Iruka said to the banner hanging on the wall: "This is a message from the Third Hokage to the candidates. In fact, the 'heaven' and 'earth' in it refer to the human brain and body. People with good brains must Pay more attention to improving your body, and those with strong strength should also use their brains. Only when you have both, can you become a real talent."

"It's quite simple. Why does the third generation grandpa say it's so complicated?" Naruto curled his lips.

In any case, it is always a happy event to pass the exam. Iruka asked them to rest for a while and then went to the hall above the tower to wait.

Food, water, and even bathrooms are provided here so that candidates who have become like homeless people can rest.

The leading teachers of each team are also waiting here. They are the audience and invigilators for the next third exam.

Kakashi was also among them. He still looked leisurely, with his hands in his pockets and eyes drooping blankly, as if he was here to make up the numbers.

When Naruto and the others came, there were already many candidates gathered here, such as Gaara's team, Neji's team, and Hinata's team who got help from Naruto.

They have to wait here for a while until the exam time is over before the final number of people who pass can be announced.

As the number of people increased and the exam time gradually entered the countdown, the Third Hokage also came to the tower hall surrounded by ANBU.

He stood there quietly, waiting for the exam to end.

There are fewer and fewer teams coming in. Most of the teams that have the ability to pass the exam should have come early in the exam. Under this free fighting rule, their team’s chance of passing the exam is 99%, and the team that came last almost They all come with a little bit of luck. They are the type of people who can't get through if they're not lucky, and can pass if they're lucky.

To Naruto's surprise, a three-person team from Ame Hidden Village also arrived at the last moment. Judging from their embarrassment, they were probably really risking their lives.

As the countdown ended, the second exam was officially terminated.

"Now let me ask you, Hokage-sama, to explain the matters related to the third exam. Listen carefully to me!" Anko shouted while wearing a loudspeaker.

The Third Hokage held his pipe in his mouth, stepped forward slowly, and announced to everyone in a calm voice: "Before announcing the rules, there is one thing I want to tell everyone, and that is why the Chunin Exams are held."

"In addition to recruiting talent, it also served as...a microcosm of the battlefield between the Allies."

"If you look at past history, you can understand that although we are all allies now, we have fought wars with each other in the past, and we still have a competitive relationship with each other today."

"We all know that if there is any substantive friction between big countries, it will be a tragedy for countless families to be killed and their wives to be separated."

"That's why there is this Chunin Exam. You are each other's hope for the future of the Ninja Village. You can get a glimpse of the future of the Ninja Village. How many talents will take the exam, how many people can pass the exam, how many people in each Ninja Village Whether a peerless genius has emerged or not, this can all be shown intuitively in the exam."

The Third Hokage looked around, looking at the genin one by one, and said in a serious tone: "I might as well tell you that your exam here will be related to the prestige of your country."

"For the next exam, famous names from all over the world, as well as upper-class celebrities, and even talkative people from various ninja villages will come to watch."

"Your performance will be directly related to their evaluation of the corresponding ninja village. Only if the ninja village performs well, they will have more confidence to issue more tasks. And at first glance, the ninja village has no future, whether it is a daimyo or a ninja village. The entrusters will not be willing to pour resources into them.”

As the third generation said, ninjas are basically out of work. Although there are economic facilities in the ninja village and ninjas will also perform production-related tasks, these outputs are not enough to support the existence of such a huge ninja village.

If they want to live, they must have supplies from other places, and the people who provide the resources are the daimyo and the trustees.

Daimyos will always pay attention to whether the guys they spend money to support are freeloaders. Clients also want to find more promising ninja villages to do tasks, so as not to fail the task and suffer losses themselves.

Therefore, the Chunin Exam became a parade ground for them to test their results.

The future of a ninja village depends on its next generation. Even if some ninja villages have very powerful ninjas, if they cannot train the next generation, then everything will be in vain when the ninja grows old.

The reason why Konoha has been able to become the largest country for a long time is because it can continuously produce a steady stream of talents every year.

After the Third Hokage finished speaking, a special jounin wearing a turban emerged from the crowd. He looked sickly, as if he was too weak to be vulnerable, but being able to stand here is enough to show that he It's not as simple as it seems.

He briefly introduced himself: "To put it briefly, I am the examiner of the third exam, Moonlight Blast. Before the third exam, you have a chance to give up, because the third exam is also an unrestricted duel until If one party dies and cannot get up again, or has to admit defeat, it can stop. If anyone feels that they cannot continue, they can abstain now."

"Oh, by the way, the third exam is not based on teams. No matter who withdraws, it will not affect the team members' continued participation."

Before he finished speaking, someone in the examination room raised his hand: "I abstain!"

Everyone looked around and saw that it was Kabuto Yakushi who had passed the Chunin Examination seven times.

"I was injured during the exam and couldn't continue, so I gave up." Kabuto Yakushi turned around and left the field neatly.

Naruto looked at his back with some amusement, because he could feel that Kabuto-senpai was as angry as a cow now, and saying he was injured was just a fart.

What is his identity? Could he really be a running companion arranged by the village?

After Kabuto quit, no one quit. It took a lot of effort for everyone to get here, but no one was willing to give up.

Seeing no one said anything, Moonlight Hayate began to read out the rules of the third game: "There are 20 people left. Because there are too many people, there will be a two-by-two qualifier. Only the person who wins the qualifier can Entering the real third round of exams!”

"As I just said, the battle can only end if one party dies, falls, or admits defeat. However, in order to avoid some unexpected tragedies, when the examiners unanimously believe that the winner has been decided, they will also take action to forcibly stop the battle to avoid unnecessary situations. necessary casualties.”

This rule is unanimously recognized by all parties, because those who can reach the third round of exams can already be said to be elites. If such a person dies, it will be considered a loss to the Ninja Village.

There are a total of 20 people left, which means there will be ten games in the qualifiers.Naruto was vaguely looking forward to who his opponent would be, but before the list on the big screen could appear, Naruto felt a familiar aura appear in the forest outside the tower.

"Orochimaru...he came back so soon?"

Naruto clearly remembered that 4 days ago, he shot his chest directly with the Demonic Light Killing Cannon, but did not hurt his heart. This kind of injury would be enough to kill a normal person, but Orochimaru not only escaped, but even now He has made a comeback again, and his energy has not dropped significantly compared to four days ago, which means that he has recovered from his injury.

He wanted to fight Orochimaru alone, but he couldn't figure out why Orochimaru was so persistent here, so Naruto glanced at the Third Hokage.

The Third Hokage noticed Naruto's suddenly serious eyes and his gesture for the two of them to go out and talk, and he immediately understood that there must be something big going on.

So, he calmly stated that he had some official duties and needed to go out for a while. Naruto also used the excuse of going to the toilet to leave the scene and came outside the tower.

After the two met outside the tower, Naruto told the third generation straight to the point: "Orochimaru is back. I can already feel his aura appearing in the forest, at most 5 kilometers away from us."

"He's actually back again? This guy is really stubborn." The Third Hokage suddenly looked disappointed.

He really didn't want to fight his former apprentice, especially if he didn't want to fight to the point of life or death. No matter who lived or died, it would be a sad ending.

However, the safety of Konoha is more important to him than personal feelings. If Orochimaru insists on harming Konoha, the third generation will have no choice but to kill him.

Thinking of this, Sandai told Naruto: "I know, I will immediately notify the helpers who have found him to find him in the forest. You can go back to take the exam. After what happened last time, he must have regarded you as someone who must be killed." If you come with us again, you will be in danger."

Naruto agreed on the surface, but actually locked the third generation's energy. When he walked away, Naruto used teleportation to follow him.

To be fair, Naruto felt that if he fought Orochimaru, the third generation's death rate should be higher than his own.

Chapter 64 Sage Mode

Orochimaru probably never thought in his life that there was such an outrageous skill as locking the air to find people in this world.

After being injured by Naruto, while he was recovering, he checked whether there was any mark of the Flying Thunder God on his body. Not to mention the surface of the skin, he even opened it and looked inside, and there was indeed no mark.

After making sure that the Mark of the Flying Thunder God was not planted on his body, he boldly returned to Konoha.

There are perceptive ninjas in Konoha. They rely on their strong perception to know the comings and goings of the enemy and their location. However, for people of Orochimaru's level, it is not difficult to avoid being discovered, because the range of ninja's perception is limited.

The Uzumaki clan possesses the secret technique Kagura's Eye of Mind, which can detect chakra fluctuations within a radius of tens of kilometers. However, it is necessary to know the opponent's chakra fluctuations in advance in order to obtain detailed movements, and they want to open the detection radius to such a Large, it requires the user's own level to be extraordinary.

Naruto's ability to sense ki is almost a skill like a dimensionality reduction strike, because as the ability increases, the range of this perception will expand at a terrifying speed, and can even reach the level of sensing ki across galaxies and half of the universe.

Therefore, as soon as he returned to Konoha, his aura was locked by Naruto.

After Naruto informed the Third Hokage of the situation, he made a prompt decision and returned to the Hokage's office to find his disciple, Jiraiya.

The Third Hokage also served as a genin teacher when he was young, and his three disciples later became powerful ninjas respected by the world as the "Konoha Sannin", possessing the power of a shadow.

One of them is Jiraiya, he is the only one among the Sannin who can still use the fighting power of Konoha.

Over the years, he has been traveling abroad and collected a lot of intelligence for Konoha. When Konoha needs him, he can be recalled at critical moments.

The Third Hokage found Jiraiya and told him with a serious expression: "Jiraiya, Orochimaru is back."

Jiraiya, who had a relatively casual expression at first, immediately became serious after hearing this, "What is it about Konoha that attracts him? That guy doesn't have the personality to just go to a big village like Konoha."

"Yeah..." When the Third Hokage was also distressed, his ANBU sent him the intelligence collected by Mitarai Anko at the qualifying site.

He took a quick look and immediately found the answer to his question.

It turns out that the first match of the preliminaries was Sasuke VS Akane Kai. In that battle, Anko noticed the mark on Sasuke's neck.

She was all too familiar with that mark. It was one of Orochimaru's greatest efforts over the years, the Curse Seal of the Sky.

There is also one on her neck, which was left before Orochimaru defected. It has been sealed by the Third Hokage, otherwise it will continue to hurt and erode her will.

Now there is one on Sasuke's neck, which means that Sasuke has been targeted by Orochimaru, because Orochimaru will not give the curse seal of heaven to anyone he meets.

This kind of curse seal will bring pain to the user, but it will also bring extremely powerful power. Once the power of the curse seal is turned on, the user's abilities in all aspects will be greatly improved.

However, in the battle with the Akane Armor, Sasuke did not use the Curse Seal, because his own strength was enough to defeat the Akane Armor. Only people of the level of Gaara and Neji should allow him to use the Curse Seal.

After the Third Hokage read Anko's report, it suddenly became clear.

The previous battle in the forest had proved that Orochimaru's corpse reincarnation had been successful, and he could survive by taking other people's bodies.He was eyeing Sasuke probably because he was attracted to the Uchiha clan's blood successor, the Sharingan.

Sasuke's current situation is quite safe, because there are more than a dozen jounin present at the examination site. No matter how powerful Orochimaru is, there is no way he can snatch Sasuke away in front of a dozen jonin. It would be better to say that he is surrounded by a dozen jounin. Fighting, it would be good to win. After all, the Jonin of Konoha are not good at it.

Thinking of this, the Third Hokage decided to let Orochimaru retreat. He didn't want to bring the matter to a life-and-death fight.

"Jiraiya, it's up to you this time to make Orochimaru understand that he cannot shake Konoha now."

"I understand, teacher."

Facing Orochimaru again after many years, Jiraiya also had mixed feelings in his heart, because when Orochimaru defected, he once pursued him and wanted to bring his former friend back.

It's a pity that he failed. Orochimaru has decided to go. No matter whether it's soft or hard, Jiraiya can't do anything to Orochimaru.

Today, when I face him again, he is already an enemy.Although I had expected it, I still lamented that things are unpredictable.

In the Forest of Death, Orochimaru was thinking about how to find an identity and sneak into Konoha. His original plan was to disguise himself as the leading Jonin of the Sound Ninja Village, but it was delayed due to his recovery from injuries.

Now we should find a way to find someone to kill him, and then use that person's skin to move around here.

Before he could make a decision, a familiar sense of crisis hit his heart. Orochimaru flashed in front of him, and Naruto's figure appeared in front of him.

"What?!" The moment he saw Naruto, Orochimaru's first reaction was to check his surroundings.

Could it be that this kid has the Flying Thunder God's mark everywhere in the forest?He had already checked his own body, and there was no spell present.In this case, how did Naruto fly in front of him?

It can't be possible. Flying Thunder God no longer needs to use spells to activate it, right?

But the issue of the technique was no longer important. Orochimaru looked around, looking for the Third Hokage.

"No need to look for it, I came here on my own." Naruto felt a little want to laugh when he saw his cautious look.

"You dare to appear in front of me alone. Do you really think that with the Flying Thunder God, you will not die?" Orochimaru was a little angry when he heard this. A mere genin dared to dance like this in front of him just because he had mastered the Flying Thunder God?

"I just want to test how durable you are." Naruto was not interested. He directly settled down, combined Qi and Chakra, and entered a new mode.

At this moment, his combat power increased by 10 times, which was equivalent to activating 10 times the effect of Kaioken, but without the load of Kaioken.

The body becomes leaner, the muscle contours become more obvious, and the face becomes more angular. From an outsider's perspective, this person's appearance and temperament have instantly improved a lot.

His transformation instantly shocked Orochimaru, because others may not know it, but Orochimaru has studied the curse seal for so many years, and he knows very well what power it is.

The new form created by fusing natural energy with chakra is called Sage Mode in the world of ninjas. Once entering this state, all abilities will be greatly improved, and the degree of improvement is different for everyone. Some people have a different degree of improvement. It is very huge, but some people's improvement is limited. This is caused by their different understanding and realm of the immortal mode.

Naruto's sage mode was to a level that Orochimaru had never heard of.

Because the sage mode in the entire ninja world, no matter which sect it is, will change the user's appearance to a certain extent when it is turned on. This change is not a simple improvement of appearance like Naruto, but will appear like facial makeup and other some distinct characteristics.

Orochimaru has been pursuing the power of sage mode for many years. He discovered a tribe of people in a coastal village who were born with the ability to become sages. However, their sage mode could not be controlled and would turn into out-of-control monsters. Orochimaru learned from them. A clan has developed a curse mark on their bodies.

Orochimaru followed the clues from their clan and found the Ryuji Cave with the inheritance of the sage mode. However, due to the reincarnation of the immortal body, his body was too fragile and he could not practice the sage mode at all.

Later, he retreated to the next best thing and studied the curse seal, a degraded version of the sage model, and had achieved considerable success. He planted curse seals of varying degrees on Sasuke and a group of ninjas from the Sound Ninja Village, allowing them to The strength is greatly improved.

Now that Leng Buding saw Naruto displaying such a perfect Sage Mode, Orochimaru didn't even want to fight. He just wanted to ask Naruto: "How did you do it? Tell me how did you do it?"

Naruto's Sage Mode not only doesn't have features like facial makeup, but the most important thing is that he can activate it instantly!

Sage mode requires absorbing natural energy in advance before using it. Naruto didn't seem to have experienced this process at all, he just started it.

"How on earth did you achieve this perfect sage mode?" Orochimaru couldn't help but ask Naruto.

Chapter 65 Konoha (X) Suna Ninja (√) Collapse Plan

"It seems that you are really interested in this." When Naruto saw the mark on Sasuke's neck, he understood that Orochimaru must have spent a lot of effort on this kind of power. Although he could come up with a new, degraded version of the power, But he doesn't seem to be able to use it himself.

The fact is as Naruto expected, the Sage Chakra used in Sage mode requires an equal mixture of the user's mental energy, physical energy, and natural energy to be produced. Orochimaru's mental energy is not the same due to his reincarnation. Energy and body energy are not balanced.

This means that although he can create a little celestial chakra, he cannot activate the sage mode at all, because the mental energy cannot keep up with the body, and the body he exchanges for is not his own after all, and his original body's practice and exercise cannot be used with him. Come.

This is why, when he first sneaked into the Chunin Exam, Naruto only felt that his ki was strange, but he didn't feel that it was any stronger, because after changing his body, most of the ki in his original body could not be brought with him. The new body is not exercised enough, and the strength of the Qi is quite limited.

If this continues, Orochimaru's corpse reincarnation is actually not a perfect immortality. Sooner or later, he will die due to various shortcomings of the corpse reincarnation.

If Naruto was not the Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki, Orochimaru would really want to steal his body by any means necessary. Naruto's talent and secret skills were too tempting.

He was only over ten years old, and he had already learned the perfect sage mode that was unique in the entire ninja world. When this terrifying talent grows, he may not be able to recreate the legend of Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara.

If he really reaches that height, the ninja world will crawl at his feet in the next few decades or hundreds of years.

At this moment, Orochimaru just wanted to ask Naruto urgently: "Where did you learn such a perfect Sage mode?"

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