boyutpedia Chapter 105 Preliminary Rounds Begin!
Chapter 105 Preliminary Rounds Begin!
Hinata imposed unprecedentedly severe punishment on the mischievous Akali.
He directly showed Akali what it meant to flirt without restraint, and she herself shed tears.
However, they were still in the Chunin Exams.
Three days later.
The second round of the Chunin Exams has come to an end.
Because of the high number of participants in the first exam, a total of eight groups, or 24 people, passed the second exam.
In addition to the original Konoha teams 2, 7, 8, 10, and Kabuto, the three Sand Ninja siblings, and the three Sound Ninja, Kiba Inuzuka's Team 1 was also added.
At this moment, the instructors, examiners, Third Hokage, and all the examinees who had passed the exams from each class were gathered in the training ground inside the central tower.
To be honest, Akali was quite surprised to see that Kiba Inuzuka had actually passed Class 1.
She originally thought that because of her butterfly effect, there would definitely be more people in the third preliminary round of the Chunin Exams, so she would be able to see some other faces.
But after glancing at Kiba Inuzuka's Jonin instructor, Akali felt she could understand.
Because Kiba Inuzuka's mentor was his mother, Tsurugi Inuzuka, a fierce woman with spiky hair.
The generous Inuzuka Tsurugi immediately assigned a ninja dog to each of the other two members of Team 1 to ensure their combat effectiveness.
At this moment, noticing Akali's gaze, Inuzuka Tsurugi nodded to her in a friendly manner.
Akali responded with a smile (*^▽^*).
Hinata, noticing the subtle interaction between the two, frowned imperceptibly, looking at Akali's retreating figure with some suspicion.
However, the relaxing time came to an end.
After waiting quietly for a while, the Third Hokage began to explain his theory that the Chunin Exams were a microcosm of war, and that if a ninja village performed well, it would be noticed by powerful figures and thus receive a commission.
Akali listened quietly.
She was young when she saw this part of the story, and at first glance, it actually made some sense.
But looking at it now...
Akali, however, discovered that this was all a complete hoax, and anyone who believed it was a complete idiot.
What does it mean if a ninja performs better, indicating a stronger ninja village?
Even a village like Sunagakure, which lacks martial ethics, could easily send Gaara in and have him single-handedly wipe out the entire area. But does that mean Sunagakure is strong?
And look at how many people have come to participate in the Chunin Exams!
There are six ninja villages in total: Sunagakure, Takigakure, Kusagakure, Otogakure, Konoha, and Amegakure. Two of them are among the Five Great Ninja Villages.
How dare these small ninja villages try to outshine Konoha and Sunagakure?
And even if a true genius is sent, so what?
Let's learn about the qualifiers.
Okay, I know you're a genius. Now go fight Gaara!
With this kind of competition system, as long as Konoha wants it, the smaller ninja villages will never be able to show themselves in front of the powerful and wealthy.
If they send a genius, they'll assign him a position; if they send a mediocre one, he'll be naturally eliminated.
The problem is that the small ninja village can't really send an incompetent person. What if the incompetent person is 'lucky' enough to make it to the third exam and embarrasses himself in front of everyone?
So even if they know that their people are unlikely to succeed, the small ninja villages still have to grit their teeth and try, such as the grass ninja who even sent Karin.
Ultimately, only the Sand Village and Konoha Villages, along with a very small number of ninja from smaller villages, fought in the finals.
This was also an alternative way of dividing the common people's money 30/70, while returning the money of the wealthy and powerful in full.
But the blood of the small ninja village was slowly drained away in these tests.
There's a reason why Takigakure has declined to that state.
From the three generations' emphasis on benevolence and morality, and the idea of using small-scale war rehearsals to avoid large-scale wars.
Akali listened for most of the day, but could only make out the words "cannibalism".
"Damn!" Akali exclaimed softly.
She originally thought that experiencing things she had seen before again would be boring, but isn't it quite interesting?
After the third generation finished explaining his theory.
The protagonist of Naruto Shippuden, Hayate Gekko, appears in a flash.
"Cough...cough..."
Amid a series of coughs, Moonlight Gale spoke up: "There are some things you need to know before the third exam."
"That's the preliminary round, which determines whether you can participate in the third exam!"
"The preliminary rounds?" Everyone was very surprised to hear Gekko Hayate's words.
"That's right. It's probably because the first and second rounds of the Chunin Exams were too easy, so there are a lot of people left."
"Therefore, according to the rules of the Chunin Exams, the number of people participating in the third exam needs to be reduced."
"As the Hokage just said, there will be guests watching the third exam, so it can't take too long."
"So, people who are feeling unwell, cough cough cough cough cough..."
Moonlight Gale brought another string of coughs.
"Excuse me, after listening to the explanation, is there anyone who wants to give up? Because the preliminary exam is about to begin."
"One more thing, the next round will be individual battles, so whether you withdraw individually or not will not affect your team."
"what?"
Hearing Moonlight Gale's words, the crowd stirred again.
Having finally passed the Chunin Exams, they are now facing elimination in individual battles, making this competition format undeniably cruel.
Of course, this didn't matter at all to Akali, who had been resting and recuperating for several days.
Even though she hasn't fully mastered the Heaven and Earth Curse Seal and cleansed the natural chakra, the increased chakra has brought her to a quarter of the total chakra available for use.
In this kind of fishpond setup, a quarter is already enough.
Moreover, the reason she didn't clean up the natural energy wasn't because she couldn't, but because she didn't want to.
If you want to clear away natural energy, one energy outpouring is enough.
Akali left these natural energies, which had been within her for many days and had acquired her aura, simply to reserve space and prevent the Heavenly Seal from absorbing new natural energy.
She is trying to reverse the flow of the Heaven and Earth Curse Seal, and she is close to succeeding.
So Akali still has the mind to observe other people.
Soon, Class 7, whose atmosphere was completely different from the original work, caught her attention.
"Ok?"
Akali looked at Class 7 strangely.
At this moment, Sasuke was standing at the front, Naruto was in the middle, and Sakura was behind him.
Looking at Sasuke's back of the head and feeling Sakura's silence behind him, Naruto's expression was more like that of someone who had been constipated for ten years than anyone else.
The atmosphere among the three members of Team 7 was clearly divided, with Naruto as the dividing line.
It seems that a sad and deep divide has already formed between them.
“There’s a story behind this!” Akali concluded.
Could it be that something happened during Orochimaru's attack that she didn't know about?
Akali's face was written all over it.
I'm so curious!