Konoha: This ninja is suspicious by nature

Chapter 57 Qualifiers
As Naruto's team also successfully reached the central tower at the last moment, the second Chunin Examination officially ended. Only seven teams with a total of 26 people from the original 21 teams qualified.

In the martial arts arena on the first floor of the Central Tower, 21 candidates who have successfully advanced are gathered here, waiting for the announcement of the next round of exams.

The examiners have not yet arrived, so the candidates are naturally whispering among themselves.

He raised his eyes and observed again, and noticed that the remaining candidates were all familiar people. There were the Konoha Twelve Strong, Gaara, Kabuto, and the original Sound Ninth Toss, but he had squeezed them out.

"Pay attention, you arrived successfully too."

Hinata on the left turned around, her voice soft and soft with a little milky sound.

"Well, Hinata, you guys must have arrived a long time ago."

Looking at the three of them carefully, he saw Akamaru in Ya's arms shivering, with a look of chills in his bones.

Ya came closer and whispered: "I thought you were the strongest in this class, but I didn't expect someone to be braver than you."

As he spoke, he secretly pointed at Gaara in front of him on the right.

"Not necessarily, he is just crueler than Xinxin, not necessarily braver than Xinxin."

Shino also leaned over and analyzed it carefully.

After the three people explained, it turned out that they accidentally encountered Gaara brutally killing a group of rain ninjas in seconds, and almost got into a fight when they were discovered. No wonder Akamaru was frightened out of his mind.

"Don't worry, I will make a move."

Hexin touched Akamaru and comforted him. It suddenly became quieter.

"Just be quiet for me!"

A loud female voice sounded, and the examiners appeared on the central stage in front of the huge seal statue.

I saw the Third Hokage standing in the center, with Anko, Ibiki and other examiners on both sides. Among them, I also saw my brother Hayate and teacher Iruka.

Behind the Third Hokage are the teachers leading the promotion team, Kakashi, Gai and others, including Yugao.

Gai stood with Kakashi. He secretly glanced at Kakashi with his left eye, and then pretended to be calm and said:
"Well done, your team is really lucky, but as long as our team is here, the next test will not be so easy for your team. You have to know that youth is sometimes sour and sometimes severe."

The youthful quotes from time to time made Kai quite proud. He turned his head freely and said, "Yes, Kakashi."

"Huh? What did you say?" Kakashi was confused, as if he didn't hear it at all.

hateful!Could it be that Kakashi was distracted just now and I was playing the piano to a cow?Kai immediately turned around, as if what just happened never happened, but he felt quite depressed.

The seniors on the stage observed the ninja candidates below, and the candidates below also looked at everyone on the stage thoughtfully.

"Congratulations on passing the second Chunin Exam."

Hongdou used a loudspeaker to congratulate loudly. He originally thought that so many people would not be qualified. This year's candidates are indeed outstanding.

"Next, the Third Hokage will announce the third Chunin Exam."

Sandai took two steps forward, smacked the pipe at the corner of his mouth, took it off after taking two puffs, looked at the group of energetic new ninjas below, and said:

"Before introducing the third exam, let me first talk about the purpose of this exam."

As the head of the organizer, it is inevitable to tell some of the true meaning of the Chunin Exam.

"I know that you work hard to practice and strive hard to implement your ideals, but this Chunin Exam is more than just a place for you to realize your dreams."

Sandai took two puffs of cigarette and paused. "What's more important is the exchanges between the allies. As ninjas, we should know the value of peace. We finally reached an agreement to become an alliance, and we should maintain it well. So this Chunin Exam is for us to give up unnecessary wars and use this kind of Show your strength to the daimyo and ninja villages of various countries in a peaceful way."

Although many of the candidates below did not understand, or even understood but did not care, Sandai still spoke eloquently.

"In short, this is the time for you to risk your lives to show your dreams and strength."

The third generation concluded with a heavy cough.

"Then, the next step is to tell the rules,"

After hearing the rules, the candidates became more energetic and stretched their ears.

"I'm very sorry, Hokage-sama." Suddenly a figure flashed in front of him, "I, as the examiner, will explain the next rules."

A careful look at the back revealed that it was Hayate. After receiving a nod from the third generation, Hayate turned to face the candidates.

"I am the examiner, Moonlight Hayate. Before the third exam officially begins, cough, cough," his eyes were colorless, and he coughed twice, "there is a preliminary round, and only the contestants who win the preliminary round can enter the next main round. .”

When all the candidates heard Hayate's self-introduction, they all turned to look at He Zhen.

Shikamaru, who originally wanted to question loudly, wanted to respect Hayate, who should be paying attention to his elder brother, and asked in a low voice: "Teacher, why do you want to have a preliminaries? There are too many rules."

"Ahem. Because there are too many people who passed the second exam. The third main event will be attended by daimyo and Ninja village dignitaries from various countries. Too many people will make the procedure too complicated."

Gale put one hand on his waist and explained patiently, and then said:
"So the number of people and time in the third game must be controlled. If you feel unwell, have a cough, or do not want to participate for other reasons, you can choose to withdraw."

I guess you are the one who is feeling unwell, Sakura thought as she had black lines on her head.

"Be careful, your brother doesn't seem to be in good health." Hinata turned her head and said worriedly.

"Ahem." He Zhan didn't know how to respond.

"As for the explanation I just made, please listen carefully. If you want to quit, please raise your hands immediately, because the game is about to start."

Hayate urged, holding the exam roster in his hand.

"Hey!" Yagran yelled, and then lowered his voice and said respectfully: "We just passed the second exam, are we going to have a preliminary round soon?"

"That's right, don't you even need to rest?" Ino didn't understand.

"Yeah, I haven't even eaten lunch yet." Ding Ci looked listless.

"I forgot to mention just now that the qualifiers are personal battles. You can decide for yourself whether to withdraw."

After Gale finished speaking, he coughed again, and the candidates below were really afraid that he wouldn't be able to hold on.

Shino looked at Hayate and then at Hein, and analyzed in his mind that physical weakness is usually a label attached to the strong, and the examiner in front of him must not be simple.

Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro had also met Hayate before and were waiting for the game to start without saying a word.

After all, Neji, Tenten, and Xiao Li graduated a year early, so they didn't take this unexpected situation seriously.

"Then let's get started!" Naruto waved his fists excitedly, he couldn't wait any longer, and he didn't care about the rules.

Sasuke worriedly touched the curse mark on his neck. Sure enough, as he said, the exam would start soon. He hadn't had much rest at all. When he met Kakashi's eyes, he was slightly relieved.

(End of this chapter)