[It's not her.]
[Naruto shook his head secretly.]
[That familiar and inexplicably kind feeling just now.]
[It didn't come from this girl, but from someone else, likely hidden among these hundred or so Genin.]
[Naruto wasn't in a hurry.]
[After all, there were only so many people; as long as the other party used even a bit of Chakra, he could pinpoint them immediately.]
[However, for now, Naruto was somewhat interested in that little girl among the Hidden Rain Village Ninjas.]
[The other party seemed to have sensed several targets over here and instinctively became wary, leaking some Chakra.]
[Kagura Minds Eye immediately sensed the difference in her internal Chakra.]
['This feeling... seems to be mixed with a bit of Space-Time Chakra.']
['It seems her talent for Space-Time Ninjutsu is quite good.']
['Unfortunately, she hasn't mastered any high-level Space-Time Ninjutsu.']
[It made sense; she was even younger than him, and practicing too early would do more harm than good.]
['There's a high probability that Hanzou is dead.']
['In this Chunin Joint Exam... those two Genin are still using the attire from when Hanzou was around...']
['Likely a means for the current rulers of the Hidden Rain Village to cover up the news of Hanzou's death.']
['Akatsuki?']
['No rush, the focus for now is still on Konoha and Sunagakure.']
['The Hidden Rain Village is right there; it's not going anywhere. I'll go when the time is right.']
[While Naruto was observing Ajisai, Ajisai also noticed his presence, similarly sizing up the blonde youth who vaguely seemed to lead the Konoha Genin.]
[Their eyes met.]
[Ajisai was dazed for a moment, then lowered her head slightly, not daring to look at Naruto openly anymore.]
[Naruto smiled and withdrew his gaze.]
[Still a somewhat naive girl.]
[Inside the Sealing Space, the Great Fox curled its lip and said: "Her space-time talent is good. She might be a great help in the future, and if you have children with her, the probability of the offspring having space-time talent is extremely high."]
["You aren't bad yourself."]
[Naruto didn't respond, but he felt the Great Fox's tone was a bit strange.]
[Moreover, lately, it always liked to hide in a corner of the Sealing Space, tinkering with something.]
[Naruto had peeked; it seemed to be some kind of Transformation Jutsu... and a semi-permanent one at that.]
[Combined with the Great Fox's nature as a Chakra body...]
[Anyway, Naruto had only glanced at it a few times and could roughly guess the principle of the technique. He deduced there was likely no danger; even if there were, it would just be a matter of consuming a bit of Chakra and wouldn't harm its essence.]
[So, he let it be and stopped caring.]
[Otherwise, the Great Fox might say again that foxes have no privacy.]
"Everyone, please don't think I'm just being alarmist."
"I've participated in the Chunin Exams six times now."
"As a veteran student, my advice should be quite credible, right?"
"Besides, I'm also a Konoha Ninja."
"In short, this is already my seventh time taking the Chunin Exams."
[Yakushi Kabuto was still prattling on.]
[Neji frowned, "Seventh time?"]
"No wonder you've never been able to become a Chunin."
"This time will be no exception," Tenten said, looking at him with a face full of hostility.
[This person looked like a nice guy who was acting for their own good, but in reality, he was constantly digging holes for them.]
[And because of his appearance, more and more people were becoming hostile toward this small group of Konoha rookies.]
[Yakushi Kabuto's smile stiffened.]
[Looking at the boys and girls in front of him, all more or less hostile toward him.]
[He sighed inwardly.]
[Sure enough, it wasn't as simple as he had imagined.]
[These kids weren't just distinguished by their strength.]
"Hahaha~"
[Yakushi Kabuto gave an awkward but polite laugh, not letting the atmosphere turn cold.]
[As a double... no, multi-faced spy, he naturally couldn't just give up like this.]
[At the same time, he was constantly using words to avoid conflicts with the Naruto Gang.]
[Naruto glanced at Yakushi Kabuto, who was as persistent as a piece of sticky candy.]
['Yakushi Kabuto...']
[Frowning slightly and pondering for a moment, Naruto remembered where he had heard this name.]
['Orphanage... Director... Yakushi Nono.']
['Yakushi Kabuto?']
['Yakushi Nono, a former member of the Root Organization.']
['Later she served as the director of an Orphanage... suspected of recruiting new members for the Root Organization... screening talented children.']
['But there's also a significant possibility that Yakushi Nono wanted to leave the Root Organization...']
[Naruto absorbed a lot of miscellaneous information.]
[And much of it required careful screening and investigation.]
[But he could still get a general idea.]
"Actually, I can roughly guess... it's already the seventh time, I have some self-awareness."
"It's just... I'm just very unwilling."
[Yakushi Kabuto was still trying to find topics.]
[Finally, even Ino ran out of patience.]
"Heh."
"You say we're noisy, but why do I feel like you're the noisiest one?"
"Participated six times and still couldn't become a Chunin... hehehe~"
"Deliberately letting everyone ignore your strength, and deliberately letting everyone know we're rookies to help you attract fire..."
[Before Ino could finish, Yakushi Kabuto immediately gave a bitter smile.]
"You're too good."
"I didn't expect you to see through that."
"As compensation, I have a lot of information on the Genin participating in this Chunin Joint Exam."
"Each of you can pick one at random."
[At these words, The Rookie 9 stiffened slightly, looking at Yakushi Kabuto who had nonchalantly found a new topic while fumbling for something in his robes.]
[A bit more wariness appeared in the eyes of The Rookie 9.]
[This guy... is not simple.]
[Yakushi Kabuto seemed not to notice.]
[He took out the Ninja Info Cards on his own.]
"This guy..."
[Kankuro narrowed his eyes slightly.]
"It seems those Konoha Genin can't do anything to him for now, other than attacking him."
[Temari, who was beside him, also glanced sideways, her gaze lingering on Yakushi Kabuto's back for a moment.]
"Damn... Uchiha Sasuke... don't let me catch an opportunity, and that damn Konoha Yellow-Haired Kid!"
[Temari: "..."]
[She decided to act as if she hadn't heard anything; after all, she was also blonde.]
[Gaara folded his arms across his chest and looked at Naruto below with a cold, expressionless gaze.]
[It was as if nothing could affect him.]
[However, at this moment, Gaara's mind was filled with Shukaku's shrill voice.]
[The words were full of exasperation.]
[Clearly, Gaara had once again ignored the 'deal' it proposed.]
[Even if Gaara was to take action against Naruto, it would be following his own heart; as for Shukaku's proposal, he ignored it directly.]
"Hehe... I didn't expect us to be ignored," Kin Tsuchi said with a faint smile.
"Since that's the case, let's go play with them for a bit."
[Dosu Kinuta gave a cold laugh, and then his figure disappeared from where he stood.]