"Sakura!"
From afar, Kakashi spotted the pink-haired girl covered in blood, and his heart skipped a beat.
Could it be that after his father, comrades, and teacher, this time it was his "student"...
"Kakashi!"
Sakura waved at the Whitey and the green-skinned Watermelon Head in the distance.
Seeing that Sakura was still alive and kicking, Kakashi quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
"What happened?"
"Didn't I tell you to fire a signal flare?"
"Where's the signal flare?"
The moment Kakashi reached Sakura's side, before even checking on her condition, he launched into a barrage of scolding.
"Uh, well..."
Sakura's gaze drifted as she awkwardly scratched her cheek with a finger.
"That isn't important."
Meanwhile, Might Guy walked to the edge of the battlefield where Sakura and Orochimaru had fought. Looking at the countless shattered snake corpses on the ground, his expression turned grave.
Might Guy might have an odd personality, but he possessed every quality a ninja should have. Otherwise, he would not have become a jonin.
"Kakashi, it was Orochimaru."
Unbothered by the filth, Might Guy picked up a severed snake head from the ground and spoke.
"I already had Enma go notify the Old Man. He should know by now."
Sakura tore off a strip from her sleeve and tied up her somewhat sticky hair.
"You were far too reckless. You actually fought Orochimaru alone."
Kakashi's dead-fish eye grew unusually serious.
"Alright, alright, alright, I got it."
Sakura waved him off. She had just been stabbed through the chest, and it had hurt like hell. Yet she still had not managed to catch Orochimaru. She was already frustrated enough.
"Explain what happened here to the exam staff outside, then continue the Chunin Exams."
"Send more people to guard the area. The Old Man won't want anything going wrong