I'm in Konoha, and I have ten skill slots.

Hongdou put her hands on her hips and said, "You three, you didn't even go to the first exam. You can't pass the exam like this!"

..... ........ .......

Shi Yu smiled and said, "Shouldn't it be up to Teacher Ibiki to decide whether we passed the first exam? He didn't say we failed!"

"But you're using the shadow clone exam, Ibishita..."

At this point, Hongdou choked up. If she directly said that Ibiki hadn't realized they were shadow clones and that's why he let them pass, wouldn't that be a slap in Ibiki's face?

If Ibiki knew this, he would probably insist that he knew the three were clones, but still let them pass.

"Then how did you find the entrance to the second exam?!"

"You arrived here before the first exam even started. How did you know this was the venue for the second exam?"

Hongdou questioned the three of them, but her question left the other candidates dumbfounded.

These three people had never even been inside an examination hall.

At this moment, both Lee and Neji felt their faces burning. This meant that Lee had only challenged a clone, and as a member of the Hyuga clan, he hadn't even seen through a clone.

"Isn't intelligence gathering a basic skill for ninjas?"

"Furthermore, by sensing the chakra a little, it's not hard to guess that this is the entrance to the second test!"

Shiyu spoke casually and calmly, but in Hongdou's eyes, Shiyu was simply a prodigy.

Information about the exam would never be easily leaked, yet this kid managed to guess it—what kind of monster is he! (Chuan)

Chapter 131 The Second Exam: The Forest of Death

Hongdou looked at Shiyu and the other two.

'They seem to be Kakashi's students!'

It's no wonder he's so monstrous. Kakashi rarely leads genin classes, and generally, no genin classes under Kakashi's leadership have ever recommended anyone to participate in the Chunin Exams.

A genius with three monsters.

Okay! This doesn't seem like a big deal anymore.

"Now I will announce the rules for the second exam!"

There's no need to elaborate on the Heaven and Earth Scrolls, but due to the large number of participants in the second exam, Hongdou almost didn't have enough scrolls prepared.

Originally there were only 26 genin squads, but now there are a full 50 genin squads.

A large part of the reason for this is because of Shigure, who allowed twice as many genin to pass the first exam.

Only three people were eliminated.

Among them, there are 10 genin squads from Sunagakure.

Amegakure Village, Group 7!

Kusagakure, Group 2!

Takigakure, Group 1!

Konoha Village, Group 29!

Sound Village, Group 1.

There are a total of fifty genin squads.

Exactly twenty-five Heavenly Scroll squads and twenty-five Earthly Scroll squads.

Therefore, at most twenty-five genin squads can pass.

Considering the possibility of a draw, or a stronger team easily defeating a weaker team, it's safe to say that at least 10 teams will pass.

In other words, the number of ninjas who entered the second half of the second exam should be around thirty, but even so, it is still more than half the number in the original story.

Ultimately, a total of fifteen people made it to the finals.

Thinking about this gave Hongdou a headache.

When the scrolls were being distributed, Hongdou glared fiercely at Shiyu.

If it weren't for this brat, his workload wouldn't have doubled for no reason.

Shigure held the Heaven Scroll in his hand and glanced at Sakura's scroll, which turned out to be the Earth Scroll.

He casually handed the scroll to Sakura, saying, "Here, take this!"

Sakura and her two cheap teammates were stunned for a moment, wondering what this meant.

"Shigure-kun, you gave me the scroll, then you..."

"Just grab it!"

Forehead!

The two friends never expected that Sakura had such a big influence that the arrogant Shigure would treat her so well.

Sakura was also surprised. Could it be that Shigure liked her? Otherwise, why would he be so nice to her? And this was too nice!

As the teams drew lots to determine their departure order, one genin team after another entered the Forest of Death.

Shigure and the others departed in the middle order, and Sakura's team was in a similar order.

After entering the Forest of Death, Shigure, along with Naruto and Sasuke, first escorted Sakura and the others to their so-called target location.

Along the way, they encountered two ninja teams from other villages, but the ninjas glanced at Shigure and his group and immediately ran away without looking back.

Sasuke found it rather boring, thinking, "How can such a coward be qualified to participate in the Chunin Exams!"

After safely delivering Sakura and the others, Shigure and the others began their return journey.

"What do we do next?" Naruto asked.

Sasuke chuckled. "Of course, we'll steal the scroll!"

Shi Yu nodded. "Good! Let's grab the scrolls, but... to be more efficient, how about we split up?"

Act separately?

Even Naruto knows that being together is safer in this situation.

However, Shigure clearly didn't think that way; he seemed to just want to seize the scroll faster.

"Then let's have a competition to see who can grab the most!"

Sasuke's sudden remark surprised Shigure; it didn't sound like something Sasuke would say!

However, Sasuke now seems very confident, and he is much stronger than the Sasuke in the original story.

Even Gaara might not be a match for Sasuke among these genin, so it's understandable that he would say such arrogant things.

Naruto was the one who couldn't stand Sasuke's challenge the most: "Fine! Let's fight!"

Shi Yu nodded. "Okay, this exam is boring anyway. If we defeat all the candidates here, then there won't be any more exams!"

Shigure was just saying it casually, but Sasuke and Naruto were suddenly stunned.

Yes!

If I can defeat all the candidates here, then I probably won't need to take any more exams!

Both of them had some ideas after thinking about this, but Shigure was stunned and looked at the two of them. Could these two guys really be planning to do this?

"Then start!"

Naruto suddenly spoke, and then immediately sprinted off in one direction...

Sasuke glanced at Shigure and said, "Let's begin!"

Shiyu smiled after the two left.

"Solve all the test takers? It's not impossible, but that might disrupt some people's plans!"

The reason for proposing to split up was to lure out certain people.

Shigure couldn't wait to fight that man.

Aunt Orochimaru!

boom! !

In the forest.

Sasuke kicked a Takigakure ninja against a tree trunk, staring coldly at him as he slowly pierced the ninja's waist with his ninja sword, pulling out a scroll.

Grab it.

You're eliminated!

After saying that, Sasuke disappeared.

The other two Takigakure ninjas behind him, who had been knocked to the ground, were recalling Sasuke's attack.

"The ninjas of Konoha are too strong; we're not even in the same league!"

On the other side, Naruto is frantically searching for his target.

"Damn it! Where did everyone go? Where did all these guys go?"