Chapter XXII
After a few days, everything went well. Ino and the others got the scroll smoothly and didn't have any bad luck just in time to run into this guy Orochimaru. They reached their destination in the center of the Death Forest, where the third elimination match was played. At this time, the rules have changed, the team members no longer affect each other, and the squad ninjas need to rely on their own strength to be promoted to the final battle a month later.
In five days, the traces of Orochimaru had already been discovered, and in particular, the Shinobi Mitarai Red Bean went to chase and failed to leave Orochimaru, and this dangerous S-class traitorous ninja disappeared into the forest of death.
It is impossible for Konoha to directly cancel this time the middle ninja exam, which will make the entire ninja world see Konoha's jokes. I had to pretend that nothing had happened, and secretly sent people to search for Orochimaru's traces, and raised the alert level to the highest.
Until now, Orochimaru has not shown his head again.
On the last day, when all the passing squads have arrived, the third elimination exam will finally begin. There were only six or seven teams participating, and Konoha Shinobu occupied five. The remaining two are the Sand Ninja Team and the Otoshinobi Team. This result is also predictable, except for Sand Shinobi and Konoha There are no other big ninja villages involved, and Sand Ninja has only one team, and it is reasonable that Konoha occupies most of the places.
Twenty-one people stood in the center of the examination room, and the examiner, with a sickly face, began to announce the rules. He coughed from time to time and looked like he had a short life, and then he did die at a young age. Although not to die of illness, but to be killed.
After explaining the rules, Moonlight Blasts glanced at everyone and asked, "Alright, now I'm going to talk about one last point." Because it's an official battle exam, you need to show your full strength, and if there is any accidental disability or unfortunate death in the process, Konoha will not be responsible. So, if someone wants to quit now, is it too late for anyone to quit the exam? ”
In the silence, a voice suddenly said, "I, I want to quit!"
The guy with glasses and a smile on his face didn't feel embarrassed at all: "Anyway, there's no problem with quitting now, it won't affect my teammates, so I chose to quit!"
In this regard, Naruto said that he was surprised and did not understand. He chased after Yakushidou and asked something, and in the end he could only return to the team and watch Yakushidou leave. For Naruto, no matter how it was explained, giving up and retreating was an act that he couldn't understand. This gentle and friendly ninja from the village actually gave up the exam, which he found difficult to accept.
Moonlight Blast didn't say anything, took a pen and crossed out the name of the pharmacist, and announced the start of the game after confirming that no one wanted to quit. The huge screen hanging on the side of the examination room began to randomly scroll the names of the remaining twenty candidates, absolutely their respective opponents.
In the first scene, it was Sasuke Uchiha against the red bronze armor of the same Konoha ninja, one of Yakushidou's teammates, and also a spy left by Orochimaru in Konoha. Including the other Ken Misumi, this team's shinobi are all spies. Their purpose is also very simple, that is, to kill Sasuke Uchiha, and the order comes from Orochimaru. The same trio of the Otoshinobi squad has the same purpose.
They actually knew that Orochimaru's purpose was to make them use as a whetstone to sharpen Uchiha Sasuke, but in their hearts, Orochimaru's orders were above all else, and they were the ones who deserved to give their lives for them.
So, since the order was to kill Sasuke, naturally there would be no spare.
In the beginning, Sasuke was in a bitter battle. The Uchiha clan has never had a lot of chakra, and after the copper armor came into contact with the body and launched the chakra absorption technique, most of the chakra was taken away. However, after that, Sasuke still relied on his physical skill level to kill this opponent and win.
Next, the battle between Sack and Shino the Oil Girl ended in Shino's victory. During the battle between Ken Misumi and Kankuro, this spy was directly killed by the puppet.
Then it was Ino and Sakura's turn to fight.
The two are very familiar with each other, and they are evenly matched when they fight. Yuzo knows the ending, and if there is no accident, it will be a tie and both will be eliminated. Whether it is from the perspective of physical arts, ninjutsu or illusion, the level of two people is half a catty. Although Ino has the art of turning her palm, Sakura won't give her time to prepare.
Watching the constant physical contest between the two people on the field, Yuzo felt very interesting. At this time, Ino showed a competitive spirit, which was different from usual.
At this time, Yuzang was wearing a dark uniform, and he used transformation techniques to change his height and body shape, leaning on the railing of the grandstand on the second floor and carefully observing the battle between the two women. Maybe they want to solve the conflict caused by the pursuit of Sasuke at once, so they work so hard.
In the end, the two lost their combat effectiveness at the same time, and both were eliminated from the competition.
The battle of Tentenmari was completely one-sided, and Tenten, who was restrained to death, was defeated without fighting back. Next, after Shikamaru defeated Kaneto, it was Naruto's turn to follow the teeth.
Tooth's results are good, he has always looked down on Naruto at the end of the crane, and he is actually not very happy about this draw. So he decided to teach Naruto, an arrogant guy, a good lesson, and perfectly show the strength of himself and his partner.
Several of the leading shinobi were also watching from the second floor, comparing the level of their disciples with each other, observing their shortcomings and strengths, and adjusting their teaching policies. Kakashi wasn't there, the gift left by Orochimaru on his neck after Sasuke's victory started to flare up, and he took Sasuke to deal with the problem.
After Naruto's upset victory over Fang, Yuzo originally wanted to continue watching the battle of the little strongmen, but the communication paper in his arms became hot. This is a thing that the guards of the Zhongnin exam have in their hands, and now it represents an emergency summoning. I don't know if I found Orochimaru? Or what's wrong? Wait a minute, but there is a big battle between my Airo and Xiao Li, and it seems that I can't see it.
Looking at Hinata who walked into the arena, Yuzang felt sorry for this cute girl in his heart for a second, and turned to leave.
When they arrived at the convening point, Mitarai Red Beans were waiting for them. Dozens of ninjas had been summoned by her for another careful search of the Forest of the Dead. Yuzo felt that this was a waste of time, could it be that Orochimaru would still stay in the Forest of Death at this time?
With a big move, the ninjas scattered and headed for their assigned search area. Although Yuzo felt troublesome and reluctant, Azuki was now his nominal leader, and even if it was only temporary during the exam, he had no reason to refuse such an order.
So he had to take the task he was assigned and go to the area that needed to be searched.
I thought I could be lazy, but I didn't expect that I still needed to do things. But then again, Konoha has been really nervous these days, and the shadows are everywhere in the shadows, searching every corner of the village to find possible enemies.
After all, it is Orochimaru, and the three generations will not relax a little.
It's been a while since the last time I met Orochimaru, and this cold and viper-like scientist doesn't know what he's doing? After waiting in his base for a month, he entered Konoha openly as a wind shadow? Or is it hiding somewhere in Konoha at this time? With Orochimaru's familiarity with Konoha, this won't be much of a difficult thing.
Unbeknownst to Yuzo, he was about to see this guy for the second time.