"Kankuro... can I concede?" Kankuro asked quietly.
He truly did not want to have any contact with that disgusting thing!
Shiranui Genma rubbed his temples and said softly, "Fine. Since you concede, according to the rules, Aburame Shino wins this match!"
Shino was somewhat surprised. He had never expected winning a match to be so easy.
The spectators in the stands immediately began grumbling.
"What the hell is this?"
"Can this year's Chunin Exam be any more normal?"
"If you're not going to fight, get off already! Stop wasting everyone's time!"
Amid the audience's shouts, Kankuro slowly left the arena.
They still had an important mission to carry out today, so it was not suitable for them to waste too much Chakra.
"Third match: Uzumaki Naruto of Konoha versus Hyuga Neji of Konoha!"
Shiranui Genma shouted in all directions.
Amid countless calls and cheers, Naruto and Neji entered the arena one after the other.
When he reached the center of the field, Naruto said quietly.
"Hey, no-pupils, you should just surrender. I've got plenty of tricks up my sleeve!"
Neji ignored him and directly assumed a fighting stance.
As Shiranui Genma's hand dropped, Neji darted straight underground.
The people in the stands were dumbfounded again.
This year's Chunin Exam was getting more and more absurd.
Konoha's genin were acting stranger than the last!
They began looking forward to seeing what new oddity Naruto would pull out.
Seeing Neji vanish, Naruto let out a soft snort.
"You already used that move when you fought Hinata!"
"Do you think you can use it a second time?"
As he spoke, he waved his arm, and a broom came hurtling in from the distant horizon.
Whoosh!
Smack!
In the blink of an eye.
The broom embedded itself upright in the wall, and Naruto was stuck to the wall along with it.
"Can't you come a little slower next time?" Naruto said through tears as he struggled free from the wall.
Then he ordered the broom to carry him in circles above the open ground.
Outside Konoha, Jiraiya hummed a little tune with a lecherous gleam in his eyes, his wooden clogs making tapping sounds along the forest path.
"I wonder just how big that big-breasted Sand Ninja the little boss mentioned is. Could she be as big as Tsunade..."
His eyes curved as a sleazy smile appeared on his face.
Suddenly, as he rounded a bend, he saw a group of people dressed as Sand Ninja gathered in a circle, apparently doing something.
His expression immediately turned serious.
Something was definitely wrong here.
With a trace of suspicion, he walked straight over.
"Hey! What are you doing?" he shouted.
The Sand Ninja immediately panicked.
Their current operation could not be discovered so easily. If they were found out, life would not be pleasant for them once they returned!
The leader slowly approached and said quietly, "We're looking at the props from the Scratch-off ticket shop."
"Our village is taking part in the Chunin Exam too, so we brothers came over to join the excitement. We'll leave in a little while!"
Jiraiya tilted his head and looked at the several strange-looking objects on the ground, no longer suspecting them too much.
He let out a long breath. His face, stern just moments ago, suddenly became much friendlier.
"So you guys came from the Scratch-off ticket shop too!"
Now he was even more certain that the little boss had definitely seen that big-breasted ninja.
Smiling, he asked, "There should be a female ninja in your group too, right?"
The leader scratched his head.
He had originally been thinking about how to send Jiraiya away, but he had unexpectedly found an excuse himself.
The man nodded and pointed toward the distant woods. "She went over there to find a place to use the bathroom. Go look over there!"
"The bathroom!" Sparks practically flew from Jiraiya's eyes. Without a second thought, he rushed into the woods.
Meanwhile, Wu Di had already returned to the Scratch-off ticket shop and was lying across the counter, looking in the direction outside the village.
If he knew this was how Jiraiya had carried out the task he gave him.
He would have chopped Jiraiya alive!
Back in the arena, Naruto had been floating in the air for quite a while.
Yet there was still no sign of Neji.
He did not dare descend carelessly. If Neji dragged him underground, he would definitely lose!
After thinking it over, he took out the Skunk Ball from his ninja tool bag.
Pinching his nose, he untied the Yo-yo's strap and lowered himself a little farther.
He stopped at a height of just over one meter above the ground.
Then, with the Yo-yo trailing behind him, he continued flying around the arena.
In the stands, the spectators slapped their foreheads.
"Hey, I feel like I'm watching a fake Chunin Exam match."
"Yeah, I feel the same way."
"What I want to know is, where did they get so many weird things?"
"You don't know? Invincible Scratch-off!"
"After they're done with the exam, I'm going to buy some tickets too!"
At the edge of the arena, Shiranui Genma rubbed his head. The boring spectacle was making him drowsy.
Just then, Neji could no longer endure it and jumped out.
"Naruto, can you stop flying around with that stinking thing? I'm going to be fumigated to death down here!"
Naruto licked his lips. "If I didn't do this, you wouldn't come out!"
Neji clenched his fists and panted heavily. "Do you dare fight me fairly?"
"Bring it on! Who's afraid of who!"
Naruto's mind was simple enough. Since Neji said fight, he really came down.
As he slowly put away the Skunk Ball, a sly smile appeared on Neji's lips.
"Next, I'll teach you what it means to never trust your enemy in war!"
Neji shouted and rushed forward two steps, diving directly into the ground.
Naruto was shocked.
In his impression, Neji had always been someone who meant what he said. Why did he suddenly seem like a completely different person today?
Frightened, he hurriedly backed away.
However, after retreating only a few steps, he suddenly stopped.
He stared at Neji in utter confusion.
At that moment, the upper half of Neji's body had already gone into the ground, but the lower half remained outside.
And it was ramrod straight, as though every movement had frozen.
Less than half a second later, Neji's body went limp, and he collapsed face-first onto the ground.
Naruto cautiously stepped forward. He first tossed a pebble at Neji, but Neji did not react.
Then he kicked him with his foot. There was still no reaction.
Feeling puzzled, he hurriedly pulled Neji back out.
Beneath the surface, Neji's head had become perfectly wedged against a large rock.
If not for his forehead protector, blood would probably have splattered everywhere by now!
Shiranui Genma could barely bear to look.
Just moments ago, he had thought Naruto would definitely lose for trusting others so easily!
But he never expected things to take such a shocking turn!
Hyuga Neji, who had held the advantage in both brains and strength, had actually lost in such a way.
He sighed deeply. "Sigh, the Third Hokage was right. Sometimes, luck is also a kind of strength!"
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