Thin rays of sunlight scattered through the towering trees on the wet ground, leaving dappled shadows, and the occasional birdsong echoed in the canopy of the trees, making the surrounding silence even more silent.

Sakura Haruno sat on the ground with her hands behind her, panting with her head tilted back, her sweaty pink hair sticking to her face, making her look wolf, but she really didn't have time to care, because she was really tired - just now she ran all the way with Sasuke, hid Sasuke in a hidden position without any breath, and immediately turned around to save Naruto who was hanging in the tree, until she succeeded in bringing Naruto back, she felt a sense of relief for the rest of her life.

Sasuke and Naruto were both unconscious along the way, and the long back and forth was all supported by her alone, not only that, but also to carefully avoid the snakes, insects, rats, ants and other teams that might be hiding in the shadows, and finally to find a safe and hidden place to hide the unconscious two, Haruno Sakura felt that she had never been so tired and scared during the mission of the country of waves.

――Is it because Kakashi-sensei and Sasuke Naruto have been carrying it for her in the past?

"Sasuke, Naruto......" Sakura Haruno gasped as she kept muttering the two names as if she could gain strength from them, and her hand on the ground slowly clenched.

After a little respite, she gritted her teeth and stood up, looked at the hidden tree hole, and after making sure that the two people lying inside were not easy to find, she began to look for a suitable position, digging a hole with a shuriken and setting a trap.

- She can't keep dragging the team back, she has to do something! Even without Orochimaru, there are a lot of other dangers around, it was Sasuke and Naruto who were protecting her just now, so now it's up to her to protect them!

Haruno Sakura's originally fair skin was stained with dust and sweat, and her lips were dry and peeling, but her ruby green eyes seemed to fall into a fine ray of sunlight, exuding a dazzling brilliance.

The sunlight kept changing the temperature, and the minutes passed, and the sweat kept sliding down her cheeks and her chin and falling on the grass, glistening in the light.

It wasn't until a long time later that Sakura Haruno stood up with her hands on her aching waist, she had finally laid out all the traps, and finally had time to wipe the sweat from her forehead.

"Sakura-chan."

With a weak and hoarse voice suddenly sounded, making Sakura Haruno, who had just relaxed, startled again, and when she realized that it was Sasuke's voice coming from the tree hole, a huge ecstasy surged into her heart, she threw down her shuriken and quickly ran over, and said in surprise: "Sasuke! ”

In the dim and hidden tree hole, Sasuke's face was pale, and he struggled to sit up with his elbows, but Sakura Haruno hurriedly went over to help her, and she shouted softly: "Sasuke! ”

Sakura Haruno's nose twitched slightly, her eyes were already wet, she bit her lip and couldn't hold back, she grabbed Sasuke's arm and lowered her head and cried, "Fortunately, you woke up." ”

Sakura Haruno was about to say something, but was interrupted by a hand that suddenly grabbed her arm.

Sakura Haruno, whose eyes were still red and moist, raised her head and looked at Sasuke in a daze, and the other party's dark eyes were expressions that she couldn't understand: "Sasuke? ”

Sasuke frowned and coughed, his voice hoarse but very serious: "Sakura-chan, what about the others?" ”

"He? Orochimaru? Sakura Haruno wiped away her tears, "He left after you fainted, and he didn't embarrass me." Sasuke, when we get out, we must tell Kakashi-sensei! ”

Sasuke sat tiredly, his somewhat feeble eyes looking at Haruno Sakura's clear emerald green eyes, and his lips that were as pale as his face moved: "Except for Orochimaru?" ”

Sakura Haruno wondered, "Who else?" Then she frowned and pondered for a moment, then shook her head and said, "No, Sasuke, did you see someone else ambushing nearby?" ”

Sasuke stared at Sakura's eyes and found that the other party's eyes were still clear, and it really didn't look like he was lying, so the appearance of the white boy was actually his hallucination?

No way! Sasuke immediately dismissed the idea in his heart.

He remembered all the details of what had happened before he fell unconscious, including any movement or sentence of that person, it was too clear and realistic, how could it be a hallucination? Then the only explanation is how the other party erased Sakura's memory of him...... Illusion?

Always disdainful of him but kept appearing in front of his eyes, and he didn't even admit to saving him, and he didn't even allow Sakura to leave a memory......

――What do you mean? White Boy!

Sasuke frowned.

…… There is also Orochimaru, why do White Boy and Orochimaru look so familiar?

Sakura Haruno looked at Sasuke who was speechless worriedly, "Sasuke, what's wrong with you?" ”

Lowering his eyes to hide the doubts, Sasuke shook his head and said, "It's nothing, I'm a little tired." ”

Then he removed the hand that was holding Sakura's arm, closed his eyes, and lay down again as if he had lost his strength, only his chest slowly rising and falling.

Orochimaru...... White Boy ...... Orochimaru...... White Boy ......

What's going on here?

Sasuke opened his eyes, staring blankly at the darkness at the top of the tree hole.

――Yaya...... White Boy ......

The quiet woods occasionally hear the cries of small animals.

In the dense canopy of the trees, a crow fluttered its wings and flew away, disappearing into the air in an instant.

……

"White Boy, who the hell are you?!" Because of the storage of the curse mark and the excessive consumption of the body, Sasuke's voice was hoarse and his face was pale and terrifying, but his dark eyes were stubbornly fixed on the white boy.

The second exam has ended, and due to the large number of people left, there will be another match, two by two, and the winner will advance to the final third exam.

Just now, Sasuke overcame the influence of the curse mark with difficulty to defeat the red bronze armor, and then Kakashi took him to seal the curse mark on his neck, but when passing by the white boy, Sasuke finally couldn't suppress the strong suspicion in his heart, and reached out and grabbed the white boy's arm on the spur of the moment.

Even though this move was exchanged for the angry eyes of Toth and Kim behind the white boy, Sasuke realized his gaffe immediately after making the move, but he still stubbornly grabbed the other party's arm.

- I haven't encountered it in a few days since I met it in the Death Forest, and after arriving at the assembly tower, I waited for a long time, and it was not until the end of time that I saw the White Boy's team appear, and he always wanted to talk to the White Boy, but then immediately began to fight against each other!

Missing again and again, losing communication opportunities again and again, Sasuke felt more and more impatient, and the doubts in his heart became more and more, which made him even more eager to confirm the answer that surrounded him in his heart! And this time, the extreme exhaustion of his body slackened his willpower even more, and he couldn't help but act impulsively.

The white boy who was grabbed by the arm frowned and looked at Sasuke with a displeased face: "I'm the white boy, who do you think I am?" After saying that, he raised his hand and shook off the other party's hand, then turned his head again and continued to look at the martial arts arena below.

Lowering his voice, Sasuke looked at the white boy with a hopeful gaze: "You are Yaya, aren't you?" ”

It was a question, but it was clear that Sasuke believed it was the answer.

The white boy looked at the martial arts arena in front of him expressionlessly, refusing to pay attention to Sasuke just as if he didn't exist.

"Sue me, isn't it?" Sasuke asked again stubbornly, continuing to stare at the side of the white boy's face, trying to see any slight change in expression.

The atmosphere between the two was silent, and even the others around them looked over to this side.

Kakashi crossed his hands around his chest, looked at the stalemate with complicated eyes, and said, "Alas, alas, what's the situation?" ”

But no one was present to answer his doubts.

Except for White Boy and Sasuke, the surrounding Toth and Kim are also in the dark.

Kakashi sighed, "Sasuke, let's talk about it when the seal is over, we have to hurry, your situation is dangerous." ”

Sasuke clenched his hands without a trace, looking at the white boy with firmness and suppressed madness in his eyes, he said in a hoarse voice, "When I settle the matter, I want to talk to you alone." ”

The white boy, who had been looking ahead, turned around, his eyes were displeased, and he looked at Sasuke expressionlessly and said, "The weak always live in the past, I am not your past, I am the white boy." ”

This subtle sentence with deep meaning made Sasuke's eyes widen: "You ......"

As soon as he wanted to say something, there was another uncontrollable pain in his neck, and Sasuke's face changed drastically, and his body began to shake, as if he was about to fall to his knees in the next second.

Kakashi, who was on the side, immediately stepped forward to carry him up, and said sternly, "I don't know what your relationship is, but it's really not suitable for chatting right now." If there's anything to say, let's talk about it later, now we have to seal the spell seal! With that, he picked up Sasuke and walked out quickly, completely unrecovering from his usual laid-back appearance.

Sasuke gritted his teeth and said nothing, even if he was lying on Kakashi's shoulder and trying to look up in the direction of the white boy, those eyes were dark and stubborn, but the white boy felt the fragility and loneliness in it.

This is human emotion......

It wasn't until Sasuke finally disappeared from his field of vision after a turn that the white boy turned around and looked back at the two people who were still fighting in the center.

Inexplicably, he lost interest in feeling the exam, and Bai Tongzi felt a little irritable.

He knew that he rejected Uchiha Sasuke and was tired of Uchiha Sasuke's storage, but ...... Sasuke Uchiha is his heart, why should he reject it?

The white boy's face was silent, but the hand hidden in his sleeve clenched unconsciously.

So what exactly is he rejecting?