Shadow of the Wood

Chapter 50 Gathering

(Today's chapter was updated earlier.)

Because of Shikamaru's previous analysis, Choji suppressed his hunger and appetite, stopped touching the snacks in the ninja bag, and was sluggishly lying on the table, while Ino relaxedly rested his right hand on the table, With his cheeks propped up, like Shikamaru, he looked at the examinees in the classroom, and occasionally peeked at Shikamaru who was looking serious and exuding a special charm, and a faint blush appeared on his white and tender face.

As time passed and the registration time approached, the number of candidates in classroom 301 gradually increased. The ninjas from the same village in twos and threes were chatting with familiar companions to pass the time and relieve their nervousness.

"Ha! I finally found you," Shikamaru was silently observing the candidates in the field, but suddenly a frivolous but familiar greeting came from behind: "I knew you would definitely take this exam, Shikamaru!"

When Shikamaru, Choji and Ino heard the words, they looked back and found that there were three teenagers, two men and one girl. The one who spoke was the one in the middle, with a petite ninja with pure white fur on his head. Inu, the two companions behind him, one is a boy wearing a high-necked jacket and round-frame sunglasses, and the other is a girl with short ear-length hair, dodging eyes, and a shy expression. These three people are exactly the same as Shikamaru Classmates who graduated from Ninja School, members of the eighth class of Ninja - Inuzuka Ya, Yume Shino, and Hinata Hinata.

"So it's Kiba, Shino, and Hinata." Ino greeted the three of them respectively, and then said, "Why do you three have to take this exam?"

"Of course!" Inuzuka Iba smiled. Seeing that there were vacant seats next to Shikamaru, Ino, and Choji, he sat down with Shino and Hinata, looked at Shikamaru, and said with some eagerness in his tone. Said: "We have practiced for a long time, and we will not lose to you in this exam."

"Iba, you are trying to attract the attention of your competitors." Shino who was silent on the side heard this, but suddenly admonished Inuzuka Iba.

Inuzuka teeth curled his lips, turned his head away with an unhappy expression, ignored Yume Shino, and didn't want to argue with him in front of outsiders, so he continued to say to Shikamaru and the others: "I heard that this time Lian Naruto, Sasuke and Ko Sakura and the seventh class also came to take the exam, I don't know if they are in the classroom now."

Akamaru, who was lying on Inuzuka's head, was constantly turning his head to observe the crowd. He was obviously looking for the three ninjas of the seventh class, but he hadn't found anything yet.

"Speaking of which, Konoha's nine ninja rookies have all taken the exam this time." Shino Aburo said slowly, "I don't know how long everyone can last."

"We will definitely win this exam!" Ino seemed to feel that Shino's words were provocative, so he immediately said tit for tat.

"No, you misunderstood me, Ino." Hearing Ino's hostile words, Shino shook his head, not angry, turned his head to look at Shikamaru, and said, "I'm afraid you have already found out, Shikamaru, foreign countries The ninjas in the village have a strong hostility towards the ninjas in Konoha Village, and as newcomers, some veteran ninjas in the village may also subconsciously regard us as weak—our situation is very passive.”

"Oh?" Shikamaru heard the words, looked at Shino thoughtfully, and Kiba and Hinata who agreed, and asked, "Have you already had conflicts with the ninjas from other countries?" It's not difficult It is guessed that the ninjas from other countries are hostile to Konoha Village, and Hinata's weak and shy character is too exposed, it is not unbelievable to be provoked as a soft persimmon, but the teammate Inuzuka Ya and Yume Shino They are all strong boys, and there is a high chance of conflict. Looking at Shino's words at this time, and the expressions of Kiba and Hinata, it is obvious that they have already sensed the hostility of the other country's ninja from the conflict.

"It's just a young man from Urenin Village, it's nothing." Inuzuka Ya sneered, turned his eyes, looked in a direction in the distance, and then turned his attention to the people around him, and said: " The three of you, I'm not really worried. Instead, it's Class [-]. Naruto is the tail of a million-year crane, Sasuke is a guy who is dragged to nowhere, and Sakura is purely theoretical. If the three of them are too bullied If it is miserable, we who are in the same class as them will also be looked down upon, and there will be troubles."

As Inuzuka was talking, Akamaru, who was lying on his head and observing the classroom environment, suddenly growled twice. Inuzuka was startled. After listening carefully, he smiled and said to Shikamaru and others: " Mention them, and they come."

"They're at the door, and they just came." Inuzuka stood up, and Shino and Hinata also stood up one by one following his movements, and said to Shikamaru, Ino and Choji, "I'm going to talk to you." They say hello, do you want to come together?"

When Ino and Choji heard the words, they looked at Shikamaru first, obviously based on his opinion. Seeing this, Shikamaru shook his head and said to his teeth: "Forget it, you three just go, we don't need Go." Uchiha Sasuke, as the container of Orochimaru's dream, has long been brought into the sight of Yakushidou, and for this Zhongnin exam, Shikamaru does not want to have too much contact with the seventh class, so as not to get in touch with Orochi Two dangerous people, Wan and Yao Shidou, are involved.

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"Xiao Li," just as the three ninjas of the seventh class headed by Uchiha Sasuke pushed the door and entered the classroom, sitting in a corner of the classroom, one had long black hair, the end was simply tied with a rope, and his face The handsome young man looked at the three members of the seventh class from a distance, especially Sasuke Uchiha, who was leading the way, and asked a companion next to him who was wearing a dark green one-piece bodysuit, with a watermelon head and a pair of thick thick eyebrows : "You just fought against them? How is your strength?"

"That short man with yellow hair is very bad at physical skills. It should be nothing special, Neji." These two are the ninjas who graduated from Konoha Ninja School last year-Hinata Neji and Li Luoke. At this time, Li Luoke heard After Hinata Ningji’s words, he nodded and replied: "Sasuke Uchiha, although his physical skills are average, he is already able to use sharingan. He hastily confronted me before and had no chance to use ninjutsu and genjutsu. However, if the other party has sharingan In terms of eyes, the strength of ninjutsu and illusion should not be weak."

"Really!" Hinata Ningji nodded upon hearing the words, formed a mudra with one hand, and gathered chakra into his eyes. With the gathering of chakra, the blood vessels around his eyes gradually bulged, making his expression extremely terrifying. Neiji Hinata sized up the three members of the seventh class, and suddenly frowned and said, "Xiao Li, I'm afraid you've misjudged, that short blond Chakra is huge, it's amazing."

"Chakra is not the criterion for judging the strength of a ninja." Rock Lee pursed his lips, and took a deep look at Neji Hyuga next to him. The horror of the fist has nothing to do with the amount of chakra. If it is mainly hit, it will inevitably be severely injured.

"Indeed." Hyuga Ningji nodded after hearing Li Luoke's words, and said nothing more. His soft fist technique has reached the point where his eyes and hands are the same, and his white eyes can even see clearly under the high-speed movement. There are acupuncture points the size of the eye of a needle all over the place, and they can find the opportunity to poke them with a sword finger, arbitrarily manipulating the flow of the opponent's chakra. The chakra is useless to him.

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Encouraged by Kakashi Hatake and Kakashi who were waiting outside the classroom, Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura, the three junior ninjas from class [-], pushed open the door of the classroom confidently and strode in. But after seeing the many candidates gathered in the classroom, even if they are full of enthusiasm, they can't help but feel a little nervous.

"Okay, there are a lot of people!" Sakura murmured in a low voice when she saw a lot of ninja sitting or standing in the classroom.

This is the disadvantage of being late. Compared with arriving early and hiding among the many candidates in the classroom, the unobtrusive Shikamaru, Choji and Ino are almost the seventh students of Naruto and others who arrived on the spot. The three people in the class were very conspicuous when they pushed the door open.

"There are so many candidates, but they don't seem very friendly." At this time, when the three of the seventh class entered the room, they pushed the door too hard and made a loud noise. Seeing this, Xiao Sakura was startled and thought: "Aren't we drawing too much attention from others!?"

Even Sasuke and Naruto couldn't help frowning secretly when they saw this scene, and a thin line of sweat leaked from their foreheads. At this moment, a familiar voice came from their ears, shouting at the three of the seventh class. Greeting: "Hello, Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura."

But it turned out to be Inuzuka Iba, who squeezed two companions, Yume Shino and Hinata Hinata, to the side of the three of the seventh class, and said with a slight smile: "You three are a bit late! "

"Great characters usually appear at the end, don't you know that!" Naruto, Inuzuka and others were not easy to deal with when they were in the ninja school, so they found that there was a hint of teasing in the other party's tone At that time, he immediately pouted his lips and replied, his tone collided.

"You still like to talk big like before, Naruto." Hearing this, Inuzuka tooth said with a sneer: "I don't know how long you can keep your mouth so hard, but don't get brushed off as soon as the exam starts, and lose it." The face of our current Ninja."

"What did you say!?" Naruto spat, pointed at Inuzuka Fang, and said aggressively: "We will never lose to you!"

"Hello!" Just as Naruto and Inuzuka were arguing, an admonishing voice came in. One was wearing round glasses, had long gray hair, a ponytail, and a Konoha guard. The young ninja walked over and said, "You guys, you better be quiet!"