Seishi immediately took the object off of his back and began unwrapping it. Konohamaru threw a kunai at Seishi, but the object stopped it. Finally it was unwrapped, and Konohamaru almost got scared. It was a large puppet in the shape of a snake. It had several segmented parts and a large mouth. Its tail had an eerie sounding rattle. Seishi began moving his fingers and the puppet attacked Konohamaru. Konohamaru avoided the attack by jumping to the side. This didn't stop the snake however, as it only swung its tail and knocked Konohamaru down. The puppet then was about to bite Konohamaru with very long and sharp fangs. "Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Konohamaru called quickly. Konohamaru created one clone and it pulled him to safety and used itself as a shield. The puppet bit straight through the clone and it instantly disappeared. The clone's new knowledge was then transferred to him. "Oh man! I didn't even see the poison on the fangs." Konohamaru thought to himself. Konohamaru threw a smoke bomb down and it exploded. Konohamaru put on his goggles and saw the snake enter the smoke like he wanted. Konohamaru was about to destroy it with a Rasengan, but stopped himself. "There's no reason to waste chakra on this thing. That's probably what he wants me to do." Konohamaru thought. Just then the smoke began to clear and Seishi could see him. Seishi pulled his hands away from each other and a hatch opened on the puppet's chest. Inside its chest was hundreds of projectiles. "Oh shi-" Konohamaru began, but couldn't finish. The puppet launched a kunai wrapped in paper bombs and caused a huge explosion.
There was a large cloud of smoke in the area where Konohamaru was standing, and the arena was quiet. The crowd began to cheer, but then Konohamaru emerged from the smoke holding a windmill shuriken. He looked at the Sun and he looked at where his shadow was cast. Konohamaru then threw the shuriken toward Seishi. Seishi struggled a bit to get his puppet to move, but it finally moved and then went to take the hit from the large windmill shuriken. However, the shuriken changed into a Konohamaru clone and kicked the puppet into the sand, revealing the second shuriken which was hiding in the shadow of the first. This shuriken was right on path for Seishi. He attempted to dodge it, but it changed into another clone of Konohamaru and punched Seishi in the face. That clone of Konohamaru pummeled Seishi in the face and the other attempted to hold down Seishi's puppet. The real Konohamaru walked slowly toward Seishi with his arm outstretched. He was beat up and had scars and bruises all over from the explosion. Then Seishi's puppet stabbed one of the clones of Konohamaru with its tail and got up to attack the real Konohamaru. Konohamaru seemed not to notice and just continued to walk slowly toward Seishi. "Oh no! Konohamaru!" Moegi cried out. The puppet slithered up to Konohamaru and was about to attack Konohamaru.
Then it all of a sudden just stopped. The entire stadium seemed not to know what happened. Konohamaru smiled and pulled out a kunai. "I knew it!" Konohamaru giggled as he attached a paper bomb to the end of the kunai. Konohamaru threw it at the area of trees in the arena seemingly for no reason. There was an explosion, and the puppet fell to the ground. When the smoke cleared, the entire stadium saw the real Seishi laying in a pile of ashes. The other Seishi that seemed to be making the movements was a puppet also. The proctor then walked back into the arena. "Konohamaru Sarutobi is the winner!" He announced. The crowd cheered loudly for Konohamaru. A team of medic ninja came to take care of Seishi and his puppets. Konohamaru smiled and walked back to where his friends were. "The second match will be between Kazusa of the Grass Village, and Ken Aoenkou of the Sand Village." The proctor said. As the match began Udon and Moegi congratulated Konohamaru. "Thank you guys!" Konohamaru beamed. "How did you know, Konohamaru?" Udon asked seeming to be intrigued. "I had already found out by the time that the snake was in my clone's face. From there it was just a matter of what to do." Konohamaru said confidently. "That's really impressive, Konohamaru!" Moegi said. "I agree." Udon replied with a smile. "Me too." Ebisu chimed in. Before they knew it the second fight was over. "The third match will be between Moegi of the Leaf Village, and Miura Kusarikei of the Grass Village." The proctor said. "Wish me luck you guys!" Moegi said excitedly. Moegi went down into the arena and met in the middle with the proctor and her opponent. "Are you two aware of the rules?" The proctor asked. The two of them nodded. "Good. Now, shake hands and take five steps in opposite directions." The proctor instructed. Moegi shook hands with the ninja before her. He had dark brown eyes and shoulder-length orange hair. He wore a blue t-shirt and black shorts. They both walked to their sides. "Let the match begin!" The proctor yelled.