Four large screens appeared above the viewing stands on all sides.
"Now, let us draw lots to select the competing Ninja."
Yuhi Shin Kurenai came to the center of the battlefield and shouted loudly.
A chorus of cheers also rang out from the crowd.
The current victors were Yekura, Biwa Jūzō, Kaguya, Rasa, Ameyuri Ringo, Lee, and Konan—six individuals, each a standout winner.
Such powerful individuals would clash in the upcoming battles, exciting all the spectators.
As the names on the large screens shifted, the first group to step onto the stage was determined.
Ōtsutsuki Kaguya VS Rasa!
After the names were revealed, the crowd on the battlefield erupted in cheers.
However, on the Hidden Sand Village's side, there was a dead silence; some even looked towards Rasa and offered him condolences.
His luck was truly terrible.
Otherwise, with Rasa's strength, as long as he didn't encounter Kaguya, reaching the finals should have been no problem.
The Mist Ninja Village and Leaf Ninja sides, however, all showed expressions of schadenfreude.
Although Kaguya had only made a slight move just now, everyone could see that Kaguya's strength was the strongest among all those participating in the Chunin Exams.
Anyone who fought Kaguya would end up in a very miserable state.
As for Rasa, when he first saw Kaguya's avatar appear, he was wondering who would be so unlucky as to become Kaguya's opponent, and before he knew it, his own avatar appeared next to Kaguya's.
Inside, ten thousand Divine Beasts were stampeding.
Rasa was different from others.
They could only initially judge Kaguya's strength from the battle just now, but Rasa had seen Kaguya fight against a master like Black Zetsu before.
Now, to have drawn Kaguya truly made Rasa feel despair.
He had originally planned to team up with another person in the 3-person finals to see if they could defeat Kaguya.
But he hadn't expected to encounter Kaguya at this point.
It was truly too unlucky!
Kaguya calmly walked to the center of the battlefield, while Rasa slowly shuffled over.
"Damn it, I am Rasa! I am the future Kazekage! How can a mere Kaguya defeat me?"
"My footsteps cannot stop here."
"The more others look down on me and think I will lose, the more I must win!"
Taking a deep breath, Rasa forced himself to calm down and moved to the center of the battlefield.
"Chunin Exams, semifinals, first match, begin."
Seeing Rasa arrive on the battlefield, Yuhi Shin Kurenai also cast a sympathetic glance at Rasa and stepped aside.
"You are not my opponent. I hope you will surrender. You know, catching an ant without hurting it is much harder than crushing an ant," Kaguya said faintly, looking at Rasa.
This sentence was something Uchiha In had said to Kaguya, truly explaining why Kaguya would eliminate her opponents, but he hadn't expected Kaguya to say it to Rasa.
This sentence was practically a critical hit to Rasa.
Rasa's face couldn't help but twist.
In his view, Kaguya's words were an extreme contempt for him; she even saw him as an ant.
How could the proud Rasa endure this?
He didn't know that Kaguya was simply expressing her inner thoughts.
Suppressing the thought of surrender, Rasa shuffled his feet and retreated a few steps.
He had observed Kaguya's attack methods, which were close-range attacks similar to Shikotsumyaku.
Although he had also seen that the opponent seemed to possess the ability to Transmigrate through space, creating distance still brought him a sense of security.
Magnet Release: Sand Gold Tsunami.
Rasa raised his hands and slammed them hard onto the ground.
Immediately, layers of Sand Gold emerged from the ground, then gradually transformed into a towering Sand Gold giant wave!
The Sand Gold giant wave continuously rose, reaching dozens of feet high in an instant, and then, the Sand Gold giant wave rushed down without hesitation, attacking Ōtsutsuki Kaguya.
Chapter 298: More Than Enough
Rasa is a user of Magnet Release.
It is said that the Second Kazekage of the Hidden Sand Village in the Land of Wind, Shamon, was skilled in researching Shukaku and inherited the First Kazekage Retto's idea of "making the most of our village's Tailed Beast," initiating Jinchuriki research under the banner of "National Power Up."
The Third Kazekage and Rasa's ability to manipulate sand with magnetism was an improved Ninjutsu derived from Shukaku's Jinchuriki Ninjutsu!
However, Rasa's Magnet Release is different from the Third Kazekage's Magnet Release.
The Third Kazekage's Magnet Release was due to the Third Kazekage's special Physique, which could convert highly condensed Chakra into magnetism.
And the Third Kazekage's Magnet Release mostly controlled Sand Iron.
That kind of Sand Iron was a technique that combined the Ninjutsu of the former Shukaku Jinchuriki with the special properties of his own magnetic Chakra, allowing Sand Iron to freely transform into various forms for attack and defense.
It was even the bane of Puppet Technique; once it invaded a person or Puppet, it could completely paralyze them.
Additionally, because the Third Kazekage's Chakra carried magnetism, magnetic weapons could not affect him in any way.
It was precisely because of this that the Third Kazekage was hailed as the 'Strongest Kazekage in History.'
In contrast, Rasa's Magnet Release was considerably weaker.
From the original work, Rasa's application of Magnet Release primarily utilized the characteristics of Sand Gold, freely controlling it, similar to Gaara's Sand Ninjutsu.
Of course, due to the heavy nature of Sand Gold, Rasa's Ninjutsu attack power would be much stronger.
However, it had no other special characteristics; compared to the Third Kazekage, it felt like he was raised by a stepmother.
Nevertheless, on the current battlefield, everyone who saw this exaggerated Sand Gold attack felt a wave of shock.