I rely on myself

Chapter 693 Additional Examination
Over the years, Nono had thought about snatching Kabuto back from Orochimaru, but was unable to do so due to the restrictions that Orochimaru had placed on Kabuto.

Although there are people in the Snow Country who can lift the ban, on the contrary, there are several people who can do it, but they have to do it face to face. So to this day, Kabuto is still forced to be under Orochimaru's command.

Orochimaru relied on this to sneak into the Snow Country several times and escape safely. It was also for this reason that when Jie saw Orochimaru, he immediately launched a fatal attack. It was a completely subconscious reaction.

"Forget it. Lord Lin Yuan will come to Konoha in a month. He can get Kabuto back by then. I won't have to worry about how to explain to Nono."

Jie was very distressed at first, but soon he thought of the connection through the Eye of God and learned from the Snow Country that Konoha had invited Lin Yuan, as the representative of the Snow Country, to attend the final assessment of the Chunin Exam one month later, and Lin Yuan had accepted it.

He instantly realized that there was a solution to his problem and felt relieved. He then left the Death Forest without being discovered by anyone and returned to the accommodation he had been assigned to.

Three days passed quickly and the second round of exams came to an end. Although Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura from Team 7 were in a bad situation at the beginning because they were attacked by Orochimaru, Naruto and Sasuke, who were the main combat forces, were unconscious.

To make matters worse, they were attacked by three people from the Otogakure Village. Fortunately, they got help from Rock Lee and Team 10's Shikamaru Nara, Ino Yamanaka, and Choji Akimichi, and finally got through it safely.

After that, when Team 7 fully recovered, it was already the third day of the exam. The three of them realized the urgency of time. While on the way, they met Kabuto Yakushi who was separated from his companions. With his help, they successfully defeated a team from the Hidden Rain Village who was ambushing around the surveillance tower, thus collecting all the scrolls and successfully passing the second exam.

In the surveillance tower, the three members of Team 7 got a short rest after listening to the teachings of their former teacher Iruka.

Just when all the candidates thought that the second exam was over, they were notified to gather early the next morning and learned a news from Konoha.

That is because there are too many candidates who passed the second exam, so an additional exam is temporarily added to reduce the number of candidates.

Many candidates are naturally very dissatisfied with this, but they can only accept this helpless reality after a brief verbal protest.

Another incident happened during this period. To be on the safe side, Moonlight Gale, the examiner of the additional examination, asked the candidates present whether they had withdrawn.

After all, in the second round of exams during these three days, it is inevitable that some people will pass the exam but suffer some injuries, some even so serious that they affect their own movements. Therefore, this link is created to allow such candidates to withdraw and avoid losing their lives in the next exam.

But generally speaking, no one would choose to withdraw from the exam. After all, after going through so much trouble to get here, if you just give up, wouldn't it mean that all your previous efforts were in vain? However, there was a candidate who actually chose to withdraw, and that was Kabuto Yakushi.

He said that the injuries he had accumulated in the previous exams had affected his movements, and that even if he continued to take the next exam, he would only die in vain, so he chose to give up. But Kabuto didn't know that his choice had attracted his attention, and the Third Hokage and other Konoha Jonins who came to watch, such as Kakashi, noticed Kabuto's abnormality.

After all, he participated in the Chunin Exam seven times in a row, but almost always failed in the first or second round. Such performance was really too coincidental, so the Third Hokage directly ordered the Anbu to pay a little attention to Kabuto's situation.

Back to the Chunin Exam, Kabuto's withdrawal made the number of people present exactly an even number, that is, 26 people, which was perfect for two-on-two competitions.

Soon, through random computer selection, the two parties for the first match were quickly decided. They were Sasuke and Akado Kai, both from Konoha. The rest of the people stood on the viewing platforms on both sides of the competition venue, leaving the venue free for the two people in the first match.

Sakura looked at Sasuke with worry in the viewing stand. After all, Sasuke was still feeling somewhat uncomfortable because of what the scary guy named Orochimaru who had attacked him before had done to him.

Unlike Sakura, Naruto was also very clear about Sasuke's situation at the time, but he was very confident in Sasuke, and the result was just as he expected.

Although Sasuke was in a tough battle at the beginning because he was unable to use ninjutsu and his chakra would be sucked away once he was grabbed by the Red Copper Armor's hands, but soon when he saw Rock Lee, Sasuke thought of something.

Since he couldn't use ninjutsu, he might as well use physical skills to deal with the enemy. The result was that Sasuke used his own Lion combo to take away the Red Copper Armor in one move.

Although Sasuke wanted to stay and watch the battle, Kakashi said that the so-called curse seal on his body must be dealt with as soon as possible and there was no time to delay. In the end, Sasuke had to follow Kakashi and leave first. What no one knew was that a ninja from the Sound Village also disappeared at some point.

Looking at Sasuke's departing figure, Hongyi asked Rei beside him: "Although his strength is a little weak due to the lack of guidance from his elders, it can be seen that he has great talent. Are you planning to give up such an outstanding member of your clan?"

Lie didn't care much about Hongyi's sudden and even somewhat presumptuous question, so he replied directly: "What's the point of talking about something that has been decided long ago? After all, the other party's identity is really difficult to deal with. Now it seems that no one in the clan cares, but it's just that they haven't seen the real person. Once Uchiha Sasuke is brought back to the clan, do you think there will be someone in the clan who hates him and will attack him? So now this situation of ignoring and not asking is the best way to deal with it."

While Koichi and Retsu were discussing, the exam was still going on. The second match was between Aburame Shino and Saxophone, and Aburame Shino won. The third match was between Kankuro and Ken Sankaku, and Kankuro won. The fourth match was between Haruno Sakura and Yamanaka Ino, and the result was an unexpected draw.

The next game was the fifth one, and the players for both teams were quickly randomly selected. It was Temari from the Hidden Sand Village against Chiyomi from the Snow Country.

(End of this chapter)