"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh."
The sounds of the Body Flicker Technique rang out one after another. Only after the dust of battle had settled did the proctors arrive.
The proctors led by Mitaraishi Anko, including Anko herself, were stunned by the scene the instant they landed.
All they could see was Scorched Earth and the charred corpses of Giant Snakes.
This is...
Looking at the Giant Snakes, Anko understood, but she kept her expression neutral as she asked the examinees, "What happened?"
Present were not only Sasuke Uchiha, resting off to one side, and His Teammate looking after him, but also Neji's team, temporarily guarding their squad, as well as...
All the other teams whose curiosity had been piqued by that Fire Release Ninjutsu and who were confident enough in their strength to come investigate.
When they saw the scene, they realized that this Konoha genin had unleashed that spectacular Fire Release Ninjutsu, and immediately regarded him as their strongest opponent in the exam.
Some had even planned to take him down while he was weakened, but Neji quickly beat them into the ground and took their scrolls as well.
Seeing Neji defeat three opponents single-handedly, with Rock Lee, Tenten, Hinata, and Karin beside him not even having lifted a finger, the other teams abandoned the idea.
As for the examinees from Sunagakure, Kirigakure, and the like, none had attacked him after arriving.
For a time, most of the stronger examinees in the Second Exam Arena gathered there one after another.
"Someone who wasn't an examinee infiltrated the exam arena and attacked Sasuke..."
Neji spoke up, giving a rough account of what had happened.
"...Understood. We'll investigate this ourselves."
Anko looked at Sasuke. Karin was currently checking him from every angle, trying to find some nonexistent injury so she could make