Chapter 896 Gaara

Hiruzen put away the crystal ball after teaching Telescope Technique and jumped off the building to head home.

Kanpū, as great actor, intentionally gazed at Hiruzen's departing figure as if he could see through him. After he disappears, Kanpū's expression changes, revealing a sly smirk.

'Old fox, you didn't expect this, did you? My sensing ability has been greatly strengthened because of Tenseigan, you have miscalculated!'

Kanpū immediately jumped off and went to nearby Ninja Tool and grocery stores, searching one by one until he quickly found a crystal ball.

Then, using the Flying Raijin, Kanpū returned to his bedroom and began to use the Telescope Technique.

With Kanpū's talent, after more than an hour of effort, the crystal ball finally showed an image.

He saw Mei was sitting elegantly by a small dining table, eating sushi with small bites. Her full bosom pressed heavily against her kimono, creating a breathtaking ravine.

Kanpū's complexion changed drastically, 'Shouldn't the crystal ball showing Naruto? How could Mei appear?'

'I see, what Sandaime taught me was not a proper Telescope Technique at all! That old pervert!'

Kanpū was filled with righteous indignation, feeling a burning anger in his chest. He quickly swallowed some saliva to suppress the fire.

At this moment, Keiko's call for dinner come from the living room.

Kanpū looked at the time, and it was already six o'clock, 'No wonder my stomach was rumbling with hunger, and I was salivating again and again.'

After replenishing his nutrition in the living room, Kanpū returned to his bedroom, took out the crystal ball, and once again used the Telescope Technique.

This time, the crystal ball finally showed Naruto's figure.

Looking at it, Kanpū saw Naruto and two others running frantically in the dense forest, as if they were fleeing from some terrifying monster.

'Were you not fighting with Lee just now?'

Kanpū suddenly felt a pang of anxiety, 'Could it be Orochimaru?'

He resisted the urge to teleport over directly and continued to watch calmly.

As he watched, a thought suddenly flashed through Kanpū's mind, 'If Orochimaru is also in the Forest of Death, then… can I directly use Telescope Technique to directly spy on him?'

Speaking of which, Telescope Technique is very simple. First, the caster must understand the target's Chakra feature, and then, the target's location must be within the caster's sensing range. Once these two conditions are met, the caster can use the technique to project the target's image into the crystal ball.

Kanpū had been with Naruto for many years, so he naturally knew his Chakra features, and so is Mei. Kanpū had spent several years drinking with Mei, so it was hard not to be familiar with her.

'But Orochimaru's Chakra features…'

Kanpū tried it, but failed without suspense. There was no figure in the crystal ball.

He quickly changed the channel back to Naruto.

...

In the Forest of Death.

Naruto and his two companions were running through the dense foliage, looking disheveled, as if they were being chased by something terrifying.

Just now, when Naruto and Lee were about to decide the outcome, countless sands suddenly surged from the ground, sweeping everyone!

This turn of events stirred up a hornet's nest. Naruto's nearly one thousand shadow clones, Lee, as well as Sasuke, Karin, Neji, and Tenten immediately joined forces against the enemy, but strangely, after fighting for a long time, they saw sand but no sign of the enemy!

After half an hour of fierce battle, Naruto's shadow clones were beaten down by the sand, and his stamina finally gave out!

Helpless, Sasuke and Karin had no choice but carry Naruto and run wildly.

As for Lee, Neji and Tenten, they ran in the opposite direction.

"Karin, have they caught up?" Naruto gasped for breath, looking exhausted.

During his fight with Lee, Naruto had used thousands of shadow clones, depleting his Chakra greatly. He had intended to draw Chakra from the Eight Trigrams Seal within him as usual, but Kurama seemed to be deliberately against him. No matter how he tried to extract chakra, Kurama stubbornly clenched his buttocks, refusing to release any.

As a result, the amount of Chakra flowing out of the Eight Trigrams Seal have been greatly reduced, leaving Naruto with no choice but to refine his own Chakra honestly.

But at his age, Naruto preferred action over stillness. So after refining for a while, he couldn't stand the loneliness.

Karin sensed the surrounding, then shook her head and said, "They didn't catch up. They probably went to chase Rock Lee and the others."

"Great, we can finally take a break now." Naruto's legs went weak, and he lay on a tree branch without moving.

"Sorry, it's all my fault." Karin said apologetically.

When Lee and the others appeared before, Karui had secretly blamed herself. Then she had kept her senses open to prevent anyone from approaching them silently.

But when she saw that Naruto and Sasuke getting injured one after another, her attention was diverted. In addition, as she was healing her two companions, she forgot to focus on her sense, which gave the sand an opportunity to attack!

"Karin, we don't blame you." Naruto chuckled heartily.

"The sand just now should be Sunagakure's Ninjutsu, Karin, can you determine the identity of the other party?" Sasuke grimly changed the subject.

At this time, his expression is ugly. Before participating in the Chunin Exams, Sasuke thought the only one who could suppress him was Naruto, but now…

Sasuke recalled the earlier incident when Lee had knocked him unconscious with one kick. He knew Lee's strength is definitely not under him!

And more importantly, judging from Lee, Neji and Tenten's positions, he knew that Neji's position is above Lee!

In other words, Neji's strength surpassed Lee!

And then, there's also the mysterious Sunagakure's Shinobi who appeared last. Their strength is even more terrifying, able to control so much sand to attack all of them at once…

'The strength of that Sunagakure's Shinobi was definitely above that of a Genin, even above that of a Chunin!'

'Damn it!'

'Why there are so many experts in this exam!'

Sasuke gnashed his teeth.

At this moment, Karin said: "If I'm not wrong, the Sunagakure's Shinobi who attacked us should be the red-haired Shinobi carrying a gourd."

"It's Gaara!" Sasuke's eyes flashed with determination as he directly called out Gaara's name.

Before, when they were outside the Forest of Death, Sasuke had observed the Shinobi from other villages, and the only one who had made him so vigilant was Gaara!

Naruto looked puzzled: "Gaara? What a strange name, who is he?"

"He's the companion of the Sunagakure's Shinobi you argued with before." Karin said.

"That 14-year-old old man? Ah, I remember now!" Naruto jumped up excitedly. When he quarreled with Kankuro the previous two times, a red-haired Shinobi came out to stop him. He didn't pay attention to him, but unexpectedly, the other party was so terrifying!

However, Naruto is born with the power to refuse to admit defeat. The stronger the opponent, the more it ignited his fighting spirit!

Sasuke looked down at his right hand, then thought silently, 'If I can master that move, maybe I could cut through the sand…'

"Naruto, Sasuke, what should we do next? "Karin asked.

Although Gaara didn't pursue them, there were still six and a half days left until the end of the second stage. If they were unlucky enough to encounter him again, it would be a disaster.

"Let's take a rest for the night," Sasuke said, "When we've restored our strength, we'll hit the road again!"

Naruto didn't have the mood to argue with Sasuke now and nodded in agreement with his suggestion.

Seeing this, Karin breathed a sigh of relief, 'I can finally take a break.'

What the three of them didn't notice was that a discreet gaze was staring at them ominously.