Naruto: In Konoha Village, I awakened Wood Release at the start.

Outside Konoha Village.

Sixth training ground.

On the arena.

Naruto was still there striking various cool poses.

Several minutes passed, and still no one dared to go on stage to take the challenge.

Just kidding, who wants to die?

Chiba sat on the high platform, looking down at the commotion of Naruto, and couldn't help but chuckle.

He cleared his throat, and his voice, amplified by chakra, resonated throughout the entire examination hall.

"Since no one is challenging us."

"So, the winner of this Joint Chunin Exams—Konoha Village, Naruto Uzumaki!"

The voice just fell.

A burst of cheers erupted from the entire audience.

Countless Konoha villagers stood up and shouted Naruto's name.

"Good job, Naruto!"

"Truly a hero of Konoha!"

"That's amazing! Kurama is so cool!"

Hearing these cheers.

Naruto's eyes welled up with tears.

once Upon a time.

As he walked down the street, he was met with nothing but disgusted stares from the villagers.

Everyone called him a fox demon, or a monster.

All of this change was due to the man on the high platform.

The Fifth Hokage, Senju Chiba!

He revealed the identity of the Jinchūriki, and he changed the villagers' prejudice against the Tailed Beasts.

Naruto wiped his eyes, bowed in the direction of Chiba, and then turned and jumped off the stage.

Upon seeing this.

Chiba forms a hand seal with one hand.

Amidst the deafening roar.

The arena, which had been reduced to ruins by the Tailed Beast Ball, was instantly filled back up with countless pieces of wood.

In the blink of an eye.

A brand new, enormous arena has once again appeared before everyone's eyes.

"The first place has been decided."

"Next, let's begin the battle for second place."

Chiba's voice rang out again, calm yet carrying an undeniable authority.

"Those who want to compete for second place, you may now come up on stage."

The entire room fell silent.

All eyes were drawn to a corner of the contestants' area.

Gaara was standing there quietly.

Just now.

The medical ninjas have forcibly awakened him using top-tier medical ninjutsu.

Although the chakra consumption is enormous.

However, Gaara's condition has basically stabilized.

At this moment, Gaara's face was so gloomy that it seemed as if water could drip from it.

The humiliation of being beaten like a punching bag by the Nine-Tails had driven his killing intent to its peak.

If he can't beat the Nine-Tails, can't he beat anyone else?

soon.

Gaara walked towards the arena step by step with a cold face.

With each step he took, the murderous aura emanating from him intensified.

When he stood in the center of the ring.

The palpable killing intent was so palpable that even some of the audience members in the front rows felt breathless.

"This is so troublesome..."

"How on earth did this monster manage to sneak into the genin exams?"

"Even if you kill me, I will never go up there to my death."

"..."

Shikamaru hid at the back of the crowd and couldn't help scratching his hair.

Neji, standing beside him, also wore a solemn expression.

He silently activated his eye roll, then quickly deactivated it again.

It's impossible to fight.

Although the chakra within that guy wasn't as violent as before, it was still so immense that it was despair-inducing.

Is this what a Jinchūriki is?

A full minute passed.

The entire examination room was completely silent.

No one dared to look Gaara in the eye.

Just when everyone thought that Gaara would win without a fight.

"Whoosh!"

A petite figure appeared on the arena.

She was a girl with short, light green hair and slightly dark skin.

She had a pair of strange wings on her back, as thin as cicada wings, making her look like an elf.

It was Fu, a genin from Takigakure.

Fu stood with her hands behind her back, smiling as she looked at Gaara opposite her.

"Feed".

"The one playing in the sand."

You look unhappy.

"Want to play with me?"

"..."

The entire audience erupted in uproar.

Everyone stared at the green-haired girl as if she were crazy.

Is this guy out of his mind?

Didn't she see Gaara's tailed beast form just now?

Even Sasuke Uchiha gave up the challenge, so how dare she, an unknown genin from Takigakure, jump up?

"Do you want to die?"

Gaara's eyes instantly turned icy cold.

The sand gathered at his feet, vaguely transforming into several ferocious claws.

"Chongming, are you really going to fight?"

"That sand monster looks really fierce."

Fu couldn't help but take a step back.

But in her mind, she kept calling out to the Seven-Tails.

She didn't actually want to go on stage at all.

She came to participate in the Chunin Exams simply to make friends.

Fighting and killing are so annoying.

"Stop talking nonsense!"

"Get me out!"

The voice of Shigeaki Nanao echoed in Fu's mind.

"That stinky raccoon is always incredibly arrogant."

"We were beaten so badly by Kurama just now, now's the perfect opportunity to kick a man when he's down!"

Chongming rubbed his hands together excitedly.

Both are tailed beasts.

They didn't have any deep feelings for each other.

Especially Shukaku, with his foul mouth, the other tailed beasts have wanted to beat him up for a long time.

"But……"

"If I go on a rampage here, I'll get yelled at, right?"

Hearing Chongming's words.

Fu sighed and glanced at the stands with some worry.

"What's there to be afraid of!"

"That monster is sitting on it."

"Even if I wanted to go berserk, I couldn't!"

"Didn't you see how badly Shukaku was suppressed just now?"

"As long as we don't hurt the audience, Chiba definitely won't interfere."

Chongming shouted nonchalantly.

Hearing Chongming say this...

Fu was finally able to relax.

She looked up and gave Gaara a bright smile.

"I don't want to die."

"But my friend inside me said it wanted to come out and get some fresh air."

Gaara frowned.

Before he could figure out what Fu meant by those words.

next second.

A blinding green chakra erupted from Fu's body.

The amount of chakra this has is in no way inferior to that of Shukaku before!

A violent gust of air swept across the entire venue.

Funa's petite body rapidly swelled and mutated.

A thick, bluish-green carapace instantly covered her entire body.

Three pairs of enormous, transparent wings, and a long tail, stretched out from her back.

Nanao, Chongming!

"boom--!"

A giant beetle appeared on the arena, letting out a deafening roar.

The entire examination hall in Konoha Village fell into a deathly silence once again.

The audience in the stands were completely dumbfounded.

What the hell is going on here?

Another tailed beast?

How could a simple Chunin Exams exam gather three Jinchuriki?

The expressions on the faces of the leaders of the various ninja villages on the high platform were extremely interesting.

Tsuchikage Onoki suddenly ripped off a handful of his beard, wincing in pain.

"Nanabi from Takigakure Village?"

"That village that's always been holed up has actually released its Jinchūriki?"

Ray Shadow Ai was so angry that he trembled all over.

Konoha has the Nine-Tails, Sunagakure has the One-Tails, and now even Takigakure's Seven-Tails has appeared.

This is practically an exhibition of tailed beasts!

The key is.

Chiba Senju was clearly aware of all of this.

He was even using these tailed beasts to demonstrate Konoha's absolute control over the ninja world.

On the arena.

I sensed Chongming's chakra aura.

The Shukaku inside Gaara instantly bristled.

"Damn bugs!"

"Even trash like you dares to mock me?"

Shukaku's roar exploded in Gaara's mind.

Shukaku, who was already seething with anger because of his defeat to Kurama, completely lost his temper at this moment.

If you can't beat Nine-Tailed Fox, then forget it.

Who do you think you are, Seven-Tails, daring to jump out at a time like this?

Gaara didn't suppress Shukaku at all; in fact, he cooperated quite well with him.

A large amount of sand instantly enveloped Gaara.

The violet-colored curse mark began to spread again.

In just a few breaths.

The enormous and ferocious sand raccoon reappeared on the arena.

Although the chakra fluctuations it emitted were much weaker than before.

But that insane killing intent was even more intense.

"insect."

"I'm going to tear you to pieces!"