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Kimimaro's condition is very worrying. His solid body has become soft, and the bones that were as strong as steel are now so soft that they can be crushed with just a pinch.

Iwagakure's most elite medical forces arrived. Uzumaki Aoi, Shennong and others began to check Kimimaro's physical condition, especially Uzumaki Aoi. Her special chakra was being transferred into Kimimaro's body as if it were free of charge.

Kimimaro's complexion began to gradually improve, and there was some color.

Uehara cannot stay here for a long time. The last competition is over. This joint chuunin exam has come to an end. Uehara has to go back to take charge of the work.

"Take good care of Kimimaro." Uehara said hastily and left immediately.

——

The central building used for the opening of the exam and the 1v1 competition venue had been destroyed to nothing. As a last resort, a larger comprehensive training ground was temporarily cleared, and more than a thousand candidates who passed and failed were gathered together.

together.

A row of examiners stood side by side on the high platform temporarily built for Earth Release, with Uehara in the middle.

"In the finals of the 1v1 match that just ended, because both players lost their ability to fight at the same time, there were two champions, Kimimaro from Iwagakure Village and Gaara from Sunagakure Village."

Kimimaro was in the hospital. As a Jinchuuriki, Gaara's recovery ability was much stronger. Uehara scanned the crowd and saw him.

In a very edge position, squatting on the ground, Gaara rested on his sister Temari's knees. His whole body was wilting. Temari held Gaara's head as if coaxing him to sleep. It was such a warm scene.

Well, Gaara has been without a mother since he was a child, and Temari has always taken good care of Gaara.

"Prizes will now be awarded to the top three."

Three sturdy Iwa-nin ninjas each walked onto the stage carrying tall boxes.

"This is a gift prepared by all participating ninja villages as a reward for the best candidates. Ninja tools, some unique ninjutsu unique to each village, legal checks, etc., something like this."

Having said that, everyone is more curious about the rewards.

Kimimaro was still in the hospital, and Gaara, who had a headache, finally fell asleep, so in the end only Kankuro came on stage to receive the award. Kankuro received two awards, one for himself and one for Gaara.

Received.

"Ninety-one chunin were successfully promoted in this chunin exam. Next, the list will be announced. Those who read the list will come to the front desk and the chunin appointment will begin."

Generally speaking, almost every Ninja village has people, no matter how many, who have successfully become Chuunin. This once again proves the scientific nature of the assessment process designed by Uehara.

In front of each examiner, there are the candidates to become chuunin, Scorpion, Uehara, Sanshou Hanzo, the craftsman nin Seimei, the snow ninja village head Wolf Avalanche, and so on. The faces of these big shots from each village

With the same warm smile on his face, he handed various Chuunin vests of different styles to the hands of the newly promoted Chuunin. At the same time, he inevitably said some words about the village and will.

There was a time when Uehara was disgusted with these words, but now he speaks these very official words more smoothly than anyone else.

As a mechanism for selecting Chunin, the Chunin Exam is not the only way for genin to be promoted to Chunin. In fact, the number of Chunin selected in the Chunin Exam is very small, and each one selected is a backbone with great potential that can be cultivated.

strength.

As for the larger number of ordinary chuunin, many of them are genin-level ninjas who have successfully completed many missions or have been directly promoted by the village when they have sufficient qualifications.

This is the reason why every ninja village has accumulated a large number of genin in each session, but there are not very many people participating in the chunin exam.

Those who become chuunin immediately stand out from their peers, and they gather many envious and adoring eyes.

Deidara was not among them. He was huddled in the crowd with Kuitu Hongtu with a depressed expression. He didn't even dare to raise his head for fear that Uehara would notice him.

Ninety-four people passed the first round of exams, and except for Deidara, all the others became chuunin.

However, Deidara was deprived of his Chuunin qualifications after being granted the qualifications. Deidara felt that his existence at this moment was a perfect irony.

What is the biggest blow to a genius? When he is far better than ordinary people and has become accustomed to excellence, suddenly denying him makes him feel that he is worse than ordinary people.

But here is the common flaw of geniuses. Excellence has multiple meanings, it can be wisdom, it can be moral character, but for ninjas, it is strength.

Geniuses are most likely to lose themselves in the pursuit of power.

Deidara was disappointed and puzzled. The Fourth Tsuchikage still owed everyone in Deidara's class an explanation.

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One morning two days later, Shiro was taking care of Kimimaro in the ward. Just like the previous day, Shiro still complained about Kimimaro's incessant behavior, blaming him for violating the fourth generation's prohibition and using the power of the corpse veins to injure himself.

It's become like this.

Kimimaro's bones are extremely fragile and can be broken in several places if he moves, so now he can only lie on the bed like a vegetative state.

Kimimaro just smiled and listened to Shiro's accusation.

"Bai, I just want to know where the limit of my power is."

"now I know."

"Gaara is a one-tail jinchuriki, and I almost defeated him."

"Bai, I am finally convinced that I can protect you."

Just a few words, Kimimaro had already consumed too much energy, and his chest was rising and falling with difficulty.

"Kimimaro..." Shiro covered his mouth, his eyes a little moist. It turned out that Kimimaro almost lost his life because he was trying to make sure he had enough strength to go...

Kimimaro smiled and slowly raised the arm with the infusion tube inserted. He gently opened his palm, and a beautiful bone flower bloomed in his hand.

"Shiro, I give it to you." Kimimaro raised his arm tremblingly with eyes full of love. The bone flower in his palm began to grow handles and branches and leaves. The slender handles and leaves were also made of cold white bones.

If nothing else happens, this is Kimimaro's last use of the corpse's blood vessels.

(Damn, it’s so romantic!) Outside the ward, Uehara, who secretly watched this scene through the crack in the door, was too embarrassed to disturb the two of them.

After taking the bone flower, Bai cried so hard that he couldn't stop crying.

"Uh-huh." Uehara gently closed the door and deliberately made some noise.

Bai quickly wiped his tears, stood up and opened the door.

"The Fourth Generation."

"Well, Shiro? Are you here? I'm here to visit Kimimaro."

"Kimimaro, give you two weeks to recover. You are already a chuunin. I can't let you lie down all the time." Uehara walked to Kimimaro's bed and said seriously, but Kimimaro said

I'm very happy, and it feels good to be needed.

"I will definitely recover soon, teacher. Do you have a suitable work arrangement for me?"

"Go to Starscream. Starscream's troops have the greatest chance of actual combat."

Uehara frowned and thought for a moment, "Kimimaro, it is forbidden to use corpse veins in the future, except for the chunin exam."

"Speaking of which, you far exceeded my expectations."