The Chūnin Exams Test the Five Kage? A Test Ground for the Kage! (Dear readers, please support the first subscription!) (Continued)

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Hinata's body instantly stiffened, but she quickly realized that Kitahara Kaede was encouraging her.

Yeah.

Kaede had already improved her strength. She wanted to prove herself and didn't want to embarrass herself in front of him.

So...

Hinata's expression softened.

Calmly, she walked toward the still-empty seats with Shino Aburame and Kiba Inuzuka from her team.

"Tch!"

A female ninja at the first-row desks snorted.

"So he already has a girlfriend."

Her voice wasn't loud, but it was enough for the people in the front rows to hear.

Hinata's cheeks immediately flushed red.

Kitahara Kaede looked toward the female ninja who had spoken.

She had blonde hair and neat, dignified features. Though she hadn't fully matured yet, she was quite pretty.

She was Temari, the village beauty from the neighboring village whom they had met a few days ago.

Temari...

Kitahara Kaede looked at her, then gave her a slight nod and smile.

"The seat behind me is still open. Want to come over?" Temari immediately invited him.

There was none of her earlier coldness left.

"Temari—"

Kankuro was sitting beside Temari.

Kankuro felt there was no point in building a good relationship with Kitahara Kaede now.

Because the Chunin Ninja Exams were about to begin.

That meant they could only follow the Kazekage's original plan and disrupt the Hidden Leaf Village at the designated time.

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Kitahara Kaede and the others did not refuse Temari.

Or rather, Sasuke and Naruto were also curious about Gaara.

So they accepted the invitation and moved to a table behind Temari's group.

Before long, it was exactly ten o'clock, the scheduled time for the Chunin Ninja Exams.

Morino Ibiki, the examiner for the first test, arrived.

But as he arrived and announced the rules, Kitahara Kaede also took note of how the