"These two guys, sigh." Watching Naruto and Sasuke suddenly grinning in unison, Furina suddenly felt a headache coming on. The reason she suggested this was to try avoiding Orochimaru. He was still too dangerous for them right now. If they could avoid him, that would naturally be best.
But what were these two thinking? Were they planning to go on a killing spree? With the level of this chūnin exam, they'd be risking their lives for a killing spree...
[Constitution: Special Jōnin (1459/20000) → Special Jōnin (20000/20000)]
[Constitution: Jōnin (0/50000)]
[Strength: Chūnin (3968/5000) → Chūnin (5000/5000)]
[Strength: Special Jōnin (0/20000)]
[Affection Value: 1039]
As they talked, for some reason Naruto and Sasuke naturally started bickering again. Watching them made Furina's headache worse, so she quickly added some points to calm her mood a bit.
Mm, when in doubt, just add points and be done with it.
"Hm!" After traveling for a while, Furina suddenly stopped in her tracks, her eyes unconsciously widening. In her senses, something terrifying seemed to have appeared ahead.
"What's wrong, Furina?" Seeing her stop, the two following behind also halted, looking puzzled.
But before Furina could answer, a violent gale suddenly rushed in from ahead at extreme speed, sweeping away all the trees in its path. Facing this, Furina could only instinctively cross her arms to block, waiting for the wind to pass.
"Phew." After the gale ended, Furina instinctively scanned around and found that Naruto and Sasuke had long been blown who-knows-where. Only a massive python remained ahead, flicking its tongue while staring fixedly at her.
"Tch, it still came."
There was no need to think who the attacker was. A giant snake, an abnormally powerful Wind Release in this chūnin exam, only one person could do this: the very person Furina had just been worrying might appear.
Orochimaru.
"To use you against me... looks like I'm being underestimated."
After observing for a long time, Furina still couldn't find Orochimaru's figure. He had probably gone to find his "dad." But dad or not, with her own interference now, things might change. If something happened to Sasuke, it would be bad.
So she needed to hurry over. With her decision made, looking at the giant python staring at her ahead, Furina showed a smile on her face.
"Could you please move aside?"
...
"Damn it!"
After being knocked flying once again, Sasuke pulled several shuriken from his ninja pouch and threw them at tricky angles toward the slowly approaching Sound ninja, trying to hinder his advance.
"Hmph hmph hmph, the Uchiha's special throwing technique? Interesting."
Watching the shuriken flying toward him, the Sound ninja opposite spoke positively, but his actions were completely the opposite of his words.
He pulled out a kunai from somewhere unknown and casually blocked a couple times, deflecting all the incoming shuriken. Seeing his leisurely, strolling manner, Sasuke's pride took a huge blow.
"Damn it!"
Watching the Sound ninja gradually close in, though extremely unwilling, Sasuke still endured his body's exhaustion and retreated backward.
He had no idea how a place like Sound ninja Village which he had rarely even heard of before could have such a strong guy. And this level of strength couldn't possibly belong to a genin.
Though Sasuke had many question marks in his heart, his retreat speed didn't slow at all. From the earlier exchanges, he had realized he was absolutely no match for the opponent alone. Only by finding Furina and teaming up with her would there be a chance of winning.
But the Sound ninja clearly had no intention of letting him go. Seeing him try to escape, he immediately chased after him at a speed far surpassing Sasuke's. In just a few seconds, the Sound ninja blocked his path again.
Looking at the Sound ninja who only blocked him but didn't attack, Sasuke knew the other had been toying with him from the start. Though this cat-and-mouse feeling made him very unhappy, it was fine this way at least he could buy time until Furina and the others came to support him.
"Hmph hmph, if this is all you've got, then it's over here."
The Sound ninja seemed to read Sasuke's thoughts, shattering his slight glimmer of hope just as it rose.
Watching the Sound ninja lick his lips and continue approaching, Sasuke's heart couldn't help but feel some despair. The other seemed to have some kind of magic; with each step closer, endless pressure appeared, pressing on him until he could barely breathe.
"No, I haven't killed that man for revenge yet. How could it end here!"
Just as Sasuke was about to drown in endless pressure, perhaps due to unwillingness or something else, his eyes suddenly turned crimson, with two magatama slowly rotating inside extremely bewitching.
"Hm? Eyes like that person's?" Seeing Sasuke's change, the Sound ninja Orochimaru stopped his steps and began observing with interest. After all, this was an important target on this trip; he had to look carefully.
"But there's still a huge gap compared to him." After watching for a while and seeing no further change in Sasuke, Orochimaru shook his head in some disappointment. Two-tomoe or even three-tomoe meant nothing to him. He had encountered eyes of this level countless times before.
"Damn it, why."
Even with the Sharingan activated, Orochimaru opposite just stood casually, yet under Sasuke's full observation, the other still showed no flaws whatsoever as if their strength wasn't even on the same level.
"Time to end this."
As Orochimaru approached again and Sasuke prepared to make a desperate last stand, a straight pillar of water suddenly shot toward Orochimaru from afar. Sensing the danger, Orochimaru gave up on attacking and instead explosively retreated, dodging the sudden assault.
And facts proved his choice was correct. The water pillar sliced like a sharp blade; the spot he had just stood was instantly torn apart, leaving it in ruins. Seeing this, Orochimaru in the distance couldn't help but feel a chill inwardly.
This power if hit directly, even with his modified body, it probably wouldn't feel good.
Besides the surprise, Orochimaru began observing the newly appeared figure opposite. Of course he knew who it was he had looked into Sasuke's teammates too. But the intel Kabuto provided hadn't mentioned she was this strong.
"Furina"