The upcoming preliminaries, Goku and the Third Generation's meeting

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"Hey! We are the third to arrive."

"Damn it! I thought we could get first place!"

Inside the tower, Naruto shouted loudly after learning from Red Bean that two teams ahead of them had passed the exam.

"Hmph, don't be ungrateful, little brat. It's amazing that you can pass the exam so quickly."

"You should know that the previous fastest record was four hours, and you only took more than two hours."

Hongdou, who was standing by, crossed her arms and said unhappily.

"So who was first, and how long did it take them?"

Naruto stared at Anko, eager to know who had taken his first place.

"It's us, Naruto. It took us an hour and a half to get here."

Before Hongdou could answer, a voice suddenly sounded from above. Naruto looked up and saw a familiar figure.

"Thick eyebrows! It's you!"

In the corridor on the second floor of the tower, Rock Lee and his teammate Neji appeared every day.

Snap!

Rock Lee flipped over and jumped down from above, came to Naruto and gave him a thumbs up.

"Naruto, what I said before was right, wasn't it? The first place doesn't necessarily belong to you. Look, didn't we take the first place in the second exam?"

"Hold! Thick Eyebrows, don't be so proud. This time it was an accident!" Naruto said unconvinced.

If they hadn't met Orochimaru, they would have definitely been the first!

Since there are still many teams struggling to collect scrolls in the Forest of Death, and the second exam lasts for five days, the exam will not end before the deadline, so Naruto and his friends stayed in the tower and waited for the end of this exam.

Five days later.

"Because too many people passed the second exam, an additional preliminary round is needed before the third exam begins."

Inside the tower, the sickly-looking Moonlight Gale, the examiner of the third exam, announced to the 21 candidates who had passed the exam.

There were a total of 28 teams participating in the second exam, but now there are only 7 teams left, namely Kabuto Yakushi's team, Gaara's team, the nameless Rain Ninja team, and the 12 little strong teams in the original work.

It is worth mentioning that in the original work, there were also 7 teams that passed the exam, but the Yuen team was not among them, but the Toss team under Orochimaru passed the exam.

But this time for some unknown reason, Team Toss did not pass the exam, while Team Rain Ninja, who were supposed to die at the hands of Gaara, luckily passed the exam.

"When does the preliminaries start?" the Rain Ninjas among the candidates asked loudly.

They had just finished the second exam and were exhausted. They were now looking forward to the preliminary round starting later.

However, things often turn out that what you fear will come true.

Moonlight Gale glanced at them and replied, "There are many distinguished guests coming to watch the competition, and most of them have already arrived in the village. Time is urgent and we cannot let them wait too long."

"Therefore, I declare that the preliminaries are now officially open!!

"What?!" The three Rain Ninjas were struck by lightning when they heard that.

In addition to them, people like Shikamaru and Inuzuka Kiba, who had just passed the exam, also had their eyelids twitching.

"Hey, hey, you are not kidding." Shikamaru had dead eyes and felt very tired. He wanted to give up the competition.

But when he thought about the consequences of giving up the game, he had to give up the idea.

"Hehe, no matter if it's a preliminaries or not, I'll take part in the competition!" Unlike those who sighed, Naruto was full of fighting spirit. He had rested enough in the past few days and couldn't wait for the competition to start!

Soon after, just like in the original book, Wan voluntarily gave up the competition, so the number of candidates became 20. So this preliminary round was a two-on-two match between 20 candidates, and the 10 winners would enter the final.

As the names on the big screen randomly jumped, the list of the first match was born: [Uzumaki Naruto vs Kankuro]

"The first match is Naruto, who is the guy he's going to fight, Kankuro?"

Looking at the list on the screen, Sakura on the viewing platform looked around, trying to see who was Naruto's opponent.

"Humph, it's me!"

A cold snort suddenly sounded, and Kanjiro stood up, looking at the big screen with a gloomy expression.

His luck is so bad that he meets this tough guy so soon!

"Oh! It's you." Sakura covered her mouth and laughed.

No wonder she felt familiar with the name. It turned out to be the guy who had had an unpleasant experience with them before.

Although the other person's name was called out once at that time, she had long forgotten about this person, so she didn't react when she saw the name at first.

"Hey, you clown, you're not scared, are you? Come down and fight me!"

At this time, Naruto, who had already landed on the competition field, looked at the viewing platform, pointed at Kankuro and shouted.

He was very happy that he could have his first battle, because he couldn't wait to show his strength in front of everyone, so he urged Kankuro at this moment.

"Hmph! Stop looking down on me. I will let you see my true strength in this battle!"

After being provoked by Naruto, Kankuro's face turned black and he quickly jumped into the venue.

At this moment, he has decided that he must teach this arrogant guy a lesson and let him know that he is not someone to be trifled with!

As the two stood in the arena, waiting for the chief examiner, Moonlight Gale, to give the order to start the competition,

Li!!

On the viewing platform, two figures suddenly appeared behind Sakura and Sasuke.

"Huh, looks like I've caught up." Kakashi breathed a sigh of relief as he watched the game on the field that hadn't even started yet.

Because whether to hold the preliminary round will be known after the second exam is over, it is impossible to know in advance.

So when he learned that this competition was going to be held, he immediately rushed back to the village to tell Goku.

After all, Goku is Naruto's teacher, so he can't be absent at this time. "Wahaha, you two haven't played yet?"

Goku ruffled Sakura's hair, patted Sasuke's shoulder, and smiled innocently at Naruto in the field.

"It's not our turn yet, Goku-sensei!" Sakura responded first, and then slapped Goku's hand away, angrily saying: "Also, Goku-sensei, can you please stop rubbing my head? You've messed up my hair!"

Her hair was fixed with a forehead protector, and Wukong's rubbing caused the forehead protector to move a lot.

"Haha, sorry, sorry!" Goku said embarrassedly, touching his head.

The reason why he rubbed Xiaoying's hair was because Sakura looked very similar to his granddaughter Xiaofang.

Not only are they about the same age, but their personalities are also very similar, so much so that every time he sees Sakura, he feels as if he sees the shadow of his granddaughter and can't help but rub her hair.

"Ahem, Mr. Goku, you are here too. How are you these days?"

At this time, Sarutobi Hiruzen, who noticed Goku's appearance, walked over with a gentle smile on his face.

He is the one who knows Goku the best in Konoha, except for Kakashi, Naruto and others who have a good relationship with Goku.

The more he understood, the more he valued Goku.

Especially after learning about what happened a

month ago, his attention to Goku rose to the extreme, and some of the little thoughts he had hidden in his mind disappeared completely.