Chapter 190: The Start of the Third Round Exam.
A month's time passed in a flash, and the third round of the Chunin exam officially arrived. Even the Third Hokage made a long-awaited appearance in a formal public setting. It was said that this was proposed by the Kazekage, after all, as a major event, it was quite normal for the Third Hokage to appear.
The surrounding stands were already filled with spectators and people maintaining order. On the main stand, Minato sat in the middle, the Third Hokage sat on Minato's right, and the Kazekage sat on Minato's left.
The first to appear naturally was the Hokage's son, Uzumaki Naruto, who was fighting against the genius of the Hyuga clan, Hyuga Neji. Perhaps due to the second round of the exam, Naruto had a lot of opinions about Hyuga Neji. At the same time, Hyuga Neji, because of Naruto's identity, thought that Naruto knew nothing and interfered in other people's affairs, which made him feel very upset.
"Who does Hokage-sama think will be the winner of this battle?"
The Kazekage asked Minato in a charming voice.
"It is said that the blond ninja is Hokage-sama's child."
"That's right, out of sentiment, I still hope that my son can win, but out of rationality, Hyuga Neji's chances of winning are higher, after all, he has accumulated more than a year of ninja experience. In the battle, Naruto may fall into a disadvantage."
Although he didn't know why, the Kazekage's voice made him feel very uncomfortable, but he still spoke out his analysis.
"It seems that Hokage-sama doesn't think highly of his own son?"
The Kazekage chuckled and said.
"No, Naruto's talent is very good, but the time given to him is too short. If Naruto is given another year, I believe that Naruto also has the strength to defeat the opponent."
"Is that so? But I do think highly of the strength of the Hokage's son. Maybe the result of this battle is the victory of the Hokage's son."
"Thank you for your high regard, Kazekage. If possible, I also hope that Naruto can win."
The battle started quickly, perhaps because Naruto's education from a young age was not bad, so there was not the one-sided crushing situation in the original.
Using multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu, Naruto seriously tangled with Hyuga Neji in Taijutsu for a long time.
"Naruto, come on, Naruto, must win, Naruto, you can do it."
In the audience, Kushina was also there, cheering for Naruto.
Many of the participating ninjas also hope that Naruto can win. After all, Naruto is a student of the same class as these little strong ones, and Hyuga Neji is one class older than them.
And Neji also injured Hinata, causing many of them to have a lot of resentment towards Neji.
Although here, Hyuga Hizashi did not die because of those things, so Neji also had a beautiful childhood, but when he was branded with the seal of the bird in the cage, his inner thoughts became twisted.
Especially when he learned that the people of the branch family need to die for the people of the main family without any reason, and the people of the main family control the lives of the people of the branch family, Hyuga Neji's psychology has completely twisted.
Although his father, Hyuga Hizashi, also discovered Neji's changes and brainwashed Neji several times, it was useless. Neji has his own ideas. Although he was not as mature as Itachi when he was young, when hatred for a person is nurtured in his heart, it is not so easy to eliminate.
And Neji has seen several times that the people of the branch family are being bullied by the main family without any scruples, and the people of the branch family have no room to fight back, his inner dark side has become deeper and deeper.
So it led to, in the last exam, Neji severely injured Hinata.
Although Neji was severely taught by Hizashi after that battle, it was of no use. This only made Neji's hatred for the main family grow more and more.
In the early stage of the battle, Naruto, using the advantage of the number of shadow clones, was indeed in the upper hand in the battle with Neji.
But as Hyuga Neji performed various Ninjutsu of the Hyuga family, including the almost invincible Ninjutsu of absolute defense, Naruto's advantage gradually disappeared.
In addition, Neji's Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms successfully sealed the acupoints in Naruto's body, making Naruto unable to freely circulate chakra.
"It seems that the result of this battle has been determined."
On the stand, Minato sighed, and at the same time, he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed in his heart. After all, when he was twelve years old, he was not so weak.
Even Minato thought so, and Hyuga Neji naturally thought the same.
"It's over, Naruto is going to lose."
Sakura looked at Naruto worriedly. Although she usually didn't like Naruto, it was because Sasuke was in the team. But now that Naruto is fighting an outsider, Sakura naturally sides with her own people.
"That's not necessarily true."
At this time, a rather frivolous voice sounded in Sakura's ears. Sakura turned her head and saw a white-haired man in sunglasses.
"Are you Kakashi's older brother?"
Although Hatake Satoru's outfit has changed a bit at this time, everything else has not changed at all.
"Yes."
Satoru responded softly.
"But Naruto's acupoints have been sealed, and he can no longer circulate chakra. How can Naruto win?"
Sakura was full of doubts at this time. Since the Land of Waves mission ended, Sakura has been curious about Kakashi's older brother, and she has investigated the content that can be found. It's really not surprising that she didn't check it out, but she was shocked when she checked it out.
So after knowing that Hatake Satoru was extraordinary, Sakura more or less believed what he said, but now, she really couldn't see where Naruto's chances of winning were.
"That blond kid, his trump card is much more terrifying than you think."
Hatake Satoru's mouth corner slightly smiled, through Rikugan, he had observed that Naruto's body had emerged red chakra, which was the chakra of the Nine Tails.
Under the impact of the violent and evil chakra of the Nine Tails, those sealed acupoints have been forcibly opened.
Red chakra has emerged outside the body.
Seeing this scene, Minato immediately prepared to take action. As long as the Nine Tails in Naruto's body appeared to be running wild, Minato would immediately take action to stop the Nine Tails.
Fortunately, the scene of the rampage did not appear, but just borrowing the chakra of the Nine Tails, Neji was no longer Naruto's opponent.
"As expected of the Hokage, he is willing to let his son become Jinchuriki."
The Kazekage suddenly said a sarcasm weird tone.
"Same here, Kazekage, I heard that you did the same."
Only the Third Hokage sat aside, silent, listening to the conversation between the two kage, he even wanted to laugh a little, but that Kazekage really made the Third Hokage feel a strange feeling.
(End of Chapter)
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