After taking over the snake uncle's foundation, Sasuke came to surrender on his own initiative.

"Team 08, Karin, Shiro, and Otozakura."

"Team 12, Kimimaro, Tayuya, and Jirobo."

"Team 15, Kidomaru, Sakon, and Mizuki."

"Team 23, Jūgo, Toss Anvil, and Sak Teng."

"Team 25, Koto Hammer, Neiji Oto."

Having said this, Anko glanced at the Sound Ninjas in the crowd without leaving any trace, her eyes flickering slightly. "There are five Genin teams, and one of them is a two-person team... Are they so confident... And they sent so many people to participate in the Chunin selection exam, what does the Sound Ninja Village want to do... Are they using this opportunity to advertise their village for free?"

"And..." Thinking of this, her eyes turned.

I found that the other candidates were standing far away from those Sound Ninjas. Those more than ten Sound Ninjas seemed to be excluded...

"No!" Suddenly her eyes narrowed slightly, and she realized that the eyes of the people around her looking at those Sound Ninjas were filled with fear! "It's not exclusion, it's fear! Those candidates are afraid of the Sound Ninjas!"

"Isn't the first exam a written test? What exactly happened..." Hongdou couldn't help but feel a little shudder in her heart.

"Why do you care so much? It's nothing more than a few talented people from the Sound Village. What does it have to do with me as the examiner?"

Even if there is a most talented ninja, a small village like Sound Village will never pose the slightest threat to Konoha.

Hongdou smiled bitterly and shook her head, thinking that she was too worried, so she continued to announce to the other candidates the team numbers they were randomly assigned to.

"Team 27, Nara Shikamaru, Yamanaka Ino, Akimichi Chouji. Someone come and get the mission scroll, and then choose your entry point."

"Yes!" Shikamaru nodded to Red Bean, turned to look at the fat man who was sitting on the ground eating potato chips, and kicked him lightly. "Chouji, you go."

"why me?!"

Facing Choji's dissatisfied look, Shikamaru just shrugged his shoulders and said as a matter of course, "I'm the captain, Ino is a girl, if you don't go, who will go?"

"..."

......

The Sound Ninjas, who were divided into five teams, all gathered at Entrance No. 1, waiting for the gate to be opened.

When the candidates around saw that they had chosen Entrance No. 1, they decisively left and chose other passages to avoid running into them.

As the rules of this exam became clearer, the candidates had already sensed the crisis and tried their best to enter the Death Forest from an empty entrance.

There were also quite a few ninjas from other countries, such as several grass ninjas, who had their eyes on Naruto and his young Konoha Genin from the beginning. To be more precise, they had their eyes on the scrolls randomly assigned to them! They chose to enter through the same entrance as the new Konoha ninjas with ill intentions.

No matter whether your team needs it or not, it’s always a good idea to grab one more!

As for Kimimaro and other Sound Ninja who also looked very young, no one dared to attack them.

The candidates present were all very clear about the fate of the two previous teams of Cloud Ninjas. Now they had to take a detour when they saw Kimimaro. They were walking warning signs!

Seeing that other candidates were trying to avoid him, Kimimaro just smiled faintly, without any sense of arrogance at all.

Now, he is no longer the strongest newcomer in Sound Village. He glanced at the young man in white who had remained silent beside him, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

"After getting that new pair of Byakugan, Neji's strength has greatly improved... Coupled with the series of ninjutsu that Lord Ototake specially gave him to conceal his identity, he is completely different from before... Even the ninjas of the Hyuga clan can't recognize the current Neji..."

But soon, a look of unwillingness to admit defeat flashed across Kimimaro's eyes, which were also covered with black contact lenses. He clenched his fists and thought to himself, "But I won't lose to you by much...Ningji!"

“Lord Yinzhu told me not to use the Corpse Bone Vein for the time being, as it would make my blood disease worse.

However, for me, except for a few people, this level of Chunin selection is easy, and there is no need to use the power of bloodline limit..."

Kimimaro reached out and touched his right eye, and a flash of confidence appeared on his face.

"Then... as long as I can be the first to hone the power of the two magatama to the limit, according to what Lord Ototake said, I will be the third ninja in Otogakure to possess those eyes!"

With those eyes, he had the power to challenge Neji once again!

He will also become a powerful ninja that is "needed" by the village, just as Yinzhu said! Isn't this the only meaning of Kimimaro's life in this world?

Even if they were companions with whom he had a deep bond, Kimimaro was unwilling to fall behind them too much!

......

As Ningji and his group calmly entered the Forest of Death through Entrance No. 1, a bloody storm had already erupted at the other entrances!

shhhhh--

Forest.

Between the trees as thick as hills, there are tangled branches everywhere, and even these branches are so thick that four or five people can hug them together.

These lush branches and leaves spread out, turning the interior of the entire primeval forest into an airtight green cage, blocking almost all light outside.

Only endless shadows are left in this forest.

Darkness, dampness, and murderous intent are the only themes in this forest of death.

creak-

As a rusty iron door somewhere was opened, there were suddenly sounds of breaking air.

The next moment, three figures flew and leaped between the tree trunks. It seemed that they were ready to run directly towards the tall tower in the center at high speed from the beginning.

As she was leaping forward, Aburame Shino's expression darkened beneath her hood and she stopped.

Seeing this, Hinata and Kiba beside them also stopped immediately.

"What's wrong?" Kiba turned to look at Shino, and Hinata also looked at him with an uneasy look.

"Someone is following us! Judging from the direction... they should be here to find us!" Shino said indifferently. While speaking, he shook his sleeves lightly without leaving any trace.

Suddenly, a string of black mist spots quietly spread out from the tree trunk under his feet until it could no longer be seen by the naked eye.

Not long after, the sound of breaking air was heard in the woods behind him.

"Swish, swish, swish!" Three figures wearing Konoha ninja forehead protectors appeared in the sight of Hinata and others.

And when they saw Hinata and the others dared to stop, as if they were waiting for their arrival, the three Konoha ninjas almost laughed out of anger.

"A brat is a brat, his actions are too conspicuous! Even though he noticed us, he stopped so recklessly, which is a bit disrespectful to us seniors..."

Another black-clad ninja also showed a frivolous smile on his face, "Although we are both Konoha ninjas, you seem to be the easiest to bully! So I can only say sorry..."

The black-clad ninja shook his head with disdain, but suddenly his face turned pale, and the next second he bent down and half-knelt on the tree trunk.

"What's wrong with you? Why do you look so unhappy?" His companion quickly moved over, but unexpectedly discovered that there seemed to be a small fleshy worm lying on the neck of his teammate, its body curled up like a cricket pupa, and it seemed to be swallowing something.

The man was startled, "What is that?"

But the next moment...

clap clap clap-

Suddenly, countless black spots fell from the sky, as dense as rain, instantly covering all three Konoha ninjas.

The illusion of blood being drained from their bodies at a very fast speed caused the three Konoha ninjas to quickly fall to the ground, their faces pale and their bodies twitching.

"Hmph!" Ya snorted coldly, looking at this scene with disdain and laughing, "You are so stupid that you can't even find a blood-sucking worm. No wonder you are still a Genin at your age!"

"Forget it, Ya, stop saying such hurtful words. They are really pitiful..." Hinata was kind-hearted and couldn't bear to see the ninjas from the same village end up in such a miserable way, so she pleaded in a low voice.

"Hmph..." Ya curled his lips and didn't say anything else. He just walked forward and took out a scroll from the arms of these people.

"Unfortunately, it's the same Book of Earth as ours." He walked back with a regretful look on his face.

"It doesn't matter. If it doesn't work later, you can exchange it with other teams, such as Shikamaru and his team."

Ya's eyes lit up when he heard that, and he nodded excitedly, "Shino is right."

"Let's go."

"Ah."