Each Harboring Their Own Schemes

"What's going on? The enemy has stopped." Saki remained calm, leaning against Yazo and asking in a low voice.

It took Yazo a short while to react before his expression changed drastically, "Could it be..."

"Oh! Looks like I underestimated you guys. You responded pretty quickly." Just then, a slightly teasing voice rang out, and the two of them instantly turned to look in that direction.

Not far away, on a tree, Shuichi stood quietly, one hand on his hip, looking somewhat arrogant, holding a female ninja who appeared to be unconscious.

"Aoi! Damn it!" The worst thing happened. In just a short while, another of their teammates was easily taken down by the enemy.

Shuichi pulled out a Kunai and held it against Aoi's head. "Now, hand over your Scroll, or I'll kill her right now and deal with you slowly."

Yazo gritted his teeth, then pulled out a "Scroll of Heaven" from his person and threw it at Sarutobi Kohei. If his teammate was killed at this moment, then the exam would be a failure.

"Sizzle!" Seeing Shuichi thrust the Kunai forward again, piercing a small section into Aoi's shoulder.

"What are you doing? We've already handed over the Scroll, are you going to go back on your word? We'll fight you to the death!" Saki, who was holding a knife, seemed to have lost her mind after seeing Shuichi's actions and shouted at him loudly.

"Oh? Could it be that you have feelings for her?" Shuichi curious expression, like a villain.

Seeing the indignant expressions on the faces of the two Sunagakure Ninja, he calmly said, "That's a question for you to answer. I told you to hand over the Scroll you have. Do you think you can still hide them from the Byakugan?"

Yazo and Saki were shocked. In the midst of the fierce battle, they had forgotten that the Byakugan could see through everything, which was equivalent to playing tricks on the other side with X-ray vision.

There was no other way; no matter how unwilling they were, they had to hand over the other "Scroll of Earth" to Shuichi.

Seeing Hyuga Akiha nod, Shuichi threw the female ninja he was holding forcefully towards the two of them. After they carefully caught her, Sarutobi Kohei and Hyuga Akiha Shuichi's side.

"Well then, everyone, we'll meet again someday." After obtaining the Scroll, Shuichi's squad prepared to head to the Central Tower.

"Hmm?" Hyuga Akiha paused. "There's a group of people rushing this way about 300 meters away. They're moving pretty fast."

"Another Sunagakure Village team, and their movements show no signs of slowing down."

Shuichi found it a bit strange. A team this arrogant Chunin Ninja Exams? He'd have to see for himself. Could it be, as he suspected, that the Sunagakure Ninja had actually sent Jonin?

Not long after, a Sunagakure Ninja squad appeared a few dozen meters to the sides. The one in the middle had an unremarkable appearance; it was the Sunaki's squad.

When Sunaki arrived nearby, his eyes quickly scanned the situation on the field. One of the members of his village's Yazo's squad was lying motionless on top of his teammate, and must have been seriously injured.

The Konoha squad seemed relaxed and were preparing to leave, even waiting for them when they saw them approaching.

When Yazo and Saki saw the approaching group, they were overjoyed. It was Sunagakure team, which gave them a chance to launch a counterattack against the Konoha ninjas. They began exchanging glances in the direction of Sunaki.

"Captain, should we attack together?" a ninja from the Sunaki Squad asked.

Upon seeing the scene, Yazo was filled with anxiety. Sunaki and his group had actually run into Konoha's Byakugan squad and seemed to have been defeated very easily. It was likely that the Scroll had already been stolen.

"Why this particular team?" Sunaki was extremely annoyed, completely ignoring the coded message sent by Yazo.

Because apart from the Jonin Tosha who led the team and the village's higher-ups, no one else in this Chunin squad knew the true situation, let alone the Genin from their own village.

This is the most troublesome scenario he had anticipated: neither the enemy nor his own side knows their identities, and the village's Genin are still capable of fighting.

If he were to attack Shuichi's squad, how much strength would be appropriate? He couldn't control the actions of Yazo and his companion.

Just as Sunaki was still considering what to do, the situation took an unexpected turn.

A minute ago, as Sunaki and the other two approached the battle site, Hyuga Akiha made a new discovery. "Captain, another team has entered within 500 meters, and their speed is no slower than this team."

"What's going on? We couldn't find anyone for ages, and now it's suddenly turned into a free-for-all?" Shuichi a bit speechless. However, he was confident in his own strength; ordinary Chunin wouldn't last long against him, so he decided to see what was happening.

"Swish, swish, swish." The Sunagakure Ninja exchanged glances for a while without making a move, when suddenly another group of people quickly appeared in the arena.

Sunaki turned his head and looked over, his vigilance immediately rising. "Why is it them again? Have we been targeted? Otherwise, it's impossible for it to be such a coincidence!"

Everyone present looked at the small team. They wore Konoha Forehead Protector, looked to be around 16 years old on average, and didn't seem like easy targets.

"Hmm? This outfit makes them look like members of the Aburame Clan?"

Shuichi saw the mysterious man wearing sunglasses in the group, he had a feeling that he had seen him before.

Even without the Byakugan, he could sense that this Konoha Squad was very different from the Sunagakure Ninja squad from before, after all, he had killed more than one Chunin.

Although his reaction time was short, Shuichi knew far more about the Shinobi World than the average ninja, so he could easily understand what was going on. "It seems like this was someone the Third Hokage had arranged beforehand; they're really going after the Sunagakure Ninja team."

The four groups now occupy the four corners of the area, none of them making any rash moves. Coupled with the gloomy weather, the scene exudes an eerie silence.

Seeing that Shuichi knew that these teams were wary of each other and perhaps had some ulterior motives, so he decided to break the deadlock first.

"Hey, what are you all doing? Is the scenery in the Forest of Death really that beautiful?" Although the atmosphere was tense, Shuichi was not flustered at all. In the face of overwhelming power, all schemes and tricks were just fluff.

As soon as he spoke, several groups of people around him turned to look in his direction.

Ignoring their reactions, Shuichi picked up four Scroll with both hands and displayed them in front of them, then arrogantly said, "I have one Heaven Scroll and three Earth Scroll here. Anyone want to steal them? If you don't come, then we're leaving! This isn't a good place to spend the night."

After waiting for several seconds, no one spoke. Shuichi knew that whether a battle would break out depended entirely on whether Sunaki's team would attack first.

Not only did Yazo's team lose a member, but their chakra was also significantly depleted. Meanwhile, the Konoha team was clearly targeting Sunaki Konoha his group, and would definitely not attack their own people.