At 2:40 in the afternoon,
Izayoi and Hinata first went to the old place to meet with Aburame Shino, and then came to the outside of Konoha's 44th training ground.
Konoha's 44th training ground, also known as the Death Forest, is one of the few training grounds in Konoha that will not be opened unless under special circumstances. It is also one of Konoha's forbidden areas.
The invigilator has already built a shed and tent outside, and there is also a sign of a gathering point.
Although there are still 20 minutes before the exam starts, the eighth team is not the first candidate to come.
There are already a large number of candidates standing in the open space.
There are at least a dozen groups of three.
In the next ten minutes, more and more candidates arrived, and the open space became crowded.
"Hey, Izayoi, you came so early."
"Long time no see, Izayoi-kun, Hinata."
"Long time no see, Minako."
Since the eighth team was standing on the periphery, the seventh and tenth teams that had just arrived saw them at a glance.
In addition, there was another team that also came over, which was the sixth team where Inuzuka Kiba was.
"Have you heard? Among the ten teams in our class, it seems that only the twelve of us have been recognized by the instructor, and the others have been eliminated." Minako said.
Hinata was slightly surprised and said, "Have the other students returned to school to retake the course?"
"Two teams have returned to school to retake the course, and the others have been specially recruited by other departments. There are also a few students who seem to have suffered some kind of blow and chose to drop out of school." Minako sighed, "Becoming a formal ninja doesn't seem to be a good thing. We went on a C-level mission last month and were almost killed by the enemy's poisonous smoke. Fortunately, Akamaru saved me."
"Come on, you will definitely become stronger." Hinata could only encourage.
After all, the eighth team is a perception class. Her Byakugan has been upgraded to the point where she can see things within a radius of more than 20 kilometers. She may never experience this feeling in her life.
"I heard that the Death Forest is a forbidden area of Konoha. This exam is likely to be a wild survival test. There may be a contest between candidates." Uchiha Sasuke provoked as always, "If so, you'd better be careful. Don't let me eliminate you."
Izayoi frowned slightly, put his finger on his nose, leaned back slightly and said, "Have you been drinking?"
"No, I'm only 12 years old." Uchiha Sasuke shook his head. Seeing Izayoi's disgusted look, he almost couldn't help but sniff his clothes to see if there was really a smell of alcohol.
But Izayoi's next words made him blush instantly: "Oh, I thought you were still hungover and talking in your sleep."
"Puff..."
"Hahaha..."
Inuzuka Kiba and Uzumaki Naruto couldn't help laughing.
"Huh, you wait and see."
Uchiha Sasuke folded his arms and showed his arrogant look again.
No one, including Uchiha Sasuke, noticed that the current Uchiha Sasuke had changed a lot compared to the five years after the ninja school.
It was as if... back to the first grade.
Looking at the little cockroaches who were talking and laughing, a large number of candidates immediately cast their eyes over them.
After seeing the forehead protectors on them and their appearance, some candidates from small ninja villages were full of fear in their eyes.
After all, among these twelve people, eight of them are not easy to mess with.
Among them, there is the chief student who has the power to suppress the future heirs of the major ninja clans.
There are also the heirs of the three major perception ninja clans, the Hyuga clan, the Aburame clan, and the Inuzuka clan.
As well as the orphans of the Uchiha clan, and the new generation of Ino-Shika-Chou. They
are either civilian geniuses or the owners of bloodline limits and secret techniques.
When they grow up, Konoha may be ruled by them.
Judging from their appearance, they seem to have a very good relationship.
When we meet them in the second exam, we must run away.
A small number of candidates thought to themselves.
There were also many candidates who were eyeing Izayoi and the others, thinking that killing the heirs of the ninja clan in Konoha's home turf would be a good thing.
Among them, there was a greedy look, staring at the arrogant Uchiha Sasuke, almost unable to help sticking out his long tongue.
There was also a red-haired girl, who was also looking at Hinata and the other girls.
Looking at Hinata, who was dressed gorgeously and had a noble temperament, and Haruno Sakura and Yamanaka Ino, who looked spoiled, Karin's eyes were full of envy.
Is this the female Genin from the Great Ninja Village?
At this time, Karin seemed to have noticed something and couldn't help but look in the direction she felt.
She saw the white-robed boy standing next to the kimono girl, looking at her with a smile on his face.
Looking at that handsome face and gentle smile, Karin, who had seen such a handsome boy for the first time, her cheeks suddenly became as red as her hair color, and her eyes evaded and turned her head away, but soon she couldn't help but secretly look at the boy.
"Izayoi-kun, are you looking at that female Kusanagi?" Hinata asked when she saw this scene.
"Yes."
Izayoi nodded, and admitted it very readily, and whispered: "She has the same ability as me."
Hearing this, Hinata's expression changed slightly, staring at Izayoi's eyes without saying anything.
"It's not this one." Izayoi smiled, "It's the one you and Hanabi often use."
Hinata was slightly surprised, and then looked at Karin who was peeking at Izayoi again.
When she saw the girl's eyes meet hers, she immediately withdrew her eyes like a frightened rabbit, and dared not peek again, and guessed secretly in her heart.
Could she be a member of Izayoi's clan?
Kusagakure, it seems that it is next to the Land of Fire. Could it be that Izayoi's ancestors came from that land?
"All candidates come and line up to sign the death consent form. The second exam will start soon."
Time quickly came to three o'clock in the afternoon.
Because the genins were all standing on the periphery of the team, there was no episode in the original work where Uzumaki Naruto provoked Mitarashi Anko, and then was taught a lesson by the latter, and there was no episode of the master and apprentice's "reunion".
All candidates stood in several rows, lined up to sign the death consent form, and then the team leader entered the tent next to the shed, received one of the scrolls of heaven and earth, and was led by the invigilator to the exclusive entrance.
On the way, the invigilator also told them the rules of the second exam.
Just as Uchiha Sasuke said, the second exam is wilderness survival, and the exam time is a total of 120 hours, which is five days.
Within five days, they must collect the scrolls of heaven and earth and reach the central tower of the Death Forest.
If they exceed the time limit or fail to collect the scrolls of heaven and earth, they will not be able to enter the central tower and will be eliminated directly.
If you curiously open the scroll, you will also be eliminated on the spot.
After explaining the rules, the invigilator stood in front of the iron gate of the team's exclusive entrance, waiting for the broadcast to sound.
"Byakugan-open!"
Hinata made a seal with both hands, and the veins on both sides of her temples bulged.
A few seconds later, she said, "Our entrance is No. 8. The teams at entrances No. 7 and 9 all have scrolls of earth."
"It's okay. There are 24 teams in this exam, with a total of 12 scrolls of heaven. Even if we don't take the initiative to attack, there will be prey that will come to us."
Izayoi glanced at the scroll in her hand, which had the word "earth" written on it.
Hinata said solemnly, "There is someone in the team at entrance No. 7 whose chakra is very strong."
"Oh? Who is he?"
Izayoi, who did not open the Samsara Eye, said with interest.
"I don't know, but... he is wearing a Sand Ninja forehead protector and carrying a gourd on his back." Hinata described the other party's characteristics.
"Sasuke seems to have mentioned this person yesterday." Aburame Shino said calmly, "Anyone who can be remembered by Sasuke should not be a simple person."
"Yeah, he is a powerful guy." Izayoi smiled and nodded.