"But in the end, you still fall short of him!"
Sarutobi Hiruzen said this meaningfully before taking the sealing scroll.
After that, everyone had their own thoughts and said nothing more. They quietly watched the preliminary matches, while Tamura Hiroshi found it utterly boring.
He had not even entered the field, yet his opponent had voluntarily forfeited, leaving him with no sense of accomplishment at all.
At last, Sarutobi Hiruzen went onstage and announced that the third round of the Chunin Ninja Exams would be held a month later, mainly to give the important figures from each country time to arrive.
Those important figures could not travel as quickly as ninjas. It would take them quite some time to get here.
After the gathering dispersed, Sarutobi Hiruzen went straight to the Hokage Building. He also created a Shadow Clone and had it take the sealing scroll given by someone back to his daughter-in-law.
"Little Izumi, are you all right?"
When the door opened, Sarutobi Hiruzen's Shadow Clone could not help feeling concerned upon seeing how much thinner his prospective daughter-in-law had become.
Little Izumi had not only lost a great deal of weight; her face was also deathly pale. Clearly, she had suffered badly at that boy's hands.
"I'm fine, Uncle Hiruzen."
Izumi Shimura worked hard to maintain a normal appearance, but her backside was still slightly raised.
That pervert had not only made her take laxatives, but had also forced so much chili water down her throat. Her backside still burned painfully even now.
She felt as though she had died several times. In all her life, she had never suffered such humiliation.
How could a person be so despicable and perverted?!
"That boy asked me to give this to you. He said it was something you left behind."