It's better to be a rebel ninja than to be a Hokage

"It's a bit embarrassing to say, but this is my seventh time taking part in the Chunin Exam."

Pharmacist Dou half-knelt on the ground, took out a card from the stack of cards in his hand and put it on the ground.

"Seven times?! Is the Chunin Exam really that cruel?!"

When he heard the number of exams that Yakushi Kabuto had taken, even Shikamaru, who had always taken a lazy attitude towards the things around him, showed some shock.

"But I'm also seriously reviewing the reasons for my failure in the exam, so I've been collecting information about the candidates to prepare for the exam."

"Collecting intelligence on the candidates? Is that why you know Naruto's name?"

Sasuke was looking for key information in Kabuto Yakushi's words.

"Yes, I also spent a lot of effort to collect information about this Chunin Exam, which is the card I am showing you now."

Yakushi Kabuto stretched out his index and middle fingers and pressed the card on the ground, injecting his chakra into it.

The card, which was originally blank like a piece of paper with nothing on it, suddenly appeared with pictures and texts.

Naruto looked at the contents of the card without saying a word.

The card was a map of the ninja world, with the Fire Kingdom and Wind Kingdom, two of the five major kingdoms, and the Field Kingdom, Taki Kingdom, Grass Kingdom, and Rain Kingdom adjacent to the Fire Kingdom - a total of six kingdoms, painted in conspicuous colors.

"The country that was graffitied is the reference country for this joint Chunin exam."

Kabuto Yakushi explained to everyone, pointing to the numbers next to the ninja villages of each country and said:

"There are more than 400 applicants for this Chunin Exam. You should have noticed the illusion on the second floor of the teaching building. Most of the candidates can't even pass the qualification test for the official exam. The number I actually recorded is the number of ninjas from various ninja villages who successfully took the exam and are in the real classroom 301 at this moment."

Fire Country, Konoha: 87 people;

Wind Country, Sand Village: 30 people;

Rain Country, Rain Hidden: 21 people;

The Land of Grass, Kusagakure: 6 people;

Takigakure: 6 people;

Tian Guo Kuni, Otogakure: 3 people.

There are 3 groups of 51-person ninja teams, with a total of 153 people.

"Then... this is the information I collected about the candidates this time."

Yakushi Kabuto took out another card and performed the chakra injection operation as before.

In an instant, Naruto's information was revealed on the card.

The information about Naruto collected by Kabuto Yakushi accurately describes Naruto's appearance, the composition of the ninja team, the number of ninja missions of each level, and the five-dimensional diagram of his strength...

And the ninjutsu he is good at.

Multiple Shadow Clone Technique and...

Earth escape: the art of beheading one's heart.

Looking at the ninjutsu that he was "good at", Naruto was surprised at Kabuto Yakushi's intelligence gathering ability.

It is only natural that Kabuto Yakushi would be able to detect information about Naruto's main means of attack, the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique.

Although he took the initiative to learn the beheading technique from Kakashi, he deliberately exposed the changes in the nature of his "earth" attribute chakra.

But he had only used it during training. This kind of assassination ninjutsu was not necessary for those D-level missions in the village.

The only actual combat was outside of Konoha Village, against the Kirigakure's demon brothers.

It's not normal for Yakushi Kabuto to get this information.

In addition to monitoring Naruto 24 hours a day, the remaining source of information is the ninja files that only the Konoha high-level officials have the authority to view, which record Naruto using the mental beheading technique.

But then I thought about it.

The fact that Kabuto Yakushi can still disguise himself as a Konoha Genin in the Konoha Ninja Village means that he is still secretly a subordinate of Danzo.

It seems that Kabuto Yakushi's participation in this Chunin Exam was based on both Orochimaru's instructions and Danzo's orders.

After all, this exam involves the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, whom Danzo cares about the most, and the orphan of the Uchiha clan.

Danzo, Orochimaru, Scorpion of the Red Sand...

It is too easy for a triple spy like Kabuto Yakushi to collect intelligence.

Fortunately, Naruto has been hiding his true strength since he came here.

The "correct" information about Naruto in this card of Kabuto Yakushi will become "incorrect".

Ninjas are absolute intelligence beings. The accuracy and completeness of the intelligence will determine the life and death of individuals, organizations, and even countries.

If Kabuto Yakushi only regarded Naruto as an ordinary Genin... maybe he should also add the information that Kabuto Yakushi deliberately erased from the card about the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki...

The Nine-Tails Jinchuriki who has not grown.

If this is what Kabuto Yakushi thinks of Naruto, it is even less likely that Kabuto Yakushi, who firmly believes in the "wrong" information, will be Naruto's opponent.

After witnessing Kabuto Yakushi's intelligence gathering ability with his own eyes, Naruto's desire to get rid of Kabuto Yakushi during the Chunin Exams became stronger.

Given their current strength and intelligence gap, the long-term survival exercise in the Death Forest is Naruto's best opportunity to strike at Kabuto Yakushi.

"Do you have information on all of us?"

Naruto showed an expression of disbelief that Yakushi Kabuto knew everything about him.

Whenever his intelligence was revealed to a senior whom he met for the first time, he always had to pretend to be surprised.

"of course."

Yakushi Kabuto's tone was full of confidence in his intelligence gathering abilities.

After hearing what Kabuto Yakushi said, Sasuke was silent for a while, then walked up to Kabuto Yakushi and said, "So, you also know the information about the powerful guy in this exam?"

Yakushi Kabuto glanced at Sasuke and generously admitted his rich intelligence: "I do have information about them."

"Can you... let me see it?"

After hesitating for a moment, Sasuke tentatively sought help from Kabuto Yakushi.

After all, all this information was collected by Kabuto Yakushi with great effort. For a ninja, accurate information is his weapon and even his second life.

No one would easily tell others information.

Yakushi Kabuto adjusted the position of his glasses on his face and said, "Well, consider it as a little help from me, a senior, to you newbies who are taking the exam for the first time... When I was a newbie, I always hoped that someone could help me. Seeing you reminds me of my past self."

Of course, this was a disguise. Given Kabuto Yakushi's true identity, his actions were intended to deliberately expose information.

Even though Gaara is an ally of Orochimaru, he is the key to Konoha's destruction plan.

Kabuto Yakushi will definitely reveal Gaara's information in front of Sasuke.

This is to make Sasuke consider the team factors and actively avoid Gaara, so as to prevent Sasuke from encountering any unexpected situation before Orochimaru finds him.

In order to make Gaara's information less obvious, Kabuto Yakushi added information from three other people to confuse the audience.

——"From the personal information I have collected about the candidates, there are four people who need special attention in this Chunin Exam."

Yakushi Kabuto pulled out four blank cards and placed them on the ground.

Chakra is injected and information is revealed.

Among the four candidates who needed special attention, one of them was Uchiha Sasuke himself.

"Excluding you, there are three people whose abilities are outstanding in this exam."

Yakushi Kabuto pointed at the remaining three cards, the photos on which showed three young men.

"First up is Konoha's third class, which is one year older than you. It is led by the jonin Might Gai and the genin who is good at taijutsu, Rock Lee."

Rock Lee was wearing a strange green tights, had a black bowler head, and had a pair of big circle-shaped eyes under a pair of thick eyebrows.

"The second is Hyuga Neji, who is also a member of Team 3 and has a bloodline limit higher than Rock Lee. He is a member of the Konoha Bloodline Limit Clan and has the Byakugan."

That was the boy with the same eyes as Hinata.

After hearing Kabuto Yakushi's introduction to Hyuga Neji, Hinata rubbed her fingers nervously.

"Finally, it's Gaara from Sunagakure."

Red hair, no eyebrows, and the word "love" carved in the same red on the forehead.

Among the three, the information that Kabuto Yakushi collected about Gaara was not detailed enough, only the number of times the ninja missions were performed.

But the mission level alone is enough to show how powerful Gaara is.

B-level mission - 1 time.

"A Genin was able to carry out a B-rank mission... It is said that Gaara not only completed this mission successfully, but also remained unscathed."

Yakushi Kabuto supplemented the information that was not shown on the card.

"B-rank mission unscathed!?"

When Sasuke heard what Kabuto Yakushi said, his eyes flickered.

There was no record of the number of B-rank missions completed on his and Naruto's intelligence cards, but there was a record of one C-rank mission completed.

It was a commission from the Land of Waves. Although it was officially a C-rank mission, the actual difficulty was B-rank, as approved by the senior ninja Kakashi himself.

Even a jonin like Kakashi might not be able to escape unscathed from a B-rank mission.

Looking at Gaara's information, Sasuke was not afraid of his strength, but was eager to fight him.

Sakura was also paying attention to Gaara's information.

But Sakura's attention was more focused on Gaara's photo.

The look in Gaara's eyes in the photo.

It represents irritability, cruelty and loneliness.

Just like the old...Naruto.

"Senior Kabuto, do you have detailed information about the Otogakure Village? I don't think I've ever heard of this ninja village before."

Naruto interrupted at this point.

Sensing that the conversation might not go as expected, he intervened appropriately.

"I'm not sure either, I just know it's a small ninja village that was established recently."

It was different from exposing Gaara's information.

From Kabuto Yakushi's perspective, neither his open nor secret identities would reveal the information about the Otonagakure Village established by Orochimaru.

However, as Kabuto Yakushi is a multifaceted spy who is lurking deep inside, the three people in the Hidden Sound Village definitely do not know his identity.

As soon as Kabuto Yakushi finished his evaluation of the Otogakure Village, a sharp light flashed in Naruto's eyes, and then disappeared in an instant.

The development of events is going according to Naruto's expectations!

The next moment, a young Otonin with his entire head wrapped in white bandages, leaving only his left eye exposed, suddenly appeared in front of Kabuto Yakushi.

He punched Kabuto Yakushi!