The outskirts of Konoha Village.

The three Konoha Shinobi, who were in charge of daily patrols, were looking at the bodies of the three Kusakashimi shinobu who had fallen on the grass with a solemn expression.

These three Kusakure Shinobi should participate in the second selection of the middle ninja exam at the 44th training ground at this moment.

However, looking at the degree of decomposition of these three corpses, it is clear that they have been dead for about a week.

The killer seems to be an extremely insane and arrogant fellow, as can be seen from the torture of the three corpses and the random discarding of them on the side of the road.

"There's a problem with the middle ninja exam...... The murderer is really cruel......"

"Hurry up and inform the examiner of the second exam, Lord Azuki!"

……

At this moment, Mitarai Red Bean is sitting comfortably outside the examination room, drinking sweet red bean soup and eating glutinous rice balls.

"To eat meatballs, you still have to serve them with red bean soup...... After eating this skewer, it's time for us to go to the tower and wait for them...... If you move faster, you can get to the tower in one day......"

With a light throw of his hand, the bare bamboo sticks shot into the trunk in front of him, and Mitarai Red Bean looked at the dense mass of bamboo sticks inserted on the trunk like a hedgehog, and he hiccuped with satisfaction.

"Azumi-sama! Big things are wrong! ”

A shinobi suddenly appeared.

Mitarai Red Bean frowned: "What's wrong?" ”

"Three bodies were found on the outskirts of the village, and they died in a strange way!"

……

Standing in front of the three corpses, Mitarai Azuki's face gradually turned pale, his eyes widened, and the corners of his mouth began to twitch slightly.

These were three bodies without faces, and their faces seemed to have been dissolved.

"Show me the pictures of those three Kusakishin Shinobu!"

Taking the photo from the hands of his subordinate Nakashinobi, Mitarai Azuki's gaze was fixed on the face of the long-haired black Kusahi Shinobi.

The pale and thin face is bloodless, and there is a gloomy coldness in his eyes, even through the photo, he can feel that the other party's whole body exudes an incomparably murderous aura.

A cool breeze blew, and Mitarai Red Bean shivered involuntarily, and turned around to give a loud order to several subordinates.

"Hurry up and inform Hokage-sama!"

"Request at least two teams of Dark Men for support!"

Without waiting for his subordinates to react, Mitarai Red Bean had already turned around and headed straight for the 44th exercise ground at full speed, his wide beige trench coat hunting in the wind.

……

Heiji had already increased his running speed to the extreme, and he saw a few small black dots appear in the field of vision in front of him in the distance.

"Fire escape! Dragon Fire Technique! ”

I saw a fire dragon suddenly erupt from Sasuke Uchiha's mouth, burning quickly and rapidly in a straight line towards the enemy on the opposite side who was firmly imprisoned.

The flames enveloped the entire enemy's head in an instant, but no terrible howls were heard.

That terrible enemy seems to be completely unafraid of the fire-based ninjutsu that the Uchiha clan is proud of.

"Worthy of being a descendant of the Uchiha clan......"

"Sasuke ......"

A hoarse, cold, and creepy voice slowly came out of the other party's mouth.

"My name is Orochimaru......"

Facing the fierce murderous aura emanating from Orochimaru's whole body, Uchiha Sasuke froze in place, the muscles of his whole body stiffened, and he couldn't move at all.

"Hee-hee......!"

Orochimaru's neck suddenly stretched out more than ten meters long, and it bit the left side of Uchiha Sasuke's neck like lightning.

"You're going to come to me...... Only I can give you strength......"

Uchiha Sasuke suddenly had a convulsion all over his body, curled up in pain, and Orochimaru, who was on the opposite side, had already quietly sneaked into the big tree and disappeared without a trace.

"Wow!"

There was a tingling and itching sensation all over his body, and Sasuke Uchiha rolled in pain on the trunk of the tree, his hard nails digging deep into his skin, and the crimson blood slowly flowed out, dyeing the sky-blue Uchiha clan's iconic costume almost dark red.

"Sasuke...... What happened to you...... Hold on......"

Sakura Haruno's eyes were full of tears, and she hugged Sasuke tightly into her arms, but she was powerless to relieve the other party's pain, and could only wail in pain.

"Let him go...... I'll figure it out......"

A warm and clear voice sounded in his ears, and Sakura Haruno raised her head in surprise, only to see Heiji standing in front of her like an angel.

Heiji sighed lightly, pressed his hands on Sasuke Uchiha's back, and concentrated the chakra of his whole body on the palm of his hand, through Sasuke's skin, flowing continuously to his neck.

On Sasuke's slender and white neck, there were three strange tadpole-shaped marks.

A large number of dark attribute chakras quickly surrounded the three black tadpoles, and Sasuke's painful moans seemed to lessen a little, and the whole person gradually calmed down and fell into a state of sleep.

"Orochimaru's curse mark is really not trivial......"

Heiji didn't hesitate to spare the chakras in his meridians, pouring into Sasuke's body like a turbulent river, impacting the tadpole curse mark on his neck.

The three black tadpoles, like the ice that has been frozen for thousands of years in a polar glacier, faintly showed a hint of thawing under the washing of the chakra of the same time.

Slowly moving his hands, Heiji finally collapsed on the ground tired, and he didn't even have the strength to open his mouth to speak.

"Thank you...... Thank you...... Flat ......"

Sakura Haruno burst into tears, and at the moment she couldn't say anything other than "thank you".

"Naruto-kun...... How are you...... Wake up......"

Not far away, Naruto Uzumaki was inserted into his jacket with a shuriken, firmly attached to the trunk of a tree.

Hinata slowly pulled out her shuriken, blushing, and gently lowered Naruto to the ground.

"Naruto-kun...... It should be fine...... He just fainted......"

Heiji took a deep breath, recovered a trace of chakra, and said with difficulty.

Inuzuka leaned over and glanced at the scroll in Sasuke Uchiha's arms, a look of disappointment on his face.

Both teams are holding the "Book of Heaven".

The two members of the opposing team were unconscious and had lost their ability to resist.

Originally, it was a great opportunity to complete the mission, but unfortunately it was too bad......

"Ahem...... Ahem......"

Heiji turned his back, covered his mouth with his hand, and coughed lightly twice.

A dark chakra fruit flashed through his fingers and turned into a wisp of black smoke into his mouth.

A familiar warm current once again flowed through the meridians of Pingji's body, and the speed of chakra generation was greatly increased again.

So far, this is the third chakra fruit that Pingji has eaten, and the speed at which chakra is produced in his meridians is almost 5 times that of the original state, and the texture of the chakra itself is also obviously condensed a lot.

With the double increase in the speed and texture of Chakra, Heiji's current speed, strength, and destructive power have far surpassed the physical skill level of ordinary shinobi......