"No Entry?"
Naruto looked at the graffiti on the fence, then turned to Sasuke in confusion. "So we can crawl in, roll in, or go in sideways, just not standing up?"
Sasuke rolled his eyes at Naruto. "Yeah, sure... whatever you say."
Naruto was about to reply when Sasuke spoke again in a low voice.
"Shh, quiet. Naruto, look at the people who made it through. I keep sensing several terrifying presences among them."
Seeing that Sasuke had noticed something, Naruto took the opportunity to turn and scan the other qualifiers.
A single glance was enough for Naruto to count them. There were seventy-eight in total.
Since there were no restrictions on how ninja dressed, seven or eight of the men and women present were only as tall as little girls.
Five of those wore either masks or bamboo hats with veils around their faces.
So Naruto had no way of identifying Aunt Orochimaru by sight alone.
In his plan, Snake Aunt played a key role: she was the catalyst who would spur Sasuke into awakening his Sharingan.
That was why Naruto wasn't acting as brazenly as before. Instead, he deliberately suppressed his presence to make himself less noticeable.
Naruto had put a lot into his plan to help Sasuke awaken the Two-Tomoe Sharingan. He didn't want a minor misstep to ruin everything.
"Hmph, they're nothing special. Just a bunch of posers."
Naruto spoke quietly enough that only he and Sasuke could hear.
Just as Sasuke was about to say something else,
a young man's carefree voice rang out.
Everyone turned toward the voice and saw a handsome young man wearing a Chunin vest.
Naruto remained relatively calm at the sight of Mitaraishi Anko having become a handsome man, as though he'd expected it.
"Brats, this isn't the time to