Chūnin Open Tournament

If he had known he would encounter such a terrifying being, he wouldn't have gone to check on Naruto's situation early this morning.

He had previously received information that Naruto had purchased a lot of research supplies, which aroused Kabuto Yakushi's great curiosity.

Early this morning, he happened to pass by there and remembered this incident, so he went to Naruto, and the result was predictable.

Kabuto Yakushi's Central City still filled with lingering fear; he never imagined that such a terrifying being was hidden in Konoha.

Kabuto Yakushi wanted to report this matter to Lord Orochimaru as soon as possible.

After a month of peace, Orochimaru, who had been frightened last time, finally calmed down. Having found no abnormalities in Konoha, Orochimaru decided to carry out the Konoha Crush Plan today.

Kabuto Yakushi was very worried that if Naruto suddenly appeared while Lord Orochimaru was carrying out his plan, all their plans would be ruined.

So Kabuto Yakushi wanted to report Naruto's situation, but he didn't dare to do anything rash.

Because a chilling killing intent surrounded him, if he dared to make the slightest move, he would face terrible destruction.

"With such a terrifying being, Lord Orochimaru's plan is a complete joke. Everything depends on Naruto's decision. Sigh!"

Kabuto Yakushi muttered to himself, there was nothing he could do now but wait, wait for things to develop.

On the other side,

Naruto took out a large chair from his spatial storage and pulled Hinata to sit down. While looking at the examination hall, they were also thinking about something very important.

That's a system upgrade.

Over the past month, he has not only improved his strength but also gained a large amount of Experience Points.

To his surprise, five days ago, he triggered a system upgrade.

This upgrade will be a complete system upgrade, but it will require 500 Experience Points.

This made Naruto feel sorry for himself, but it also filled him with anticipation, making him look forward to what the upgraded system would look like.

"What kind of changes will occur? Should I upgrade?" Naruto wondered to himself.

Reflecting on his gains over the past month, Naruto frowned slightly.

He kept gaining Experience Points, but he had almost absorbed all the Experience Points from the main characters. Even the Experience Points by Sasuke, Sakura, and Hinata were being generated much more slowly.

This puzzled Naruto, who also wondered what these Experience Points were and why they could be absorbed.

He felt that since Experience Points depended on the plot and the characters within it, they must be closely related to the world and other aspects of the plot.

If the storyline ends, the Experience Points will likely also end.

This is why he forced Kabuto Yakushi to stay here.

He didn't want the storyline to suddenly disappear because of Kabuto Yakushi's complaint; if he could no longer gain Experience Points, it would be a huge loss.

After all, his bloodline isn't 100% complete yet. Even if it were, Naruto would still be planning to try his luck with the lottery; what he truly desires is immortality.

Naruto silently brought up his Data Panel and checked his status.

Bite!

Naruto: The Perfect Hybrid Saiyan

Bloodline: 75%

Abilities: 1,000 cubic meter space, Super Saiyan One, Great Ape transformation, most Saiyan abilities...

Experience Points: 390

Looking at the Experience Points he had accumulated over several days, Naruto sighed. Upgrade System required 500 Experience Points, but unfortunately, obtaining Experience Points had become much more difficult.

Throughout the entire Chunin Ninja Exams venue, there were very few people who could give him Experience Points.

"It seems I'll need to go out for a while after the Chunin Ninja Exams," Naruto thought to himself.

After making his decision, Naruto continued to wait, while Hinata sat obediently beside him, letting Naruto hold her little hand.

Recently, they have become increasingly close, and Naruto has even visited her home more than once, where he has always received a warm welcome.

The relationship between the two was quite harmonious, except for one thing that annoyed Hinata: every time Naruto visited her house, her younger sister Hanabi would make Naruto cook, which seemed very inappropriate.

Hinata later objected, saying that she could cook too and that Naruto shouldn't always have to work so hard.

But Hanabi was speechless when her Hinata said, "Your cooking is nowhere near as good as Naruto's."

These words really hit Hinata hard, leaving her speechless.

No way.

When it comes to cooking, Naruto is truly amazing; even Hinata would have to admit defeat.

"Alright, everyone, gather around."

Genma Shiranui, acting as the chief examiner, received orders from the Hokage and began to gather all the examinees.

However, the Senbon he was holding, which looked like a toothpick, made him look rather strange.

Certainly.

People didn't dwell on that point; instead, they focused on the rapid assembly of the test takers.

After everyone gathered, they all looked at Naruto walking towards them from a distance, including Gaara, Neji, Temari, and others, and all showed serious expressions.

Clearly, they were very wary of Naruto and his Naruto, especially Neji, whose expression was extremely grave.

However, Neji did not panic.

Because he had prepared a special move in advance, which was also his only way to defeat Naruto, he had gone to great lengths to ensure that he could successfully use this move.

He had been preparing for a full month, all for today to defeat Naruto and achieve final victory.

Of course, he knew it would be difficult.

Therefore, he tried his best to lower Naruto's guard, so that when the battle started, he could strike first before Naruto opened the Eight Gates and win with his ultimate move.

"I only have one chance, I know I can do it, I know I can," Neji thought to himself, gazing at Naruto as he slowly approached from afar.

Ta-ta-ta!

The footsteps grew closer, and soon Naruto arrived beside the group, then lazily stood next to Gaara.

Gaara, who was originally standing on the edge, changed Gaara expression slightly when Naruto stood next to him, and then quickly moved to the side.

"This..."

Neji was slightly taken aback when he saw this, because Gaara was also a formidable opponent, and he vividly remembered the battle where Gaara defeated Rock Lee.

Even the terrifying Gaara was so frightened by Naruto's approach that he moved to the side, which really scared Neji.

Neji, who was already under a lot of pressure, looked even more serious.

"Cough cough."

The examiner coughed twice to attract everyone's attention, then looked at all the candidates.

"Sasuke hasn't arrived yet. You can start the exams first. The first match Neji Hyuga versus Naruto."

As the examiner announced the start of the competition, the surrounding audience began to murmur amongst themselves.

Many people have heard of Neji, after all, he is a genius of the Hyuga Clan and the top scorer in last year's exams, so many people know that he is very strong.

As for Naruto, the outlook is relatively less optimistic. After all, few people have witnessed Naruto's previous battles, and with his recent research at home, very few people know his true strength.

Therefore, people were biased towards Neji in this battle, believing that he had a very high chance of winning, and were all waiting for Neji to show his Kamui.

[Experience Points +3]

Hearing the Experience Points notification, Naruto looked in Neji's direction, then smiled and stepped to the center of the arena.

"You hit my Hinata in the preliminaries, so I won't make things too difficult for you. I'll just hit you three times."

"Hit me three times? We'll see if you even have the chance." Neji said, walking step by step toward Naruto.

In order to buy time to get closer to Naruto and to prevent Naruto from opening the Eight Gates, Neji said again.

"Do you know why I hate the Hyuga Main House so much? Why I despise Hinata?"

"I understand." Naruto nodded.

"Know?!"

Neji was taken aback. He had thought Naruto would say he didn't know, but Naruto actually said he did. This left Neji with a feeling of unease, unable to utter his next words.

"Yeah, the whole village knows, don't you?" Naruto deliberately looked at Neji with a strange expression.

"The whole... the whole village knows?"

Neji was truly unsettled this time. He had always thought this was a secret, but Naruto said that the whole village knew, which was something he had never expected.

"Alright, hurry up and come over here. You've hesitated several times on such a short distance. You're so slow," Naruto said impatiently.

"You!"

Neji was furious, so furious he almost used his ultimate move. However, he wasn't far enough away to use it, so he quickly took a few steps forward.

When Neji was two meters away from Naruto, Neji charged forward and then smiled confidently.

"Naruto, you've been too overconfident. This time I'll show you what happens when you underestimate your opponent. Get ready!"

Boom boom boom!

Three loud bangs echoed throughout the entire examination hall. Everyone stared in astonishment as Naruto threw Neji, to the ground. Their eyes widened in disbelief.

At this moment, Neji lay motionless on the ground, staring blankly at the sky, as if he had gone mad.

The surrounding audience was stunned, staring in disbelief at Naruto as he walked away so gracefully.

"That's incredible, they actually threw people to the ground like that, and I didn't even see what happened."

"Yeah, Neji didn't even have a chance to react before he was slammed into the ground three times. That was brutal."

"What a scary guy! Are all kids this terrifying these days?"

"I don't know, but we should be careful around this Naruto from now on."

The audience buzzed with discussion, staring at Naruto in disbelief, secretly memorizing his name.