Chapter 38: Registration for the Chunin Exams
For the next few days, there were no missions. Kakashi didn't continue observing Orochimaru but instead stayed at home to train.
At the same time, the system also opened the second main quest: the Chunin Exams.
The quest difficulty was S-rank, but the specific quest content wasn't displayed, and the rewards weren't shown either; it only stated that the quest rewards would be determined by the completion evaluation.
This made things a bit difficult for Kakashi. What exactly would count as high quest completion?
It wouldn't be to kill Orochimaru, would it?
But how could that be possible! That guy Orochimaru simply cannot be killed.
Or rather, stopping Orochimaru's plan?
Regarding this, Kakashi could only decide what to do based on the situation when the time came.
After all, she couldn't very well run to the Hokage and say that Orochimaru was coming to cause trouble and they should hurry up and prepare.
Because, what would the reason be? How would you know Orochimaru was coming to stir things up?
Konoha's intelligence system hadn't even noticed, yet you did?
Therefore, Kakashi could only play it by ear.
In any case, Jiraiya was likely about to return by now. He was responsible for tracking Orochimaru. If even he wasn't going to stop him, it certainly wasn't her turn.
...
Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, it was July 1st, the day of the Chunin Exams.
Kakashi also rarely woke up early at 9:30. After washing up and slowly having breakfast, she headed to the Ninja Academy, intending to see how things were going.
By the time she arrived at the school, it was already around 11:30 AM.
At this moment, Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke could be seen waiting at the training ground.
Only Sakura had yet to arrive.
Kakashi recalled their expressions when they received the application forms; at that time, Sakura's expression was indeed somewhat complex.
Wait, the situation wouldn't have changed, would it?
But she didn't remember doing anything that would make Sakura want to give up on this exam?
On the contrary, she had even taught Sakura quite a few Water Release Ninjutsu. Logically, she should be stronger now than in the original story, so she had no reason not to participate, right?
Or was it that Sakura didn't want to participate in the original story?
Kakashi didn't remember.
However, there were still over three hours until the registration deadline, so she would just wait for now.
Thinking of this, Kakashi took out a novel, went up into a tree, and began reading leisurely.
Not far away, Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke were somewhat anxious, especially the former, who kept pacing back and forth, both impatient and a bit worried.
Finally, after waiting until past 2:00 PM, Sakura's figure appeared before everyone.
"Sakura, you're way too late!" As soon as he saw Sakura, Uzumaki Naruto rushed forward and couldn't help but complain.
"Sorry!" Sakura's expression was a bit complicated.
Soon, the three of them headed toward the school building.
At this time, Kakashi, who had been watching their receding figures from the tree, put away her novel. Then she stood up, stretched, and jumped down, intending to go inside and take a look.
Because she walked a bit slowly, by the time she arrived, she just happened to see Sasuke and Lee facing off.
It was clear that Sasuke was being suppressed by Lee in Taijutsu, but he could still barely manage to cope.
"Although Sasuke's improvement has been very fast lately, he's still a bit lacking compared to Lee's Taijutsu. Of course, this is even without Lee opening the Eight Gates."
Kakashi wasn't surprised by this.
On the field, Uchiha Sasuke's face looked a bit grim. He hadn't expected that he would already be struggling just to deal with the opponent's Taijutsu.
After hesitating for a long time, he finally found an opportunity to distance himself, intending to use Ninjutsu.
"Chidori..."
However, just as Sasuke was about to perform hand signs, he saw Lee in front of him seemingly preparing to cast some strange Ninjutsu as well.
"Stop it, Lee."
At that moment, a Giant Turtle suddenly appeared and stopped him.
Then, it gave Lee a thorough scolding.
Seeing this scene, Uchiha Sasuke felt completely speechless. What on earth was going on?
However, an even more speechless scene occurred.
After the Giant Turtle finished scolding, a "Large-sized Lee" appeared.
That person also scolded Lee for a few sentences, but then, surprisingly, they hugged each other... and started wailing?
Uchiha Sasuke: "..." What kind of weirdos are these?