(My head hurts a little... I finally finished the last chapter today, and it hurts and makes me happy to see that the total number of clicks has exceeded 100,000...)
"My background is not as good as yours, but I can still defeat you."
Shikamaru's words were short and powerful, not as lengthy as Uzumaki Naruto in the original work, but when they fell into the ears of Hinata Neji, they seemed deafening.
After hearing Shikamaru's words, Hinata Neji felt the forehead protector slipping from his forehead. Although he already understood the result of the exam, he still couldn't help but softly said: "I abstain!"
The curse mark of the caged bird was extremely conspicuous on Hyuga Neji's forehead, and the light green mark against the white skin was very strange. At this time, Shikamaru had already pulled out the "Kage Show", and the restraints of the "Shadow Mimicry Shuriken" had been released.
, but Hyuga Neji still made no move, and just looked at Shikamaru with a complicated expression.
Shikamaru's tone was calm when he spoke, but his confidence and pride made him understand that even though he was from an ordinary background, his desire for self-improvement never stopped, and he always believed that he would eventually defeat those "gifted" opponents.
These words may just be Shikamaru, a ninja with an ordinary background, declaring to Hyuga Neji who has the limit of blood inheritance, but it has a different feeling in the ears of Hyuga Neji. He is the boy known as the number one genius of the Hyuga clan.
, he is self-taught in various techniques of soft boxing, and has extremely high talent for the ability to control the Byakugan. His reputation as a genius is praised by the villagers of Konoha, and his classmates always look at him with jealousy and envy.
Super ninjas also take him as a challenge target.
Except for an identity that always stuck in his throat, Hyuga Neci's boyhood was almost perfect. Unfortunately, the death of his father, Hyuga Hizashi, always reminded Hyuga Neci of this - he was a ninja who was separated from the Hyuga clan.
Destiny is just to protect the safety of the Zong family!
As a young and ignorant child, he didn't know what the "Caged Bird" spell meant. However, when Hinata Hizashi, who had always been extremely powerful in his eyes, was tortured by his uncle in front of his eyes just because of a thought,
Hinata Neji has gradually understood what he has lost - freedom.
If Hinata Neji is really mediocre in talent, but with such outstanding talent, he can only find out in despair that all this seems to have no meaning. He is still a member of the separate family, and Hinata is mediocre and incompetent than him.
However, just because of the time of his birth, his clan members were able to control him and become a clan member. This phenomenon made him feel like there was a poisonous snake in his heart, biting him all the time, causing him extreme pain.
"These eyes are my innate talent, and when you meet me, it is fate's mockery of you!"
Putting the word fate on his lips originally represented Hyuga Neji's inner helplessness and grief. What he said to Shikamaru, weren't they a satire on his own situation? With such talent and ability, he could only
Because of the time of his father's birth, he became an inferior branch of the family. This situation made even Hyuga Neji find it very ironic.
"Should I just accept my fate!?" Hinata Neji clenched his hands tightly, and his nails even dug deeply into the tender flesh of his palms. He looked at Shikamaru with a particularly deep look: "Just like this person, try.
Change!?"
"But what should I do!?" Hyuga Neji sighed. The curse seal of the caged bird and the differences between the Hyuga clan cannot be eliminated with hard work alone.
"I need help from others!"
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The preliminary examination finally ended with Moonlight Hayate announcing Shikamaru's victory. As for Akimichi Choji, he was extremely lucky to escape a competition and advanced directly from the preliminary competition.
For the remaining candidates in the field, several competitions - especially the last two - have benefited them a lot, and they have seen the strength of ninjas at the same level.
For several jounin, the battles between Shikamaru, Hyuga Neji, Rock Lee and Gaara and several genin also made them feel that their actions were worthwhile.
The Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, who had been paying attention to the competition in the control room, the proctor Mitarai Anko, and Morino Ihiki saw the moonlight Hayate announcing the end of the preliminary examination, and they also came to the examination room one by one from the control room and stood on the high platform.
Several candidates who passed the pre-selection stood in a row in the examination room under the instructions of Moonlight Hayate. In addition to Uchiha Sasuke who was recuperating in the hospital due to the curse seal, there were a total of eight candidates, six of whom
They are the genin of Konoha, including: Nara Shikamaru, Akimichi Choji, Yamanaka Ino, Tenten, Aburame Shino, Uzumaki Naruto; two Sunagakure Village ninjas: Gaara and Temari.
In Konoha, all members of the 10th genin squad led by Sarutobi Asma passed the preliminaries, while one member from each of the other Konoha jounin squads passed, which made them sigh with emotion at Sarutobi Asma's luck.
Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at the eight candidates standing in front of him with satisfaction, feeling excited. After all, the third round of the Chunin Exam was actually the highlight of the entire exam. The previous rounds were just elimination rounds. Only
This last step is the opportunity for each candidate to show off their abilities, and it is also the stage to reveal the strength of the Ninja Village. At this time, except for the two genin from Sunagakure Village, the other candidates are actually Konoha ninjas, which fully reveals
The future potential of Konoha Village can also be used to promote the strength of Konoha Village in the third exam.
Moonlight Hayate saw that Sarutobi Hiruzen seemed to be thinking about something and did not speak. He coughed slightly and stepped forward to remind him: "Hokage-sama, please announce the content of the third exam!"
Hearing Moonlight Hayate's reminder, Sarutobi Hiruzen gently held up the bamboo hat on his head, nodded with a smile, and said to the eight candidates who passed the preliminary selection: "I have said before that you all represent
There are genin-level ninjas with the best fighting power in every village in each country, so I hope you can show your strength to everyone - so the start time of this third exam will be set in one month!"
"This is to inform the daimyo and ninja leaders of various countries that the formal selection has begun and give them time to prepare." Seeing that several candidates, mainly Uzumaki Naruto, still had questions, Sarutobi Hiruzen explained aloud:
"This is also a time for you to prepare. Prepare through the information collected from other players in this exam."
"Compared to the preliminaries where you met the enemy immediately by luck without any information about the opponent's abilities, the preparation time for the third official trial is for you to work hard to increase your winning chips." Sarutobi Hiruzen chuckled.
, made a harmless joke: "Of course, you can also use this month to rest."
Several candidates, including Shikamaru, had no expression at all when they heard Sarutobi Hiruzen's cold joke, let alone a smile. The Chunin Examination was related to the future of several people, not to mention that the third official selection was to be held in full view of the public.
It would be too embarrassing if it failed miserably, but on the contrary, if it performed exceptionally well in the Chunin Exam, it would also be praised and spread by the big shots watching the game. In this case, who would be stupid enough to use it?