Chapter 46 Gaara: Referee, there's a conspiracy, right?!
"This year's candidates are really getting worse with each generation."
"Only this many people passed the exam in total."
The personnel in charge of the assessment were also wondering.
Because the number of people who originally passed the first assessment was small.
So the higher-ups specifically modified the rules and buried many heaven and earth scrolls in the Forest of Death.
As long as the candidates put in a little effort, passing the second exam wouldn't be a problem at all.
But now, those who can successfully hand in the heaven and earth scrolls...
There are only those few teams in total.
"Is it my turn?"
After it was Byakuya's turn, the assessment personnel barely managed to take an interest.
This was Konoha's number one genius; surely he must have obtained at least two sets of heaven and earth scrolls.
But in the next second, Byakuya opened his storage scroll.
He handed over more than a hundred heaven and earth scrolls all at once.
"W-what the hell is this!!"
The assessment personnel were already stunned. How am I supposed to assess this?!
"What, is it not enough? I have another scroll!"
Seeing Byakuya prepared to pull out another scroll, the assessment personnel hurriedly said,
"Enough, enough, it's already completely enough!"
This scene wasn't just for the assessment personnel.
Even all the candidates fell silent.
Among these scrolls, who knows who had worked so hard to find them only to have them stolen.
At this moment, the candidates present had already begun to pray.
Praying that they wouldn't encounter Byakuya in the upcoming third match.
After all, the strength Byakuya displayed in this exam had left everyone with little confidence for the subsequent tests.
Some people had even begun preparing for the next Chunin Exams.
However, no one noticed.
In a corner of the Forest of Death.
The Sound Village Ninja, Dosu, who had been killed by Byakuya, began to twitch frantically.
Subsequently, a snake occupied Dosu's body.
"Whew, I almost died at that guy's hands."
Then Dosu's voice began to turn into Orochimaru's voice, and even his appearance began to change.
Fortunately, he had prepared for reincarnation in advance.
But on the other side, indeed no one discovered that Orochimaru had re-occupied Dosu's body.
Looking at Orochimaru's appearance, he seemed prepared to continue executing the Konoha Crush plan.
Soon, time arrived for the third stage of the Chunin Exams.
Compared to the previous exams, this final stage appeared exceptionally lively.
Not only were there Konoha villagers, but even many people from other Ninja villages.
When the candidates entered the arena, the entire spectator stand was already shocked.
"Byakuya! Byakuya!"
"Byakuya! Byakuya!"
Countless Konoha villagers began to chant Byakuya's name.
This scene left people from other Ninja villages completely bewildered.
"Who is this Byakuya? He's actually so popular?"
Many people began to speculate about Byakuya's background.
Because the previous exams were not open to the public.
So these outsiders naturally didn't know what had happened during them.
They simply thought Byakuya was only so popular because he was too handsome.
On the other side, many female spectators had already gone completely crazy upon seeing Byakuya.
"Next, I will serve as your proctor."
The proctor for the preliminary matches of the second exam was Gekkō Hayate.
A tragedy who was given a protagonist's name but lacked a protagonist's fate.
He could be remembered by more people mainly because he had a beautiful girlfriend.
However, others didn't have much of a reaction to this.
"Proctor, I choose to withdraw!"
At this time, Kabuto also withdrew from the final assessment according to the original plot.
Kabuto said it was because his own strength was insufficient.
But Byakuya saw through his purpose at a glance.
He was afraid he wouldn't be able to control himself!
Kabuto more or less had the strength of a Jonin, although this bit of strength was completely insufficient in Byakuya's eyes.
Byakuya didn't care much about any of this anymore.
Anyway, it wasn't just Kabuto who applied to withdraw from the competition.
Rock Lee also chose to withdraw from the exam after the Forest of Death.
Because he had opened the fourth gate prematurely, Rock Lee needed at least a week of rest.
However, for Rock Lee, this was also a blessing in disguise.
At least he didn't have to suffer a career-ending injury because of a fight with Gaara.
For a commoner genius like Rock Lee, Byakuya was still very appreciative.
But in the original work, the battle with Gaara directly ruined Rock Lee's future.
Starting by opening five gates, and only opening the sixth gate by the grand finale.
It felt like that battle with Gaara had directly and completely crippled Rock Lee, even if he eventually received treatment from Tsunade.
So this time, Rock Lee's withdrawal from the final exam was also a good thing for him.
"However, don't think that just like this you can avoid being beaten by the Eight Gates."
Byakuya looked toward Gaara with a sense of mischievous malice.
This made Gaara feel an instinctive shudder in his heart.
"Why is there an ominous premonition!"
For some reason, this feeling became increasingly intense for Gaara.
"It should be impossible to be assigned to the same team as this guy!"
Gaara comforted himself in his heart.
There were over twenty people present; he didn't believe the odds would fall on him.
"Gaara, opponent, Byakuya!"
As Gekkō Hayate announced Gaara's opponent...
Gaara's entire face turned dark.
Referee, there's a conspiracy, right? Why are you making me fight Byakuya!
The other candidates also breathed a long sigh of relief after hearing this result.
Better you than me.
This scene even made Baki, up in the spectator stands, find it somewhat hard to believe.
"What's wrong with Gaara?"
"He seems a bit distracted!"
Then Baki looked at his own "Fourth Kazekage" on the platform.
Hopefully, nothing goes wrong with the plan later.
"Not bad, this draw was done very well!"
Even Byakuya specifically gave Gekkō Hayate a thumbs up.
It just so happened to pit the Hidden Sand Village's strongest against the Konoha Village's strongest.
But Gekkō Hayate had a bewildered look on his face.
This time they really didn't rig the draw.
This was purely his bad luck running into it himself.
But even if he said this out loud, probably not many people would believe it.
"Your Excellency Kazekage, this is our Konoha Village's number one genius, Byakuya!"
On the distant high platform.
The Third Hokage was showing off the power of Byakuya's strength to the "Kazekage."
"Of course!"
The "Kazekage" said this sentence almost through gritted teeth.
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