From the night of genocide, marching towards the strongest.

The child's intuition told her that they would encounter even more dangerous enemies in the future!

My ninja life is so dangerous!

Sakura thought to herself, "This is what I'm thinking."

The best way to kill this old snake without any danger is while it's weakened.

Sasuke glanced deeply in the direction Orochimaru had left, then spoke.

"Let's go!"

After a series of close calls, the members of Class 7 set off again. It was quite some time after they had left that Mitarashi Anko finally arrived.

"It really was Orochimaru!"

Red Bean glanced at the traces of the explosion and the severed tree trunks, then fixed her gaze on the remains of the snake carcasses.

"A snake's corpse, that's Orochimaru's ninjutsu!"

Hongdou gritted her teeth, her figure flashed, and she rushed quickly in one direction.

A dozen minutes later, under the bright silver moonlight, a reunion between master and disciple, separated for nearly ten years, was taking place in the Death Forest.

"Orochimaru..."

Red Bean clutched the cursed mark on her shoulder, struggling to lift her head to look at her master, the man she once respected so much, and said bitterly, "Why did you infiltrate Konoha... What is your purpose?"

Orochimaru calmly watched his disciple struggling before him and said indifferently, "Because of a child here, a child with talent far surpassing that of ordinary Uchiha. Truly astonishing talent, hehehe..."

"he?"

Red Bean was stunned, sweat pouring down her face. Gritting her teeth, she continued to ask, "You mean Uchiha Sasuke?"

"Yes, that's the child." Orochimaru stepped forward, affectionately touching Anko's face with his right hand, and said with a wicked smile, "Are you jealous? Are you still resentful that I abandoned you back then? Heh... It's all because you're too mediocre. So many years have passed, and you're still so weak. But unlike you, that child is exceptional!"

"you....."

A hint of sadness flashed across Hongdou's pained face. Compared to physical pain, being abandoned by the person she respected most was far more painful.

For Anko, who had no parents, Orochimaru was not only a teacher but also a father.

Perhaps what Anko hated was not Orochimaru's betrayal of Konoha, but that he didn't take her with him when he left.

Waves of sharp pain and weakness surged through her body. Hongdou bit her tongue to stay awake.

"Your scheme...will not succeed..."

Looking at the red bean in front of him, Orochimaru's eyes flashed with an extremely slight ripple.

He once asked Anko if she wanted to leave Konoha with him when she was under the influence of the Cursed Seal and was delirious, but Anko refused.

Perhaps, if Anko were in a conscious state, she would agree to go with him, but in Orochimaru's view, that was not Anko's true intention.

However, even so, Orochimaru did not kill this disciple who knew a lot of his secrets in the end.

Instead, he cast a forbidden spell on her, making her forget certain things. (Snakehead can be quite gentle sometimes, haha.)

"Hehe. Let's have some fun."

Orochimaru stuck out his long tongue and licked his lips: "By the way, whatever you do, don't stop the Chunin Exams. If you dare to take away my fun, the end of Konoha will come."

After speaking, Orochimaru's figure gradually disappeared into the earth.

"Huff, huff, huff,"

After Orochimaru left, Anko took a few heavy breaths, struggled to her feet, and slowly moved her feet, making her way through the forest with difficulty.

"We must...report Orochimaru's situation to the Third Hokage immediately..."

"Roar!"

Before Hongdou had gone far, she heard a fierce tiger roar, and a huge tiger with yellow fur interspersed with black stripes, a strong body, and bulging shoulder and back muscles like a giant beast, leaped out.

With its bell-like eyes fixed on the humanoid upright ape a few meters away, it opened its wide mouth, revealing sharp, menacing teeth.

not good!

The moment the tiger appeared, Hongdou's expression changed drastically. If this tiger had dared to appear in front of her normally, she could have killed it with a single, casual attack.

But now, suffering from the backlash of the cursed seal and unable to even refine her chakra, she clearly doesn't have that qualification.

With difficulty, she took out the kunai from her waist, held it in her hand, and stared intently at the tiger in the distance, lowering her body slightly.

'The tiger's weakness is its soft belly; in the instant it pounces, all I need to do is...'

"Roar!"

Before Hongdou could finish her thought, the tiger grew impatient, roared, and pounced on her with its gaping maw.

Swish!

Just as the tiger pounced on Hongdou, a long sword transformed into a sharp rainbow that pierced straight through the tiger's head.

The tiger struggled slightly, then everything went black, and it collapsed heavily to the ground, lifeless.

'Is this guy about to slide tackle?'

Sasuke looked Anko up and down, a strange expression on his face.

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Mitarashi Anko was rescued from her attempt to physically assault the tiger with a sliding tackle, a test to see if the experiment was credible.

Although Sasuke couldn't do anything about the cursed seal on her body, it was still very easy for him to alleviate her pain with medical ninjutsu.

When Anko discovered that her body could now refine chakra, she gave the boy in front of her a complicated look, told him to be careful of Orochimaru, and then...

He then hurriedly left to report the situation to the Third Hokage.

After this incident, Class 7's journey to the Central Tower became smooth sailing.

At dawn, after dealing with a small team that attempted to ambush them using illusions and traps near the tower, they gathered the Scroll of Heaven and Earth and successfully passed the second test.

"They're really something!" A middle-aged ninja wearing a Konoha headband on his forehead, watching Team 7 leave from outside the high platform, exclaimed in a low voice, "They passed the exam in just one day."

"It's not entirely unexpected." His companion shook his head slightly and said calmly, "After all, they are the legendary Team 7. We can't judge them as ordinary ninjas."

"Yes." The middle-aged ninja nodded in realization and sighed, "The new recruits in the village are really too strong these days. Guy's class is also very powerful. I heard that there is also a very strong team in Sunagakure. Hehe, this year's Chunin Exams are going to be interesting."

The second Chunin Exam required each group to receive a pair of Heaven and Earth Scrolls and reach their destination through the Forest of Death within five days to pass.

Of course, Konoha took into account the possibility that some examinees might arrive at the Central Tower early and complete the second exam ahead of time.

Since Class 7 passed the test on the first day, they went to the rest room prepared by Konoha to rest and wait for the other examinees to arrive.

Five days later, the second Chunin Exams concluded, with twenty-one individuals from seven teams passing the exam.

Led by several unknown Konoha Chunin, they passed through a long passage and arrived at the open space needed for the preliminary rounds of the third exam.

Standing on the high platform at the head of the group was the Third Hokage, who appeared energetic and showed no signs of illness. Behind him were Konoha Jonin such as Kakashi Hatake, Guy, Asuma Sarutobi, and Kurenai Yuhi.

There's also Maki, a Jonin from Sunagakure, and Orochimaru, a skinny guy who's disguised as a Jonin from Otogakure!

"Sasuke, heh..."

When Orochimaru saw Sasuke appear in the arena, he couldn't help but lick his lips, and Sasuke seemed to sense Orochimaru's gaze at that moment.

She also looked over, glanced at Orochimaru indifferently, and then turned her gaze to the other examinees who emerged from the passageway.

"Quite a keen eye, huh..."

In fact, Orochimaru already knew that, based on Sasuke's fighting prowess displayed in the Forest of Death, none of the other examinees in this round were his match.

His main purpose in disguising himself as the Jonin leading the team, or rather, his spur-of-the-moment decision, was simply to see his long-lost teacher—the Third Hokage.

"Very energetic young people." On the high platform, Might Guy, dressed in a green bodysuit, nodded as he looked at Team 7 who had walked in first, then turned to Kakashi beside him and said.

"Kakashi, are these three cute students in your class? They look pretty good, especially that blond kid. Judging from his appearance, he's a ninja who's very proficient in taijutsu!"

Matt Kai crossed his arms and looked approving.

Kakashi remarked, "Yes, my three students are incredibly strong. If they joined forces, even I wouldn't be a match for them."

"Huh? Is it that exaggerated?"

Upon hearing this, Matt Kai was somewhat surprised and asked in return.

"This is no exaggeration." Kakashi shook his head and said calmly, "So if your students encounter them later, they'd better be careful."

"It seems you have a lot of faith in your student, Kakashi." Might Guy chuckled.

"Although that's what you say, I have complete faith in my three lovely students. Let's rely on our own abilities in the next round; empty talk won't do. Hehe."

Might Guy looked at Kakashi with a fighting spirit and said provocatively, "Youth is sometimes bittersweet and sometimes harsh, Kakashi."

"Huh?" Kakashi seemed to realize something, and his dead fish eyes weakly swept over Kai.

What did you just say?

"Damn it! They completely ignored my passionate and youthful remarks."

Might Guy instantly turned to ash. Kakashi ignored the ash Guy, walked slowly to Team 7, and said with a smile, "Well done, kids."

Naruto chuckled, wiped his nose, and said smugly, "This kind of thing is easy, but it can't stump the genius ninja Naruto, hehe."

Kakashi's lips curled slightly, then he turned his gaze to Sasuke beside him and said in a deep voice, "I've heard about your encounter with Orochimaru during this exam. Fortunately, you're both alright. Don't worry, the village will protect you. The village has also made thorough preparations to ensure he won't interfere with this Chunin Exam."

That's not necessarily true.

Sasuke disagreed.

Did Konoha not know that Orochimaru had infiltrated the Chunin Exams in the original timeline?

know!

Doesn't Konoha know that Orochimaru is the lord of Otogakure?

know!

Moreover, it was Orochimaru himself who said it to Anko.

However, Konoha was too arrogant, confident that even Orochimaru couldn't cause any trouble in Konoha, which led to Orochimaru raiding their home and even killing the Hokage.

"It's alright, Kakashi-sensei. If that guy dares to show up in front of me again, I'll definitely give him a good beating."

Naruto clenched his fist and said confidently.