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"Sandaime-sama, we have sent the Anbu to look for him, but there is no news yet. Kakashi said that he was taken away by Hinata Hanabi for training."

The person who spoke was the guard next to him, who was exactly the same.

"I see. Even though we're rivals, he still needs to teach me how to train. Did Sasuke oversleep?"

The Sandaime didn't think Hanabi would do something like knocking Sasuke out with a club and preventing him from competing.

Because Hanabi is stronger than Sasuke, the Sandaime can see that.

So the Sandaime wondered if Sasuke was tired from training and forgot about the game.

"This is not easy to do..."

Hyuga clan vs. Uchiha clan.

Today, many dignitaries came to watch the game just for this gimmick.

If Sasuke were absent, God knows how much pressure the daimyos would put on themselves.

Just as the Sandaime was thinking, someone walked over leisurely.

"The Fourth Kazekage".

Or rather, Orochimaru disguised as the Kazekage.

Orochimaru did not use the transformation technique, but used the technique of erasing the face. This ninjutsu directly strips away the opponent's face to disguise himself. It is one of the most extreme disguise techniques. So even the third generation did not realize that this person was Orochimaru.

"Oh, welcome, Master Kazekage."

At this time, the Third Hokage could only temporarily put aside his worries about Sasuke and then receive the "Kaze Shadow" next to him.

"Why hasn't Sasuke-kun come yet?"

In the audience, Sakura and Ino sat together.

Sakura is about to graduate again, and before graduation, Sakura wants to come and watch Sasuke's game.

But Sasuke hadn't appeared yet.

"Don't worry, Sasuke will definitely be here."

Ino has seen Sasuke's games and she has more confidence in him.

"Ah."

Sakura turned her head to look at the competition venue, "But then again, Hanabi's outfit is really laid back. She's clearly in the exam hall, but she's still dressed like she always is."

Wearing furisodes and holding red umbrellas, the fireworks look like they are going for an outing rather than participating in a competition.

"Ah, wait?"

Sakura suddenly noticed that Hanabi's hands were placed neatly in front of her, but the umbrella was held by a pair of arms.

"A puppet's prosthetic limb? Does Hanabi fight with something like that?"

Those were a pair of puppet arms that were not in contact with the body, but seemed to be connected to the body by some invisible threads.

"Hanabi must be quite well-off right now."

Ino complained, "In the previous preliminaries, she seemed to have defeated her opponent with just a genjutsu, without even having to fight. Anyone else can explain it to you, but I really don't understand Hanabi's fighting style."

Come to think of it, Sasuke shouldn't be driven to tears and surrender by Hanabi's illusion, right?

"Hmm? Looks like Sasuke is here!"

Ino suddenly saw something.

At the competition venue, a gust of leaves suddenly blew up.

After the leaves dispersed, a figure appeared in the center.

Sasuke Uchiha.

He knelt on one knee, his eyes closed, looking unrestrained and carefree.

When he appeared, even though the game hadn't started yet, there was already a commotion below.

"Woooa, it's Sasuke!"

Sakura immediately became agitated.

"As expected of Sasuke!"

Ino's eyes widened as well.

There's no way, Erzhuzi's charm is just so outstanding.

"I'm not late."

Sasuke smiled, a look of cool confidence on his face.

"Ahem... No, you came just in time."

Examiner Moonlight Gale coughed twice.

"Hahaha, Sasuke, you're almost late for such an important match. That's not okay!"

Naruto yelled beside him.

And Hua Huo's gaze was on the stands.

Sasuke's arrival here also means that Xiaoguang is here too.

Hanabi originally thought that Sasuke was going to recreate the plot of the original novel and arrive at the scene on time.

However, Xiaoguang would not allow Sasuke to be late for the battle with Hanabi, so when he saw that he was about to be late, he simply dragged Sasuke over and threw him into the arena.

Although no one else noticed, Hanabi saw it.

Well, Sasuke didn't mean to show off, he just wanted to ease the embarrassment of being thrown at him, so he could only use a body-flickering technique and a sleight of hand.

"Sasuke..."

After Sasuke appeared, Orochimaru, disguised as the Kazekage, also cast his eyes on Sasuke.

In the past month, he had not found any opportunity to get close to Sasuke.

There seems to be a very mysterious master beside the other party, and even Orochimaru cannot get close to him easily, so his cursed seal "gift" has not been sent out yet.

And now, Orochimaru was even happier to see Sasuke again after a month.

Chapter 191 Are you stupid or am I stupid?

"Should I give up? But giving up the first exam seems like it would be very troublesome..."

Nara Shikamaru now wants to give up.

There are so many masters here. Is it really okay for me, a super weak guy, to begin with?

But this is my first game now.

The atmosphere has become like this. If I surrender now, the situation might get even worse.

"But people don't want to watch my game..."

Hinata vs. Uchiha is the scene that the audience loves to see.

Ordinary people don’t know much about the affairs of the ninja world, but the dignitaries love to hear about them.

Since no one is expecting it, then...

"Shikamaru, come on!"

Naruto smacked Shikamaru on the shoulder, causing him to stumble.

Looking back, everyone else had already left the arena.

"Oops……"

Shikamaru's face fell.

I have missed the best time to give up.

On the other side, Temari had already taken off her three-star iron fan.

"bring it on."

Temari stared at Shikamaru.

"Uh, this person has such a fierce look in his eyes."

Shikamaru was sweating profusely.

"It's really interesting."

Hanabi was standing in the contestant's booth, observing the current situation.

Different from the original.

In the original work, Shikamaru used the hole left by Naruto in the previous game to control Temari, but now the arena is intact, so it is hard to say.

However, Shikamaru's family secret shadow technique was not exposed, so the information was favorable.

"Since you won't come up, then I will!"

Temari was also annoyed when she saw Shikamaru daydreaming over there, and rushed forward with a fan in hand.

"Tsk, why is the opponent a woman? And she's a battle maniac."

Shikamaru could only throw two kunai and then step back to dodge.

"Don't think about it!"

Temari immediately opened her fan and blew out a hurricane.

【No harm from smoking】

[A lack of motivation and a violent person. Suddenly, they seem like a perfect match.]

[I'm most annoyed by you guys who are trying to pull CP together]

Sure enough, Shikamaru had already run to the nearby tree by now.

"It doesn't really matter if I'm a Chunin or not. But a man can't lose to a woman. Well, I have no choice but to go for it."

"Ninjutsu Kamaitachi!"

Temari was ruthless and said nothing. She immediately used her Kamaitachi to strike Shikamaru, who was standing on the branch.

Although Temari has never seen Shikamaru fight, Shikamaru has seen Temari "kite to death" the enemy during the preliminaries.

"Luckily, this isn't an unsheltered place like the qualifiers."

Shikamaru immediately hid behind the bushes.

"Well, come to think of it, men can't hit women. It's really troublesome."

"Using cover to avoid Wind Escape? But if you think that's all I know, you're naive!"

Temari immediately rushed forward.

Shikamaru's eyes grew sharper.

"Something's wrong!"

However, Temari stopped halfway through her run.

"You're trying to lure me into the woods. You have some conspiracy."

This Nara Shikamaru seemed to offer almost no resistance.

But Temari's combat intelligence made her realize immediately that something was wrong.

——This guy must have done it on purpose!

"Ninjutsu Kamaitachi!"

Temari decided to fly a kite again.

"boom!"

A huge wind blew across the entire venue.

However, the smoke and dust also obscured Shikamaru's figure.

And at this moment, a black shadow appeared from the side.

"That is……?!"