"What? I'd been looking forward to this match. Why did the Lingering Sound Village ninja suddenly withdraw?" After Dongqiao Cheng announced the result, the audience voiced their dissatisfaction.
"The Amegakure ninja got lost several times. After seeing the path the ninja called out, could the Lingering Sound Village ninja have been scared? What use were they, then?" someone said.
"That's right, it'd be best not to ask Lingering Sound Village to do this kind of work in the future. That was unwise!" the audience shouted loudly.
Naturally, Shangri-La heard the audience's comments while he was lost during the meeting. He had been extremely embarrassed at the time. He deeply blamed himself for his choice bringing a "permanent" negative impact upon his village. He wished he could crawl into a hole.
Mirai looked at Shangri-La. Criticized by the entire audience, Shangri-La seemed bewildered and speechless as he quietly waited for the arrangements from the Sea Mountain.
"Mom, did Brother win?" Upon hearing the announced result, Inoue foolishly asked Dongqiao Cheng.
"Yes, Mirai's opponent wasn't feeling well and voluntarily forfeited!" Dongqiao Cheng and Lingqiu were delighted to hear that Mirai had won so easily.
"Really? That's great!" Ino said with a grin. No matter the reason, as long as Mirai won, she would be happy.
Seeing the audience's dissatisfaction with Shangri-La's decision to forfeit, Dongqiao Cheng immediately spoke up. "Now, we will proceed to the even more exciting second round. Please look forward to it!"
"Great, the second round is starting. The contestants this time are excellent. The next matches will definitely be even more exciting!" someone said.
"I want to see Uchiha Itachi. He's so handsome!" The young girl's eyes were filled with adoration, looking like a lovestruck fool.
"Takeuchi Koji is handsome too. Their match will definitely be great!" the