"Judging from your skills, you don't seem to be just genin," Kuro said slowly. "I'm afraid you have other purposes for coming to the Chūnin Exams?"
"Hmph, that's none of your concern," One of the Konoha ninjas said coldly. "Now hand over the scroll in your hand, and get out of the Forest of Death! Then you can live."
"What big words," Hōzuki Mangetsu took a step forward, replying coldly.
"Be careful, they are all elite chūnin," Kuro said.
"You guys, you actually saw through our strength!" The eyes of the three Konoha ninjas were filled with shock.
They were Anbu ninjas, specially selected by Kakashi under the orders of the Third Hokage to disguise themselves as genin examinees!
"There's no way around it, because your disguise is really too poor," Kuro said with a smile, and then looked at Hōzuki Mangetsu, "You have that sword, dealing with one shouldn't be a problem. Leave the other two to me."
"Yes!" Hōzuki Mangetsu said with a smile, taking out his two swords from behind.
"Since the opponents are elite chūnin, I should also show some strength..."
Hōzuki Mangetsu snorted coldly, and the cloth strips wrapped around the two swords began to slowly loosen.
"Bastard, th-that sword is..." The Konoha ninjas were also unspeakably surprised after seeing the true face of this sword.
"Congratulations, this Chūnin Exams is the first time it's been unsealed," Hōzuki Mangetsu's devilish voice rang out.
"Very well, let's do it, don't make too much noise..." Kuro said faintly.
A gust of wind whistled, swirling and blowing towards the sky above the Forest of Death. Yamanaka Inoichi outside the Forest of Death looked at this dark forest like a statue.
For some reason, a bad premonition rose in his heart.
Just a few minutes later, the battle between the Konoha chūnin and the Hidden Mist Village genin had ended.
Hōzuki Mangetsu was still standing well, and the two swords in his hand had been wrapped in cloth strips again and placed on his back.
The elite Konoha chūnin who fought him had a miserable look in his eyes.
He lay straight in a deep pit on the ground, and his entire body had collapsed, as if he had been struck by a huge force, like a flat human skin, lonely soak in blood.
On the other side, the two Konoha ninjas facing Kuro were standing with blank eyes, seemingly trapped in genjutsu.
At this point, the elite chūnin sent by the Third Hokage to suppress the genin of other countries were actually completely destroyed in the first battle, either dead or crippled!
"Why did you leave these two alive? Just kill them," Hōzuki Mangetsu walked to Kuro's side and asked.
"Who instructed you to come to the Chūnin Exams?" Kuro ignored Hōzuki Mangetsu. Instead, he asked the two Konoha ninjas.
"The Third Hokage-dono..." The Konoha ninjas in the genjutsu quickly confessed.
"Ha, that old man Sarutobi seems to be quite concerned about face. Did he deliberately send some more powerful ninjas to suppress the genin of other countries?"
A smile appeared on the corner of Kuro's mouth. "But for the sake of your face, you're going to lose your three capable Anbu members."
"Hmph, the people of Konoha are indeed a bunch of hypocritical guys. Let me do it and kill them," Hōzuki Mangetsu said from the side.
Kuro frowned and thought for a while before continuing, "No, let's use these remaining two ninjas in other places. It's a waste not to use such puppets. I happen to have someone I care about, so let's take them to deal with him."
"Everything is up to you," Hōzuki Mangetsu nodded.
On the other side, Kaoru was still walking alone. He already had two scrolls in his arms.
Just now, another group of Grass Ninja who didn't know whether to live or die came to find trouble with him, and Kaoru had to take their scrolls as well.
At this time, he was already far away from the entrance and had come to the hinterland of the Forest of Death.
He had already gone deep into it, and the surroundings were so quiet that even a pin dropping on the ground could be heard.
"Buzz buzz buzz..." Suddenly, a subtle buzzing sound came into Kaoru's ears.
Kaoru immediately stopped.
"Sharingan!" He activated the Sharingan, carefully looking at the movements nearby.
Soon, he discovered that in the grass in front of him, there was a burst of chakra. This chakra was distributed little by little, looking scattered.
Kaoru was lost in thought for a moment. He walked forward again with a unchanged expression, getting closer and closer to that grass.
Kaoru discovered this situation when he was only a few tens of meters away from that grass.
"This chakra seems to be distributed on the bodies of insects," Kaoru analyzed inwardly. "Using insects to fight, from the Aburame Clan..."
Just as Kaoru was thinking, in another patch of grass, Torune Aburame concentrated and held his breath.
As a member of Root, hiding his aura was the most basic technique. He distributed his parasitic insects in different patches of grass, using them as bait to attract Kaoru.
Apart from him staying in this pile of grass, his other two companions had already ambushed on the two big trees behind Kaoru, surrounding Kaoru in a triangular shape.
Although it seemed to him that it wasn't necessary to be so serious for a genin, their group's boss didn't think so.
The boss of their three was that scarred ninja, Tanuki Shigaraki. As a special jōnin, he was extremely skilled in Dark Fire-type ninjutsu and was a confidant of Danzō.
Tanuki Shigaraki was quite conceited, but he was quite meticulous in his work.
Whether the target was a powerful ninja or a staggering old man, he would make sufficient preparations for it.
He regarded a perfect hunt as a glory, and regarded Danzō's praise as the most precious thing in the world.
After all, those who could become Danzō's confidants were more or less mentally abnormal.
"Come on, if you can't even dodge the first wave of sneak attacks, it would really be a waste of our time here..." Aburame Torune thought boredly.
"Patta!"
Suddenly, Kaoru stopped. At this time, he was still ten meters away from Aburame Torune's hiding place.
Tanuki Shigaraki, who was above the big tree, stared die to death at Kaoru's stopping figure, his expression unchanged.
"Was he discovered?" A trace of nervousness flashed in Aburame Torune's heart, but he immediately denied his guess.
They had obtained enough intelligence. Although the Sharingan had insight ability, it wasn't very strong.
Apart from the parasitic insects that he deliberately let Kaoru see, he shouldn't be able to see anything else!
"Hmph, you're hiding quite well," At this time, a smile appeared on the corner of Kaoru's mouth. It was this smile that immediately made Aburame Torune's hair stand on end!
"He must have discovered me!" Aburame Torune's heart beat wildly. He violated Tanuki Shigaraki's words and suddenly stick out from the grass, wanting to take the initiative!
"As expected, he rolled out himself after scaring him," Kaoru smiled dense. His figure slowly twisted, turning into light smoke and disappearing!
"Aburame Torune, you bastard! Go!"
Tanuki Shigaraki cursed angrily, and called another Root ninja to jump down from the tree. His assassination plan had actually been ruined by this idiot!
At this time, Aburame Torune realized that he had been tricked by Kaoru, but seeing Kaoru's figure disappear, he didn't know what to do for a moment.
"Idiot! Behind you!" Tanuki Shigaraki roared.
Aburame Torune immediately woke up. He didn't bother to turn around, and stretched his hand behind him.
A large number of parasitic insects immediately sprayed out from his sleeves!
"Hmm?" Kaoru, who had come to Aburame Torune's back, frowned.
The hands that were originally going to attack Aburame Torune's neck had to change hand seals.
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