Boom!

With the muffled sound of fists and feet intersecting, the two figures retreated separately.

This is a remote practice ground, and the two people in the field are facing Shinji and Shiro, who are practicing physical arts.

Seeing that his offensive was once again defused, Shinji frowned slightly.

After practicing these days, he can clearly feel that he is improving, but no matter how he improves, Shiro always gives him the illusion that he can win if he pushes harder!

As a result, he was repelled again and again.

"Try breathing!" After making up his mind, Shinji looked at Shiro: "Be careful, I'm going to use all my strength this time!" ”

Bai nodded cooperatively, his face full of solemnity.

"All in one!"

Call...

After exhaling a breath, Shinji's figure flashed, and a straight punch went straight to Shiro's face.

“！”

A hint of surprise flashed in his white eyes, as if he didn't expect Shinji's speed to suddenly become so fast.

Bang bang bang...

In an instant, the two of them punched each other four or five times.

Every time Shinji throws a punch, there is a mist in his mouth to exhale, one move and one style, as if stepping on a certain rhythm, and his speed and strength are much higher than before.

This made Bai very uncomfortable, and rarely showed panic.

Call...

With another light breath, Shinji's speed increased again, his body shook, and he went around behind Shiro, and then swept out with a side leg!

But at the moment when the side leg swept in Shiro, with a 'swish', Bai jumped up quickly, not only avoiding Shinji's side leg, but also using his toes to lightly touch Shinji's side leg, and reflexively responded to Shinji's side leg.

"This!?"

Shinji was taken aback, and he didn't have time to change his moves to dodge, so he had to reluctantly raise his arms to protect the vital point.

Boom...

With a muffled sound, Shinji was once again repulsed, and the rhythm of the breathing method was disrupted.

Feeling the slight numbness coming from his arm, Shinji pouted: "Shiro, the strength of your leg is wrong, are you letting me?" ”

Bai gasped lightly: "Shinji-san, it's already hard to parry your attack, how can I have the strength to deliberately let you." ”

Shinji shook his arm to relieve the pain: "You're just letting me." ”

Shiro didn't continue to explain, but walked to the sidelines and handed Shinji a bottle of water: "Shinji-san, let's take a break." ”

Shinji took the water and drank it silently.

He knew that Bai was keenly aware of the limit of his physical strength, not only secretly reducing the intensity of the confrontation, but also taking the initiative to ask for rest and take care of his face.

After combing through the fight just now, Shinji confirmed that the 'breathing method' has a significant impact on physical arts.

Without using the 'breathing method', with his physical foundation, he can't pose any threat to Bai at all.

And once the 'breathing method' is used, even if it is a half-hung state that has only been cultivated for two weeks, it can obviously cause a little trouble for Bai.

"The use of water breathing is still not skilled enough, and the rhythm can be easily disrupted."

Shinji secretly reviewed.

Bai on the side took a sip of water and asked casually, "Shinji-san, can you ask, you are already very powerful, why are you still cultivating so hard?" ”

Shinji slandered in his heart: "I said it was to protect the ninja world, do you believe it?" ”

The devil knows what the next invasion of the ninja world will be, and he won't dare to slack off.

Seeing Shinji silent, Shiro said tentatively, "Is it because of that person?" He... Why would he do such a thing? ”

Shinji glanced at Shira, then withdrew his gaze, "I don't know either." ”

What Shiro was referring to was, of course, was the Uchiha Itachi who slaughtered the entire clan.

It is not surprising that he has such doubts.

Because many people in the village have the same doubts, everyone doesn't understand why Uchiha Itachi, as the young patriarch, would destroy his own family with his own hands.

But Shinji had a gut feeling that Shiro cared too much about him and the Uchiha clan, even though Shiro disguised it well.

The next day.

"What, the middle ninja exam?"

Shinji in the classroom was a little surprised.

On the podium, Teacher Iruka was still talking about the arrangements for the ninja school during the next middle ninja exam.

To put it simply, junior students like Shinji are going on vacation.

As soon as he mentioned the middle ninja exam, Shinji subconsciously remembered Naruto's middle ninja exam in the original book.

But in fact, the Chunin exam is held every three years.

The scale is also large and small.

Like Naruto's time, the scale is very large, and under normal circumstances, the scale will be smaller.

The venue is not necessarily in Konoha Village, and all villages that have alliances or cooperative relationships with Konoha are qualified to host the Chunin Examination in principle.

"Great, it's time off!"

"I've heard that many villages will send people to participate this time."

"Isn't that a good show?"

The students were smiling one by one, just like the village was going to hold a festival.

In fact, the middle ninja exam is indeed no different from the festival, and in the final finals, the villagers in the village can also buy tickets to enter and watch.

Leaving the ninja school, Shinji and Shiro wander around the streets.

Suddenly, there was a noise in the distance.

Shinji followed the prestige, only to see a procession coming from the end of the street, and in the center of the procession was a magnificent carriage.

Bai also looked over: "It seems to be a sign of the country of ghosts, is the witch of the country of ghosts also going to attend this middle ninja exam?" ”

Shinji's face froze: "Oni no Kuni Shrine Maiden? ”

Bai said: "Well, the one in the carriage is probably the witch from the Oni Country." ”

"What is she doing with Konoha here? Could it be that my illusion has been lifted? Shinji, who was secretly frightened, looked in the direction of the Oni no Kuni team, and wondered, "Is this going to the Hokage Building?" ”

Finding that Shinji's face was a little ugly, Shiro asked with concern, "What's wrong, what's uncomfortable?" ”

Shinji shook his head and left the street.

Even if he knew that Aster's appearance in Konoha at the moment was very abnormal, he couldn't take any action.

This is the central area of Konoha and only a few blocks from the Hokage Building, and any action he takes could have unforeseen consequences.

The only thing he could do now was to pray that Shion hadn't lifted the mental suggestion he had exerted yet.

In the midst of his apprehension, Shinji spent the day.

On this day, he did not come to control his dark part, nor did there be any rumors about him, or the kaleidoscope writing wheel, as if the arrival of the witch of the Oni Country had nothing to do with him.

Later in the day, the teams from Sand Hidden Village, Grass Ninja Village, Rain Hidden Village, Taki Ninja Village, and Fog Hidden Village arrived in Konoha one after another.

Hearing the news, Shinji was full of doubts.

In my impression, the relationship between Konoha and Kiruin is very stiff, and Kigakuin never seems to have sent anyone to take Konoha's middle ninja exam.

The other people sent by the ninja village were also obviously a little more than usual.

"It seems that participating in the middle ninja exam is fake, and verifying the rumors of the extermination of the Uchiha clan is the purpose of these villages."

After thinking about it for a while, he figured out the reason why these ninja villages were so active in sending people to participate in this middle ninja exam.

You must know that the Uchiha clan is a wealthy family that has been inherited for nearly a thousand years, and it is a ninja clan that has stood at the top of the ninja world before the establishment of major ninja villages.

Therefore, the news of the extermination of the Uchiha clan is a bombshell for the entire ninja world.

At night, Shinji did not relax and continued to pull Shiro to practice physical skills with himself.

During the break, he wiped his sweat with a towel and asked casually, "Why did the country of ghosts send people to take the middle ninja exam?" They also have a ninja village? ”

Bai shook his head: "I haven't heard of the ghost country having a ninja village. ”

"What are the witches of the Oni Country doing in the village?"

Shiro smiled, "I don't know, but I heard that the witch from the Oni Country walked around the village for a day and patronized a lot of shops." ”

"Oh."

Shinji answered, thoughtful.

Rustling...

Suddenly, there was a noise in the bushes on the edge of the practice field.

Shinji and Shiro looked over.

I saw a figure emerge from the bushes.

She was small, dressed in a gorgeous dress, with a bulging mouth that seemed to chew something, and a string of three-color balls in her hand.

Aster!?

Shinji was shocked and recognized the identity of the other party.

This figure that came out of the grass in a panic was not someone else, it was the witch of the Oni Country that he had just talked to Shiro.

Shion didn't seem to expect anyone in such a remote place, so she made a shushing gesture at Shinji and Shiro, and then picked up her dress and prepared to sneak away.

But just after taking a few steps, she suddenly stopped, tilted her head and ran in front of Shinji, staring at Shinji: "You..."