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And it was a "great achievement", but Zhizhen knew that this time the battle with Orochimaru had little effect, and it did not meet Zhizhen's expectations at all.

Of course, in the eyes of outsiders, Zhizhen was the hero of "forcing Orochimaru back", but in reality he only forced Orochimaru back and did not cause substantial harm to Orochimaru.

Orochimaru was still alive and his plans were not hindered in any way.

Even more, because of this battle, Orochimaru was able to formulate a more perfect plan to attack Konoha after understanding Konoha's strength.

Therefore, for Zhizhen, this battle seemed to be won on the surface, but in reality it was "lost" completely.

Therefore, Zhizhen didn't dare to take credit. He was not so thick-skinned that he wanted to take credit even though he had done nothing.

"Hokage-sama, don't make fun of me too much." Zhizhen said hastily, "It's all thanks to everyone that we were able to push back Orochimaru this time, and I dare not take credit for it."

"Really?" Faced with Zhizhen's humility, Sandai was very satisfied, but he said: "It's good that you have such an idea, but don't be too humble, Zhizhen."

After hearing this, Zhizhen knelt down on one knee and said seriously: "Sir, I am not being modest, but I am telling the truth. After this battle with Orochimaru, I deeply understand my own shortcomings, whether it is strength or wisdom, including mentality. , I still have many shortcomings in all aspects."

After a pause, Zhizhen looked up at Sandai, and said truthfully, "Like this time, I could have done better. If I had been stronger, maybe Orochimaru wouldn't be able to escape."

"Really?" After listening to Zhizhen's words, Sandai looked at Zhizhen seriously. Seeing that Zhizhen's expression did not seem to be fake, he slowly stopped his smile and asked: "Do you want to kill Orochimaru?"

"I thought it was okay." Zhizhen didn't lie, nor did the third generation love Orochimaru to hide his thoughts.

After hearing this, Sandai fell silent for a few seconds, then smiled and said kindly: "You, I can't tell you are so arrogant."

"" Zhizhen was stunned when he heard this. Before he could speak, he heard Kakashi say: "Don't be too proud, Zhizhen."

Zhizhen looked up and saw Kakashi raised his dead fish eyes and said, "Although you have great power now, don't think that you are invincible."

"Senior, how can I?" Zhizhen was a little confused. What was this? He was obviously admitting his mistake, but was called arrogant and complacent by the Third Generation and Kakashi.

"Zhima, where do you have the confidence to kill Orochimaru?" Kakashi said.

"Well" Zhizhen lowered his head and said: "No, it's not me. Although I don't think I can do it, I thought I, my seniors and the Hokage-sama can do it." Zhizhen said truthfully: "But, I I didn’t expect that he could run away like this.”

"So." Kakashi touched the back of his head and said, "Since Orochimaru escaped at the hands of all of us, why do you still blame yourself?"

"Uh" Zhizhen looked at Kakashi, and Kakashi said again: "Zhizhen, no one asked you to kill Orochimaru now. On the contrary, it can be said that you can persist with Orochimaru for so long alone, which is beyond the limit. It has exceeded everyone’s imagination, and it has been done well enough.”

"Senior." Zhizhen suddenly came to his senses, that's what Kakashi meant.

"Speaking of which, if you can solve Orochimaru by yourself, it would be too exciting." Kakashi said.

Zhizhen laughed out loud after hearing this, and Kakashi said again: "So, don't do this again in the future."

Hearing this, Zhizhen was stunned for a moment. He understood what Kakashi meant, and then nodded: "I understand, senior."

The third generation nodded and said: "Zhizhen, you are only seventeen years old now. It is normal to have shortcomings. As Kakashi said, you have done well enough, beyond my imagination." .”

"It's not your responsibility at all that Orochimaru ran away this time. You don't need to put more pressure on yourself, got it?"

"Yes, my lord." Zhizhen glanced at Midai with emotion, indeed, judging from the situation, it is really not about Zhizhen's business that Orochimaru escaped, and as Midai said, Zhizhen has done well enough.

But Sandai didn't know that Zhizhen knew everything.

It is understandable that Zhizhen blames himself for playing his cards like this despite knowing everything.

The third generation said again: "Of course, since you feel that you have shortcomings, you should also work hard to make up for these shortcomings. Although there is no need to blame yourself, you still have to work hard where you should work hard, Zhizhen, do you understand?"

"Yes, my lord. I will learn the lessons from this time." Zhizhen said.

"You are a smart boy. I think you know what to do. Get up." The third generation continued: "So Zhizhen, you have made great contributions to the village this time. As Hokage, I should reward you."

Zhizhen did not refuse after hearing the words. To refuse would appear to be hypocritical. However, Zhizhen did feel that he was receiving no reward for his efforts, so he said, "I would like to listen to your arrangements."

"Well, I've already considered what kind of reward I'll give you. Come to me to pick it up after your rematch invigilation is over." Sandai said with a smile.

Zhizhen nodded when he heard the words, and didn't think much about what kind of reward the third generation would give him, until the moment he got the reward, Zhizhen was really frightened.

Of course, this is something.

When Kakashi heard about the rematch, he immediately said: "Speaking of which, Zhizhen, you are taking the exam for the rematch, have you figured out how to take it?"

Hearing this question, Zhizhen suddenly had a bitter face, he didn't have time to think about the exam, he said: "Not yet."

But Zhizhen is not to blame. It is difficult to play tricks in a competition of personal strength in the rematch.

It is an exam that determines the winner by strength, adding some miscellaneous rules is not very good.

Moreover, the focus is on this exam, what should be done to benefit Naruto and the others?

Otherwise, let's have a small team competition so that each village can stick together.

Zhizhen directly rejected it. How is this different from the survival competition in the forest of death?

It's really meaningless to come to a small team to compete in groups, just remove the survival and scrolls.

And this does not mean that it is beneficial to Naruto and the others.

Alas, I couldn't think of how to test Zhizhen for a moment, and I looked a little bitter.

Seeing Shizhen's expression, Kakashi said: "Well, if you can't think of anything, just do it one-on-one."

Zhizhen nodded and said, "It's still the same sentence, if there are too many people, it will be too slow to fight."

He thought for a while and asked: "Senior, Hokage-sama, do you have any ideas?"

Kakashi spread his hands, Sandai smiled and said: "This is your job, think about it yourself."

"Then let's ask another question, Hokage-sama, senior, if you are unable to help your own people, what should you do to benefit your own people?" Zhizhen asked.

The third generation shook his head and laughed, Kakashi complained: "So you guys have such an idea."

Zhizhen smiled, and Sandai warned: "Zhizhen, this is an exam held by Konoha, if it is not fair, Konoha will become a laughing stock."

Although he said this, there was no displeasure in Sandai's tone.

Also, Sandai is a protective character, how can he blame Zhizhen for thinking about his own people? It's just talk.

Kakashi said: "It's actually very simple. In a fair exam, it's impossible to favor one's own side. So what we have to do is to make the other party's disadvantage."

"Well" Zhizhen's eyes lit up, as if he had caught something.

The third generation said: "In tests like individual competitions, it is understandable that strong people have a higher winning rate. So what do you think can make the opponent's winning rate smaller?"

Kakashi didn't say much, and the third generation smiled and said nothing.

But Zhizhen thought about it carefully, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he immediately had a plan for the exam.