Chapter 64: The Second Exam Ends
"This. is this a ninjutsu created by Izayoi himself?"
Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki hid behind a toppled giant tree, gazing at the spinning fire tornado with wide eyes.
"Gulp."
Naruto Uzumaki gulped hard and said in a trembling voice, "So. so strong!"
He had thought that his Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu + Wind Style: Great Breakthrough was already incredibly powerful.
But he never thought that other than him, Izayoi has learned such a large-scale ninjutsu too.
And it did not even have to be performed by shadow clones, or even by hand seals.
This was not even on the same level.
Naruto Uzumaki's freshly-inflated ego got deflated at once.
"Let's go!"
At the moment, Izayoi also appeared behind Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki, pulling along the two of them and immediately vanishing.
In no time, the three of them were off, a figure standing up from the ground in close proximity, burn-scarred, it was Orochimaru.
"Gag."
Orochimaru made a vomiting sound, his stretched-out mouth open like a bucket, as if tearing apart.
Then a body covered in mucus squirmed out of his mouth.
"Damn kid, you really spoiled my act of goodness!"
Orochimaru, having used the Snake Style Body Replacement Technique and spat out a new body, cursed first in a croaky tone, then smiled and said, "But such chakra, and the speed of casting the jutsu, truly astonishing talent!"
Watching the fire tornado that was beginning to wreak havoc in the forest, and destroy the whole forest if nobody would be able to stop it, Orochimaru continued, "What an ordinary jutsu, I never imagined Minato and this moron's unfinished jutsu would successfully be completed by the next generation."
"It looks like Konoha's windmill, having rested for so long, is going to start turning again."
Orochimaru glanced in the direction where Izayoi and others were proceeding, and another direction, then uttered in his wicked grin manner, "Whatever is mine shall become mine sometime, Sasuke-kun, your body certainly will belong to me."
And having stated the above, the body of Orochimaru slowly went downwards into the soil and away from the Forest of Death.
By and by, a lot of characters gathered suddenly in this forest.
There were cloaked ANBU and mask-like ANBU.
There were green-vested Jonin and Special Jonin.
"Are we too late?"
Mitarashi Anko's face was uncertain.
"Put out the fire quickly."
The ninjas formed an alliance in order to use Water Style in order to extinguish the fire tornado.
Conversely, after Izayoi and the others left, they went straight to pick up the hidden Sakura Haruno, then went straight two or three miles before stopping.
Team 7 rested against a tree, panting hard.
"Blimey, that Orochimaru didn't chase us, did he?" Sasuke Uchiha still looked at Izayoi uneasily.
"Don't fret, he did not chase us. The rescue team has come."
Izayoi gave Team 7 a soothing pill.
Hearing this, Team 7 all let out a collective sigh of relief.
Sakura Haruno even fainted on the ground in fear, "Why would a legendary ninja come after us? Too unlucky!"
"Tch. if the other guy didn't know Earth Style, I would have won by now." Naruto Uzumaki grumbled obstinately.
Only Sasuke Uchiha had a stern expression.
Anyway, he too knew that the other side will be hunting for him.
The thought of being the target of such a large number made Sasuke Uchiha shudder.
This time, as Izayoi was with him, he was lucky enough to escape it. What about the next one?
And the next one?
Seeming to see the terror in Sasuke Uchiha's heart, Izayoi smacked Sasuke on the shoulder and assured with a smile, "Don't be scared, anyway, the village is the one who should be scared! An S-rank missing-nin is the scariest person in the world of ninjas, even the strongest ninja villages would never underestimate them."
"Suddenly that big number just turning up in Konoha, the Hokage definitely will send the entire village to search for him."
"In this period, the security of the village will definitely be pushed to extremes. After the exam is finished, don't go home, wait on the central road at first, then go back after the village stabilizes as to Orochimaru."
When he heard these words, Sasuke Uchiha straight away relaxed and nodded heavily, "Yeah, I see."
After Team 7 and Naruto Uzumaki recovered, they made for the central tower.
During the journey, Naruto Uzumaki caught up to Izayoi and asked questioningly, "Izayoi, was that fire tornado you employed lately a ninjutsu taught by your in-charge Jonin?"
"No, it is a ninjutsu that I personally developed for myself." Izayoi shook his head.
"What?! It's a ninjutsu you developed yourself!"
"How amazing!"
Naruto Uzumaki and Sakura Haruno gasped in astonishment.
Sasuke Uchiha, as if remembering something, his expression changed slightly, "Is that the ninjutsu you perfected? Isn't it Lightning Style?"
"Of course not."
Izayoi showed a wide smile and uttered, "Gaia Energy Cannon is just a half-baked product I came up with by accident while perfecting my ultimate skill!"
"What?!"
Team 7 shouted in unison again.
Sakura Haruno clicked her tongue and exclaimed, "That fire tornado wasn't even the complete form!"
"Gulp."
Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha gulped in awe, feeling that an enormous chasm had opened up between them and Izayoi again.
Half-finished, there was this kind of power, and they could not even begin to realize just how powerful Izayoi's completed technique would be.
Sasuke Uchiha's gaze toward Izayoi was brimming with passion meanwhile.
A ninjutsu that could also be labeled as an ultimate technique was an S-rank ninjutsu.
If he could study an S-rank last ninjutsu, maybe he could manage to kill that guy.
But how could he get Izayoi to instruct him in the last ninjutsu?
Even if he did not instruct him in the last technique, that Gaia Energy Cannon just now was great!
After all, he also had fire affinity.
Thinking this, Sasuke Uchiha decided to try to get along with Izayoi once the exam finished.
Using his Tenseigan to determine the location of Orochimaru and verifying that the other side had indeed left inserting the curse mark on Sasuke Uchiha inside the Forest of Death, Izayoi separated from Team 7 and made his way to meet with Hinata and Shino Aburame, moving into the center tower.
Sasuke Uchiha, who had not been marked by the curse, had only the hidden-potential Yakushi Kabuto, Gaara, Rock Lee, and Neji Hyuga to battle in the Forest of Death.
The rest of the examinees, however, were no match for Sasuke Uchiha.
Moving ahead in this manner, Team 7 must reach the central tower shortly.
And that was indeed the reality! As showcased on Clickzine.
Feared that Orochimaru would attack them again, Team 7 never took a moment to rest and journeyed to find the team who possessed the Heaven scroll.
After stealing the Heaven scroll from the other team, they sprinted without pause to the central tower and reported the problem of Orochimaru chasing them to Iruka Umino's shadow clone that was created by the scroll.
Konoha, officially deciding that Orochimaru was back in the village, was immediately brimming over with subtext and repressed tension.
Many ninjas advised Hiruzen Sarutobi to postpone the Chunin Exam and direct all efforts towards finding Orochimaru.
Nevertheless, as Konoha had gathered a large number of ninjas from other villages, and invitation letters to the Fourth Kazekage and officials had already been sent, it was impossible to cancel the Chunin Exam.
Therefore, Hiruzen Sarutobi could only send ninjas and ANBU to search in secret.
In this way, five days passed, and the second exam officially ended.
(End of this chapter)
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