A foreigner's journey

Huh...huh...huh...

The little figure was flying through the trees, completely ignoring the tree branches that would tear open the cheeks and clothes, and the red hair was flying in the wind.

Her name is Xiang Rin, one of the genin sent by the Grass Ninja Village to take part in the Chunin Selection Examination.

She is said to be a competing genin, but in fact she is just a 'rejuvenation potion' for the genin of her fellow ninja village, because she is not a ninja born and raised in the village, but an outsider who joined midway.

Xiang Rin is a member of the Uzumaki clan from the Kingdom of Uzumaki, and to put it bluntly, he is a refugee.

During the war in the past, the Kingdom of Whirlpool was feared by other ninja powers because of its unique powerful vitality and sealing techniques. In the end, a group of people attacked and completely destroyed the Kingdom of Whirlpool. The few remaining Uzumaki clans also hid incognito.

Xianglin was brought to the Grass Ninja Village by her mother. At first she thought she had found a village where she could live safely, but she soon discovered that she was wrong.

The reason why the Grass Ninja Village accepted the mother and daughter was because of the unique ability of the Uzumaki clan. Just by biting the skin of the Uzumaki clan, you can recover your own injuries by absorbing the opponent's chakra. This is a power that is urgently needed in the Kusakunin village where medical ninjas are rare.

Although their lives were poor at first, Xianglin was not harmed due to her mother's protection. This great mother took all the harm on herself. Xianglin witnessed her mother being bitten and bruised by countless injured ninjas day after day, leaving almost no intact skin on her body. And all she could do was huddle in the corner and tremble secretly, waiting until the ninja masters left for a short period of time before she could run to her mother and try her best to take care of and comfort her.

However, due to a military campaign launched by Kusunin Village without authorization against another country, the ninjas of Kusunin Village were severely injured. Xianglin's mother was bitten to death by countless ninjas of Kusunin Village as a "military medicine".

When the ninja troops returned, Xianglin did not see her mother's familiar smiling face, but a corpse that had been chewed horribly.

Without even leaving time for the girl to cry sadly, the Grass Ninja Village unilaterally announced that Xiang Lin would take over her mother's position and become a new 'indispensable' part of the Grass Ninja Village.

Gradually, the girl also developed a large number of bite scars on her body. These bite marks are so deep that even the Uzumaki clan's physique cannot be restored, and the remaining scars seem to tell the girl's growing despair.

This time, the Grass Ninja Village only sent six genin to take part in the Chunin Selection Examination, and five of them were future stars that the Grass Ninja Village had high hopes for. Unlike superpowers like Konohagakure or Sunagakure, the Chuunin are the mainstay of small and medium-sized ninja villages like Kusanagi. Each additional chuunin means that the grass ninja village can take on more tasks and earn more money, and the strength of the ninja village can also be further improved.

Therefore, in order to assist the two most outstanding genin among the five genin to successfully advance to chunin, the leader of Kusanagi Village even released Xiang Rin to serve as a 'blood replenisher' for these two genin. When necessary, incense can also be used as discarded objects and tools.

The second test of the Chunin Selection Examination was held in the Forest of Death. The test content required Genin to be in groups of three, and then 12 Sky Scrolls and 12 Earth Scrolls were randomly assigned to the 24 groups of Genin who passed the first selection. Only those who successfully obtain the Scroll of Heaven and Earth and reach their destination through the Forest of Death within five days will be considered as passing the second selection.

What will be tested in this game is the [Team Combat Ability], [Old Survival Ability] and [Reconnaissance and Counter-Reconnaissance Ability] of the genin.

In the first assessment of Cao Ninja Village, one group was wiped out, leaving only the group that Xiang Lin belonged to. Two of the genin were usually provided with the best resources by the village because of their outstanding talents. They were considered pampered. How could they adapt to such a harsh environment as the Death Forest, not to mention that there were genin combinations from other villages eyeing them.

On the first day after entering the Death Forest, the two genin were separated from Xiang Rin in a sudden encounter.

Xiang Rin has never been taught any ninjutsu or taijutsu genjutsu by the Grass Ninja Village. Without the two genin of the Grass Ninja Village, it is unknown whether Xiang Rin's little arms and legs can survive the night.

Huh...huh...huh...

Xianglin gasped violently and ran forward desperately, but the heavy and huge footsteps behind her got closer and closer.

Finally, she slipped and fell heavily on the moss-covered ground, and the glasses on her nose flew off. Just as she was about to get up despite the pain, she suddenly heard a fierce growl from behind her, and her whole body froze.

A five-meter-tall giant bear slowly approached, drooling, and the heavy footsteps just now came from it. It looked at Xianglin with greedy eyes, and it seemed that it could have a full meal tonight.

"Who...can anyone come...save me..."

Xianglin trembled and huddled in place, holding the kunai in vain and pointing it at the giant bear. Her vision was blurry after losing her glasses. Was she going to be eaten by this big guy in such a blurry world? Mom... Xianglin is coming to see you.

Roar! The giant bear could no longer hold back its hunger, roaring and lunging towards Xianglin.

Xianglin was so scared that she closed her eyes tightly.

But at this moment, a loud shout suddenly came from above——

"You stupid bear, get out of here!!"

Xianglin opened her eyes suddenly and saw a golden figure leaping out from the towering trees above her head, hitting the giant bear hard in the face.

Blood and broken teeth were flying all over the sky. The giant bear with such a huge physique was blasted into the air by this small golden figure. It fell six or seven meters away before falling heavily to the ground and rolled several times, hitting the surrounding area. A large piece of the tree was broken and dust was flying.

Yes, who is it? Xianglin hurriedly groped around her and finally found her glasses after patting them for a few times.

After putting on the glasses, Xianglin could clearly see the specific appearance of the golden figure who saved her.

This is a young ninja who is not much taller than himself. He wears a forehead protector from the Leaf Village. He has blond hair like a hedgehog. He has three beards on both sides of his handsome face. He wears a dark blue-based suit with orange as the supplement. clothes and a white jacket.

He stood on the giant bear that collapsed on the ground and fell into coma, looking down at Xianglin, the smile on his face was as bright as the sun: "Oh! I didn't expect that you could save a girl when you came out to fetch water. Which ninja village are you from? of?"

"I-I'm...from the Grass Ninja Village..." Xianglin whispered timidly. So strong and handsome, he must be the most noteworthy genin in Konoha Village this year, right? Compared with the person in front of him, he was like a weed on the roadside, not worth mentioning.

Snap. The blond boy fell in front of Xiang Lin neatly, squatted down and looked at Xiang Lin with his head tilted. The latter became more and more frightened, but did not dare to run away or look at the blond boy. He is from the Leaf Village. Is he planning to kill me to seize the Earth Scroll? It doesn't matter, rather than being bitten to death by those guys from the Grass Ninja Village, it would be better to die in his hands. Anyway, he saved his life just now...

"Your red hair is so beautiful."

The young man's words suddenly interrupted Xianglin's random thoughts. My red hair is...beautiful? For a moment, Xianglin wanted to cry.

She and her mother's red hair have always been disliked by everyone in the Grass Ninja Village, thinking it was 'disgusting' and 'weird'. This super powerful Konoha Village ninja said that my red hair was... beautiful?

"Don't worry, we won't steal your land scroll. It's not because you are beautiful, but because we also have land scrolls here."

The blond boy squatted in front of the red-haired girl and stretched out his hand with a smile:

"My name is Naruto, please give me your advice."

"My, my name is Xianglin." The girl was lost in Naruto's smile for a moment, and in a daze, she held Naruto's hand.

The blond boy and the red-haired girl,

Met here.