"What are you doing, you idiot!!"
Seeing that Rock Lee still looked dejected, Might Guy punched him in the face.
The force of that blow sent him flying.
Rock Lee spun seven hundred and twenty degrees through the air before landing face down.
"Sensei..."
Clutching the spot where he had been hit, Rock Lee turned his attention to Might Guy.
"What are you moping around for!!"
"A man doesn't fear failure! Failure only makes us stronger!!"
Moved by his words, Rock Lee burst into tears. "S-Sensei!!"
"Enough. You don't need to say another word." Might Guy caught Rock Lee as he rushed over and hugged him, tears streaming down his own face.
Even the Red Ninja Turtle behind him was bawling.
"Let's run a hundred laps around the village together!!"
Might Guy pointed at the sky. "This is youth!"
Tenten looked utterly exasperated...
She quietly reminded him, "Guy-sensei, the Chunin Exams are about to start. Isn't it too late to train?"
Might Guy nodded. "Right. Go take the exams first. As for Lee, we'll train after the exams are over!"
"Yes, Sensei!!" Rock Lee wiped away his tears, finally pulling himself together.
"Yemu, that Lee was really strong, wasn't he?"
Hinata Hyuga walked beside Yemu, looking curious.
To her, any ninja who could hold his own against Yemu had to be incredibly strong.
"You still haven't figured it out? Yemu was holding back."
"The only real exchange was that final move."
Qingxue Uchiha offered an explanation from Yemu's side.
"Really?"
Hinata Hyuga looked delighted, her eyes trembling.
His gentle behavior made her affection for him grow even stronger, with little hearts almost visibly appearing in her eyes.
Yemu even held back while fighting Lee so he wouldn't feel discouraged?
He really is so gentle. How could he not make my heart race?
Yemu shook his head with a chuckle.
He had only fought Rock Lee because he wanted to see how Jeet Kune Do differed from his Eight Extremities Fist.
After exchanging blows for a while, he had his answer.
He found that Rock Lee's limited strength posed no threat to him, so he could only hold back and spar.
Ultimately, Rock Lee relied on physical speed and strength to attack. As for moves and technique, he was only just getting started.
Soon enough.
Yemu and the two girls arrived at the classroom where the Chunin Exams would be held.
To his surprise, Yemu spotted several ninja who shouldn't have been there.
They were from Kumogakure!!
One in particular was a blonde, blue-eyed woman with beautiful curves. Her bust could even rival Hinata's.
Her gaze was rather cold, though.
"Yemu, what are you looking at?"
Qingxue Uchiha silently stepped into his line of sight.
A trace of resentment slowly appeared on her face, which was far more exquisite than Samui's.
"Look at me. Can't you look at me more?"
Qingxue Uchiha puffed out her cheeks, a red gleam flickering in her eyes.
Yemu Hyuga shook his head helplessly and patted Qingxue's head.
Just as she was enjoying it, he abruptly pushed her aside. "Get into the classroom. And for the record, I don't let my lower half do my thinking."
"Uh..."
Hinata Hyuga went over to Qingxue and took her hand. "Don't be upset, Qingxue... I... I trust Yemu, anyway."
Although Yemu's eyes did occasionally wander to her large breasts.
Hinata still trusted him.
He was definitely someone she could rely on.
"Why would I be upset? I'll just stab anyone who likes Yemu~"
Qingxue Uchiha didn't seem particularly bothered.
Her remark, however, made Hinata Hyuga's ample chest tremble.
No wonder she had recently felt there was something strange about the way Qingxue looked at her, as though she wanted to devour her.
Aren't we close friends? Best friends?
"Hey, Samui, look at those kids over there. They're talking about you!"
The white-haired Omoi had a lollipop in his mouth and a comical expression on his face.
That black miniskirt and those tall black boots will have you Konoha bumpkins falling head over heels.
"Do you want to die?"
Samui shot him a cold glance, instantly making Omoi behave.
"Still, that ninja with the black-and-white hair is pretty handsome, isn't he, Samui?" Karui, a female ninja with short red hair, remarked.
"Tch~ Is he as handsome as me?" Omoi showily flicked his short hair. Just wait for the combat test. I'll have these Konoha bumpkins swooning.
As that thought ran through his head, Omoi saw Qingxue Uchiha and Hinata Hyuga jog past them.
His gaze froze for a moment.
He hadn't expected there to be pretty girls among these Konoha bumpkins.
The moment Yemu and the two girls entered the classroom, they heard a somewhat lecturing voice.
"You lot are rookies, aren't you?"
"You're pretty cute, so why are you making such a racket? This isn't a picnic, you know."
Kabuto Yakushi wore black glasses, a faintly mysterious smile on his face.
"Who are you? What gives you the right to..." Ino Yamanaka's attitude had been rather unfriendly.
But then she caught sight of Yemu entering the classroom out of the corner of her eye.
Her voice immediately turned sweet and affected. "Ahem, are you one of our seniors?"
???
Kabuto Yakushi looked utterly bewildered.
Seeing Ino Yamanaka switch expressions and act cute so quickly left him puzzled.
But when he saw Yemu enter, he seemed to understand why.
Handsome guys really did have an advantage.
At least where girls were concerned.
"That's right. I've taken the Chunin Exams seven times, and all my information is on these cards. If there's anything you'd like to know, just ask."
Kabuto Yakushi adjusted his glasses, speaking earnestly.
Information?
Sasuke Uchiha's eyes widened. Seeing that Yemu was still some distance away and hadn't come over yet, he immediately asked, "Yemu. Do you have any information on Yemu?"
In Sasuke's eyes.
The threat Yemu posed already far exceeded that of the Sandstorm Gourd Kid he had met a few days earlier.
"Yemu Hyuga?"
When Kabuto Yakushi mentioned that name, the eyes of several of Konoha's young standouts instantly lit up.
He resignedly pulled out a card.
These cards contained the information he had collected, such as the number of participants from each major nation.
As well as some of their abilities.
Fortunately, he had collected information on Yemu under Orochimaru's orders.
Kabuto Yakushi took out the card and infused it with his chakra.
Information about Yemu appeared on its surface.
He was an utterly well-rounded fighter!!
He didn't seem to have any weaknesses.
"Two B-rank missions and four C-rank missions? What's going on? We graduated at the same time, so why has Yemu done so many difficult missions?"
Naruto Uzumaki couldn't understand it.
They had only carried out one C-rank mission so far.
Although that mission had been a little harder than its rank suggested.
"He completed every mission flawlessly, and these are only the missions on record."
A smile curled at the corner of Kabuto Yakushi's mouth.
As expected of the kid who had caught Lord Orochimaru's attention, his talent and strength already far surpassed those of his peers.
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