At this very moment, Shikamaru and the others, having heard their words, grew even more confused.
Someone had actually given up the scrolls that everyone was fighting so hard to obtain in the Chunin Exams. That in itself was an extremely strange thing!
However, at that moment, Shikamaru narrowed his eyes slightly and cast a cold glance at the ninja below, asking in a chilly voice.
"Did you say earlier that every ninja squad you encountered had already died!?"
Caught off guard by Shikamaru's sudden question, the three injured people in the trap froze for a moment. Afraid that something might go wrong, they thought carefully before slowly nodding.
"Y-Yes... everyone died..."
Hearing this, Shikamaru frowned slightly. Looking like a little old man, he asked unwillingly.
"Were there three dead in every squad? Not a single one escaped!?"
The three nodded cautiously at his words and said carefully.
"Maybe one or two squads were missing a few people, but the vast majority had all three die together... and..."
Hearing the hesitation in one of their voices, Shikamaru's gaze sharpened, and he hurriedly asked.
"And what!?"
Startled by Shikamaru's stern tone, the man's face turned pale as he quickly said.
"Th-Those corpses... those corpses were all horribly mutilated... it was almost unbearable to look at them..."
Shikamaru's expression grew grave. He exchanged glances with Choji, Ino, and the others, and all of them sensed the worry in one another's hearts.
From the information provided by these people...
A truly terrifying person had infiltrated these Chunin Exams!
Perhaps that person's goal had simply been slaughter. Rather than gathering up the scrolls, they had deliberately allowed others to pick them up...
Most likely so that more people could enter the next stage of the exam and continue providing that person with victims to