Chapter 84 End of the 2nd Exam

Luo Yi shuttled quickly among the woods.

The good news is that they learned about the movements of Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura. The bad news is, "There are four of them, and my two teammates are injured, so they had to steal your scroll," said the ninja who had just been tortured.

How could there be four people? Luo Yi couldn't quite remember the original work, so he was particularly anxious.

If the plot collapsed without his intervention, then all his previous speculations about it would be overturned.

——This world is not an animation, nor a game, but an objective and real existence.

Fortunately, with clear directions and a short period of time, Luo Yi finally found them.

It turns out to be Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura and a Kabuto.

At this time, they were only a few steps away from the tower. It seemed that they had to collect all the scrolls and prepare to pass the level.

Now I remember that Kabuto showed up to stop Naruto when he was about to peek at the scroll, and then followed them to the tower, seemingly to help but actually to monitor them, and even had a fight with a group of Rain Ninjas during the fight.

"Oi~ Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura, you are here, oh? And senior Kabuto?" After making a plan, Luo Yi decided to show up.

When Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura turned around, the first thing they saw was his face; when Kabuto turned around, the first thing he saw was the small sword on his waist.

That hilt and handle, could it be...

"Oh, isn't this Luo Yi? Why are you so late?" Naruto was still the most enthusiastic one towards him.

"Luo Yi, your scroll wouldn't have been stolen, so you're ambushing other candidates here." Sakura remembered the senior's warning before.

"It's not that complicated. He should just be waiting for us." Sasuke didn't feel any desire to fight.

"Almost. I passed the exam on the first day, and spent the rest of the time looking for you. The fights we had in these three days were much more than those on the first day." Luo Yi tried to steer the topic.

"Really? We've had a lot of fights. Have you ever met any powerful guys?" Naruto was indeed very cooperative.

"It's true, an uncle with a super long tongue." Luo Yi said while quietly observing Dou's reaction.

He didn't say anything, but his expression looked natural and his acting was amazing.

Luo Yi wanted to add something, so he gestured with his hands in a slightly exaggerated manner, "I heard that his name is "Big Tongue Ball", and he lives up to his name. His tongue is at least this big when rolled into a ball."

The corner of Kabuto's eye twitched.

"Oh! We met him too. He's a very powerful but also very disgusting guy." Naruto thought of the experience of being hung up by his tongue and having his clothes licked open, and his face turned pale. "So his name is "Big Tongue Maru", like a pervert..."

"Ahem..." Kabuto couldn't hold it in any longer and pushed his glasses up. "Naruto, now is not the time to chat. Let's pass the exam first. The possibility of encountering other enemies here is not zero."

Kabuto's two teammates also appeared, and their eyes stayed on Luo Yi's Kusanagi sword for half a second.

So they are all Orochimaru's men.

"Yes, yes, let's get through it first and then chat!"

There were many doors on the bottom floor of the tower, and the gaps between the doors were sealed. The exam required each group of candidates to have a separate room, so Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura said goodbye to the people in Kabuto's group, tore off a seal and walked in.

Since Luo Yi was in a separate group, he did not follow in.

If nothing unexpected happens, Kabuto will meet Orochimaru in a certain compartment and report on his performance in monitoring Sasuke.

I wonder if Kabuto will ask about the Kusanagi sword.

...

Judging from the results, Luo Yi was unable to interfere with Orochimaru's casting of the "Heaven's Seal" on Sasuke, nor was he able to stop him from casting the "Five Elements Seal" on Naruto. The reason was still ridiculous, simply because he simply didn't find the person.

Judging from the brief battle with Orochimaru on the first day, Luo Yi has the ability to destroy Orochimaru's plan.

Is there some force deliberately preventing him from finding Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura?

Luo Yi was thinking in the office in the high tower until Izumo came to call him and said that the Third Hokage was coming.

"Your curse seal... every time it occurred it caused severe pain, but this time it didn't work?" In the examiner's office, Hiruzen looked at the ominous three-magatama shaped curse seal.

"I'm afraid it has something to do with that kid..." Hongdou looked towards the office door, "I was just talking about you, Luo Yi."

"Hiratsune-sensei, examiner Anko, and Izumo and Kotetsu."

Why are these two brothers guarding the gate again? Is it possible that the daily work of the interrogation department is to guard the gates everywhere?

Hiruzen looked a little surprised, "Luo Yi, Red Bean's curse seal... has anything to do with you?"

What a keen intuition, even though there was no physical contact throughout the whole process.

The essence of the curse seal is a low-quality Sage Mode developed by Orochimaru using Jūgo's natural energy affinity. It allows the user to possess power that does not belong to him for a short period of time, but at the cost of corroding the body and mind.

However, no matter how inferior the quality is, the fairy chakra has a natural restraint on human chakra; if you want to suppress the damage of the curse seal, it seems that you can only rely on the Yin-Yang Chakra to offset it.

Luo Yi's initial judgment was that he could eliminate the influence of the curse, but he could not eliminate the curse itself.

"Is that so... Thank you anyway, I feel good now." Hongdou began to regret the "special treatment" she gave him before the exam.

"Come to think of it, Orochimaru was one of the legendary Three Ninjas of Konoha, but wasn't he said to be dead?" Zitie recalled the record in the wanted book and asked in confusion.

"How did you get here?" Izumo asked.

"It's because of Sasuke." Hiruzen looked grim, probably remembering some bad past events.

At this time, an invigilator came up to report the end of the second exam. "There are 21 Genin who passed the exam, and 1 "apprentice Genin". According to the rules of the Chunin exam, the third exam will hold a "preliminary selection" that has not been used in five years."

"The exams have to go on, but we also have to keep a close eye on Orochimaru's movements." This was Hiruzen's conclusion.

The plot seems to be back on track in a subtle way.

...

But not much has returned.

The second before Luo Yi stepped into the Hyuga family residence, he suddenly remembered the reason why he had been so panicked all the way.

Has he not been home for five days since the second exam?

What's worse is that even Hinata seemed to have returned home a day earlier than him, and he, who was slightly stronger than Yichou, came back last after all the preparations...

"I hope Hanabi isn't going to break down..." In any case, don't go in yet. In case the little girl's eyes are fixed on the door, he will be exposed if he goes in.

Go around to the back and take a look at the situation first.

Then he heard the sound of fighting near the backyard of the main house, and from the sound effects it sounded like a sparring match between gentle fists.

Luo Yi listened for about five minutes.

"Sister, why hasn't Luo Yi come back yet? Doesn't he like me anymore?" After the sparring ended, Hua Huo's aggrieved voice was heard.

"How could that be?" Hinata's voice sounded, "I heard from my father that he is now an "assistant examiner" again. He will go home to work after the exam is officially over."

"Work, work, all he does is work. It's a new job at that... He's only a few years old, and he's working three jobs a day. Is our family poor?" The resentment is audible.

"I guess he works hard mainly for you, so please be considerate of him." Hinata comforted gently.

Good sister!

Come to think of it, after Naruto became Hokage, his workload was like working ten jobs in one day, and staying out all night was the norm... Is it possible that being a widow is the "destiny" of the Hyuga family's daughters?

"Calculating the time, the exam has been over for two hours. Even if there is any finishing work, it should be finished by now, right?"

It means that if he doesn't show up, he will suffer the consequences.

"Ahem...Hanabi, Sister Hinata, I'm back!" Luo Yi appeared on the stage with a stiff voice.

"You're back." The one with a gentle tone came from her elder sister Hinata.

"You're out." The one who smiles but hides a knife behind his words is Hanabi.

Oh no, the girl must have rolled her eyes when the two of them were sparring, and it was unwise for her to hide behind the wall and eavesdrop.

"Hehe...it's just that I don't want to disturb your training." Luo Yi scratched his head awkwardly. In a sense, he was even more nervous than when facing Orochimaru.

"Oh?" Hinata was confused.

"Oh..." Hanabi was skeptical.

Because there was a preliminaries round for the third exam the next day, Luo Yi and Hinata planned to rest early after dinner.

The preliminaries are an elimination system with random draws, and I don’t know if there will be any changes outside of the original work.

"From a probability perspective, the chances of "21 choose 2" and "22 choose 2" being repeated are too low... huh?"

There was a knock on the room door.

"Come in. Uh…Hanabi?"

I saw a little girl with a cat-like face standing at the door, hugging a pillow.