" Lord Uya's subordinates are indeed ridiculously strong."
Kiba Inuzuka and Shino Aburame watched Kimimaro and the others walking ahead, both filled with trepidation.
Hinata didn't know how to respond to Kimimaro and the others' greetings, so she just lowered her head slightly with a shy expression.
Shortly after Kimimaro, and the others passed by, Gaara and Hinata group finally arrived. At this time, Gaara finally woke up, and after Tailed Beast Transformation, the wounds on his body had disappeared.
However, his expression was extremely somber, even revealing a hint of fear.
Because when the One-Tail appeared, it was because he couldn't control One-Tail, causing One-Tail to go berserk. So, it was essentially like his consciousness and the One-Tail's consciousness were swapped; his consciousness was suppressed inside his body, while the One-Tail's consciousness was outside.
He could clearly sense everything that One-Tail saw, including One-Tail's emotions.
He could sense the One-Tail's fear of Uya, and this fear spread into his own heart. He had never seen the One-Tail show such fear before, and it seemed utterly incomprehensible to him.
Even his father feared the One-Tail within him and tried to kill him several times, but now, the One-Tail Beast was trembling before a human!
Who exactly is that human?!
Gaara and his group, upon arriving at the tower, soon met their leader Jonin Baki.
The Jonin the team were mostly inside the tower drinking tea and waiting. They were all keeping an eye on what was happening in the Forest of Death, but Baki was undoubtedly most concerned about Gaara.
The sudden rampage of the One-Tail Beast caught him completely off guard, filling him with immense shock. But before he could react, the One-Tail vanished again.
Baki was also puzzled by this. Gaara and the others shouldn't have encountered Kimimaro and the others from Amegakure Gaara, so why were they forced to release even the One-Tail?
After they met, they asked questions almost simultaneously.
However, Gaara and the others asked who Uya really was, while Baki asked what had happened.
"I see."
Upon hearing Gaara and the other two's account, Baki took a deep breath, his expression becoming extremely solemn and serious. He stared at the three of them and said in a deep voice, " Gaara, the monster inside you has been suppressed by that man more than once, and each time it was quite brutal. That's why you are like this."
"As for that man... he once killed our Sunagakure's strongest, the Third Kazekage, and he did it all Lord Kazekage himself in our village. Under no circumstances should you provoke that man!"
At this point, Baki's expression became extremely solemn, even subtly releasing his aura as he stared at Gaara and said, " Gaara, I understand your mindset, but absolutely do not attempt to fight that person. That person possesses the power to easily destroy our entire Sunagakure!"
These words left Gaara speechless, his usual chilling excitement and bloodthirstiness completely gone; instead, his body trembled slightly.
He is the One-Tail Jinchuriki, so the One-Tail's emotions naturally affect him. The One-Tail's fear is the same as the fear in his heart, and this fear comes from the bottom of his heart.
As for Kimimaro and Temari, they exchanged a glance and swallowed hard.
The Sunagakure was easily destroyed!
This one sentence alone was enough to frighten the two of them quite a bit, and they found it hard to believe. However, seeing Baki's solemn expression, coupled with the scene of Uya casually scaring away the monster inside Gaara, this sentence... didn't seem to be a lie!
Five days passed quickly.
During this time, although Sasuke and Naruto were unconscious for a few days, causing some trouble, once they woke up, the remaining ninjas in the Forest of Death were no match for them.
Most powerful ninjas have already passed the Chunin Ninja Exams.
So, just as the second match was about to end, they also obtained the Ground Coiling, entered the tower, and ended up in last place.
Inside the main hall of the tower.
All the Genin who passed the second round of the Chunin Ninja Exams gathered there. Some of them who arrived today looked rather disheveled, while those who arrived yesterday or even earlier looked much better and were in good spirits.
A comparison reveals the difference, but the one who arrives last isn't necessarily the weakest; after all, luck plays a role in the Chunin Ninja Exams sometimes.
In front of the Genin passed the second Chunin Ninja Exams stood the Jonin who led their teams from various ninja villages, mostly Jonin Konoha. Among them were familiar faces like Kakashi, Might Guy, and Kurenai Yuhi, Anko was also standing among them.
The Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi, had also personally arrived at the tower, standing at the very front of all the Jonin, looking at the Genin in front of him with a slightly flickering gaze.
"There are quite a few people who passed the second exam. I didn't expect all the new recruits from Konoha to pass. That's quite interesting."
As he murmured to himself, Hiruzen Sarutobi couldn't help but recall the Anbu training session that Uya had conducted for the Anbu, where he single-handedly stood guard beneath the tower and defeated all the Anbu ninja candidates.
As a result, only Uya passed that training camp for the Anbu, and his score was ridiculously high.
Thinking of this, Kimimaro Hiruzen Sarutobi at Kimimaro and the other two in the crowd.
If Kimimaro and the other two had done that, they might have been able to stop everyone below the tower, but it seems they didn't. It's unclear whether this was at Uya's instruction or for some other reason.
In short, this is for the best. It's much better that more people pass than that only Kimimaro and his two companions pass the second Chunin Ninja Exams.
After a moment's hesitation, and hearing Anko remind him that it was time to speak, Hiruzen Sarutobi took a puff of his pipe and spoke amidst the swirling smoke.
After briefly explaining the purpose of the Chunin Ninja Exams, the conversation shifted to Gekko Hayate, the examiner for the third exam in Konoha, who then introduced the third exam.
Because there are too many people left, a preliminary selection will be conducted first, and then the number of people will be reduced to a certain extent before they can enter the formal third exam.
Unlike in the original story, Kabuto did not complete the second Chunin Ninja Exams. It wasn't that he couldn't complete it, but rather that it was meaningless. So he simply left the exam hall and chose to give up. He then went to find Uya, who had been punched away by Orochimaru and sent flying to who-knows-where.
With Kabuto absent, no one withdrew. Looking at the people in the arena, although many were covered in wounds, most showed determined expressions. After coughing twice, Gekko Hayate announced the start of the third preliminary round of the Chunin Ninja Exams.
"So, the first match will be between... Sasuke Uchiha and Karin Uzumaki!"
"No way?!"
The first round of combat between the two sides made Sakura exclaim in surprise, "Why is Sasuke's luck so bad? As the first opponent, he directly encountered one of the three members of Kimimaro's group from Amegakure!"
Although we haven't seen Karin actually fight, and we don't know just how strong Karin, she can't possibly be weak if she's grouped with the ridiculously strong Kimimaro and Haku.
" Sasuke is a ninja from Amegakure, do you want to...?"
Sakura looked worried and hesitated as she glanced at Sasuke, wanting Sasuke to just give up. (To be continued.)