The third generation Hokage sent Danzo to jail at the beginning

"..." Hinata said nothing and could only punch blindly.

The bugs and the soft fists were completely helpless against the raging sand. They could only concentrate their chakra to barely shatter the sand hands that kept trying to tear them apart!

They were barely alive, and the scars on the three of them were constantly accumulating. If Hinata, the weakest, had not been saved by her teammates who sacrificed themselves, she would have died long ago.

It was all over. The scene of the three people from Rain Village being crushed to pieces was still fresh in their minds, and Team 8 fell into unprecedented despair.

The attack range of the field-spreading ninja Gaara is large and powerful. During this period, Team 8 can be said to have struggled only because the opponent was still playing with them like a cat and a mouse.

"Konoha ninjas are really interesting."

The murderous maniac Gaara smiled bloodily as he watched Konoha's Team 8 struggle under the Sand Ninjutsu. Temari and Kankuro were both shocked by Gaara's murderous intent. They wanted to persuade him but did not dare to speak.

"But that's all. There's no pain, because I'm so strong that even death wouldn't hurt."

Gaara stretched out one hand and clenched it into a fist.

The raging sand gathered and was about to submerge Class 8.

Is Team 8 doomed here? Will Shino Aburame, the God of War of Konoha, perish before she blossoms? Will Hinata Hyuga perish before she confesses her love?

Inuzuka Kiba still wants to be Hokage! Is his dream so far away?

否!

"boom!"

The iron fist wrapped in green hot chakra smashed the sand and created a huge gap. The three members of Team 8 could finally see the scene beyond the yellow sand.

The raging sand paused, then stirred up a larger tide of sand, attempting to engulf the green figure and complete a quad kill!

"Back to the days!"

Reliable reinforcements have arrived.

The deep blue chakra vortex collided with the golden sand! The violent collision of the two chakras triggered a storm of extremely high intensity.

When the storm stopped, the rookie king Hyuga Neji stood in front of several people and took a gentle fist stance to face the violent Gaara.

His expression was solemn, his Byakugan was fully open, and veins bulged around his eyes - the guy playing with sand opposite him was probably the strongest ninja in this exam.

Ever since I learned how to turn back the sky, I thought I was the strongest among my peers. I never expected that there are always better people out there.

"Miss, I told you long ago that you are not cut out to be a ninja. You should just give up."

"Ningji-nii-nii..."

Looking at Neji's back, Hyuga Hinata struggled to stand up. The overdrawn chakra had exhausted the three members of Team 8.

At this moment, Rock Lee supported the bloodied and wounded Inuzuka Kiba, while Akamaru leaned at Kiba's feet. A true man, Kiba had taken most of the pressure, but he probably wouldn't be able to play in the next match. A similarly wounded Aburame Shino thanked the Team 3 Gai and took Kiba from Rock Lee.

Not bothering to pay attention to Hinata's thanks, Neji stared at Gaara warily and said, "I can't just turn a blind eye to the murder of my fellow villagers."

Very much the will of fire.

In the previous confrontation, Neji was obviously at a disadvantage, and his ultimate skill barely blocked the opponent's normal attack.

Not so good.

"You Konoha people are so annoying, but it doesn't matter." Gaara was angry because he didn't complete the quad kill. "You have to die too."

More sand emerged from the gourd behind Gaara, seemingly endlessly.

Rock Lee stepped forward and stood shoulder to shoulder with Neji, raising his fist in a steel fist stance: "If you want to hurt the Konoha ninja, you must get past me first."

A little further away, Tiantian stood on the branch of a big tree, opened the scroll of ninja tools, spread it out, and was ready to join the battle at any time.

The Konoha Reconnaissance Team suffered a crushing defeat, and the Konoha Combat Team takes action!

"And us." In the haystack, Nara Shikamaru raised his hand. He walked out in cold sweat, followed by Ino and Choji who were equally nervous.

Gaara was a scene-setter. The previous battle was so noisy that it attracted a lot of attention. Asuma's team arrived almost at the same time as Gai's team.

Now, the ones surrounded were the brother and sister duo from the Sand Village.

Temari and Kankuro, who were still struggling, saw that more and more people were coming to Konoha, so they hurriedly stood beside Gaara and automatically adjusted to form a triangle formation - Gaara obviously didn't care, the formation was adjusted by the older brother and sister themselves.

Temari shouted: "Are you Konoha planning to bully the weak with your numbers?"

Nara Shikamaru scratched his head and sighed: "It's so troublesome... However, if you continue to attack us, don't blame us for bullying the minority with our numbers."

At this point, normally neither side wants to continue fighting, so the fighting should stop. Temari and Kankuro were against meaningless killing, so Kankuro wanted to persuade Gaara to stop.

Of course.

"Shut up Kankuro."

Gaara's heart was growing increasingly frantic, Shukaku's screams growing louder in his ears. He closed his eyes and thought for a moment, just as he was about to say something polite—though he looked down on the Konoha men, he knew Kankuro and Temari wouldn't be safe in a full-scale fight.

Suddenly, Gaara felt a surge of pain at the back of his neck, and a burst of evil chakra in the shape of magatama appeared. His mind flashed back to the image of facing the Kazekage before the exam. What had that guy done to him then?

"Kankuro, Temari, get out of here!"

Gaara roared.

“Don’t get in the way!!!”

The last bit of sanity was completely devoured by murderous intent!

At this moment, Gaara, in his full-blown murderous state, didn't care about being surrounded or not. With a wave of his hand, sand flew all around!

Everyone in Konoha must die!

Round 2 begins!

Chapter 10 My Foolish Disciple

See the light in the mire.

This is how Xiangling feels at this moment.

Born into a miserable life, he finally made it to adulthood and became a Genin in Kusagakure Village, thinking his life would turn around. However, he was abandoned by his teammates at the beginning of the exam.

All the supplies and scrolls were taken away. For others, it was an exam, but for her, it was survival.

Having never received any systematic training, he couldn't even deal with the wild beasts in the forest and was about to die in the bear's mouth.

He was unexpectedly rescued by a Konoha ninja who descended from the sky.

It was a handsome black-haired guy. He defeated the giant bear that had made him miserable with just a few kicks. He looked himself up and down and shouted, "What a coincidence! I think I found it ahead of time."

Found? Me?

His teammates arrived quickly, and the golden-haired man claimed to be Uzumaki Naruto, and had a letter from the Hokage of Konoha to give him.

"So I'm actually from Konoha, and I can finally escape from that place. They invited me to attend the ninja school? Konoha will also provide living allowance..."

Well...it seems like my luck is changing.

Uzumaki Naruto explained enthusiastically: "That's how it is. Actually, we are from the same clan. If you don't have a good time outside, you should come back to Konoha!"

"I do!!!" Xiangling accepted the invitation almost instantly. The memories of Kusagakure were too painful.

"Mission accomplished!" Uzumaki Naruto clapped his hands and laughed heartily. "Then let's continue on to the tower. After the exam is over, I can use the mission reward to treat everyone to Ichiraku Ramen."

Team 7 temporarily became 3+1. Just as the four of them were about to continue moving towards the tower, they heard loud noises of fighting in the distance.

……

Sand rain!

Countless sand bullets rained down like a torrential rain. A battle was inevitable. Rock Lee's pupils shrank suddenly, and the weight on his waist fell off with a sound.

"Neji!"

"You left me right!"

Veins bulged in the Hyuga genius's Byakugan eyes, his near-perfect vision instantly locking onto the trajectory of all the sand bullets. Gentle fist chakra condensed into a vortex in his palm, resonating strangely with Rock Lee's suddenly increased chakra. The ground beneath Rock Lee's feet cracked like a spiderweb, and steam erupted from his pores—the first gate, the gate, had been opened!

At this moment, the injured members of Team 8 were behind him, and he couldn't avoid them, so he could only face them head-on.

Two completely different blue-green chakra streams intertwined to form a protective spiral, and the hurricane they created almost blew away the sand rain.

"How is it possible..." Kankuro was surprised, and the puppet crow's chakra line was almost broken, "It's actually using Taijutsu to fight against Gaara..."

"Don't be distracted!" Temari opened her fan. "These two guys are not as strong as before!"

Before he finished speaking, Rock Lee vanished. A series of sonic booms echoed through the air, and afterimages shattered the incoming sandstorms! Protecting the wounded while creating an opportunity for Hyuga Neji.

Neji abandoned his defense and rushed straight towards Gaara. As long as they were within the range of the Sixty-Four Palms, no matter how strong the Sand Ninjas were, they would be powerless under the Soft Fist Sealing Point.

Guys from the Sand Village, don't blame us for being mean, you are the Sand Ninja after all.

The two of them worked in perfect harmony, one defending and the other attacking. Tiantian threw a scroll into the air, and ninja tools rained down from the sky! They separated the Sand Ninja siblings.

The battlefield was divided.

Almost at the same time, Asumaban entered the battlefield, and the chubby Choji completed the hand seal. At the moment when the sand cone poured down, the fat layer infused with chakra glowed orange and turned into a spherical meat shield with a diameter of four meters.

Shikamaru's shadow rushed towards Temari along the gap, and when he was about to grab Temari's ankle, Ino's Heart Turning Technique was activated at this moment. With the help of the gap created by her teammates, her mental power turned into a spike and rushed straight towards Kankuro's eyebrows.

In this way, offense and defense can be easily changed!

As the soft fist, swirling with blue chakra, was about to strike Gaara's acupuncture points and seal his chakra, the sands of the Death Forest began to boil. The massive Shukaku arm of sand burst forth from the earth, slamming Rock Lee into the ground.

"Bagua Sixty-Four Palms!"

Soft fists fell on Gaara like a torrential rain, accurately hitting every acupoint.

After the acupuncture points are sealed, even if the opponent has a hundred thousand tricks, it will be useless. The battle is about to end, and the soft fist is the strongest!

Of course.

All the attacks were like a drop in the ocean and had no effect.

Failed to penetrate enemy armor!

No defense! No defense! No defense!

All damage and hard control are blocked by the Sand Armor.

"This guy's chakra...is not human!"

Neji's veins bulged, his pupils trembled, and his Byakuyan reflected the twisted, violent monster within Gaara. This was the first time in his life that he felt fear stemming from his bloodline.

The sand wrapped around Hyuga Neji's arms and body. The closer it got to Gaara, the higher the chakra energy in the sand became. Ordinary blows could no longer break free. Seeing that he was about to be bound by the sand, he had no choice but to activate "Kaiten" again.

The yellow sand and the deep blue chakra collided again, and "Kaiten" shattered the sand that almost wrapped around his body, bounced off, and retreated instantly.

The continuous high-burst chakra made Hyuga Neji's breathing a little disordered, his soft fist posture had become more defensive, and cold sweat dripped down his chin.

At this moment, Xiao Li had already broken free from Sand's grasp and was crouching on the ground in a panic. But how could his passionate youth stop? With his chakra ignited, he turned to look at Neji and shouted, "Ningji, this time I'll take the lead!"

The time when youth burns that Teacher Kai mentioned must be now.

Amidst the crackling sound of bones, Qi and blood surged up, and green chakra exploded! - The fourth gate, the gate of injury, opened.

"The guy from Konoha." Gaara, with the curse mark crawling onto his face under his dark eye bags, cracked his mouth and smiled uncontrollably: "See it? This is the real... me!"

The entire battlefield suddenly fell into a timeless silence—Shikamaru's shadow was dodged, and Ino's Heart Transformation Technique was blocked by the sand wall just before it struck. Choji's expansive Multiplication Technique was firmly clamped by the hand of sand, his chakra rapidly depleted.

Rock Lee's passionate fist turned into a stream of green light, and he fearlessly rushed towards the enemy who should be called a monster in terms of both strength and appearance.

"Game time is over."

Gaara's dark red chakra lines climbed up his forehead, and the sand was boiling as if it was about to burn. He roared: "The art of faking sleep—"

A giant monster made of violent sand, Shukaku of the Sand appears!

……

"Playtime is over. Hokage-sama—no, Sarutobi-sensei."

Without any warning, they were still discussing the candidates and the Will of Fire in the last second, and the next second the 'Kaze Kage's' kunai was pressed against the Third Hokage's throat.

The Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen took a deep drag from his pipe and said, not surprisingly, "Orochimaru, you finally took action, earlier than expected."

"boom."

A puff of smoke. The Kazekage's guards returned to their original form, revealing themselves to be the Four of Otogakure—the fat Jirobo, the spider Kidomaru, the two-headed Sakon and Ukon, and the flute-playing Tayuya.

"Four Purple Flame Formation!"

The four of them formed seals at the same time, and a purple chakra wall divided the space.

All the Konoha Anbu who rushed over were blocked outside the seal.