Sasuke secretly gathered chakra in his palm, forming a small ball of lightning at his fingertips!
Whoosh!
He flicked it fiercely at the Sand Eye!
Pfft!
"Ah!"
The Sand Eye instantly turned into sand and fell to the ground. Gaara clutched his left eye and let out a scream!
"No talking in the examination room!"
"Three points deducted!"
Gaara glared around the room resentfully, trying to find whoever had sabotaged him!
The corners of Sasuke's lips lifted slightly as he continued searching for his next target!
"Examiner!"
Kankuro suddenly raised his hand and spoke, instantly drawing Sasuke's attention!
"May I use the restroom?"
Ibiki stared at Kankuro. After a long while, he nodded toward an examiner!
"You go with him. Keep a close watch on him!"
That examiner nodded lightly without saying a word. Sasuke's eyes immediately narrowed, and his Sharingan activated!
"A puppet!"
"So that's how it is!"
Using a puppet disguised as an examiner to walk around and copy answers, and now he wanted to go out to take a look?
"Not a chance!"
Sasuke gathered chakra again and struck at the chakra threads Kankuro used to control the puppet!
Thud!
Having lost Kankuro's control, the puppet instantly collapsed!
"Hm? What happened?"
Other examiners immediately stepped forward to inspect it, while Kankuro's entire body stiffened!
"A puppet!"
The examiner stared at Kankuro, his voice utterly cold!
"Your entire team loses three points!"
"Get back to your seats!"
Gaara's face darkened again in an instant. Damn it, which bastard was doing this?
If he didn't kill him, then he wasn't Gaara!
Hearing the examiner's words, Sasuke began searching for his next target again!
After making two more moves, he was finally discovered by Gaara!
"It's him!"
"That damned bastard!"
"Uchiha Sasuke, right?"
"Just wait for me!"
Gaara stared at Sasuke for a while, then suddenly felt terribly unbalanced!
Damn it, he couldn't be the only one getting screwed over. Gaara swept his gaze over the room and joined Sasuke's ranks in causing trouble!
With the two of them making moves, the rate of eliminations immediately accelerated!
Meanwhile, Ino had been traveling through the sewers!
She finally reached the end, where a towering iron gate stood before her!
"What is this?"
Curious, Ino took several more steps toward the iron gate, staring unblinkingly into its interior!
Suddenly!
Two scarlet eyes rose into view!
Roar!
"Get out!"
Ino instantly saw the figure inside the iron gate clearly!
"A... a monster!"
Roar!
The Nine-Tails roared again, its consciousness crashing toward Ino!
"Ah..."
Ino's consciousness was instantly blasted out. The moment it returned to her body!
Pfft!
She spat out a mouthful of blood, collapsed onto the desk, and lost consciousness!
"Ino..."
Shikamaru noticed something wrong with Ino. He had no idea what had happened to her and was deeply worried!
Time passed. Under Gaara and Sasuke's repeated attacks.
More and more people were eliminated!
"Time's up! Put down your pens!"
With Ibiki's roar, the remaining examinees immediately sat up straight. Sasuke and Gaara still looked somewhat unsatisfied!
Ino slowly woke up as well, her face extremely pale. After looking around at her current surroundings, she gazed worriedly at Naruto!
She hadn't fulfilled Sakura's request. Team 7 wouldn't be eliminated later, would they?
That Naruto...
Ino was not the only one watching Naruto!
There was also a pair of Byakugan!
"This brat... Hinata, she..."
His Byakugan had seen Hinata's actions just now with perfect clarity!
He had copied Hinata's exam paper himself, so Neji had always trusted his younger sister's theoretical abilities.
But what had he seen? He had seen Hinata gazing shyly at that blond kid!
She had kept signaling for him to copy her paper, but... damn it, that idiot had actually failed to appreciate it!
The sight made Neji burn with rage. Little brat, just you wait...
Neji originally had no intention of causing trouble with Team 7, but now he swore that he would definitely give that guy a beating!
Neji was thoroughly displeased. He couldn't understand what was so good about Naruto!
The guy was nothing but a complete idiot...
How could Hinata possibly like such an idiot?
"Before I announce the tenth question, you need to make a choice..."
As Ibiki began announcing the rules for the tenth question, inside a tavern not far from the Ninja Academy!
Tenka sat quietly alone at a table, drinking. Not far away, Kakashi, Asuma, and Kurenai Yuhi shared another table!
They sipped their drinks leisurely!
"That one... doesn't seem worried at all!"
Asuma secretly glanced in Tenka's direction and muttered softly!
"What does he have to worry about?"
"He directly told his students that if they couldn't pass the Chunin Ninja Exams, they shouldn't follow him anymore!"
"Aren't you afraid he'll hear you?"
Kakashi shot Asuma a look, somewhat speechless!
"You think he couldn't hear what you just said?"
"It's fine to say things like that, as long as you don't interfere with what he's doing and don't court death when he's angry!"
"Normally, nothing will happen. If he were really as terrifying as you say, Naruto and the others would have been dead long ago!"
"Whew... that's good, then!"
Kakashi's words made Asuma breathe a sigh of relief. Kakashi had been with that man for two months.
He should be relatively familiar with his temperament. Since he said it was fine, it probably wasn't false!
"But this time, the chief examiner is Ibiki!"
"That guy is a complete sadist. He can exploit the most vulnerable parts of people's hearts and inflict the greatest psychological pressure!"
"Heh..."
"Then he's met his match!"
"That's what Team 7 fears least!"
"Which of their missions hasn't been torture?"
"Besides, staying by his side, even you all have to endure considerable pressure all the time, right?"
Asuma and Kurenai Yuhi silently nodded. That was true. Wherever that man was, the air pressure naturally seemed several degrees lower!
Sure enough, just as Ibiki finished announcing the rules for the tenth question!
He had originally wanted to torment these kids a little, but Ibiki had barely had time to savor his smugness!
Bang!
"Are we taking the exam or not? Now that you've explained the rules, hurry up and give us the question!"
"You've rambled on about so much nonsense. It's really annoying!"
"Are Konoha's Chunin and Jonin all as long-winded as you?"
"No wonder your combat strength is so poor. Our teacher never wastes words. When it's time to kill, he kills!"
Naruto pressed both hands on the desk, rose to his feet, and stared at Ibiki!
"Can you just get to the point?"
Holy crap, this kid... damn it, if I hadn't seen your exam paper!
I would've thought you were amazing!
You didn't write a single answer on that paper. How the hell were you so confident?
Not just Ibiki—even Naruto and Sakura were somewhat surprised!
This Naruto...
Had Ino filled out his entire paper for him, making his confidence explode?
Sakura thought so. With grades like his, how was he even more confident than me?
She had originally worried that this sadist's tenth question would put too much pressure on him!
Now it seemed she had overthought it. Naruto was still as thick-skinned as ever!
Naruto's words directly disrupted Ibiki's plans!
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