Chapter Eighty Third Round Qualifying Examination Ends

  Everyone who passed the second exam gathered inside the tower, and the three Hokage of Konoha as well as all the instructors stood on stage ready to make an announcement. I took a glance around at those who had passed the exam and found Sasuke's figure among them. Walking up to him, looking at the big and small wounds on his body, I frowned "You were injured this badly."

  No wonder they encountered Snake Uncle, although Snake Uncle was just teasing them, but it seems that they were also seriously injured, and in the middle of it, three sound ninjas sent by Snake Uncle appeared.

  "Ah, Akane, you're the one! And yet, not a single hair is out of place!" Naruto exclaimed in disbelief, after all, there weren't many people who could reach the tower unscathed in such harsh conditions.

  "Because I didn't encounter any enemies along the way." He said nonchalantly while eating a string of dumplings.

  "What good luck we have! As soon as we entered the Death Forest, we ran into enemies. What bad luck!"

  Inuzuka Kiba and others who heard this conversation broke out in cold sweat, who dares to mess with her and those Sand Ninjas?! How they died is still unknown, it's good luck for those who haven't messed with her!!!

  "......Hm, Akira do you know who Orochimaru is?" Haruno Sakura looked uncertainly at the girl who was leisurely eating a rice ball, because what Orochimaru said to them in the forest made her very concerned.

  I glanced at Haruno Sakura, who had a hint of inquiry in her eyes. Although I didn't know what she was suspicious about, I decided to tell her what she wanted to know anyway - after all, she couldn't do anything to me. Turning my head, I stared at the stage where Snake Uncle, disguised with an Ototonin forehead protector, was standing flawlessly. When he noticed my gaze and our eyes met, a smile spread across his face, and he smiled knowingly. "I know, right? Snake Uncle is one of the legendary Three Ninjas, a figure whose strength rivals that of the Shadow Level. He has mastered all the ninjutsu known to this world, and he loves researching forbidden techniques and developing new ones. He's particularly fascinated with Bloodline Limits, especially the Sharingan."

  "Write wheel eye! Sasuke!" Haruno Sakura immediately turned her head and looked at Sasuke beside her with tension, afraid that he would make a mistake.

  "Ah, ah~ Don't be so excited, I'm going to heal you now, and there's still the preliminary round below. I'll transfer chakra into Sasuke's body and then use medical ninjutsu to heal his wounds. Looking at the cursed seal on his neck, although Snake Uncle and I have greatly improved it, it will still cause intense pain for the person being treated at first, which is why he's been covering his neck. However, as a result of the improvement, the power of the cursed seal has become very strong, and once you learn how to use it, you won't be consumed by it. The downside is that when in the state of the cursed seal, it looks just as ugly."

  The first match, Sasuke against one of the Sound Ninjas. Since his chakra had recovered and the curse mark was completely suppressed, although he suffered some injuries, he won with an overwhelming victory, after which he was taken away by Kakashi, probably to seal the curse mark.

  The fourth match, Haruno Sakura vs. Yamato Nadeshiko. The fight between Haruno Sakura and Yamato Nadeshiko was a complete melee, in the end both sides lost, the game is a draw, so I said she should train her strange power.

  Biting her tongue, she came to Xiao Ai's side and watched the competition between Handou and Tian Tian. All she could say was that this competition was extremely boring. Handou's strength was completely above Tian Tian's, and Tian Tian only had the fate of being played by her.

  The next match is Nara Shikamaru and Chōji Akimichi's fight against Kiba Inuzuka, who was grinning at the side of Iruka Umino, maintaining a poker face. He whispered to Iruka in a voice that only two people could hear, "Iruka, this guy has an 80% chance of being your future brother-in-law~"

  "It's boring." This is what was written all over Iroh's face now, that he was weak and uninterested.

  "Hey, Xiao Ai's IQ is 200, a genius! How will you get along with your brother-in-law in the future?" Although that's what she said, I believe he'll definitely get along well with Handou and Kouran in the future, because Naru will change him.

  The seventh round, Inuzuka Kiba vs. Naruto. Naruto is indeed the number one ninja in terms of unpredictability, he let out a... fart and hit Inuzuka Kiba with it, but he's getting smarter and won't blindly charge forward like an idiot anymore.

  The eighth match, Hyuga Neji vs Hyuga Hinata. This is a battle between the main house and the branch house, but I think Neji shouldn't resent Hinata, he's a bird in a cage bound by fate, while she's an abandoned child of the main house. They both had a dark childhood, I don't think they should sacrifice their lives for that stupid struggle between the main and branch houses.

  Ninth match, Iruka vs. Lee Rock. For Little Love's abilities, Lee Rock, who doesn't know any ninjutsu, is completely at a disadvantage. However, when Lee Rock put down his heavy load, it was really shocking, the world of Naruto is indeed full of wonders, is he even human? That heavy load wasn't just dozens of kilograms, but probably hundreds of kilograms.

  The speed of Lelouch, freed from his burdens, was so instantaneous that even Gaara's sand couldn't keep up. Then, some of the Sand Armor was shattered, and under the Sand Armor, Gaara's expression was actually very rich, but when he got agitated, that expression became a bit frightening. Those Sand Ninjas called this another Gaara, but once the Sand Armor was repaired, it turned back into Little Face Paralysis.

  Lee Rock used his super speed to kick me, Iro, continuously into the air, and then he made a move with his Tian Lian Hua. Unfortunately, it was just Xiaoyi's sand clone. Looking at the bloodthirsty me, Iro, smiled, what do they have to be afraid of? Isn't this little Xiaoyi also quite cute? However, there is a faint aura of evil spirits emanating from his body again. The Tanuki monster on Xiaoyi's body must wait for 'Xiao' to catch it.

  Gaara's sand armor was crushed by Lee Rock's fifth gate, but fortunately the gourd on his back turned into sand to reduce the impact of Lee Rock's Lotus Flower Crash, so Gaara didn't get hurt much, which made me feel a little relieved.

  I lay on the ground, using all my strength to lift my hand, almost exhausting all my chakra to launch a sand attack at Roronoa Zoro, and then I heard a heart-wrenching scream. Zoro's left hand and left foot were completely hit by Gaara's Sand Coffin, such power that an ordinary person would probably have to spend the rest of their life in bed.

  Jump down from the fence, give him a violent slap before he attacks Lelouch with sand again, and see him looking at me in surprise, asking "...... why stop me?"

  "She actually hit Iruka, and Shizune didn't defend him automatically." Kurenai couldn't believe what was happening in front of her eyes. Even though Iruka didn't have much chakra left now, his Shizune was supposed to protect him automatically without relying on chakra, but this time Shizune didn't defend him at all...

  "Because your attack won't hit, because of that person." Thumb pointed to Akai standing behind Lelouch with a stern face. If I don't come down, Xiao Ai will definitely be hurt by that guy's gaze. Although I don't know what Xiao Ai wants to prove his existence for, but I don't want him to get hurt.

  "You... why did you stop him?"

  "He's someone I care about, and I don't want anyone to hurt him. Why did you save him?"

  "This guy is... a precious subordinate I must treasure."

  "So you two are in this kind of relationship, huh? This is medicine, although it won't fully cure his injuries, but it will greatly repair them. I'm really sorry for Xiaoli's behavior earlier, but can you teach him some moves that won't end up with both sides getting hurt? If you don't want your disciple to die in the next Ninja War." Akai heard the medical team's call and took the medicine before leaving, glancing deeply at the harmless-looking girl one last time. What's going on with this next Ninja War?"

  "Xiao Ai, as punishment for you, your dinner tonight will be dessert only." She squatted down and playfully poked his forehead with her finger, then smiled mischievously.

  "......I see." Iaru's face suddenly turned black, although he knew that he wouldn't be eating all the sweet things for dinner today, but the girl would still stuff a dumpling into his mouth.

  "The tenth round contestants, Mizuishi Akira and Kikuchi Rie, get ready."

  Looking at the girl opposite me whose foot was shaking, my mouth twitched involuntarily. Am I a ghost? Did she have to be so scared? Did I do something to her? "Hey, do you want to forfeit?"

  "I, I won't! Don't look down on me!" Kikuchi Rie's temper flared up instantly, and she forgot all about the fear that had been gripping her in the Death Forest as she shouted at the person in front of her.

  I kindly asked her if it was necessary to get so worked up, but my kindness wasn't rewarded. I gave her a displeased glance. "What do you want then?"

  "Of course, I'm going to settle this with you once and for all!" Inukai Kiba and Hinata Hiyori were both carried away on stretchers to the hospital, and Yuna Shirabe was also unable to stop her from shouting loudly. The others hadn't seen the girl's strength before, so they didn't try to intervene either. As a result, Kikuchi Rie was left with no choice but to be beaten up.

  "Alright, let's begin." He drew out a kunai and quickly charged at Rie Kikuchi, but this was no ordinary kunai. With his chakra wrapped around the kunai, it would be several times sharper than usual, essentially making it a knife that could cut through iron like mud.

  Kikuchi Rie saw the girl pull out a kunai and also pulled one from her own weapon belt to counterattack, but when the two kunais collided, hers suddenly broke! Looking closely, the girl's kunai was wrapped in blue chakra, which must be the reason.

  Asuma Sarutobi on the spectator's stand looked at Kakashi in surprise, because this was his secret technique that few people could perfectly control their chakra to wrap it around a kunai and form a sharp blade like cutting iron, unexpectedly someone among Kakashi's team had learned it.

  Watching Kikuchi Rie dodging my attacks with difficulty, I was originally going to try out her skills, but it seems that she's indeed as mediocre as the card Tsubaki gave me said. She doesn't have any special features, and there's no sign of her holding back either. And judging from the way she looks at me, she's probably another girl who's fallen for Sasuke's white shorts. "Let's end this, Gedo: Rinne Tensei no Jutsu."

  At this time, Kikuchi Rie saw a scene of snow-white feathers falling from the sky, and then felt dizzy and weak, extremely sleepy...

  She glanced at Kikuchi Rie, who was sleeping soundly, shrugged her shoulders, and looked at the referee Tsukigase. She said that this referee had been killed by Maki, Aiko's teacher, because he had overheard his conversation with Yakushi Tsubasa.

  "Mizuki Akane wins!!"

  "Too awesome! Akane, you're so amazing!!" I couldn't help but look at Naruto, who was cheering at this moment. If I didn't end the match in such a gentle way, it would definitely be followed by a string of questions from Naruto. He's grown up a lot too. Next time, let's treat him to a bowl of Ichiraku Ramen and let him eat his fill.

  Kakashi smiled reassuringly beside Naruto, one of his students who made him proud. Her strength was clearly above Sasuke's and so far he had only seen her use weapons like the Kusarigama and medical ninjutsu. This was also the first time he saw her use an illusion technique, and the level of this illusion was not low.

  Haruno Sakura gazed at the girl on the battlefield, her emerald eyes flashing with envy and a hint of jealousy. If she could be as strong as this girl, would Sasuke like her...