Chapter 47 Getting Stronger! I Must Kill That Man!!

At this time, 22 candidates gathered together and stood in the center of the examination room.

"Why are there so many people here? It's such a hassle." Shikamaru complained impatiently.

Ino next to him noticed Sasuke and said in surprise: "Aha, Sasuke also passed..."

"Of course... We worked so hard to help them, it would be unreasonable if we were unqualified." Shikamaru muttered, then remembered the overwhelming victory of the Uchiha siblings over the Sound Trio.

In front, the jonins crossed their arms across their chests, and Might Guy, representing youth and vitality, nodded with satisfaction to the 22 genin, as if he was praising them.

"Well done, you're very lucky!"

"But as long as our team is here, forget it."

"Because the next level will depend on your real ability. Well, youth is sometimes bitter and sometimes severe, Kakashi."

However, Kakashi didn't seem to listen to Gai's words. He looked at his four students sharply, especially Sasuke.

The three members of Team 3 also noticed Kakashi, and Tenten thought to herself that this was her first time meeting Kakashi, and she felt quite satisfied.

"That's Mr. Kai's eternal rival. From the looks of it, Mr. Kai doesn't seem to be a rival at all."

"Teacher Kai is the best!" Xiao Li firmly believes it.

Everyone fell into deep thought. Only seven teams remained out of the original 26. The winner of the third exam would be decided from these seven teams.

Even the Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen was surprised. He didn't expect there would be so many people left, and most of them were newcomers.

He looked around at the four mentors behind him and finally understood why they were vying to recommend him.

The remaining ones were 13 first and second year Genin from Konoha Village, as well as Gaara, Kabuto Yakushi and the Sound Ninja trio, a total of nine people.

Sarutobi Hiruzen walked up to the crowd and began to introduce the third exam.

"The third exam will begin next, but before that, I must tell you one thing."

"That's the real purpose of this exam."

"Why do we need to conduct an examination together with all the allied countries?"

Seeing everyone's puzzled expressions, Sarutobi Hiruzen chuckled, pulled his Hokage hat and said, "This is to enable the allied countries to coexist in a friendly manner and improve the overall level of ninjas. This is our real goal."

He went on to explain that the Chunin Exams were a great opportunity for neighboring nations to learn about each other's ninja strengths, and that nations and villages that performed well would receive more mission orders.

Therefore, this exam is not only about individuals, but also about the economic prosperity of the country and the village.

Then, Sarutobi Hiruzen told everyone that leaders of various countries would be invited to watch the third exam, so the Genin must fight for their lives, and it would not just be a show.

While the Sandaime Hokage was still speaking, Gaara was already getting impatient.

Gaara loudly rebuked Sarutobi Hiruzen, "Why bother with so much? Tell me what this life-threatening exam is about!"

Facing Gaara's rudeness, Sarutobi Hiruzen just smiled and said, "Next, I will introduce the content of the third exam to you."

Suddenly, a gust of wind blew, and a figure appeared in front of everyone.

"I'm very sorry, Hokage-sama... Now I, as the referee, will explain."

"I leave it to you." Sarutobi Hiruzen said calmly.

Moonlight Gale turned around, coughed a few times, and explained the rules to everyone.

Anyway, he announced a surprising news: before the third exam begins, there will be a round of preliminaries, because there are too many Genin who pass, and half of them need to be eliminated first.

The second additional test will begin soon!

"Oh, I forgot to mention that the next one is a one-on-one battle."

“Everyone can make their own judgment as to whether or not they want to withdraw from the competition.”

Suddenly, Kanon realized that something was wrong with Sasuke.

"Brother, what's wrong with you?" Hanane asked worriedly.

At this time, Sasuke had cold sweat on his face, his body was shaking constantly, his hands were pressed on the curse seal, his teeth were clenched, and he looked extremely painful.

Sakura also hurried forward to show concern for Sasuke: "Sasuke, you should give up this preliminaries."

Naruto was also stunned and turned to look at the three people behind him.

"Because, Sasuke, you've been acting weird ever since you were defeated by that guy Orochimaru."

"It still hurts now, that mark."

Hearing this, Kanon asked Sakura in shock: "Who is Orochimaru? What's the matter with the mark on my brother's neck?"

Sakura told her what happened after she was separated from Kanon. Kanon was furious and said through gritted teeth: "If I meet Orochimaru again next time, I will kill him!"

Kanon looked at Sasuke worriedly, but she would not persuade him to give up like Sakura did, because she knew that Sasuke would not back down no matter what. He was her biological brother, and Kanon always believed in him.

But Sakura thought differently. She was very worried about Sasuke's health and was even willing to give up the Chunin Exam for Sasuke.

"Sasuke, I will tell the teacher about this mark on you no matter what."

The moment Sakura raised her hand, Kabuto Yakushi raised his hand first and chose to quit.

Moonlight Gale saw this and asked, "So, no one else wants to quit?"

When Sakura tried to raise her hand again, Sasuke slapped her hand away.

"You are not allowed to talk about this injury!" Sasuke's voice was trembling but extremely firm.

"Why are you being so stubborn?"

"Sasuke, I don't want to see you continue to suffer like this!" Sakura had tears in her eyes. She really didn't understand why Sasuke did this.

"This is not just an exam for me. I don't care whether I can become a Chunin or not!" Sasuke's voice became more and more determined. "I just want to know if I am strong enough..."

"I want to fight a strong opponent, and then... kill that man!"

Sasuke's eyes were equally determined, "You understand, right? It's not just my thoughts..."

"I understand." Kanon lowered her head. She knew that Uchiha Itachi had become Sasuke's driving force, and she had always been the sister he protected.

Therefore, the brother would bear all the revenge and hatred on himself, allowing only his sister to see the warm light.

"Brother...thank you..." Hanane said softly.

"Silly, why thank me... This is what I should do." Sasuke raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and then said gently to Sakura, who was already in tears: "Even so, I will not allow you to hinder me!"

Naruto, who was watching from the sidelines, couldn't help but yell, "Asshole, why are you trying to be cool? Idiot!"

"Thank goodness Kanon and Sakura are so worried about you..."

Before Naruto could finish, Sasuke turned around and smiled at him: "Naruto, I want to fight with you too!"

Naruto seemed to have something touched, and after a moment of silence he also smiled.

"Yeah! Sasuke, I want to fight you too!"

"Kane, you too! I want to have a fair fight with you." Naruto stretched out his fist towards Kanon.

"Okay! But I have to make it clear that you will lose." Kanon and Naruto bumped fists.

"I won't lose!"

Kanon gave a sly smile: "Even if you become Hokage, you will lose to me!"

"I won't lose anyway!"

"Oh? Kanon, you are very confident." Naruto said passionately.

Sakura and Sasuke shook their heads helplessly. There was really nothing they could do about these two hot-blooded guys.

At this time, Moonlight Gale saw that no one else would withdraw, so he solemnly announced: "Then, the preliminaries will begin now."

"The next preliminaries will be one-on-one individual battles, which are actual combat-style battles."

"Originally there were 21 participants, and now with one person removed, there are exactly 20 left."

"There will be 10 matches in total, and the winners will be able to enter the third exam."

"There are no rules, until one party dies, falls down or admits defeat."

"If you don't want to die, just admit defeat."

"However, if the winner has already been decided, I will intervene and stop the fight in order to reduce unnecessary deaths."

"Next, your fate will be determined by this electronic bulletin board."

He looked at Mitarashi Anko, who immediately understood what he meant and opened the electronic bulletin board.

"It will randomly display the names of the two combatants for each battle."

"Then let's reveal the two players for the first match right away."