Konoha
Death Forest Tower.
"Hmm, you sure did a number on that girl."
Neji walked back to his place and was greeted by the familiar, annoying voice.
"Don't bother me!! What do you know about me? "
Neji, who was in a bad mood, couldn't stand the words of Gojo as he let out his frustration on him.
"Hehe, no one knows you better than I do, fate this, fate that, don't say words you can't back up..."
Gojo didn't care for the rude attitude of Neji, as he was already used to it, and told Neji the facts in a causal tone.
"You!"
Hearing his words, the anger on Neji's face increased, but no matter how much he wanted to refute, he couldn't come up with anything.
"Next match: Haruno Sakura vs Yamanaka Ino"
Hayate announced the start of the next match soon after Hinata was taken care of by the medical staff.
"Satoru-Kun, just wait for me. I'll be back in a minute after dealing with the wide forehead."
Ino, who seemed to have become the shadow of Gojo, said after seeing her name appear on the screen.
"Sigh, this girl sure is persistent."
sighed Gojo, as it was not like he hadn't been courted by girls in his previous life, but due to his arrogant behavior and carefree attitude, no one stayed with him much longer.
And those who did stay, did so only because of his power. He didn't know which category to grade her in.
"It'll be fine, just try your best."
But he didn't think much as he believed it was only a matter of time before she would stop following him, so he casually cheered her up.
"Hehe"
Hearing his words, Ino smirked as she felt power filling her whole body, as if she could defeat anyone.
"Come out, Wide Forehead, I'll pulverize you..."
Arriving at the arena, Ino shouted, looking at Sakura, who was still standing in the stands, provoking her.
"Ino pig, don't act all high and mighty."
Sakura was the last person Sakura wanted to lose, so without any fear, she descended to the bottom, ready to beat Ino.
"Please start the match..."
Hayate began the match as the hair-pulling fight between the two girls began.
*BANG!!*
The fight made Gojo nearly sleep before the punch of Sakura on the face of Ino caused him to focus on the battle.
"You always focus on your hair and looks to impress Sasuke-Kun. You aren't the type of Sasuke Kun, Ino pig. "
Seeing Ino getting up, Sakura said to Ino that she wanted her to stay away from Sasuke.
Swish.
"Billboard Brows: Don't compare me with yourself. I have someone now with whom I can go to any length"
said Ino as she took out a Kunai from the Ninja Holster tied on her left thigh, and after giving Gojo a shy look, she waved her Kunai towards her head.
The long blonde hair of Ino flew upside down as Ino didn't have a trace of regret on her face as she smiled and a special feeling seemed to fill her heart.
"Hehe"
Everyone was shocked by her actions, though Gojo, who watched this, smirked a little, though the blindfold made it impossible to guess what he had in his eyes.
The new feeling that sprouted in her heart seemed to give Ino infinite power as the fight entered its climax, and Ino even used her Mind Transfer Jutsu, which Sakura countered after struggling for a while.
*BANG!!! *
The punches of both parties connected each other's faces as they flew upside down, their headbands falling down but Ino was able to stand up after hitting the wall but Sakura fainted.
"Winner, Ino Yamanaka."
"Hehe~ I did it"
Hayate announced the end of the fight as Ino looking at Gojo smirked before passing out as both Asuma and Kakashi carried the fainted Ino and Sakura.
Both of them placed the girls by the wall as the fight took out all they had from them.
With both Ino and Sakura passed out, the matches continued as Gojo saw Shikamaru using his brain to win, impressing him as this guy was really intelligent.
Finally, the last match ended with Gaara absentmindedly defeating his opponent as Sarutobi took the stage again.
"Twelve contestants qualified for the last exam that will be held a month later have been finalized. Now before you go back, you need to know about your opponent a month later."
Sarutobi once again spoke for a long time, as Ino and Sakura also woke up during this time, and their relationship seemed to have improved a lot.
"Gojo vs. Dosu"
Gojo's opponent was a shinobi from Sound Village whose half face was covered with bandages.
"boring"
Gojo looked at his opponent and said, without lowering his voice, that he looked nothing special to him.
The sound of Shinobi's having a trace of anger in his eyes was looked down upon, and a plan was formed in his mind as he couldn't wait for another whole month to get revenge.