Forest of Death.
Three Konoha's Genin crouched at the branch of a big tree, and their three pairs of wild eyes look around like eagles.
They didn't expect that the second stage of Chunin Exams is unexpectedly simple. Although the Forest of Death is full of ferocious wild beasts, seven days of plenty of time are enough for them to travel to the central tower leisurely. Simple. In short, as long as all the candidates coexist peacefully, they can all pass this test!
'Unfortunately…'
"We must not let those newcomers pass like this!"
"Yes, the three of us have participated in the Chunin Exams five times in the past four years, and every time we failed in the Forest of Death. We didn't see the hope of success until today! How can we let a little brat like that Uchiha Itachi pass the first time he participate?"
"We must let him know the cruelty of the Forest of Death!"
"Although we can't kill him, we can injure his legs! In this way, he will not be able to reach central tower in seven days no matter what!"
"The same goes for the others. We must not let them pass easily!"
"At any rate, we have seven days. In the first three days, let's snipe other teams as much as we want!"
The more these three Konoha's Genin spoke, the more excited they became. They imagined the images of those newcomers falling to the ground in disbelief, and they tremble with excitement, and they even felt goosebumps.
'Huh?'
'Wait!'
'Goosebumps?'
The three Genin vaguely noticed something was wrong.
In the next instant, a crashing sound came from above them.
"Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu!" (Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique)
Itachi jumped from the top of the tree, his hands moved like phantoms on his chest, and he opened his mouth to spray out a huge fireball!
The fireball exudes scorching heat, and fell straight along the gray tree trunk towards the three Genin.
"It's Uchiha Itachi!!!"
"When did this guy approach us?"
"He even dared to take the initiative to attack us. As expected of a genius of the Uchiha Clan!"
With a sneer, the three Genin stepped on a branch and separated instantly. Turning around in mid-air at the same time, one threw five or six kunai at Itachi, one threw senbon towards the sky, and one formed hand seals and spewed out a hurricane.
Facing the attack of these three, Itachi didn't react at all. He allowed the kunai, senbon, and hurricane hit him, and then he dissipated into smoke with a bang.
"Not good, it's a shadow clone!"
After one of the Genin exclaimed, he felt a howl of wind coming from behind his head. Before he had time to react, he felt a pain in the back of his head, and was directly knocked out.
Thud!
The fainted Genin fell from mid-air, directly breaking a leg and an arm.
The other two Genin were both surprised and angry. After landing, they quickly rushed to their injured companion. After checking, their faces sank!
"Damn it, this little brat turned out to be… urgh!"
Before the Genin on the left side could say some harsh words, he was kicked by his companion and broke his leg." You, you…"
Stimulated by the intense pain, he only felt his vision blurred for a while, and then he realized who was his companion next to him was actually Itachi with scarlet eyes!
'Sharingan?'
Seeing the 2-Tomoe on Itachi's pupils, cold sweat overflowed from the Genin's forehead, and then he was knocked out by Itachi directly.
"Too weak." Itachi turned his head and looked towards the last Genin with a blank expression.
"You, you…"
The Genin had an ugly face. He thought that Itachi was just a rookie. But he didn't expect that he had already awakened Sharingan, and even evolved it to two tomoe!
"Wait a minute!!"
Seeing Itachi slowly walking towards him, the Genin took two steps back, and said angrily, "This is the Forest of Death. If you knock all three of us unconscious, we will die here!"
Itachi had no fluctuations in his eyes, and his figure quickly rushed to the Genin. With Itachi's excellent Taijutsu, he defeated this Genin, who had no fighting intent, in two strikes, and then roughly broke his arm.
After doing all this, Itachi turned and left.
"Uchiha Itachi, just you remember!" The Genin gnashed his teeth and glared at Itachi's back. Unfortunately, an ordinary person's gaze couldn't kill people at all.
Itachi didn't pay attention to these three guys anymore. In fact, he didn't happen to hear that they wanted to deal with him, Itachi wouldn't have taken action against tghem. After all, they are Shinobi from the same village.
After Itachi left, several examiners appeared on the scene expressionlessly.
"Wait a minute, we haven't failed!"
The still conscious Genin screamed unwillingly, "There are still six days left, we will definitely reach the central tower, you can't eliminate us!!"
"With your current state, it is even a problem for surviving in the Forest of Death. Wanting to reach the central tower within seven days is an impossible mission. So, I am very sorry, but you all have been eliminated!" An examiner said coldly.
"Damn it!!!"
That Genin gnashed his teeth. No matter how unwilling he is, he can only accept the cruel fact that he was eliminated in the Forest of Death six times in a row.
In the next few days, similar incidents of mutual attacks continued to occur. In just three days, two three-person teams and three two-person teams were eliminated. And now, they are only nine candidates left in the Forest of Death!
The examiners, who have been following these candidates, were shocked.
At first they heard about Kanpū's simple rules, they couldn't believe it. After all, the previous rule of the Earth and Heaven scrolls can eliminate at least half of the people, and without the Earth and Heaven scrolls rule, at least 80% of these candidates will pass the assessment!
They once thought that Kanpū was planning to make concessions, but now, they realized that the ending was the same as before. Without the Earth and Heaven scrolls rule, more than half of the exam candidates were still eliminated!
The reason why these candidates are fighting with each other is that they just don't want the others to pass the stage so easily.
Like the team that was eliminated in the Forest of Death five times in a row before. Seeing the newcomers so easily passed the Forest of Death's stage that had troubled them for four years, it was an insult to their past four years. Under this mentality, even the examiners felt that they should take action to create a little difficulty for the newcomers.
"As expected of the head examiner appointed by Hokage-sama himself!"
"He has understood the psychology of the candidates."
"Evidently, there are no rules for fighting, but the seeds of fighting are planted in their hearts in a different way!"
"Very terrifying!"
The examiners are constantly supplementing Kanpū's terrifyingness, but Kanpū at this time looked bewildered.
On the central tower, when Kanpū looked at the eliminated names on the information, he was speechless for a while.
The reason why he didn't create the Earth and Heaven scrolls rule was because he believed that Tagorihime could hold back most of the candidates… 'But what are these idiots doing?'
'Tagorihime hasn't even taken action, and you have already eliminated each other by half. By the time you arrive at Tagorihime…'
Cold sweat was pouring out of Kanpū's forehead, but with a calm face, he turned to an examiner beside him with a calm expression and asked: "How many candidates are left in the Forest of Death?"
"Sir, there are still nine left! "The examiner said respectfully.
Kanpū's face twitched, and secretly thought, 'It's bad. According to the current situation, I am afraid there would only be three or four candidates passing this stage.'
'Genma… wouldn't kill me, right?'
But then he thought about it again, 'Only 20 out of 100 people passed from the first stage, and the elimination rate is 80%. Then, according to this standard, it would be fine for me to eliminate 16 or 17 out of 20 people, right!'
Thinking of this, Kanpū stood there calmly.