27: Chapter 27 Post-War RestWhen Naruto and Sakura arrived, Orochimaru had completely disappeared.Seeing Sasuke wailing in pain, Sakura immediately stepped forward and hugged him.
Naruto felt relieved after checking that Sasuke had not suffered any other serious injuries.
It was just a curse.He knew Sasuke wouldn't die, so it wasn't a big problem.
After arriving here and understanding the situation, Hongdou immediately looked at Sasuke's injuries.When she saw the curse seal on the back of his neck, she immediately confirmed that the legendary Orochimaru had come.
There is actually a curse mark on her neck as well.
She knew that since Orochimaru came to Konoha, he must have some big plans, so she immediately began to try to track him.
Sasuke had fallen into a coma due to the pain caused by the fusion of the curse seal, so Naruto decided to rest where he was.
After sensing that his chakra had been depleted by nearly 30% in the battle with Orochimaru, Naruto suddenly felt that his chakra was still too little.It seemed that he would have to find a way to increase it in the future.
However, in the few minutes since the fight, his chakra has recovered to 80%, which made him feel a little relieved.
"It seems that I still need to maintain a good relationship with the Nine-Tails!If I need chakra urgently one day, I can borrow from him immediately." Naruto thought to himself.
Now the person he was most worried about, Orochimaru, had accomplished his goal and left.Now there was no opponent in the field that he could take into account.
After Naruto asked Sakura to look after Sasuke, he went to the river to catch a few fish.He gutted them, cleaned them, sprinkled them with various seasonings, and leisurely roasted them over the fire.
Without the threat of Orochimaru, Naruto changed his previous cautiousness and completely let go of himself.
Soon, the scent of human body drifted away in the forest.
Naruto was grilling fish and fishing at the same time.Although Examination Room No.44 was not big, it was not small either.Instead of looking for the enemy, it would be better to let the prey come to him.
As the aroma of Naruto's grilled fish wafted out, it soon attracted three small fish to lurk nearby.
When the three of them saw someone actually making a fire and cooking in such a dangerous place, and the food smelled so delicious, they immediately concluded that they had met a rookie.
In order to prevent the prey from being snatched away by others, the three of them rushed here as fast as they could.
"One is injured and unconscious, one is a rookie female ninja, and the other is an idiot red-haired kid who is cooking.This wave is sure to happen!Brothers, fight quickly and decisively!" After analyzing the situation, the three small fry rushed towards Naruto in an instant.
Naruto had already noticed that these people were lurking nearby, but he didn't take action because the grilled fish was not yet cooked enough.
Now seeing them taking action and the fish being grilled having just been finished, he casually stuck the branches used to grill the fish into the ground.
Naruto dusted off his hands and instantly met the three of them.
With Naruto's current strength, it would be a piece of cake to deal with them.
The three men were taken care of in just three punches and two kicks, so there is no need to elaborate on this.
Afterwards, he searched the three unconscious people and found the Scroll of Earth.
After putting away the scroll, Naruto and Sakura enjoyed the grilled fish together.
As for the three ninjas, Naruto was too lazy to tie them up.After all, although he had just restrained his strength, they probably wouldn't wake up in a short time.
An hour later, Sasuke finally woke up.After letting him eat some food to replenish his strength, the three of them headed straight for the tower without encountering any obstacles.
"Congratulations on successfully passing the second exam!Naruto, I didn't expect that you all grew into qualified ninjas so quickly.Teacher is really happy for you!" Iruka said happily when he saw Naruto and his group.
"Teacher Iruka, I didn't expect to see you here.Don't worry, we are all very strong!Don't worry about us anymore in the future." Naruto comforted.
"I'll treat you guys to ramen when this is over!To celebrate your growth."
"Forget it, Mr.Iruka.I will make barbecue for you myself.Thank you for your teaching over the years!" Naruto invited.
"Haha, then I'm in for a treat.Naruto, your cooking skills are the best I've ever seen.But don't steal the villagers' chickens this time." Iruka made a joke.
While Naruto was chatting, other candidates had also finished their exams and gathered here.
After everyone arrived, the examiners and representatives from each village lined up and stood in front of the candidates.
The third generation stepped forward and congratulated everyone, and then told everyone the differences of this assessment.
It turns out that the reason why this exam is different from previous ones is because it involves the distribution of interests among the villages.The performance of everyone in this exam is directly related to the amount of interests that can be distributed to each village.
Only then did everyone understand why this exam was so cruel.
"Now, Moonlight Gale will explain the rules of the third round of the exam."
Cough cough cough.
Before Moonlight Gale Man appeared, a weak cough was heard.
Then came forward a man with a face as pale as paper and looking extremely weak.
"Hello everyone ahem.before the third exam ahem.there's something that needs to be done by everyone."
"Is it really okay, teacher?" Sakura looked at Yueguang Gale who seemed to be about to die at any time with a worried look on her face.
The other candidates saw him coughing madly before he could finish a sentence, and they were afraid that he would die suddenly at the next moment.
"Ahem.that means you have to participate in a preliminary selection." Moonlight Gale finally finished his words.
"Why do we still need preliminary selections?Can't we just start the third round directly?" the candidates asked.
"Ahem.maybe the first and second exams were too easy, which resulted in too many candidates.There will be a preliminary selection."
"If any students are not feeling well, you can withdraw now.Otherwise, the preliminaries will begin immediately!"
"It's obviously the teacher who seems to be in poor health!" Ino frowned and complained.
"Is the teacher really okay?" the kind-hearted Hinata said worriedly.
"The competition is starting now?We haven't even had time to eat yet!"
Naruto and his group didn't care.They had just eaten grilled fish before coming and were in great shape at the moment.
At this time, Kabuto, who was wearing glasses, raised his hand to indicate that he would withdraw from the competition.He was a spy secretly sent by Orochimaru, and there was no need for him to continue to take the exam.
"Ahem.This assessment is a one-on-one battle format.The winner will advance to the third round.The opponent will be randomly matched based on the names displayed on the screen.The drawing will begin now!"
As the names of the candidates began to scroll on the electronic screen, everyone's eyes were fixed on the big screen.
Under everyone's nervous gaze, the name scrolling on the screen was finally locked.
Red Copper Armor VS Uchiha Sasuke.
Sasuke, seeing that it was his turn from the first match, showed no fear at all, but instead could not wait to enter the arena and take his place.He had been constantly being beaten by Orochimaru, and now he was eager to fight and prove himself.
Seeing that their opponent was Sasuke, the Red Copper Armor was also ready to teach him a lesson, because they were actually Orochimaru's subordinates.Before, seeing how much Orochimaru valued Sasuke, they were all very dissatisfied and wanted to prove that they were the most useful to Orochimaru.
After the contestants were in place, the others, under the command of Moonlight Gale, went to the second floor and left the venue to the two of them.
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