Naruto

After the sun set, on a sand dune on the outskirts of Sunagakure Village, a cherry-haired girl wearing an official Jounin uniform was looking at the innocent-looking blond boy with suspicion: "Why are you taking the first exam?"

Were you deliberately so high-profile when you were there?"

Naruto said with a smile: "I just think everyone's reactions are very interesting and I can't help but want to see more."

Sakura rolled her eyes at Naruto, pinched the soft flesh around his waist, and shouted loudly: "Don't act stupid!"

"It hurts, it hurts! Ouch! Are you going to murder your...boyfriend?" Naruto jumped up, rubbed the place where he had just been grabbed, and said with a grimace, "Okay, okay,

Actually, I want to use the candidates’ reactions to see if there are any strange people mixed in among them.”

"Don't you have the ability to sense malice?" Sakura asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Malicious perception is ineffective against individuals without autonomous consciousness, such as constructs and puppets." Naruto sighed.

"Then did you find anyone suspicious?" Sakura asked.

"Not yet. I will continue to pay attention to the situation of the genin in the next few days. Have you discovered anything over there?" Naruto pressed his eyebrows and asked softly.

"There are dissenting voices among the Sunagakure jounin, but I see no traces of man-made manipulation."

"Discord?"

"Many Sunagakure jounin are unwilling to accept Gaara's decision to succeed the fifth Kazekage."

"Oh, they can only complain now. As Gaara's tenure gradually extends, this kind of voice will naturally disappear." Naruto said nonchalantly.

"I hope so." Sakura nodded thoughtfully.

"...Okay, let's not talk about those troublesome things. Look, the scenery here is indeed as spectacular as what is recorded in the book, right? This trip to the Kingdom of Wind is really worth it!" Naruto

Climb to the top of the sand dune, open your arms, look at the rolling outline of the desert outlined by the stars, turn back and smile to the lover behind you.

"That's not a reason for you to get injured casually, right? It's really random to operate on yourself without anesthesia." Sakura walked up to the boy, touched his chest with her left hand where the fragment had been inserted, and whispered.

Said, "Even if the wound heals quickly, there is no way to avoid pain."

Naruto held her hand that was placed on his chest, and his lake-blue eyes showed tenderness like water: "Under your touch, no matter how great the pain, I am happy with it."

Sakura's heart was intoxicated by these tender words.

As she spoke, she wrapped her hands around Naruto's neck and hugged him tightly, using her body to feel the other person's slow and powerful heartbeat. After an unknown amount of time, the two separated again. They

Sitting side by side on the sand dunes, holding hands, counting the stars in the night sky.

At three quarters of the next day, after having a hasty breakfast, Naruto hurried to the gathering place for the second Chuunin exam - the northwest gate of Sunagakure Village. With his good eyesight, he immediately found his companions

They happily waved to them: "Hey, you all came so early? Shikamaru, you lazy guy is here too? I thought you had forgotten us!"

"Of course, we are not like you, senior. Not only do we have poems, dreams and distant places, but we also have a girlfriend to accompany us to watch the stars together." Bingwei sniffed and said sourly.

"You kid, you've become a jealous person at a young age, how can you do that in the future!" Naruto knocked on his head, making a distressed look.

"You are the first one in our group to get rid of being single. You are really happy." A simple and honest smile appeared on Chouji's round face.

"Hey, Choji, please don't be so arbitrary. Isn't our heir to the Nara family currently having a heated fight with the princess of Sunagakure Village?"

"You guy, why did you suddenly get involved with me? The discussion between Temari and me is business!"

"Listen, you don't even say the usual words when it comes to your sweetheart. Isn't the evidence obvious enough?"

"You... are so troublesome!"

"You guys are really lively." A handsome young man with long hair slowly walked out from behind everyone with light steps.

"Neji!" Naruto turned his head in surprise and waved happily to greet him, "Long time no see! I didn't have time to ask last time, how have you been this year?"

The boy from the Hyuga family came to Naruto and said with a faint smile: "I'm fine. Thank you for your concern."

"Then..." Naruto didn't feel comfortable asking about his situation in the family in detail in front of so many people, so he could only bring the topic to the current matter, "Are you the examiner this time?"

"Well, I will be responsible for coordinating the second session of the Chuunin Exam." Neji nodded slightly, "Since you have to take the exam this time, I need to ask you to pay more attention to the situation of the candidates."

"Do you still allow genin to kill each other this time?" Naruto looked at the two scrolls in Shikamaru's hand and asked with a frown.

"There is nothing we can do about this. As a chuunin, we must fight for life and death.

Killing is an inevitable part of the mission. In addition, the desert is too big, it is impossible for us to track them one by one." Ningji shook his head helplessly, "But don't worry, most of the casualties can be avoided.

of."

"...these children's petty quarrels don't matter. The biggest worry is that other people may take advantage of this to fish in troubled waters, just like Orochimaru did last time." Naruto whispered, "There may be people here in Sunagakure Village.

Take advantage of the opportunity."

"How are you going to deal with it?"

"I have made some small arrangements in advance for this situation, which should be able to make up for the lack of defense in Sunagakure Village." Naruto showed a reassuring smile on his face.

Neji did not ask more about what Naruto meant by "arrangement", but patted him on the shoulder wordlessly, turned to everyone and said gently, "I'm going to organize the examiners to get in place, so I'll excuse you now.

"After that, he flashed away and disappeared from the crowd.

"I didn't expect that the senior and the team leader are still old acquaintances!" Bingwei exclaimed.

"We met during the last Chunin exam." Naruto took out a water bag from his backpack and moistened his throat, "About him, you will be able to understand it after you are promoted to Chunin.

It’s more detailed.”

"It's not too late to talk about this kind of thing later." Shikamaru handed the two scrolls in his hands to Naruto and Hebei respectively, "The time is almost up. These are your scrolls. Are you clear about the rules?

"

"It's a survival test. Ninjas who can survive in the desert within five days can participate in the finals." Naruto tightened the thread wrapped around the scroll and replied calmly, "The rest of the people will either open the scroll and give in, or become

Dinner for all kinds of beasts and poisonous insects in the desert, or simply exposed to the wilderness and turned into bones under the action of time."

"Hmph, don't try to scare us, senior! We have made enough preparations for this chunin exam, so we won't give in easily!" Bingwei put the scroll into a close pocket and loudly defended his two

Teammates cheered.

"Have ambition." Naruto praised with a smile, looked at the door that had been opened not far away, and whispered to his teammates, "Choji! Ino!"

"Yes, Captain!"

"Let's go!"

Shikamaru watched Naruto see off, and Chouji and Ino's figures disappeared into the long yellow sand. He sighed, smiled and said to the remaining three people: "It's time for you to hit the road, see you in five days!"

"Wait for us! Shikamaru-senpai!" The three representatives of Bingwei bowed to Shikamaru and confidently stepped out of the gate that symbolized the boundary between civilization and wilderness.