Konoha's Sea of ​​Fire

A few days later, in the tower in the heart of the Forest of Death.

A group of genin who successfully passed the exam gathered together.

Compared with the more than 20 people eliminated in the first exam, more than 50 people were eliminated in this exam. In the end, only 21 people came here.

After all kinds of fighting and fighting, each of the twenty-one people standing in the tower now had a layer of perseverance on their faces, and their energy was far higher than before.

Especially Naruto and Sasuke.

After Naruto's Five Elements Seal was released, he was able to steadily call upon the Nine-Tails Chakra and summon nearly a thousand shadow clones. Even a chuunin would kneel on the ground and call daddy when he encountered him.

As for Sasuke, after being planted with the Curse Seal of Heaven by Orochimaru, after experiencing the initial period of torture, he gradually got used to the curse seal. Occasionally, his combat power would soar when it breaks out.

Sakura stood behind Naruto and Sasuke, her long pink hair had been cut into short hair, she looked heroic, but there was a bit of hesitation in her eyes.

After Suita's identity was exposed by Orochimaru, Sasuke actually asked Sakura to hide what happened after he fainted from Naruto, in the name of not distracting Naruto.

But Sakura always felt that there was a deeper reason.

At this time, Sarutobi Hiruzen walked in with a group of guiding jounin and chuunin examiners.

The twenty-one people who passed the second exam were in groups of three, with a total of seven mentoring jonins. Among them, there were five mentoring jonins belonging to Konoha, including Kakashi, Gai, Yuhi Kurenai, and Sarutobi Asuma. Waiting for others, the one from Sunagakure Village is Maki, and the remaining group is Oto Ninja Village. They guide the Jonin, and of course it is Orochimaru in disguise.

That's right, Orochimaru, who had just made a big fuss in the Forest of Death and attracted ANBU to pursue him, then left quietly, now appeared here openly again.

Such arrogant behavior obviously exceeded the imagination of Sarutobi Hiruzen and others. Therefore, the strong men in Konoha did not notice the true identity of this handsome sound ninja instructor jounin.

Of course, there is one exception, no, it's not a human, it's a dog.

Akamaru looks a little strange

Yuhi Kurenai stood behind Sarutobi Hiruzen, looking calmly at the trembling white puppy in Inuzuka Kiba's arms.

Then her eyes fell on Naruto, and then she was distracted.

The sound ninja incarnation of Orochimaru glanced at her, with a sneer on his lips.

This sneer happened to fall in the eyes of Yakushi Kabuto, who successfully passed the exam, and he was suddenly shocked: This smile is that of Lord Orochimaru.

Yakushi Kabuto looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen and secretly praised: As expected of Lord Orochimaru, he actually appeared in front of the Hokage like this.

Now that Lord Orochimaru appears here, there is no need for me as a spy to collect intelligence.

Yakushi Kabuto showed a perfectly helpless smile and raised his hand to indicate that he would withdraw from the next Chunin Exam because he had suffered internal injuries in the previous battle.

Well, a fair and impeccable reason.

Sarutobi Hiruzen immediately agreed to his request.

So next, the last qualifying match began.

The rules are very simple. Two people are randomly selected to challenge each other. Whether they know each other or not, even if they are members of the same group, the winner must be determined. The winner will enter the final selection, and the loser will be eliminated.

Simple, crude and indifferent.

Many people looked at each other, some of them unable to accept it, but once the rules were set, they could not be changed.

The first battle was between two pillars and one person from the Sound Ninja Village.

A few years ago, Feng Huo massacred all the ninjas in the Sound Ninja Village.

Sora, but after that, Orochimaru once again trained a group of genin, but purely in terms of strength, they could not compete with the first batch.

However, Orochimaru has a lot of means to make people increase their combat effectiveness in a short period of time.

Of course, these methods have huge sequelae and may even affect future growth. However, these sound ninjas are just pawns in Orochimaru's hands. Whether they are useless or dead, Orochimaru doesn't care.

As soon as the battle started, the second pillar suppressed the sound ninja and beat him, but after a while, the sound ninja activated his potential and beat the second pillar violently in turn. It suddenly broke out, and a powerful chakra instantly poured into his body.

Feeling this powerful force, Erzhu was filled with desire and fear. He had a hunch that if this continued, he might be completely controlled by this force.

So, it must be stopped

Suddenly, a voice came from the side.

"Hey, Sasuke, what are you doing? Why are you so dazed?"

The one yelling was actually Naruto who was standing by the fence on the second floor watching the battle.

Looking at Naruto's expression of hatred for steel, Erzhuzi became angry.

Then he remembered what happened a few days ago, and his heart suddenly became unbalanced.

Why does Naruto have that person to protect him, but I have nothing?

Out of jealousy, Erzhu ignored it and relaxed his mind, allowing the powerful power brought by the Heavenly Curse Seal to erode his body.

As chakra flows throughout the body, black flame-like marks appear on the surface of Erzhu's skin.

"what is that"

"Is it a curse seal?"

"There seems to be a strange chakra fluctuation."

"A little bit ominous."

The instructor jounin watching the battle nearby frowned.

Mitarashi Anko couldn't help but stretched out her hand to touch her neck, with a disgusting look on her face: "That bastard, he didn't even let a child go. Damn it."

At this time, Sakura's face was even more pale and bloodless.

"Sakura, you seem to know something." Kakashi came to her side at some point and asked, "How did the things on Sasuke come from?"

In the battlefield, the second pillar, whose strength had skyrocketed due to the increase in the Heavenly Curse Seal, had already pressed the sound ninja to the ground and rubbed it. The ferocious and evil look made Sakura couldn't help but feel heartbroken.

"Kakashi-sensei, I, I"

Although the second pillar asked her to keep it a secret, seeing the current appearance of the second pillar, Sakura finally felt that she should tell Kakashi about this matter, so she told them about Orochimaru's fight with them.

"So that's it. This curse seal was actually left by Orochimaru." Although Kakashi was wearing a mask and couldn't see his face clearly, his exposed right eye was so solemn.

This S-level rebellious nin suddenly came to Konoha, could it be because of Sasuke?

Write round eyes

"Kakashi-sensei, besides Orochimaru, there was another person present at the time." Sakura glanced at Naruto who was yelling at the two pillars next to her, and couldn't help but hesitate again.

Kakashi narrowed his eyes slightly: "Is it related to Naruto?"

Sakura nodded.

Kakashi raised his eyelids and guessed it instantly.

After all, that person had appeared before them.

You actually appeared in the Forest of Death at the same time as Orochimaru to seal the fire. What are you planning on doing?