Chapter 133: A Set of Icha Icha, Come Over and Help!
Kabuto Yakushi was very familiar with the Chunin Exam procedures.
He had once participated in the Chunin Exams for three consecutive years as Orochimaru's spy, searching for suitable vessel candidates for Orochimaru. He knew the rules of the Chunin Exams by heart.
No matter how many genin passed the second round's Heaven and Earth scroll competition, Konoha would streamline the candidates for the third exam, selecting powerful genin and trying every means to make the battles spectacular.
After all, many daimyos and dignitaries would be watching the main tournament of the third exam.
If the main tournament dragged on, and there were incidents like hair-pulling, face-pinching, or mouth-twisting on site, it was feared that the audience would develop some prejudice against the ninja profession.
"Ahem, ahem, ahem…"
A pale-faced Konoha ninja with somewhat vacant eyes held a notebook. After a few light coughs, he finally spoke: "I will announce the rules for the preliminary matches… ahem, ahem, ahem… everyone will be divided into one-on-one groups for actual combat."
After speaking, this guy coughed a few more times, looking like he was about to die from illness.
This Konoha ninja was Hayate Gekko, the proctor for the third exam.
Only after Hayate Gekko recovered did he continue: "The battles will not prohibit you from using any means. A battle will only end when one side falls, dies, or surrenders; however, if I believe the outcome is decided, I will proactively intervene on the battlefield to avoid innocent casualties."
However, the genin below felt a sense of distrust towards Hayate Gekko.
This proctor clearly looked like he was so ill he could collapse at any moment, as if he would die before them!
Haku glanced at Naraku Uehara's playful gaze with surprise and asked softly, "Uehara, you seem very interested in him. Is this proctor very strong?"
"Perhaps."
Naraku Uehara chuckled and shook his head.
No one could judge whether Hayate Gekko was truly strong, but one point was universally acknowledged: his girlfriend, Yugao Uzuki, was very beautiful.
Naraku Uehara wasn't concerned about Yugao Uzuki's looks.
What Uehara cared more about was that Hayate Gekko's girlfriend, Yugao Uzuki, knew the truth about Obito Uchiha, but she didn't seem to have leaked any secrets.
For example, the matter of Obito Uchiha causing the deaths of the Fourth Hokage and his wife.
Back then, Naraku Uehara had personally impersonated Obito Uchiha and self-destructed, yet this most crucial heinous crime was not brought to light.
This secret was covered up by Konoha or Kakashi.
Naraku Uehara's gaze swept slightly over the crowd, he hummed lightly, and a new plan quietly formed in his mind.
However, before Naraku Uehara could secretly plan how to trick Konoha, the Konoha ninjas played a dirty trick on him first!
Hayate Gekko glanced at the battle screen and loudly announced the contestants for the first Chunin Exam match: "First match, Kimimaro Kaguya versus Naraku Uehara!"
"..."
Everyone's gazes involuntarily fell on Kimimaro Kaguya and Naraku Uehara. These two Amegakure ninjas were undoubtedly the two individuals with the strongest solo combat power among all the candidates in this Chunin Exam!
Were they going to make them start killing each other directly?
The jonin leader of Otogakure watched all this, a sneer flashing across his lips: "Hmph, I haven't even made a move, and you've already started!"
The other jonin also looked slightly surprised.
The two strongest fighting in the preliminaries – if this was purely a coincidence, the probability was a bit too low, wasn't it?
"I surrender!"
Kimimaro Kaguya calmly announced his surrender directly.
If facing Naraku Uehara, Kimimaro could not participate in this battle, whether due to status or strength.
As for Naraku Uehara himself.
From the moment Hayate Gekko announced the opponents, Uehara's body hadn't moved an inch. Clearly, he had already known Kimimaro Kaguya's choice.
Only Haku spoke with some regret, consoling his teammate beside him: "What a pity. If Kimimaro hadn't run into Uehara, he definitely could have advanced."
"It doesn't matter."
Kimimaro Kaguya didn't care at all.
The preliminary matches of the Chunin Exam proceeded in an orderly manner. After the first match, the opponents in the other battles seemed to have become normal.
"Second match, Temari versus Tenten."
There was almost no suspense in this battle. All the ninja tools accumulated by Tenten, the great tycoon of the ninja world, were blown away by Temari's Wind Style ninjutsu. She had almost no power to fight back. Temari won easily and even had the leisure to tease Konoha a bit.
Unfortunately, the subsequent battle made Temari's expression change abruptly.
"Third match, Kankuro versus Sasuke Uchiha!"
This battle was much more exciting. Unfortunately, after Sasuke Uchiha directly used Fire Style ninjutsu to burn through the puppet strings, Kankuro was beatenållen without any chance to retaliate.
"Fourth match, Shino Aburame versus Ino Yamanaka."
In this match, Shino Aburame didn't even need to do much. Swarms of insects forced Ino Yamanaka to forfeit and surrender.
"Fifth match, Choji Akimichi versus Shikamaru Nara!"
As soon as the two opponents for this match came out, before Shikamaru Nara could raise his hand to surrender first, Choji Akimichi took the lead in sacrificing himself, shouting loudly: "I surrender!"
"Sixth match, Naruto Uzumaki versus Kiba Inuzuka."
This was a... fragrant battle.
While Kiba Inuzuka had the advantage, due to his overly sensitive sense of smell, he caught a whiff of a foul odor and was easily defeated by Naruto Uzumaki.
"Seventh match, Neji Hyuga versus Hinata Hyuga."
Perhaps because they had teamed up in the Forest of Death, Neji Hyuga didn't go too hard on Hinata Hyuga, but he still mercilessly defeated his little cousin.
Naraku Uehara watched Hinata Hyuga being carried away, then looked at Neji Hyuga sighing regretfully. Of all the people who had hit Hinata, how many could survive?
Uehara suddenly remembered what he had done in the Forest of Death.
Defeating any of the other Konoha 12 undoubtedly came with very generous rewards. Only when he hit Hinata, the system only gave him one hundred gold coins.
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It's fine, he won't die.
Even if he died, he had revival skills.
"Eighth match, Sakura Haruno versus Haku!"
Hayate Gekko's voice interrupted Naraku Uehara's thoughts. He glanced at Haku beside him and nodded meaningfully: "Don't waste time, finish it quickly. I want to watch the next match."
"Understood."
Haku leaped onto the arena.
Just the flexibility of his taijutsu alone showed his foundation, coupled with Haku's delicate and cute appearance and Ice Release kekkei genkai, it made someone in the corner of the arena lick their lips incessantly.
Orochimaru, disguised as an Otogakure jonin, licked his lips, his face full of envy as he looked at the young ninja below: "Whether it's this kid named Haku or that little fellow named Kimimaro Kaguya, both are excellent vessels!"
Both the Ice Release kekkei genkai and the Shikotsumyaku kekkei genkai qualified them to be his vessels.
Unfortunately, wanting to seize Kimimaro Kaguya's and Haku's bodies was even more difficult than seizing Sasuke Uchiha's body.
Sakura Haruno was somewhat lacking in confidence after stepping onto the stage. Even though her two teammates desperately encouraged her, she was still defeated by Haku.
The preliminary matches of this Chunin Exam finally reached the main event!
Naraku Uehara's gaze slowly swept over the two ninjas he had beaten, Gaara and Rock Lee, and a grin couldn't help but appear on his lips.
The final battle was the most exciting!
Perhaps only the battle between Naraku Uehara and Kimimaro Kaguya, which hadn't proceeded normally, could possibly compare to this fight.
Rock Lee, having opened the Gate of Opening, forcefully broke through Gaara's Armor of Sand, but ultimately, his body couldn't keep up, and he was defeated.
From now on, Rock Lee would probably be sealed.
No one expected that just as Naraku Uehara, along with Kimimaro Kaguya and Haku, returned to the inn, planning to discuss how to pass the month before the start of the Chunin Exam finals, two people came looking for them.
Kakashi Hatake knocked on the door, leaning against the doorway and looking at Naraku Uehara: "Uehara, I just heard from those little ones and Anko that your medical ninjutsu is very brilliant. Could you help treat that child from our village?"
If it weren't for having no other choice, and having heard Anko Mitarashi and the little ones from Team Seven praise Uehara's medical ninjutsu, Kakashi wouldn't have come.
"Please!"
Might Guy quickly flashed out from behind Kakashi Hatake, bowed deeply to Naraku Uehara, and pleaded with tears streaming down his face: "Please, sir, save that child Lee, we would be endlessly grateful!"
"But…"
Naraku Uehara hesitated.
He was somewhat unsure if his treatment would be effective.
After all, Rock Lee had injured his bones and such. It was said that even that woman Tsunade was helpless. What effect could he have?
Although Uehara did indeed have a side quest to help with treatment.
And the most troublesome thing was, Naraku Uehara was a little worried that if he healed Rock Lee here, an Eight Gates Lee might fly out in the future and kick him.
Fortunately, he still had a few revival and invincibility skills…
Anyway, as long as he ensured his own stacks were high, it would be fine.
Kakashi Hatake looked at Naraku Uehara, sighed, touched his forehead, and said softly: "As long as you're willing to try, a signed collector's edition set of Icha Icha, and the latest limited edition Icha Icha Violence series in the ninja world…"
"Who do you think I am?"
Naraku Uehara glanced at Kakashi Hatake, frowned, and said: "Alright, take me to see the situation first. I can't guarantee I can cure him…"
(End of Chapter)
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