Sasuke leaped into the arena, a pale yellow Screaming Chicken in hand and a look of disdain on his face.
They had fought Dosu and the others in the Forest of Death before.
Unexpectedly, Dosu's group had had their scrolls stolen by them, yet still managed to pass the second exam in the end.
"You've got some skill," Sasuke said coldly.
A sharp glint flashed through Dosu's eyes.
"I'll reclaim the humiliation from the Forest of Death today!"
"That depends on whether you have what it takes!" Sasuke's expression changed. With a wicked smile, he raised the Screaming Chicken and squeezed it hard three times.
"Woo!"
"Woo!"
"Woo!"
In an instant, every light in the arena began flickering erratically.
A strange melody they had never heard before suddenly came from the speakers meant for announcements.
"I am an idol trainee with two and a half years of practice..."
"Beat You Too Beautiful! Hey, hey. Beat You Too Beautiful! Hey, hey. You're simply too beautiful! Hey, hey..."
At the center of the arena, the Screaming Chicken in Sasuke's hand suddenly expanded to the size of a basketball and bounced repeatedly across the open ground.
Its "graceful" dance instantly set the whole arena ablaze, and many people began to feel unwell.
Dosu, who was closest to Sasuke, had already dropped to his knees and was vomiting nonstop.
Seeing him like that, Sasuke sneered. He wanted to stop, only to find that he could not stop at all.
Only after the entire song ended and he struck the final pose did the dance steps finally come to a reluctant halt.
The ninjas waiting around the arena had all vomited until they were doubled over. As for Dosu, who had been closest to Sasuke, he was already foaming at the mouth.
Gekko Hayate wiped the corner of his mouth and slowly walked into the center of the arena.
Though he still felt like vomiting a couple more times, as the chief examiner, he had to announce the result first.
"The winner of this match... Bleurgh!"
He turned away and took quite a while to recover.
Wiping the tears from the corners of his eyes, he said, "Sorry, that was an accident."
"Now, I announce that the one advancing from this match is Beat You Too Beautiful—ah, no, Second Pillar!"
Then he turned toward the sidelines, unable to help marveling at the power of Sasuke's Dance Step Ninjutsu.
"Due to the effects of the Dance Step Ninjutsu, we will take a thirty-minute break before continuing the matches!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Ino and Sakura, who were supposed to enter for the second match, both breathed sighs of relief.
If they had really been sent out in that state, they would probably have collapsed from discomfort before they could defeat each other.
Inside the scratch-off ticket shop, Wu Di propped up his chin and let out a long sigh as he gazed at the sky outside.
"This Chunin Exam is bound to be exciting!"
"With Beat You Too Beautiful and Five Second Man..."
"What a pity. I won't get to see it!"
His invincible zone currently extended only one hundred meters around the shop.
In other words, if he left that area now, he probably could not even beat Konohamaru.
Just as he was feeling melancholy, Tsunade came again.
This time, she had brought Shizune with her.
The moment she entered, Tsunade slapped down a one-hundred-thousand-ryo silver note.
"Give me ten tickets worth ten thousand ryo each to pass the time!" she said boldly.
Then she looked at Shizune beside her. "Scratch half of them first, and hand them over when you see golden light!"
Shizune nodded slightly.
After taking ten ten thousand ryo scratch-off tickets from Wu Di, Shizune began scratching them.
Golden light soon appeared one after another.
The more Tsunade watched, the more excited she became. She quickly snatched them over and continued scratching.
In the blink of an eye, all ten scratch-off tickets were used up. Counting the prize silver notes in her hand, she burst into laughter.
"This place really is wonderful! I actually got some money back! Hahahaha!"
Wu Di broke into a cold sweat.
He really wanted to add that exchanging one hundred thousand ryo for one hundred and thirty ryo was apparently enough to make her this happy.
There was probably no one else in the world but Tsunade who could be happy about that.
"All right, I had a great time today. I'll come back to gamble again in a couple of days!"
With that, Tsunade carefully tucked the one hundred and thirty ryo into her clothes.
That cautious posture was far more pronounced than when she had pulled out the hundred thousand ryo.
Watching her figure fade into the distance, Wu Di let out a long breath.
"She truly is a fat sheep at the casino!"
At the exam venue.
After a brief adjustment period, everyone had mostly recovered.
Ino and Sakura entered the arena one after the other.
At the sidelines, Naruto was moving about sneakily.
Clutching his rear, he came over to Tenten and whispered, "Tenten, do you have any smoke bombs? Lend me two."
Tenten had the most abundant supply of ninja tools among all these ninjas.
She had practically everything a ninja might use.
She looked at him doubtfully. "What do you need smoke bombs for?"
Naruto chuckled.
"I haven't been feeling too well lately. When I fight Kiba later, I want to throw a couple and obscure his vision!"
Tenten looked at him as though he were an idiot.
Who here did not know that the Inuzuka Clan primarily cultivated the ninken fighting style?
Pick anyone from their clan, and their nose would be incredibly sharp.
Trying to use smoke bombs to confuse Inuzuka Kiba was simply wishful thinking.
She casually took out several smoke bombs and tossed them into Naruto's hands. "That's all I have. Take them all!"
Naruto bowed repeatedly. "Thanks, Tenten."
In the center of the arena, Sakura and Ino's duel had already begun.
The two of them had practically grown up together.
When they were little, they got along on the surface but were at odds in their hearts.
They were a pair of plastic sisters by nature.
"Forehead girl, don't forget to use your Five Second Man!"
"Look at that flat airstrip of yours. You really do look a little like a man!"
Ino covered her mouth and giggled.
Sakura clenched her fists, veins bulging on her forehead.
"You're the flat airstrip! Watch me tear that mouth of yours apart!"
With that, the two immediately grappled.
The Yamanaka Clan mainly cultivated the Mind Transfer Jutsu.
But with Sakura attacking from such close range, it was simply not suitable for using the Mind Transfer Jutsu.
Ino gritted her teeth and formed hand seals.
"In that case, let me give you a taste of Flower Butterfly Illusion!"
She shouted loudly.
In an instant, many beautiful butterflies appeared before Sakura's eyes, fluttering elegantly through the air.
When she had been at the scratch-off ticket shop before, she had heard about the effects of Flower Butterfly Illusion.
Sure enough, it did not take long before the butterflies before her suddenly multiplied.
They gradually sealed off her vision.
She stood rooted to the spot, unmoving, while Ino's attacks struck her from different directions.
As their team leader, Asuma was somewhat confused.
He turned to Shikamaru and asked, "What exactly is going on?"
Shikamaru picked at his ear and replied casually.
"Ino scratched off an Illusion Technique at the scratch-off ticket shop. Sakura probably got caught in an illusion!"
That single remark made many people perk up their ears.
They had heard from the start that the scratch-off ticket shop could produce good things.
They never expected it could even produce ninjutsu. That was truly incredible!
Asuma gritted his teeth. He could still vividly remember the consequences of scratching tickets last time.
His father's profound love felt as though it had happened only yesterday.
Especially during this period when he was with Yūhi Kurenai.
Whenever he was even slightly disobedient, Yūhi Kurenai would smack him with that lousy stick.
"After this exam, I need to try my hand at scratching some tickets!" Asuma took a drag on his cigarette and sighed.
[Author's Note]: I update over ten thousand words daily just so you readers can enjoy yourselves. To give the author a little more motivation, bury the author in your silver notes!
Note: Be sure to vote only after finishing the last chapter!
Before you continue