Kasi Cair

Ch153. Chunin Exams: Ino vs Sakura, the power of friendship!?

The two girls came to the arena, and Sakura instantly pointed at Ino as she confidently exclaimed, "Give up, Ino-pig! You can never defeat me! I trained with Sasuke-kun for over a year now!" She proudly raised her nose into the air, making Ino give her a baffled look.

But Ino shook her surprise quickly enough and ruefully chuckled in response, "I'll admit that getting through that heavy-duty shield you call your forehead is going to be challenging, Sakura, but I don't foresee anything e...

Ch152. Chunin Exam: Unfortunate match-ups? No! Just more rigged shit.

"Good fight." Ren said as Hinata came back from the arena.

"I just wish he would pull the stick out of his ass." With a small, fed-up sigh, Hinata replied before she unceremoniously snuggled into Ren's side.

Ren was about to reply, but his words were halted when the proctor announced the next fight.

"Next match, Sabaku no Temari versus Tenten! Come to the arena, please!"

Ren's eyebrow raised at that. Another canon pairing pretty much confirmed that the picks were, in f...

Ch151. Chunin Exams: This shit is so rigged 2

Sasuke Uchiha stood opposite Midare from Ame, both sizing each other up as the proctor, Hayate Gekko, approached them and stood between them.

"Cough, are both participants ready?" He asked, giving each of them a measuring look, his eyes stopping for a moment on Sasuke when he noticed the tightness around his eyes, indicating that the boy was in pain.

Hayate's eyes slid toward the boy's neck, but then he quickly averted his gaze before Sasuke could notice and looked at the Ame ninj...

Ch150. Chunin Exams: This shit is so rigged

"How did you know?" Ren curiously asked, slightly breathless after Hinata finally pulled away from the kiss.

Don't get him wrong, he didn't really feel bad about it, and he knew Hinata was not admonishing him for it. He was upfront about the kiss and the surprising feelings he felt toward Konan after their first meeting. He told Hinata and Ino that he was attracted to her, too.

He also explained that he didn't think anything would ever come out of it, because, well, they were on d...

Ch149. How did she know?

Ren sneaked into the arena where the preliminary rounds for the last part of the Chunin Exams were going to take place and anchored himself on the roof while he watched the Hokage give his speech to the participants.

Funnily enough, the final number was the same as in canon. Ren could not really say if this was some kind of 'fate' or just a coincidence, and he decided not to bother thinking about it.

The Sound Team and Kabuto's Team were dead, but in their stead, there were Karui ...

Ch148. Sightseeing in Amegakure

While Konoha's higher-ups were experiencing trouble due to Orochimaru, Kumo, and Hinata, Ren was happily sitting on the edge of a building in Amegakure, clad in his Tobi costume while humming to himself under the rain as he swung his legs back and forth.

It was great! He was not fully sure his new anti-sensory seal could cloak him properly, but considering he was in Ame a couple of days already and nobody seemed to notice just yet, he marked the seal as a tentative success.

If he ...

Ch147. Chunin Exams: Hokage

Hiruzen Sarutobi sat in the council room with his advisors, elders, and the department and clan heads, a tense atmosphere permeating the room.

"How?" He asked in a deep, grave tone, the brim of his hat lowering to cover his very unamused gaze. Despite that, the massive angry frown peeking from underneath the hat still told everybody everything they needed to know about his current mood.

"How could Orochimaru infiltrate the village so easily? Pass through the detection barrier as i...

Ch146. Chunin Exams: Hinata 2

"Got you, girl. Be good, don't resist, and nobody needs to get hurt."

Hinata heard from one of the four Kumo ninjas surrounding her from all sides, and couldn't help but feel her lips twitch in amusement. What kind of kidnapper tells their victim that?

Seriously, these people...

Halfway through her and her friends' run to the Tower, Hinata suddenly noticed six Kumo ninjas gaining on them. She recognized them as some of the Jonin accompanying Kumo genin teams and instantly wo...

Ch145. Chunin Exams: Ambush

"Come on, guys! Give it your all! We need to defeat these two to rescue Hinata-chan!" Naruto exclaimed as he evaded a punch and tried to return it with a kick, but his opponent easily side-stepped. They swung a kunai at his neck, but had to abandon the attack mid-motion and jump back because of Sakura's kunai that almost hit them.

"Agh! We know you idiot!" Sakura and Kiba yelled at the same time, but neither lost focus. 

"If you have energy to talk, then attack harder!" Sakur...

Ch144. Chunin Exams: Hinata

"You have no scroll?" Kiba asked, giving Team Seven an incredulous look that had them avert their eyes in embarrassment. Sasuke took it especially hard because it was he who, in his rage, used the fireball technique and happened to set Dosu's pouches on fire, accidentally burning their scroll.

Neji's team had already left, Neji almost dragging his half-heartedly protesting teammates away, the second Hinata had seen to Lee's ruptured eardrums.

So, it was only her team and Team Seve...

Ch143. Chunin Exams: Sakura

After Ren left to deal with the bespectacled, gray-haired Konoha genin, who was clearly hiding his prowess, he had her tail in the forest, Hinata turned toward her unconscious teammates and let out a fond sigh.

She disliked knocking them out. It felt a bit like hurting them, even if she had done no damage to them. The way she utilized her gentle fist, they should wake up completely revitalized and energized, too.

She could even argue it was beneficial to them.

But she still ...

Ch142. Chunin Exams: Shikamaru

Ino, Shikamaru, and Choji were lucky, and their entry gate was quite close to the meeting area. They were waiting until everybody got into position, so the chunin in front of them would finally open the gates. The anticipation was palpable in the air, and Ino was nearly vibrating with smug anticipation that was throwing Shikamaru slightly off.

That troublesome blonde. Sigh.

Shikamaru wanted to shake his head, but it was too much effort. 

He also didn't want to give Ino ...

Ch141. Chunin Exams: Kabuto & Orochimaru

Ren, clad in his Tobi costume, stood on a branch high in the canopy, watching Kabuto and his team resting on the ground under him.

Finding their team was no problem. Hinata did all the work for him already. She did not call him in a random location in the Forest. Instead, she was following Kabuto with her eyes while staying a kilometer away from him.

And while sensing techniques were nice, there was a reason why the Hyuga clan with their eyes was so precious to Konoha. No normal c...

Ch140. Chunin Exams: Ren's target

Ren watched the whole interaction between Anko, Ino, and Orochimaru, laughing at how it ended for Ino.

She had definitely lost that one, and the Yamanaka girl knew it. She also knew that quite a few of the participants had noticed.

Oh, how that must burn her ego.

This was also why he wanted his girls to go through the Chunin Exams. They were powerful. No doubt about that. But they still lacked a whole lot of experience.

Ino could mindscrew many ninjas into doubting the...

Ch139. Chunin Exams: Meeting with teams

"Hello, guys." Hinata greeted her and Ino's teams when they came closer.

Ino threw her own, "Yo." at them with a cheerful grin and a small hand wave, knowing full well that it would offend Kurenai's sensibilities about propriety.

At first, she did these kinds of things because she heard Ren describe the woman as beautiful. It was plain jealousy. And she only intended to do it a few times.

Then she noticed Kurenai's subtle reactions to it, and Ino just couldn't help herself. ...

Ch138. Chunin Exams: Scouting the opposition

Hinata and Ino came to the entrance of the Forest of Death, seeing that some teams were already gathered and waiting for the Exams to start.

The teams did not seem to interact much. Everybody was more or less in their own claimed place with their teammates, away from other teams.

Hinata smiled to herself at that. Clearly, they all recognized that the next task would make each other enemies, so everybody was already wary. She would not put it past certain participants to use subtle...

Ch137. A proper ninja brings his bed with him

It took both Naruto and Ren to physically restrain the enraged Kankuro and prevent him from strangling the Third Hokage's grandson with a noodle.

It really did not help that Konohamaru was a little misbehaved and spoiled brat, who had the audacity to laugh in Kankuro's face instead of apologizing.

Honestly, Ren felt a bit off. He had no idea if the scene with Konohamaru was going to happen. And he expected to be firmly on Konohamaru's side if it did happen because the canon Kankur...

Ch136. Retribution of the ramen gods

"This is a ramen stand." Kankuro flatly said to Ren as he sat down on a chair in the Ichiraku. He expected something different when Ren claimed to take them to the 'best restaurant in Konoha'.

Even Temari seemed a bit let down, but she was hiding it well enough. Gaara and Baki, however, didn't seem to care at all and instantly went to sit on the other side of the stall, Baki whispering something in a hushed tone to the disgruntled Gaara.

Ren inwardly shrugged, not bothering with t...

Ch135. The Suna team

Ren stood with his back to the gate entry booth, speaking with bored Kotetsu and Izumo while waiting for the Sabaku siblings and their Jonin Instructor to arrive. The ANBU had already sent a message that they had seen them a few kilometers outside of Konoha, so they should be here any moment now.

"Don't even start. The Chunin Exams period is always very hectic." Izumo complained while resting his chin on his hand.

"Yeah, yeah. Too many foreign ninjas strolling into our village, an...

Ch134. Problems in the paradise and orders

"Can you believe it!?" Karin loudly exclaimed with an obvious fiery outrage in her expression as she slammed her glass onto the table, and Ren had to stifle a sigh.

No. No, he could not believe it. How did he get into this bothersome situation?

He had just returned from messing with Akatsuki, all exhausted and wishing only to drop onto his bed. Only, Karin most likely heard him close the door or something. As he was about to change into his pajamas, because yes, real men can make ...

Ch133. The aftermath of fake Tobi

After Ren disappeared, silence hung inside the room full of Akatsuki members. They awkwardly shuffled a bit away from Pein, who exuded a furious and murderous aura, his expression twisted into a very unusual snarl while his eyes roamed the room in the vain hope that Ren was just hiding somewhere nearby.

Everybody was tense, and even Itachi acted more stiff than usual. Tobi was still quietly seething, glaring at the spot from where Ren teleported away, his mind too preoccupied with anger...

Ch132. Tobi is Tobi

Being stared at by so many S-rank ninjas gave Ren shivers, but he nevertheless stayed in the role, and with a smiling, innocent tone, he asked straight in their faces, "Is something wrong?"

The bowl of popcorn 'slipped' from his hand, and he flailed around a bit... coincidentally sending it straight at Hidan's head, where it landed upside down, causing popcorn to rain on him on its way to the floor.

"Opsie?" Ren couldn't help but snicker as Hidan pulled the bowl from his head, his...

Ch131. A loud crunch

Ren could feel it. It took three weeks, but Deidara was finally at Amegakure.

It was about time. Any longer and Ren wouldn't be able to do the next part of his plan concerning the Akatsuki because the Chunin Exams would be starting in pretty much a week.

Hinata, Ino, Team Seven, they were all back from their C-rank missions, and if things went like they did in the canon, they would all be entered into the Exams.

Ren really wanted to get some intel on Akatsuki and their plans...

Ch130. D-sama

The answer was no.

Fighting Deidara and Sasori was plain stupid. It was a complete retard move only a story protagonist would do because the author is forcing his shitty plot.

It was practically an IQ check! 

Ren considered that he could loosely rank among the few living S-rank ninjas even if he didn't officially have that rank plastered on his bingo book profile. He had honestly no idea where on that scale he would land, but he at least had enough tricks to compete on ...

Ch129. Samui's new life

A few days have passed since Ino gave Ren a scare with her mind control proclivities, and they were very stressful. He almost regretted that Ino told him about her work on Samui because he was so relaxed before it happened.

His biggest worry was contemplating how to get Ino out of her clothes. And considering she would happily jump him after a single word, it wasn't much of a worry in the first place.

Now?

Now he had to think about how to get rid of Samui. And it was far mor...

Ch128. The forgotten kunoichi

Ren was a bit ashamed to admit he had kind of forgotten about Samui. 

But in his defense, too many things had happened since then, and his life was quite hectic, and... okay. That was not an excuse. Especially not with what he was seeing in front of him.

"Master, I am ready to please you in any way you wish!" The usually cool and aloof Samui was eagerly staring at him with her big eyes and a very... thirsty look on her face that eerily didn't belong there.

She was weari...

Ch127. A little bit of fluff

Hearing Ren's fed-up tone when he spoke of Kumo and Kiri joining the Chunin Exams, Ino gave him a weirded-out look, but she soon shook her head, not bothering to ask the question that popped into her mind. She knew there was something behind his attitude, but she simply didn't care enough to pry, knowing that Ren would tell her if he wanted her to know.

Instead, she decided to switch topics to something she was preparing herself to tell him for the whole day today.

"Do you have ti...

Ch126. First C-rank missions

"Here. My masterpiece!" Ino said as she put a plate of food on the table in front of Ren, who gave it a wary glance before looking back at the happy blonde girl.

"Is it even edible?" He cautiously asked, not liking the... consistency of the bioterrorism attempt she put in front of him.

"Don't be a baby. It's perfectly good food." Ino's smile fell as she discontentedly harrumphed. "Look." Rolling her eyes, she leaned forward and took Ren's spoon from the table, intent to prove her ...

Ch125. Elemental Chakra Training Seals

"Such a small thing, yet it can make such a massive difference." Hinata said in wonder while looking at her Lightning Chakra training seal as the trio sat in the grass and enjoyed some food after their spar.

She flexed her hand and deactivated the training seal before she channeled her chakra, instantly turning it into a lightning-natured one with practiced ease and perfection only her Byakugan could allow her to reach as lightning sparkled between fingers.

In the same breath, a s...

Ch124. A sparring match

"Hehe. Having performance issues?" Ren laughed as he let Ino's wind-coated blade pass harmlessly through his intangible body while giving her a shit-eating, teasing grin that made her scowl.

Her pride prickled, Ino sped up her swinging with an adorably angry expression, trying to cut Ren, who lazily evaded some of her blows, while letting most of them pass through his body, obviously not even trying to pretend that he was taking her seriously.

The girl probably assumed that there ...