"Winner: Aburame Shino!"
Shiranui Genma's voice fell.
A burst of enthusiastic applause erupted from the spectator stand.
"Shikamaru, are you okay?"
Shikamaru rolled his eyes. "Look at all these red spots over my body. What do you think?"
Shino kept his hands in his pockets. "You weren't serious at all. Otherwise, the fight wouldn't have ended so quickly."
What Shino meant was that because he himself had not fought seriously, he was very displeased.
"What a pain. Let's go down and get ready too."
"Yeah."
After helping Shikamaru up, the two left side by side.
"Next match: Tenten versus Dosu!"
"Contestants, please enter the arena!"
Although Uchiha Sasuke had already learned from Gaara that Dosu was dead.
The procedure still had to be followed.
Uchiha Sasuke glanced at the silent Gaara.
"It's our turn."
Gaara did not reply. Instead, he closed his eyes, and the Sand Eye appeared above the arena.
Seeing that Gaara would not respond, Uchiha Sasuke could not be bothered to say more. He stood by the entrance and waited for Shiranui Genma to announce the contestants for the next match.
"You can't do this... Teacher and the others may have been wrong, but... they did it all for Konoha!"
"For Konoha?"
"What a universal excuse."
"So, just because it's for Konoha, they can sacrifice other people's lives however they want?"
"Jiraiya, why don't you take a look?"
"Which clan is truly Konoha's number one ninja clan now?"
"I've never seen many people who could eat human blood steamed buns with such righteous confidence."
Kakashi arrived at the dungeon where Jiraiya was being held.
He looked at Jiraiya, bruised and swollen, with all his chakra points sealed.
"Come on. If you miss this grand show, you'll regret it later."
"Kakashi!"
"Stop daydreaming. The Will of Fire