Chapter 126: MSOC: Chapter 126
Dozens, perhaps hundreds of eyes in the vast courtyard were fixed on Kai. While the crowd was awestruck, Sarutobi Rou felt a stinging sense of humiliation. Kai's last statement felt like a resounding slap to his face.
His cheeks flushed crimson. Glaring at Kai, his expression shifted, and he shouted,
"No, this is definitely Kai favoring Itachi! Otherwise, how could such a young child break free from the genjutsu?"
The Third Hokage's face darkened, and he sharply rebuked, "Rou, what are you doing?"
"Father, I'm not being unreasonable! Kai used a genjutsu so powerful that even I, the principal, couldn't escape! He targeted these graduates! He's a madman! Who could break free?!" Sarutobi Rou roared.
"And from the start, Kai intended for Itachi to graduate early, deliberately making it easy for him."
"I refuse to believe that I, a jōnin and the principal of the Konoha Academy, am less skilled than a student!"
His hysterical outburst echoed across the courtyard. The parents present were stunned. As Rou had said, even a seasoned jōnin and the academy principal couldn't break free. Let alone these eight- or nine-year-old students. Itachi's escape was highly suspicious.
Sensing the shift in the atmosphere, a slight smile played on Rou's lips.
The smile instantly froze.
"Teacher, I'm awake too!"
A small voice, echoing like a hypnotic spell, hung in the air. Everyone's nerves tightened as they looked towards the source—Sarutobi Asuma, the delinquent, performing a student's respectful bow towards Kai!
"I'm awake too!" Hyuga Hizashi also suddenly opened his eyes.
"Me too!"
"I'm out of the genjutsu."
"How come you guys are faster than me? Teacher, I'm out too!"
"Tch, who was scared and tried to kill themselves? So embarrassing, bragging about it now!"
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One after another, voices rang out, and one by one, the students opened their eyes. It was a chain reaction. Their joyful expressions completely contradicted Rou's description of the brutal scene.
"Impossible! Wasn't Kai trying to slaughter you all in the genjutsu? Why are you all out? And why aren't you angry at him?!" Sarutobi Rou roared.
He flickered, using Shunshin no Jutsu, appearing before Sarutobi Asuma, intending to question him, but Nara Shikaku and Yamanaka Inoichi stopped him.
"Rou, we have to admit the power of Kai's genjutsu," Yamanaka Inoichi said, eyeing Kai with apprehension.
"But we also have to admit that he made these students experience the feeling of death. It's a transformation of their mental state. They experienced life and death, and the courage to choose life over death."
"This will not only improve their survival rate in the Third Great Ninja War, but those who survive will likely be the strongest graduating class ever."
Everyone was dumbfounded. Initially, the parents had come to demand retribution. But everything before them had completely overturned their expectations.
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