In a room on the second floor of the tower.
Anko, several examiners, and Anbu are reporting to Sarutobi Hiruzen.
"Hokage-sama, this is the situation..."
"Lord Hokage, this dangerous guy Orochimaru is here. The Chūnin exam should be stopped immediately."
"That's right. Compared to catching him, the Chūnin selection exam is no longer important."
The rest of the people spoke.
Sarutobi Hiruzen took a deep breath of cigarette and shook his head slightly.
"Orochimaru is very cunning, it will be difficult to catch him..."
"Moreover, if he dares to appear openly in Konoha, he must have a backup plan."
"It's not a good time to start a fight and disturb him now, let's just keep everything as usual."
Sarutobi Hiruzen said slowly.
But in his mind, he was guessing Orochimaru's intentions.
"The thing that can arouse his covetousness in Konoha now...is it the Uchiha bloodline?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen knows very well that Orochimaru has practiced a cruel Forbidden Technique - turning around without corpse!
Every few years, a body is replaced.
Those talented young men with rare blood inheritance limits and extremely talented people often become his targets!
Apparently, Sasuke is one of them!
"However, you should pay close attention and keep an eye out for Orochimaru!"
"By the way, call all the Jōnin in the village."
"Yes, Lord Hokage!"
Anko nodded.
…
A few days later.
Finally, it was time for the second exam.
Sasuke and the others gathered in the main hall.
He turned around and scanned the crowd around him, and found that Kakashi, Might Guy, Yuhi Kurenai and other Jōnin were all here.
In addition, there are a group of elite Chūnin including Izumo, Zitie, and several Anbu hiding in the dark.
The formation looks amazing.
Suddenly, he was startled.
"Huh? That guy...is Orochimaru?!"
Sasuke saw a cold man wearing a sound ninja forehead protector in the corner.
With his spiritual perception, he can be sure that the familiar Chakra is Orochimaru!
"I see, gathering so many elites is to prevent Orochimaru from causing trouble."
"However, Sarutobi Hiruzen is really useless. Orochimaru can't even be noticed when he appears in front of his eyes."
Sasuke looked at the Third Hokage in front of the stone statue and thought to himself.
He estimated that Orochimaru appeared probably to observe the changes in the curse seal on his body.
"It's a pity that the curse mark you left has been absorbed by me..."
"Moreover, this qualifying match will end soon..."
Of course, as long as Sasuke wants to, he can easily control the immortal body runes to transform into the curse seal of the sky.
No flaws can be seen!
Anko looked at the seven teams below with some helplessness.
Originally, she was thinking of using the test of the Death Forest to reduce the number of people to single digits to prepare for the next battle.
Now it seems that the strength of this batch of candidates is a bit beyond his imagination.
"Wow, I didn't expect that, Kakashi, all nine of your new Genin passed this year."
"Hmph, you can see the duel between our students soon. You are looking forward to it."
Might Guy touched his chin and said proudly.
"? Guy, are you talking to me?"
Kakashi turned his head, looking confused.
"Damn it! It's like this every time. You are worthy of being my eternal opponent!"
Might Guy bites the bullet!
"Wow, all the students in the same period passed."
Naruto looked around excitedly, secretly expecting his opponent.
"Damn it, little Sakura even passed."
Ino gritted her teeth and said.
"Please, Ino, with Sasuke here, shouldn't it be natural for them to pass?"
Shikamaru dug his ears with his little finger.
"The next match must not be a team battle, otherwise we will be in real trouble against Sasuke."
"I think we can just give up when the time comes."
Chōji whispered, "Everyone here looks very strong."
"What did you say? Chōji, you want me to lose to Sakura-chan?!"
Ino stared at him fiercely.
Chōji suddenly broke out in cold sweat on his forehead.
…
"Hey, that scary guy is here too..."
The Toga trio looked at Gaara and sighed.
"He is too dangerous. It is best for us to forfeit against him."
Kiba patted the frightened Akamaru.
Shino also nodded slightly. After seeing Gaara's strength in the Death Forest, the three of them were completely frightened.
"I don't know, who is stronger, Sasuke-kun or him?"
Hinata secretly glanced at Sasuke not far away.
Suddenly, Sasuke turned his head and smiled at her, making Hinata look shy.
Soon, Sarutobi Hiruzen took a step forward, coughed and began to speak.
The general meaning is very clear. This Chūnin selection is a joint examination of each village, and its significance is similar to the epitome of the war between major ninja villages.
The performance in the exam represents the strength of each country and village.
Therefore, ninjas participating in the exam must go all out, even if they risk their lives!
The implication is simple, you Konoha Genin represent the face of the Land of Fire.
We must fight hard!
The atmosphere on the field made everyone feel nervous.
Soon, Sarutobi Hiruzen waved.
With a bang, the white smoke dissipated, and the moonlight blast came on stage.
"Ahem, given the large number of people who passed the first two exams, we have temporarily decided to add a qualifying round!"
"The qualifying round will be a one-on-one matchup and will start immediately!"
Moonlight Hayate coughed and said.
"What? Preliminary selection?"
"Is there any mistake? We finally passed through the Forest of Death!"
"That is, you are exhausted now and you have to participate in the next one right away?"
Everyone was talking about it.
Especially Shikamaru and others, they were already weak and had a hard time getting through the second game.
They had to continue participating before they recovered, which made them unable to help but complain.
"If you are injured and feel unable to participate, you can choose to abstain."
Moonlight Gale's words made everyone startled.
"Abstain? Are you kidding me?"
Naruto shouted, "If we were scared, we wouldn't come to participate, let's get started!"
Hearing this, everyone smiled slightly.
That's right, after finally getting to this point, who would give up easily?
"I...abstain!"
Yakushi Kabuto narrowed his eyes and raised his hand.
"What?"
The other candidates turned their attention to him.
We have reached this point, and some people actually give up!
"As expected, Kabuto doesn't want to expose his strength..."
Sasuke secretly thought that as a spy, his main task is to collect intelligence.
There is really no need to participate in the next competition.