Konoha's Strongest Shadow

Shikamaru looked at the characters on the scroll curiously, and suddenly, a puff of white smoke came out.

"Boom."

Along with a very magical sound, a figure appeared in front of the three people.

It was their teacher in ninja school, Iruka.

"In the company, you passed the second exam, Shikamaru, Ino, and Choji."

Iruka raised the corners of his mouth: "I'm proud of you."

Looking across Shikamaru and the others, Iruka was even more shocked.

When Kakashi, Yuhi Kurenai and Asuma recommended genin to take the chunin exam, he strongly opposed the nine of them taking the exam.

In Iruka's opinion, they are really noobs.

Afraid that they would be in danger.

But now it seems that he was really slapped in the face.

Hinata, Kiba and Shino had already arrived, and now Shikamaru, Ino and Choji also arrived.

The only thing left was Naruto's Class [-].

This is really a bit unexpected.

"Thank you, Iruka-sensei." Ino said a little embarrassed.

In fact, in order to pass the exam, she and Choji did almost nothing. They just waited and won the whole process and watched Shikamaru pretending to be cool all the way.

"Well, Ino, Shikamaru, and Choji, you performed very well. We Chuunin are responsible for welcoming the candidates who passed the second exam here." Iruka said to the three of them with a smile.

Then, Iruka pointed to the writing on the wall and explained the Chuunin experience written by the Third Hokage.

"A chuunin is equivalent to the captain of the team and has the obligation to lead the team in action."

"You must always keep your Chunin experience in mind. I hope you can continue to work hard, pass the Chunin exams, and become a qualified Chunin."

After explaining, Iruka looked at Shikamaru and the others with a smile, then guided the three of them to the venue, and then left.

Shikamaru and the other three walked into the venue.

This is a very spacious place with stairs on both sides. There are stairs on both sides where you can watch the battle from a high place. There is a large statue with hands in the seal on the stand in the center.

At this moment, inside the venue, the teams that had passed the second round first were all here.

The Sunagakure trio and the people in Class [-] looked at Shikamaru who walked in. They all had dark colors and were very complicated.

Among them, Gaara's eyes were fixed on Shikamaru, his eyes filled with bloodlust.

Shikamaru didn't care at all, but smiled and said hello: "Hi, brother-in-law."

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Gaara gritted his teeth and turned his head away from looking at him.

Shikamaru no longer took the initiative to provoke others and found a corner to rest peacefully.

The three of them arrived at the tower the next night, three days before the end of the second game.

However, these three days passed quickly.

In three days, Shikamaru struggled to gain 3 points of confession value from Hinata, Tenten and Temari.

This is what happened to people who were familiar with his tricks, and Shikamaru felt it was getting harder and harder to get confession value from them.

At this moment, it seems that my wife is also a little bit unsatisfied.

On the third day, Neji and the other three also came. However, the three of them looked at Shikamaru with very fearful expressions, and Shikamaru didn't bother to say hello to them.

Finally, Sasuke and the others also came together with the actor Kabuto.

The style of success is very similar to the routines of various anime protagonists.

The second game is also officially over.

in the venue.

Each ninja also walked in, and Shikamaru saw Sarutobi Asuma, their tenth class jounin teacher.

There are also Kakashi, Metkai, Yuhi Kurenai and others. Of course, there are also the third generation Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen and other jonins from the village.

Gathered here now were the guiding jounin of the seven groups that had passed the second exam.

Seven people in total, they stood in a row on the high platform in front of the statue.

21 genin also gathered, most of them were injured, among which the trio of sound ninjas were the worst, as they all lost their left hands.

However, the personnel did not change much.

Konoha's 5th team, apart from the Twelve Strong, is Kabuto Yakushi's team.

The other two groups are Sunagakure and Oto-nin.

At this moment, the examiners in charge of the Chunin Exams also came out, and the one at the front was Mitarai Jia Ling.

When everyone stood still, the third generation Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen came out and stood directly in position C.

"First of all, congratulations to everyone for passing the second exam."

Anko said loudly: "Now let's ask Hokage-sama to explain the matters related to the third exam."

After saying that, Anko turned to look at Sarutobi Hiruzen and said respectfully: "Hokage-sama, I'll leave it to you."

"Ah."

The third generation nodded and took a step forward.

"Here, let me first explain the third exam."

"One thing I must say is the purpose of this exam."

"The Allied Powers jointly held the exam directly to deepen the friendly relations between each other and enhance the strength of the ninjas."

"On this point, I hope you will not misinterpret the true intention."

"In fact, this exam is the epitome of direct war between the Allies."

"If you look at past history, you will understand that the current allies were also hostile to each other in the past."

"To avoid unnecessary loss of combat power."

"This exam is positioned as a battlefield."

"The Chuunin Exam is indeed for selecting Chunin, but it is also a battlefield where ninjas shoulder the prestige of the country and fight with their own lives."

"Big names and celebrities from various countries will be invited to watch the third exam."

"And the daimyo and bosses who own the ninja village will see your performance."

"This is a platform to show the strength of our country's ninjas, and it is also a battlefield to show the strength of our own village."

"So, first of all, I hope you will not regard this as an ordinary exam, but as a battlefield where your dreams and the prestige of the village need to be fought at the risk of your life."

I have to say that the Third Hokage is indeed an excellent politician.

His mellow speech immediately mobilized the fighting will of many people. Of course, there were exceptions.

"Stop talking nonsense and quickly explain how to risk your life to fight," the irritable little brother Gaara said coldly.

"Okay, then let me explain." As soon as the three Hokages finished speaking, a figure appeared.

"Please stay in the lower room, Hokage-sama. Please leave the rest of the matter to me, Moonlight Hayate."

"That's fine." Sandai nodded lightly.

"Ahem." The sickly Moonlight Hayate cleared his throat, "My name is Moonlight Hayate. Before starting the third exam, I would like to ask everyone to conduct a preliminary round."

"This will determine whether you are eligible to take the third exam."

"Teacher pre-selection, what does pre-selection mean?" Haruno Sakura asked doubtfully.

Then came Barbara's explanation. Anyway, Shikamaru was so distracted that he didn't listen to a word of it.

However, in the end, the actor stood up.

"I'm sorry, Naruto." Kabuto Yakushi explained to Naruto who was in an explosive mood: "To be honest, my body is already bruised and bruised. When I clashed with the sound ninja in the first exam, my left ear was almost deaf. Now, I have no strength left to fight at the risk of my life.”

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Shikamaru took in everything and smiled without saying a word.

Movie King, I will just watch your performance quietly.