One Down!

Watching the Grass Ninja squad vanish into the forest in the blink of an eye, the Konoha and Sunagakure squads could only stare in astonishment!

Shion was at a loss for words. "They just ran away?"

As she breathed a sigh of relief, Tenten said, "I never thought there'd be so many strong fighters hiding among the Grass Ninja!"

With the fighting over, the Konoha squad naturally let their guard down a little.

On the Sunagakure side, Temari didn't relax at the powerful enemy's retreat. Instead, she stared at Gaara with a grim expression and thought, This is bad!

Though Gaara had seemed much more normal lately, those close to him knew he was only doing his utmost to keep himself under control.

But willpower was a finite resource!

Keeping himself restrained day after day had already left Gaara mentally and physically exhausted. If some outside force disrupted that balance, it could make him revert completely to the monster everyone had once feared!

And the fight with the Grass Ninja just now had undoubtedly been the last straw for Gaara's willpower!

Rustle, rustle.

Without warning, a vast wave of sand swept toward Yakumo and the others!

"Ah, well, no helping it!"

Seeing this, Temari didn't bother explaining. She simply swung her fan and joined the attack on Yakumo's squad!

Rumble.

Hearing the roar behind her, Ryūsetsuna glanced back and said with relief, "Good thing we ran. Otherwise, we'd be in serious trouble now!"

Chiyo was a little surprised. "I can't believe they started fighting each other!"

Ryūsetsuna smiled as she explained, "This is the Chunin Ninja Exams. Allies and opponents can switch places at any moment. They only teamed up because we were there. Without us, they might not be able to stay on the same side!"

"Where do we