Chapter 634 : The Butterfly Effect! (Patreon)

To everyone's shock, Sakura was able to break Ino's Mind Transfer jutsu and force Ino out of her body! Everyone was surprised for a variety of reasons.

Fujin couldn't help but look at Kakashi and wonder, ‘If her talent at Yin and Yang release is so good, why did he never teach her anything related to it? From what I recall, he did know that she had the potential to learn Genjutsu. But apart from how to break it, Sakura didn't know any Genjutsu…’

Fujin couldn't make any sense of Kakashi's training plan to his students. If not for the fact that Fujin pushed Naruto to bother him, he wouldn't have put them through intense physical training either.

The only saving grace for Kakashi was that he had his students for less than a year, following which he didn't have much opportunity to train them as they found new teachers. However, a year was still a very long time. When compared to the methodological training of Renjiro, Kakashi lacked quite a bit.

Fujin's gaze turned back to Sakura and Ino. Both were very low on chakra due to their mental battle. Both girls ran at each other at full speed and punched each other with all their might! Their punches landed on each other's cheeks, sending both girls flying as they crashed into the ground.

After a few seconds of lying, both Sakura and Ino tried their best to get up. Ino barely managed to raise her upper body but soon collapsed and passed out. However, Sakura was able to get up though she remained seated on the floor. Her breathing was extremely erratic as she muttered, “Did I win? I beat Ino?”

Having grown up looking up to Ino, Sakura was in disbelief about finally winning against her. Naruto immediately began cheering loudly. Every ninja looked at Sakura admirably for her hard-fought victory! Well, nearly everyone. There was one exception.

Even though there was no change on his face, Fujin's mood wasn't good. He nearly blurted out ‘Uh-oh!’ when he saw Sakura staying up!

Fujin thought, ‘Ugh! This is my fault. Sakura's physique is much better due to the torture Kakashi put them through. That's why she won that exchange.

Shit! This victory could have a lot of impact. Now there will be 10 finalists instead of 9! Due to Sakura, the matchups could change…

The finals were decisive moments for several important characters. Be it Neji finding the right path due to his loss against Naruto or Temari and Shikamaru's battle.

While I don't particularly care if Neji keeps believing in bullshit fate, if Shikamaru doesn't become a Chunin, it'll have an impact later.

Of course, the biggest issue is Gaara and Sasuke's match. If that matchup doesn't occur, then Gaara wouldn't get injured and lose control over himself. It would mean that Shukaku would break loose in the middle of the stadium! That would change too many things. The biggest change could be that Naruto might not get an opportunity to use the invincible Talk-no-jutsu!’

The next match between Temari and Tenten began. However, Fujin paid no attention to that battle. Instead, his mind was calculating dozens of possible scenarios simultaneously.

Temari won her battle and Shikamaru and Kin began their fight. Fujin let out a long breath and thought, ‘If Sasuke and Gaara don't end up fighting, then the future will change too much. I can handle Shukaku, but Gaara won't turn over a new leaf without Naruto's influence.

That would mean that he wouldn't become the Fifth Kazekage and would stay as a bloodthirsty killing machine. In that case…’

Fujin glanced at Gaara and decided, ‘If that's the case, then there's no advantage in letting him live. I'll extract Shukaku from his body and seal him within myself! Even though that would attract Akatsuki towards me, I'm not afraid.

If they send their weaker members, I'll just kill them. If Obito or Nagato show up, I might still have some chances of killing them if I get lucky. Even if Obito and Nagato attack me simultaneously, I can easily escape. Heck, even if Madara is revived, he can't stop me from escaping since I've no intention of sacrificing myself like Tobirama or Minato.

So, there is no disadvantage in sealing Shukaku in me. On the contrary, the advantages are so good that I am tempted to do it even if Sasuke and Gaara are paired against each other...’

Fujin was tempted to make a move against Gaara during the invasion. However, he controlled himself. A small move he made against Kakashi to entertain himself resulted in so many complications. Something as major as Gaara's death would have far-reaching consequences in the future.

Fujin wanted to be sure that none of those consequences would end up biting his ass before he made any move. Thankfully, there was a month for him to consider everything.

Shikamaru won the match against Kin and Naruto and Kiba faced off against each other in the 7th match of the day. Fujin stopped worrying about the things he couldn't control and paid attention to the two Genins with some interest. He thought, ‘Now this should be interesting. He is much stronger now. Will he defeat Kiba with his own strength or will he fart his way to the finals?’

Hayate announced, “Well then, BEGIN!”

Kiba immediately crouched down and used the Ninja Art of Beast Mimicry: Four Legs technique. Displaying incredible speed, he reached Naruto and elbowed him, sending him flying. He crashed into the ground and didn't get up.

Nearly everyone present expected such a scene. Kakashi and Sakura looked at each other and smiled. Meanwhile, Fujin watched with a deadpan expression. Unlike the rest, he was speechless! He barely managed to resist the urge to facepalm himself.

He cursed internally, ‘This dumb brat! He took that hit intentionally! He didn't even try to dodge or block the hit! Shit, what has he been learning? Couldn't he take 1% of his Sensei's shamelessness? That bastard is always three hours late and always shows up while carrying porn in his hands!’

To say Fujin was disappointed was an understatement. Even though he didn't accept Naruto as his student, he guided him quite a bit. Even though he hadn't attempted to change Naruto's original personality, he didn't expect to see him doing something so foolish.

Fujin muttered to himself, ‘Looks like I haven't made him suffer enough. I have to do something to ensure that he doesn't do anything like this again.’

Naruto, who had just gotten up, suddenly shivered. He wondered, ‘What the hell was that? Why do I feel like someone wants to put me through hell? Is it Kiba? No, his punch wasn't strong enough!’

The excitement he was feeling about taking that punch like a champion died down due to that unexpected feeling. Even so, he didn't shy away from boasting and taunting Kiba.

Fujin watched as Kiba stopped underestimating Naruto and attacked him with Akamaru. Just like in the original story, he fell to Naruto's Transformation jutsu and Shadow Clone jutsu combination and ended up being bitten by Naruto.

His performance ended up surprising everyone who knew about him earlier but hadn't caught up on his progress. Everyone began looking at him in a new light. Quite a few wondered what Kakashi had done to make him so good. However, what would have they thought if they knew Fujin's thoughts about Kakashi's teachings?

Kiba finally became serious. He fed Akamaru a soldier pill and ate one himself as well. Akamaru dispelled Naruto's clone and rushed towards Kiba who crouched down and said, “Let's do it, Akamaru! Ninja Art of Beast Mimicry!”
“Woof woof!”
‘Man Beast Clone!’

Akamaru transformed into Kiba and both looked at Naruto with a feral look. Naruto immediately complained, “The look in his eyes is freaking me out! Hey, isn't this considered doping? Is this allowed?”

Hayate replied, “It's permitted. The soldier pills are just like other Ninja tools.”

“You are no help! You always say that!” Naruto shouted at Hayate. Kiba immediately went on the assault and used the Four Legs Technique once again. Both he and Akamaru attacked Naruto at high speeds. Luckily, Naruto wasn't as slow as his canon counterpart and managed to barely dodge their attacks each time.

Naruto thought, ‘Shit! He's very fast. I don't have any time to counterattack!’

He quickly dodged another attack while thinking, ‘Even if I could, I can't identify which one of them is Kiba. If I counterattack Akamaru but get hit by Kiba, I'll lose! I need to do something…’

Naruto dodged another couple of attacks and began weaving hand signs. Kiba immediately saw it and thought, ‘Which jutsu is he using? No matter, I won't let him use it.’

He immediately went on the offensive. At the same time, Akamaru attacked from the opposite side, leaving Naruto no space to dodge. Naruto immediately gathered chakra under his feet and jumped high above to dodge their attacks.

However, Kiba grinned and thought, ‘There's my chance!’
He shouted, “Take this! Man-Beast Ultimate Taijutsu: Fang Over Fang!”

Kiba and Akamaru both rotated their bodies at high speeds and moved towards Naruto who couldn't dodge them in the air. Naruto immediately thought in panic, ‘They are in the position I wanted, but what the hell is this?’

He completed his hand seals and took a deep breath.
‘Wind Release: Great Breakthrough jutsu’