"Is she Lord Orochimaru's disciple?"
As he watched Anko continue explaining the rules of the second stage of the Chunin Exams.
Kimimaro finally recalled her identity.
As for that familiar aura, it was probably the cursed seal Lord Orochimaru had left on Anko.
"Since Lord Orochimaru left a cursed seal on her, that means he values her highly..."
"Should I bring her back too..."
At that moment, Anko had no idea that someone had set their sights on her.
All she wanted was to get off work quickly and eat dumplings to her heart's content.
Although she had packed plenty to carry with her, it was nowhere near enough.
Once Anko had finished explaining everything.
Everyone dispersed.
Sasuke and the others stared blankly at the Heaven Scroll and Earth Scroll in their hands.
They did not understand what Konoha meant by this.
According to the rules of the exam.
Among all the participants in the Chunin Exams, there were thirteen Heaven Scrolls and thirteen Earth Scrolls, randomly distributed among twenty-six teams. Only teams that obtained a pair of Heaven and Earth Scrolls and passed through the Forest of Death to reach the destination within five days.
Could pass the second stage of the Chunin Exams.
Except...
Konoha had directly given their two teams two sets of scrolls each. What did that mean?
They were being allowed to pass directly.
"Konoha probably doesn't want us competing with ninja from the other villages..."
It would throw off the balance of the game too much.
Hearing that, the others suddenly understood.
"That must be it..."
"So what do we do now? Clear the stage directly?"
But just as those words fell.
Suddenly.
"Woof!"
A sharp bark rang out, followed by a battle-hungry roar!
"Fang Over Fang!"
At once.
Something that looked half-human, half-dog