It's normal to get a kaleidoscope as a first deposit of six yuan, right?

Hearing the discussions in the crowd, Mitarashi Anko's face darkened, and a hint of murderous intent emanated from her, instantly silencing the scene.

"Don't think this is a simple test. There's a reason this place is called the Death Forest. It's full of poisonous insects and ferocious beasts. If you want to take the second test, you'll have to sign a waiver of life and death."

Mitarashi Anko pulled out a piece of paper from her pocket, which was stamped with the seal of Konoha, proving that the students participated in the exam voluntarily, and that even if someone died, it was because they were not strong enough and had nothing to do with the examiners or anyone else.

Upon hearing the term "life-or-death contract," many genin frowned.

Clearly, risking one's life for the title of Chunin is not worth it. However, amidst this tense atmosphere, a laugh rang out from the crowd.

"Hahaha, what Death Forest? I'm not afraid of that kind of thing! I, Naruto Uzumaki, am going to be the Hokage, my friend!"

Seeing Naruto break the atmosphere, Mitarashi Anko smiled, then threw a kunai that grazed Naruto's cheek before using Body Flicker Technique to appear behind him. She turned Naruto's head, smeared some blood from Naruto's cheek with the kunai, tasted it, and said...

"It smells of blood. The most vulnerable people to death in the Death Forest are arrogant little brats like you..."

Just as Mitarashi Anko was about to scare Naruto, the mischievous troublemaker who was ruining the atmosphere, Orochimaru, disguised as a Grass Ninja, instantly appeared behind Mitarashi Anko, holding a kunai that gleamed with a cold light in his tongue across her front.

"Here's your kunai back," Orochimaru said, glancing at Anko in front of him.

Red Bean smiled as she looked at the guy who had suddenly appeared.

"Ah, thank you, but... please don't stand behind me with that murderous look, or you might die..."

Red Bean took the kunai that was curled on her tongue, while Orochimaru also withdrew his tongue, covered his face with his straw hat, and said in a low voice.

"Sorry, I'm the kind of person who gets incredibly excited when I see blood."

Anko smiled as she watched Orochimaru turn and leave.

"It seems that those who participated in the Chunin Exams are all a group of hot-blooded young people."

As the woman in the straw hat walked past him, Zhi Xue's deep pupils met her gaze. After a moment of stunned silence, Orochimaru quickened his pace and walked to the back, his heart pounding wildly.

It wasn't the emergence of love, but rather a sense of crisis from the snake. Instinct told her to avoid the little black-haired girl from before, but reason told Orochimaru that there should be very few things in Konoha that could pose a threat to her...

"How could I have such a misconception? This should just be a brat from Amegakure..." Orochimaru thought to himself, looking at Shiseido ahead with a strange feeling.

After Mitarashi Anko explained the rules of the second exam, she led the participating genin to a nearby tent to register and sign waivers. Then, she used a lottery system to send different teams to various entrances of the Forest of Death.

Zhixue drew the one located on the far east side.

Some time after entering the entrance to the Forest of Death, Zhixue threw the Scroll of Heaven to Ziyanghua.

"It looks like this exam is going to be quite interesting."

Seeing that Zhixue seemed to be in a good mood, Ziyanghua asked, "Lord Xutong, what are our plans for the future?"

"Well, let's just see how it goes. We're here to gather intelligence, so we don't need to attract too much attention, but passing the test is still quite necessary..."

Zhi Xue closed her eyes, and a faint blue light appeared on her body, but she quickly concealed it. Her senses instantly enveloped the entire Death Forest, and the various teams and even the examiners lurking in the forest appeared in her mind.

Chapter 219, The Second Match Ends, Reencounter with Shisui

The second round of the Chunin Exams was still ongoing. On the east side of the Forest of Death, a group of Grass Ninja were on a large tree watching Shisue and Hydrangea, who had stopped for some unknown reason, and they laughed excitedly.

"It's truly a stroke of luck. We've found an easy target right at the start of the exam. As long as we can combine the scrolls they have with ours, sneaking through the exam won't be a problem."

"Second brother, you go around and set a trap for them. Third brother, you and I will use explosive tags to launch a surprise attack later. We must win this exam!"

"Yes, boss!"

When Zhixue sensed that the three little brats seemed to have some special thoughts about her and Ziyanghua in the distance, she said to Ziyanghua, "It seems that prey has run into it on its own. Ziyanghua, you go to the center area first, and I will catch up with you in a while."

"Yes, Lord Xutong!" Ziyanghua bowed respectfully and then ran quickly forward, while Zhixue fixed her crimson gaze on the three grass ninjas who wanted to bully the little girl, and then smiled.

"Oh dear, bullying the weak and sneaking into the exam center is indeed a good idea, but unfortunately you've found a hunter in sheep's clothing..."

……

Inside the monitoring room of the Death Forest examiners, several Jonin from Konoha were still using surveillance equipment discarded by the Anbu to observe the condition of a small area within the Death Forest.

As the host, Konoha made everyone sign a waiver of their right to life or death, but this was also to prevent the emergence of a ruthless person like Zabuza during the exam. Konoha still had to take the situation in the exam hall into account.

As of now, the candidates have just entered the examination room, and there haven't been any major incidents yet; it's mostly just some minor skirmishes between neighboring groups.

"It seems these examinees are full of energy. There are quite a few geniuses this year. The Sunagakure team only had half an hour of free time, and they've already covered a fifth of the distance." Mitarashi Anko said, sitting in her chair with her legs crossed, watching the fight between the little rascals.

"Is that the kid named Gaara? I heard he's quite strong, and he's also the son of the Kazekage. He was forced to take over a school in the southern part of the Land of Wind when he was only 8 years old. They just let a kid manage it like that. Their school principal is really careless."

Listening to what the assistant examiner said, Hongdou took out a string of tricolor dumplings and stuffed them into her mouth, saying, "Is it that prestigious academy called 'West Desert Academy'? I seem to have heard before that their headmistress is a very cute little girl, and she even beat up the Wind Shadow. I wonder if it's true."

"It's already outrageous enough that the academy's principal is a little girl, let alone that she beat up the Wind Shadow. Red Bean Examiner, you're really joking, hahaha..."

Seeing that many examiners didn't seem to believe it, Hongdou didn't say anything.

After all, this is just a rumor, and who knows the truth?

Inside the examination hall, Zhixue tossed a scroll of earth into Ziyanghua's hand and preserved it using a spatial scroll.

"Alright, our next target is the central area, let's speed things up."

"Yes, Lord Void Eye..."

Because Orochimaru did not target Sasuke during the exam, and Zhixue only marked the path with her senses before making any further plans, just as they were about to finish the exam, three figures caught up from behind.

Stopping in her tracks, Zhixue coldly looked behind her, only to see that Tos and the others were already standing on the big tree, staring at her. Ziyanghua also sensed the strange atmosphere and took out a kunai from her ninja tool bag.

"Hey kid, now that we've run into each other here, don't even think about washing your hands of this. Hand over the scrolls you have, and we might go easy on you," Sak Cheng said, pointing at Zhi Xue.

"Scrolls? Ah, we do have a set of Heaven and Earth Scrolls, but your strength is probably not enough to snatch them from us."

Zhi Xue stretched and said.

Seeing Zhixue's complete disregard for them, Tos frowned before glancing towards the direction of the harp mallet.

"Let's teach this ignorant brat a lesson."

To defeat illusion with illusion, especially since the koto hammer's illusion is a sonic attack with over a thousand points of power, it's extremely difficult to defend against. If it hits, and then the two of them make their move, they'll probably quickly teach this brat what the power of sound ninja is like...

Seeing the senbon needles taken out by Qinchui, Zhixue's ring lit up, and then a black-handled sword appeared in her hand. In just a moment, the senbon needles flying in the air were deflected by the red sword light, and the special chakra within them was swallowed up by the flames, turning them into duds.

"Huh? What happened?" The three, who hadn't seen the action clearly, could only remember a straight red line flashing by, followed by a sharp pain and their consciousness gradually fading.

Behind the three, Zhixue put the Kusanagi Sword into her virtual ring, and the crimson in her pupils gradually faded.

She only used the back of the knife, but that was enough to keep these three guys lying down for ten days to half a month.

Seeing how Zhixue was defeated by the three people in just a moment, several stars shone in Ziyanghua's big eyes behind her.

"I didn't expect Lord Xu Tong to be skilled in swordsmanship as well?"

Seeing the adoring look in Ziyanghua's eyes, Zhixue scratched her head.

As for swordsmanship, compared to her other abilities, her progress has been quite slow, since she specializes in eye techniques and ninjutsu.

After Zhixue finished dealing with the Sound Ninja, she entered the building in the central area and took the scroll from the examiner.

Several days after the snow stopped falling, the on-site exams finally ended, but some strange things happened during the process.

For example, several Uchiha clan members inexplicably fainted in the examination hall, and a genin died in the forest with his face peeled off. However, Zhixue did not pay attention to it in order to avoid alerting the enemy.

Anyway, apart from Sasuke, the Uchiha clan members referenced this time weren't very talented, so Orochimaru probably wouldn't have been interested either.

After all, during the period when she was still in Konoha, when the relationship between the Uchiha and Konoha was becoming increasingly tense, many children of the Uchiha clan who reached the appropriate age chose to be trained within the clan. After achieving good grades, they directly entered the police force. It was also at that time that the Uchiha clan appeared less frequently in schools. I wonder if this situation improved in the future.

Even though the situation has improved considerably, most of those children are probably still not old enough to participate in the Chunin Exams.

The second exam has ended, and the third round of one-on-one battles is scheduled to begin in two weeks.

On the night the exam ended, Shiyuki and Ayaka went to Ichiraku Ramen and ordered two bowls of miso ramen.

"Ah, Konoha is indeed much richer than Amegakure," said Hydrangea, glancing at the bustling streets of Konoha behind her.

"Is that so? Being a commoner in Konoha is indeed not bad, but for me, Amegakure might be better, if there aren't any people I care about here..."

Somewhat dejected, Zhixue picked up a steaming bowl of ramen with her chopsticks, blew on it, and then ate it in one bite. However, she suddenly froze halfway through the meal because a figure appeared beside her.

"Uncle Ichiraku, two bowls of soy sauce ramen, the usual." Shisui placed a stack of banknotes on the table, then opened a list of names for the third round and began to look at it.

Ziyanghua looked at Zhixue, who suddenly froze, with some confusion.

Lord Xu Tong seems a little off...

Chapter 220, The Very Serious Hydrangea

Inside Ichiraku Ramen, Shiyuki glanced at Shisui, who was still reading a book beside her, and her heart seemed to skip a beat.

For some reason, she had an urge to immediately reunite with Shisui, but not now. She wanted to give her brother a surprise during the Chunin Exams!

Well, of course, more importantly, she had disappeared for six years and was a little ashamed to go back. She might get into trouble. But if she suddenly appeared to help during a war, things might be much better.

I've gone to such lengths to help you, you wouldn't punish your dear sister, right?

However, thinking that even if they couldn't recognize each other, she still wanted to go and see, so Zhixue deliberately moved closer to Zhishui, but Zhishui seemed to have misunderstood her meaning.

"Ahem, little girl, I can't show this to you. If you want to know the order of the third match, you'll have to wait half a month to a month." Zhi Shui closed the roster and smiled at Zhi Xue beside him.

"Oh, it's nothing, I was just curious," Zhixue said, scratching her head.

Seeing Zhixue's expression, Zhishui also felt a sense of familiarity, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

After finishing their ramen, Zhixue and Ziyanghua came out together, with Ziyanghua still looking somewhat puzzled.

It seems that Lady Purple Eyes knows Uchiha Shisui of Konoha Village, and their relationship seems to be quite special. That makes sense, since they are both members of the Uchiha clan…

Seeing Shisui still eating in the ramen shop, Shisui sighed and left with Ayaka.

Time flew by, and the time for the third exam was fast approaching. Meanwhile, Ziyanghua, dressed in a black robe, handed a stolen document to Zhixue in an inconspicuous corner of Konoha.

"Hoo... Senior Xutong, this is suspected to be an internal Konoha record about the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, but... but it seems to have been sealed and encrypted."

"Okay, well done, but next time you don't need to take such a risk to look for it." Zhi Xue looked at Zi Yang Hua, whose heart was still pounding, and rubbed her head.

She actually knew about the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, but she couldn't tell Hydrangea, which took her a lot of effort.

After using a sealing technique to break the seal on the information stolen from the hydrangea, Zhi Xue understood it after a few glances.

Just as expected of Hiruzen Sarutobi, that old fox, using a fake one to attract attention while hiding the real one somewhere else.

"Right here, chase after them!"

Hearing the sounds around her, Ziyanghua hurriedly ran backward, but soon, she was pulled into the cloak by Zhixue and disappeared into the broken spatial rift. By the time Konoha's Anbu caught up, the two had already vanished.

"The chakra aura was right here, how could it have disappeared? Damn it, I let the fish get away while fishing! I need to go tell the Hokage right now..."