"Yeah! Isn't this way too dangerous?! Who would want to take that scroll?!"
"This is practically suicide! It's terrifying!"
"Is this woman deliberately targeting us?! I don't want to be cannon fodder!"
"What's wrong? Is everyone scared? Do you still want to take the second exam or not?!"
"Yes, yes! I want to take it!"
The crowd immediately grew anxious and hurried to agree first.
"Hahaha! You people really have no confidence, do you? The odds are one in thirty. That's already absurdly low. Do you really think it'll easily fall on your heads? How could anyone be that unlucky?"
Just as everyone worried about drawing the Void Scroll, Zhi Ge could not help laughing from a corner.
"Oh? This student! You seem quite confident!"
Anko turned toward Zhi Ge and sneered. "Since this student is so confident, could you tell me your name?"
"My name is Zhi Ge, Uchiha Zhige!"
Zhi Ge gave his name without hesitation, because he knew he could not hide it from the woman before him.
After hearing that, Anko's eyes narrowed into slits, as if she were pondering something.
This boy... interesting. Very interesting...
"Fine, since you're so confident! Then you can be the unlucky one!"
With a smile, Anko pulled out the Void Scroll from her clothes and handed it to Zhi Ge.
Zhi Ge held the still-warm scroll in his hand, but he could not laugh at all.
What the hell! This woman is completely screwing me over! She handed me this ticking bomb in front of so many people! Isn't she shoving me straight into a fire pit?!
Looking at the scroll in his hand, which carried a faint milky scent, Zhi Ge nearly fainted.
"No! I protest! Why did you shove this hot potato straight into my hands? And in front of everyone, too! Isn't that practically telling them all to come rob me?!"
Zhi Ge kept scanning his surroundings, trying to find a way to salvage the situation. However, the people around him had apparently noticed Anko's move and all focused their attention on him.
"Tsk, tsk! Why? Because I'm the chief examiner! Is that reason good enough?"
As she spoke, Anko pulled Zhi Ge into her arms, looking extremely intimate.
"I'm telling you, don't think you can tempt me with a honey trap! I won't fall for that! I'm going to tell Lord Hokage! You're harming a minor!"
Despite feeling Anko's scorching body heat, Zhi Ge felt as though he had fallen into an ice cellar.
"Hahaha! You really are adorable!"
Anko gave Zhi Ge's cheek a hard pinch, then continued.
"I wasn't deliberately targeting you! You're the only one taking this year's exam alone, and that already violates the rules. Making this exception for you is already me going easy on you! Shouldn't you thank me?"
Zhi Ge: "...What the hell!!!"
Anko's words left Zhi Ge completely dumbfounded.
"Thank you! Thank you!"
Zhi Ge could only force the words out with a stiff expression.
"Mhm! That's more like it. Go get your scroll! Remember! You have to pass the exam!"
Anko smiled and patted Zhi Ge on the shoulder.
Without even replying, Zhi Ge darted into the Forest of Death like a wisp of smoke. Getting the Void Scroll was no different from receiving a death warrant!
Why not run? Was he supposed to wait to be caught?!
Zhi Ge knew very well that the second stage of the Chunin Exams might be an encounter battle for everyone else.
But for an unlucky bastard like him, holding that damned scroll, it was a brutal siege!
Yet even though he had seized the initiative, he still could not escape the enemy's ambushes. Before he had spent even half a day in the Forest of Death, Zhi Ge ran into an ambush by two teams of Sand Ninja!
Two teams of Sand Ninja, six people total, each carrying different bladed weapons. They were brimming with killing intent, looking determined to win.
The moment Zhi Ge saw them, his heart sank.
Seeing Zhi Ge's carefree appearance, the leader of the two Sand Ninja teams snorted coldly and said,
"Hmph! I thought you had some impressive ability! Turns out you're just a useless loner! I advise you to hand over the scroll in your hand obediently. Otherwise, we Sand Ninja won't show mercy to a Konoha Genin like you."
Hearing this, Zhi Ge sneered.
"Hmph! Aside from that Gaara, who has some strength, the rest of you Sand Ninja are nothing but a rabble!"
"What?!"
The Sand Ninja leader flew into a rage at his words. One of the Sand Ninja beside him had an especially fiery temper and charged forward with an angry roar.
Seeing this, Zhi Ge sneered and stomped his right foot hard against the ground. His whole body instantly vanished from where he stood!
"Rumble! Rumble!!!"
"Earth Release! Pit Trap Technique!"
The Sand Ninja leader smashed his fist viciously into the ground. With a deafening bang, several cracks split across the earth, and a powerful current of air instantly ground all the surrounding trees into dust!
Taking advantage of the opening, Zhi Ge rushed forward. He stretched out both hands and grabbed the Sand Ninja leader by the collar, seized the man's hands with his left hand, and slammed his right arm hard into his abdomen!
Zhi Ge's strength was immense, and the Sand Ninja leader was instantly wracked with pain!
"Bang!"
Zhi Ge flung the Sand Ninja leader away, sending him crashing heavily onto the ground!
The Sand Ninja leader howled from the ground, then struggled to his feet. His eyes were filled with terror as he looked at Zhi Ge!
"What's going on?! Why is this brat's body so strange?!"
"Boss! You were just too careless! This brat only has that one trick! Watch me! Wind Release! Shuriken Wind Ball!"
One of the Sand Ninja threw six shuriken directly at Zhi Ge.
Each shuriken was wrapped in a Wind Cluster, making their paths erratic and impossible to guard against!
At the sight, Zhi Ge hurriedly retreated and dodged the six Shuriken Wind Balls.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
After missing their first strike, the six shuriken continued flying toward Zhi Ge.
Zhi Ge did not dare let his guard down. He quickly backed away and secretly drew upon the power of the Rubber-Rubber Fruit.
"Rubber Whip!!!"
Zhi Ge stretched out his leg and swept it sideways, forcefully kicking all six Shuriken Wind Balls away.
"What?! My signature move was so easily neutralized by this brat?!"
"This is only the beginning! Rubber Pistol!!!"
While that Sand Ninja was still stunned, Zhi Ge stretched out his arm and knocked him out with an uppercut.
"Hey! Wake up! Wake up!"
The Sand Ninja captain shook the man's head, trying to snap him out of his dazed state, but the other man was like a rock and showed no reaction whatsoever!
"Damn it!!!"
The Sand Ninja leader gritted his teeth in fury, his eyes filled with intense killing intent.
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