After defeating Xiao Li in the air and walking out of the Central Tower, the pre-selection is still going on.

Finally, the tenth of the third exam qualifiers for the Chunin exam was Nara Shikamaru and Akido Dingji, who were also in the tenth class.

Nara Shikamaru, who has a lazy personality and likes to spend a leisurely life, and Akido Dingji, who is obese and holds a bag of snacks in his hand all the time, the two have been friends since childhood, and they are both descendants of the famous Konoha family, and many people are still interested in their duel.

However, when Shikamaru, who was afraid of trouble, wanted to simply raise his hand and abstain, Ding Ci preemptively raised his hand to announce his abstention, and for Shikamaru's complaints, Ding Ci just ate potato chips with a simple smile.

In addition, Kim Tu, who had a bye, was directly promoted, for which many people lamented her good luck.

With all the pre-selected battles over, it's time for the matchmaking draw for the third exam.

The results of the draw are as follows:

No. 1. Naruto Naruto vs No. 2. Hinata Ninji

No. 3. Uzumaki Kaede (empty) vs No. 4. Sasuke Uchiha

No. 5. Kankuro vs No. 6. Oil girl Shino

7th. Nara Shikamaru vs No. 8. Temari

Number 9. Sandstorm I Airo vs No. 10. Gold and earth

Basically, the order of appearance is not much different from the original book.,What's changed is that Sasuke's first opponent is empty.,And I'm Luo, who was originally Sasuke's opponent, was against the original book's sound ninja dragon set of gold and earth.,But judging from the situation of them being treated as an outcast by Orochimaru.,Maybe she'll be taken by Orochimaru as a sacrifice for the reincarnation of the filthy earth a month later.。

After knowing the battle list in a month, Sora went directly back to his small tree house in the back mountain of Konoha and cleaned up for a while, and then went to the underground waterfall in the back mountain to continue his practice.

At the same time, the candidates who entered the third exam all had different thoughts and started their own cultivation.

Among them, the most complicated thoughts are Naruto and Sasuke Uchiha.

The battle between Sora and Xiao Li fiercely stimulated these two teenagers who were called geniuses.

One is a recognized waste without chakra, and the other is a poor student who doesn't know ninjutsu and illusion and can only rely on physical skills to fight, but the level of that battle is far beyond their cognition, and they know that if they play, they are really likely to lose.

Coupled with the last confession of Kong, as well as his admiration and praise for Xiao Li, saying that Xiao Li is definitely stronger than these geniuses, it made them feel a trace of unwillingness in their hearts.

Especially Sasuke Uchiha, who is extremely arrogant in his heart, because of the family's teachings, he has always believed that Uchiha is the strongest existence in the ninja world, no matter what kind of ninjutsu or blood inheritance limit realm, he can't beat the Uchiha clan.

Coupled with Uchiha Sasuke's character, it is the kind of typical 'only I can be stronger than others, and others are better than me, so I am not allowed', and I said in public that Xiao Li's crane tail is stronger than him, isn't that just saying, he Uchiha Sasuke can't win a poor student who can only do physical arts?

For the arrogant Sasuke, this is intolerable, so after he is ready, he immediately goes to Kakashi and asks Kakashi to teach him advanced ninjutsu, for Sasuke, only by learning advanced ninjutsu can he be considered truly stronger.

And it's not just the shinobi who have mixed emotions.

In the Hokage's office, the third Hokage had a pipe in his mouth and looked at Kakashi who was standing opposite him with a complicated expression.

"What Kakashi Kazue said is really unreassuring."

"I'm really sorry, Miyo-sama," Kakashi lowered his head in shame, "Although I wanted to talk to him several times, Kaede seemed to look down on me and never took me seriously, and every time I wanted to talk to him, he answered very casually, and then walked away, without giving me a chance"

"It seems that that child has a great prejudice against us, alas, 'nothing', I'm sorry for Watergate all these years" The three generations of Hokage sighed as if he was several years old, "Is there any way to eliminate the hatred in that child's heart?" ”

"Three generations of adults, please don't care so much, in the end, I also have a responsibility, as his teacher, but I can't get the recognition of the students, I'm too useless"

"In that case, you might as well leave it to me to figure it out."

A voice rang out, and a figure crawled in through the window of the Hokage's office.

At the sight of this figure, both Miyo and Kakashi's eyes widened.

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A few days later-

Sora came to the river that led to the underground waterfall as usual, and heard the unwanted sound.

"Haha, how is it, lustful fairy! I've summoned such a large toad! It was clearly Naruto's voice.

"Well, it didn't take long to learn the psychic technique, and you were able to psychic a toad of this size, Naruto, you deserve to be a child of the water gate," a distinctly older voice sounded afterward, "but a toad of this size is not useful in battle at all, you have to grasp that feeling as much as possible, and summon a larger toad in one breath to be useful!" ”

"Okay, look at me, fairy!"

"It's all said, don't call me a fairy!"

Looking at Naruto standing by the river, and an uncle opposite Naruto with long white hair, wearing a forehead guard with the word 'oil' written on it, a red coat on his body, and clogs on his feet, Sora immediately guessed the identity of the white-haired uncle.

Jiraiya, one of the three disciples of the three generations of Hokage, together with Orochimaru and Senju Tsunade, is called 'Konoha Sannin', has a lewd and lustful personality, likes to peep at the bathhouse, and is also called 'material', and the 18 forbidden reading materials 'Intimacy Paradise' that Kakashi often keeps in his hand are from his pen.

When he was young, Jiraiya inadvertently signed a psychic contract with the toad clan of Myoki Mountain, and the great toad immortal predicted that Jiraiya's disciples would bring great changes to the ninja world in the future, and Jiraiya, in order to find the so-called son of prophecy, but also to find the traces of Orochimaru, the former partner who defected, left Konoha.

He didn't have much thought about Jiraiya, but until he died, he carried out his own path, and there was no so-called regret in his life, and he passed on his hopes and ideals to the younger generation, which is still worthy of respect.

But in this world, Jiraiya often seems to come back to visit Naruto, and teach Naruto, but Sora hasn't seen Jirai, and even if he does, Sora will probably just ignore him and walk straight over.

However, if both the master and apprentice are by the river, then there is no way to dive into the water to go to the location of the underground waterfall, so the practice of exercising the body in the waterfall has to be put aside today and go to other practices.

Just as Sora turned around, a figure suddenly fell from the sky and blocked Sora's face.

"Is this kid another child of the Water Gate, sure enough" Jiraiya looked at the reddish-brown reddish-brown boy in front of him who had no resemblance to Naruto, and his expression was full of complicated expressions.

When he was in the Hokage's office a few days ago, he had already heard that Mizumon's eldest son, Naruto's brother, had lived alone in the mountains far away from the village for nearly ten years, not only did he not interact with people, but he was also indifferent to his teammates after graduation.

"Kaede? Why are you here, are you here to practice too? Naruto then noticed the empty that appeared here and asked curiously.

In response to Naruto's question, Sora didn't even look at it, and said directly, "I'm not obligated to tell you." ”

After finishing speaking, Sora simply bypassed Jiraiya and walked directly towards the forest where he usually exercised his small cosmic perception and dodge skills.

As for Jiraiya, who was bypassed, it felt very hurt.

His dignified toad immortal was actually ignored by a nearly 13-year-old ghost, and he ignored him and walked past him without even saying hello.

Looking at Jiraiya, who was completely gray, Naruto tilted his head and scratched his face to show that he didn't understand what was going on at all.

Sora returned to his place of cultivation, hung the stake, then blindfolded, cut the rope, and the stake immediately flew from all directions, and Sora was in this state where the slightest mistake would die, relying on the induction of the small universe and the reflex nerves of the body, to avoid the impact of the stake with minimal movements.

From the afternoon until dusk, the whistling sound of the stake piercing the air, the muffled sound of the stake hitting the human body, and the screams of being hit by the stake were repeated until dusk.

Sora, who was covered in bruises, got up from the ground, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, walked towards the fruit tree on the side, picked a fruit and nibbled it, and looked up at the gradually darkening sky.

"Is there still a month left until that opportunity?"

Sora leaned against the rough trunk of the tree, his eyes staring blankly at the sky, his face full of exhaustion and numbness.

'How long will such a day last?'

Yes, he was really tired, repeating the same steps every day, and every day he had to endure the hateful gazes of those ignorant people; Every day, he repeats the kind of death training that almost collapses his body; Every day he had to see those hypocritical faces that he couldn't look at at all; And then every day he had to smell the rotten smell hidden under the false peace, all of which had exhausted him physically and mentally.

At this moment, a leaf drifted down with the wind and landed right on the empty chest.

Sora reached out and picked up the leaf, then put it to his lips and blew it slowly, a melody echoing through the forest again.

If you are a bystander, you will find that the blank eyes and numb expression of the young man leaning against the tree and playing the beautiful melody in the dusk will make people with a conscience feel heartache.

However, in this rotten village, there is no one who will have a conscience for this young man, and no one can feel his already scarred heart

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