The five strongest contestants in this Chunin Exams were Naruto, Sasuke, Chiyo, Gaara, and Neji.
If they were to determine the ultimate winner, it would only be one of those five.
At that moment, out of the camaraderie of having fought Orochimaru together in the Forest of Death, Gaara smiled and nodded at Naruto and Sasuke.
Naruto and Sasuke likewise nodded back.
If that scene was perfectly normal, then what happened next nearly made Naruto and Sasuke's jaws drop.
When they looked toward Chiyo, she actually gave them a friendly nod as well!
"Uh, Sasuke, I wasn't seeing things just now, was I? That girl named Chiyo should have held a huge grudge against you in the Forest of Death, right? Why did she smile at you just now? Did something happen between you two during this past month?"
Naruto looked strangely at Chiyo, then at the equally stunned Sasuke as he asked.
But judging by Sasuke's expression, it didn't seem like it...
For a moment, Naruto could not figure out what Chiyo meant by this.
After all, in the Forest of Death, Chiyo had not only kept saying that she wanted revenge on Sasuke, but had even used genjutsu to control Sakura!
Yet now she was showing them a friendly smile. Naruto simply could not understand it.
"How could that be? What are you even thinking? I don't understand why her attitude changed so drastically either. But after I returned to the clan, my brother told me about her."
Sasuke first shot back at Naruto, then spoke with a somewhat complicated expression.
"Huh? No way. Does your Uchiha Clan really have a grudge against that girl?"
Naruto was extremely curious about this.
After all, he and Sasuke had both witnessed Chiyo's formidable strength.
If it had only been that