"You will have an official selection competition in front of everyone, and you represent the fighting power of your respective countries, and I hope you can play your best when the time comes!" Ape Fei Ri said in a deep voice: "Therefore, the official selection will take place in a month!" ”

After explaining the rules of the formal selection in detail to a few people, and after answering everyone's doubts, he said loudly: "That's it for the rules of the official selection, although I also want you to disband, but before disbanding, you must do one more important thing!" Ahem, red beans. ”

Hearing the greeting of Sarutobi Hichi, Mitarai Red Bean immediately stepped forward with a box in his hand and said calmly, "You each take a piece of paper from my box, remember, each person can only take one." ”

After Hongdou finished speaking, he walked in front of the nine people in a row with the box in his hand, supervising their action of pulling notes from the box, and soon, everyone got a note with a number written on it.

Mori Nai Biki, who was holding the notebook in his hand, said in a deep voice: "Now report the numbers on the paper in turn!" ”

Naruto was the first to speak, "I'm number 10!" ”

"Number 1!" Inuzuka then said.

This was followed by Hinata No. 4, Ino No. 2, Shikamaru No. 7, Ninji No. 3, Temari No. 8, Iaira No. 6, and Kazama Takeshi No. 9.

"Then the absent Uchiha Sasuke is the No. 5, now I'll announce the official selection of the battle combination, Ibiki, show them the battle table!" Ape Feiri said in a deep voice.

"Yes, Hokage-sama!" Hearing this, Mori Naibi immediately showed the battle form he had completed.

"In the first round, the first round Inuzuka vs Yamanaka Ino, the second round Hinata Ninji vs Hinata Hinata, the winner of the first and second rounds will fight again; The third round Uchiha Sasuke vs Iairo, the fourth round Nara Shikamaru vs Temari, and the fifth round Takeshi Kazama vs Naruto Uzumaki. ”

"It turns out that the lottery just now is to determine the official selection of the battle combination!" Naruto said in hindsight.

"We look like we're going to have one more fight!" Inuzuka said to Hinata beside him after seeing the battle group.

"Ya, I didn't expect my opponent to be you, my brother must be very familiar with your tricks, hehehehe, you're dead!" Ino smiled and threatened when he saw that his opponent was Inuzuka.

"What? What the? Hearing this, Inuzuka immediately looked towards the battle group, he just briefly looked at the table, and he hadn't looked carefully, and when he found out that the opponent was really Ino, he couldn't help but say with a sad face: "Ino, it's not good for you to cheat like this, let's not ask the boss about the strength of the other party?" ”

"Hmph, my brother will definitely help me keep it secret, as for yours, not necessarily!" Ino said with a smile like a little fox.

"The boss won't tell you my hole cards!" Inuzuka looked at Ino's triumphant appearance and said unhappily.

"Hmph, let's see!" Ino pouted and said.

"I didn't expect my opponent to be Brother Ning Ci!" Hinata looked at Ninji cautiously and thought with mixed feelings.

"What, the official selection is just a general knockout round, but the opponent is not simple!" Temari stared at Shikamaru with fear, the strength shown in the battle between Shikamaru and Akido Dingji was extraordinary, and Temari couldn't afford not to pay attention to it.

"Uchiha Sasuke!" I Ai Luo muttered to himself in a low voice, and there was a murderous intent in his eyes.

"Is Sasuke's opponent actually him?" Sakura looked at the expressionless Iara, and when she thought of Xiao Li's appearance, she couldn't help but feel a pang in her heart, and she began to worry about Sasuke.

"That's the way the battle grouping, the first two groups of Inuzuka Yazaka vs. Yamanaka Ino, Hinata Ninji vs. Hinata Hinata, the winner of your two groups needs to fight one more game, and the winner can enter the second round with the winners of the other three groups, in order to leave you time to rest and recover, this battle is placed at the end of the first round, do you understand?" Mori Nai Hiki explained.

Inuzuka immediately asked after listening to the battle, "How many rounds are we going to have in the second round of the exam, so will we fight the next one as soon as the last game of the first round is over?" That's so unfair to us! ”

"The winner of the first and second rounds will have the right to choose their opponent in the second round, which means that you can choose one of the remaining three rounds as the opponent in the second round, and the battle will also be scheduled in the second round of the second round, so no problem, right?" Moonlight said pleasantly.

"I can accept such an arrangement, what do you guys say?" Inuzuka thought for a moment, immediately agreed, and then asked the other three for advice.

Ino, Hinata, and Ninji also quickly agreed to this arrangement.

"So that's the arrangement for the formal assessment, do you have any other questions?" Moonlight Blizzard nodded with satisfaction and continued to ask.

"I have a question, the official selection is actually conducted in the form of a knockout round, so there is only one winner, that is, only one of us can become a middle ninja?" Shikamaru asked suspiciously.

"No, that's not the case, the judges for this official selection are not only me, but also Kazekage, as well as the daimyo and ninja boss entrusted with the mission, and we will definitely evaluate you based on your performance in the elimination round."

Sarutobi breathed a sigh of relief, and continued, "Therefore, as long as you are recognized as having the qualification of a middle ninja, you can become a middle ninja even if you lose in the first round, and otherwise, even if you win the final victory, you may not be able to become a middle ninja." ”

"Of course, if you can make it through the knockouts, it means that you can increase your chances of showing yourself, got it, Shikamaru?"

"Yes, Hokage-sama!" Shikamaru nodded, but he was unhappy in his heart and secretly said, "It's really, it's really troublesome!" ”

Seeing that everyone had no doubts, Ape Feiri said in a deep voice: "Then everyone has worked hard, we will see you in a month, disband!" ”

At this time, Yakushi Douzheng, who withdrew from the middle ninja exam in order to hide his identity and strength, knelt down on one knee in front of Orochimaru and reported the information he had obtained to Orochimaru: "Orochimaru-sama, the qualifiers have ended successfully, and the official selection will start in a month. ”

"It's really peaceful here, no, it's the peace of this country." Orochimaru looked at Konoha Village, where the birds were singing and flowers, and sighed in a low voice, "Other countries are busy with arms races!" ”

"Just took the country in one fell swoop!" Yakushidou said respectfully as he stood up.

"yes, I wonder if it's fun to take off the old man's head?" Orochimaru said with a sneer.

"Really?" Yakushidou said in a skeptical tone, "With all due respect, I think you're still a little hesitant!" In the future, the power of each ninja village will be fiercely clashed for a long time, and the sound ninja village is no exception, you want to be the fuse of this situation, and Uchiha Sasuke is the explosive prepared for this! Isn't it, Lord Orochimaru? ”

"Your observation is so sharp that it makes me unhappy!" Orochimaru said in a calm tone.

"You're overrated," Yakushidou said calmly, "Because I didn't know about the existence of Toth, Sack, and Kim, in addition to collecting information about Sasuke, I was deliberately clumsy to be attacked by them in order to master the ability of Otoshinobi, you overestimated me, it seems that you still haven't fully trusted me." ”

"As my future right-hand man, you don't need to care about those little minions at all, which also shows my trust in you," Orochimaru said gloomily, "So, I'll hand over Sasuke to you now!" ”

"The spell I put on him seems to have been sealed by Kakashi, although it doesn't have much effect, but I want you to bring him in as soon as possible before the darkness in his heart stops!"

Yao Shidou said softly, "It seems that you are a little impatient. ”

"yes, because something happened!" Orochimaru said disapprovingly.

"You mean that Naruto Uzumaki!" Yakushidou said in an affirmative tone.

"He's really a keen guy, no wonder he has survived so many years of espionage," Orochimaru said secretly in his heart when he heard this.

"Sasuke is an avenger who exists to kill his brother Itachi Uchiha, so he is a life-saver until he achieves his goal, and he will definitely not die easily. However, when he fought me, he knew that he was not my opponent, but he still rushed up without knowing whether he was alive or dead, which is not what a person who spares his life should do. ”

Orochimaru calmly analyzed: "According to your information, it seems that in contact with the nine-tailed imp, Sasuke's thoughts and heart have changed. That imp has such a big influence on Sasuke, so you have to keep them apart early to accept my influence as soon as possible. ”

Yakushi looked at the Great Snake Pill solemnly, and a trace of killing intent flashed in the depths of his eyes, and even the keen Great Snake Pill did not notice it.

Yao Shidou immediately restrained his impulse, and said calmly and softly: "I take my leave!" ”

"Dou, if you want to stop me," Orochimaru looked gloomily at Yakushi Dou, who had just turned around and wanted to leave, and said in a deep voice, "I can only kill Sasuke now!" ”

Hearing this, Yakushi Dou's pupils shrank, and he trembled in horror under Orochimaru's gaze.

"You can't kill me on your own," Orochimaru whispered, "Even if you're powerful, you'll be Kakashi at best!" ”

Yakushimaru didn't know if Orochimaru had really seen through what he had just thought, and he was nervous in a cold sweat, but on the surface he remained silent and remained absolutely calm.

After tricking the pharmacist to test his reaction, Orochimaru smiled incomprehensibly and said with a pleasant face: "Just kidding, you can go, I have always believed in you." ”

Hearing Orochimaru's words, Yakushi Dou showed an unfathomable and complex expression, and immediately left.

"Hmph, what the hell are you thinking with that expression?" Orochimaru looked gloomily at the direction in which Yakushidou had left, and he was suspicious in his heart.