Forced to sell misery

The only sound in the silent woods is the singing of birds.

The stone statue of Ksitigarbha beside the road was stained with dark blood. The Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha had his hands clasped together, and his expression of compassion and salvation seemed inexplicably strange because of the blood stain.

The smell of blood was not strong, and it was obvious that the person who did it was familiar with the efficient method of killing.

What is even more worrying is that these three corpses have no faces.

"How cruel."

After a brief investigation, Shenyun Chuyue stood up and looked at Hongdou, the invigilator of the second exam, with a serious expression.

"From the things he brought with him and his ID, he is an officially registered Kusagakure ninja who is taking part in the Chunin Exams."

Hongdou clenched her hands, her body shaking uncontrollably.

"This technique..."

How could she not recognize him!

This is that person’s… that person’s art of erasing facial features!

That person has come to Konoha.

"This is a serious problem. Tell this to the Hokage immediately and request two Anbu troops to go to the Forest of Death."

Suppressing her emotions, Hongdou turned around and spoke loudly.

"Yes."

Kamigume Izuku and several Chunins left instantly.

Watching the few people leave, Hongdou clenched her hands, turned around and ran towards the Death Forest without hesitation.

-

Forest of death.

After finding a secluded spot, Sakura slowly crouched down against the tree trunk and hugged herself with her arms around her knees.

She was excluded again. Why... She felt that Sasuke-kun seemed to... hate her. But, what had she done wrong? She really couldn't figure it out...

Even though he often said he disliked Naruto, the way Sasuke looked at Naruto was... warm and focused.

Girls' feelings are very accurate. She always feels that there is some kind of tacit understanding between Sasuke and Naruto, a feeling of mutual understanding without the need for communication. Friends and partners are not enough to describe this feeling. It's like... family.

Sakura was even a little frightened by her own thoughts. She clenched her hands and shook her head as if she wanted to get rid of these messy and strange thoughts from her mind. Then she thought again, what exactly did Sasuke want to say when he called Naruto aside?

Just then, she suddenly heard clear footsteps.

"Sasuke...kun?"

Sakura stood up, but the smile on her face suddenly froze.

No, that's not right!

There were three footsteps.

Enemy?

Secretly reaching her hand into the ninja tool bag at her side and tightly gripping the cold handle of the kunai, Sakura leaned down and looked vigilantly among the bushes.

coming!

-

the other side.

"Fire Release·Dragon Fire Technique!"

The burning flames lit up Sasuke's pupils, which had opened to the level of two magatama. Sasuke dodged Orochimaru's attacks while observing his surroundings.

At the same time, he seized the opportunity and tied Orochimaru to the tree trunk with a kunai with a steel wire at the tail, and launched a fire escape.

"interesting……"

The strange sound seemed to come from underground, and Orochimaru in front of him turned into a puddle of mud.

Sasuke lowered his eyes.

This guy... is more troublesome than he thought.

"Where is the real Naruto?"

Pulling away from the battle, Sasuke stared at Orochimaru vigilantly and clenched the kunai in his hand.

"You pretended not to be discovered, sent that little girl away, and chose to face the enemy alone? That's really a touching teamwork."

Looking at Sasuke who was trembling and not daring to move under his murderous aura, Orochimaru licked his lips with a sense of evil.

"Such a decision is really stupid."

"What do you mean?"

Suddenly having an extremely ominous premonition, Sasuke widened his eyes and looked at Orochimaru in shock.

At the same time, as if to confirm something, a clear scream was heard not far away!

This voice... is Sakura? !

Could it be that!

Sasuke suddenly turned around as his long-standing uneasiness was confirmed.

With the sound of rustling footsteps, a familiar figure fell out of the bushes.

"Sakura?!"

"Sa-Sasuke-kun..."

With her hands tied with ropes, Sakura struggled to stand up, but was kicked to the ground.

As the three people walked out, they were wearing forehead protectors with an eighth note symbol on them.

"Are you from the Sound Village?"

His expression instantly turned ugly, and Sasuke lowered his eyes.

——Too careless.

"A woman without any talent like this can only be a burden."

With a ruthless sneer, Koto Hammer, a girl from the three-member Sound Ninja team, leaned over and pulled Sakura up by her hair.

Sakura's vision was blurred by tears that she couldn't hold back due to the pain of her hair being torn. She bit her lower lip tightly and looked at Sasuke nervously but full of hope.

"Leave this woman, along with Sasuke-kun over there, to us, Lord Orochimaru."

Sack Stirrup, who had a more impatient temper, stood up and looked at Sasuke eagerly.

"So, what are you going to do, Sasuke-kun?"

Ignoring Sack's request, Orochimaru licked his lips and looked at Sasuke with interest.

Increasing the strength in her hands, Qin smiled maliciously and looked at Sasuke provocatively.

"what……!"

Unable to bear it any longer, Sakura let out another scream and dug her fingers deep into the soil.

"hateful……"

Sasuke clenched his hands.

He was only thinking about eliminating the threat from Orochimaru, but ignored Naruto and Sakura...

Just like Orochimaru said, it really is poor "teamwork".

His eyes shifted for a moment, and Sasuke lowered his head.

——Then, what should he do?

The kunai hidden in his palm revealed its sharp edge, and Sasuke rushed straight towards Orochimaru, shouting at the same time,

"Do it!"

"Oh hiss!"

With a response, a familiar figure jumped down from a height!

At the same time, several kunai were fixed on the tree trunk, hindering Orochimaru's actions.

"I'm sorry, Sasuke."

Naruto, who had just escaped from the snake's belly, looked very embarrassed. He stood firmly on the branch, supported the forehead protector in front of his forehead, and said confidently,

"The code, I forgot it."

This guy... in some ways, he has never let him down.

Sasuke raised his lips slightly and said in a barely audible voice,

"Super idiot."

"Naruto!"

Sakura looked up, her eyes widening in surprise.

"Fire Release·Hao Fireball!"

Sasuke exhaled a fireball, blurring his vision, and Naruto took the opportunity to retreat to a safe distance.

Sasuke raised his hand and took out several kunai, then, under the cover of the fireball, rushed towards Sakura.

“What an excellent tactic.”

Orochimaru raised his head after being caught off guard and hit in the face by Sasuke's Fire Style.

The skin on his face seemed to have melted away, revealing his original pale complexion, and his snake-like pupils glowed coldly under the red eyeshadow.

"Then let's make things more interesting," Orochimaru said with a cold smile,

"Psychicism!"

"Oops!"

A giant snake summoned by spirit blocked his way and Sasuke had no choice but to stop.

Naruto, who had not received much attention from Orochimaru for the time being, rushed towards the three Sound Ninjas who were holding Sakura hostage, holding a kunai.

"Let go Sakura!"

"cut!"

As if he didn't take Naruto's attack seriously at all, Saku stood still without dodging or evading, raised his arm, and launched an attack.

"Zhankongbo!"

Sensing the danger keenly, Naruto rolled to the ground, barely dodged it and threw the kunai in his hand.

"Don't try to succeed!"

At the same time, Toss also rushed towards Naruto, but saw several kunai fired at him!

However, Sasuke was distracted while dodging the attack of the giant snake and threw a kunai to block Tos's attack.

But Sak's attack was unavoidable.

The air wave from the Zankuha bounced the kunai away, and Naruto was blown away.

And Toss seized this opportunity, instantly appeared in front of Naruto, smashed his arm down, and launched a sonic attack!

"Sound through!"

——A technique that uses sound to penetrate the enemy's eardrum and semicircular canals as long as it touches the enemy, thus causing damage!

Being blown away and crashing into a tree trunk, Naruto raised his hands to block in front of him, but it was useless-

The pervasive sonic attack is completely unavoidable!

Blood oozed from his ears and Naruto fell to the ground, feeling dizzy. He forced his eyes open and tried to get up, but it was in vain.

"Naruto!"

Sakura yelled as she struggled even more violently.

Sack walked forward, kicked Naruto, who had no power to resist, to the ground, and stepped on his head.

"Naruto!?"

Sasuke glanced back in Naruto's direction.

However, at the moment when he was distracted, a huge snake that was swimming up the tree trunk appeared from under his feet, wrapped around his body, opened its mouth wide and bit him, and the fangs on its front jaw glowed ominously.

"Sasuke-kun!"

Sakura let out a scream.

Without paying any attention to the giant snake that had wrapped around his body and had its fangs bared, Sasuke raised his head and looked at Orochimaru.

Only by dealing with Orochimaru can he focus on Naruto and Sakura.

"Kill...you."

Sasuke slowly raised his head.

The murmuring words were so clear that they seemed to be ringing in my ears.

Catching Sasuke's attack instantly, Orochimaru turned his head away.

The kunai brushed past his cheek, leaving him no time to react - a wound was cut on his cheek, and Orochimaru was shocked to find that Sasuke, who was standing in the same place and entangled by the giant snake, had mysteriously disappeared!

His consciousness was blurred for a moment, and Orochimaru suddenly met a pair of scarlet eyes, and his pupils suddenly shrank.

"That's... the three magatama ones... ugh!"

Lowering his head, Orochimaru saw a small piece of kunai exposed on his chest.

——Sasuke, who appeared behind him at some point, stabbed him in the heart with a kunai.