Chapter 21: The Qualifiers Begin

On the morning of the fifth day, Sakura, Naruto, and Sasuke continued to advance towards the Central Tower, and arrived at the Central Tower after solving a group of ambushed Taki Shinobi.

"Now, what are we doing now?" asked Naruto.

"Hmm...... Based on the hint here, now we're going to open both pairs of scrolls at the same time. Sasuke said.

"However, anyone who saw the scroll's contents before fainted, and I used this to kill enemies and capture the scroll while you were unconscious. Sakura said. ”

"What? What about the hint in this tower...... Maybe the effect will change when you open it here?" Sasuke said.

"Okay, I'll try. But let's close our eyes first. Sakura proposed. ”

"Well, let's do it. ”

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"Hmm, why are you all closing your eyes, oh, have you seen anyone asleep? Don't worry, when you get to the tower, you'll only activate the psychic spell that teleports me. ”

"Iruka-sensei!" Naruto opened his eyes.

β€œβ€¦β€¦β€¦β€¦ Go ahead, Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, just walk through this door and you'll have successfully passed this exam. With that, Iruka pushed open a door, and behind it was a large open field, and there were already many groups inside.

"Alright, you guys just wait here for a while, Hokage-sama will be here soon. Iruka said, and then "boom!" vanished.

Sakura looked at the people around her, including herself, a total of 18 people, a total of 6 groups, Konoha 5 groups, and Sand Shinobi 1 group.

"Okay, everyone, be quiet. Meet here. The voice of the red bean sounded, and the three generations of Hokage and a team of Nakagami ninja appeared in front of all the candidates, and there was also a sand ninja.

The next three generations of Hokage made an explanation about the middle ninja exam, it seems that the first two exams this time are too easy, and there are too many candidates left, so they can't directly participate in the third round of exams, and they need to conduct another lottery pre-selection to brush down half.

Then the chief examiner, Moonlight Blizzle, said: "That's it, ahem, if there is someone who is unwell, ahem." Moonlight Blast's face turned pale, his eyes were terribly black, and he coughed from time to time.

Ino: "I said you're okay, right?"

Hinata: "The teacher seems to be unwell. ”

Sakura: "Even then, none of us won him. Sakura guessed. ”

"Sorry, if anyone wants to abstain, report it now, because the qualifiers are about to start, ahem. ”

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"Sure enough. The third generation looked at the seventh class.

"What to do?" asked Ibihi.

"The exams of these two people should be stopped and quarantined by the dark protection. Azuki said immediately.

"But my disciples don't listen. Kakashi said with a smile.

"Even if I use a strong one, I will make them quit! Even if the chakra is sealed, the spell will react and force the power out, which is a technique that will erode the recipient...... It is already a miracle that those two children survived, and most people died early. Hokage-sama!" Azuki shouted.

"Well, I'm also very concerned about Orochimaru's affairs, so let's continue to let them participate and observe the movements, but once the power of the curse seal gets out of control, take strong measures immediately!" said the third Hokage.

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"It seems, ahem, no one is going to quit, so let's start the pre-selection now, ahem. The preliminaries take a one-on-one individual battle, exactly 18 people, a total of 9 matches, and the winner can participate in the third round, cough cough. Moonlight Blast paused, "There are no rules, until one side dies, falls, or admits defeat, so if you don't want to die, throw in the towel, but when I think the victory is decided, cough - in order not to add unnecessary corpses, I will stop the battle." Now it's time to choose your fateβ€”"

The electronic bulletin board opened, and the lottery began.

Match 1: Sasuke Uchiha vs Bronze Armor

Sakura whispered to Sasuke, "Don't use the power of the black magatama later, since it's an S-level treacherous ninja technique, maybe it's forbidden in the village, and you'll be arrested." Sakura guessed. As a precaution, I ate this by any chance. Sakura proposed. Then he gave Sasuke a military ration pill, and then walked behind the guardrail on the edge of the field with the other candidates and the leading shinobi.

Sasuke nodded, ate the ration pills, and walked to the middle of the field to fight with the copper armor............

The Bronze Armor's jutsu was able to absorb chakra, which made Sasuke very passive at first.

"This technique helps to draw out the effect of the black magatama (chakra is absorbed and chakra is used in common)," Sakura frowned, "I guess this electronic bulletin board has been manipulated by Orochimaru, right? Sakura said darkly. ”

After a while, Sasuke adjusted to the rhythm of the copper armor, and suddenly leaned under the copper armor-

Shadow Dancing Leaves――――

"Bang!" the bronze armor was kicked away, and Sasuke jumped up to follow up.

"Was it copied back then?" Kai muttered to himself.

"But then it's original!" Sasuke said, and then kicked the copper armor in a series of kicks all the way to the ground-

Lion Bullet --

The bronze armor fell heavily to the ground, spat out blood, and fainted.

"Sure enough, it would be right to give him the military ration pill as a precaution," Sakura smiled, "That person just now absorbed so much chakra that would have been enough to activate the effect of the black magatama." Sakura secretly rejoiced. ”

After Sasuke came to the guardrail on the edge of the field, Kakashi whispered something to him, and Sasuke had a hint of unhappiness in his eyes.

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Scene 2: Yamanaka Ino VS Sword Triangle

As soon as the moonlight blast began, Ino had just made a seal, and the sword triangle quickly rushed to Ino and punched it, and Ino quickly cut the middle lane to unload the power of the fist, and it was not the time to fight for strength in the face of a tall man (by the way, the way to cut the middle lane was taught by Sakura), however, the arm of the sword triangle strangely wrapped Ino's hand like an octopus tentacle, and all parts of the sword triangle's body immediately followed up and completely wrapped up Ino.

"Wow, what's going on with that person's body?" several Konoha candidates felt sick.

"Hehe, I know the secret skills of your mountain clan, but it doesn't seem to be suitable for fighting, admit defeat. The Sword Triangle said arrogantly.

"Hmph, Ino has already won. Shikamaru whispered.

"Why? Isn't this the rhythm of losing?"

"Since Shikamaru said so, it must be so. Ding Ci said while eating potato chips.

As Shikamaru said, "Bang!" The thing that the Sword Triangle was wrapped around turned into a wooden stake, and the hands and feet of the Sword Triangle were a little messy because of the sudden change in the shape of the entanglement object, and the Sword Triangle was about to let go, and Ino appeared behind the Sword Triangle, and his hands formed a mark on his heart.

The Art of Mind and Body Confusion

The hands and feet of the Sword Triangle suddenly became uncontrollable and intertwined with each other, and the hands and feet of the Sword Triangle were tied into a dead knot............

(To be continued)