With Ming leaving, the candidates also left the classroom in an orderly manner, and they had to go to their respective instructors to get the time and place of the next exam.

However, instead of returning with the Bronze Armor and Ken Misumi, Yakushidou cautiously infiltrated the place where the ninjas of the Grass Hidden Village lived. When he saw Akira as the chief examiner for the second exam, he realized that he had to talk to Orochimaru about what to do.

In order to collect information about newcomers, Dou has applied for the middle ninja exam seven times in a row in the past four years, and naturally participated in last year's middle ninja exam, and even successfully approached Ming's team. But because of this, he knows better that Ming is a rather difficult opponent, not only because of Ming's strength, but also because of Ming's wisdom.

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Unlike Konoha in that due to the lack of resources, Sand Hidden Village can only adopt elite tactics and focus on cultivating a group of ninjas with outstanding abilities.

Therefore, in the first written test held in Shayin Village, the questions set were decent, and as long as the ability was sufficient, you could pass, and there was no small surprise like "Ibhi's tenth question".

So last year, there were a lot of people who passed the first exam, a full 96 people, but that doesn't mean that they were all able to take the second exam.

The second exam was held in the Demon Desert, and the content of the exam was to compete for scrolls in the Demon Desert. The scrolls are divided into two types: the Book of Heaven and the Book of Earth, and the qualification condition is that the three of them will arrive at the central stronghold of the Demon Desert within three days with the two scrolls of Heaven and Earth, and live on their own during this period.

But before that, candidates need to go to the Demon Desert Surveillance Station, submit a consent form, and receive the Heaven and Earth Scroll. The Demon Desert is far away from Sand Hidden Village, and even at the speed of a ninja, it will take about a day.

Moreover, in the process of going to the Demon Desert, candidates are forbidden to fight privately, so that the sand ninja who is in the home field has a big advantage at the beginning because he is more familiar with the terrain.

The reason why it is said to be an advantage is because the Sand Hidden Village has only prepared 12 sets of Heaven and Earth Scrolls, which means that the 24 people who finally arrive at the Demon Desert will be directly disqualified from participating in the second exam.

Of course, with Dou's strength, he didn't care about this little trick of Shayin Village, and successfully obtained the qualification to participate in the second exam. And the Uchiha Shizune team, who needed him to collect intelligence, as the seed player of Konoha Village, would not be brushed off so easily.

In order to avoid too much confusion at the beginning of the exam, 24 teams entered through different entrances to the Demon Desert. So just entered

The Devil's Desert Pocket and his teammates split up, and the other two seized the Earth Scroll, while he searched for the traces of Jing and the others.

Dou did not have excellent perception ability, and it was not until the second day of the exam that he found the traces of Jing Sanren in the vast desert. Although the time was a little late, the sandstorm he encountered last night gave him a good excuse.

"You're the Dou of Konoha Village, right?" The Ming people were unhurriedly moving in one direction, and when they saw Dou approaching, they naturally asked, "What are you wandering around by yourself?" ”

"I'm not here for your scrolls," Dou said, holding his hands to show that he was not hostile, "I was separated from my teammates due to the sandstorm, and I'm now preparing to join them at the central stronghold." ”

"We're not interested in the scroll of heaven on you." Ming glanced at his pocket and said regretfully, "You will find us, are you afraid that you will be ambushed by other teams on the way to the central stronghold?" We can give you a ride, but in return, if you meet other teams during your trip, you'll have to do your part. ”

Dou was overjoyed, he was thinking about how to get into it, Ming immediately helped him move the steps, it seems that sometimes smart people are easier to fool. However, he pretended to be embarrassed on his face, and after a moment of deliberation, he agreed to go with him.

Ming was not stingy, handed two bags of water and a bag of dry food to Dou, and explained: "We take a roundabout route to avoid being ambushed by other teams, and as for your companions, Xiao will tell you if he sees it." ”

"Ming, at ten o'clock, a kilometer away, there is a team from Yuyin Village approaching." Hinata Takataka carefully distinguished for a while, and said affirmatively: "It's the rain, the rainy season, and the shower, and it will pass us in five minutes." ”

"Well, I'll just say a few words." Ming pointed to a few small sand dunes where people could be hidden, and began to formulate tactics, "Yu Ren and these people are all arrogant personalities, and they are extremely conceited about their strength. And there are no sentient ninjas, so we can respond by ambush. Among them, the captain's trick is to shoot a thousand books with an umbrella that is enough to penetrate the steel plate, and the attack is extremely intensive, so filial piety to you to deal with it; Mei Yu is petite and nimble, and has amazing wrist strength, but my physical skills are enough to suppress him; The rest of the showers are insidious and calm, good at assassination, and the frontal strength is the weakest, so it will be handed over to the seniors; Jing, you are in charge of auxiliary support. ”

"This is your first time taking the Shinobi exam, right? I can understand my opponent to such an extent. Dou was slightly stunned, he wanted to show Ming Sanren his forbearance card, and use Yu Ren's intelligence to brush a wave of favorability, but Ming didn't give him this opportunity at all, and even he couldn't find anything wrong with the tactical arrangement.

"It's just a good job, people are coming, quickly hide." After Ming finished speaking, he put on goggles and a gas mask, and buried himself in the sand with a sliding shovel. Jing and Takashi also did the same, hiding in the nearby sand dunes.

This made Dou, who was performing camouflage stealth on the side, stunned, his earth escape attainments are not low, and he can probably be compared to the sixth generation of Tsuchikage Kakashi. But I really haven't seen such a hardcore Tu Dun from Ming Jiren, and suddenly I have a bad premonition.

When Yushinobu enters the ambush circle, Shizu emerges from the sand dunes and throws the first wave of shuriken to attract Yushinobi's attention. The remaining three people burst into the rain ninja formation in an instant, and a set of filial piety gossip palms sealed the Shiyu meridians, and Meiyu, who tried to fight back, was also blocked by Ming's single whip hook hand.

Dou didn't use all his strength, and with Jing's cooperation, he "reluctantly" stunned the remaining showers. By the time he looked at Ming, Ming had already thrown a book of heaven back to the unconscious Shi Yu, directing several people to run in the other direction.

"Why don't you take the scroll away? Collecting more scrolls can be used as a bargaining chip to survive when encountering strong enemies, and it can also be provided to fellow villagers in exchange for information that can be helpful for the exam, and may even exclude the strong team that participated in the third exam in advance..."Thinking that he was a newcomer and might not have heard of the collector in the exam, he immediately opened the conversation.

"Are you stupid?" Ming interrupted Master Dou's lecture on knowledge and began to spread strange theories: "Do you know what it means to leave a line of people and see each other in the future?" The extra Book of Heaven can't let us pass the exam, so why do we need to increase the enemy? ”

Oh, everyone in the middle ninja exam is competitive, even ninjas in the same village can become enemies, if you don't rob it, there will be no enemies? Dou was about to retort, but was interrupted by another voice.

"No wonder you haven't been able to pass the middle ninja test, like this team with the scroll of the sky, we have already met seven groups. If you do what you say, there will be seven groups of people in the exam room now who don't have any scrolls. Jing looked at the pocket with a disgusted face, "Have you ever heard of barefoot people who are not afraid of wearing shoes?" More than 20 of them rushed over in a group and asked if you are afraid, right? ”

Oh, it's really worrying you if you can't pass the middle ninja test, but I'm really not afraid of facing more than twenty people head-on. And there are two perceptual ninjas in one of your teams, and there are really more than 20 people gathered on the opposite side, can you still find out? Of course, this kind of thing cannot be said from the standpoint of the pocket. "You defeated seven teams of people, and after you found out that it was the Scroll of Heaven, you returned it to them?"

"Stupid, there are filial piety's white eyes, of course, I found out that they were carrying the scroll of heaven first." Jing didn't dislike it this time, and looked at Dou with a sympathetic expression, "It seems that your memory is not very good, have you forgotten what you just said that you are not interested in the scroll of heaven on your body?" ”

"Since you're not going to grab the scroll, why don't we just avoid it just now?" I've taken the exam five times in three years, what cow, ghost, snake and god haven't seen before? But I've never seen such a strange one, and I forced myself to calm down and make the last struggle, "They didn't notice us at all, isn't there no need to fight with Yunin?" ”

"How can this be the same? Yes, we can avoid them, but if we encounter them later, will we probably fight? Xiao said in a calm tone, putting on an unfathomable look: "But if we preemptively attack them, and then return them after grabbing the scroll, won't they know that we are not enemies?" This is called sincerity, you can't feel it if you're so stupid? ”

Oh, you guys don't say a word and beat someone up, and then return the scroll that belongs to someone else, and you want to ask others if you feel the sincerity that you don't want to be an enemy? Others will only feel that there is a hole in your brain, and there is a big hole to cut down! Dou feels that it is too difficult for him, to mix with such a few strange people, and to find a way to get information, how to think about it if he is not on the same channel at all?

"Shhh Ming waved his hand and motioned for everyone to hide, "Look, I met another team, I'll be simple first... Hey, don't be in a daze, pay attention, this time it's the scroll of the earth, I'll take you to the central stronghold after grabbing it. ”

The people who came were three ninjas from the Sand Hidden Village, two sisters from Shaya Sana, and a small follower. Older sister Shaya is a puppeteer, younger sister Sana is good at wind escape, and Pit is a physical ninja who is good at poison and is not good at close-quarters combat.

In this regard, Ming formulated corresponding tactics, because Sha Ye's puppet master status and also possessed spiritual secret arts, the success rate of the ambush was not large. Therefore, he and Jing were supported from a distance, covering Xiao and Dou to complete the close quarters.

There was no problem with the tactics themselves, the shuriken that flew away did contain the pit action, and Sana subconsciously used the wind to slow down the speed of Dou and Xiao's advance, buying time for her sister Shaye.

Then Dou saw that Xiao was blown away by a not very strong wind, and Xiao kicked on the ground several steps but failed to stabilize his body, and jumped all the way to Ming's side to find his balance. Then, Dou saw Xiao turn around smoothly and ran with Ming and Jing.

"Senior, I think what you said is very reasonable, when you encounter a strong enemy, you should offer the scroll to make a living." Dou and Sand Ninja were stunned, and Ming's voice came from a distance, "Sand Ninja's friends, you are so strong!" I'll leave the scroll of heaven on my predecessor to you. Hurry up, let's run! ”

Speaking of which, how can Dou not know that he has been betrayed explicitly? It is true that with his strength, he can kill the three sand ninjas in front of him and leave calmly, but Xiao's white eyes may still be observing the situation here, and if he makes a rash move, his strength will be exposed. So he immediately took out the scroll of heaven from his bosom and threw it to the pit in the sand ninja.

Normally, after Dou handed over the scroll, there was no need for the three of them to continue to fight him. But if you can't stand these sand ninjas, there are also pitfalls in your brains! Sha Ye looked at the pocket and felt that this glasses brother was quite handsome, and it was worth cursing slowly with her own hands, so she decided to keep the pocket.

I was so angry in my heart, I was first ridiculed by a few people with strange theories; was sold to Sand Shinobi again, and he was ruthlessly placed together; Now he has to hide his strength and fight against the crazy woman Sha Ye. Is it bad to stay at home with a hole in the brain? Why come out and persecute normal people?

Fortunately, Sha Ye didn't let Shanai and the pit interfere, and he was able to deal with it easily, but when he found a chance to escape, he never found any trace of the Ming people.

However, this is only the second day, and he can still grab a set of scrolls and try it out in the third game.

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"Pocket, don't worry." Orochimaru had an evil smile on his face, and he didn't seem to care about Ming's appointment as the second examiner, "Everything goes according to plan, he won't spoil our good deeds." ”

"Could it be that he is..."According to the information gathered by Dou, the homeroom teacher of Akira when he was at the ninja school was Ebisu, who is now the tutor of the three generations of Hokage's grandsons; After graduation, Kakashi, a student who followed the fourth Hokage; He has an innocent resume and is talented, and he is even expected to become a Hokage in the future, not like Orochimaru's subordinates?

But after thinking about it, when Ming was still young, Orochimaru hadn't betrayed Konoha at that time, and he couldn't say whether Ming would be Orochimaru's arrangement. After all, Orochimaru is sometimes mysterious, and he won't talk to him about everything, so it's better to ask clearly.

"Although he is not from us, he should have something to do with the Netherworld." Orochimaru stretched out his long tongue, licked the corners of his mouth, and continued: "The underworld organization said that they can guarantee that Sasuke will survive the erosion of the curse mark, but the condition is that in addition to planting the curse mark, he will not make too much noise in the middle ninja exam. Otherwise, they could only cancel the middle ninja exam in advance, so as not to arouse the suspicion of Konoha Fang. And in the second exam, the only one who can do this is the examiner. ”

"Ming is in the Shangnin meeting, and he is also strongly in favor of letting this newcomer take the Zhongnin exam, and it is indeed very likely that he will be arranged by the underworld. But how can the underworld be guaranteed? Didn't they never dabble in human experimentation? "Dou is well aware of the amount of effort that Orochimaru has put into developing the spell mark, and even so, the survival rate of those who have been planted with the spell mark is only 1 in 10.

"So this time I'll also go into the Forest of Death, in addition to testing Sasuke's strength." Orochimaru smiled sadly, "By the way, let's also go and see what means this Ming has." ”