"Rustle!"
The treetops gently trembled. Three figures that were like agile monkeys had already hidden themselves in a certain place.
"Today is the last day, I wonder how many teams are left."
Bordered Soil murmured. Because of the rules of the exam, they didn't dare to approach the Central Tower of the Death Forest rashly.
"How many are left? Let's go to the tower and see."
Shisui chuckled. Under such rules, he reckoned that no team would dare to enter the pagoda easily.
Because once they do, that team is likely to become the target of public criticism.
"I guess everyone has the same idea, so there should be a lot of teams gathered in front of the Central Tower."
Lin pursed her lips slightly. This rule is almost equivalent to killing each other. It's a bit cruel.
"Speaking of which, what do you mean by snatching the forehead protectors of all the opponents so far?"
Bordered Soil looked at Waterstop with a puzzled look. The latter looked at him and said faintly: "You will know in a while."
"When did you learn to be like Kakashi and start to be mysterious?" Bordered Soil rolled his eyes at Waterstop. The latter chuckled.
"Let's go."
As his voice fell, the three of them moved forward cautiously.
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At noon, when Shisui brought the three of them to the open space in front of the central tower, they found that there were already several ninja squads waiting there.
They didn't hide, but deliberately kept some distance between each other.
"Let's go down too." Waterstop said. The two behind him were slightly startled and immediately nodded.
Although Waterstop was the youngest among the three, they had to admit that the former's brain was the best.
They also landed some distance away from the other teams below.
After sizing each other up, the empty ground once again became completely silent.
...
As the sun was about to set, there wasn't much light in the Forest of Death.
At this time, including Waterstop's team, there were about ten teams gathered here.
This number was almost equal to half of the total number of teams that had entered the Forest of Death.
"Looks like we have passed, hehe." Bordered Soil chuckled as he walked towards the central tower.
"Wait."
However, Waterstop was the first to block his path. As he swept his gaze over, he saw that there were already several groups looking in their direction. Their gazes were filled with hostility.
"Give me all your forehead protectors."
Waterstop told the Bordered Soil and Lin, both of them were surprised but still did as they were told.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
The sound of metal scraping against each other rang out as Waterstop tossed the Six Path Headband out, landing right in the middle of the empty space.
At this moment, the gazes that were originally filled with hostility towards the three of them were all retracted.
After that, under the somewhat astonished gaze of the Bordered Soil, six teams took out their forehead protectors and threw them in the center of the open space under everyone's gaze.
Waterstop's eyes narrowed as he muttered, "A total of twenty-seven people, that is to say, there is still a team hidden somewhere in the Forest of Death."
"What are you talking about? Why are these guys wearing forehead protectors?" Bordered Soil was puzzled, but Lin's eyes lit up.
"So that's how it is."
Lin muttered softly, then said, "Relying on forehead protectors to determine the number of eliminated teams to prevent people from fishing in troubled waters?"
"What do you mean?" Bordered Soil was still confused.
Lin was very patient, she smiled and said, "In short, there are twenty teams participating in the second exam. We have a total of ten teams here, but the number of forehead protectors is only twenty-seven. That is to say, there are still three people, that is to say, a ninja team that hasn't appeared yet."
"If all ten of our teams enter the Central Tower, and the remaining three people enter, it will violate the rules of the second exam. If more than half of the people remain, everyone will be eliminated."
Bordered Soil understood a little, and immediately said, "But the Forest of Death is so big, it's too late to find those three people hiding in the dark."
"Yeah, so … we can only eliminate the team in front of us."
Waterstop's eyes narrowed slightly. At this time, except for the three of them, the other six teams that took out their forehead protectors have already surrounded the remaining three teams that didn't take out their forehead protectors.
"Obviously, it's not just three people, why …" Bordered Soil frowned when he saw this.
Waterstop's eyes sank, then said, "Don't forget, everyone here is still a competitor in the following exam, so it's better to take this opportunity to eliminate the opponents as much as possible."
"The rules only say that the number of people remaining can't exceed half, but it never said that it must be half!"
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The three teams that didn't take out their forehead protectors, under the siege of double the number of teams, didn't have much power to resist and were eliminated.
After a short battle, the seven teams, including Waterstop and Bordered Soil's trio, headed toward the Central Tower.
After the seven teams entered the tower, under the guidance of the tower staff, they temporarily waited.
Time gradually passed, and the time of the second wilderness survival exam was also approaching the end.
Finally, when it was about to end, three ninjas walked into the tower under the watchful eyes of everyone.
The faces of the three of them were filled with joy because they passed the second round of the exam without any effort at all.
Waterstop and others didn't look at them, after all, no matter what strategy the other party adopted, as long as they meet the conditions, they are qualified.
However, just when everyone thought that the second exam was over, a Chunin appeared in front of the last three people to enter the tower and announced indifferently: "You three are eliminated."
When the voice fell, not only did the joy on the faces of the three people solidify, but even Waterstop and others were extremely shocked.
Because they didn't violate the rules.
"Why?" So, one of the ninjas was quite unconvinced and asked.
The Wood Leaf Chunin looked around the field and said, "Now, you are not naive to think that the Chunin Exam is just a promotion test, right?"
"People like you, if you are sent out to perform tasks in a war, and other ninjas fight bloody battles, while you hide in a safe place, waiting for the end of the battle, such people are not qualified to be Konoha's ninja!"
The three people who were eliminated were clearly unconvinced. However, they did not have the chance to defend themselves. Three figures appeared behind them and brought them out of the tower.
This unforeseen event caused everyone's expressions to be filled with shock.
However, what awaits them next is the last round of the Chunin Exam, the individual battle!
Seven teams with a total of 21 people would draw lots to determine their opponents.
There would be a total of ten groups of people fighting, and the extra person would be directly … eliminated.
Lin stared blankly at the number in her hand. At this moment, a girl with black curly hair and beautiful ruby-like eyes caught sight of the number in her hand. She looked over and chuckled.
"Hello, my name is Sunset Red. I'm your next opponent."
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