[World of Battle Royale— The Uzumaki Heir]
"This so-called realistic simulation Genjutsu is really something."
Naruto thought as he looked at the sky of this Battle Royale world which seemed to be formed
of hexagonal panels, a reminder that this world was a false one no matter how realistic it seemed to be.
He still had difficulty believing that such an illusory world could be created where even Death was an illusion.
Ding!
[The rules of the Chunin Exams Battle Royale are now being displayed. Please read them thoroughly as you will not get another chance to see them.]
The System's mechanical voice sounded as a blue screen materialized in front of Naruto displaying the rules of the Battle Royale.
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(1) The area under the purview of the Battle Royale is a giant circle which will get smaller as time passes by. A mini-map has been provided for the participant's convenience which will relay the participant's location regarding the circle.
Note- If a participant steps outside the circle, he will be subjected to poisonous gas which will grant him a 'painful death' in just a few minutes.
(2) A participant can only leave the Battle Royale upon his 'death' or 'forfeit' upon his defeat at the hands of another participant.
Note- The 'forfeit' feature is only available to prevent a participant's torture in case of his capture upon his defeat. A forfeit will not be accepted if the participant still has combat power left.
(3) The Battle Royale will end when there are no participants left who are 'hostile' to each other.
The term 'hostile' doesn't apply to those participants who know each other and as such, can't fight to death with them.
(4) Warning! In order to have a fair match, each participant's chakra reserves have been limited to borderline Chunin level. The limited chakra reserves can be unsealed using certain rewards found in the Battle Royale.
The rest of the functions and rules will be explained later as the Battle Royale continues.
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"Chakra reserves are limited to borderline Chunin level! What the fuck?"
Naruto couldn't help but curse as soon as he read the last rule. Immediately, he drawed upon his chakra reserves but the result was exactly what he had feared.
His borderline Jounin level chakra reserves had indeed been limited to borderline Chunin level. This level of chakra reserves was what he had during his Academy days!
It wasn't that the most of his chakra reserves had suddenly vanished. They were still there but he just couldn't access them for some reason.
"I hope that Narumi can manage her limited chakra reserves for this Battle Royale. Her Shadow Clone Jutsu is really chakra intensive."
Unlike his borderline Jounin level chakra reserves, his twin sister Narumi had nearly mid Jounin level chakra reserves. This made chakra manipulation really difficult for her but also enabled her to use some really chakra intensive Jutsu like Shadow Clone Jutsu easily.
"At least, the chakra limitation rule would prevent a monster like Gaara from wreaking havoc in the Battle Royale."
Naruto knew very well that the most dangerous opponent in this Battle Royale was Sunagakure's Gaara, the One Tailed Beast [Ichibi]'s Jinchuuriki.
Naruto didn't know what method Sunagakure had used to seal the Ichibi in Gaara but it was clearly faulty.
Gaara's psychotic behaviour clearly showed that he was being influenced by the Ichibi. His ruthless actions in the Chunin Exams preliminaries had already proved that he was but a bomb ready to explode at any time.
Naruto's father had already offered Lord Kazekage to take a look at Gaara's seal but the Kazekage had refused his offer by saying that Gaara's mother, the Kazekage's wife had sacrificed herself to empower the seal and that there was nothing wrong with it.
As Naruto read the rules one last time, he couldn't help but notice the 'hostility' clause. This clause basically prevented the participants from fighting their friends and acquaintances.
"But what if all the participants refused to fight each other from the start? Won't the Battle Royale then end immediately?" Naruto couldn't help but wonder.
Ding!
[The participant will realise how baseless this possibility is once he meets his first opponent.]
The System suddenly answered Naruto's question with a blue screen out of nowhere.
"Wait! What if—"
Thinking that the system may be willing to answer his doubts, Naruto asked a lot of questions to the System. But unfortunately, the System didn't answer even a single one of them. It was as if the first answer was just a courtesy.
Realising that questioning the system was meaningless, Naruto finally started moving towards the centre of a circle. After all, he had been spawned rather close to the circle's boundary which was slowly closing in towards him.
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"A Shinobi!"
Naruto thought as he encountered a Shinobi after running for around 15 minutes.
The Shinobi was running ahead of Naruto and had not sensed him yet. Looking at his dark skin as well as his clothing, the Shinobi was likely from Kumogakure.
Naruto didn't have an understanding of the Kumo Shinobi's skill as most of them had not passed even the first Chunin Exams Test. Still, he had full confidence of defeating this guy as long as he had Genin or even Chunin level skill.
As the Kumo Shinobi was not aware of him yet, Naruto took full advantage of this opportunity and approached him as silently as possible.
Given that Naruto had trained with ANBU since his Academy days, this kind of basic stealth was just child's play for him.
Once he thought that he was close enough, Naruto pasted an explosive tag on a kunai and threw it at the Kumo Shinobi after attaching it with a chakra string.
The System had thankfully not prohibited the use of explosive tags and other Fuuinjutsu seals. And it was also fortunate that Naruto always had a set of explosive tags with him.
No matter how subpar Shinobi Kumo had sent for the Great Chunin Exams, any Shinobi worth his headband won't be taken out by a simple kunai.
As the kunai sailed towards the Kumo Shinobi, he reflexively tilted his head to avoid the kunai. However, that was Naruto's intention in the first place.
Kai (Release)!
Just as the kunai was passing by the Kumo Shinobi's head, Naruto activated the explosive tag on the kunai with the chakra string.
As the explosion happened right next to the Shinobi's head, his ear and even his brain to some extent was damaged by the explosion.
The Kumo Shinobi couldn't handle this much damage to such sensitive organs and crashed against a tree as a result.
While this kind of damage was enough to send a civilian into a coma, the Shinobi were made of harder stuff. Even though this Kumo Shinobi was just a Genin, he would be able to recover from this kind of damage in just a week if it was the real world.
"Forfeit! I don't want to kill you." Naruto said as he held a kunai to the Kumo Shinobi's throat.
"I-I forfeit!" The Kumo Shinobi was heavily disoriented by Naruto's attack but somehow declared his defeat.
[Calculating the participant's chance of victory against his opponent... Less than 1%
The forfeit has been accepted!]
As the Kumo Shinobi's forfeit was accepted, his body was shrouded by a white light and soon vanished.
"Brother Itachi's trick worked perfectly. He really wasn't joking when he said that this trick would be enough to defeat most of the Genin."
The explosive tag and the chakra string was an ANBU strategy used often to deal with opponents of low level. Something Itachi had taught Naruto during his first bandit extermination mission.
'Wait a second! Why did I immediately attack that Kumo Shinobi without even trying to make contact with him? I am using not this aggressive."
Naruto couldn't help but question his sudden change in behaviour but unfortunately he couldn't find an answer.
Ding!
[As you have faced your first opponent, you should have realised that you recognised him as an enemy for no reason. This is because of the Enemy Recognition Jutsu cast all over the Battle Royale World. It makes the participants consider anyone they do not have an impression of as an enemy.]
"Fuck! This System feels more insidious the more I learn about it."
Naruto cursed as the System's now familiar blue screen informed him of the Enemy Recognition Jutsu.
"Looks like I can only interact with Konoha Shinobi. Let's see if I can find Narumi. Hopefully, she is doing alright."
Naruto thought as he continued running, his thoughts filled with concerns regarding his dear twin sister.
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Author's Note— The Chakra Reserve Limitation Rule is something I put in because I thought that it would make things more interesting. It was also to prevent power creep to some extent since this Battle Royale is Chunin Level.
I was inspired for the Enemy Recognition System by the red dot feature of maps in the video games which showed where your enemies are. In the Chunin Exams Battle Royale, anyone you don't know or have no impression of is a 'red dot' aka an enemy.
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