I'm in Konoha, and I started with Ashura Chakra.

Chapter 48 The First Victim of the Rasengan

In a certain area of ​​the Death Forest, in a clearing between two towering trees, two girls are fighting.

The sounds of "pop" like balloons bursting, along with the "whoosh" of air being cut, startled the surrounding animals, causing them to scatter in all directions.

The camera zooms in, revealing Sakura unleashing her sensory jutsu and disrupting the flow of chakra within her body to break the genjutsu in front of her.

From Sakura's perspective, several afterimages appeared around the black-haired girl in front of her, and they, along with the main body, kept throwing large amounts of senbon at Sakura.

This black-haired girl is none other than Kin, one of the Sound Ninja trio.

Faced with Kin's thousand-stick attack, Sakura skillfully used the Substitution Jutsu to switch places with the wooden sticks she had prepared beforehand.

At the same time, she kept taking out smoke bombs from her ninja tool bag and throwing them at Jin.

Whenever the smoke cleared and blocked Kin's view, Sakura would take out her shuriken in return.

With her powerful senses and solid foundation, Sakura repeatedly left marks on Gin, making him look foolish and humiliated in front of his companions.

However, Sakura's situation wasn't much better.

Her face was covered with bruises and red handprints, and there were traces of blood at the corner of her mouth, clearly indicating that she had been slapped.

This is true.

Sakura never expected that such a monster would appear in the Chunin Exams.

Neither Naruto nor Sasuke Uchiha, who was second only to Yagyu, were able to put up any fight against that grass ninja.

Sakura sensed an insurmountable chasm from that grass ninja; he was an existence even more terrifying than Zabuza Momochi.

At that moment, Sakura thought she was going to die.

But for some reason, the grass ninja didn't kill her, nor did he kill Naruto or Sasuke.

The other party simply placed a black curse mark on Uchiha Sasuke's neck and then left.

When Sakura treated Naruto and Sasuke, she found that they were in very good health, but they hadn't woken up since last night.

Sakura could only move them into the tree hole and then use invisibility magic to disguise the entrance.

Not long after dawn, the three Sound Ninja came knocking, specifically demanding that Sasuke Uchiha be killed.

During this time, Sakura, who had already formed a bond with Team 7, couldn't bring herself to abandon her comrades and run away, so she bravely stepped forward.

Having grown up in the harsh environment of the Sound Village, Kin couldn't stand the pampered Sakura and proposed to teach her a lesson himself.

Seeing that Sakura was the only one awake in Team 7, Tosu and Zaku, who were very confident in their abilities, were not in a hurry to complete Orochimaru's mission. Instead, they let Gin play with Sakura for a while.

At the beginning, both of them fought in close combat.

As a top student in the top ten of her grade, Sakura gets full marks or high marks in all her subjects.

Especially in terms of fighting skills, Sakura, who has been fighting against Yagyu and Hinata since she was a child, is not much weaker than Kin, who fought in the Sound Village.

Sakura didn't expect that her opponent was actually a genjutsu ninja, and even an auditory genjutsu ninja at that.

Sakura, lacking intelligence advantage, was caught off guard by Kin's scheme during the battle.

However, instead of taking the opportunity to attack Sakura's vital parts, the opponent slapped Sakura.

Realizing she was no match for Gin in close combat, Sakura decisively distanced herself from him, which is why she kept using the Substitution Jutsu and Smoke Bombs.

However, items are limited, and Sakura quickly ran out of her shuriken and smoke bombs.

Adding to this, this was her first life-or-death duel, and Sakura, whose combat experience was only rich in physical combat, quickly fell into Kin's illusion again and was kicked away by him.

Her body rolled several times on the ground, and before Sakura could get up, a foot stepped on her back, and then one of her arms and her hair were grabbed.

Has anyone ever told you that your appearance and hair are really ugly?

Jin grabbed Sakura's long pink hair, using sarcasm to mask his inner jealousy.

She was jealous not only of Sakura's long pink hair, but also of her red cheongsam and her pampered demeanor.

They were about the same age, so why was she an orphan who grew up in the environment of the Sound Village and finally became a genin?

This woman, however, was born in Konoha, one of the five great ninja villages, and possessed such beautiful hair and clothes, and easily obtained the ninja headband that she could only acquire through battle.

Her strength is clearly so weak, so why?

Her hair and arms were being pulled, but Sakura didn't scream or beg for mercy. She just looked at the ferocious-looking Kin with her beautiful emerald green eyes, her gaze showing no fear, but rather a hint of disdain.

"What kind of look is that?"

Jin was instantly provoked by Sakura's gaze. He grabbed her long pink hair forcefully and roared, "Get your facts straight! You're just a loser; I'm the winner!"

Sakura, her eyebrows furrowed in pain from being pulled, smiled despite the bruises on her face, saying, "You lost. Blame it on not killing me in the first place!"

"Have you gone mad from the slap I gave you? What nonsense are you spouting?"

Jin grinned menacingly and said, "It's not too late for me to kill you now, but I won't let you die so easily. I'm going to pluck all your hair, slash your face, gouge out your eyes, and let you die in agony."

After saying that, Jin was about to use all his strength to pull Sakura's hair.

But the next second, her eyes widened and her pupils contracted.

Suddenly, her wrist, which was holding Sakura's hair, was grabbed by another hand, and a tall figure appeared out of thin air next to her.

That's not the point!

The key point is that after Kim's wrist was grabbed, her body became immobile, as if she had been deprived of control over her body.

"Gold...Golden Binding Technique...Ah!"

Jin's ability to speak was not taken away; as a genjutsu ninja, she recognized the technique that bound her at a glance.

Before she could disrupt the flow of chakra within her body and break free from its restraints, her expression became even more ferocious, and she let out a scream.

The intense pain caused her to unconsciously loosen her grip on Sakura's hair and arms.

Then, Yagyu pulled out his kunai and forcefully stabbed it into the crook of her elbow.

After Jin loosened her hair, Liu Sheng twisted her wrist forcefully.

"Ahhhhh—"

With a cracking sound, Jin let out another heart-wrenching scream, his eyes bloodshot.

Seeing this, Tos and Sac, who had been watching the show from a distance, finally realized what was happening.

Just as they rushed toward Yagyu, preparing to save Kin, Yagyu turned around, gathered his strength, and jumped to the side, kicking Kin directly toward them.

Before they could catch the flying gold, Yagyu disappeared again, caught up with the flying gold, and placed a rapidly spinning blue energy ball on the gold's body.

In an instant, Jin's body spun in the air, its speed increasing several times over, like a spinning boulder flying towards Tos and Sack.

Seeing this, Tos and Sac dared not take the bait and quickly dodged to the side.

After Jin's body flew through them, it flew a long distance until it crashed into a towering tree that would take more than a dozen people to encircle, creating a dent in the trunk before finally stopping.

(End of this chapter)