"Oh, then go. Anyone else? It'd be best if everyone left, then there'd be no need for the third round. We could all go home, wouldn't that be nice? Fighting and killing is so dangerous, and it'd make things easier for me too."
That last sentence was your real goal, wasn't it?
"Kabuto-senpai, why? Why are you withdrawing now?!" Naruto shouted unwillingly at Yakushi Kabuto.
"Actually, my left ear went deaf during that conflict before the exam. Combined with the consecutive battles, I can't continue fighting anymore. Sorry, I'll be leaving first." Yakushi Kabuto spoke to Naruto, then turned and left. Chen Fan glanced at him. Kabuto had to be connected to Konoha's collapse plan. Should he kill him now?
"I've seen this person several times before. It seems he's always been like this. According to the records, this is already his seventh time taking the Chunin Exam." Morino Ibiki said as he looked at the registration form.
The Third Hokage frowned upon hearing that and asked, "What's his background?"
"His usual performance was very ordinary. He barely graduated from the Ninja Academy and completed two C-rank missions and fourteen D-rank missions. Nothing remarkable. But before he entered the Ninja Academy... do you remember? The boy who was brought back after the battle at Kikyo Mountain."
"Oh! The child who survived on the enemy's side. He was eventually adopted by someone from a medical unit. So it was him." The Third Hokage took a drag from his pipe, lost in thought.
"Sasuke, you should withdraw too. I'm really scared." Sakura said to Sasuke. She had witnessed the curse mark erupt on Sasuke's body with her own eyes, and the terrifying image was still fresh in her mind.
"Don't get in my way, Sakura. I told you, I'm an avenger. I