Time passed in a hurry, and the third round of the Chunin Exam came.
A group of people stood in the spacious hall, looking ahead.
They saw Jonin and Chunin standing in front of them. Kakashi, Kurenai, Anko, and the others were all present.
In the middle was the Third Hokage, who looked around at the crowd with a dignified expression and said.
"Before the third exam begins, I want to explain to everyone the real purpose of this exam."
The Third Hokage, who took a puff of his cigarette, said in a calm tone.
"To increase the friendship between alliances and strengthen the practice of ninjas, these are secondary. The real purpose is the epitome of the battle between countries. Therefore, this exam is a fight between ninjas, and there will be many guests and daimyo who will come to watch this competition. Strength is related to the number of entrusted tasks, and at the same time, we will use our strength to exert power over neighboring countries, showing the strength of our country. This is the most fundamental part of the Chunin Exam."
After saying this, the Third Hokage looked around at the crowd. Everyone's expression was silent, as if they understood the seriousness of the problem, and it wasn't as simple as they thought.
Naruto didn't listen to what the Third Hokage said at all. Anyway, it's none of his business. He was now looking around to see if there were any acquaintances. After a few glances, he found that Gaara wasn't dead, and his injuries were all healed, which was really surprising.
Although he was surprised, seeing Gaara's good appearance, Naruto smiled slightly. Since he's good, it means that he has the energy to fight with him. Fighting is a very cool thing.
After looking at Gaara a few times, Naruto couldn't help but find a few pairs of eyes quietly watching him, but when he glanced over, those eyes immediately left.
After looking around a few times, Naruto found that Tian Tian's expression was very strange, looking at him with an angry look. When he looked at Tian Tian's eyes, he saw Tian Tian snorting coldly and turning her head away.
Naruto was a little puzzled. He remembered that he didn't provoke this girl. Why is she so angry? But it's none of his business.
Naruto turned around and looked at Kurenai, who had a serious expression on her face. He couldn't help but smile and wave at her as if he were greeting her.
Seeing Naruto's amused expression, Kurenai Hong giggled. She covered her mouth with the back of her hand and smiled sweetly.
Naruto smiled, he originally wanted to tease Naruto, but he didn't expect the Third Hokage to stare at him.
Naruto directly ignored him and made a face at the 3rd Hokage. The 3rd Hokage was stunned and almost dropped the pipe in his mouth.
On the other hand, Kurenai Red almost burst into laughter.
The Third Hokage shook his head helplessly. He used to be able to say a few words, but now that he knew Naruto's strength, he didn't dare to say anything. With Naruto's current strength, it's good for the village to keep him here.
The Third Hokage cleared his throat and looked at the crowd again.
"Well, that's all I have to say. For your honor and the village's prestige, please fight with your life."
After he finished speaking, the crowd was very excited.
Just as the crowd was excited, a figure flashed beside the Third Hokage and knelt on one knee and said.
"Sandaime Hokage-sama, let's leave the rest to the referee, Hayate Tsukuzei."
The Third Hokage looked at the person in front of him calmly and said.
"Then I'll leave it to you."
After saying that, he walked to the side. Gallop Lunar Pass raised his head. The most unique thing about him was his face. It was like a dead man's face, as if he was already dead.
Hayate Tsukuzei stood in the center, looking at the crowd with his dead eyes and said slowly.
"Because there are a lot of people left, we have to do a qualifier for the third exam. Only those who win will have the opportunity to enter the third exam."
After saying that, he couldn't help but cough twice as if he was in poor health.
"If there is anyone who is not in good health, please explain in advance, and you can withdraw from this qualifier."
Hayate Tsukuzei paused and looked at the more than 20 people in front of him. Kabuto raised his hand and said.
"Examiner, I'm not feeling well, I withdraw."
Hayate Tsukuzei looked down at the form in his hand and nodded.
"I remember you are Kabuto of Konoha, you can leave now."
Kabuto turned his head and walked away. He wasn't going to take the Chunin Exam, he was just collecting information.
Yakushi, who was walking back, turned his head and glanced at Naruto with hatred in his eyes.
When Naruto heard this name, he couldn't help but turn his head and look at him. He frowned slightly. He didn't notice Kabuto at first, but now he noticed. It seems that this guy is quite strong, he even pretended to be dead.
And he even deceived his eyes.
Naruto looked at him a few times and immediately turned his head and looked forward. He wasn't afraid of Orochimaru, so why would he be afraid of Kabuto?
As for Medicine Master Dou, he left without looking back.
Seeing that Kabuto left, Hayate Tsukuzei coughed a few times and asked several times if anyone wanted to withdraw. No one left.
No one left. Hayate Tsukuzei continued with his dead face.
"Well, there are not many things to pay attention to in the battle, but in order to ensure the number of dead bodies, I will stop them at the critical moment, and the selection of candidates will be one against one."
After saying that, he turned his head and looked at Anko behind him. Anko nodded, turned around, looked at the back, and said with the microphone next to her mouth.
"Okay, you can open it now."
A wooden board on the back wall slowly moved up, and an electronic display appeared.
It has to be said that some of Konoha's things are very high-end. Even Naruto couldn't help but look at the high-end display in front of him.
Looking at the electronic display behind her, Red Bean began to explain its function. To put it simply, the candidates for the battle would be announced on the screen, and the participants would be random. However, it would always be a member of one group fighting against another group.
The first two people to appear were Sasuke and Kabuto, a masked man with a red copper armor.
Glancing at Sasuke behind him, Naruto said with a smile.
"Sasuke, it seems that your opponent is here, be careful not to die."
Sasuke glared at Naruto and walked forward.