After a brief chat, Yuta and Naruto parted ways to head to the pre-arranged barbecue restaurant. When the meat was almost ready, Rikuto arrived with three Chunin Exams application forms and met up with the trio.
That evening, back home, Naruto excitedly shared his experiences from the Land of Waves. Stimulated by Yuta, Naruto had stubbornly insisted on taking the Land of Waves mission, which was labeled C-rank but was actually A-rank. He had grown a lot through this experience.
Over the next few days, in preparation for the upcoming Chunin Exams, Yuta and Naruto underwent high-intensity training together. On the third night, Yuta found an opportunity to toss the intelligence report onto the Hokage's office windowsill. As for how Hiruzen Sarutobi would handle the matter, that was not within Yuta's consideration.
On the sixth day, after lunch, Naruto and Yuta arrived outside the Ninja Academy to wait. Due to the relationship between Naruto and Yuta, Team 7 and Team 11 had a fairly good relationship. Once Sakura finally arrived, the six of them entered the Academy together.
"You brats should go home early. What right do you have to become Chunin like this?"
Two Ninja guarded the entrance to Classroom 301, preventing students from passing through, and loudly mocked them.
"Be that as it may, I still have to pass." Sasuke walked to the front with his hands in his pockets: "Quickly dispel this simple genjutsu barrier, or people from other Villages will think Konoha is only at this level. I need to go to the third floor."
"What is this guy saying?"
"Who knows…"
"He's talking about a genjutsu barrier."
Listening to the surrounding chatter, Sasuke turned his head to the dejected Sakura and said, "Sakura, you must have noticed it already, right? After all, your analytical ability and understanding of genjutsu are the best in our class."
Sakura stared blankly at Sasuke, then smiled as if a burden had been lifted, saying, "Of course! Because this is the second floor!"
"This kid really knows how to flirt." Yuta secretly gave Sasuke a thumbs-up in his heart.
"To be discovered, but that's not enough." The Ninja standing on the left suddenly attacked Sasuke. Seeing this, Sasuke also raised his leg to kick the unfamiliar Ninja.
Just as the two were about to collide and a big battle was about to erupt, a watermelon-haired Ninja in a green jumpsuit appeared between them with incredible speed, blocking the attack.
"This guy!" Sasuke quickly lowered his right leg and took a step back. The Ninja, who had seemed weak in taijutsu just now, had easily blocked his attack, and even the injuries on his body that had been there earlier had disappeared.
"This guy is strong." Sasuke looked at the mysterious Ninja with a solemn expression.
A Ninja from the Hyuga clan said unhappily, "Neji, didn't you say to try to hide our strength and lower others' attention?"
"Sorry, Neji, I have something very important to do." Rock Lee closed his eyes to psych himself up, then walked straight towards Sakura.
Seeing this, Tenten sighed helplessly, "Again?"
Walking in front of a bewildered Sakura, Rock Lee flashed his signature smile: "I am Rock Lee. You must be Sakura, right? Please go out with me. I will protect you until I die."
Sakura's face showed an expression of extreme shock: "Absolutely not! Your eyebrows are too thick."
Rock Lee lowered his head in disappointment: "Failed."
Watching Rock Lee's failed confession, Yuta walked over to Tenten: "By the way, how many times has this been?"
Tenten pulled out a small notebook from her waist pouch: "Lee's fifth failed confession this year."
"Yuta, if I meet you in a match, I will absolutely not lose." Neji said, unusually high in fighting spirit.
"Shouldn't your target be Uchiha Sasuke? After all, he's the genius Ninja under Kakashi Hatake, Teacher Guy's lifelong rival." Yuta pointed at Sasuke and said, "After all, you're both geniuses."
Neji said, "I really don't like you saying that. It sounds like you're mocking me."
"But it looks like you're getting along quite well with our main family's little princess?" Neji's eyes were full of hostility as he looked at Nao.
"Honestly, you're still so hostile towards the main family. But if I really meet you in a match, I won't hold back either." Yuta took a step away: "I'm leaving first."
Rock Lee did not secretly seek out Sasuke for a duel, unlike in the original world.
Until he defeated Yuta and Neji, Rock Lee had no interest in others.
Arriving in front of Classroom 301, Kakashi had been waiting at the door for a long time. After giving some encouragement to the three members of Team 7, Kakashi opened the door and let them into the exam room.
Seeing the number of students in the classroom, Sakura was a little scared: "These can't all be students taking the exam, can they?"
"Sasuke! I missed you so much." A pretty girl with yellow hair suddenly pounced on Sasuke: "Just thinking about seeing you soon, I was so excited I almost couldn't sleep last night."
Sakura angrily shouted at Ino, who was hugging Sasuke: "You fat pig, get off Sasuke right now!"
Ino looked up at Sakura and mocked, "Oh, isn't it Sakura? You're still as ugly as ever after a while."
"Ino Pig!"
"Ugly girl!"
"Ino Pig!"
"Forehead!"
"What? You're also participating in this troublesome exam, Yuta?" Shikamaru walked over and said impatiently. Next to Shikamaru, Akimichi Choji continuously stuffed potato chips into his mouth.
Hinata blushed and whispered, "Na… Naruto, hello."
Naruto said, "Oh, it's Hinata. You guys are also here for the exam?"
"What kind of talk is that? We've trained hard for this exam." Kiba walked over with a small dog on his head.
The twelve classmates gathered together, making noise unavoidable.
"Hey, you guys, it's better to be a little quieter. You're new, aren't you?" A gray-haired Ninja wearing a Konoha forehead protector said with a warning tone: "This isn't a tourist trip."
Ino said indignantly, "Who are you? Do we need you to lecture us?"
"I'm Yakushi Kabuto. More importantly, you should observe your surroundings first." Yakushi Kabuto pointed to the hostile Ninja from other countries around them: "Everyone is very nervous before the exam, so it's better to be quiet."
"Yakushi Kabuto, a crucial high-level chess piece in the Fourth Shinobi World War." Yuta squinted at Yakushi Kabuto, who was showing off his Ninja Info Cards to everyone. Who would have thought that this seemingly kind Ninja would one day summon an army of the dead to attack the entire Ninja World.
"Should I kill him in the second exam?" The Chakra in Yuta's body unconsciously accelerated its flow.
"Yuta? Yuta!"
Yuta suddenly snapped back to reality. Nao asked with concern, "What's wrong? Are you okay?"
"Nothing, I just suddenly thought of something." Yuta shook his head and smiled at Yakushi Kabuto, who was also looking over.
Forget it. Even if Yuta used the Nine-Tailed's power to forcibly kill Yakushi Kabuto, there would still be a Yakushi Kabuto Two or Yakushi Kabuto Three later.
"Now you understand the difficulty of the Chunin Exams, right? Everyone in this exam room is an elite Genin from various countries. If you don't have confidence, it's much better to withdraw early." Yakushi Kabuto continuously tried to undermine the confidence of the Chunin candidates.
Hearing Yakushi Kabuto's words, everyone fell silent. Hinata, who was a little weaker in confidence, had already begun to think about withdrawing.
Naruto trembled slightly. Sakura noticed her friend's abnormality and wanted to go comfort him, but before Sakura could do anything, Naruto looked up and shouted loudly at the many Ninja, "My name is Uzumaki Naruto! I will absolutely not lose to any of you, got it?!"
Shikamaru covered his forehead with his hand: "This reckless idiot."
Ino almost collapsed: "Why is he challenging everyone?"
Yuta and Sasuke smiled slightly. How could such a scene scare this hot-blooded idiot?
"I'm sorry, he's an idiot. Please don't mind him." Sakura quickly went forward and covered Naruto's mouth: "To challenge everyone before the exam, what exactly are you doing?!"
However, the many Ninja who came for the exam would not put down their hostility for this reason, especially since there were three Otogakure Ninja among them who already harbored ill will.
The Ninja wearing an Otogakure forehead protector stared coldly at the group: "Give them a lesson."
With that, the three moved quickly through the crowd, approaching the group. One of them suddenly appeared in front of Yuta and quickly threw a punch.
"Yuta!" Nao and Naruto shouted worriedly.
"Whoosh whoosh…"
Two golden chains extended from Yuta's back. One tightly bound the attacker, while the other blocked the other two Otogakure in front of the group.
"You…" A gentle smile appeared on Yuta's face: "In which country's Village are you being so presumptuous."