On his way back to Yuto's shop, Kakashi pushed aside the arrangements from the earlier Jonin Meeting.
'Since everyone is prepared... there's nothing left for me to do. During the Chunin Exams, I just need to maintain order. Now, let's try out these new Ninjas.'
'Hmm? This ninja...'
Since releasing too many Ninjas at once made it difficult to arrange acquisition methods, Yuto had thrown all the Ninjas except Gaara into the in-game shop.
C-Rank Ninjas were priced at 888 coins, while B-Rank Ninjas cost 1888 coins.
Kakashi still had a decent amount of coins in his account, so this amount was nothing to him.
He bought out all the characters in the shop and started testing them one by one.
The first character he tried was... [Kinuta Dosu].
"Oh? Isn't this the Ninja from Otogakure who made it through the exams? Let's see what his skills are like."
Kakashi gave him a try, starting with basic attacks.
"Stability is decent, but the damage is average. Still, it should be pretty good for a C-Rank..."
"Now, let's check out the skills."
[First skill: Sonic Strike.]
[After activation, Dosu quickly dashes forward, grabs the opponent into the air, and releases a sonic explosion, dealing significant damage.]
Seeing this, Kakashi's expression turned surprised.
"Huh? This Ninja actually has a dash skill? Seems pretty good, kind of like my Raikiri..."
Here, Kakashi was referring to the in-game [Hatake Kakashi].
But after using it a few times, Kakashi noticed something unusual...
"No! His skill... is faster than my Raikiri! Much faster!"
"And... indeed! The opponent can't substitute after this skill hits!"
Kakashi wasn't yet familiar with the grab mechanic.
However, after playing so many matches with [Momochi Zabuza], he had learned that during the Water Prison Technique, the opponent couldn't substitute.
He hadn't expected a C-Rank Ninja to have such a rare mechanic.
With just this stable basic attack combo and the fast-dashing first skill, even if the second skill and ultimate were trash, Kakashi felt this character could dominate among C-Ranks.
Since his first skill was so strong, Kakashi didn't have high hopes for Dosu's second skill.
It was like how [Academy Naruto]'s paint-throwing skill had decent damage and a slow effect, but the other skill was terrible.
Kakashi tapped to activate second skill: Sound Wave Shock.
Dosu slammed his hand on the ground, and then... nothing else happened.
"Hmm? That's it? Well, it's not as bad as I expected..."
Kakashi wasn't too bothered by the weakness of this skill. After all, he had so many Ninjas now, and he wouldn't use a C-Rank in ranked matches anyway.
"Well then... let's check out the ultimate skill."
With so many characters left to try, Kakashi didn't want to waste too much time on this C-Rank.
Ultimate Jutsu: Sonic Boom.
After activating it, Dosu released a barrage of sound waves forward, dealing damage.
Finally, he dashed forward, ending with a sonic boom.
"Huh? The damage is this high? And the range seems pretty good too. Not bad, not bad. This Ninja was worth the coins!"
Kakashi was testing the character's strength in the game's training mode, but just as he was about to switch to the next character, he suddenly remembered something.
"Oh right... I wonder if this character has a knockdown effect."
The knockdown effect refers to the ability of certain basic attacks or skills to continue a combo even after the opponent has been knocked down, which normally wouldn't be possible with regular attacks.
This effect was something Kakashi had discovered earlier, and the term itself had come from Yuto.
Kakashi tested Dosu's ultimate again. First, he knocked the training dummy into the air, then released the ultimate as the dummy fell to the ground.
Watching the clean, high-damage ultimate skill sweep the dummy off the ground and continue the combo, Kakashi found it quite satisfying.
"Not bad. His first skill probably doesn't have a knockdown effect, but what about the second skill..."
After the ultimate ended, Kakashi eagerly used the second skill, Sound Wave Shock.
"Oh, I used it too early. I forgot the dummy hasn't gotten up yet."
Kakashi shook his head, about to hit the reset button when he noticed...
Dosu's second skill had knocked the dummy into the air.
'Knocked into the air?!'
'This also has a knockdown effect?!'
Kakashi was stunned, 'This Ninja seemed a bit overpowered...'
He didn't have time to reset, and he quickly followed up with the first skill.
Grabbing the dummy just as it was about to fall! The sonic boom dealt decent damage!
After both skills went on cooldown, Kakashi used basic attacks, landing two full combos before the dummy's protection kicked in!
"This Ninja... Is this Ninja so stable?!"
Kakashi was a little surprised. When he checked the dummy's health bar, only a small sliver remained.
"Huh? What kind of damage is this? Sure, the first skill and ultimate deal good damage, but this..."
'Could it be... the second skill?'
The first time Kakashi tested the second skill, he had used it in an empty space, not targeting the dummy. He had only noticed that the skill had a small range and a brief delay.
This time, Kakashi used basic attacks to knock the dummy into the air, then used the second skill as the dummy fell.
Boom!
Knocked into the air! The fallen dummy was successfully launched back up!
This fully confirmed that the skill had a knockdown effect!
And the damage...
Kakashi checked and muttered, "3... 350,000?! That's insane! This is higher than most characters' damage! Only Zabuza's Water Dragon Bullet might be stronger."
'A skill with a knockdown effect and high damage...'
Kakashi used the ultimate again, and after the second skill, the dummy was still reliably knocked into the air!
And it could even combo after the ultimate!
The only characters Kakashi could think of that could chain skills like this were Mizuki and Haku.
But Mizuki's skills were short-ranged and clunky, not a type Kakashi enjoyed using, while Haku was Kakashi's go-to for climbing ranks!
'But this Dosu... his skills were clean and fast, with the first skill being instant! And his damage output was absolutely insane!'
'This Ninja… is invincible!'