the sixth largest ninja village, and it would be realized as long as they grow up. This time, after seeing the true foundation of the five major ninja villages, I wonder if there will still be these ignorant frogs in the well who are still making noises.

"If there's nothing else, shall we go back early?"

"Eh? I haven't had enough fun yet. I haven't even made a hundred friends yet."

In fact, if we exclude those street vendors and ignorant children whose names I can’t even tell, there may be less than five.

"Don't be willful, Fu." Tochi lowered his voice and said, "I always feel like someone is watching us. Maybe we have been exposed a long time ago."

"Exposed?" Kun asked nervously, "Do you mean our strength or Fu's true identity?"

It would be fine if only Tochi and Kun, disguised as Genin, exposed those things. But if the news that Fu was the Jinchūriki leaked, that would be a huge trouble for Takigakure.

"I don't know. No matter what, Fu's safety must be guaranteed. Once the dust settles, we will leave immediately!"

…

Not far from the hospital ward, Shuimu's clone, who was using the breath-concealing technique to hide his body, had already noticed the movement in Fu's ward, but did not take any action. Instead, he was paying attention to the monitors outside the window, on the rooftop, and disguised as doctors.

"Anbu? No, it's Danzo's people. They're really haunting us!"

Tracking the Jinchūriki is not a problem, but after Tsunade made it clear that she would take over the affairs of the Seven-Tails Jinchūriki, she still sent such a force to monitor him carefully, which was obviously an act with ulterior motives!