Chapter 372 The Strength of the Young Generation
After hearing that Rasa wanted to test themselves and others, Kankuro and Temari breathed a sigh of relief. They believed that Rasa would not kill them, and he just wanted to increase the intensity of this Chunin Exam.

However, Gaara didn't think so, he didn't believe Rasa.

Rasa's behavior must have a purpose. Last time he colluded with Orochimaru and betrayed the interests of the Sand Village. This time he sneaked into the Chunin Exam, there must be some conspiracy behind it.

Either disrupt the Chunin Exam, or attack some important figure in the Chunin Exam.

After thinking about this, Gaara shouted to Kankuro and Temari: "Temari, Kankuro, let me deal with Rasa, you continue to take part in the Chunin Exam."

Hearing this, Kankuro and Temari's expressions changed, and Rasa's expression also looked ugly.

Temari and Kankuro didn't want Gaara and Rasa to continue to have conflicts. No matter what Rasa did, he was still the father of the three siblings.

If we can take this opportunity to repair our relationship.

Not only can the relationship between father and son be restored, but the strength of the Sand Village can also be taken to a higher level.

After a disagreement, Gaara and Rasa both took action, and the flying sand and golden sand continued to collide in the air, and shock waves continued to spread in the void.

Seeing this scene, Kankuro and Temari had no choice but to grit their teeth and join the battle.

I hope Lord Scorpion can pay attention to this place and both sides can be safe. In comparison, victory in the second round of the Chunin Exam is not very important.

……

Class 7 here.

After being blocked by Orochimaru and hearing his name, Naruto and the others were sweating profusely.

Who is Orochimaru? He is one of the legendary three ninjas. He was a ruthless man who was able to defect despite being hunted by countless Konoha ninjas. He has an S-level wanted bounty in the ninja world.

Team 7 has encountered enemies of this level before.

During the mission in Wave Country, they encountered Kisame and Uchiha Itachi, but Uchiha Itachi let them go at that time, and Captain Yamato and Byakuya provided them with support one after another.

Otherwise, with their strength at that time, they would have died long ago.

Staring closely at Orochimaru in front of him, Naruto pretended to be calm and said slowly: "Orochimaru, didn't you defect from the village? How dare you come back? Aren't you afraid of being discovered by the Third Hokage?"

Orochimaru stuck out his tongue. His tongue was different from that of ordinary people, but it was exactly like a snake's.

After looking at Naruto, he smiled and said: "Konoha is my home, why can't I return to Konoha? And you are just a little Genin, aren't you too disrespectful to me?"

After saying this, Orochimaru released his murderous intent without reservation, and the murderous intent filled the surrounding space.

Affected by the murderous intent, Sakura felt her legs were a little sore and she could fall to the ground at any time, but Naruto and Sasuke did not react much.

Naruto has been under the influence of the Nine-Tails these days.

Compared with the Nine-Tails, Orochimaru's murderous intent is not worth mentioning at all. Sasuke is often affected by Tsukuyomi and is no longer surprised by this murderous intent.

Seeing that Naruto and Sasuke ignored his murderous intention, Orochimaru nodded with satisfaction.

"I never thought that two geniuses like you would appear in Konoha, old man. In time, you might be able to reach the level of Jiraiya and I."

Naruto ignored Orochimaru's compliment, frowned and said, "Orochimaru, tell me what you want to do. There's no need to be so hypocritical. We still have to take part in the Chunin Exam."

Hearing this, Orochimaru looked at Naruto fiercely, and then said: "My goal is very simple, I am here to recruit Sasuke. I think Sasuke is very suitable to be my next container, so I deliberately ran here."

"container?"

Naruto and Sasuke looked at each other, and could more or less guess what Orochimaru meant. They clenched the kunai in their hands and pounced forward.

After all, Orochimaru still has to take action against them.

Orochimaru dodged the joint attack of Naruto and Sasuke with a flash of his body, and appeared on another tree trunk. He looked at the two and said:

"Young man, you are really impatient. Why don't you listen to me?"

"I do want to make Sasuke my vessel, but before that, I will do my best to train Sasuke so that he will have strength that is no less than mine."

"If Sasuke can surpass my strength during this period, he will naturally not be devoured by me."

"Sasuke, I remember that you hated Uchiha Itachi very much. Could it be that your hatred is so insignificant that you dare not even participate in a small bet?"

Sasuke formed seals with his hands and used the Great Fireball Technique.

After seeing the huge fireball flash past, Sasuke slowly spoke:
"Orochimaru, why should I believe in you, a traitor, and do you really have the ability to defeat Uchiha Itachi?"

Orochimaru said disapprovingly: "Uchiha Itachi is a ninja that I have watched grow up. I admit that he may have some strength now, but he can't be my opponent. Becoming my container is your only chance to defeat Uchiha Itachi."

Because Uchiha Itachi has not yet officially joined the Akatsuki organization.

Orochimaru had met Uchiha Itachi only a few times over the years. Since Orochimaru was not defeated by the Mangekyō, he did not have much shadow on Uchiha Itachi at this moment.

The reason for recruiting Sasuke this time is simply because of the team's recognition of Sasuke's future potential.

After hearing Orochimaru's disdain for Uchiha Itachi, Sasuke was actually a little moved. If Orochimaru, one of the Three Ninjas, was willing to teach him, his strength would definitely improve rapidly, and he would complete his revenge on Uchiha Itachi sooner.

But since meeting Shisui, I learned that there are still many Uchiha clan members.

Sasuke's hatred for Uchiha Itachi was not that strong anymore. He just couldn't understand Uchiha Itachi. He wanted to beat him up and then throw him into the Nanga Shrine and hand him over to Shisui for disposal.

Moreover, although Orochimaru is powerful, he is not necessarily a match for Uchiha Itachi or Shisui.

There is no need to say much about Shisui. After the Uchiha Night, he has been secretly in charge of the Root of Konoha for several years. The strength of his subordinates is not inferior to that of the Hokage.

Uchiha Itachi's Mangekyō Sharingan also made Shisui afraid, which shows that the strength of both sides is similar.

Under so many circumstances, Sasuke is not very interested in becoming Orochimaru's subordinate.

After making up his mind, Sasuke said to Orochimaru: "I'm sorry, I have no interest in becoming a container, but if I can capture the traitor Orochimaru here, I am still very willing."

After hearing this, Orochimaru didn't get angry but laughed instead, and then started to get serious.

The next moment, Orochimaru's hands turned into two poisonous snakes that pounced towards Sasuke. The snakes were extremely fast, and Sasuke, who had activated the Sharingan, could only resist.

After drawing his dagger and slaying the venomous snake, Sasuke attempted to cast an illusion on Orochimaru.

The illusion enveloped Orochimaru, who was stunned for a moment, then broke the Sharingan illusion. He instantly came behind Sasuke and gave Sasuke a snake kiss.

After a burst of severe pain, two tooth marks appeared on Sasuke's shoulder. After completing the planting of the Heaven's Curse Seal, Orochimaru did not stay here for too long. After leaving a clone in the original place, he disappeared into the dense forest.

The strength of Naruto and Sasuke was somewhat beyond his expectations.

He originally thought that Naruto and Sasuke were at most Chunin strength, but he didn't expect that they had reached Jonin. If they delayed him long enough, he would not be able to implement his next plan.

Naruto sensed the direction Orochimaru fled and was worried that this might be another trap, so he did not chase him.

After returning to Sasuke, Naruto saw the wounds on Sasuke's body, frowned and said: "Sasuke, Orochimaru must have poisoned you, forcing you to go find him."

"We will bandage you first. It is up to you to decide whether to cancel the Chunin Exam or continue to take the exam."

Sasuke gritted his teeth and said, "Orochimaru didn't poison me, so this minor injury is nothing to worry about. Let's continue to participate in the Chunin Exam."

Naruto and Sakura nodded, choosing to respect Sasuke's idea.

……

The commotion that broke out in the Death Forest eventually attracted the attention of the Konoha ninjas.

As the chief examiner of the second round of the Chunin Exam, Hongdou discovered early on that something was wrong with this exam. First, a number of cameras in the Forest of Death were destroyed, and then a large number of bodies of candidates were found in the Forest of Death.

The Chunin Exam is an exam similar to a military exercise, and the death of ninjas is very normal.

But the death of so many candidates is very abnormal. Either a monster like Zabuza appeared among the candidates, or spies from other ninja villages infiltrated and attacked the candidates.

Whatever the case, Hongdou must investigate and stop the accidents from happening again.

Not long after, Hongdou stopped. She found traces of the Great Snake Flow battle on the ground nearby. Her face suddenly darkened and her mood became extremely complicated.

As far as she knew, there were only two people in the ninja world who mastered the Orochi-ryu ninjutsu.

One of them was her, and the other was her teacher Orochimaru. There were traces of Orochimaru's battle, and the murderer who attacked the examinee was clear at a glance.

However, Red Bean still couldn't figure out why Orochimaru suddenly returned to the village.
Suppressing the distracting thoughts in her mind, Hongdou groped her way towards the traces. No matter what, she had to find Orochimaru to find out something.

Soon, Red Bean found Orochimaru on a tree trunk.

Orochimaru also noticed Red Bean, and said with a half-smile: "Red Bean, we haven't seen each other for ten years. I didn't expect that even you have become a Jonin in the village."

"It seems that the Third Hokage has a much broader mind than I thought."

It would have been better if Orochimaru didn't mention this. After he mentioned this, Red Bean immediately blushed, picked up her weapon and rushed towards Orochimaru.

She hated Orochimaru for becoming a traitor, and hated him even more for not taking her away.

As a disciple of Orochimaru, she had suffered a lot of grievances in Konoha over the years. Everyone regarded her as a spy left in Konoha by Orochimaru and kept a close watch on her.

But the problem is, she is not Orochimaru's spy at all, and she doesn't even know whether Orochimaru is dead or alive.

After a lot of effort, she finally became a special jonin. However, after serving as the examiner of the Chunin Exam, she met Orochimaru again.

After using the Great Snake Style Ninjutsu to capture Orochimaru, Red Bean formed seals with both hands and shouted, "Double Snake Killing Technique!"

Red Bean's hands turned into two pythons, tightly binding Orochimaru. Then dozens of detonating tags appeared on her arms, flashing with light that seemed about to explode.

Orochimaru originally didn't want to do it, but after seeing this, he couldn't help but remind her: "Red Bean, do you think you can really kill me with the ninjutsu I taught you?"

After saying that, Orochimaru's body turned into a ball of mud and appeared behind Red Bean.

Hongdou stopped the ninjutsu in time, but her body was already unable to move. She gritted her teeth and said, "I'm going to kill you!"

Orochimaru whispered in Red Bean's ear:

"You want to kill me, but I don't want to kill you. Your life belongs to me, so you'd better stay alive and watch my next performance. Attacking the Chunin Exam is just the beginning of this plan."

Before he finished speaking, Orochimaru put down Red Bean and disappeared into the forest.

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At the same time, the battle between Gaara and Rasa reached a climax.

Judging from the attack methods used by the two, both of them are ninjas who practice ninjutsu. Although Gaara's overall strength is not as good as Rasa, he can still hold his own with the help of Kankuro, Temari and Shukaku.

After using the golden sand to protect his body and blocking the quicksand, Luo Sha floated in the air with a smile on his face.

Compared with a few years ago, the strength of his three children has made a qualitative leap.

There is no need to say much about Gaara. Having inherited Karuura's Sand Style and Shukaku, Gaara only needs to grow step by step to possess the strength of the Five Kage.

However, he was somewhat surprised by the strength of Temari and Kankuro.

When holding the Three Stars Fan, Temari can perform wind-style ninjutsu without forming seals with both hands, and her wind-style ninjutsu attainments have reached the level of an elite jonin.

Although he was ineffective against Kankuro's puppet, it was only because magnetic escape was too effective against puppetry.

Whether using the gold sand to destroy the internal structure of the puppetry, or interfering with Kanjuro's signal to the puppet, it can effectively restrain Kanjuro.

After achieving his goal, Luo Sha's figure flashed and then disappeared into the Death Forest, leaving only a constantly echoing voice.

"You three have passed my test, but this is only the first test."

"If you can't pass my test, I will attack the Sand Village. As the former Kazekage, I keep my word."

After Luo Sha left, the three people who heard the voice looked at each other.

Temari and Kankuro were a little worried that Rasa would really attack the Sand Village. Logically speaking, Rasa was the Kazekage of the village and it was impossible for him to attack the village.

Even when the conflict was at its deepest, Luo Sha only attacked the Daimyo of the Wind Country.

Gaara was a little surprised that Rosa was just testing them. He thought Rosa wanted to kill him personally.

Recovering their gradually scattered thoughts, Kankuro and Temari said to Gaara: "Gaara, father is gone, what should we do next?"

Gaara hesitated for a moment, then said:

"Kankuro, you send your puppet to report this to Lord Sasori, and then we continue to participate in the Chunin competition. I still feel a little unwilling that I didn't win against Naruto."

(End of this chapter)