Ch. 81Triple fold, 3K
Xiu spent the morning with Kurenai before she returned to the inn, where Izumi and Rin joined them for a meal. Meanwhile, Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura became the first team to pass the second exam, while Orochimaru watched them from the forest and postponed his plans.
- Xiu took Kurenai back to the Hot Spring Inn, where Izumi confronted her about arriving at noon and Rin served them food.
- Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura raced through the Forest of Death toward the Central Tower while examiners watched them kill a bear with Naruto's Rasengan.
- Orochimaru tracked Team 7's rapid progress but avoided attacking them near the tower and withdrew to plan for the third exam.
- Team 7 waited by a campfire, then Naruto and Sasuke defeated a team from another village and took its Earth Scroll.
- Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura unrolled both scrolls in the tower and learned they were the first team to pass the second exam.
- Naruto asked whether Xiu was waiting for them, while Xiu sneezed at the Hot Spring Inn as he looked at three figures in bath towels.