The venue for the final of the Zhongnin Examination is located at the edge of the village's residential area, which is a large circular arena, with the outer circle being the audience seat, and the center of the inner circle being the arena for the players.

Sasuke didn't come too early, he took a break after returning from Teyvat, went to Naruto's house again, and found that he wasn't at home and went to the exam room alone.

Although his current strength is unlikely to overturn in the middle ninja exam, he has always liked to be fully prepared.

There were already a lot of spectators sitting in the audience, and most of the players and referees came.

Every time the middle ninja exam is a feast, not only ninjas, but also residents living in Konoha Village will come to visit if they have time, and even produce various spinach handicaps because of this.

"Yo, Sasuke, it's been a long time since you've come so early."

As Sasuke casually glanced at the playing field, a lazy voice greeted him.

Looking up, it was Nara Shikamaru.

Nodding his head in response.

Shikamaru had long been accustomed to Sasuke's coldness, walked to his side, and continued to take care of himself:

"The game is almost starting, why do you feel like there are a lot of people missing?"

Sasuke looked around and saw that there were indeed a few people missing.

Especially one less very noisy guy.

What about Naruto? Why haven't you come yet, didn't you go to his house just now, and thought he had already come to the examination room, why didn't you see anyone?

In the past few days, he has been practicing alone with Jiraiya, is it because he is not there, causing the Nine-Tails to find an opportunity to run away? No, I haven't heard anything like that in the past few days.

"Didn't Naruto come?"

Sasuke asked.

Shikamaru crossed his hands and spread them on the back of his head.

"Who knows, when he was in the hospital yesterday, he was still clamoring for Jiraiya to continue to guide him in ninjutsu practice."

Hearing Shikamaru's words, Sasuke frowned slightly.

"Hospital? Why is Naruto in the hospital, injured? What's going on? ”

Is it really because of the Nine-Tails?

"It's not that injured, it seems to be because of the loss of strength, I don't know very well, I was in the hospital because Ding Ji ate too much barbecue and ate bad stomach, and when I went to visit him, I found out that Naruto was also in the hospital."

"That idiot, he shouldn't have overslept in the hospital and even forgot to participate in the finals."

Saying that, Shikamaru sighed.

This made Sasuke breathe a sigh of relief, not because of the Nine-Tails.

It turned out to be in the hospital, no wonder there was no one at home.

At this time, an orange figure suddenly galloped from the entrance of the venue in a panic, and because he was running too fast and too flustered, he tripped his right foot on his left foot during the run, and a flat ground slid in front of everyone participating in the competition.

What kind of debut is this......

Looking at Naruto, who fell to the ground and fainted, Sasuke inexplicably felt a little embarrassed, and kicked lightly at his pouting ass.

"Hey, crane tail, get up, don't look foreign."

"Ah, it's Sasuke."

Naruto, who had recovered his strength, got up from the ground, smirked at Sasuke, and then remembered something, and began to shout loudly, everyone run, there are cows chasing outside.

“……”

Feeling the strange stares cast by the audience around him, Sasuke regretted a little that he came up to talk to this stupid guy, he should have pretended not to know this guy......

There is an urge to cover my face and not to be recognized.

"Okay, you two, don't mumble to each other, just puff up your chest and face the audience, you can't lose the momentum of the Konoha ninja."

At this time, a referee who was holding a thousand books as a toothpick walked up to them and reminded.

"The game is about to begin."

"In this competition, you are the protagonists."

Protagonist?

Naruto was stunned for a moment, only then did he notice that all the corners of the venue were already filled with onlookers of Konoha spectators, and the crowd was full of voices.

He had never been so in the spotlight as this moment.

Listening to the cheers and cheers around me, as well as the cheering with the names of the participating ninjas, extremely complex emotions surged in my heart.

There was a little apprehension, a little uneasiness, a little trepidation, but more of an excitement.

For the first time, he was able to show himself in front of so many people and prove his worth!

"Hey, Sasuke."

Naruto said softly suddenly.

"Huh?"

"Thank you."

“……”

"Since you want to thank me, show it with action."

"Don't worry, I've learned another incredible ninjutsu with a lustful immortal in the past few days, hehe."

With Naruto's arrival, all of the finalists were in place - except for Toth.

He was instructed by the medicine master to provoke my Airo in advance, and then he went straight to gag.

"So, let's almost get started."

The three generations of Hokage in the center of the stands glanced at the contestants, and now there are exactly 8 people, and all the people who are alive have arrived.

He took a deep breath, stood up, came to the edge of the stands and announced loudly:

"Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to all of you for coming to Konoha to watch the Nakashinobi selection exam!"

"Next, let the eight candidates who have passed the pre-selection to conduct the official selection competition."

"Please enjoy watching!"

As the announcement of the three generations of Hokage ended, Shiranui Genma, who had been holding a thousand copies in his mouth, also showed the new battle table to the ninjas who participated in the finals.

"There were a few players who couldn't make it to the finals, so the groups we played against were a little bit different."

"Please double-check your opponent."

Nara Shikamaru stared at the new battle table, and the opponents of the others were basically the same as the draw after the second exam play-off, only he who originally needed to play one more round, because of the abstention of his opponent Toth, so he could play one less round.

"Listen, a few of you, although the venue is different, but it's the same as during the preselection, the rules are just no rules."

"The winner will not be decided until one side dies or admits defeat."

"However, if I think I'm on top, I'm going to stop the fight and stop the senseless killing and death."

"Don't resist, do you understand?"

"Then the first round begins, Naruto Uzumaki vs. Ninji Hinata."

"These two people stayed, and the rest went back to the lounge for the time being."

Ninja School's crane tail vs. the talented newcomer of the Hyuga family, this game seems to have no suspense at the beginning.

Although Naruto is famous in Konoha Village, it is not because of strength, but more because of the Nine-Tails.

"I didn't expect this kid to stay until now."

"But if luck stays, that's the end of it."

"There is no suspense in this hand, eat the subsistence, and fill the Hinata Ningci."

"Huh? Isn't it, boss...... Do you want to drink this stinky water? ”

"Why don't you make money."

"But Boss, almost everyone is pulling Ningji, no one pulls Naruto, this is scary, or we steal a hand...... In case ......"

"Idiot, if you want to pull it, pull it, pull Naruto, don't you think you have too much money to spend? Unless Hinata Ninji plays a match-fixing, you can hear a sound when you throw this money into the water, Naruto is not just delivering food to others, go and do it, don't force me to slap you. ”

"Oh, oh, okay, I'll go ......"

The discussion in the audience about this match was not particularly lively, as most people didn't think that Naruto Uzumaki, who studied crane tail at the ninja school, would win.

Many people haven't seen his previous battle with Ya, and their impression of him is still stuck at the back of the crane of the ninja school, so it's more about discussing how exciting the performance of Sasuke Uchiha and Iairo will be in the back.

Only a small number of more sensitive ninjas noticed the unusualness of this middle ninja exam.

There were even dark ninjas watching the battle.

Did something happen?

(End of chapter)