The Second Round Ends

Whoosh...

Several whooshing sounds echoed in the silent, dark room. Yemo suddenly turned his head and saw several cold glints coming from a dark corner.

Without much thought, Yemo shifted his feet slightly, sidestepped, and with a perfectly timed step, dodged all the incoming cold glints.

"Attack!"

All the cold glints were aimed at Yemo. Hiashi and Hizashi were not attacked. However, when they saw Yemo being attacked, Hiashi and Hizashi tensed up instantly. The two stood back to back, their eyes scanning every corner hidden in the darkness.

Puff...

Suddenly, a flame rose from one of the wooden pillars, the faint Kakkō dispelling the darkness. As if it were a signal, flames rose from the four sturdy wooden pillars, and with a click, a large lamp was lit overhead.

In the blink of an eye, the dim room was illuminated by the Kakkō, as if it were daytime, with the orange-yellow Kakkō lighting up every corner of the room.

The sudden change startled Yemo slightly. Recovering, he glanced towards the corner from Kunai had been fired, and saw three figures standing there. Focusing his gaze, Yemo's expression changed, and he said with a hint of surprise, "I didn't expect it to be you... you're very fast, Kirigakure Ninja."

The attackers just now were the Kirigakure Ninja team: Hozuki Mangetsu Onibi Hotaru, and Mei Terumi. This was the strongest trio in the Kirigakure.

Hizashi and Hiashi looked at the familiar faces in front of them with surprise. After meeting a few days ago, they would actually meet again in this way.

"The ninjas of Konoha are not to be underestimated. We just arrived, and you've already come," Hozuki Mangetsu said calmly.

It seems the difference isn't that great, and they haven't been there for very long. However, the Kirigakure Village team is truly strong. Yemo thought they were already very fast, but unfortunately, they still arrived right in front of them.

Suddenly, Yemo felt a sharp gaze sweep over him. Following the gaze, Yemo saw Mei Terumi Hozuki Mangetsu's Terumi Mei staring at him through gritted teeth.

Thinking back to how he had threatened someone to hand over the scroll, even though Yemo was already thick-skinned, he still felt a little embarrassed and reached out to touch his nose.

Sensing the faint killing intent around her, Hozuki Mangetsu glanced at Mei Terumi, extremely curious about Mei Terumi and Yemo Uzumaki. What on earth had Yemo Uzumaki done to incur such wrath? She had never seen Mei Terumi so angry before.

Just now Mei Terumi suddenly shot Kunai Yemo, which startled Hozuki Mangetsu and Onibi Hotaru who were standing nearby.

"Hey, Yemo, what did you do to that Kirigakure female ninja to make her so angry?" It's not like Hizashi is blind; on the contrary, his eyesight is excellent. Even without his eyes open, he can see farther and more clearly than the average person.

"It's nothing," Yemo said, "It's just that before I came looking for you, I snatched a scroll from her!"

"What!" Hizashi exclaimed in surprise. "You stole your scroll from someone else. I must say, you're really something." At the end, Hizashi gave Yemo a thumbs up.

No wonder that Mist Ninja attacked Yemo earlier. Although it's unclear what troubled Yemo, it certainly wasn't a good method. Something must have happened between them, otherwise the Mist Ninja would be so angry that she would be gritting her teeth and wishing she could stomp Yemo to pieces.

Hizashi truly admired Yemo. Everyone else was doing everything they could to pass the exam, but Ye Mo, on the other hand, was busy flirting with girls and even managed to get his hands on a scroll. How could the difference between people be so vast?

Cough cough...

A soft cough suddenly rang out inside the room, immediately drawing everyone's attention. They all looked in the direction of the sound and saw two Konoha Ninja standing on the second-floor corridor. Both of them were known to everyone in Konoha: one was Sarutobi Shinnosuke, the person in charge of the second exam, and the other was Konoha Jonin Yūhi Shinku.

Sarutobi Shinnosuke glanced at the Kirigakure team, then looked at Yemo and the others, a slight smile on his face, and said, "It's much earlier than I expected. I thought the first team wouldn't pass until tomorrow morning, but I didn't expect two teams of ninjas to arrive tonight. You are the first team to arrive, and also the first team to pass the Chunin Ninja Exams."

"The strong deserve their treatment. While the people in the dense forest are still killing tonight, you can get a good night's sleep. Just stay here and wait patiently. Tomorrow at noon, you will be Chunin."

After saying that, Sarutobi Shinnosuke turned and left without hesitation or lingering.

Seeing Sarutobi Shinnosuke leave, Yemo pondered silently, wondering what had happened and why Sarutobi Shinnosuke had left in such a hurry.

It's all because of the Grass Ninja incident. The Third Hokage is worried that another ninja village might have been replaced, so not only is the Anbu having to focus their surveillance on the students from those smaller ninja villages again, Chunin Ninja Exams examiners are also working through the night to ensure the Chunin Ninja Exams go perfectly. If it weren't for this, Shinnosuke would be sleeping comfortably at home right now, instead of staying up all night here.

Hizashi crossed his arms behind his head and complained, "Shinnosuke- sama, what kind of treatment is this? Not only is there no place to sleep, but there's not even a hot meal."

Seeing Yemo standing there motionless, Hiashi gently patted him and asked, "What's wrong, Yemo?"

Upon regaining consciousness Yemo was taken aback and quickly said, "Oh, it's nothing. I was just thinking about something and got distracted."

With Hiashi taken, Yemo didn't dwell on why Shinnosuke had left so hastily. He looked up at Hozuki Mangetsu across the street; the three of them had already sat down in a corner.

Mei Terumi opened the scroll she carried with her. From the long scroll, she unsealed a blanket, a mattress, and a tent. Seeing this, the three of them, including Yemo, twitched at the corners of their mouths. During the exam, the scroll didn't contain weapons, but a bunch of daily necessities. This woman...

Hozuki Mangetsu and Onibi Hotaru remained quite calm, as they were used to such things. Being men, they weren't so particular. They went to the corner and sat down with their backs against the wall.

"Snort..."

As she approached the tent, Mei Terumi turned around and glared at Yemo, then snorted softly before hoisting her swan-like neck and entering the tent.

What could Yemo say to that? He shook his head and sighed, "Women!"

Yemo also walked to a corner and sat down against the wall, closing his eyes to sleep. Hiashi and Hizashi looked at each other and also leaned against the wall to sleep.

There's nothing to be wary of. The appearance of Sarutobi Shinnosuke, and Nichinichi Shinku just now confirms that the tower in the center of the dense forest is secretly guarded by Konoha Ninja.

Yemo and the others knew all this, as did Hozuki Mangetsu and the others. In the empty room, three Kirigakure Ninja and three Konoha Ninja drifted off to sleep.

Time flies when you're asleep. When Yemo woke up, it was already the next morning. No team had arrived the night before. Not long after Yemo woke up, a team finally arrived. It was a team from Sunagakure.

Unlike Yemo and his group, the Sunagakure team was all injured, clearly having gone through a fierce battle. The leaders of the Sunagakure were Sasori of the Red Sands and Pakura, who possessed the Scorch Release. Yemo was only interested in these two; he didn't know about the other one.

Following closely behind the Sunagakure team was Samui Kumogakure team, led by Yugito Nii and possessing Toroi.

There were four teams in total. After entering the tower, none of the four teams communicated. The Sunagakure and Kumogakure each found a corner to recover their Chakra and injuries, while the Yemo and Kirigakure simply sat quietly in their respective positions.

Seeing that even the Sunagakure Village and Kumogakure teams had suffered heavy losses, with only one small team managing to pass through, Yemo's heart sank. It seemed that Shikaku and the others were likely in grave danger.

Even Konoha, Kumogakure, Sunagakure, and Kirigakure only sent one team each, not to mention the other smaller ninja villages, which were definitely wiped out.

What Ye Mo didn't expect was that when noon arrived, after Kumogakure had arrived, not a single team came. Iwagakure, one of the five great villages, had been completely wiped out, which greatly surprised Yemo.

The Iwagakure with the Explosion Release technique, Kari, was quite strong, along with two other Iwa Ninja who were also quite powerful. Logically, they should have had no problem passing the exam, but surprisingly, they were also eliminated.

However, Iwagakure has lost face this time. As one of the Five Great Shinobi Villages, not a single person from Iwagakure passed the Chunin Ninja Exams.