The King of Shadows

Chapter 80 Sweep
Konoha No. 44 practice field, the central tower.

"How does it feel? Does the curse mark still hurt?"

On the top floor, a three-generation old man dressed in Hokage costumes had his hands behind his back, smoking a pipe as usual, and his cloudy eyes fell on Hongdou.

"Three days have passed, and the pain is gone..."

Hongdou shook her head, but couldn't help touching the curse seal with her right hand: "Thank you for your concern."

The Chunin examiner standing aside suddenly said: "Speaking of which, Orochimaru is one of the three ninjas in the legend of Konoha! Even Anbu dare not touch him, and he is listed as a defected ninja in the S-rank wanted handbook." .”

Another person interjected: "But didn't it mean that he was dead...how could he appear here again?"

Hong Dou pondered for a while, then said uncertainly, "Maybe it's because of that Uchiha descendant."

Third Hokage's eyes sank, and after a while, he took off his pipe and shook his head, "Let's not talk about him... but how is that little guy doing? I heard he hasn't passed the exam yet, this is the third day... "

The Chunin examiners looked at each other, apparently not knowing who their Hokage-sama was talking about, and finally, Hongdou shrugged and said, "You mean Xue Shenyue, right... He... is still raiding the 44th practice field..."

As soon as this remark came out, several people around immediately showed strange expressions.

The Third Hokage glanced at the expressions of the examiners, and asked curiously, "Did something happen?"

Hongdou shook her head, said with a light smile, "Xue Shenyue gathered the nine newcomers together, and then sniped all the other surviving teams."

"Ok?"

The Third Hokage smiled, put the pipe into his mouth again, and said with great interest: "It's interesting, how did he do it?"

Hong Dou picked up a bunch of meatballs from the side and put them into the mouth, and said hesitantly: "Well... Speaking of which, the newcomers in this class are very strong, although they couldn't see it at all before, but once they were gathered together by Xue Shenyue, they actually performed so well. I didn't expect such a powerful strength at all..."

She dropped the wooden stick casually, took another sip of red bean soup, let out a sigh of relief, and continued: "Uchiha Sasuke, Uzumaki Naruto, and Akimichi Choji are on the offensive, and Hinata Hinata and Inuzuka are on the reconnaissance. Ino Yamanaka is in control, Sakura Haruno is in support...the most important thing is Shikamaru Nara, he is simply a born military strategist..."

Hongdou's eyes showed extreme admiration: "Therefore, almost no team in the entire practice field can resist them. Longren Village, Yuren Village, Caoren Village all lost, and only the Yaoshidou group was given up by themselves."

A Chunin suddenly interjected: "Speaking of which, only the Xueshenyue didn't play any role, I just saw him eating and sleeping..."

"Innocent!"

Hongdou scolded slightly, and smiled softly: "The most important thing is him!"

"what?"

Several Chunin touched their heads and looked at each other, apparently not knowing why, after all, they could clearly see Xue Shenyue's performance following Hongdou. In the past three days, he really followed the other eight people leisurely, except for eating and sleeping. , have never done anything, how can it be called the most important...

Third Hokage exhaled a puff of smoke, his eyes revealed a thoughtful look, and he said lightly, "Tell me."

Hongdou's eyes suddenly changed, and his voice was slightly amazed: "This little guy is the link that connects everyone. The younger Ikabuta and the three of them seem to have a very good relationship with him, and Sasuke and Naruto have a very good relationship with him. Although the relationship is not very good, I don't know why they don't resist his words, so the bond between these three classes is almost tied to him. If there is no one of them, these people will fall apart in an instant. Not to mention sincere cooperation."

Several Chunin examiners recalled it, only to find that the facts were exactly what Hongdou said. For example, Naruto and Sasuke didn’t listen to Shikamaru’s command at first. Later, there were several conflicts, and he resolved them silently...

It turned out that even though Xue Shenyue didn't take action, she had already done so many things in secret!

The Third Hokage walked slowly to the window, looking at the boundless forest, with a look of relief in his eyes, this little guy did not disappoint himself, he understands the importance of connections, and he is a natural leader...

squeak.

At this moment, a Zhongnin examiner came in and solemnly reported: "Nine newcomers have just arrived at the tower... After confirmation, the rest of the team has been wiped out, so there are 15 people who passed the second exam. Shinobi exam rules, the third exam will hold a preliminary selection that hasn't been done in five years..."

Hearing the words, the Third Hokage turned around, nodded and said, "The exam will continue, but... we must pay close attention to the movement of Orochimaru."

Everyone immediately stood up and said solemnly at the same time: "Yes!"

The Third Hokage walked towards the wooden door, with anticipation in his eyes: "Let's meet these little guys together..."

...

The bottom of the tower.

In the empty hall, Iruka sat at the table and said to everyone: "First of all, you have to hand in the Book of Heaven and the Book of Earth in groups to confirm the quota for passing the second exam."

The five teams that were originally operating independently focused their attention on this side at this moment.

Hyuga Ningji took two steps forward, handed the two scrolls to Iruka, then turned to Xue Shenyue, and said indifferently: "Speaking of which, you are really too slow this time, which is disappointing... If you With just this level of strength, you are not qualified to challenge me."

Ino, Sakura and other people who cared about Xue Shenyue immediately became angry when they heard the words, and even Hinata pouted quietly...

Tian Tian, ​​who was following beside him, stroked the tip of his hair, and said complacently: "After all, not everyone has our strength."

"whispering sound."

Kankuro from behind came up, handed over two scrolls casually, and said contemptuously: "The guy who took us twice as long dares to boast."

On the contrary, Gaara glanced at Xue Shenyue faintly from behind, did he think too highly of him... It took three days to get here... This is really bad enough.

However, although many of the nine newcomers here showed anger, none of them spoke. Instead, they looked at each other with slightly weird expressions.

Iruka looked at them, and said inexplicably: "Naruto, where is your scroll? Take it here..."

"Oh."

Naruto responded with a grin, and walked up with a smile and put the two scrolls on the table.

Iruka smiled gratifiedly, and praised: "Not bad...you have passed the second exam, and you have to work harder...uh..."

When he encouraged Naruto, Sakura walked up with a smile on his face, and also put down two scrolls.

Iruka's eyes lit up immediately: "Hey...your team defeated three teams, it's amazing!"

Before anyone else could react from the news, Sasuke came up with his left hand in his trouser pocket, and dropped two scrolls casually.

Iruka's face froze, and he didn't know how to react at all...

Even Neiji Hinata and Gaara frowned and looked at it. They can beat five teams. This team is very strong!Could it be that they were underestimated before, and this is the strongest group among the rookies...

However, what surprised them even more was yet to come...

I saw Shikamaru Ino Choji and Hinata Kazuya walking up silently, each dropping two scrolls.

Iruka's face twitched slightly, but sixteen scrolls have already been taken out, are these little guys really newcomers?
Just when he thought this was the last scroll, the young man's clear voice suddenly echoed throughout the hall:

"That... Iruka-sensei, I have a few more here..."
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This kind of feeling of throwing a scroll and slapping your face is not bad...I never thought that Shikamaru would have such a bad taste occasionally...——Yue Shenyue——
(End of this chapter)