Waves of severe pain came from his chest, making Choci groan in pain. While breathing hard, his eyes were still staring straight ahead.

The red and white clothes were gently swaying in the wind, and his long black hair was also flying in the wind. Shikamaru's expression became slightly silent, and his steps began to retreat subconsciously.

His intuition told him that this miko girl was now more dangerous than before.

However, the miko girl did not pay attention to Shikamaru's vigilant movements, but turned her head and glanced at a certain location.

I saw a large amount of sand condensing in the air, turning into finger-sized sand balls, flying in densely like a heavy rain without any warning.

Bang bang bang!

Bang bang bang!

The hard sandstone was completely destroyed by finger-sized sand balls, and a large number of sandstone fragments were blown everywhere and scattered all over the ground.

Countless craters appear on the sand, like honeycombs.

On the sand that had turned into a honeycomb, the figure of the girl in witch uniform had long since disappeared, leaving only a few traces of dark mist in place, which quickly disappeared in the wind.

"I...Gaara!?"

Temari realized something and turned to the side in surprise. Sure enough, she saw Gaara with an indifferent face, standing there with his hands folded on his chest, his eyes coldly staring at the girl in the miko uniform who had disappeared and was tolerated by herself.

The sand was transformed into a honeycomb.

And it seemed that because the enemy was fleeing from his eyes, his expression became even colder.

Beside Gaara, Kankuro, who was dressed in black, also came over. When he saw Temari's completely disabled right hand, he couldn't help but gloat.

"I just came out to find some supplies for the night, but I didn't expect you to end up like this. If Gaara and I hadn't arrived in time, you would have been in trouble."

When Temari heard Kankuro's words, her good mood at being saved suddenly disappeared, but no matter how unhappy she was, she couldn't find an excuse to refute Kankuro.

Thinking of this, Temari felt even more depressed.

While Temari and Kankuro were communicating, Gaara's eyes turned away again, and he glanced coldly at Shikamaru and Choji, and slowly raised his hand, as if he was planning to take action.

Gaara's actions made Shikamaru and Choji feel like they were facing a powerful enemy, thinking that the other party was going to attack them.

"Wait, Gaara, they-"

When Temari saw Gaara's actions, her face changed slightly and she wanted to step forward to stop him.

Before Temari could finish speaking, a large amount of sand flowed upward from the sand, rose into the sky, and finally rushed into the huge gourd behind Gaara.

Gaara plugged the gourd and turned around without any hesitation.

"Let's go. Too much time is wasted here."

"Well……"

Temari stood there awkwardly, not knowing what to say for a moment, and then she realized that she had misunderstood.

Kankuro came over and patted Temari on the shoulder, then turned to look at Shikamaru and said with a smile: "Guys from Konoha, thank you so much this time. As a gift of thanks, please accept this."

With that said, Kankuro took out a scroll from his arms and threw it to Shikamaru without hesitation.

Shikamaru caught the scroll with some surprise. It was a celestial scroll, which was exactly the other half of the scroll they needed.

"Hmph, even if I don't need these guys to save me, I'll have no problem on my own."

Temari said irritably.

"Sister, you are hurt like this, so stop showing off here."

Kankuro glanced at Temari and said helplessly.

Temari took a deep breath and solemnly said to Shikamaru: "I will return this favor to you soon."

Shikamaru scratched his head and said, "Well, it's okay if you don't have to pay it back. After all, you also gave me a thank you gift, right?"

With that said, Shikamaru raised the scroll of heaven in his hand.

"You mean, my life is not as important as a scroll?"

Temari's eyes suddenly became dangerous, staring at Shikamaru unkindly.

"..."

What a troublesome woman. Cold sweat was streaming down Shikamaru's face.

This troublesome and carefree character is exactly the same as his mother at home.

Based on his experience with his mother over the years, he intuitively told her that this question could never be answered directly, and silence was the best solution.

Because whether this question is positive or negative, the woman in front of him may chatter endlessly in his ear.

Seeing Shikamaru acting like a coward, Temari felt even worse, but in the end she didn't say anything, she just cut her throat and left after Gaara.

"Don't worry, this guy will lose his temper like this occasionally. You also know that women will always be irritable a few days a month..."

Kankuro smiled.

But Shikamaru couldn't laugh at all, because had this guy revealed some terrible secret?

"Speaking of which, does it really matter if you give us the scroll? You know, if you want to pass the exam, the scroll is the key."

Shikamaru asked.

Kankuro replied: "It doesn't matter, it was just an extra scroll. So, farewell, Konoha guy."

After saying that, Kankuro turned and left, not intending to waste time here.

Watching Kankuro and others leave, Shikamaru glanced at the Heaven Scroll in his hand again, thinking that he was not so lucky this time, at least he got the Heaven Scroll that was urgently needed at the moment.

In other words, now their team only needs to go to the central control tower of the Demonic Desert and submit the scroll to the person in charge there. Then they can directly pass the second exam and get tickets to participate in the third exam.

"Speaking of which, Chouji, are you okay? I saw you vomiting blood just now."

Shikamaru remembered something and asked Choji.

Dingci shook his head and said: "Don't worry about me. You also know that I have rough skin and thick flesh. I just need to take a rest."

Shikamaru nodded and didn't ask any more questions. He knew that Choji was not a person who liked to show off his strength. Since the other party said it was fine, there was no need to worry too much.

"Then go back quickly. If you go back late, that Ino guy will get angry with her eldest lady again. I don't want to hear her nagging all day long."

Shikamaru said, finding it troublesome.

"Don't worry, Ino is a sentient ninja. Even if something happens to the two of us, she can protect herself."

Choji said.

The Yamanaka clan is not only good at the art of turning hearts, but is also a ninja clan that is rich in outstanding sentient ninjas.

As a ninja of the Yamanaka clan, Ino's talent is not weak, and he has also learned the perception ninjutsu passed down by the Yamanaka clan. Not only can he use his ninjutsu to sense the existence of others, but he can also use ninjutsu to eliminate his own chakra aura and prevent

Others sense their own chakra.

It can be said that as long as Ino does not take the initiative to reveal her existence, even if there are sensing ninjas among the enemies, it will be difficult for them to detect her existence.

"I hope so. Anyway, now that the scroll is in hand, then we can just go directly to the center of the desert to deliver the report. As for the action of eliminating the ninjas of the Demon Country, let the other Konoha teams do it."

Shikamaru was optimistic about this.

He didn't take this matter to heart at first. Although his father did give him hints before the exam that he could target the genin of the Demon Country appropriately, Shikamaru found this kind of thing very troublesome.

So he decided that if he could happen to meet him in the exam, he would just target him. If it didn't work out, or he was unlucky and didn't meet the genin team from the Kingdom of Demons, there was no need to search for them and waste time.

After all, there are sixteen genin teams in Konoha participating in the second exam. They can just let other teams do such troublesome things. There is no need for them to wade into such muddy waters.

Choji didn't object. Shikamaru was the captain, and he just had to follow Shikamaru's instructions.

"But having said that, let the other teams also pay attention. Tell them that if they encounter a genin from the Kingdom of Demon wearing a miko uniform, they should run away directly and don't have any desire to fight."

Thinking of the missing girl in miko uniform before, Shikamaru couldn't help but feel a shadow in his heart.

The battle just now, in Shikamaru's opinion, was too dangerous. If the guy named Gaara hadn't arrived in time and made the other party very fearful, maybe they would have been completely wiped out.

"The one in the miko uniform is not a genin in terms of strength. Her strength is at least a chunin. And the move she performed at the end actually broke free from the shackles of my shadow imitation technique. I hope I won't encounter her next.

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Shikamaru prayed silently, praying that he would not encounter that miko from the Kingdom of Demons with strange abilities.

Because being targeted by such a difficult enemy is an extremely terrifying thing no matter how you think about it.

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The sky was dark, the desert was swept by strong winds, and the sky was filled with wind and sand, making the visible field of vision very narrow.

The high temperature environment during the day was like an illusion, disappearing without a trace at this time. The cold air made the candidates who spent the night in the desert shiver involuntarily, making them very uncomfortable with the huge temperature difference between day and night.

There are endless complaints about the desert environment.

Inside a ruin, there are ruins and ruins everywhere, and the desolate doomsday scene makes people feel a sense of sadness brewing around them.

The bonfire was burning, and the firelight illuminated the surroundings, but due to the obstruction of the broken wall, the firelight did not shine out, but was restricted to a small environment.

There is a water storage tank in the corner of the broken wall, which contains a large amount of drinkable drinking water.

Sasuke, Naruto and Sakura sat down around the campfire.

"The problem of water and food has been almost solved. Just save a little, enough to cope with the next two days. Starting from tomorrow morning, we will actively hunt other groups and snatch the scrolls from them."
To be continued...