Chapter 74: Who is the Victor?

Gai rushed forward and picked up Rock Lee, who was too weak to move. Fortunately, Itachi had acted in time.

Thank goodness he had saved Rock Lee when Gai was hesitating. Gai held Rock Lee tightly in his arms. This was his cutest disciple, Rock Lee, who had achieved so much with only Taijutsu, truly awe - inspiring.

In Gai's eyes, he was incredibly cute and strong. Fortunately, he was okay!

As Gai ran forward, Neji and Naruto rushed up too, checking Rock Lee's injuries. Fortunately, seeing that he was fine, they both heaved a sigh of relief.

Gaara's light - green eyes looked at Rock Lee surrounded by everyone and couldn't help but think of his own tragic childhood. Why? Why did he have such an enviable teacher? Why did he have such wonderful friendships?

Why was he the only one who had been isolated since childhood? Why didn't even his parents like him? Why were his own brother and sister afraid of him?

How envious...

It was so unfair that only Rock Lee had all these.

The string tightly wound in Gaara's mind was now violently tugged by the distorted and out - of - control emotions and snapped. His emotions ran out of control, and he began to go berserk.

The sand around him swept in from all directions. He wanted to destroy this warm scene and make everyone as miserable as he was.

Even in the face of such terrifying and manic sand, everyone still stood in front of Rock Lee, looking at Gaara firmly.

At this moment, he seemed to be abandoned by the world, all alone. The tailed beasts began to stir restlessly in his body. He began to roar and gradually lost control.

Itachi Uchiha stepped forward. As the Examiner of this exam, he had the responsibility and obligation to stop this meaningless fight. Moreover, he had thought that these ninjas from Sunagakure were strange from the beginning. He just took this opportunity to find out with his Sharingan.

Itachi activated his Sharingan, and a powerful aura filled everyone's hearts. He locked eyes with Gaara in his manic state.

With just one glance, Gaara was frozen and couldn't move. He struggled to break free from this binding force, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't break free.

The power of the tailed beasts in his body seemed to be extinguished like being doused by fire and calmed down.

How could this be possible?

The Shukaku in his body had never behaved like this before, especially when he was emotionally unstable, the power of Shukaku always went wild.

Itachi stood opposite Gaara. He knew this kid was strange. He had noticed something abnormal just now. Just as he was about to activate his Mangekyo Sharingan to investigate further, the elite Jonin from Sunagakure jumped out with Temari and Kanpō.

They all stood in front of Gaara, confronting Itachi Uchiha.

"Our Land of Wind came here to participate in the Chunin Exams based on the friendly peace treaty with Konoha. But you, as the Examiner of this exam, not only interfered in the match halfway but also seem about to do something to our students. What the hell is going on?"

The Jonin from the Land of Wind looked stern, exuding a strong aura.

"Is Konoha really planning to tear up the peace treaty with the Land of Wind and go to war with us?"

Seeing this situation, Itachi couldn't help but sigh silently. It was a pity that he missed such a good opportunity, but on the surface, he still looked as cold as ever.

Besides, he wore a mocking expression. He slightly curled his lips, tilted his head up, and looked down at the ninjas from the Land of Wind.

"As the examiner, I said from the start. If I judge a match's outcome is decided, I'll step in to prevent unnecessary casualties! I'm just doing my duty. Why are you folks from the Land of Wind so angry? I haven't even done anything yet!"

"You..."

The ninjas from the Land of Wind were momentarily speechless.

"Besides, the candidate from the Land of Wind was clearly on the verge of emotional breakdown. As the examiner, I stepped in for your sake. You should be grateful to me!"

The team - leader teacher, seeing Itachi shamelessly spout such conscienceless words, was so angry that he immediately retorted.

"Who would have thought that Itachi Uchiha, the famous ninja from Konoha, would be so sharp - tongued! It's really an eye - opener to meet you today!"

Itachi didn't seem to care at all and looked at them as if they were fools.

"There's a lot you haven't seen about me. Don't be so shocked by just this."

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Seeing that the deadlock couldn't be broken, with Itachi Uchiha refusing to back down and the Land of Wind group seething with anger, the Third Hokage sitting in the stands finally couldn't restrain himself and spoke up.

"Folks from Sunagakure, you've seen what happened just now. The candidate really lost control of his emotions, so our examiner stepped in. He's just a straightforward guy and didn't mean to offend anyone. Please forgive him!"

The ninjas from Sunagakure saw Itachi's arrogant attitude; he didn't seem sorry at all. But since the highest leader of Konoha Village, the Third Hokage, had come out to explain, it would seem ungrateful of them to keep arguing.

In the end, they had to swallow their anger. Baki's face was gloomy, and they remembered this grudge.

"Since the Third Hokage has spoken, then how should the outcome of this match be judged? Of course, it's our Gaara from Sunagakure who wins! If it weren't for this meddling examiner, that little ninja over there would probably be dead by now."

"No! The winner is definitely Rock Lee from our Konoha Village!"

Neji stepped forward without giving an inch.

"Gaara from Sunagakure lost control of his emotions. This is a Chunin selection match, not just a test of combat power. How can such an impulsive and irritable person ensure his own and his team - members' safety and complete missions when leading a team in the future? So I think the winner should be Rock Lee!"

"Neji..."

The weak Rock Lee was about to speak up. After all, it was a match, and he had indeed lost. Although he was grateful to Neji for speaking up for him, he wanted to accept the fact.

But what greeted him was Neji's sharp glance, so cold that it could make anyone shut up immediately.

Neji knew very well that Gaara should be the winner of this match. The reason he was arguing with Baki wasn't that he was being unreasonable.

Just because the Ninjas from Sunagakure have repeatedly attempted to kill his teammates on Konoha's turf, he definitely won't let them win so smoothly.

The Sunagakure Ninjas' eyelids twitched. They couldn't understand where this Hyuga clan kid got the audacity to distort the truth like this.

Gaara is short - tempered! Yes, he's right about that. But what about that kid in a tight - fitting ninja suit with a watermelon - shaped headband? He has opened five gates in a row and seems to be running out of energy. Wouldn't that also hold his teammates back in a real battle?

"All the Ninjas from Sunagakure should learn how to control their emotions before participating in the Chunin Exams. Only then can they become qualified Chunin. Oh, no! Only then can they become decent people!"

"What do you mean by that? Are you saying we're not people?"

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