Chojuro awoke the next morning to find that he was in the same exact position as he had been when he had gone to sleep. He sat up slowly in bed and put on his glasses. He got out of bed and put on some clean clothes. As he stepped into the bathroom to brush his teeth, Chojuro saw himself in the mirror for the first time in five days. He had large bags under his eyes from his lack of sleep, and his light blue hair was messy and unkempt. I look terrible, Chojuro told himself. Oh, great, and Mei-sama saw me like this. He brushed his teeth and straightened his hair the best he could before going to get breakfast.
At the bottom room of the tower, there was a small table with food. Chojuro, then remembering his painful hunger, took as much food as he could fit on his plate. The ravished boy sat down and immediately began stuffing his face with muffins and toast. At the other end of the table, the only two other survivors, Suigetsu and a boy named Seiji, argued loudly with each other, to which Chojuro ignored. After breakfast, the jonin from before came in and said to the three remaining shinobi, "The break's over! You three will now go into the battle room and the third and final round of the chuunin exam will take place!" Chojuro swallowed the rest of his muffin before joining Suigetsu and Seiji in the battle room.
Once inside, all the doors were closed and locked, trapping them inside. "Since there are only three of you, two of you will fight and the winner will go up against the third person, and the winner of that fight will become a chuunin," the jonin explained. "And I'll be the proctor for these matches," a voice from behind said. Chojuro turned around to see his old teacher, Ao, walking over to them. "Remember kids, this is a fight to the death, so don't hold back." Suigetsu smiled deviously. "All right, let's have Suigetsu and Seiji for the first round. Chojuro, you can go wait up in the stands." As Chojuro climbed the stairs up to the stands, Suigetsu and Seiji took their places opposite from each other. "You may begin when you are ready," Ao announced. Seiji flew full speed at Suigetsu with a kunai in his hand. He stabbed Suigetsu in the heart and let him fall to the ground.
"Heh. That was easy," Seiji muttered triumphantly. "A little too easy, don't you think?" Suigetsu teased as his body melted into a puddle of water. The water zoomed towards Seiji, who was too slow to get out of the way in time. The water swished around him and formed an inescapable bubble. Seiji squirmed and screamed and tried to break free, but the bubble remained firm. "He…he's going to drown him," said Chojuro. "What a cruel little boy," said Mei, appearing next to Chojuro. "Wah!" he yelped as he fell out of his chair. "Oh, I'm sorry! I didn't mean to frighten you. I just thought I'd come and see the final round of the exam," she said gently. "Of course, uh, i-it's alright. You just s-sort of, er, surprised me," Chojuro stuttered as he sat back into his chair. By now, Seiji had somehow managed to break Suigetsu's water prison. Then, the splashes of water solidified into hundreds of ice shards that all pointed towards Seiji. He let out one last bloodcurdling scream as the ice shards flew into him and impaled every part of his body.
"And the winner is Suigetsu Hozuki! Next up is Suigetsu versus Chojuro," cried Ao. Suigetsu, who had now come back to his regular form, grinned viciously at the bloody body on the floor. Chojuro trembled nervously at the gruesome sight. "Good luck, Chojuro! I know you can do it," Mei encouraged. "Th-thank you." Chojuro jumped down to the battle floor. It's okay, he mentally coached himself. I can do this… I hope.