Just as the forces of Konoha Village were slowly converging towards the Forest of Death.

At this moment, the candidates who took the Zhongnin exam had already started a fierce battle to pass this harsh death forest.

"Ahh

A miserable cry pierced the silence of the forest.

Many birds fluttered their wings and flew from the direction where the miserable cry was heard.

Running on the thick tree trunks in the forest, after hearing this voice, several figures slowly stopped, stood up, and looked in that direction with their eyes glazed.

"Looks like it's already started..."

I saw that Naruto, who had blonde hair, had blue eyes that sank slightly, and his voice muttered in a somewhat solemn voice.

Hearing his words, Sakura, who was on the side, felt a little strange at some point.

At this moment, she suddenly felt that Naruto beside her was like a different person, no longer the playfulness and playfulness of the past, and more calm and indescribable feeling.

Just when Sakura was a little stunned, Sasuke on the side said in a cold voice.

"Are you scared?"

Hearing this, Naruto unexpectedly did not refute directly, but hooked the corners of his mouth.

A confident smile gradually appeared on his face, and he glanced at Sasuke, who was looking at him, and smiled confidently.

"I'm just a little excited about the next battle, and I shudder with excitement when I think that there are now elites from the major ninja villages gathered in this forest!"

Hearing his words, Sasuke turned his head slightly, making it impossible to see his expression clearly, and said softly and coldly.

"That's fine..."

"Otherwise, if you idiot are too scared to even have the courage to walk, I'll have a headache..."

In this regard, Naruto just grinned at the corners of his mouth, and a bright and confident smile appeared on his face, and instead of refuting Sasuke's words, he grinned.

"Oh, looks like you're bastard ready for battle, too!"

At this moment, I saw him slowly look in the direction where the scream came from just now, and his voice was full of warlike intent.

"In that case, then..."

"Let's go straight to find our opponents, or we'll be bored if no one comes to attack us!"

Hearing Naruto's words, Sasuke nodded tacitly, a curvature appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he said softly.

"That's what I mean!"

Sakura on the side couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, looked at Naruto and then at Sasuke, and finally said helplessly.

"Hey, aren't we going straight to the tower!?"

Naruto explained as he grinned and looked at Sakura.

"Don't worry, Sakura, let's wait until we grab a scroll before we go. ”

"Anyway, there are still seven days left, and in this forest of death, the more opponents we eliminate, the less competition there will be for the next exam!"

Hearing his words, Sakura couldn't help but feel a little adventurous.

But she hesitated, and when she saw the smile on Naruto's face and the confident smile on Sasuke's face, she couldn't help but nod her head and smile reluctantly.

"Since you two have decided, then I won't hold you back!"

Seeing this, Naruto couldn't help but grin at the corner of his mouth and chuckle.

"Don't worry, I'll protect you, Sakura!"

"Who wants you to protect you, idiot!"

........

With a quarrel, the three of them rushed in the direction where the battle had just taken place.

Meanwhile.

Located in another dark and deep forest.

"Whew!" "Whew!" "Whew!" .....

A swift sound resounded among the grass and bushes, and from time to time dark shadows flashed between the bushes and over the trunks of the trees, and finally settled under the shade of a huge tree.

When several dark shadows arrived, they all stopped, and then looked around with a relaxed expression, and one of them chuckled softly.

"Eh, Lady Kimaro, haven't they arrived yet?"

At the moment when his words fell, a dark shadow suddenly appeared behind him.

His eyes suddenly shrank, and six strange arms instantly split from his body and attacked the black shadow behind him.

However, at this moment, a cold voice made his movements stop abruptly!

"Oni Boy Maru, it's me..."

Hearing these words, Ghost Boy Pill hurriedly turned his head to look at Jun Malu, whose face was calm as usual behind him, and couldn't help but show cold sweat on his forehead, and hurriedly said respectfully.

"I'm sorry... Lord Kimimaro.. I.. I...."

"What are you, I saw that you just wanted to make a move on Lord Junmalu!"

Just as Oni Boy Maru was justifying his actions just now, from the height of the big tree, a relatively rough woman's laughter slowly came.

Hearing this, Ghost Boy Pill couldn't help but be anxious, and hurriedly raised his head and shouted.

"Tayuya, what are you talking nonsense about!"

Hearing his words, I saw a woman with short red hair jumping down from a high tree trunk vigorously, with a strange smile on her face, a grin at the corner of her mouth, and a soft hoarse voice.

"Hey, why are you so slow, Lord Jun Malu has been waiting for you here for a long time!"

With his words, a burly man with short orange hair also slowly landed, and his voice was calm.

"It's just a joke about Tayuya, don't worry about it, Oni Boy Maru, we've been watching your arrival just now. ”

Speaking of this, I saw that a few sparrows from the forest suddenly flew on his fingers, and they said something.

The orange-haired man listened sideways and said slowly.

"It seems that Konoha didn't notice our anomaly, and no one tracked our traces. ”

Hearing his words, Jun Malu, who was behind Ghost Boy Maru, slowly walked to the center of everyone, and glanced at the Ghost Boy Pill, Zuo Jin and others who arrived with a cold gaze, and his voice was cold.

"You were too careless in what you did just now, if it was the powerhouse of Konoha who was ambushed here, I'm afraid you would have turned into corpses by now. ”

Hearing his words, the two glanced at each other, but they couldn't refute Jun Malu's words, so they had to bow their heads with a somewhat ugly face.

"We're being careless, Lady Junmaro...."

In this regard, Jun Malu said in a cold voice.

"Don't take it lightly, you know, our purpose this time is not this group of candidates who took the exam!"

"If anyone leaks our whereabouts in front of the powerhouses of Konoha because of carelessness..."

He didn't say the rest of the words, but everyone couldn't help but show cold sweat on their foreheads, and they carefully reflected on their previous careless mentality.

At this time, I saw Jirobo ask with some incomprehension.

"So... Do you have any instructions for summoning us here?"

Hearing his words, everyone also looked at Jun Malu one after another, showing a puzzled look.

After all, several of them divided into two teams to take this exam.

A team of Jun Maro, Shigego, and Tayuya, left near right, Oni Tong Maru, and Jirobo a team.

Before that, the two teams agreed to contact each other as little as possible before the exam, lest the identities of the seven people be exposed at once.

However, because of the news sent by Junmaro, everyone gathered here in search of an opportunity after entering the Forest of Death.

Feeling everyone's gaze, Jun Malu's eyes were very calm, and he glanced around, and said in a cold voice.

"Without revealing your identity, try to eliminate as many teams as possible who will take the next exam, this is the purpose of my approach. ”