Naruto: Talent entry, starting with Otsutsuki bloodline

Chapter 65 Uchiha Sasuke's Rival
July 60, Konoha 7, 7: PM.

The candidates who arrived at the Central Tower early and were arranged to stay in the dormitory to wait for the end of the exam received notification from the invigilator early and came to the lobby on the first floor.

Class 8 is one of them.

At this moment, there were twenty-four examinees standing in the hall, along with their guiding jonin.

Just like what Mitarashi Anko said, the second exam will reduce the number of candidates who passed the first exam by at least half.

There were twenty-four groups and seventy-two candidates, but only eight groups and twenty-four people finally passed the second exam.

Among them, Konoha's ninjas accounted for the vast majority.

To be precise, except for Gaara's three siblings and the Toss trio from Sound Village, all other candidates are Konoha ninjas.

They are: Team 6, Team 7, Team 8, Team 10, Might Guy's Team 3, and Kabuto Yakushi and his two teammates.

"You've done a great job reaching the Central Tower on the first day."

As soon as Kurenai Yuhi came over, she started praising Izayoi and the other two.

The gentleness of women is fully reflected.

In fact, as a perception class, Class 8 was already slow because it failed to be the first to reach the central tower.

So Team 8 didn't feel proud at all, and Izayoi and Hinata just smiled.

At this moment, Izayoi seemed to sense something and looked towards the direction of Team 7, just meeting Hatake Kakashi's gaze.

Izayoi smiled and nodded at Hatake Kakashi, knowing why the other party was looking at him.

It is obvious that Kakashi Hatake is learning more about Orochimaru and has already learned from Team 7 who was responsible for the fire tornado.

Before the candidates could chat with the supervising jonin for a while, Sarutobi Hiruzen and the examiner team for the second exam appeared on the second floor.

Then all the guiding jonin went to the second-floor stands and listened quietly to the Third Hokage's speech.

After Sarutobi Hiruzen finished talking about the Chunin Exam, which was a microcosm of the war among the Allied Nations, and the third official exam, which would be watched by a large number of dignitaries and spectators, and the need to select a group of outstanding Genin from the candidates who passed the second exam to ensure that the competition was entertaining, Gekko Gale appeared as the chief examiner.

"Ahem... I'm the chief examiner of the third Chunin selection exam, Gekkou Hayate."

Moonlight Gale coughed, then looked at the twenty-four candidates in front of him while checking the list on the file board. He said slowly, "This is only the preliminaries. The rules are simple: the loser is eliminated, and the winner advances to the main competition."

"Soon, the screen on the wall will display the names of all twenty-four of you, and then shuffle them all and randomly match them up."

"Before the exam begins, does anyone want to give up? If not, I'll upload the list."

“…I abstain.”

As soon as the voice of Moonlight Gale fell, Yakushi Kabuto raised his hand to give up.

This scene, apart from attracting the attention of Sarutobi Hiruzen in the stands and some examiners, the other candidates did not pay too much attention to it.

After all, unlike the original novel, the little cockroaches don’t know Kabuto Yakushi.

"Ahem...what's your name?"

"Kabuto Yakushi."

"Okay, you can leave now."

Moonlight Gale crossed out Yakushi Kabuto's name and asked again, "There are now twenty-three candidates left. There will be one bye. Does anyone else want to give up?"

Seeing that no one spoke, Gekko Hayate took out a walkie-talkie and said, "Then I declare that the third round of the Chunin Selection Exam Preliminaries has officially begun!"

Immediately, snowflakes began to flash on the screen.

Then the names of the candidates appeared one by one, as if someone was typing on the keyboard behind them.

When the names of all twenty-three candidates were displayed on the screen, the picture suddenly changed. Two big VS letters replaced the list and occupied the center of the screen.

Names flashed one after another on both sides of the VS. After a few seconds, the screen froze.

Toss Anvil VS Akimichi Chouji.

"The candidates whose names are displayed stay, and everyone else goes to the second-floor stands to watch the game." said Moonlight Gale.

"Come on, Choji."

"Don't lose to the ninja from the small village. If you win, Asuma-sensei will treat you to barbecue."

"……Um!"

When he heard the word "barbecue", Akimichi Chouji opened his eyes instantly and nodded seriously.

Coming to Kurenai Yuhi's side, Izayoi lay on the armrest, but instead of looking at Choji Akimichi and Tos Anvil who had already started fighting below, he looked at the Jonin of Otogakure Village next to Sack Stirrup and Koto Hammer.

Others could not see through the identity of this Sound Ninja, but Izayoi saw at a glance that the other party was Orochimaru.

Izayoi didn't expect that even after Orochimaru failed to cast the curse, he still managed to sneak into the central tower to watch the preliminaries.

If that’s the case, then why isn’t the first match Uchiha Sasuke vs. Akado Kai?
Could it be that he just came here to watch the show, or did he have other plans?

As if realizing that Izayoi was looking at him, Orochimaru looked over and gave Izayoi an evil smile.

Izayoi smiled back and nodded politely, as if unaware of Orochimaru's identity.

At this time, the battle below has already been decided.

Although Toss Anvil did not reveal the information like in the original work, Akimichi Choji still used the Human Bomb Chariot from the beginning.

Akimichi Choji tucked his head into his body and covered his ears, and by some accident he escaped being killed instantly.

However, his combat experience was still far inferior to that of Tos Anvil, who had fought in small places.

Just like in the original story, Toss Anvil dodged the impact of the Human Bomb Chariot repeatedly, and then deliberately created a flaw to allow Akimichi Choji's body to get stuck in the wall.

Then, through the water in the human body, he used a sonic punch to kill Choji Akimichi instantly.

"Akimichi Chouji has lost his ability to fight, and the winner of the first round is Tos Anvil." Moonlight Gale immediately announced the result.

Seeing this, Nara Shikamaru and Yamanaka Ino both covered their foreheads helplessly.

Asuma Sarutobi, cigarette in hand, smiled and said, "It's good that he's not injured. Choji is still very strong. He just happened to meet a type that can restrain him."

After saying that, Asuma Sarutobi instantly went down and brought Choji Akimichi back to the stands without sending him to the medical room.

The screen flashed the name again and soon froze.

Uchiha Sasuke VS Zack Stirrup.

"I'm looking forward to your performance, Sack." Orochimaru gave Sack Stirrup an encouraging smile.

"Yes!"

Sack Stirrup was so excited that he almost stood at attention. He quickly promised, "My lord, I will never let you down."

On the other side of Team 7, Haruno Sakura warned Uchiha Sasuke: "Sasuke-kun, the guys from that ninja village seem to be using sonic ninjutsu, you have to be careful."

Uzumaki Naruto also held the back of his head with both hands, and said provocatively: "Arrogant Sasuke, don't lose before you meet me."

Uchiha Sasuke, who was about to go down, suddenly stopped, turned to Uzumaki Naruto and said with a smile: "Naruto, I also want to fight with you."

This time, Uchiha Sasuke did not call Uzumaki Naruto the last one.

Uzumaki Naruto was stunned, his eyes, which were narrowed into slits, slowly opened and he stared blankly at Uchiha Sasuke.

Then an inexplicable emotion surged in his heart, making him tremble with excitement and get goose bumps.

(End of this chapter)