Chapter 79: Blood Rain

  The first exam has begun, and the examiner is the legendary sadist, Ibiki Morino, leader of Konoha's Interrogation Unit. Upon hearing it was a written test, Naruto let out an unbelievable scream, after which Ibiki explained the rules and the exam began.

  She glanced faintly at Rie Hikuchi sitting not far in front of her, she shouldn't let me say goodbye before the first exam is over. Picked up the test paper and looked at the questions on it, the first question was to decipher a cryptogram, hmm, very simple. The second question was about a parabola B drawn by an enemy ninja A standing 7 meters high on a tree, please draw the maximum range of the shuriken thrown towards him. Please assume that the characteristics of the enemy ninja that will appear in the diagram drawn by this shuriken and answer based on the maximum shooting distance in flat combat, and provide the basis for making this assumption.

  ...looked down at the other exam questions, got bored and yawned, wrote the first question's cryptic answer, then threw down the pen and fell asleep on the desk. Although sleeping on a desk is very uncomfortable, there was nothing else to do anyway. As long as the final exam question came out and decided to stay afterwards, it would be passed.

  After I don't know how many minutes, I was woken up by the sound of shattering glass. Rubbing my sleepy eyes, I saw the main examiner for the second round, Mitoshiba Akane. Ah, Akane, if I recall correctly, she's still my senior. Snake Uncle seems to like her a lot, but her personality is quite similar to Narutomaki's.

  The next day, at the 44th training ground, also known as the Death Forest, we gathered. After signing the consent form and receiving the scroll, the game began. My team received the Heaven Scroll, and all we had to do was steal one Earth Scroll and return to the tower. Before entering the Death Forest, I patted Sasuke's shoulder and told him to be careful, then followed Kurenai and the other jounin into the forest.

  "Leave the scroll to me, let's split up and act separately. Meet at the tower in two days at most, don't keep me waiting too long." He put the Heavenly Scroll into his ring and said a few words before turning around to leave.

  "Wait! Don't decide on your own!" Kikuchi Rie called out in dissatisfaction to that self-willed person.

  "The captain of this team is me, you just follow this Jonin, don't die like that." I glanced at her lightly and then headed towards the tower.

  I won't go to Sasuke's place, after all I've already promised Snake Uncle not to interfere with him. Besides, this Death Forest is a great opportunity for Sasuke to increase his strength. Now let's go find Xiao Ai!

  She lightly stepped over the countless trees that were nearly a hundred years old, and slightly turned her face to glance back. Kikuchi Eri, this woman was still following me, it's really suspicious, should I kill her... forget it, for now we're in the same group, if she dies then I won't be able to pass this exam, that way I won't be able to see the live broadcast of the third preliminary round, might as well shake her off.

  Increased speed, don't know how many turns, finally can't feel the breath of that woman named Kikuchi Eri. But what makes me feel strange is that I didn't encounter a single enemy on this journey. I stopped my footsteps and observed the surroundings in a place with better visibility, then saw two figures not far away, with several corpses around them.

  "Scorpion big brother, what is this scroll? Want to open it and take a look? Hmm?" The blond youth looked left and right with some curiosity at the scroll in his hand. He had a long fringe that covered one of his eyes, and his hair was tied back into a ponytail behind him. If you saw him from afar, you would definitely think he was a girl.

  "Didala, don't waste words, throw it away." The person on the other side sounded a bit impatient, with a huge bamboo hat on his head, and a cloth curtain covering the hat, at first glance, you could tell it was Scorpion.

  "If you don't want it, then give it to me." I jumped down from the tree and stood opposite Scorch and Didaara.

  "Hmph! You've actually come out on your own this time, I thought I'd have to invite you out. Scorpion gazed at the person in front of him with a hint of indifference, his cold voice carrying a slight huskiness."

  "Scorpion, what are you doing on the wooden leaf?" He tilted his head in puzzlement, looking at the scorpion who resembled a big uncle, and it was indeed unexpected to run into Scorpion during the Chunin exam.

  "I just came to see the excitement." In fact, he and Deidara were passing by Konoha on their mission, and his informant at Orochimaru's side reported that Orochimaru was planning to make a move against Konoha. So they came to see the excitement, and might even take the opportunity to kill Orochimaru. However, as soon as they arrived in the village, they heard that Konoha was holding the Chunin Exams, so they decided to come and take a look at this foolish woman who was facing him.

  "Oh, it's going to be lively a month later, there will be a stormy rain, and the scorpion can come and take a look. The right hand touched the chin, the third exam is in a month, and then it's Snake Uncle's chance to destroy Konoha, it's indeed going to be lively."

  "Does Scorpion Brother know this little girl? What's your name, little girl?" Dida looked at the girl's delicate face and was instantly charmed, then a smile that couldn't be described spread across his face.

  "Mizu-shima Aoi-sakura, newcomer? What's your name?" Although I knew his name, I pretended not to recognize him, after all, he and I had never met before.

  "Ah, Daidara, S-class renegade ninja. Hmm." Daidara gazed intently at the young girl's appearance for a while before turning his head curiously to ask Kankuro, "Kankuro-san, is this little lass your daughter? Hmm."

  "Didala, do you want to be killed by me?" The scorpion glared at the blonde ignorant child with a hint of threat. In fact, the scorpion was very depressed in his heart, because as long as he stayed in his puppet 'Lie Liu Hu', every time he saw him and this woman together, they would ask him a question that made him furious, "Is this girl your daughter?" He had once considered using his true body, but the performance of 'Lie Liu Hu' being able to attack and defend made him very satisfied...

  "Don't think, Acacia, huh? Want to take a look at my work?" Daidara seemed like he had been threatened countless times before, and his next words came out in the same conditioned reflex.

  "Work? Okay."

  "Look! How's that? This smooth line... and this perfect two-dimensional shape! Ah! That's art! And my art isn't just limited to this! My work is fluid! It only looks like this shape when it has form, ah! But it will explode! In the explosion, it transcends... that's my true work! Only in that instant of transcendence can I feel the art! Ah! Art is explosive!" Didaara proudly pulled out a spider-shaped bomb, his eyes shining with excitement as he muttered to himself in admiration...

  "Nonsense...". The scorpion was extremely impatient listening on the side, now only wanting to use poison to knock him down before speaking.

  Indeed a lot of nonsense, I nodded in agreement, but the clay bomb in his hand was quite interesting. "Little Di, can you give me the scroll that you're holding onto so tightly?"

  "Hmm? Alright, but you have to tell me what this scroll is." Dida looked very interested, as if he was about to open the scroll and take a look right away.

  "This is the scroll for the second Chunin Exam, it's a transportation scroll, if you open it, ninjas from Konoha will come out."

  "What's the point? How boring." Dida La immediately lost interest and casually threw it at the person.

  I steadily caught the scroll that Dida threw over, flipped it to the front and took a look. Luckily, it was the Earth Scroll I was looking for. "Since I've got the scroll I was looking for, Scorpion, Little Dee, let's go first."

  "How much longer do you plan on staying in this peaceful ninja village?" Scorpion thought he had been patient enough, letting this clumsy woman stay in the ninja village for 7 years, only to have her stick to Uchiha Sasuke like glue as soon as she arrived at the 'Dawn' base.

  "It won't be more than a year, by the way, Snake Uncle is also in this forest, maybe you'll run into each other. To be honest, Scorpion, I personally think you should change to a better-looking puppet, after all, your current one really causes visual pollution." Complaining aside, before Scorpion gets angry, it's best to slip away quickly.

  Not long after leaving the scorpion, Xia Ai was seen. Without any consideration, he rushed over and hugged her "Xia Ai I've come to play with you, I've already got the scroll."

  Iruka, who was pounced on by the bear, didn't show a single hint of surprise, and his facial expression softened considerably, with his killing intent decreasing by about 80%. He then habitually reached out to gently pat the child's head.

  In the distance, Karui and Temari were shocked, and for every time that girl, who might be their future sister-in-law, launched a surprise attack on Iruka, they could only describe it with four words: shocking and thrilling. In their eyes, Iruka, who wouldn't feel satisfied unless he didn't kill someone, would become very gentle as long as the girl was by his side, without any killing intent at all. And those emotionless, piercing green eyes that seemed to see right through their souls were filled with affection and warmth, which was simply one of the seven greatest wonders of the world!! The ruthless Iruka had actually become so approachable... They had always been curious about how Iruka, who had always stayed in Sunagakure, knew this girl from Konohagakure...

  But as soon as they mention Konohagakure, they think of Uchiha Sasuke, their brother's rival in love. Just thinking about Iruka seeing Uchiha Sasuke with that "I want to cut him into pieces" look in his eyes and the way he clenches his fists makes them shudder. However, what brings them joy is that the sweet girl who is like a candy seems to like their brother more than Uchiha Sasuke. For example, whenever she sees Iruka, she runs to him and smiles brightly with an angelic smile, whereas when it comes to Uchiha Sasuke, the girl hardly ever smiles at him. They just hope that this girl can stay by Iruka's side every day, and finally, their brother Iruka is relieved and happy...

  "Hey, hey!! You bunch of sand dwarves actually don't put us in your eyes. Hey, shorty, you'd better find a new opponent, or else you'll be dead if you encounter us." Yucun's ninja looked at the four little ghosts in front of him with dissatisfaction, his tone full of disdain.

  Dwarf?! He actually said the word I hate the most, unforgivable...... "Hey~ Xiao Ai, I think we should just kill him, that way he'll never be able to open his disgusting mouth again."

  "Well, I think so too. Let's get started, Uncle Yu Cun." Yiluo had his hands clasped behind his back, with an air of heroism and unruliness between his eyebrows, and a cold, proud expression that seemed to dominate the world.

  "Hey! Iro, shouldn't we track and gather intel first before making a move? If it's the same type of scroll, we'd be wasting our time...” Kuranosuke made a rational judgment, but was cut off mid-sentence.

  "What's the big deal, I'm gonna kill all the guys I see." Gaara had suppressed a lot of his killing intent around this girl, but he still really wanted to kill people. And this girl, who had been watching him since childhood, hadn't even furrowed her brow when he killed someone, instead looking at him with an interesting gaze. From then on, he knew that this girl didn't fear killing, but rather found it interesting.

  "It's quite interesting, that old man is quite annoying anyway." I took a glance at those three Rain Village old men, they all looked like they were almost thirty years old yet still hadn't become Jounin, and on top of that, they were so annoying. I think it would be better if they just died early.

  "Alright, let's get started!! Die, you little brat! Rain Style: Thousand Needles of Rain!" The leading Rain Ninja Uncle threw the five bamboo rain umbrellas on his back into mid-air, and then activated the ninja technique. Thousands of needles shot out from within the umbrellas like rain, moving in accordance with his chakra's movements.

  "This jutsu has no blind spots, and all one thousand needles are controlled by my chakra, so it will definitely hit the target accurately." The Rain Ninja's uncle said, then let countless senbon fly towards Iruka.

  "Huh?" I was originally going to use the "Shield" Kuroba card, but suddenly I was pulled into a not-so-warm embrace. Then I heard a huge noise next to my ear and smelled the faint scent of blood mixed with a hint of fragrance on Xiao Ai's body. With my ear pressed against his chest, I could hear his heart beating vigorously with a "thumping" sound. Before I knew it, I couldn't feel my own heartbeat anymore; it was as if something had replaced it and was lingering in my body...

  "Is that all?" Iro looked at the surprised uncle in front of him with a bland expression, as if telling others that this Rain Village uncle did not bring him any fun, and his eyebrows slightly furrowed.

  "How is that possible, not a single hit...not even a scratch?! And yet even that girl did it!" The uncle from Amegakure continued to gather chakra and launched a thousand needles at Iruka and the child in his arms, but unfortunately his flying needles were blocked by the sand wall that appeared in front of Iruka.

  "A thousand needles of rain? Then I'll make it rain blood here." Gaara's green eyes flashed with endless killing intent, and the sand dunes in front of him began to slowly collapse, with countless grains of sand flying through the air. The leader of the Rain Village, Uncle Gamabunta, was instantly enraged by Kankuro's words and charged at Gaara without any defense.

  "Sand Coffin." Gaara gathered and manipulated his chakra, instantly wrapping the Rain Village elder into a mummy with sand, even tossing out the few umbrellas on his back.

  "Although I can shut your annoying mouth and then kill you, wouldn't that be too cruel?" Iro said, picking up an umbrella and opening it with a flick of the handle. He then threw the umbrella at a girl not far away from him, raising his hand to control the sand that wrapped around the man's body, lifting it off the ground and stopping in mid-air. The intent to kill filled his entire green gaze. "Sand Funeral." His hand, which had been grasping something, suddenly clenched tightly as if crushing something, and the man who was completely covered in sand except for his face was torn apart like a piece of dough, his flesh and blood falling like rain.

  "He won't feel the pain, because I've become strong enough not to make him suffer. The blood and tears of the dead will mix with the flowing sand, granting Shura even greater power."

  "Please, spare our lives! Here's the scroll... we'll give it to you!" The other two Rain ninjas were so frightened that they quickly dropped the scroll from their bosoms and begged for mercy.

  Unfortunately, Ai Luo didn't buy into their act at all. With an expressionless face, he tossed the umbrella in his hand to the ground beside him. He had long been accustomed to their expressions every time they appeared. The sand in his hand quickly wrapped the two rain ninjas into mummy-like states, just like the leader earlier. Then, with a squeeze, blood suddenly splattered out.

  Kanjuro picked up the scroll that Rain had dropped on the ground earlier, and smiled in satisfaction. "What good luck! It's the Heavenly Scroll. Alright, let's head to the tower directly."

  "Shut up, I still think it's not enough." Yi Ai Luo turned his head and fixed his gaze on a nearby clump of grass, exuding a terrifying killing aura.

  "I love Luo, stop looking for trouble."

  "Are you scared, coward."

  "I love Luo, this may mean nothing to you, but it's too dangerous for us! Just one set of scrolls is enough! So it's no longer needed."

  "Kanjuro, are you bullying Xiao Ai? You have a face as detestable as the Fourth Generation Wind Shadow's. Do you want to die so badly?" The soft and gentle voice had turned low and menacing, her brown-red eyes now gleaming with an endless killing intent and bloodlust, the corners of her mouth curled up in a sneer that seemed to say "Dare to move and I'll send you straight to the afterlife."

  Kanjuro gazed at the girl standing between him and Iroh with some trepidation, swallowing hard. He had never seen anyone who terrified him more than Iroh, whose eyes were filled with a bloodthirsty and murderous intent that seemed to bore into his very soul. If she directed even a hint of killing intent towards him, he might just find himself taking a trip back to the afterlife. He couldn't believe that such an innocent-looking girl could change her expression so completely when scolding Iroh - it was as if she had transformed into a different person altogether. If Iroh was a demon, then this girl must be a malevolent spirit - these two were truly a match made in heaven.

  "I'll go see who it is." Teleported to the edge of the grass, peeking out and saw the still shaken Inugami Toge, Aburaya Shiranui, Hinata Hiyori, and Kikuchi Eri. Kikuchi Eri, what are you doing here? Is this a coincidence or did you secretly follow me here?

  "Water, Water Island Sakura..." Inuzuka Kiba was startled as he stared at the girl who suddenly appeared before them. His instincts told him not to move carelessly, or else he would be killed.

  "Kikuchi Eri, you're here too. Want to walk with me? After all, we're in the same group now." I smiled at Kikuchi Eri, my eyes curving into a crescent shape from smiling.

  "No, no need." Kikuchi Rie wiped away beads of cold sweat from her forehead, her voice almost trembling.

  "Is that so, what a pity. After all, we are in the same group now, I can protect you." He shrugged indifferently and turned to walk beside Xiao Ai. "Xiao Ai, they can't kill us, when we get back I'll make your favorite dish for you to eat."

  "I see." Iwao condensed the sand and formed a gourd on his back, then set off towards the tower.

  "But Xia Ai, your brother and sister are both pacifists."

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