"Yeah! Isn't this way too dangerous?! Who would be willing to take that scroll?!"
"This is practically a death sentence! It's terrifying!"
"Could this person be deliberately targeting us?! I don't want to be cannon fodder!"
"What's wrong? Are you all scared? Do you still want to take the second exam or not?!"
"Yes, yes! I want to take it!"
The crowd immediately panicked and hurried to agree first.
"Hahaha! You people have far too little confidence, don't you? The odds are one in thirty. They're already ridiculously low. Do you really think it'll easily fall on your heads? How could anyone be that unlucky?"
Just as everyone worried that they might draw the Void Scroll, Zhi Ge could not help laughing from a corner.
"Oh? This student! You seem quite confident!"
Anko turned to look at 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 possibly hide it from the woman before him.
After hearing this, Anko's eyes narrowed into slits, as though she were pondering something.
This boy... interesting, very interesting...
"Fine, since you're so confident! Then you can be the unlucky one!"
After saying this with a smile, Anko took out the Void Scroll from her clothes and handed it to Zhi Ge.
Holding the still-warm scroll in his hand, Zhi Ge found himself completely unable to laugh.
What the hell! This woman is absolutely screwing me over! She handed me this ticking bomb in front of everyone! Isn't she shoving me straight into a pit of fire?!
Looking at the scroll in his hand, which gave off a rich milky scent, Zhi Ge nearly fainted.
"No! I protest! Why did you shove this hot potato directly into my hands?! And in front of everyone, too! Isn't that basically telling them all to come rob me?!"
Zhi Ge kept scanning his surroundings, hoping to find a way to salvage the situation. However, the people around him seemed to have noticed Anko's actions as well, and every one of them 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 it! I'm telling Grandpa Hokage! You're harming a minor!"
Feeling Anko's scorching body heat, Zhi Ge felt as though he had fallen into an ice cellar.
"Hahaha! You're really cute!"
Anko gave Zhi Ge's cheek a hard pinch before continuing.
"I wasn't deliberately targeting you! It's just that you're the only one taking the exam alone this year, and that already violates the rules. Giving you this scroll is me making an exception for 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 through his stiff facial muscles.
"Mhm! That's more like it. Go get your scroll! Remember! You must 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 equivalent to receiving a death warrant!
Why wouldn't he run? Was he supposed to wait to be caught?!
Zhi Ge knew very well that the second round of the Chunin Exams might be an encounter battle for others.
But for an unlucky bastard like him, holding a cursed scroll, it was a brutal battle against a siege!
Yet even though he had seized the initiative, he still could not escape the enemy's ambush. Less than half a day into the Forest of Death, Zhi Ge encountered an ambush by two teams of Sand Ninja!
Two teams of Sand Ninja, six people in total, each carrying different bladed weapons. They were brimming with killing intent and looked determined to win.
The moment Zhi Ge saw them, he inwardly cursed.
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 lone fighter! I advise you to obediently hand over the scroll in your hand. Otherwise, we Sand Ninja will not show mercy to a Konoha Genin like you."
Hearing this, Zhi Ge sneered.
"Hmph! Other than that Gaara having some strength, you Sand Ninja are nothing but a rabble!"
"What?!"
The Sand Ninja leader flew into a rage at those words. One Sand Ninja beside him had an especially fiery temper. With an angry roar, he lunged forward.
Seeing this, Zhi Ge sneered and violently stomped his right foot on the ground. His entire body instantly vanished from where he stood!
Rumble! Rumble!!!
Earth Release! Pit Trap Technique!
The Sand Ninja leader smashed his fist fiercely into the ground. With a thunderous bang, several fissures split across the earth, and a powerful airflow instantly ground all the surrounding trees into powder!
Seizing the opportunity, Zhi Ge charged forward. He stretched out both hands and grabbed the Sand Ninja leader by the collar, caught the man's hands with his left hand, then slammed his right arm fiercely into the man's abdomen!
Zhi Ge's strength was immense, and the Sand Ninja leader was instantly wracked with pain!
Bang!
Zhi Ge threw the Sand Ninja leader away, sending him crashing heavily onto the ground!
The Sand Ninja leader let out a pained howl as he lay on the ground, then struggled to his feet. His gaze toward Zhi Ge was filled with fear!
"What's going on?! Why is this kid's body so strange?!"
"Boss! You were just too careless! This kid only has this one trick! Watch me! Wind Release! Shuriken Wind Ball!"
One of the Sand Ninja directly threw six shuriken at Zhi Ge,
Each of those shuriken was wrapped in a Wind Ball, making their trajectories chaotic and impossible to guard against!
The moment Zhi Ge saw this, he quickly 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 hurriedly retreated, then secretly activated the power of the Rubber-Rubber Fruit.
Rubber Whip!!!
Zhi Ge stretched out his leg and, with a sweeping kick, forcibly sent all six Shuriken Wind Balls flying aside.
"What?! My signature move was actually so easily neutralized by this kid?!"
"This is nothing yet! 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 that Sand Ninja's head, trying to snap him out of his dazed state, but the other man was like a stone and showed no reaction whatsoever!
"Damn it!!!"
The Sand Ninja leader gnashed his teeth in fury, his eyes filled with intense killing intent.
Before you continue
Explore the wiki