Chapter 354 Preliminary Round
The day the second Chuunin selection test ended.
Shizhi went out early, preparing to join Kiba and Sakura, and then return to the central tower of the Death Forest to participate in the preliminaries for the Chunin Selection Examination.
When they arrived at the place where they usually gather, Shizhi discovered that Kurenai Yuhi, Sakura, and Kiba had been waiting for a long time. In addition to the three of them, Kiba's sister Hana Inuzuka was also there, giving instructions to Kiba Inuzuka.
At this time, Inuzuka Hana was only wearing slim-fitting regular clothes, and her face was not painted with the Inuzuka clan's signature oil paint. She looked very beautiful.
"Sister, Zhizhi is here, I'm leaving first."
Inuzuka Kiba, who was impatient with Inuzuka Hana, saw Shizhi coming, as if he had found a life-saving straw, he immediately grabbed him and ran away.
Zhixiang was caught by Inuzuka Kiba and opened his mouth. For a moment, he didn't know what to say. He actually wanted to say hello to Inuzuka Hana.
Seeing her brother running away with ambition, Inuzuka Hana frowned slightly.
"Hua, let's go first."
Yuhi Kurenai said hello and led Sakura to follow Inuzuka Kiba and Shiki.
Not long after, Yuhi Hong brought her three students to the outside of the central tower of the Death Forest.
At this time, many candidates had arrived outside the central tower and were waiting to enter.
These candidates can generally be divided into two categories.
The first type is naturally like Gaara Shiga and the others who arrived at the central tower early and had a good rest for a few days.
Among these people, in addition to Shishi and Gaara, there is also the trio from the Mist Ninja Village where Naruto, Sasuke, Hinata, and Yuri Ringo are located.
The other type is naturally the candidates who arrived on the last day.
Most of these people were in a miserable state, dirty, with scars and bloodstains all over their bodies.
Even Ino's Ino Shikacho trio and Tenten's Taijutsu trio arrived at the central tower not long ago and had just qualified for the qualifying round.
When the time for the second examination ended, Konoha's examiners informed all the candidates who had passed to gather in the hall.
Seeing the figures appearing in the hall and the 'protagonist' Moonlight Hayate, Zhizhi discovered that the number of people was almost the same as in the original work.
It's right to say that this time, although the three-person team led by Shino and the Kiri Ninja Village team led by Lin Yuri Yuri were added to the chunin selection, the trio of Kabuto Yakushi and Oto-nin did not participate.
One missing and one supplementing, there are exactly twenty-one people.
"Whoa! Whoa!"
Seeing the masked Aburame's ambition appear, the masked Lin Yuri waved the wooden whip in his hand and bared his teeth:
"Boy, just wait for me!"
She will definitely teach him a lesson later!
In response, Zhixiang just looked at the carved wooden whip in the other person's hand expressionlessly.
He planned to snatch the wooden whip later.
"Did you offend her?"
Yuhi Hong took Ringo Yuri's behavior into consideration and glanced at his ambition.
Sakura on the side explained: "Zhizhi took the Book of Earth from her hand."
"That's it." Yuhihong nodded.
Then, Sakura thought of something else and asked Yuhi Kurenai:
"Teacher, this person is one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of Mist Ninja Village. Did she violate the rules?"
Hearing Sakura's question, Shishi and Kiba looked at Yuhi Kurenai.
Feeling the gazes of the three people, Yuhi Hong said expressionlessly:
"Her name is Ringo Yuri. Although she is indeed a member of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen and her strength has reached the level of an elite jounin, in name she is indeed a genin."
"Originally, she didn't plan to participate. Later, she became too bored in Konoha, so she replaced someone to participate in the chunin selection. She had informed Konoha about this."
"For this reason, Konoha has no choice but to stop her from killing her."
"So when you meet her later, just surrender."
After saying that, Yuhi Kurenai left the three of them and, like Kakashi, Metkai, and Asuma, stood in the stands on the second floor waiting.
After hearing Yuhi Hong's explanation, his ambition suddenly became clear.
He asked why Konoha didn't notice or take any action after Lin Yuri replaced Suigetsu.
It turned out that this guy, Yuri Lin, besides her height, her identity also met the standards for the Chunin Selection Examination, and she also notified Konoha that she was going to fry fish.
When everything was reasonable and compliant, Konoha really couldn't do anything to her, it was extremely arrogant.
Just when Zhixiang was thinking about this, he heard someone calling him.
"Zhixiang, this way." Yamanaka Ino ran towards Zhixiang and kept waving to him.
Arriving next to Zhixiang, Ino jumped on him, strangled his neck with both hands, and said with a smile:
"I'm really pissed off that you're so clean."
Although Ino was not injured, she was still dirty, like a dirty doll.
After saying that, Ino stretched out her dirty hands and rubbed and rubbed Zhixiang's face. She didn't know whether she was deliberately causing harm or taking advantage of him.
Seeing Ino's actions, the other candidates all looked at the two of them.
Zhixiang coughed and reminded:
"Ahem, Ino, pay attention to the occasion!"
"Hmph!" Ino snorted, jumped off him, and stayed by his side without going anywhere.
"This pig can't be saved!" Shikamaru lamented, standing beside him with Choji.
Yuhi Kurenai saw this scene, turned her head and glanced at Sakura beside her, and found that she was looking at Zhixiang and Ino, pursing her lips and saying nothing.
Hinata and Tenten in the distance were staring at Zhixiang, frowning slightly.
Because they also wanted to be with Zhixiang, but they couldn't be as bold as Ino.
When everyone was present, the examiner Moonlight Gale said:
"Because there are too many people who passed the exam this time, a Chunin selection preliminaries will be held next."
Although after the assessment of the Death Forest, the number of people participating in the Chunin selection exam has dropped from more than 70 to 21, and a full 40 to 50 people have been eliminated or buried in the Death Forest.
But only ninjas who pass the Chunin selection exam can have the opportunity to continue to be promoted to Jonin and become an important pillar of the village. The current number is still too much for Konoha.
In the next game, not only the fourth generation Kazekage will visit, but even the Fire Country Daimyo and celebrities and politicians will also come to watch.
Among the remaining seven teams, five are from Konoha.
For Konoha, this will be an important way to show its strength to other ninja villages and the politicians of the Land of Fire.
It is precisely because of this that Konoha decided to add a preliminaries before the finals to eliminate those who passed the Death Forest assessment because of their teammates.
Because only the elite are qualified to stand on that stage.
"Ahem"
The chief examiner Moonlight Gale coughed twice and continued:
"Next, we will start random matching, two-on-two battles. Those who leave their names on the big screen will stay, and the rest of you will go to the second-floor stands to watch the game."
As Moonlight Gale's voice fell, the screen hanging on the wall of the hall began to jump rapidly, and stopped after a few seconds.
Uchiha Sasuke VS Ringo Yuyuri!