In Konoha, they wiped out the Sarutobi clan at the start.

Chapter 128 Sakura Gets a Beating

"Alright, get lost. Stop embarrassing yourself here. If I see you in the next exam, I'll kill you even if others don't," Qianye said, dismissing the three.

"Yes, yes. Thank you for saving our lives, sir." The three Rain Ninjas did not recognize Chiya and thought he was some important figure from Amegakure. Hearing that they were to leave, they dared not stay any longer and hurriedly thanked him, wishing they had more legs to run away from the place.

Just then, Gaara's voice rang out from behind Chiya, "Hey, bandaged man, what's your name?"

Chiya was taken aback, thought for a moment, and replied, "The Third Hokage loves Danzo."

"Alright, I'll remember you, Third Hokage Danzo. We'll meet again soon." Gaara casually tossed the scroll to Kankuro, uttered those harsh words, and disappeared from the spot.

Temari and Kankuro glanced at Chiya with considerable apprehension before following closely behind.

As soon as the three left, Itachi Uchiha and Pakura jumped down from the tree trunk.

"Didn't you claim to be the stepfather who was taking shelter from the rain?"

Uchiha Itachi's lips twitched violently beneath his mask. Others might not know what it meant for the Third Hokage to love Danzo, but how could he not know?

This guy is clearly alluding to the Third Hokage, Danzo Aishimura.

The two old men have a bromance.

"Anyway, that Sand Village kid doesn't know, so who cares?" Chiya shrugged slightly.

Ye Cang glanced in the direction of the haystack and asked hesitantly, "Lord Qian Duoyu, should we deal with these brats?"

"Let's go. Let them go." Chiya turned his gaze to the haystack, just as Hinata looked over. Their eyes met, and Chiya smiled gently, nodded to her, and then disappeared in a flash.

They reappeared on a tree trunk a hundred meters away. In a few flashes, they vanished without a trace.

Yecang glanced deeply in the direction of the haystack and followed closely behind.

As for those who are filial sons and value Konoha more than their own parents' lives, they naturally wouldn't make things difficult for Hinata and the other Konoha genin. They didn't even glance at Hinata and the other two, and used the Body Flicker Technique to follow them.

As soon as Chiya and the other two left, Shino and Kiba leaned back and sat down heavily on the ground, panting heavily.

Hinata stared blankly in the direction where Chiya and the others had gone, muttering to herself, "Why... why does that person give me a familiar feeling? Could it be you? Big brother?"

"I was terrified. Who is that bandaged man? Even that Sand Ninja with the gourd on his back was defeated by him." Kiba gently stroked Akamaru in his arms, his voice trembling.

"I don't know," Shino shook his head. Then a strangely shaped insect crawled out from between his fingers. He paused for a moment, then added, "But my insect tells me that this person has a special scent."

"A peculiar smell?" Ya was taken aback. He had almost wet himself in fright and hadn't had time to use his secret technique to enhance his sense of smell.

As if to confirm Shino's words, Akamaru in Kiba's arms barked a few times.

Ya exclaimed in surprise, "You mean Teacher Hong?"

"Today, Ms. Kurenai was wearing some kind of perfume, which is unusual for her. There's no doubt about it. Although the scent on that person was very faint, it definitely smelled like Ms. Kurenai's perfume." Shino nodded.

"Doesn't that mean he only let us go because of Teacher Hong?" Ya looked incredulous.

"There's no way to confirm that." Shino sighed softly, turning his head to look at the absent-minded Hinata, and muttered to himself, "He seems to know Hinata, is it just my imagination?"

"You idiot. What you said is pointless. Just ask Kurenai-sensei directly later." Kiba pouted in dissatisfaction, turning his gaze to Hinata. "Time to feed Hinata."

"Oh." Upon hearing this, Hinata finally came to her senses, let out a long sigh, and silently wondered, could it be him?

Five days passed in the blink of an eye.

After the Chiya Squad and Gaara Squad collected both scrolls and arrived at the central tower.

The Sound Ninja Team, Kabuto Yakushi Team, the Konoha Twelve, and the remaining six teams that passed the exam in the original story all gathered their scrolls and arrived at the central tower.

The team that arrived at the central tower on the first day was naturally the Chiya Squad and the Gaara Squad, who were the fastest to collect all the scrolls.

And those who arrived on the last day were undoubtedly the long-suffering Erzhuzi team.

Of the three, Sakura was the most tragic.

Although his life was not in danger, he was not left with any disabilities.

But thanks to Chiya's special care, the Sound Ninja Team treated her very well.

Perhaps sensing Chiya's dissatisfaction with Sakura, Tosu and his two companions, in an attempt to please Chiya, took advantage of Naruto and Sasuke's unconsciousness and unleashed their ruthless and cruel nature.

Following Chiya's orders, without harming Sakura's life, they were to catch her and give her a good beating.

He was beaten so badly it was a truly pitiful sight.

His front teeth were knocked out, a chunk of his hair was ripped out, revealing his broad forehead. Even now, his face is still covered with countless handprints.

She was almost half-disfigured.

Now his head is wrapped in a headscarf, and his face is covered in bandages. He looks as miserable and wretched as can be.

It's fair to say that before her hair grew back, her front teeth were replaced, and the handprint disappeared, she had almost become a complete ugly duckling.

Apart from Rock Lee, who was devoted to her, and Ino, a rival who relentlessly mocked her, almost no one was willing to get close to her.

Naruto tried to approach her to comfort her, but she punched him away.

She tried to get close to Sasuke, but was rejected by him, so it was a case of tit for tat.

However, compared to Sakura's superficial injuries, Tos and the other two were in much worse shape.

Because Sakura was beaten unconscious by them, without Sakura's saintly heart acting up, when Sasuke unleashed his cursed seal, Zaku, who originally only lost one arm, had his entire arm removed, becoming a one-armed man.

Jin fared slightly better, but he still got beaten up by Sasuke and ended up looking just like Sakura.

As for Tosu, who is known as the Six Paths among Naruto fans, although he still begged Sasuke to surrender as in the original story, he still could not escape the fate of being crippled. He lost a leg and was covered in wounds, and still uses crutches to this day.

It can be said that they have been completely abandoned by Orochimaru.

His only use was as a living sacrifice for the Impure World Reincarnation and to give Orochimaru the opportunity to enter the central tower and observe Sasuke firsthand.

Because the Jonin leading each team that passed the second round of exams would go to the central tower to watch the third round of exam preliminaries.

None of this escaped Chiya's Observation Haki.

However, none of this mattered to Qianye anymore.

Central Tower.

The interior is a huge arena without any partitions.

It is a venue specifically used for the third round of preliminary competition.

There is a corridor for watching the game at a higher point along the wall.

At this moment, including the Thousand Nights Squad, eight teams, totaling twenty-four people, were neatly arranged in the center of the arena.

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