"Click... click..."
The crisp sound of chewing mingled with the piercing screams and the howling of sandstorms.
It seemed so abrupt, so out of place.
Gaara's wildly contorted face suddenly froze.
Those bloodshot panda eyes, filled with icy killing intent, instantly locked onto the direction from which the sound came.
At the edge of the rocky area, atop a sharp stone pillar over ten meters high.
I don't know when.
There was another man wearing a gold suit jacket, but underneath he was wearing floral shorts.
Senju Kenya was sitting cross-legged on that slender stone pillar.
It was as if he were sitting not on a dangerous, sharp rock, but on a soft sofa at home.
He rested his chin on one hand and held a rice cracker in the other.
He was looking down from his high vantage point at the carnage below.
That relaxed and carefree demeanor, as if watching a monkey show.
This creates a stark visual contrast with the bloody and terrifying Forest of Death.
"Hey, you little rascal playing in the sand."
Kenya swallowed the senbei in his mouth and shouted down.
His tone carried a hint of displeasure from an elder disciplining a naughty child.
"Don't get so angry in this heat."
"It's so noisy, can't a person enjoy their snacks in peace?"
These words were spoken.
It wasn't just the test-takers struggling desperately in the quicksand who were stunned.
Even Kankuro and Temari, who were hiding in the distance, were completely dumbfounded.
Who is this person?!
Is he insane?!
Can't you see Gaara is on the verge of going berserk?
Instead of running for their lives at a time like this, they actually dared to sit there eating senbei (rice crackers) and even made provocative remarks?!
Is this guy trying to get himself killed already?
"Run... run!"
Temari suppressed her fear and shouted at Kenya on the stone pillar.
Although she didn't know who this strange person was.
But as a ninja from Sunagakure, she didn't want the exam to spiral out of control.
" Gaara has lost his mind! You're going to die!"
Kankuro nodded frantically beside him, cold sweat pouring down his face.
They know better than anyone else.
Once the monster inside Gaara awakens, it will be a ruthless massacre that shows no mercy to family!
However.
Temari's kind reminder.
Kenya simply shrugged indifferently.
"Escape? Why would you escape?"
He even stretched, his bones making a "crackling" sound.
"I'm the specially invited Emperor of Exam Discipline Supervision."
"This brat caused a ruckus in my exam room, seriously damaging the green space."
I need to get down and give him a ticket.
Kenya's answer was completely out of sync.
This completely enraged Gaara, who was already in a berserk state.
"Shut up..."
Gaara lowered his head, his voice hoarse as if sandpaper were being rubbed.
His cold eyes were now completely consumed by madness and killing intent.
"Shut up... you piece of trash..."
"You dare speak to me?!"
Gaara suddenly raised his head and let out a roar like that of a wild beast.
"Mom said... your blood must taste really good!"
Accompanied by his roar.
The yellow sand, originally intended to bury the examinees alive, instantly changed its purpose.
A massive amount of Chakra surged in the air.
Large amounts of sand rose from the ground.
In mid-air, they rapidly coalesced into three giant sand pythons, each with a waist thicker than a water vat!
The three sand pythons opened their gaping maws, exerting terrifying pressure capable of crushing rocks.
Roaring, from three different directions.
It headed straight for Kenya, who was sitting atop the stone pillar, and strangled him!
"It's over..."
Kankuro closed his eyes in despair.
Even an ordinary Jonin would not be able to escape unscathed from a sandstorm attack of this magnitude.
That idiot sitting on the stone pillar eating rice crackers will definitely be minced into meat paste in an instant.
The Konoha examinees trapped in the quicksand also closed their eyes.
Although they were temporarily saved because the sand changed their target.
But they also knew that after that meddlesome man died...
They're next.
However.
Faced with these three sand pythons, so powerful they could crush the entire stone pillar into dust.
Kenya's reaction once again exceeded everyone's expectations.
He didn't Hand Seals, nor did he run away.
He didn't even change his sitting posture.
He simply blew away the crumbs that had fallen onto the rice cracker.
Then, he slowly and deliberately put the remaining half of the rice cracker into his mouth.
"Click."
The crisp sound of chewing rang out again.
The moment the chewing sound rang out.
Three terrifying sand serpents, carrying an aura of destruction, viciously bit down on Kenya!
Its entire body was completely swallowed up by the endless yellow sand!
"Boom!"
A dull thud.
A massive sandstorm erupted from the stone pillar and spread violently outwards in all directions.
It blocked everyone's view.
Is he dead?
Temari stared intently at the swirling dust, her heart pounding.
Gaara's lips curled into a cruel, cold smile.
He prepared to reclaim the sand and move on to his next prey.
However.
In the very next second.
Gaara's smile froze.
Because he sensed it.
Its own sand, however, did not seem to be shredding the enemy's flesh and bones as usual.
instead...
It felt like biting into an indestructible piece of ancient black iron!
Immediately afterwards.
In everyone's ears.
From the center of that sandstorm that swallowed Kenya.
The giant python bit into Kenya's body, producing an extremely piercing metallic scraping sound.