Kabuto Yakushi originally had this idea. After all, Orochimaru's purpose of arranging for him to come in was not completed. At the same time, Exam did nothing in the first two games, so he wanted to continue to blend into Third Match Exam this time.
But in this Preliminaries, Kabuto Yakushi, who is very sensitive to intelligence information due to occupational diseases, keenly sensed something was wrong.
It's so weird that these Genin levels of Third Match Exam are about to be involved.
Others don't know Truth, but Kabuto Yakushi is too clear.
The reason why Three-Village Joint Chunin Exams caused such a big fuss this time is simply that Lord Orochimaru wanted to cause trouble. No matter what conditions Konoha had, he agreed to them all in the name of Kazekage.
Lord Orochimaru who originally planned to use Otogakure and Sunagakure to execute 'Konoha Crush Plan', now Otogakure's entire army has been wiped out, and Orochimaru himself did not even come here as planned.
On the surface, Konoha did propose measures such as Three-Village Alliance, but normally, neither Sunagakure nor Kirigakure would agree to such an alliance headed by Konoha.
So with the idea that Kirigakure would definitely not agree, Lord Orochimaru pretending to be Fourth Kazekage casually agreed, and took advantage of the situation and made a request to invite the surrounding forces of Land of Wind to Konoha to watch the battle--
His original intention was just to make the noise on that day as big as possible. Once Land of Wind's major forces were involved, Konoha would definitely hesitate.
But I didn't expect that Kirigakure... I guess I don't know what went wrong, actually agreed to it. As a result, before the Exam war got to that stage, the news that Sannin villages were going to unite had already been finalized.
But even so, Lord Orochimaru still didn't care and continued with his plan.
But now... the plan has also changed. At this time, it is better for him to retreat in time. As a spy, he understands the importance of turning from light to darkness.
Only when no one notices your existence can your value be maximized!
Of course, what Kabuto didn't know was that his idea coincided with that of a certain Fourth Hokage who didn't reveal himself...
It just so happened that his opponent Tenten was not weak either. When he found the opportunity, Kabuto Yakushi was penetrated all over his body by Ninja Tools in an instant. Blood flowed all over the ground and he left the field seriously injured.
But it didn't hurt as badly as the previous rounds.
And the game has come to the final round.
"...Choji Akimichi of Konoha versus Shirakumo of Konoha, begin."
At this time, Third was rubbing her chin at the booth. "I remember this Shirakumo. When I participated in Exam before... she shouldn't be able to Earth Release."
"Maybe it's because I've been practicing hard in secret over the years."
Jiraiya said nonchalantly.
"Then her hard-working achievements are really good..."
At this time, Human Bullet Tank Choji was surrounded by earth flow walls rising from all directions in the field. It was rolling all over the ground but to no avail.
"Ugh!"
Shirakumo looks unremarkable, but the Earth Release performed at the beginning was very accurate and effective.
Although she didn't do any other actions after that, she just stretched her waist, but this was enough to deal with Choji Akimichi, who was really only at the level of Genin...
Looking at Choji Akimichi, who was bouncing back and forth against the wall, Shirakumo suddenly turned to face Naruto with a bright smile and said, "Brother, it's not good for you to keep looking at me like this. Why don't you declare me the winner directly?"
Naruto also yawned, ignoring the other party's slight provocation, and first asked Kurama in his heart.
[Did you see her identity?]
"There are so many familiar Chakra, but let me think about it again..."
I couldn't bear to watch Choji continue to crash. After a while, Naruto announced the end of this Preliminaries.
"... The winner of the eighth round, Shirakumo."
Then Ino quickly brought Choji, who was about to be transferred, to Medical Room.
Tsunade, who was in the infirmary, couldn't help but feel relieved when he saw that this was the last contestant.
Fortunately, the last four games were not like the previous four games where each person lost one life. The tragedy of the first four games almost reminded me of the battlefield rescue time... I couldn't think about it any more, or I would commit PTSD.
At this time, the players who passed Preliminaries were listening to the instructions of Third Hokage and Jiraiya.
The general idea is that Third Match Exam will be a real showdown in front of the three villages and Daimyo senior officials of all the forces in the Three Kingdoms. As representatives of each village, everyone must try their best to improve themselves within this month.
After all, when Preliminaries ended, Konoha High Command had a rough idea of what kind of people were left behind.
Not many of them came here for the title Chunin.
"Next, we will announce the results of the draw just now, which is the battle table of Third Match Exam one month later."
"The first game, Neji Hyuga versus Sasuke Uchiha..."
"Crack!"
Tenten's previous game ended too quickly, and Neji didn't even have time to say the cheering words he had prepared.
This Preliminaries really made his hands itchy to watch. Unlike Karin who was a little lucky because of the bye, he couldn't wait for it.
The result just gave him the most suitable and most desired opponent!
"First game!"
Tenten, who was beside him, turned around and looked at Neji in shock, as well as the floor beneath his feet that was subconsciously broken by his steps.
Looking at his undisguised expression of excitement, Tenten always felt that Rock Lee and Might Guy were hallucinating on Neji's face.
[I am indeed the only normal person in the co-writing team!]
Sasuke was also stunned for a moment, and then looked at Neji. Their eyes burst out with unprecedented Fireworks.
"The beginning is a good show."
Kakashi looked at the two people with great interest.
[Would you like to talk to Kai later?]
"Hyuga versus Uchiha? It's really exciting."
Jiraiya took a look at the schedule. They didn't do anything for the game one month later. This matchup list is indeed random--
Because all the tricks arranged by him and Naruto were completed here by Preliminaries.
The next step is not to arrange for these candidates.
"...Second Match, Temari versus Tenten."
"My opponent is good at Wind Release? It's a bit tricky..."
Tenten looked at the names on the battle table, then looked at Sunagakure and his group, and his eyes stopped on Temari.
It has to be said that after seeing the opponent's fighting performance, Tenten also realized that the opponent may have the most restrained fighting style among all the psychic Ninja Tools.
Maybe... try what Lord Jiraiya said.
"Third Match, Taki Metsu versus Rock Lee..."
As for Kakuzu, who is the only one on the surface among Kirigakure, he obviously doesn't care who his opponent is, especially since Rock Lee is not present yet.
Representing Kirigakure? It's just an identity, but Kakuzu still has an idea. "The boy's injury may not heal in a month. I just don't know what Ninjutsu he is hiding. Taijutsu is so strong, maybe there is a good Ninjutsu who is worthy of taking his heart."
"Fourth Round, Hinata Hyuga versus Gaara..."
Hearing Hinata Hyuga's name, Gaara was once again stunned in place, but this time he was obviously not as shaken as before.
He even resisted the thought that was shaking in his heart because of this name.
Hinata also had his eyes fixed and felt pressure.
[Gaara, this time Exam, Naruto has been paying special attention to him.]
"Fifth Match, Karin versus Shirakumo."
Fifth Match...
Shirakumo is a little concerned. After all, Konoha has performed well per person, and the Byakugan guy who has a bye is obviously a rival to the occasionally outstanding Red Eye guy...
"Then this red-haired guy is also a master of hiding, right?"
On the contrary, Karin didn't care and acted heartlessly, thinking that if it really didn't work out, he would give up the vote.