Namiashi Raido's shock slowly subsided, and he looked at Akihara Kagura, twitching the corner of his mouth; this situation was too much...
"Is there anything else?"
Akihara Kagura looked at Namiashi Raido.
"Uh, indeed there is..."
Namiashi Raido looked at Akihara Kagura and continued: "Uchiha Sasuke and Dosu from the Hidden Sound Village haven't arrived at the examination hall. Xuanjian hopes I..."
"Eliminate them."
Akihara Kagura waved his hand.
Although Akihara Kagura knew what Uchiha Sasuke was doing, and why Kakashi Hatake hadn't appeared, today was too valuable to waste here.
"But..."
Yamashiro Aoba stood by Namiashi Raido's side, cautiously reporting: "Everyone was looking forward to them today..."
"The first match, winner, Naruto Uzumaki!"
Just as they were still reporting the situation, the winner of the first match quickly emerged; Naruto Uzumaki surprisingly defeated the genius Hyuga Neji!
"Pretty quick."
Akihara Kagura specifically took a look at the situation in the arena.
With the end of this match, the Wood Clone lifted the Four Red Sun Array, and the contestants for the second match stepped up; Chojuro from the Hidden Mist Village versus Aburame Shino from Konoha.
This match was much more exciting.
Despite Chojuro's impressive skills, and his Water Release Jutsu being quite refined, he still lost to Aburame Shino.
"Match three."
Shiranui Genma looked at the list in his hand and continued aloud: "The Hidden Sand Village, Temari, versus Konoha, Nara Shikamaru."
"Troublesome..."
Nara Shikamaru walked onto the examination hall with little enthusiasm.
Despite his apparent indifference, he put on an even more impressive performance in this match than the last, using the Shadow Possession Jutsu to deal with Temari, but suddenly raised his hand to signal his resignation.
"One match is enough, right?"
After Shikamaru raised his hand in resignation, he showed no concern for the result of the match: "Anyway, the third selection of the Chunin Exam also depends on the Genin's performance in the exam hall rather than the victory or loss. I feel this match's performance already guarantees my promotion to Chunin..."
After Shikamaru finished speaking, he intentionally glanced at Temari, casually saying: "Besides, I also gave you a chance, hoping you'll show Chunin-worthy performance in the next match..."
"..."
Temari stared at Nara Shikamaru, seemingly never having seen such a not-so-competitive boy; her forehead twitched.
This match...
She won, but also lost.
Because everyone in the arena discussed the defeated Nara Shikamaru, all the Jonin believed his performance was exceptionally brilliant, utilizing all factors to achieve victory, making him the most promising candidate for Chunin promotion.
"Winner, Temari."
After Shiranui Genma announced the winner, he glanced at Akihara Kagura on the spectator stand and continued: "Due to Uchiha Sasuke not arriving on time, Uchiha Sasuke is automatically deemed defeated, Gaara advances..."
"Similarly..."
Shiranui Genma continued announcing loudly: "Due to Dosu not arriving on time, Dosu is automatically deemed defeated, Karin advances..."
"Second round of matches begins."
Shiranui Genma solemnly announced the second-round matches for the exam, saying: "The first match of the second round, Gaara versus Karin."
Since Gaara and Karin hadn't participated in any match yet, they were conveniently placed in one bracket, so they simply started the exam against each other.
Karin and Gaara exchanged glances, the red-haired girl and red-haired boy simultaneously leaped down from the resting room onto the stage of the examination hall!
"Last time it was your good luck..."
Gaara clenched his fist, entirely unconcerned with his loss in the Forest of Death: "This time, there's definitely no such luck!"
Last time, that fool Shukaku was restrained by Karin!
This time, Gaara believes no matter what, he can't lose again because this time, he won't let Shukaku come out, only using Shukaku's Chakra to fight!
"My luck is bad, has always been bad."
Karin pushed her glasses and said in a low voice: "In this lifetime, I only had one lucky instance, and that good luck has been assisting me since this moment; that good fortune will always accompany me, you can't be my opponent..."
"You're kidding!"
Gaara fiercely swung his hand!
A stream of yellow sand flew out from his sand gourd on his back, sweeping toward Karin, intending to directly wrap her body!
Karin swung her fist directly to disperse the yellow sand, charging straight towards Gaara; Gaara hastily released a wall of yellow sand in front, but it was smashed by Karin, causing yellow sand to scatter all over!
As Karin's fist was about to hit Gaara, the yellow sand instantly turned into a thick sand sphere at his side, enveloping him!
"Truly a troublesome woman..."
Gaara hid within the sand sphere's defense, gritting his teeth and cursing; he could feel the sand sphere continuously shaking under Karin's fists!
"Kid, let me handle it!"
Shukaku kept clamoring inside Gaara.
"Last time you lost!"
Gaara firmly opposed Shukaku's emergence, questioning coldly: "Didn't you say last time this woman's gold chains restrained you?"
"That was because I wasn't prepared..."
Shukaku still hoped to redeem himself: "This time, I'll seal her first so she can't do anything!"