Konoha's strongest bug

Although he yelled bold words, Shikamaru also knew that Temari was not an ordinary opponent.

He can see this from the qualifiers.

In the qualifying battle, Temari, who was good at wind escape, defeated Tiantian with a posture that could be described as a storm, leaving a deep impression on him.

But his shadow secret technique has too many limitations.

It's better if the opponent is a physical ninja, but once you meet a ninja who can use long-distance escapism, the battle will become very troublesome.

"Tsk...it's really troublesome!" Shikamaru couldn't help but smacked his lips, and then began to think about countermeasures.

His mind is very smart, and with an IQ of 200, he prefers to use strategies to solve opponents rather than head-to-head battles.

Even his ninja Sarutobi Asma, who led the team, commented on him as a "military teacher type" ninja.

After some thought, Shikamaru then used the shadow imitation technique to launch an attack on Kaiju.

This is a special move of the Nara clan. Once you are hit by this move, you will completely lose your mobility.

Temari also knew how powerful this move was, so she carefully avoided every shadow attack.

However, what she didn't expect was that Shikamaru took advantage of her mentality!

Through repeated attacks, she entered a pre-designed location while dodging, and then successfully controlled her with the shadow imitation technique.

The victory is locked!

However, when everyone thought that Shikamaru would defeat Temari cleanly, he made an unexpected move——

He raised his hands in surrender.

Despite his rhetoric of using Shadow Mimic consecutively, the chakra is almost exhausted and there is not enough time left to win.

But the real reason is just because he finds it troublesome.

"Anyway, the match is over, and I've done what I need to do. I don't need to hit or be beaten by a woman. It doesn't matter if I just admit defeat."

In this way, Shikamaru, who had no fighting spirit, won the victory, but lost the game.

Seeing this scene, the classmates who knew him well felt sorry for him.

But the Konoha ninjas watching the battle had a different opinion.

"The lack of desire to fight allowed him to have a calm mind, which is a necessary psychological quality for Chunin."

"If you judge him by the standard of the squad leader, he is more able to protect the team from danger than to complete the task."

"Even if the mission can be achieved, it is meaningless to wipe out the entire army. The mission squadron leader must prioritize survival, otherwise he is not eligible to become a Chunin."

"From this point of view, neither Hyuga Ningji nor Naruto in the competition just now can compare to him, and he may be more likely to become a Chunin than Naruto."

Amid everyone's discussion, Shikamaru withdrew from the competition venue.

At this time, Sasuke still hadn't arrived yet.

However, at the insistence of the Fourth Kazekage, Sarutobi Hiruzen extended the waiting time for another ten minutes.

Time passed minute by minute, and seeing that the time was about to come, Shiranui Genma announced.

"The final battle has also reached a limited time, so..."

Just when he was about to announce that Sasuke was disqualified from the competition, the swaying leaves suddenly fell from his eyes.

got windy.

Immediately afterwards, a whirlwind appeared in the arena entangled with leaves.

When the wind died down and the leaves fell, Kakashi and Sasuke also showed their figures and appeared in front of Shiranui Genma.

Seeing this scene, everyone in the stands was stunned.

Kakashi didn't seem to notice the situation in front of him at all, he squinted his eyes and said, "Oh, I'm so sorry for being late!"

Shiranui Genma raised his eyebrows and cast his gaze on Sasuke.

"Your name is?"

Sasuke immediately raised his head and read his name word by word.

"Sasuke Uchiha!"

Hearing him announce his name, the audience, who had been waiting in anticipation, cheered.

The whole arena suddenly became lively.

Under the eyes of everyone, Gaara also walked down from the stands.

With a murderous intent, when he passed through the tunnel, he even killed two Kusanagi who were blocking the way, scaring Shikamaru and Naruto who were passing by.

All this has not been hidden from Younv Zhigao's eyes.

The camera bugs hidden in every corner around the stands passed all the information to him.

However, he had no intention of collecting the corpses of the two blind Kusanagi. At this time, his attention was focused on the Fourth Kazekage standing aside.

Or Orochimaru's body.

From the action of Kankuro giving up the game just now, he has already determined that the fourth Kazekage in front of him is Orochimaru in disguise!

This also means that Konoha's collapse plan has entered the final stage!

"Next, save the third generation of Hokage first, drive away Orochimaru and Sand Shinobu, and then slowly play with the idiots of Zhuanju Xiaoharu!"

With something to worry about in his mind, he couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly, with a bit of a smile on his face.

Noticing his expression, Sarutobi Hiruzen also laughed.

"Hehe... Zhigao seems to be in a good mood, are you also looking forward to the battle between Sasuke and Gaara?"

"Yes, Hokage-sama!"

Younv Zhigao nodded, and then lightly pushed his sunglasses.

"One of them is the son of the Uchiha patriarch, and the other is the son of the fourth Kazekage-sama, so I am really looking forward to the battle between them!"

"Oh?"

Upon hearing this, Sarutobi Hiruzen turned to look at Orochimaru, who was disguised as the Fourth Kazekage, with a surprised look on his face.

"Is Gaara actually your son? No wonder you have been insisting on postponing the match. It turned out that you wanted to compare his strength with Sasuke, hahahaha..."

"Well, I made Hokage-sama laugh!"

Seeing the laughing Sarutobi Hiruzen, Orochimaru, disguised as the Fourth Kazekage, nodded, then narrowed his eyes and glanced at Yume Shidaka.

"Even knowing such trivial things as the hidden sand village, it seems that the strength of the Konoha security force cannot be underestimated!"

"Hahahaha...Kazekage-sama, thank you!" Sarutobi Hiruzen laughed again.

While the two were talking and laughing, Gaara also entered the arena, looking at Sasuke with killing intent.

When Shiranui Genma shouted "The match begins", a large amount of sand gushed out of the gourd behind him, slowly surging around him.

Seeing this, Sasuke took the lead in attacking and threw two shurikens at Gaara.

"Pfft! Pfft!"

The two shurikens were blocked by the quicksand in front of Gaara, making two dull sounds.

After blocking the shuriken, these quicksands turned into Gaara-like sand clones, and launched a counterattack towards Sasuke!

After the tentative attack ended, Sasuke rushed directly towards Gaara, and a fierce battle ensued between the two sides.

The battle soon became intense.

In order to block Sasuke's swift physical attack, Gaara used the "Desert Wave", forming a 360-degree spherical protective wall with no dead ends.

The high-density sand defense is amazing, and at the same time, it can launch spikes to counterattack, which can be described as both offensive and defensive.

In order to break through Gaara's defense, Sasuke also used the S-class thunder escape technique he learned from Kakashi - Chidori.

If Desert Wave is a ninjutsu that focuses on defense, then Chidori is an offensive ninjutsu that completely abandons defense.

To sum it up in three words - fast!allow!ruthless!

Sasuke, who used Chidori, used sparks and lightning all the way, and penetrated the desert wave with one blow, while severely damaging Gaara inside.

This wonderful scene firmly attracted the attention of the audience around the stands, making them unable to take their eyes off it.

But Younv Zhigao is not this case.

Although he seemed to be staring straight ahead, his eyes under the sunglasses kept staring at Orochimaru who was disguised as Kazekage.

At this moment, under his gaze, Dashewan turned his head slowly, meeting his eyes.

Then his eyes narrowed!

"Go!"