Sunshine Sasuke, from the forum to the strongest in the ninja world

His clothes were tattered, his arms were broken, his muscles were torn, and blood was oozing from wounds all over his body.

Still shaking, he put one hand behind his back and stretched the other forward, ready to attack.

"enough!"

On the other side, Naruto had already climbed up, and he took out a kunai, with tears in his eyes, and shouted in pain.

"You've already lost! Don't you?!"

Rock Lee turned a deaf ear and stumbled forward.

Naruto's heart skipped a beat, he closed his eyes tightly and stabbed out the kunai.

A splash of blood splashed onto Naruto's face.

He opened his eyes and saw the back of Metkai in front of him.

"Xiao Li, that's enough. Your body can no longer support you standing."

Metkai said softly.

Xiao Li didn't reply.

"Li? You, you guy.

"Even if you lose consciousness, do you still want to prove your ninja skills?"

Metkai burst into tears.

It turned out that Xiao Li had already lost consciousness, and he just relied on his own instinct and will to continue fighting.

"You are already an excellent ninja."

Metkai held his proudest student tightly in his arms.

"The winner is, Naruto Uzumaki!"

Shiranui Genma announced that the game was over.

Everyone woke up as if from a dream, bursting into cheers and cheers.

Listening to the voices of recognition coming from the audience and looking at the scene that I have always dreamed of seeing.

For some reason, Naruto felt a lingering sadness in his heart.

-

In the lounge, Naruto's head was wrapped in a bandage.

In my mind, I was still thinking about the battle with the boy with thick eyebrows just now.

"Squeak-"

The door opened.

In the shadow behind the door, half of Gaara's gloomy face was hidden.

"doing what?"

Naruto asked.

Gaara didn't say anything. He slowly moved into the house and stretched out five fingers towards Naruto's bed.

"What do you want to do?!"

Naruto was a little anxious and could not yet judge the situation clearly.

Gaara was emotionally suppressed, with a distorted expression, as if he was struggling with himself inside his body.

"Koko. Why. Why do you have to fight to that extent?"

Gaara's voice cracked.

"Obviously. Obviously you have something like that in your body. Why do you know exactly why you exist?"

"'There is'? Could it be?"

Naruto ignored his instinctive awareness of danger and still asked curiously.

"Kill you, just kill you! Your meaning becomes my meaning! As long as this is done, my existence can be confirmed!"

"As an existence that destroys everything!!"

Gaara was controlling the sand and was about to attack Naruto who was lying on the hospital bed.

"Gaara!!"

The door to the lounge was slammed open, and Kankuro hurried over.

"So you are here. Leave with me quickly. Temari's competition is about to begin."

"Get out of here! Don't get in my way!"

Gaara's movements stagnated.

"No, not at this time." Kankuro showed a fearful look, but he still made up his mind and said, "Have you forgotten our business? If you mess up, Lord Kazekage will be angry."

"Don't mention that person in front of me!!"

Gaara held his head in pain, and the sand in the air exploded out of control and flew all over the sky.

"Yes, I'm sorry, Gaara," Kankuro said in panic.

"Yes, that's right! Uchiha! Your match with Uchiha Sasuke is about to begin. His strength will definitely satisfy you."

Gaara's expression softened slightly, and his whole body seemed to have lost all strength.

Kankuro hesitated again and again, then put Gaara on his shoulders and left quickly.

Chapter 48 Duel between Strategists

In the center of the arena, Temari and Nara Shikamaru stood opposite each other.

At this moment, Temari once again recalled what the team leader Marky said to the three of them before setting off.

//

"For this Chunin Exam, Sunagakure Village has decided to send the three of you to take the exam. However, the purpose is not to let you pass the exam, but to defeat the Leaf Village in the name of the Chunin Exam!"

"Why? Didn't Konoha and Sunagakure sign an alliance treaty?"

Temari asked confused.

"Huh, the problem lies in the alliance treaty." Maki explained, "As genin, you may not know that taking the signing of the treaty as an opportunity, the idiot daimyo of the Wind Country forced us Sunagakure to reduce our armaments. It should have been us. The tasks completed by the village are also handed over to Konoha."

"In addition, the funds for the country's ninja villages have been significantly reduced, and the number of ninjas has been greatly reduced.

"The people below us suffer from the stupid behavior of the people above. In order to maintain the fighting capacity of the village, we improve the quality of every ninja, so we gave birth to ninjas like Gaara.

"Right now, the Kingdom of Wind is in an extremely dangerous state, but the Daimyo and the people around him simply can't understand this!"

Markey punched the wall hard.

"Kazekage-sama sensed the danger of Sunagakure's low combat effectiveness, so he joined forces with Otogakure to capture Konoha, in order to restore the prestige of Sunagakure Village!

"And let the stupid daimyo understand the importance of national risk management!"

"If this continues, Sunagakure will no longer have a foothold among the five great ninja villages!"

"Wouldn't this cause another war?" Temari asked, "The alliance treaty obtained with great sacrifice will be broken again, and many people will die."

"Temari!" Maki scolded sternly, "This is all the will of Lord Kazekage! Ninjas are tools of war after all, and the alliance treaty itself will only threaten our existence!"

//

"Hey, how long do you want to lie down?"

The man opposite was lying on his back on the ground.

Unlike his handsome entrance, this guy seemed to be hesitating whether to give up the game before the game. At this moment, it seemed like he accidentally slipped and fell onto the field.

It seemed like nothing was wrong, but for some reason, he just didn't want to get up.

"Asshole, if you don't want to compete, just admit defeat!"

Temari urged.

Baiyun, that’s great.

The idiot Chou had just pushed himself, and now he had to face this troublesome battle again.

Shikamaru lay lazily, wanting to enjoy this last bit of leisure.

"Well, in that case, I'm going to attack!"

Sure enough, the woman opposite wouldn't let herself rest for too long.

Temari was seen jumping up high, holding an iron fan, and smashed the fan handle where Shikamaru was.

After the smoke cleared, Shikamaru put his hands in his pockets, stepped on the wall with one foot, and said coolly:

"Although it doesn't matter whether you are a chuunin or not, a man cannot lose to a woman."

These words really disgusted Temari, so she gathered her strength and swung her fan, making a basic attack.

However, Shikamaru was well prepared and quickly escaped without a trace.

"Of course, men can't hit women, but I don't want to be hit."

Behind the lush branches and leaves of the big tree, Shikamaru hid and muttered to himself.

On the other side, Temari gradually calmed down and analyzed.

In previous games, she had seen that Shikamaru's ability was to manipulate shadows.

"You want to lure me into the dense shade of the trees? You can't!"

Temari thought to herself as she looked around calmly, observing the movements behind the shade of the tree.

"Ninja Technique: Kamaitachi!"

Gusts of gusts of wind struck the tree trunks on the opposite side like knives, and the entire arena was swept by the air currents brought about by the gusts of wind.

In the stands, Tiantian couldn't help but say: "This is the trick."