No matter how strong the Anbu examiners were, with three people pursuing them and no choice but to dodge, they could still slip up in a state akin to hunger and exhaustion. That was perfectly reasonable.
It certainly had nothing to do with Hinata going to notify them.
But after collecting their scrolls, every team that reached the tower went into hiding, just as that last team had done.
They all had the same idea—
Stay put.
That included the Sound Ninja Trio. They had actually been the first team to arrive.
But once they spotted Sasuke, they put every skill they had ever learned to use and fled a thousand meters away. If they detected even the slightest disturbance, they were ready to retreat farther still.
Were they kidding? Others might not know, but how could the three of them not know?
That brat from Konoha had fought Lord Orochimaru back then!
And judging by what had happened on the first day, the charred corpse of the Giant Snake lying on the ground was proof that even Lord Orochimaru had failed to take him down!
Although they found that outcome hard to believe as people from Otogakure, Kin had even scoffed at it—how could Lord Orochimaru possibly fail?
The ironclad facts remained: ever since the first day, Lord Orochimaru had lost contact with them.
Now even they had no idea what to do. They could only go with the flow and continue through these Chunin Exams for the time being.
So they hid themselves, waiting for the teams behind them to walk into the trap.
But the result was—
Those who arrived later hid too.
Nobody wanted to be the first to stick their neck out.
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