Escape From Konoha

The train stopped at the platform.

After the door of the carriage opened, the candidates taking the third exam walked out of the carriage one after another.

The day-long journey is finally over. Although there are comfortable lounges on the train and even a lot of food is well-equipped, many people still feel uncomfortable being in a small environment all the time.

The reason is that as ninjas, they have long been accustomed to sleeping in the open air, and if they are suddenly placed in a comfortable environment, they will instinctively feel uncomfortable.

Walking out of the carriage, Yiji started to count the number of people, and found that there was no one missing, so she said: "Follow me next, and remember not to fall behind. If you accidentally lose it, it will be very troublesome to find it."

With that said, she led the way and started to leave from the safe passage.

Because we had already greeted them here in advance, no one else used this exit except their group.

Walking outside unobstructed, the noisy sounds reached my ears. The scene of huge crowds of people in front of me shocked those who came to the Kingdom of Ghosts for the first time.

"A lot of people!"

Although the Ninja Village is large in scale and has entertainment areas such as commercial streets, no matter how large the Ninja Village is, it will inevitably be at a disadvantage when compared with the capital of a country.

As for the ninja village in a small country, it goes without saying. There may not even be a commercial street, just a small military base, and it can be declared as a ninja village.

What's more, what they are now coming to is Ziyuan City, the most complete and advanced industrialization in the ninja world, known as the capital of commerce.

As the integrated center of culture, politics, commerce, military and other fields in the Kingdom of Ghosts, the scale of Ziyuan City has undergone many adjustments and expansions in the past ten years.

In order to facilitate constant expansion, the outermost protective wall was also removed.

Although it is called the capital of commerce, commerce is only one of the developed fields.

Even so, with this gimmick, countless businessmen come here every year, which has brought about the development of various industries, making travelers from abroad come in an endless stream.

Therefore, the candidates from all over the world who just came out of the passage, except for the local candidates in the ghost country who are used to the environment here, were all surprised.

Especially Tos and others who were born in Yinyin Village, Ninja Village, a small country, feel the gap between a small country and a big country.

In contrast, Yinyin Village, which doesn't even have a so-called commercial street, is just a small village with a hasty structure.

There are no ordinary residents inside, nor any entertainment facilities. Except for the training ground, which is the experimental base, or the cells where the experimental subjects are held... the overall atmosphere is very depressing.

Thinking of this, the three of Toss were a little autistic.

However, the three of them quickly cheered up, and the country was developed... It cannot fully represent the strength of ninjas.

They are the elites selected from hundreds of Otogakure genin. In terms of strength, they are not inferior to the ninjas of the great powers. They will definitely be able to defeat all the enemies in this game and let the Lord invest more in them. look.

This is the only way for them, as adopted orphans, to repay.

"It's really great here, are we going to live here next?"

Seeing such a bustling city, Naruto couldn't wait to shout.

Although the others also expressed their intention, they would restrain themselves at least, unlike Naruto who was always releasing his nature anytime and anywhere, as if he didn't know what politeness meant.

"Be quiet. I know this place is very attractive, but don't forget the purpose of your coming here. The village did not arrange for you to come here to give you a tour, Naruto."

Kakashi held Naruto down and lectured him helplessly.

"What does it matter? After all, they have been nervous for so many days. It's not a bad thing to let them relax."

Asma who came with him lit a cigarette and put it in his mouth, smiled and said.

"You are really big-hearted, Asuma."

"Even ninjas need to relax sometimes and can't be stressed all the time."

"I mean, Kakashi-sensei, you have no idea how hard we worked before."

Kakashi shrugged Naruto's accusation and didn't take it seriously.

Soon, a large passenger bus stopped in front of the square.

This is undoubtedly a relatively new thing for people who don’t know the situation in the Kingdom of Ghosts.

Under Yi Ji's arrangement, everyone boarded the bus in an orderly manner and headed towards the center of Ziyuan City.

Naruto and the others were dazzled by the high-rise buildings along the way. Movie trailers were displayed on huge billboards, attracting the attention of passers-by.

Although Muye Village also has a movie theater, compared with the one here, it is beaten to the ground from the outside.

About half an hour later, the bus finally arrived at its destination.

It is a relatively good hot spring hotel.

As the organizer, it is natural to be responsible for the board and lodging of the candidates. In addition to the problem of board and lodging, if candidates have other needs, they can only pay for it out of their own pockets. If you don't want to eat free food in the hotel, or don't want to live in a free hotel, you can also pay for it at your own expense.

After Yiji assigned the rooms, she did not let the candidates move around freely. Instead, she gathered them in a hall on the second floor and said in a calm tone: "Before moving around freely, there is one thing I want you to know. That is Regarding the third Open, there will be some changes."

"Change? We haven't heard about this."

Temari said with a frown.

Yi Ji replied with the same tone: "That's because the superiors feel that thirty candidates participating in the open competition are too many. Therefore, in order to reduce the unnecessary load, the superiors decided to hold an open competition before the official open competition. A one-on-one elimination qualifier will eventually determine fifteen people to participate in the third official open competition.”

"What?"

The candidates were all surprised, even Feiniao and others were surprised, they only knew about this.

"Why do you think there are too many people? If so, extending the time is the safest way, right?"

Even Shikamaru felt a little dissatisfied.

After finally passing the first and second exams, he now had to go through the so-called preliminaries before taking the third exam. This made many genin candidates, including him, feel depressed.

"You have also heard that during the official competition, there will be big names from various countries in the ninja world coming to visit...the time of those people is very precious, so there will be a time limit for the official open competition. If thirty people participate together, It’s likely to be redundant.”

Yi Ji said without changing her tone.

Even the Jonin who followed him frowned slightly.

"why is it like this?"

Candidates complained endlessly.

Naruto said nonchalantly: "In other words, as long as you win one more game, you can take the third exam, right?"

No one could deny Naruto's words.

It's just that not everyone has his courage and confidence.

"Kakashi, your student is very good."

Metkai patted Kakashi on the shoulder, approving of Naruto's confidence.

No matter what, the ninja just needs to face the difficulties.

Instead of complaining here and bargaining with Kazuki, a jounin, it is better to get ready as soon as possible and prepare for the next qualifying match.

"Well, this kid's brain is indeed a bit abnormal, and he doesn't like to take the ordinary path. After all, he was rated as the No. 1 ninja in unexpectedness when he was in the ninja school."

Kakashi replied calmly.

From a mental point of view, Naruto is indeed the kind of ninja who has a strong ability to withstand pressure.

No matter when, Kakashi never saw Naruto get discouraged.

Should I say he is really brave and fearless, or he is just crazy?

Although there are certain flaws in his character, this strong mentality of being fearless of all challenges is worth learning and emulating by many ninjas.

As for ability to deal with things... forget it.

Looking at Naruto's fearless and confident smile that day, Yiji also smiled and said: "Yes, as long as you win one more game, you can take the third exam. After all, the people above also feel that among you, , there are still some fish that slip through the net, so we need to kick out some weak candidates and prohibit them from taking the third exam."

The undisguised contempt made most of the candidates glare at Yiji.

It's just that due to the strength of the other jounin, no one dared to take the lead. They just kept complaining about the chuunin exam in their hearts.

"That's it. Do you have any questions now? If you still have questions, I will answer them one by one."

Yi Ji glanced at all the candidates.

You have said it so clearly, who has any objections? Many candidates complained in their hearts.

I knew it was impossible to bargain with the organizers on this matter.

If the organizers of Ghost Country dare to do this, they must have negotiated with the villages behind them in advance.

Their opinions don't matter at all.

"Since you have no other opinions, let me announce the time of the qualifiers. The time of the qualifiers is set at nine o'clock tomorrow morning. Then all of you will gather in the lobby of this hotel. I will meet at eight o'clock Arrive here and take you to the venue. The venue is the venue for the official competition, and the rules are also the rules adopted for the official competition. It can be said that this qualifier can allow you to adapt to the battle rhythm of the open competition in advance. "

After listening to Yiji's narration, the candidates had no choice but to nod in agreement.

They originally wanted to relax for a few days and prepare for the third exam, but now all their arrangements and rhythms have been disrupted.

If you fail to pass the preliminaries, you will be disqualified from taking the third exam.

"In other words, you still can't kill your opponent in the qualifiers, right?"

Gaara, who had been silent all this time, asked with cold words.

Yi Ji nodded and said with a smile: "This is forbidden. However, in addition to killing the opponent, you can torture the opponent in any way you want, as long as you don't die."

For some reason, everyone felt a very terrifying evil aura from Gaara's body, and bloodthirsty colors flowed from their eyes.

The unspoken meaning is that as long as the opponent is not killed, it is okay even if the opponent is crippled and tortured until his last breath is left.

Yiji's words seemed to encourage all candidates to do the same.

Although most genin candidates don't like killing, there are genin candidates like Gaara who like to kill their enemies.

Moreover, the proportion of candidates who like to torture and kill the enemy is not small.

"Then, I wish you have a good sleep tonight. The front desk here will help you arrange the trivial matters in life. After passing the preliminaries, you can roam here as you like for a few days."

After speaking, Yiji turned and left the hall, giving time to the examinees.

Whether it is to recharge your batteries or go out to play Ziyuan City, it has nothing to do with her.

"Let's go too."

Seeing Kazuki leaving, Asuka and the others also came out of the queue and walked towards the outside of the hotel.

Unlike candidates from other places, their home is here, so there is no need to live with candidates from other countries.

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The day passed quickly.

At eight o'clock the next morning, Kazuhime arrived as promised, followed by Asuka and other six Demon Country genin candidates.

In the lobby on the second floor of the hot spring hotel, the other candidates also gathered here in advance to form groups, distinct from each other.

All the candidates seemed to be in good spirits. It can be imagined that they went to bed very early last night, and no one wasted time to recharge their batteries.

This is related to whether they can successfully pass the qualifiers, and no one dares to be careless.

"lets go."

Seeing everyone getting ready, Yiji led everyone to the hotel door. A large bus had already parked outside.

With the whistle blowing, the large bus moved quickly towards its destination.

Although the scenery of the Ghost Country makes them linger, they all know that this is not the time to relax.

Carrying the future of themselves and the village, the only thing they can devote 100% of their energy to at this moment is the qualifiers that are about to begin.

The bus stopped in the square in front of a huge guild hall. There were few people here. Except for the staff, there were no other idle people near the place.

Enter from the main entrance of the guild hall, walk through the spacious corridor, and walk about a hundred steps before coming out of the entrance.

What appeared in front of the candidates was a huge open-air arena. Judging from the exterior decoration, it should not be newly built. Some parts had been repaired later, and there were obvious signs of repairs.

But even so, if you don't look carefully, it looks like it was newly built.

The audience seats and the competition venues are all arranged in an orderly manner.

On the competition stage, there were already more than a dozen strange figures standing there, waiting for their arrival.

Walking up the stairs on one side of the arena, he brought the candidates and the instructor jounin in front of the group. Yiji and the instructor jounin consciously walked behind the group, which made some people who didn't know why of candidates feel nervous.

The leader is a young man in a white coat who looks about 20 years old. He does not look like the person in charge here, but like a medical staff in a hospital or a staff member in a research institution. .

He looked at the thirty candidates in front of him. Some of them were familiar or unfamiliar faces. They were all printed in his mind. After observing them for a moment, he said in an unhurried tone: "Hello, everyone from all over the world." Outstanding candidates. My name is Chiba Shiraishi, and I am the Minister of Military Affairs of the Kingdom of Demons. On behalf of the entire military, I would like to extend a warm welcome to you. I am sorry to have held a sudden qualifier for you, but it is Personally speaking, the content of the first two exams is too simple, which may make some candidates think they can pass by chance. In addition, the third exam has a strict time limit, which is the main reason for holding this qualifying competition."

To put it simply, there is a time limit for the third exam, and we also want to eliminate those lucky people who passed the second exam by luck.

Although this was explained by Yi Ji yesterday, most of the candidates still had complaints in their hearts.

After passing the second exam, they all went to the Kingdom of Ghosts to take the third exam with a relaxed and happy attitude.

But who knew that there would be such a one-on-one qualifying match, cutting off half of the thirty people, leaving fifteen people to participate in the official open competition.

If this were not the case, there would be no need for them to fight each other at this time and they could all take part in the third exam.

"If you underestimate our strength, just say it directly. There is no need to beat around the bush here. We will let you know the strength of Sunagakure."

Regarding Shiraishi's hypocritical words, Kankuro snorted coldly, his attitude seemed very arrogant.

Although his words are a bit unpleasant, they are actually the inner words of most candidates.

No matter what, being looked down upon always makes you feel uncomfortable.

Shiraishi glanced at Kankuro and recognized that this was the eldest son of the fourth generation Kazekage Rasa. He did not criticize this young man who spoke enthusiastically, but said in a calm tone: "If this is the case, I look forward to your future as a Sunagakure ninja." Performance. But again, any method can be used except killing the opponent. When someone's life is in danger, the examiner will stop it. After all, this is also to maintain the 'friendship' between ninjas from various countries."

"Then what happens if there is a situation where the examiner has no time to stop it? The 'friendship' will be destroyed in an instant."

Although this sentence is a bit difficult, the situation Kankuro said may also happen.

Shiraishi was still not angry, and it was impossible for him not to consider this situation.

After all, among the candidates of this class, there are some that even jonins would find a bit tricky.

"Don't worry, there will be no candidates in the situation you mentioned. The examiner is the general person in charge, but the off-site support personnel are multiple Jonin. Unless one of you is stronger than a few Jonin join forces."

After a pause, Shiraishi saw that the candidates had no doubts, and then spoke again: "There are still about ten minutes until the start of the preliminaries. Before that, I would like to ask if any of you feel unwell. Or what about those who don’t want to participate in the qualifiers and just give up? If not, then they will start preparing for the qualifiers, and if they want to withdraw by then, it will be too late.”

"What kind of stupid question are you asking? How can anyone be so stupid as to give up the exam after finally getting here?"

Shiraishi's question caused Naruto to laugh loudly.

The rest of the people had similar thoughts.

Abandon the exam? How could such an idiot exist?

Shiraishi ignored Naruto's ridicule and just stared at the candidates in front of him.

Not long after, while the others were secretly laughing in their hearts, two voices rang out in unison:

"I chose to give up the exam."

There was a sudden silence on the field.

Naruto's ridicule suddenly froze on his face, and he turned his head in surprise and looked at the two candidates who chose to abandon the exam.

"Kabuto...Kabuto-senpai?"

One of the candidates who abandoned the exam was Kabuto.

He smiled apologetically at Naruto and said: "Sorry, Naruto, after the second exam, my injury was actually very serious. The medical ninja from Sunagakure Village also suggested that I focus on recuperation. I thought about it carefully. I think it’s better to give up on this year’s Chuunin Exam and wait until next year.”

As he spoke, he coughed with a pale face, giving people a frail look, which made many people frown secretly.

"Are you Kabuto the Yakushi of Konoha Ninja Village?"

Shiraishi checked the candidate information in his hand.

"Yes."

Kabuto looked at Shiraishi and smiled.

Shiraishi also looked at Kabuto, seeming to be observing something.

The color of the soul is very good, and his strength is at least at the captain level of the dark part of Konoha. If he takes the test, he is undoubtedly the strongest. Shiraishi judged this instantly.

Byakugan and perception ninjutsu can see the amount of chakra in the human body, but if you encounter ninjas who can hide their own chakra, it is easy to misjudge their strength.

Dou obviously has the ability to hide his chakra.

And this is also the basic skill of a good spy.

Yakushi Nonoyu also has this ability. He can hide most of his chakra anytime and anywhere so that others cannot detect it, so that he can easily sneak into various ninja villages and steal confidential information.

However, this kind of disguise is useless in front of Baishi who can penetrate the essence of the soul.

After lingering on Kabuto's face for a few seconds, Shiraishi turned his head and looked at the other candidate who had abandoned the exam.

She is a pretty-looking girl with braids, about twelve or thirteen years old, wearing a ninja forehead protector from the Kingdom of Ghosts on her forehead.

"Are you going to give up the exam too, Hanami Haruka?"

"Yes, Master Shiraishi, I am a medical ninja and I am not very good at fighting alone."

Hanajianyao replied neither humble nor arrogantly.

Shiraishi scanned Hanami Haruka's information and saw the blood inheritance limit item.

The other party's growth path is relatively unique. Abandoning all combat abilities and specializing in medical-type blood inheritance limited abilities, he can carry out medical work to multiple people remotely. It's just that because it's not fully developed, it's still unable to exert its capabilities as a blood successor.

Although he has just graduated from ninja school, he is already a middle-level member of the military medical unit with his excellent medical skills. One of the senior medical ninja candidates and the youngest medical army senior medical ninja candidate.

With her ability, it's really not suitable for one-on-one battles.

No matter how reliable the medical ability is, it needs the cooperation of people to exert its power.

Shiraishi nodded, then glanced at others and asked: "Besides the two of them, are there anyone else who wants to give up the exam? If not, then get ready to start the preliminaries."

There was no response. Seeing this, Baishi knew that no one else wanted to give up the exam.

"I'll ask you to host the next qualifier, Onijima Shinobu."

After Shiraishi finished speaking, a man in his thirties with a resolute temperament and short black hair walked out of the team. He was the 'Onigashima Ninja' in Shiraishi's mouth.

"Yes." He faced all the candidates and said, "I am Onigashima, a Jonin from the land of ghosts. I am the examiner of the third exam, and I am also the examiner of this preliminary round."

He has a very strong figure, maybe more than two meters tall, and just standing there gives people a strong sense of oppression, like a wild orangutan.

"The way the qualifiers decide the opponent...is this."

Onijima Shinobu pointed to the huge electronic screen hanging high in front of the arena.

"This electronic screen will display the names of the candidates who will compete in each round. The candidates selected are random and there is no possibility of fraud. Without further ado, time is limited. Let's start the first round now."

As soon as Onijima Shinobi's words fell, the controller at the bottom of the electronic screen nodded and pressed the button.

The candidates' names flashed across the electronic screen instantly, and the sound beeped.

Some candidates swallowed. The electronic screen was like a list of people preparing to be tortured, making them a little uneasy.

Soon, the names on the electronic screen were fixed, and the names of the two candidates who were about to face off appeared——

Tenten (Konoha) VS Hisashi Yamazaki (Ghost)

"Tch, am I the first? What a bad luck."

Seeing his name appear on the electronic screen, Oni no Kuni Shinobi named Yamazaki Hisashi walked out of his team with a face full of reluctance.

Judging from his height, he is about thirteen or fourteen years old. He wears a ninja forehead protector on his forehead. However, the ninja forehead protector does not face the front, but is placed to the left, giving him a unique style.