Naruto: My mother, Haruno Sakura, is so smart that she is almost a demon

After talking with Hiashi, Sakura returned to the qualifiers venue.

Only then did she realize that the match between Choji and Toss was over and the draw was about to begin.

Before Sakura could say hello, Naruto ran up to her with great interest:

"Sakura, Sakura!

You finally came back and said, let me tell you, that boy with thick eyebrows is just as you said, he has been carrying a burden all the time!

At that time, the "boom" scared me.

Then he rushed up with a swish..."

Listening to Naruto and Konohamaru's description, Sakura felt like her head was about to explode:

"In short, Xiao Li was very good but still lost, right?"

Sakura patted Naruto's shoulder before turning a questioning look towards Sasuke.

"Yeah, and then Choji lost to that Sound Ninja."

Sasuke explained to Sakura.

"Where's Xiao Li?"

"He was sent to Konoha Hospital. It seems he activated some kind of forbidden technique, and the side effects are severe."

Sakura nodded after hearing what Sasuke said.

Since Sasuke didn't mention Rock Lee's actions, it means that what he said to Kai worked, and it must be Kai who saved Rock Lee.

"Ahem, I declare that the preliminaries for the third exam are officially over. Now please ask the winners to gather at the venue."

Moonlight Wind weakly called out to the candidates on the second floor to come down.

All the candidates, including Sakura, came to the venue and stood still.

At this time, not only Gekko Gale, but also Ibiki and Hongdou, the examiners of the first two exams, stood in front of them.

Behind them, on a higher platform, the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen had arrived at some point.

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at the Genin who passed the preliminaries this time and felt very satisfied.

Konoha had the largest number of people, with 6 people from the Sunagakure, which is also a large ninja village, and 3 people from the Sound Ninja also advanced, which demonstrated the fairness of this exam.

Ji Feng and his team did a good job on this mission.

"I will explain the next exam."

Sarutobi took a sip of his pipe and spoke to the ten examinees below the platform.

The candidates did not expect that the Hokage would come in person to explain matters related to the exam. They couldn't help but sigh in their hearts that this old man was really kind.

"The third exam will begin in a month, when the Kazekage and dignitaries from various countries will be present...

In other words, this month is a time for you to recuperate and adjust your strategies."

Naturally, candidates will have no objection to having time to rest.

"If you have no other questions, then you can start drawing lots. I still have a lot of official business to attend to."

Sarutobi Hiruzen stated that he had taken time out of his busy schedule to come here specially, and then turned and left in Naruto's moved gaze.

Sakura: I have to say, this old guy is really good at creating character designs.

As Sarutobi Hiruzen left, Hayate took out a lottery box and everyone walked forward one by one to draw their own number.

Naruto pulled out number 1 without hesitation.

Neji used the advantage of his Byakugan to draw "2".

Although Hinata's injury this time was not as serious as in the anime, and there was no famous scene where Naruto declared war on Neci; but Naruto was still very unhappy with Neci.

Naruto had glared at Neci a lot during the preliminaries, so it was a great honor for him to be able to compete with Neci in the main competition.

“Damn it, why number 9?

Doesn't that mean I have to play one more round?"

Shikamaru complained after drawing his number.

Because the number of people who passed the exam is 10, which is not the square of 2, the last two groups of candidates will have an extra round after the first round to reduce the number of candidates in the second round to 4.

"That might be a good thing, Shikamaru. At least you didn't draw the work zone."

Sakura consoled Shikamaru and then pointed at Gaara.

After Gaara drew his number, he showed it to Sakura and said sinisterly:

"Your name is Haruno Sakura, right? I wish I had met you earlier. Your blood must be delicious!"

Sakura glanced at the note with number "3" in Gaara's hand, ignored his ferocious expression, and pulled out her own number.

"I'm number 7. If you want to play against me, you'd better work hard to make it to the finals."

Sakura also showed Gaara the number on her slip, and then looked at Sasuke who was holding the number "4":

"But it looks like you don't stand a chance, Red Panda."

Shikamaru was also worried when he saw the grouping. Except for Naruto, everyone else in the upper half was a troublesome guy, so it seemed that his luck was not too bad.

As everyone finished drawing lots, the battle list came out:

Uzumaki Naruto VS Hinata Neji

Gaara vs Uchiha Sasuke

Kankuro VS Aburame Shino

Haruno Sakura VS Toss Anvil

Nara Shikamaru VS Temari

Compared with the fiercely competitive upper half, although there are two more people in the lower half, there are indeed more misfits.

"Haruno Sakura, my shoulder is still aching even now, wash my neck and wait."

Gaara saw that the four members of Team 7 wanted to leave, so he declared war on Sakura.

"Oh?

Then you have to work harder, after all, the purpose of absolute defense is to be cracked."

Sakura turned around and gave Gaara an ambiguous smirk, then closed her eyes and used her index finger and thumb to gesture towards Gaara, aiming and shooting:

“bang”

As Sakura whispered softly, a stone flew in from somewhere and hit Gaara directly between the eyebrows.

"Damn it, do you want to fight now?!"

Temari directly protected Gaara behind her to prevent him from going berserk.

Sakura simply ignored her and left with her companions.

"Gaara, you didn't..."

But when Temari was about to turn around to comfort Gaara, she was shocked by the scene before her:

At this moment, Gaara's eyes widened, he gasped heavily, hugged his shoulders and trembled, his face full of disbelief and fear.

This is the first time Temari has seen Gaara like this.

Gaara is actually...scared?

Temari couldn't help swallowing and looked at Kankuro:

What exactly did Haruno Sakura do?

Gaara had no concern for his brother and sister. He was completely shrouded in fear.

Why, mother, have you abandoned me too?

The sand in Gaara's gourd didn't react at all just now, which means that if Sakura used ninja tools instead of pebbles, Gaara would have been killed by her.

In the Sand Village, the villagers fear him, the ninjas reject him, and even his own father wants to kill him. The only thing that can bring Gaara a sense of security is a piece of sand that protects him. But just now, Sakura told Gaara with her actual actions:

His sand also has its drawbacks.

Thinking that his sand had completely lost its effect in front of Sakura, Gaara could no longer use the sand to isolate himself from this ruthless world, and fell into unprecedented fear.

"Xiaoying, how did you do that just now?"

As Sakura's opponent in the next exam, Sasuke is very curious about how Sakura broke Gaara's defense.

"Ah, you're talking about this. It's not difficult as long as you understand the principle.

Listen carefully Sasuke, the so-called absolute defense..."

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Konoha's Sound Ninja Station

Orochimaru changed into a ninja uniform, and Kabuto Yakushi was kneeling on one knee, reporting various information to Orochimaru.

"That's all the information I have about the Chunin Exams for now, Lord Orochimaru."

“Haha, stand up, Kabuto.

Is there anyone among the candidates that I need to pay attention to?"

Orochimaru looked at Kabuto Yakushi and gave him a meaningful smile.

After listening to Orochimaru's words, Kabuto Yakushi began to recall the people he met in this exam.

"Besides our people... there is only one girl named Haruno Sakura left. She once specifically asked me for information about the Sound Village... Now I think Toss and the others must have let something slip...

Lord Orochimaru has already come into contact with Team 7, right? Could something have happened?

Oh, and those two explosions..."

"Kabuto, what do you think of Haruno Sakura?"

Orochimaru did not answer Kabuto's question, but instead asked her another question.

“Her?

He has good talent and is observant, but he is a little arrogant.

But if she had anything to do with the two explosions, she does have the strength to match her arrogant attitude."

"Oh?"

Orochimaru showed an interested expression. He didn't expect that his and Kabuto's opinions of Sakura would be so different.

"Kou, tell me all about your interactions with her. Don't leave out any details."

As Orochimaru expected, Kabuto described the whole story of Haruno Sakura to Orochimaru.

"Hehehe... Kabuto, it's not Sakura-kun who's arrogant, it's you!"

Orochimaru put on a lecturing look and chuckled:

“Yakura-kun has seen through your true strength from the beginning and began to doubt your identity.

Her words of contempt for all the candidates were a demonstration to you, and her words of teasing you at the end were mocking your poor acting skills.

But you just treated her as an ordinary Genin and didn't take her seriously."

"That's what the adults taught you."

Although Kabuto Yakushi did not refute Orochimaru's words, he disagreed in his heart. He did not think that Sakura Haruno, who had no bloodline, would pose any threat to him.

Orochimaru knew what Kabuto was thinking, so he decided to give the apothecary Kabuto a strong medicine:

"Kabuto, Sakura-kun is smarter than me. She forced me to use two life-saving ninjutsu in the Forest of Death.

There was such a huge difference in strength, but she was in such a mess. In a sense, I lost to her once."

"what?"

Orochimaru's words shocked Kabuto Yakushi so much that he could not believe his ears.

Lord Orochimaru, who was like a god in his heart, actually admitted that he lost to a Genin?

"Don't be so surprised, Kabuto.

I am not a god either."

"If this is true, will Haruno Sakura guess our plan this time?

If she reports this to Konoha's higher-ups..."

Yakushi Kabuto immediately thought of the possibility of the plan being leaked.

"Don't worry about Ying-kun, she's smarter than me.

Although she could probably guess our plan this time, with her vision she could definitely see the possible impact of our plan.

As long as our plan is in her interest, Sakura-kun will definitely stand on our side.

There is no need to do anything special, just keep doing what you have done before.”

"Yes!"

Kabuto replied respectfully, but a surge of jealousy welled up in him when he heard how much Orochimaru admired Sakura.

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"That's about it. Ah - A-choo~~~"

After telling Sasuke how to break Gaara's absolute defense, Sakura suddenly sneezed.

Kakashi and Sasuke were both shocked, but Naruto, due to his limited IQ, had no idea what Sakura had just said.

"In that case, let's resolve it this way today...

Ah, I suddenly remembered something, you guys come with me."

Kakashi, who subconsciously wanted to disband the team, suddenly remembered something important and called on his students to follow him.