Orochimaru

Just then, a huge wooden board fell from the sky and stuck firmly into the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust. It read: [Second Exam Proctor: Mitaraishi Anko].

A fierce-looking woman landed atop the board and looked down at the Genin who had passed the first exam.

"Don't celebrate too soon!"

"Allow me to introduce myself! I'm Mitaraishi Anko, proctor of the second exam. We're starting the second exam now. Follow me!"

Outside the Death Forest, Anko looked at the enormous crowd taking the Chunin Ninja Exams.

"Looks like Ibiki was too kind in the first exam! There are still so many ninja left."

"Next, I'm going to eliminate more than half of you!"

Many of the Genin taking the exam objected. This was too harsh! They were going to eliminate half of them right away.

Naruto couldn't help complaining, either.

"What the heck! The first exam was already hard enough, and now this one's eliminating more than half of us!"

So, while Anko explained the dangers of the Death Forest test, Naruto showed off below, shaking his butt and mimicking her in a taunting manner.

"Whoosh!"

A kunai shot toward him, its sharp edge drawing a line of blood across Naruto's face.

Naruto was so startled he froze. The next moment, Anko had appeared beside him. She draped an arm over his shoulder, extended her long, soft, moist tongue, and licked the blood from his face.

That scared Naruto half to death. He shuddered and swallowed hard.

A female ninja suddenly approached and stood behind Anko, her long tongue curled around a kunai. The instant she appeared, Anko also held up a kunai, wary of her.

The woman explained that she was returning Anko's kunai. Anko smiled dangerously as she took it from her, never realizing that the woman was Orochimaru.

Qinglong watched quietly from the sidelines, drawing a few conclusions for everyone watching.

First, Anko really was a great beauty—the kind with an amazing figure!

Second, Snake Aunt really had the perfect Snake Aunt vibe! Why be Orochimaru when she could just be Snake Aunt?

Qinglong stared at Orochimaru, intrigued. Orochimaru noticed someone watching her and glanced over, revealing a pair of dangerous, bewitching eyes. She ran her long tongue across her lips.

Tsk!

......

Anko returned to her original position and continued explaining the exam rules.

A team only needed to obtain all three scrolls—the Heaven, Earth, and Human Scrolls—and reach the tower in the center of the Death Forest to pass.

"All right, I've finished explaining the rules. If you want to quit, do it now. Those who don't want to quit, sign the consent forms!"

Naruto and the others fought through their initial fear and firmly, confidently signed their names on the consent forms.

"Then! The second exam begins!"

Anko waved her hand. Several gates in the wall around the Death Forest swung open, and the ninja rushed inside.

Qinglong wandered through the Death Forest alone, but someone had already set their sights on him.

"Hey, kid! You've got some nerve taking the Chunin exam alone!"

Three Rain Ninja appeared on a tree branch, looking down at him with amused grins.

"Tsk! I really do have an inexplicable connection with Amegakure. Have you seriously never heard of me?"

Qinglong looked up at the three Rain Ninja. They didn't recognize him. Could Hanzo have kept the news of his defeat from even his own village?

He'd forgotten that he'd traveled from the Land of Grass on Flying Nimbus and arrived in less than half a day. Even if Hanzo had sent word to the Genin teams taking the exam, they might not hear about it until that afternoon.

Besides, Amegakure was dealing with trouble of its own. The long-hidden Akatsuki organization seemed poised to emerge and make a major move. Hanzo was probably already overwhelmed. How could he spare any attention for a mere Chunin exam?

"Oh? Kid, who do you think you are? Why would I have heard of you?"

A Rain Ninja sneered. Another ninja spoke up.

"Leaf ninja, hand over your scrolls, and I'll let you keep some dignity."

Qinglong smiled faintly and replied in a low voice,

"If you've never heard of my reputation, then today you'll learn about it!"

"Hmph! What an arrogant claim!"

The Rain Ninja sneered, but in the next instant, the Leaf ninja before him vanished in a flash.

"What an incredibly fast Body Flicker Technique!"

A bead of cold sweat trickled down the Rain Ninja's forehead. He stared fixedly ahead and tossed his umbrella into the air, but the Leaf ninja was nowhere to be seen, and he couldn't lock onto him!

"What are you looking for? I'm right here!"

A voice rang out from above. Qinglong stood on the tip of the umbrella, snatched another drifting umbrella, and hurled it downward.

The senbon hidden inside the umbrella shot toward the Rain Ninja below like countless raindrops.

"Ah!"

The Rain Ninja had never expected an enemy to appear above them. Caught completely off guard, they were all struck by the sudden volley of senbon, turning into human pincushions as they fell to the ground.