Konoha's Master of Illusion

Chapter 39 Final Preliminary Selection

"Ha, um, we're not here to cause trouble."

Temari laughed, then looked at Gaara.

Gaara didn't look much different from when he met before. His face was still expressionless and calm, without the ferocious resentment when he was mad.

A scroll of heaven emerged from the gourd behind Gaara, and the fine sand dragged the scroll towards Tetsuya.

"This is."

"A gift to express gratitude."

Gaara nodded slightly, and after saying that, he saw Tetsuya reaching out and picking up the scroll, then turned and left.

Temari smiled like a gentle big sister. Of course, at 15 years old, she could indeed get along with the three members of Class [-] as a sister:

"Your genjutsu gave Gaara a rare night of rest yesterday. This scroll is a gift to express your gratitude."

After saying that, she took two steps closer and whispered:
"I'm telling you, this is not my suggestion."

"Temari, let's go!"

Gaara, who had already walked away, turned back to call her with a slight frown. Kankuro was also afraid that his younger brother would start to have a bad temper again, so he used his eyes to signal his sister Temari to come back quickly.

She had no choice but to swallow back the words, smiled and waved goodbye.

Watching the three of them walk into the tower, Zheye lowered his head in surprise to check the Scroll of Heaven in his hand and subconsciously touched his chin. He really didn't expect to get the key props for the second exam so easily.

"What's going on?" Hinata asked curiously.

"Well, I happened to meet them yesterday, so we had a little discussion with each other."

"Sparring? Then why?"

Zheye smiled indifferently:
"Maybe I helped them a little unintentionally. Anyway, the result must be very good. You see, the reward will come soon."

Hinata followed Tetsuya and looked at Shino.

Not to mention the content of the written test, it just tested their intelligence gathering ability and courage.The second exam, which the examiner said was extremely dangerous, was just like a walk. I thought that getting the Scroll of Heaven would be as easy as doing it, but after just waiting for a short time, I got it easily.

Hinata always felt that she should be nervous about the Chunin Exam and face it with a serious attitude, but now she really couldn't maintain it.

Presumably Shino would also feel this way.

After entering the tower, someone recovered two scrolls to register information, and then assigned a room for rest and sleeping.For the candidates who arrived here on the first day and passed the second exam, Konoha's preparations can be described as thorough, with food and accommodation arranged.

At night, Tetsuya was lying in bed and was about to fall asleep when someone knocked on the door.

Opening the door, it was Temari.

"Ahaha, I didn't disturb your rest, did I?" She smiled awkwardly, pressing the iron fan on the ground and asked in a low voice: "If it's convenient, I hope..."

"Lead the way."

Tetsuya said directly, turned his head to say hello to Shino, and went out to follow Temari.

"Thank you very much for your help."

After realizing that Tetsuya knew why she came to him and agreed without asking any questions, Temari could be said to be very happy and expressed her gratitude repeatedly on the way.Tetsuya said very politely that this was just a piece of cake. For him, building a good relationship with Gaara might prevent Xiao Li from becoming disabled in the future.

Thinking about the third round of preliminaries for the exam, he thought about Hinata being seriously injured by Neji, and began to think about countermeasures.

If everything remains unchanged, I will meet Naruto in Kiba's place.Maybe we can go to Teacher Kurenai to discuss swapping the lists. Hinata will fight Naruto. It's really a good choice when I think about it.He didn't believe in the so-called random matching of opponents. There must be room for maneuver.

While thinking, he saw Kankuro guarding the door.

Zhe was also not polite at all, and walked in.

Kankuro had his puppet next to him, leaning against the wall:
"Is this really good? If our father knows that we allow Konoha ninjas to come into contact with the One-Tail Jinchuuriki at will, we will not end well."

"He is your brother, don't forget this." Temari reprimanded dissatisfiedly: "If father finds out, you will put all the responsibility on me, and I will not defend myself. And it was not easy to calm Gaara's irritable mood. It’s calmed down a lot, and there won’t be any tailed beasts going berserk and ruining the plan, isn’t this a good thing for us?”

"Okay. I'm just saying it."

Tetsuya walked into the room and saw Gaara squatting half-crouched on the bedside, the big gourd placed next to the window, staring straight at him.

"Although I don't know why you have insomnia, but seriously, aren't you afraid that I will do anything to you?"

Zheye pretended to be stupid and asked questions knowingly.

A normal person would be skeptical about the safety of having a genjutsu ninja who is unfamiliar with or even has no basis for trust treat mental problems such as insomnia.

"It doesn't matter. Even if you kill me directly after I fall asleep, it will be much better than being tortured by it while awake."

Gaara's dark circles were still thick, and his face was expressionless.

"Well, since you said so."

……

The third day came in a blink of an eye.

After Kabuto Yakushi's team and Class 21 arrived last, the second exam also officially came to an end.A total of [-] people from seven teams passed through, and they all gathered in the training ground on the first floor of the tower.Except for Konoha's four genin squads, the remaining three teams are Sunagakure Gaara's team, Oto Ninto's team, and the freely formed team of Yakushi Kabuto.

The Third Hokage personally came to the scene and announced that the third test would be the final assessment. At that time, including the Third Hokage, the Fourth Kazekage of Sunagakure and senior officials from various countries would come to watch and observe the strength of the young generation of each shinobi village.Therefore, the third round of examination will undoubtedly be extremely strict and require a battle for the dignity and life of one's own ninja. If anyone feels that they cannot bear the pressure, they can now withdraw voluntarily.

And quitting at this time will not affect teammates.

Tetsuya watched Kabuto Yakushi give up hypocritically, and explained to Naruto who asked him that he was seriously injured due to Toss's sound spear attack, and that he was able to support himself until now for the sake of his teammates. Since quitting now will not affect his teammates, he has reached his limit. There is no need for you to continue insisting.

Tetsuya didn't pay much attention to Kabuto Yakushi's performance. He scanned the group of people behind the third generation, looking for Orochimaru.

Finally, a ninja wearing a sound-nin forehead protector was locked.

As if she could sense his gaze, the sound nin turned her head and looked at him, showing a faint smile. Together with the slender tongue that came out of the corner of her mouth, it made people feel a sense of coldness for no reason.

Looking away, Tetsuya quietly walked to Yuhi Kurenai:

"Teacher Hong, I have something to tell you."

Hong nodded, leaned over and listened for a while, then signaled that he understood, then turned around to find someone.

Not long after, Moonlight Gale appeared.

As he introduced himself, he kept coughing and said his own lines with a sickly appearance:
"Because this time, ahem, more genin passed the second round."

It must be tiring to listen to him talk. Anyway, after talking for a long time and coughing for a long time, everyone understood that they could not go back to rest yet. The remaining 20 people still need to go through another round of preliminaries to eliminate half of them, and finally there are ten people left to participate in the final round. Three rounds.

"Please look at this screen for your respective opponents."

Text is scrolled on a screen hanging high above.

"The results are all drawn randomly."

Tetsuya looked at the names on it carefully, and felt relieved when the last change swapped him and Hinata.

"Ahem. Okay, except for the two sides in the first battle."

"Cough cough. Cough cough cough."

"Others go to the stands on the second floor."

In the end, only Sasuke and his next opponent were left in the empty field. One of Yakushi Kabuto's teammates, Akane Kai, who appeared to be a genin of Konoha and actually a sound ninja spy, was loyal to Orochimaru and had a unique ability to absorb enemy chakra. moves.

He can be said to be the opponent Orochimaru specially selected for Sasuke, with the purpose of forcing Sasuke to use the power of the curse seal.

(End of this chapter)