Konoha: Intentionally losing to Hinata at the start

The gap between them and Yu Mingzhen is enormous.

Three ninjas from the Hidden Sound Village didn't dare utter a single word in front of Yu Ming, yet he managed to put them in grave danger. In fact, if Sasuke's cursed seal hadn't suddenly erupted, they might have been dead.

Therefore, both Sasuke and Naruto understood that Yu Ming, despite being the same age as them, possessed power surpassing that of a Jonin, which truly meant that his talent was far superior to theirs.

Even the most arrogant Sasuke no longer felt jealous of Yu Ming at this moment.

He was well aware of the vast gap between himself and Yu Ming, and he also knew that when his brother was Yu Ming's age, he was definitely not as strong as Yu Ming.

Thirteen-year-old Itachi Uchiha had already awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan for two years, but he still couldn't use Amaterasu or the Sequel, so he would use (ajah) Tsukuyomi.

At that time, he definitely did not have the strength of a Kage; at most, he was only at the level of a near-Kage.

His brother and Yu Ming are completely different kinds of people.

Therefore, he is now much more humble towards Yu Ming.

At least he no longer had the same idea as before, that he wanted to surpass Yu Ming or challenge Yu Ming at every turn.

Naruto is the same, but he still considers Yu Ming as his goal to surpass.

Sakura, on the other hand, felt even more favorably toward Yu Ming.

Seeing that the others seemed to have changed somewhat, Yu Ming calmly smiled and said, "Go in and hand in your scrolls."

As for Kabuto Yakushi, he didn't have the time to deal with him.

Kabuto Yakushi no longer intended to test Yu Ming, as Orochimaru had already done so once.

However, the consequences were tragic. If it weren't for his ability to resurrect, he would have been killed by Yu Ming in one go.

Upon arriving at the place to hand in the scrolls, after handing them over, Iruka appeared and explained the significance of the scrolls to them. The group then gathered at the training ground.

There are more than twenty people who have made it to the finals this time.

None of the three generations expected that so many people would make it to the finals this year.

However, the appearance of Orochimaru today has caused the Third Hokage great concern.

The current Third Hokage knows he is old and may not be able to suppress Orochimaru. Moreover, given Orochimaru's personality, he must have made ample preparations before coming to Konoha.

Upon arriving at the training ground, Yu Ming, Ino, and Hinata approached. Ino immediately grabbed Yu Ming's arm, saying, "Yu Ming, I passed the competition! Hahaha, I'm amazing, right?"

Yu Ming looked at Ino, who had a happy face, and it seemed that she was always so optimistic.

This kind of personality is not bad. Yu Ming actually likes people with this kind of personality. At least she doesn't always have a cold face when he sees her.

"That's amazing. I even made it to the finals while lying down. Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura all stole our scrolls."

Ino clearly knew Yu Ming's special status: "Come on, if it were you who made the move, no one would dare to get close to you."

Ino only now realized that Yu Ming's strength was actually at the Jonin level.

At this point, he was already at the Jonin level, which Ino felt was similar to Gaara's.

However, Ino was very happy, because the stronger Yu Ming became, the more reasonable it was for her to like him.

Hinata stood in front of Yu Ming and asked shyly, "Yu Ming-kun, are you... are you hurt?"

Yu Ming patted Hinata's head and smiled, "No, I know medical ninjutsu, so you don't need to worry about me getting hurt in the future, Hinata."

Hinata blushed when Yu Ming patted her head, but she was secretly delighted.

Ino, clinging to Yu Ming's arm, looked displeased. "Hmph, Yu Ming, you're so biased. You only treat Hinata like this."

Yu Ming looked at Ino with a sense of helplessness.

He really only treated these two as his two younger sisters.

They might have a different kind of relationship now, and maybe things will be better for them when they grow up, but the key is that they haven't grown up yet.

Yu Ming only feels attraction to beautiful women like Uzuki Yugao and Anko, who have great figures and are very pretty. He doesn't feel that way about Hinata and the others at all.

Chapter 90

Standing in the central tower, all the ninjas looked at Yu Ming. During the second exam, they had been avoiding Yu Ming, including Gaara, who did not want anything to go wrong in the second exam.

Although he always wanted to defeat Yu Ming, he forcibly restrained himself.

He felt that Yu Ming's strength was similar to his own, and if the two of them fought, it would inevitably cause a great commotion. In that case, if Shukaku's power was unleashed in advance, it would alert Konoha.

Besides, sending a Jinchuriki into the other side's village is basically no different from declaring war.

Even though Konoha and Sunagakure are now allies, it's useless.

The others looked at Yu Ming simply because he had separated from Sasuke and the others during the second exam.

Their real purpose was to avoid trouble, which they could probably guess.

After waiting here for a long time, the Third Hokage finally came out with a group of Jonin from Konoha.

Asuma, Kurenai Yuhi, Kakashi, Guy, Anko Omamori, and Ibiki Morino—almost all the active Jonin and Special Jonin of Konoha are here.

Hongdou saw Yuming standing in the crowd and smiled.

After talking with Hongdou, Hongdou became much more familiar with Yuming.

The Third Hokage glanced at Yu Ming in the crowd. Having managed to escape Orochimaru's clutches, Yu Ming's strength was probably comparable to Kakashi's.

It's unclear whether Orochimaru deliberately let Yu Ming go, or whether he simply couldn't defeat him.

However, even considering the second possibility, the Third Hokage felt it was impossible. Orochimaru was his disciple, and he knew his strength better than anyone. If he hadn't failed to kill Kakashi back then, Kakashi would be gone by now.

For someone like him, killing Kakashi wouldn't be too difficult.

However, the Third Hokage doesn't believe that Yu Ming's strength surpasses Kakashi's.

After explaining the purpose of the exam to everyone, the third generation leader began the process of drawing lots.

In the end, Yu Ming drew a number that didn't match anyone.

As expected, Yu Ming received a bye after the final list of opponents was released.

He had no opponent in this round.

Yu Ming held the number and looked at the Third Hokage standing above.

The third generation then looked at Yu Ming and smiled.

Clearly, the Third Generation intended to send Yu Ming directly to the finals in this exam.

Yu Ming felt a bit bored. Although he wasn't interested in bullying weaker opponents, being left out was still a bit unpleasant.

I went up to the second floor and watched the people fighting below.

Yu Ming, however, lost interest.

Leaning against the second-floor railing, I watched the battle below with boredom.

Kakashi stood beside Yu Ming and laughed, "This was probably done by the Hokage on purpose. After all, your strength is too great, putting too much pressure on these examinees."

Yu Ming nodded and said calmly, "Actually, I don't care much. Not having to participate in such boring battles actually saves me a lot of trouble."

Kakashi smiled. "I heard you encountered Orochimaru in the forest?"

The Third Hokage has already informed the Jonin of Konoha about this matter.

Kakashi was a little worried when he heard it.

They inquired about how Hongdou Yuming was doing.

Red Bean wasn't sure if Kakashi knew about Yu Ming's strength, so she just said that nothing was wrong.

It was not mentioned that Yu Ming defeated Orochimaru.

Yu Ming smiled and said, "Did Sister Hongdou tell you that?"

Kakashi nodded and said, "Mm."

Yu Ming looked at Orochimaru's resurrected body in the crowd.

He laughed and said, "I encountered him, but I defeated him. Unfortunately, I only killed his body at the time. He should be reincarnated now. His ninjutsu is indeed disgusting."

Hearing Yu Ming's words, Kakashi was somewhat shocked. "You killed him?"

Yu Ming said calmly, "I should say that he killed the person who possessed him, but now he should be reincarnated. I can clearly feel his soul in that curse mark. I think if he wants to be resurrected, he can do so by using the curse marks that have been placed on many people."

"The curse mark on Sister Hongdou's body contains his soul power."

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"However, I did kill the person he was possessing at the time."

Kakashi could hardly believe it. "Those are the legendary Sannin."

Yu Ming glanced at Kakashi and laughed, "He's one of the legendary Sannin, but his strength isn't as terrifying as I imagined."

Kakashi looked at Yu Ming's calm expression and said with a wry smile, "You make it sound so easy. Those are the legendary Sannin, with extraordinary strength. However, with your strength, you might even surpass the current Third Hokage. It's not surprising that you were able to kill Orochimaru."

Kakashi was initially surprised, but after seeing how calm Yu Ming was, he realized that this kind of thing was not strange to Yu Ming.

Yu Ming thought of something and said to Kakashi, "Anko-nee said that if I pass the Chunin Exams, she will give me the Ryuchi Cave Summoning Scroll. Kakashi-sensei, do you think I should choose the Ryuchi Cave Summoning Contract?"

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In fact, the three holy lands have many trial participants every year, but not many ninjas are able to successfully sign a contract with the summoning beasts of the three holy lands.

Most of them are like Anko, only able to summon some poisonous snakes. As for Manda, with its power, currently no one except the Sannin can summon it.

However, for Yu Ming, this was nothing. He was just thinking that if he were to choose a summoning beast, would the snake from Ryuchi Cave be better, or the slug from Shikkotsu Forest, or perhaps the toad from Mount Myōboku? Uh, never mind.

Yu Ming didn't really like toads.

Actually, he didn't really like the spirit beasts of the three holy lands, including snakes.

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However, apart from the three holy lands, there don't seem to be any other powerful summoned beasts that can help him deal with many troublesome enemies.

Kakashi was taken aback. "Ryuchi Cave? She really said she would give you this?"

Yu Ming nodded. "She said that as long as I pass the Chunin Exams, she can give me the summoning scroll from Ryuchi Cave."

Kakashi pondered for a moment. As for whether Yu Ming could pass the Chunin Exams, there was no need to think about it. No one in this competition would be Yu Ming's opponent. In addition, the Third Hokage had promised to promote Yu Ming to Chunin this year.

Therefore, he will definitely become a Chunin in this exam.

So Kakashi was wondering whether it was appropriate for Yu Ming to sign a summoning contract with Ryuchi Cave.