It's better to be a rebel ninja than to be a Hokage

Except for Sasuke and Rock Lee who were about to compete, everyone else came to the stands and vacated the hall.

After Naruto and Sakura chose a spot to watch the fight, they noticed that Kakashi was still lingering in the hall.

At this moment, Kakashi was whispering something to Sasuke.

Sasuke's expression became gloomy because of Kakashi's words.

"What are you talking about with Sasuke?"

Sakura looked down at the two curiously from a high stand.

Before Naruto could answer Sakura, Kakashi had finished talking with Sasuke and used the instant body movement technique to come to the two of them.

"Xiaoying, you are so lucky that you got a bye."

Kakashi first expressed his congratulations to Sakura.

Then, Kakashi, who had just left Sasuke, turned his gaze to Sasuke in the hall, who was in the ready position as indicated by Gekko Gale.

"How's Sasuke doing?"

Kakashi suddenly asked.

Kakashi lowered his voice so that only he and the two members of Team 7 could hear it.

Sakura didn't realize what Kakashi's question was about.

Naruto knew very well what Kakashi was asking. As expected, Red Bean had already informed the top leaders of Konoha that Sasuke had been cursed by Orochimaru.

"On the night of the first day of the exam in the Forest of Death, we were blown away by a hurricane..."

Naruto recounted to Kakashi what Team 7 had experienced over the past two days.

He even briefly mentioned Karin, which was not something worth hiding.

Without digging into Naruto's brain, who would have known that the meeting between Team 7 and Karin was absolutely inevitable and not accidental.

"Use shadow clones to explore the way and avoid the enemy..."

As expected, Kakashi didn't pay much attention to Karin's existence. It wouldn't be surprising if he met any candidate in the Death Forest exam the next second.

Kakashi was pleased that Naruto made the right choice in the crisis: "Naruto, your judgment is correct. You who are injured and Sasuke who can't use chakra at will should avoid fighting with other ninjas as much as possible."

Kakashi has roughly confirmed the situation of the curse seal in Sasuke's body from Naruto's explanation just now. Sasuke has only shown the curse seal once so far, and his condition is not too serious.

But Kakashi wasn't completely relieved yet.

In the qualifying round for the right to qualify for the third exam, Sasuke's opponent happened to be the disciple that Gai always showed off to him, Rock Lee!

Naruto didn't intend for Kakashi to end the conversation unilaterally like this: "Teacher Kakashi, Sasuke said that Orochimaru claimed to be the founder of Sound Village, and those Sound Ninjas did take the initiative to attack us... They have always wanted to attack Sasuke, but now they have failed the second exam... Is there another conspiracy?"

Kakashi looked at Naruto and just shook his head: "I don't know either - in fact, after confirming that Orochimaru had sneaked into Konoha and contacted Sasuke, the Hokage immediately arranged for the Anbu ninja to search in the Death Forest, and the Sound Ninja also had Anbu ninjas to monitor them - but not long ago, the Sound Ninja and the Konoha Anbu who were responsible for monitoring them all disappeared."

Naruto showed a doubtful and worried face and did not continue to ask.

The first time he asked a question, he could have asked it reasonably, using the excuse that he was worried about his comrade Sasuke.

But Kakashi had already explained the answer in detail in his reply, and if Naruto said more, it would be easy for him to reveal the clue to Kakashi.

Naruto thought he could get some useful information from Kakashi.

Unfortunately, the information Kakashi provided was the same as if he hadn't said anything.

Of course, the disappearance of Sound Ninja can only be related to Orochimaru.

What Naruto wanted to know was the reason why the Three Sound Ninjas disappeared.

After the death of Kabuto Yakushi, Orochimaru's actions can no longer be inferred from the original plot.

However, Naruto was not worried that Orochimaru would interrupt his plan to destroy Konoha, thus causing Naruto's defection plan based on the premise of Konoha's destruction to fail.

This is also the reason why Naruto, after weighing the pros and cons, still wants to deal with Kabuto Yakushi for long-term profit even though he knows that killing Kabuto Yakushi will bring great uncertainties to himself.

Orochimaru has already exposed himself in the Forest of Death, and has also dragged Sunagakure into the game - he will at most plan ahead, but will never stop - as long as the plan to destroy Konoha succeeds, the variables at this moment will no longer count.

But once Orochimaru retreats, he will not only face pursuit from Konoha, but also from Sunagakure - if he stops the plan to destroy Konoha, Orochimaru will not be able to gain any benefits and will also get into a lot of trouble.

While Naruto was thinking, the match between Uchiha Sasuke and Rock Lee officially began.

Because of the curse seal, Sasuke was unable to use chakra at will, so he chose to use ninja tools to deal with Rock Lee first.

But Sasuke's use of such tactics did not produce ideal results.

How could Xiao Li, who specializes in physical skills and can now open the fifth gate of the Eight Gates of Ninjutsu, be hit by ninja tools?

Naruto looked at Sasuke who was already out of breath from just fighting.

It is extremely physically demanding for Sasuke to suppress the curse seal, and the battle with Rock Lee will accelerate the consumption of his physical strength.

In this vicious cycle, it won't be long before Sasuke is controlled by the curse again.

To outsiders, the outcome of this game is self-evident.

Sasuke's desperate efforts were like a mantis trying to stop a chariot.

Right now, Xiao Li is definitely the strongest among the 15 candidates present in terms of physical skills.

Naruto would never allow himself to fight with Rock Lee in physical skills.

But Xiao Li's weakness is that he cannot use ninjutsu and illusion techniques.

As long as you know this information, you will have more ways to deal with him.

However, it is extremely difficult to resist Xiao Li's terrifying physical attack.

Not to mention finding a way to defeat Xiao Li.

Sasuke made his choice...

"Art fire escape ho fireball!"

Facing the high-speed moving Rock Lee, Sasuke used the first ninjutsu of the game.

The target of the huge flame that Sasuke spewed out of his mouth was not Xiao Li, whose movements were difficult to catch, but the ground in front of him!

The flames touched the ground, surrounding Sasuke in a circular ring of fire.

The flame turned into a ring of fire, and the fire grew stronger instead of decreasing!

It burned so fiercely that the circle of fire turned into a cylindrical wall of fire surrounding Sasuke.

After the first Chunin Exam, the battle between Lee and Sasuke revealed tactical intelligence which was used by Sasuke.

Sasuke knew that his eyes could not keep up with Lee's speed. Once Lee found an opportunity to get close to him, Sasuke would probably be kicked into the air by Lee again!

Then why not just not let Xiao Li get close to you!

Sure enough, facing the fire wall created by Sasuke, Rock Lee, who was unable to continue attacking with physical skills, stopped his high-speed movement - he did a backflip and jumped onto the index finger of the ninja arm statue that was forming the ninja seal.

The commanding view from the statue allows Xiao Li to see Sasuke through the fire wall.

With just a powerful fireball technique, Sasuke turned the odds of winning in favor of Lee...

...is stuck.