Qualifiers

Naruto and the others arrived at the central tower at the end of the exam on the fifth day.

Before, Ryosuke almost thought that they were going to fail because of time.

Fortunately, they were not late.

The reason why it took so long was actually because they actually had a burden.

And this burden was Yakushi Kabuto.

This guy's strength was obviously at the Elite Jōnin level, but he still pretended to be an ordinary Genin.

Because of his good acting skills, neither Naruto nor Sasuke noticed that he was acting.

"Yo~! Isn't this miss big forehead? Why is your condition so miserable?"

First floor of the central tower.

All candidates who passed the second exam were told to gather here.

Ryosuke and the other candidates who had arrived earlier had also received the notification.

As soon as they came in, Ino saw Sakura, and couldn't help laughing and joking.

"Hmph! Pig Ino, you were just carried by someone, so why are you so arrogant?" Sakura replied angrily.

Ino smiled and hugged Ryosuke's arm, not only not being angry, but also being very happy.

"Yes, I have Ryosuke to help me. I heard that Ryosuke saved you before. Don't you plan to say thank you?" Ino said with a smile.

Sakura was angry but she couldn't say Ino.

After all, Ino was just telling the truth.

Who made Ino's boyfriend so powerful, and she...

Forget it!

Sakura now felt more and more like she was a redundant person in this team.

In the five days in the Forest of Death, she was of little help in every battle.

Although Sasuke and Naruto didn't say anything, Sakura could feel that neither of them regarded her as a force in the team, but more like an accessory.

At this point, even Naruto, who was always in front of Sakura and behind Sakura all day long, actually began to think so from the bottom of his heart.

After all, Sakura couldn't even beat some Genin.

Compared with Naruto and Sasuke, whose strength was constantly improving, the gap was getting bigger and bigger.

Naturally, there was nothing she could do to help.

In the original story, during Sasuke and Naruto's coma, Sakura showed some performance.

But now, she really didn't have the slightest chance to express herself.

"Hmph~! I thanked Ryosuke long ago, as for you? You didn't save us!"

Sakura replied angrily, and then didn't want to talk to Ino.

She was afraid that she would become timid if she said too much.

At the moment when Sakura and Ino were bickering, Sarutobi Hiruzen announced that there would be a qualifying match before the third official test.

In this match, a group of people will be eliminated.

Candidates who passed the second Chūnin exam could choose to continue or give up.

This time, it was no longer a team battle, but an individual competition.

So if a person give ups personally, it will not affect the rest of their team.

"Did you hear that, big forehead? I think you should abstain."

After hearing this rule, Ino deliberately said to Sakura.

In fact, she cared about Sakura in her heart. Seeing Sakura's miserable appearance, she was a little worried.

In the preliminaries, Sakura would almost certainly lose.

Now that there was a chance, why bother to continue?

It's better to give up.

But Sakura didn't hear Ino's concern, thinking that Ino was laughing at herself.

Originally, she really wanted to abstain.

The main reason was that she felt that she was very useless, and it was impossible to win if she continued to participate in the qualifiers.

It would be better to simply abstain.

But hearing what Ino said, Sakura suddenly didn't want to abstain.

Not for anything else, she just didn't want to be underestimated by Ino.

"I think you are the one who should abstain, right?"

"Tsk~! What else can you do besides being stubborn?"

"I can still hit people, do you want to try my fist?"

"Yo! It's been a few months after graduation. Why don't we have a match later?"

"Who is afraid of whom? I'll beat you to a pulp!!"

The two were arguing when Gekko Hayate, who had just been assigned as the chief examiner, coughed twice to remind them that the preliminaries hadn't started yet.

Ryosuke felt that Gekko Hayate's eyes were always sweeping over him.

'Does this guy still hold a grudge over what happened last time' Ryosuke thought to himself.

The last time he had dinner with Yugao, Gekko Hayate saw it.

Then, because this guy was drunk, the atmosphere at that time was very unpleasant.

After that, Yugao said that Gekko Hayate had come to her to apologize.

Yugao also accepted his apology, but also said that they should just be ordinary colleagues in the future.

'Did he meet Asuma there?' Ryosuke thought wildly.

Along with the others, he came to the stands on the second floor.

"Really, after finally passing the second exam, why did Kabuto quit?"

Naruto was still whispering beside him, looking incomprehensible.

Ryosuke glanced at him and thought, if Kabuto doesn't quit, he will be miserable if Sarutobi Hiruzen notices something.

But as a Genin who had taken so many Chūnin exams in a row, and quit before the third round every time, even if he didn't reveal anything, he was already very suspicious.

Sarutobi Hiruzen was not stupid, and he would definitely send someone to investigate him.

However, after the Chūnin exam, Kabuto would no longer need to stay in Konoha as a spy.

It doesn't matter even if he is exposed now.

"Sasuke, how is your body feeling?"

Kakashi walked up to Sasuke at this time and asked him.

Just now Naruto and Sakura had told him about Sasuke, and also mentioned an important name, "Orochimaru".

Kakashi didn't know if the Orochimaru Naruto and the others were talking about was the one he knew.

If so, then this time, the problem was serious.

"I can still hold on!"

Sasuke's face was a little pale.

He still hadn't adapted to the curse mark that had just been planted a few days ago, so it caused him a lot of trouble.

But he felt that he could hold on for a while, at least until the end of the qualifiers.