I Was Just Checking Him for Injuries

Anko didn't believe Feng An when he said Orochimaru was dead.

The Cursed Seal on her neck was still there, proving that Orochimaru hadn't died.

However, she didn't suspect that Feng An was lying.

How could three genin possibly kill Orochimaru, one of the legendary Sannin?

There was only one possibility: Orochimaru had reservations and hadn't used his full strength.

And this Grass ninja's body proved that he definitely had other schemes, which was why he had concealed his identity and infiltrated the Forest of Death.

Feng An tossed the Grass ninja's head toward Anko. "Then I'll be going."

"Wait, what's your name?"

It's here. Finally.

This was the moment Feng An had been waiting for.

"My name is Feng An."

Anko nodded. "All right, I'll remember you. Good luck with your exam."

She turned and headed in the direction indicated by the Cursed Seal. Her intention to die together with Orochimaru hadn't changed because of Feng An's mention of his "dear disciple."

In her eyes, this was merely Orochimaru trying to lower Feng An's guard so he could escape without anyone noticing.

After Anko left, Feng An met up with Fūka and Yudzuki, who had been waiting in the distance.

Fūka stared Feng An up and down.

"Where's the head?"

Feng An pointed to where he and Anko had been standing earlier.

"There, over there. Go pick it up if you want it."

Remembering that shriveled head, Fūka shuddered all over and hurriedly shook her head. "I don't want it!"

"Then let's go. To the tower."

Feng An took the lead, with Fūka and Yudzuki following behind him.

The three of them headed toward the tower at the center of the Forest of Death at a steady pace.

Teams occasionally sprang out along the way, but with a wave of Feng An's hand, they were either killed or sent fleeing.

They encountered no more powerful teams along the way.

"We're here!"

Fūka excitedly embraced Yudzuki.

When Feng An pushed open the tower's doors and entered, he found that someone had already arrived.

Feng An wasn't too surprised. He knew Gaara's team would be the first to arrive.

He simply hadn't expected that even after slowing down a little, his team would still be the second to reach the tower.

When Gaara saw Feng An's group enter, his hostile gaze lingered on Feng An.

"Gaara," Kankuro said quietly from beside him.

Gaara immediately shot Kankuro a cold stare. The scattered sand around him began to swirl gently.

Kankuro's expression turned ugly as he avoided Gaara's eyes.

The sand around Gaara then fell back to the ground.

Fūka blinked her pretty eyes as she looked at Gaara, muttering inwardly.

Is he the boy Feng An said we should run from as soon as we saw him?

She moved close to Feng An, pressed herself to his ear, and whispered, "Can you beat him?"

I fought an Orochimaru who was holding back, and now you really think I'm invincible?

Feng An flicked her forehead.

"A girl shouldn't be so combative, all right?"

Fūka rubbed her reddened forehead and pouted. "I'm not a girl. I'm a ninja!"

Gaara gave Feng An's group a disgusted look before turning to leave.

Seeing him go, Kankuro hurriedly asked, "Where are you going?"

Gaara gave him a cold glance.

Under Gaara's gaze, Kankuro lowered his head, cold sweat streaming down his face. He didn't dare ask any more questions.

But after Gaara had walked away, he still followed after him with Temari.

Fūka was greatly puzzled by this and murmured, "Aren't they on the same team?"

"Because he's extremely strong and has a twisted personality, even his brother and sister fear him from the bottom of their hearts. They're afraid he might suddenly kill them."

Feng An calmly answered her question.

Fūka pondered it. "Very strong, twisted personality... That sounds just like you."

Feng An rolled his eyes at her and looked at Yudzuki. "Your sister has a sense of humor."

Yudzuki gave an awkward laugh.

The three waited for a long time and only saw one more team arrive at the tower. All three of them bore injuries to varying degrees.

It seemed they wouldn't be seeing Hinata and the others.

After discussing it, Feng An, Fūka, and Yudzuki each left on their own.

The second day, the third day...

It wasn't until the final day that Hinata's group of three finally arrived at the designated tower.

Feng An, Yudzuki, and Fūka had already been waiting for them for quite some time.

Kiba Inuzuka waved at Feng An's group from afar.

"You really got here already."

Feng An nodded at him, passed by Kiba Inuzuka, and walked over to Hinata.

Seeing this, Kiba Inuzuka unhappily walked away.

That guy values girls over friends!

"Good thing Akamaru is keeping me company."

"Where's Akamaru?"

Kiba looked down and discovered that the large dog that had just been in his arms had vanished without a trace.

Then he heard Fūka's giggling laughter.

He immediately understood. That perverted dog Akamaru had run into Fūka's arms again!

"Damn it, even you won't keep me company! I'm getting you neutered!"

Feng An rubbed Hinata's little head.

"You weren't hurt, were you?"

Seeing that Feng An had also passed the exam, Hinata was very happy inside.

"No. What about you?"

Feng An clutched his body and put on a pained expression. "I... I'm hurt."

"Ah? Where? Let me see..."

Hinata's expression changed as she hurriedly lifted his clothes.

When she inadvertently saw his eight-pack abs, her fair little face instantly turned bright red.

She hurriedly turned her head away, but her peripheral vision still stole glances at his abs.

Then her little hand unconsciously touched them.

She couldn't help but cry out inwardly.

So hard!

Feeling Hinata's cool little hand wandering restlessly over his abs, Feng An shuddered all over and nearly failed to suppress little Feng An.

As Hinata continued feeling Feng An's abs, a head wearing sunglasses slowly poked out from the side.

"What... are you doing?"

Upon seeing Shino, Hinata hurriedly pulled her little hand from Feng An's embrace and hid it behind her back, trying to conceal the evidence.

The blush on her face instantly spread down to her neck, and her entire body temperature rapidly rose.

White steam could even be seen drifting from above her head.

"I-I was helping Feng An check... check his injuries..."

Her voice was as quiet as a mosquito's, and she stammered before finally getting the words out.

Shino calmly adjusted his black sunglasses. "Oh? Feng An is injured?"

Ruining my good thing again!

Feng An glared viciously at Shino.

"So what if you know Invisibility Jutsu? Does knowing Invisibility Jutsu mean you can do whatever you want?"

"..."

Shino activated Invisibility Jutsu and blended into the background again.

Anko Mitarashi's voice rang out beside everyone's ears.

"Candidates, first of all, congratulations on passing the second exam."

Everyone turned to look. Once they saw who had arrived, they immediately fell silent.

Because standing beside Anko was none other than the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Looking around, Kurenai and Kakashi were both present, along with some of the jōnin leading teams from the other villages.

Anko spoke into her headset. "Next, Lord Hokage will explain the third exam. Please listen carefully."

Hiruzen Sarutobi stepped forward a few paces and gave a light cough.

"Ahem. The third exam will begin next. Before that, I must make one thing clear to you."

"That is the purpose of this exam."