"Who's Anna's opponent? Who's Anna's opponent? Who's Anna's opponent?"
Her swollen eyes were slowly receding, and she looked around with curiosity and a little excitement, sizing up everyone on the second floor whose attention was focused on her.
There seemed to be a sense of anticipation in her gaze.
She was waiting for the person fighting her to come down quickly.
However, perhaps because she had skipped along too quickly, her opponent apparently was not ready yet and had not come down. There seemed to be no movement from the second floor either.
Great! As long as I win, it'll be fine! Then I won't be locked in the little dark room or forbidden from eating.
As she waited, this thought flashed through the little girl's mind.
Gaara...
At the same time, Kankuro looked again at the red-haired boy with the gourd on his back beside him, a trace of surprise crossing his face.
It was not the trembling expression of fear brought on by excitement from before.
Hm? Gaara? At the same time, their elder sister Temari, who was also taking part in these Chunin Exams, frowned and looked at Gaara past one of her younger brothers, her face showing a mix of confusion and surprise.
What happened? Why is Gaara making that expression? In the end, the siblings nearly had the same thought.
At that moment, in their eyes, the red-haired boy with his arms crossed had a look of confusion flickering across his eternally unchanged face and within his cold eyes.
It was as if the little girl in the arena whom he was watching had deeply perplexed him.
Why? Why is she full of openings, yet giving me pressure no less than Second Pillar?
No! It's different from Second Pillar.
*What Second Pillar gives me isn't