Outside the alley.

The three of them stood in the sunlight, but the whole person was directly stunned. Even Iara put away his murderous aura and looked at Naruto in the shadows in horror.

"Let's go!" Temari lowered his voice, and he didn't care about anything in a hurry.

She hurriedly grabbed the hands of the two rebellious brothers, and led them out of the alley without looking back, until she was far away, and then she gasped and let go.

"What's that?" Kankuro, whose face was painted with purple stripes of camouflage, had a hollow look in his eyes, and his hands holding on to the wall were trembling.

Kankuro still kept his senses, knowing that the Iairo standing next to him was also a monster, and the word monster was the most taboo, so he didn't say anything harmful and unhelpful.

"Nine...... Nine-Tails. Temari's whole body was shaking, his calves were too tense, and he was still in a state of spasms.

"How can Konoha have such a terrible thing?" Kanjiuro recalled that Fang Cai saw that scene, and his purple lips trembled.

........

"Nine-Tails?" The sand in the room led the team to Shinobu Maki frowned and said, his gaze swept over the three of them, "How is it possible?" You must have been tricked by that little ghost. ”

"Tricked?" Temari and Kankuro looked at each other, but I Airo didn't react, and still stood indifferently.

"Markey-sensei, what do you mean by that?" Temari cold sweat oozed from his forehead, and he hurriedly asked.

The joshinobi who is called Maki by Temari has a square face, wears a black tights undershirt, and a brown vest with a sand hidden shinobi brown.

Half of his head was covered with a white cloth, covering the left half of his face. The tone of his voice was serious, with a hint of vigor and resoluteness.

"You don't have to worry too much." "More than ten years ago, the Nine-Tails reappeared in Konoha and it is believed that the mature human pillar force is dead. ”

"Konoha is just an ordinary imp now, and he can't control the power of the tailed beast at all."

Speaking of this, Maki paused, looked at the three little apprentices and said goodbye.

"What you just said is the face-painting of the tailed beast, which is something that can only be done by the power of a perfect human pillar. If Konoha really has such a human pillar force, how can we make a plan for Konoha to collapse? ”

"Teacher, what do you mean....... That little imp can't really control the Nine-Tails, but just pretends to be able to turn into a tailed beast to scare us? Temari asked in surprise

"Of course, otherwise how could it be so coincidental, the most important person in a village, Zhuli, just passed in front of you." Markey nodded.

His eyes seemed to have seen through Konoha's conspiracy, and he showed a stiff smile that I gradually understood everything.

"The Zhongnin Exam was originally a competition for each village to show the strength of the new generation, how could Konoha let go of this excellent opportunity to deter the Sand Hidden Village?"

"I see." Kankuro nodded, although he still felt that something was wrong, but none of this mattered.

Since the leader of the team has said so, and the allies of this cooperation are the party with extremely reliable intelligence, naturally there is nothing to doubt.

Temari also breathed a sigh of relief, and then gritted his teeth and said viciously.

"That guy is actually teasing us, don't fall into my hands in the future!"

Iro, who had always been indifferent on the side, just glanced at them coldly, but didn't say anything to correct them.

The moment he lowered his head, his eyes were full of battle intent.

He knows best whether it is the coercion of the tailed beast, and it will not be wrong, that is, the nine-tails.

The next day, it rained heavily in Konoha.

Sakura and Sasuke, led by Kakashi, went to the Hokage Building to submit the registration materials for the Chunin exam, and the three of them walked in the rain with umbrellas.

Under the pink umbrella, Sakura broke the silence and summoned up the courage to ask Kakashi's back in front of her.

"Kakashi-sensei, Naruto, why can't he take the shinobi exam with us?"

With a snap, Kakashi stopped and turned to look at Sakura.

"Hokage-sama's order, this is also something that cannot be helped."

"But......" Sakura swallowed, the knuckles of her fingers holding the umbrella in the rain turned pale, "but we're a collective, aren't we?" ”

The sound of the rain cut out most of the outside sounds, and Sakura had to shout to make Kakashi hear hers, and the rain wet the ends of Sakura's pink hair.

Her voice trembled slightly, and she hesitated.

"You taught us, Kakashi-sensei, we're a collective. So...... So Naruto shouldn't have been left out like this! ”

Sasuke also stopped, his brow furrowed slightly, and although he didn't speak, he turned his gaze to Kakashi, and the meaning was self-evident.

"Even if it's the Hokage's order? Are you going to disobey too? Kakashi glanced at Sakura condescendingly and without emotion.

"Maybe you and Sasuke's exam qualifications will be affected as well, but even if that's the case, do you want to keep going?"

"I ......" Hearing that Sasuke would also be affected, Sakura hesitated.

Kakashi didn't pay attention to Sakura's hesitation, and one-eyed swept over Sasuke and Sakura, asking them in a serious tone.

"The middle ninja exam is the only way for the lower ninja to become the middle ninja, and it is also the fastest way for you to become the middle ninja. After becoming a middle ninja, both the task reward and the resources obtained are dozens of times that of the lower ninja. ”

"You all have your own goals, right? Wouldn't it be good to reach it earlier? The middle ninja exam is Konoha's home field, and the opportunity is rare. ”

"If you do it again, you'll have to wait another three years, and maybe by that time, your companions at the ninja school will already be the first to become the top ninja."

"Even so, do you still hold on?"

Thundered! The electric light pierced the rain curtain, and the torrential rain roared louder, and the thud on the surface of the umbrella seemed to be a question.

Sakura and Sasuke both fell silent, allowing the sound of the rain to amplify infinitely.

"It's okay." Kakashi spoke again, "Naruto's order not to take this shinobi exam was issued by the three generations of Hokage-sama personally, and it is not something you can change. ”

"Let's go, it's too late."

With that, Kakashi had already turned around and stepped on his tactical boots and walked forward.

"I'm ....." Sakura's tears flowed uncontrollably, she remembered the first time the three of them shared information, and remembered Naruto's words of comfort.

"There's nothing wrong with being ordinary, if you have a choice, but ......"

"Sakura-chan, your strength isn't in combat. You don't need to be reckless, Sasuke and I will take on the responsibility of fighting. ”

Sakura couldn't hold back any longer, tears welled up in her eyes, and she lowered her head and whimpered. I regretted my momentary hesitation, obviously Naruto didn't hesitate at that time......

"Kakashi-sensei! I...... I still want to take the middle ninja exam with Naruto! Sakura looked up and cried out.

Tears blurred her vision, and she herself didn't know if Kakashi had gone away, maybe it was raining too much, and she hadn't heard her.

Maybe......

The sound of treading water came from far and near, and Sakura only felt a pair of warm hands on her head, looking up at Kakashi's smiling eyes, and said softly.

"I agreed."

"You guys are really good, Sasuke has already told me, Sakura, you are doing a good job."