"That's enough, let's stop here," At this time, a person suddenly appeared next to Hōzuki Mangetsu.
He also wore a Hidden Mist Village forehead protector, and his entire long face was wrapped in bandages, only revealing one of his eyes.
It seemed that he was another genin sent by the Hidden Mist Village.
100 Mysterious Person with Kage-Level Strength!
"Any grudges, let's talk about it in the later exams," The bandaged ninja said to Hōzuki Mangetsu.
And his appearance made Kaoru frown. The speed at which this guy came to Hōzuki Suigetsu's side had probably reached the level of a jōnin! Then Kaoru immediately looked at his level again.
"LV15, are you kidding me..." A monstrous wave arose in Kaoru's heart. Was this still a genin? This was probably the strength of a Kage! He had never seen a level 15 guy before.
"Who exactly is this guy..." Kaoru thought to himself.
"Yes, I'll follow your instructions, Kuro," Hōzuki Mangetsu nodded, and withdrew the two swords.
"Kuro?" Kaoru's doubts deepened. This sounded like a fake name.
"Hmm," The bandaged ninja named Kuro nodded, and then left here. Hōzuki Mangetsu also left, seeing this.
"No matter what, I still have to be careful..." Kaoru thought to himself, and then walked to Shin's side.
"Let's go, let's not stay here either. Let's hand in the paper," Kaoru said to Shin, "The exam rules now say that you can't cause harm to people. There will be plenty of opportunities to deal with Deidara in the second stage."
"No, I must compete with that blonde brat from the Hidden Stone Village!" Shin shouted somewhat gaffe, and immediately took a step forward, unrolling the scroll in his hand, preparing to directly attack Deidara who was going away.
"Enough!" Kaoru's figure suddenly appeared next to Shin, grabbing Shin's hand that was preparing to draw.
"I said, now is not the time to attack!" Kaoru's cold voice rang out.
"You want to stop me..." Shin's voice suddenly turned cold. As a member of Root, the killing intent in his heart. The emotionless consciousness seemed to be awakened.
"That's right," Kaoru replied calmly.
"Then I'll just have to..." Before Shin could finish speaking, he immediately get rid of Kaoru's hand that was grabbing him, preparing to draw again.
"Calm down! Genjutsu, Sharingan!" Kaoru directly activated the Sharingan, using genjutsu to control Shin.
Shin looked blank, and put down the hand holding the paintbrush. Then Kaoru controlled Shin to jump down from the tree stump, and came to Nara Shikaku's side.
However, Shin wasn't conscious at all when he was controlled by Kaoru, and directly fell from the tree stump in front of Nara Shikaku.
"This Uchiha brat, is too violent," Nara Shikaku and a group of chūnin proctors looked at Shin lying on the ground with a shocked expression. He used the Sharingan to control Shin, and he really didn't hurt him.
"Proctor-dono, please, I'll hand in the paper for him and me," Kaoru pointed to himself and Shin, and said to Nara Shikaku.
"Oh... Okay," Nara Shikaku reacted after a long time, and then nodded.
Not long after, the exam test papers arrived. The first stage of the Chūnin Selection Exams, which had been full of disasters, also ended.
This exam could be said to be quite fierce. Originally, Nara Shikaku said that he only allowed 30 groups to pass this exam, but in the end, there weren't even 30 groups, only a pitiful twenty-six groups, 75 people.
"Very well, you have passed the first stage of the Chūnin Selection Test, and can enter the second stage," Nara Shikaku said, looking at the 75 people in the venue with appreciation, smiling.
But when he found that the genin sent by the great nations of the allied countries had all safely passed, a hint of displeasure flashed in his eyes.
"Poof!" Another puff of smoke broke out next to the venue. The smoke cleared, but it was the figure of a person.
This person was about the same age as Nara Shikaku, with long golden hair tied behind his head.
He was Yamanaka Inoichi, the father of Yamanaka Ino, who possessed the Mind Body Switch Technique.
"I've been waiting for a long time, the first test is finally over..." Yamanaka Inoichi walked towards Nara Shikaku, "How is it, how many people passed the first test?"
"I thought there would be more, but I didn't expect there to be only 75 people," Nara Shikaku said, shaking his head.
"75 people? You're really strict," Yamanaka Inoichi smiled, looking at the tree stumps in the venue that had been destroyed in a mess, "It seems that you're not only strict, but you're also having a lot of fun..."
"Cough cough!" Nara Shikaku coughed lightly twice. "The first stage is over, you can take the people away."
"Okay, no problem, I'll take a big half of the people away," Yamanaka Inoichi nodded, and then looked at a group of genin who had passed, "Come with me."
The crowd was confused, but they also followed Kaoru and left this training ground. After a long journey, they finally came to a desolate wilderness that was enclosed by iron nets.
Inside the iron nets were towering trees, which looked very gloomy and terrifying.
"This is the exam venue for our second exam, Training Ground 44," Yamanaka Inoichi said. "And it has another interesting name: The Forest of Death!"
"The Forest of Death?" As soon as the genin heard this name, their hearts hung up.
"The second exam is in the Forest of Death? It seems that the exam rules for the second exam should be the same as in Naruto's generation," Kaoru thought inwardly.
"You'll soon know why it's called this name," Yamanaka Inoichi laughed, and then took out a large stack of paper.
He held this stack of paper high and said, "This is a consent form, you all sign here, because you may lose your life at any time during the second exam, so you need to get your consent!"
"Lose our lives..."
"Is it that terrifying..." The genin whispered to each other for a while, and then took the consent form and signed their names. They were all people with firm minds to be able to pass the first stage.
"Very well," Yamanaka Inoichi took back all the signed consent forms, and then announced the exam rules, "The second exam, simply put, is a challenge to the limits of survival. There are forty-four entrances in the Forest of Death, and you will enter the Forest of Death from different entrances in the shape of a group."
After a pause, he continued, "You twenty-six groups, half will carry the Heaven Scroll, and the other half will carry the Earth Scroll. And the task of entering the Forest of Death is also very simple, that is to snatch the scrolls from other teams. Within five days, gather a pair and arrive at the high tower in the center of the forest, and you can pass the second exam. How about it, very easy, right!"
All the examinees frowned. Although Yamanaka Inoichi said it lightly, they understood that at least half of the teams would be eliminated in this stage, which was quite cruel and ruthless.
Just after Yamanaka Inoichi had just announced this rule, Kaoru could feel several gazes looking at him.
These gazes contained ridicule, mockery, and some even had... killing intent.
Kaoru, Hina, and Shin were the youngest group of people in this exam venue, and naturally became the lambs in the eyes of the other veteran genin.
"These eyes, are they treating me like prey?" Kaoru smiled. Who was the hunter and who was the prey would only be known after entering the forest.
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