After talking with the Japanese team, Sakura returned to the qualifiers.

At this time, she realized that the match between Choji and Toss was over and the draw was about to begin.

Before Sakura greeted her, Naruto ran up to her with great interest:

"Sakura, Sakura!

You are finally back. I told you that the thick-browed boy was just like what you said, carrying a weight all the time!

I was scared by the "boom" at that time.

Then he rushed up with a "swish"..."

Listening to Naruto's Konohamaru-level description, Sakura felt that her head was about to explode:

"In short, Lee was very powerful but still lost, right?"

Sakura patted Naruto's shoulder, and then looked at Sasuke with an inquiring look.

"Well, then Choji lost to that Sound Ninja."

Sasuke explained to Sakura.

"Where is Lee?"

"He was sent to the Konoha Hospital. It seems that he activated some kind of forbidden technique, and the side effects are very serious."

Sakura nodded after hearing what Sasuke said.

Since Sasuke didn't mention Xiao Li's hand and feet, it means that what he said to Akai worked. It should be Akai who saved Xiao Li.

"Ahem, I declare that the preliminaries of the third exam are officially over. Now please gather on the field for the winners."

Moonlight Gale weakly called the candidates on the second floor to come down.

All the candidates, including Sakura, also came to the field and stood still.

At this time, not only Moonlight Gale, but also the examiners of the first two exams, Ibiki and Red Bean, stood in front of them.

And on the higher platform behind them, the third generation Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen had arrived at some point.

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at the Genin who passed the preliminaries this time and was very satisfied.

Konoha has a maximum of 6 people, and three people from Sand Village, which is also a big ninja village, have advanced, and there is also a sound ninja who has advanced, which shows the fairness of this exam.

Gale and his team did a good job this time.

"I will explain the next exam."

Sarutobi took a sip of his pipe and spoke to the ten candidates under the platform.

The candidates did not expect that the Hokage would come in person to explain the exam-related matters, and they could not help but sigh in their hearts that this old man was really kind.

"The third exam will start in a month, when the Kazekage and dignitaries from various countries will be present...

In other words, this month is a time for you to recuperate and adjust your countermeasures."

The candidates naturally have no objection to having time to rest.

"If there are no other questions, then you can start drawing lots. I still have a lot of official business to deal with."

Sarutobi Hiruzen stated that he had taken time out of his busy schedule to come here, and then turned around and left in Naruto's moved eyes.

Sakura: I have to say, this old guy is really good at creating a persona.

As Sarutobi Hiruzen left, Hayate took out a lottery box, and everyone stepped forward one by one to draw their own numbers.

Naruto drew "1" without hesitation.

Ningci took advantage of his Byakugan and drew "2".

Although Hinata was not injured as badly as in the anime, and there was no famous scene where Naruto declared war on Ningci, Naruto was still very unhappy with Ningci.

He had glared at Ningci a lot in the preliminaries, and it was a blessing for Naruto to fight against Ningci in the main competition.

"Damn it, why is it number 9?

Won't I have to play one more round?"

Shikamaru complained after drawing the number.

Because the number of people who passed the exam was 10, not the square of 2, the last two groups of candidates had to play an extra round after the first round, reducing the number of people in the second round to 4.

"This may be a good thing, Shikamaru, at least you didn't draw the working area."

Sakura comforted Shikamaru and then pointed at Gaara.

After Gaara drew his number, he showed it to Sakura and said sinisterly:

"Your name is Haruno Sakura, right? I really hope to meet you sooner. Your blood must be delicious!"

Sakura glanced at the "3" note in Gaara's hand, ignored his ferocious expression, and drew her own number.

"I'm number 7. If you want to play against me, you'd better work hard to enter the finals."

Sakura also showed Gaara the number on her note, and then looked at Sasuke who was holding "4":

"But it seems you have no chance, little panda."

Shikamaru was also sweating when he saw the grouping

, except for Naruto, the other players in the upper half are troublesome guys, so it seems that his luck is not too bad.

As everyone finished drawing lots, the battle list came out:

Uzumaki Naruto VS Hyuga Neji

Gaara VS Uchiha Sasuke

Kankuro VS Aburame Shino

Haruno Sakura VS Toss Anvil

Nara Shikamaru VS Temari

Compared with the fiercely competitive upper half, although there are two more people in the lower half, there are indeed more misfits.

"Haruno Sakura, my shoulder is still aching now, wash my neck and wait for me."

Gaara saw that the four people in Team 7 wanted to leave, so he declared war on Sakura.

"Oh?

Then you have to work harder. After all, the purpose of absolute defense is to be cracked."

Sakura turned around and gave Gaara an ambiguous smirk, then closed her eyes and gestured with her index finger and thumb towards Gaara, aiming and shooting:

"Bang"

As Sakura whispered softly, a stone flew from nowhere and hit Gaara directly between the eyebrows.

"Damn it, do you want to fight now!"

Temari directly protected Gaara behind her to prevent him from running away.

Sakura ignored her and left with her companions.

"Gaara, you didn't..."

But when Temari was about to turn around to comfort Gaara, the scene in front of her surprised her:

At this time, Gaara's eyes were wide open, he was breathing heavily, his hands were holding his shoulders and trembling, his face was full of disbelief and fear.

This was also the first time Temari saw Gaara like this

Gaara was actually...scared?

Temari couldn't help swallowing her saliva and looked at Kankuro:

What did Haruno Sakura do?

Gaara didn't care about his brother and sister at all. At this time, he was completely shrouded in fear:

Why, mother, have you abandoned me too?

The sand in Gaara's gourd just now didn't react at all, which means that if Sakura used ninja tools instead of pebbles, Gaara would have been killed by her.

In the Sand Village, the villagers were afraid of him, the ninjas rejected him, and even his biological father wanted to kill him. The only thing that could bring Gaara a sense of security was a piece of sand to protect him, but Sakura just told Gaara with actual actions:

His sand also has a time when it is ineffective.

Thinking that his sand had completely lost its effect in front of Sakura, Gaara could no longer use the sand to isolate himself from this ruthless world, and fell into unprecedented fear.

"Sakura, how did you do it just now?"

As the opponent of the next exam, Sasuke was very curious about Sakura's method of breaking Gaara's defense.

"Ah, you're talking about this. It's not difficult as long as you understand the principle.

Listen carefully, Sasuke. The so-called absolute defense..."

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Konoha's Sound Ninja Station

Orochimaru changed into a ninja uniform, and Kabuto Yakushi was kneeling on one knee, reporting various information to Orochimaru.

"That's all the information about the Chunin Exam for now, Lord Orochimaru."

"Hehe, stand up, Kabuto.

Is there anyone among the candidates who needs attention?"

Orochimaru looked at Kabuto Yakushi and smiled meaningfully.

Kabuto Yakushi listened to Orochimaru's words and began to recall the people he met in this exam.

"Except for our people... there is only one girl named Haruno Sakura left. She once asked me for information about the Otogakure... Now I think Toss and the others must have revealed something...

Lord Orochimaru has already contacted Team 7, has something happened?

By the way, those two explosions..."

"Kabuto, what do you think of Haruno Sakura."

Orochimaru did not answer Kabuto's question, but asked her another question.

"Her?

She has good talent and keen observation, but she is a little arrogant.

But if those two explosions are related to her, she has the strength to match her arrogant attitude."

"Oh?"

Orochimaru showed an interested expression. He didn't expect that his and Kabuto's evaluation of Sakura would be so different.

"Kabuto, tell me all your interactions with her, don't miss any details."

As Orochimaru expected, Kabuto described the story of Haruno Sakura to Orochimaru.

"Hehehe... Kabuto, it's not Sakura who's arrogant, it's you!"

Orochimaru put on a preaching look and chuckled:

"Sakura has seen your true strength from the beginning and began to doubt your identity.

Her words of contempt for all candidates were a demonstration to you, and her words of teasing you at the end were mocking your poor acting skills.

But you just treated her as an ordinary Genin and didn't take it seriously. "

"Your Excellency is right."

Although Kabuto Yakushi did not refute Orochimaru's words, he didn't agree in his heart. He didn't think that Haruno Sakura, who had no bloodline, would pose any threat to him.

Orochimaru knew what Kabuto was thinking and decided to give Kabuto Yakushi a strong medicine:

"Kabuto, Sakura-kun is smarter than me. In the Forest of Death, she forced me to use two life-saving ninjutsu;

There is such a big difference in strength, but I am so embarrassed. In a sense, I lost to her once."

"What?"

Orochimaru's words shocked Kabuto Yakushi so much that he couldn't believe his ears.

In his heart, Lord Orochimaru, who seemed to be a god, actually admitted that he lost to a Genin?

"Don't be so surprised, Kabuto.

I'm not a god either. ”

“If that’s the case, will Haruno Sakura guess our plan this time?

If she reports to the Konoha high-level officials…”

Yakushi Kabuto immediately thought of the possibility of the plan being leaked.

“Don’t worry about Sakura-kun, she’s smarter than me.

Although she can probably guess our plan this time, she can definitely see the possible impact of our plan with her vision.

As long as our plan is in her interest, Sakura-kun will definitely stand on our side.

There’s no need to do anything special, just keep everything the same.”

“Yes! "

Kabuto answered respectfully, but when he heard Orochimaru admire Sakura so much, he still felt jealous.

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"That's about it, ah--choo~~~"

After telling Sasuke how to crack Gaara's absolute defense, Sakura suddenly sneezed.

Kakashi and Sasuke were both shocked, only Naruto, limited by his IQ, didn't understand what Sakura just said.

"In that case, let's solve it today..."

Ah, I suddenly remembered something, you guys come with me. "

Kakashi, who subconsciously wanted to disband the team, suddenly remembered something important and called his students to follow him.

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