"Woof! Woof!"
Kiba Inuzuka's ninja hound, Shimaru, wagged his tail with a proud, spirited air.
"Smack!"
"Awwooo—"
After the sticker was slapped onto him, Shimaru's imposing air immediately wilted. His wagging tail drooped as well, and he looked utterly listless.
The most comical were several members of the Hyuga Clan. As branch family members, they absolutely could not expose their foreheads.
So they had no choice but to stick the Stickers between their brows.
Combined with their Byakugan, they looked especially ridiculous.
Hearing the laughter around them, everyone from Konoha felt their faces grow hot.
At the same time, they felt somewhat resentful. They had no idea what the village was thinking or why it had made them wear such ridiculous Stickers.
Wasn't this just making fools of them?
Konoha, inside a special room.
At that moment, all the jonin leading teams in this Chunin Exams had gathered there.
"The Konoha lot are certainly unique. Is this some new Konoha custom?"
Watching the image projected by the Crystal Ball, Suikazan Fuguki bared a mouthful of sharp teeth and spoke with a half-smile.
The mockery in his words was completely undisguised.
The jonin leading Kumogakure's team laughed loudly without any restraint.
The Konoha jonin looked rather grim.
"Believe it or not, I'll smash your teeth."
Jiraiya, who was in charge of maintaining order, looked displeased. He glanced at Suikazan Fuguki and the Kumogakure jonin, then spoke indifferently.
Suikazan Fuguki and the Kumogakure jonin stiffened.
Jiraiya, one of the Three Ninja, was not someone they could afford to provoke.
"Hmph. Then I'll be looking forward to Konoha's performance."
Suikazan Fuguki snorted and continued watching the second exam.
Kisame, slaughter every last one of those Konoha bastards!
Suikazan Fuguki gritted his teeth inwardly.
At the entrance to the Forest of Death.
"Yuu,