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Facing the oncoming flames, Gao Muming just stood there without any movement.

Looking at Takagi Akira who was about to be swallowed by his own flames, Uchiha Sasuke's mouth curled up slightly.

As a result, the moment the flame touched Takagi Akira, Takagi Akira's body suddenly exploded into a puff of white smoke, and Uchiha Sasuke's mouth corners, which had just been raised, immediately drooped.

"It's actually a clone. When did that guy release the clone technique? My Sharingan didn't even notice it."

Just as Uchiha Sasuke frowned, the flames passed over Takagi Akira's clone and hit the place where Kabuto Yakushi was hiding.

Looking at the oncoming flames, Kabuto Yakushi, who was hinted by Orochimaru to observe Uchiha Sasuke, quickly retreated into the depths of the Forest of Death.

"That Gao Muming is quite well-mannered. He was able to detect the momentary release of my aura due to Sasuke's curse seal."

"However, now is not a good time to get closer to him. Let's go to Sasuke's teammates and see if there is any chance."

Yakushi Kabuto moved quickly between the trees while thinking about what to do next.

Looking at the receding back of Kabuto Yakushi, Uchiha Sasuke frowned.

"Is there someone hiding nearby? I didn't notice it before. This area is no longer safe. I wonder if Naruto and Sakura have been exposed."

"If I'm not here, it will be terrible if they are attacked by other teams. I have to go back quickly."

Realizing that his teammates Uzumaki Naruto and Haruno Sakura might be in danger, Uchiha Sasuke gave up the idea of ​​giving chase.

On the way back to his camp, as his anger gradually subsided, Uchiha Sasuke, whose curse seal had retracted, felt weak.

After Uchiha Sasuke left, the largest stand, Kurumi, which had just been broken and flew away in the battle, suddenly turned back into the appearance of Takagi Akira with a bang.

Before, using the smoke produced by the substitution technique, Takagi Akira first used his clone to lead Uchiha Sasuke to the place where Yakushi Kabuto was hiding. While Uchiha Sasuke's attention was attracted by the movement of the clone, he used the transformation technique to turn himself into a dead tree on the spot.

Recalling what had just happened, Gao Muming moved his neck.

"It's quite difficult to deceive the Sharingan without revealing my true strength. Fortunately, everything went well. I should also meet up with Nakata Teru and Mitsuto Yuuki."

As he spoke, Gao Muming dodged and moved towards the agreed meeting place.

On the other side, Kabuto Yakushi, who was thinking about how to establish a good relationship with Haruno Sakura and Uzumaki Naruto, came to where they were by the river.

Kabuto Yakushi, who had just arrived at the place, looked at Uzumaki Naruto and Haruno Sakura who were getting together to take out the Book of Earth and were about to open it, and he couldn't help but get so angry that his forehead was throbbing.

"These two guys are more likely to cause trouble than help. But I should also thank the guy from before. If it weren't for him exposing my whereabouts, I would still be observing from behind Sasuke."

Thinking of this, Yakushi Kabuto flashed to the side of Uzumaki Naruto, and with a fierce look, grabbed Uzumaki Naruto's hand that was trying to open the Book of Earth.

After confirming that Uzumaki Naruto had not had time to open the Book of Earth, Kabuto Yakushi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"It was a close call. I almost failed to complete Lord Orochimaru's mission, and Uchiha Sasuke lost the qualification to take the next exam."

After secretly breathing a sigh of relief in his heart, Kabuto Yakushi pretended to be a good guy and looked at Uzumaki Naruto.

On the other side, Gao Muming, who was preparing to meet up with his teammates, heard two screams that pierced through the Death Forest.

Hearing this voice, Gao Muming raised his eyebrows.

"What a coincidence, there are other people around, just in time to pick up the leak."

As he spoke, Takagi Akira used a transformation technique to turn himself into the appearance of Orochimaru in disguise as a Genin, and rushed towards the direction where the voice came from.

As soon as he arrived, Gao Muming saw a ninja wearing a Konoha forehead protector checking two teammates lying on the ground. At the feet of the two people lying on the ground, there was an unfolded scroll.

"I was thinking of passing the blame to Orochimaru, but it seems that I won't be able to do that. My luck is really good. I met someone who opened a scroll without permission and was hypnotized. It would be even better if the scroll was the Book of Earth."

Thinking of this, Takagi Akira flashed behind the still awake Genin and knocked him out with a knife.

"I don't know if seeing other people's opened scrolls will count as a failure in the exam. Well, it's better to be safe."

Thinking of this, Takagi Akira grabbed the arm of the Genin who had just been knocked unconscious by him, and pushed it a few times to roll up the unfolded scroll.

"It really is the Book of Earth. Even luck is on my side."

Gao Muming looked at the Book of Earth in his hand with joy.

Just when Gao Muming was about to leave, a huge centipede on a tree not far away caught Gao Muming's sight.

After looking at the centipede not far away and then at the three people lying on the ground with Konoha forehead protectors, Gao Muming sighed lightly.

"If we leave the three unconscious people here, their lives will most likely be in danger. Let's see if they have any ninja tools that can be used to set up some defensive measures for them."

Thinking of this, Gao Muming wrapped himself with barrier magic and searched the three people.

"There are quite a lot of stuff. I didn't expect they had so much money on them. It just so happens that I haven't done many missions recently and I don't have much money on me. I'll use this money as the cost of setting up life-saving defense measures for them."

As he spoke, Gao Muming emptied the wallets of the three people, left a shadow clone to set up defense, and then left.

Soon after, they arrived at the agreed meeting place. When Nakata Teru, who was getting a little impatient and was hesitating whether to go back to check on Takagi Akira, Takagi Akira came over with the agreed code.

Seeing that Takagi Akira was not seriously injured, Nakata Teru and Mitsuki Yuuki both looked relieved.

After looking around and finding no trace of Uzumaki Karin, Takagi Akira couldn't help but ask.

"Are you two the only ones here? Where's that girl? Was she killed by you on the way?"

"No, we let him go after we left for a distance and confirmed that Uchiha Sasuke didn't catch up."

After hearing Nakata Teru's answer, Takagi Akira nodded indifferently to indicate that he understood.

"Well, why don't we retreat back to the edge of the Death Forest? We can't handle an injured Uchiha Sasuke and we can only flee in a panic. If we encounter other elite teams, we..."

Before Mitsuto Yuuki could finish his words about backing out, he couldn't help but scream in surprise when he saw Takagi Akira take out the Book of Earth from his waist bag.

"This... This is the Book of Earth. Where did you get it?"

"On the way here, I heard screams. I followed the sound with the idea of ​​taking a detour to see if I could find any loopholes. As a result, I found the group that was hypnotized because they opened the scroll without permission to read the contents."

Gao Muming said this and tossed the Book of Earth in his hand.

"I took the opportunity to launch a surprise attack after discovering that all my teammates were unconscious, and seized this scroll of the Book of Earth."

"No wonder you came so slowly, it turns out you took a detour to get a bargain."

"Since we have already collected both the Heaven and Earth scrolls, there is no reason not to continue fighting."

Nakata Teru said as he looked towards Mitsuki Yuuki.

"If I retreat now, I'm afraid you won't be willing to do so."

"Indeed, as long as we are careful and rush to the tower, we can pass the second Chunin Exam. It would be hard for me to give up just like that."

Under the leadership of Takagi Akira, the three of them bypassed the team of Genin who were waiting for them and arrived at the tower very smoothly.

After opening the two scrolls of heaven and earth according to the text on the wall, the captain of their team, Ryota Hirata, appeared in front of Akira Takagi and the other two.

"Congratulations on passing the second test of the Chunin Exam."

First the official business was announced, and then Ryota Hirata showed a surprised expression on his face.

"Honestly, I never thought you could actually make it this far. You might be the only team in this Chunin Exam that successfully made it to the second round without a Jonin to guide and lead the team."

"It's all luck."

Hearing what Takagi Akira said, Hirata Ryota shook his head.

"Don't be too modest. Sometimes luck is also a part of strength. Before the end of the exam, the tower will provide a certain amount of food and medicine. As long as you don't leave the tower, you can move freely."

"One last thing. Before the end of the second exam, any fighting behavior is prohibited in the tower. Violators will be disqualified from the exam."

After talking about the next things to pay attention to in the tower, Ryota Hirata's gaze swept over Takagi Akira and the other two one by one.

"The third test will be a personal battle that will be extremely disadvantageous to you. I hope you can do your best and be more careful."

After saying that, Ryota Hirata left in an instant.

"There's less than half a day left, so hurry up and get some rest. You can finally sleep peacefully without having to keep watch all night."

The leisurely time in the tower passed quickly, and before I knew it, it was time for the second round of the Chunin Exam to end.

After receiving the notification, Gao Muming and the other two gathered in an empty hall with the other seven teams that had also passed the second exam.

After the host, the Third Hokage, announced that the 24 people present had passed the second Chunin Exam, he then spoke at length about the significance of the third Chunin Exam.

Just as the Third Hokage was about to talk about the rules of the third Chunin Exam, a thin-looking figure appeared in front of him.

"Hokage-sama, ahem, let me, ahem, the chief examiner of the third exam, Gekkou Hayate, explain what is to come."

"Then leave it to you."

"Hi!"

As he said this, Gekko Hayate, the real protagonist of Shippuden, turned around and looked at the group of Genin who passed the second exam.

"Before everyone takes part in the third Chunin Exam, ahem, you need to complete one thing first. Ahem, ahem, this is related to whether you can have the qualifications to participate in the third Chunin Exam."

"Ahem, next we have to proceed to the Chunin Exam Qualifying Trials."

"Trial round? Aren't all candidates who pass the second test eligible to take the third test?"

"Hokage just said that many dignitaries from various countries will come to watch the third exam, which means we have to control the duration of the third exam as much as possible."

"Whatever the reason, cough, there are too many candidates left, a full 24 of them. cough, cough, in order to shorten the time of the official exam, cough, cough, we need to reduce the number of candidates participating in the third Chunin Exam first."

"This preliminaries will start immediately in a one-on-one format. Ahem, because it's an individual battle, you don't have to worry about affecting your teammates by giving up. Ahem. Anyone who is feeling unwell can withdraw now. Ahem... "

Under the gazes of the Genin who were asking "Are you okay?", Gekkou Gale coughed for a long time before speaking again.

"So, has anyone decided to abstain?"

“I want to give up!”*2

As soon as Moonlight Gale finished speaking, two people raised their hands to indicate that they wanted to abstain.

When hearing the familiar voice, Takagi Akira turned around with some surprise and looked at Mitsuki Yuuki who said he would give up. Nakata Teru who was standing behind Mitsuki Yuuki even called out directly.

“Yuuki, you actually gave up so easily? It’s rare that you’ve come this far, why don’t you try to fight for it? Maybe I’ll find you an easier opponent…”

Hearing what Nakata Teru said, Mitsuki Yuuki gave a wry smile.

"I am the weakest in our team, so I have no chance of winning in an individual battle. Rather than force myself to participate and get hurt, I might as well quit now."

Hearing such a rational response from Yuuki Mitsuto, Nakata Teru's hand, which he raised to stop him, slipped down.

After watching Yakushi Kabuto and Mitsuto Yuuki leave, Gekkou Gale coughed lightly after confirming that no one chose to forfeit.

"Well, I declare the third exam preliminaries officially open. Now I will announce the names of the two candidates for the first match."

As Moonlight Gale announced, many names flashed on the screen, and the last two names remained on the screen.

"!!!"

When Gao Muming saw this list, he couldn't help but widen his eyes in shock and was stunned.

"Is the butterfly effect so strong right from the start? Although Uchiha Sasuke was the first to fight, I never thought his opponent would be Nakata Teru."

Looking at his own name on the screen and recalling the strength shown by Uchiha Sasuke in the Forest of Death, Nakata Teru swallowed his saliva.

"Are you kidding me? I'm the one fighting Uchiha Sasuke..."

"Ahem, except for the two people who will participate in the first match, please push them to the corridors on both sides and wait."

After Gekkou Gale finished speaking, Takagi Akira patted Nakata Teru's shoulder and comforted him softly before leaving.

"Don't be too discouraged, this may be an opportunity for you. I saw Uchiha Sasuke holding his shoulder all the time, and his condition is much worse than when we met in the Forest of Death."

After hearing what Takagi Akira said, Nakata Teru began to observe Uchiha Sasuke's appearance. After realizing that Uchiha Sasuke really looked in extremely bad condition as Takagi Akira said, Nakata Teru's eyes flashed with excitement.

"If I can defeat the genius of the Uchiha family in front of the Hokage, I can brag about it for the rest of my life."