Naruto: With maxed-out affection, I am invincible in the ninja world.

"It's been a long time since I've seen Haneda. Didn't he say he was going to train in sealing techniques with Minato-sensei and Kushina-neechan?"

"How could you give up so quickly? Hmph, you really don't know how to persevere..."

"That's Haneda making a choice, the bottom of the pack!" Kakashi walked over from the woods not far away.

Upon seeing Kakashi, whom he hadn't seen for half a month, Obito pushed himself up with his hands and asked loudly:

"Idiot Kakashi, from what you're saying, he's training with Uncle Sakumo?"

"No." Kakashi hadn't trained with Haneda for half a month either, only occasionally bumping into him on the street.

Except for her hairstyle, which looks like she's been electrocuted, everything else is the same as before.

"Minato-sensei must have asked us to gather here because of the Chunin Exams."

“My father said that Class 9, which he leads, will participate in this exam. Um, Haneda will too.”

Kakashi smiled, thinking that he would finally have a chance to have a real fight with Haneda.

For the past two weeks, he has been training with his father, and his swordsmanship and combat experience have greatly improved.

He didn't want to lose the undefeated agreement he made five years ago.

Just then, Minato and Kushina walked over.

If Minato could sense the Nine-Tails' voice inside Kushina, he would definitely hear the Nine-Tails complaining that Kushina didn't go to Haneda.

"Minato-sensei!" Obito, Kakashi, and Rin greeted him simultaneously.

"Everyone's here, so let's announce the Chunin Exams now."

Minato took out three voluntary agreements for the Chunin Exams and handed them to Obito and the other two.

"I have recommended you to the Hokage to participate in the Chunin Exams. This is a voluntary agreement. Take a look, and if there are no problems, sign it."

Upon hearing this, Obito, thinking that becoming a Chunin would bring him one step closer to becoming Hokage, couldn't wait to sign his name.

With his mind on the battle with Haneda, Kakashi only glanced at the voluntary agreement before signing it.

Lin, however, looked at it carefully, then looked up and asked:

"Mr. Minato, what does 'regardless of life or death' mean? Does it mean that there will be danger to life in this exam?"

Minato had great confidence in Kakashi, believing he could protect Obito and Rin, and smiled:

"That's right, the Sand Village ninjas will also participate in this exam, and they might go all out."

"Specifically, it was during the second exam. Because the Forest of Death is so large, the proctors couldn't fully grasp it."

"Huh?!" Obito exclaimed in shock upon hearing that Sunagakure might use lethal force. "Minato-sensei, this is just an exam!"

Kakashi glanced at Obito and said sarcastically:

“If it were Haneda, he wouldn’t be worried about this. The ones who should be worried are the ninjas of Sunagakure.”

"Shut up! You idiot Kakashi! I'm just worried you'll hold me back!"

"Heh... I hope so, bottom of the class." Kakashi sneered.

Seeing that the two were about to start arguing again, Rin held down Obito with one hand and Kakashi with the other, and tried to mediate:

"Alright, we're all members of the team. It would be embarrassing if other ninja villages saw us arguing."

"Hmph, for Rin's sake, I'll forgive you for now, you idiot Kakashi," Obito said.

"Ha~ the bottom of the class."

…………

The Hatake family training grounds, where Team 9 is assembled.

Like Minato's team, Sakumo summoned Haneda and the others for the Chunin Exams.

Seeing Haneda walk over, his hair standing on end as if he'd been electrocuted, Sakumo couldn't help but laugh and asked:

"How's your cultivation going? Is it difficult to guide lightning?"

"It's alright." Yu Tian has amazing recovery ability due to his immortal body, and he's also used to being shocked, so he's almost numb to it.

His understanding of Lightning Release chakra had improved significantly during the past two weeks of training.

I have become quite familiar with the various uses of Chidori, especially the combination of Chidori blade and swordsmanship.

This is like a passive improvement; it wasn't intentional, but it just happened.

"How's Kakashi doing? He's been learning swordsmanship one-on-one with Uncle Sakumo, his skills are improving quickly, right?" Haneda asked with a smile.

"Kakashi? Still the same as always, except his talent isn't as good as yours."

Sakumo was naturally very satisfied with Kakashi, but he didn't praise him much in front of Haneda.

After all, anyone would be inferior to Haneda in terms of talent and aptitude.

"Brother Haneda!"

At that moment, Asuma and Red walked over.

Asuma had missed Haneda for a long time after not seeing him for half a month.

He darted forward and ran to Haneda, intending to give him a hug.

But Haneda pushed him away without hesitation.

"Long time no see, Asuma. Let's skip the hugs," Haneda said with a smile.

"Haha, Brother Haneda! I recently learned an amazing ninjutsu from Teacher Sakumo!"

"I definitely won't hold you back in this Chunin Exam!" Asuma said excitedly.

He had learned a Wind Release chakra nature transformation technique from Sakumo in the past few days, and could cut through stone with a single slash.

Moreover, his father taught him several practical ninjutsu techniques at home.

Asuma knew he couldn't get involved in a battle against a ninja of Haneda's caliber.

But he was still confident in the Chunin Exams candidates.

"Is that so?" Haneda smiled, pleased with Asuma's growth.

He smiled and encouraged them:

"We still need to keep working hard. In battles like those before, Chunin were just getting started."

"Yes! Brother Haneda!!" Asuma exclaimed excitedly.

Chapter 107 The Pre-Examination

cough cough...

Sakumo coughed a few times, and seeing that Haneda and Asuma's attention had turned to him, he then said:

"I have already recommended you to the Hokage on your behalf for this Chunin Exam."

"This is a voluntary agreement. If there are no problems, please sign it."

Shuo Mao didn't explain much, and simply handed out the three voluntary agreements.

However, Haneda's was clearly different from Asuma's and the others'.

Haneda was initially a little confused, but after reading the contents, he couldn't help but laugh and cry.

Judging from the handwriting, this agreement was likely written by the third generation leader himself.

The general idea is to make him hold back during the Chunin Exams, to give Sunagakure some face, and to prevent them from losing too badly...

Asuma noticed that the agreement in Haneda's hand was different from the one in his own, and craned his neck to look over.

His father actually asked Haneda not to torture Sunagakure too badly.

Asma laughed loudly:

"As expected of Brother Haneda! Even the old man thinks that Brother Haneda alone could easily dominate the Chunin Exams!"

“And what about Kakashi and Guy?” Haneda signed the voluntary agreement and handed it to Sakumo.

"He's just a defeated opponent of Brother Haneda, not worth mentioning."

Seeing the slightly unfriendly look in Sakumo-sensei's eyes, Asuma quickly changed his tune.

"Kakashi alone could barely fight Haneda-nii."

"Alright, Asuma."

Sakumo had nothing to say about Asuma's current character, but whenever Haneda was mentioned, he would always praise him.

It seemed that no one in the ninja world could compare to Haneda in the slightest.

Sakumo was almost used to it, silently ignoring Asuma's antics, and began explaining the exam process:

"The Chunin Exams are divided into three parts: the first is a written test, the second is a team battle, and the third is an individual battle."

"Remember, only those who succeed in individual battles can become Chunin!"

Asuma and Kurenai listened with great interest, while Haneda seemed rather bored.

As everyone knows, the strongest genin in Konoha.