Forced to sell misery

"Sasuke-kun, you're so slow~"

An overly enthusiastic greeting completely destroyed the tense atmosphere...

Ignoring all the inquiring looks and avoiding Ino who was pouncing on him like a hungry tiger, Sasuke felt even more headache.

"What? Sasuke-kun, why are you so cold to me?!"

Having lost the great opportunity to have a "close contact" with the Sasuke-kun that she had been thinking about, Ino complained unhappily,

"I've been waiting with great anticipation for the thought of meeting Sasuke-kun after such a long absence~"

"Stay away from Sasuke-kun, you fat pig Ino!"

Veins popped up on her forehead, and Sakura momentarily forgot about the "tense" atmosphere in the exam room.

"Oh, isn't this Sakura?"

Ino deliberately pretended that she had just seen Sakura and shot back,

"Your forehead is still the same size, Sakura is ugly!"

"What did you say?!"

Sakura's instant anger value report...

No matter what the matter is and whether it has anything to do with you or not, it is usually better to stay away from girls when they are angry...

Silently watching Sakura and Ino revealing each other's "dark history", everyone sighed in tacit understanding and turned their eyes away.

...I can't afford to offend you.

"what……"

As Ino's teammates, Choji and Shikamaru also came over.

Choji was busy dealing with the potato chips in his hand, while Shikamaru looked at Naruto and the other two with a "so much trouble" expression on his face.

"Do you want to take this troublesome exam too?"

"Ah, I found it!"

Seeing familiar classmates, Team Ya also came over.

"It's really... rare that everyone is here."

"Hello, you guys..."

With a quick glance at Naruto, Hinata lowered her head and whispered into her fingers.

Shino, who had little presence, nodded silently.

"What? You guys are coming too, really..."

They are just a bunch of troublesome guys...

It’s another day of being forced to work… Shikamaru silently has a dead look in his eyes.

"Have all the nine new Genin this year come to take the exam?" Kiba said, and Akamaru, who was climbing on his hood, woofed in response. "

"So, how far can we go..."

Turning his gaze to Sasuke, Kiba said meaningfully,

"What do you say, Sasuke?"

"..."

Sasuke, who didn't want to fight with his former "friends" after his rebirth, and Shikamaru silently "looked dead" together...

"We have practiced hard so that we won't lose to you!"

Ya is also full of confidence.

"You guys are so annoying!"

Sasuke Sasuke...of!

Everyone was rushing towards Sasuke, completely ignoring him...

Naruto's angry soul was burning, and he challenged Kiba, "Sasuke aside, how could I lose to guys like you!"

"H-I'm sorry, Naruto-kun."

Not wanting to see her teammates and... and Naruto-kun in conflict, Hinata pointed at her finger and explained in a low voice,

"Ya didn't mean to say that."

No...I did it on purpose...

He instantly lost the interest to continue "issuing the challenge" and turned to look at Hinata who was blushing silently. He really wanted to "give death with eyes" like Shikamaru and Sasuke.

Akamaru, it seems to be delicious...

Staring at Akamaru lying on the tooth head, Choji was distracted and couldn't help but want to get closer... and closer...

Ya was stunned for a moment, and inexplicably felt that the eyes of this guy, Shikamaru, who was always eating something, were inexplicably dangerous.

Just as Shikamaru took another step forward, a person silently blocked his way.

“Don’t step on it!”

"what?"

Choji looked suspiciously at the "weird guy" Shino, who was wrapped up tightly and even had his eyes blocked by sunglasses, and then followed his gaze to look down at his feet...

A small insect crawled by silently.

"I said don't step on it."

Shino repeated expressionlessly.

“Would you like to eat this?”

For some reason, I felt that Shino's tone was inexplicably dangerous... Choji thought about it and asked.

"..."

The atmosphere fell into an awkward silence.

"Hey, you guys..."

A familiar figure walked over.

Oh? It's here after all.

Sasuke took a step forward intentionally or unintentionally, and stood in front of everyone, looking at the newcomers with a puzzled expression.

"You'd better be a little quieter."

"why?"

Looking at Kabuto Yakushi who was walking towards him like a very familiar person, Sasuke asked with interest.

"You are the nine newcomers who just graduated from the Ninja School, right?"

I always feel an inexplicable chill on my back... Dou pushed his glasses up on his nose to cover up, pretending to be gentle and amiable as usual, and said,

"Really? You should at least make some preparations. It's not a good idea to take the exam so rashly."

"Who are you? Why are you talking so great?"

Noticing that Sasuke's attention was drawn to that inexplicable person, Ino frowned and said dissatisfiedly.

"I'm Kabuto Yakushi. Instead of worrying about this... you might as well look around."

For a moment, the nine people who were chatting "happily" looked around and instantly felt like they were being stared at by unfriendly eyes.

“People from different villages taking the exam are hostile to each other, which means everyone is an enemy.”

Observing the reactions of the nine people, Dou explained in a thoughtful manner,

"After all, everyone is anxious before the exam... That's why I warned you before anything goes wrong."

"you……"

Naruto glanced at the forehead protector with the Konoha logo on Kabuto's forehead, and suddenly realized,

"So that's it."

"I can't help it. They are all new people who can't even tell left from right. They remind me of my old self..."

Dou said in a helpless and nostalgic tone.

"Is it Kabuto...senpai?"

Realizing that the person in front of her had no hostility, but was instead giving a friendly reminder, Sakura greeted him politely.

"Yes."

Really... a group of little devils who are easy to gain trust...

Kabuto nodded in satisfaction.

"So, is this your second time participating?"

"No, the seventh time."

"Eh?"

It's such a troublesome thing, but there are still people who persist and keep trying after failing seven times... In a sense, it's a bit scary...

Shikamaru was a little surprised.

"Because this exam is only held twice a year, and this is the fourth year."

I have a feeling these brats have imagined something bad on their own... Kabuto explained calmly.

"So, Senior Dou knows everything about the exam?"

"It's not bad..."

"Ha, Senior Kabuto is awesome!"

Naruto exclaimed.

...In some ways, it's really amazing...

Everyone was silent.

But according to Naruto's "simple" thinking, it should just be pure praise.

Yes, that's right, pure praise for the experienced senior who failed the exam six times in a row...

"But it never gets through..."

Even Shikamaru couldn't help but want to complain.

"Well... then it's like this now..."

Dou smiled slightly awkwardly and scratched his hair.

I always feel like... there's something strange about his character setting...

"Is the Chunin Exam really that difficult to pass? Really, it's getting more and more troublesome..."

Shikamaru was already wondering if he would get into more trouble if he gave up the exam at the last minute.

"Well, to my lovely juniors, I will tell you a little bit of information."

Kabuto smiled and took out a stack of cards from the ninja tool bag he carried with him.

"How about it, do you want to hear my analysis?"