Chapter 26: The Despair of Masahiro and Miwa

"The spot is mine."

Just then, a person suddenly darted out from another direction, rushing towards the central tower, shouting excitedly.

"Not good, if he arrives early, then one of us will definitely be eliminated."

Masahiro naturally saw that person too, and noticed that there were already seven people standing in front of the central tower. They originally thought they would be the last three, but a strong contender suddenly appeared halfway.

Miwa's face also immediately turned much uglier. She knew that if one person was eliminated from their team, it would inevitably be her.

Kakashi's face also changed, and he was thinking about whether to make a move and intercept the other party.

"Don't worry."

At this moment, Satoru suddenly spoke to Masahiro.

"At least in this exam, I won't let anyone in our team fall behind."

Satoru quickly made hand signs, then slapped the ground, and a wall instantly rose up in front of that person. The person, who had been running at full speed, couldn't stop in time even when he saw the wall in front of him. He could only watch as he crashed into it.

"Earth Release, Earth Flow Wall."

At this moment, Satoru's voice slowly came out. Unlike Kakashi, Satoru's Earth Flow Wall didn't have a dog's head on it, but Satoru's own handsome avatar.

"Alright, it seems that we have successfully advanced to the next exam with a slight advantage."

The moment that person hit the Earth Flow Wall at full speed, he lost his ability to move. After all, a normal Genin is very fast when sprinting at full speed, and can stay awake, which is already very impressive.

"Very good, congratulations on completing the second exam."

At this moment, Orochimaru walked out from a shadow, clapping his hands and speaking to these Genin.

Then his gaze lingered on Kakashi and Satoru for a while.

Among the Genin who took the exam just now, many people encountered the giant python he summoned, but all of them failed. Only Kakashi defeated it.

And what attracted Orochimaru about Satoru was more about Satoru's special ability.

"The final exam will start in a week. Your guiding Jonin will tell you the location of the exam. Now, dismiss."

With Orochimaru's words falling, all the Genin walked away one after another.

And Orochimaru also walked up to Satoru at this time.

"Orochimaru-sama."

Seeing Orochimaru approaching, Masahiro and Miwa said excitedly. After all, Orochimaru is a legendary ninja to them.

But Satoru frowned.

"Hatake Satoru, I'm very interested in your ability. Are you interested in studying together?"

As he spoke, Orochimaru even stuck out his long tongue and licked his lips.

"Sorry, I'm not interested in studying my abilities with Orochimaru-sama."

Satoru directly refused without hesitation. Before he truly becomes invincible, Satoru decided to stay away from Orochimaru. In Naruto, the most dangerous and hardest to kill person, Satoru didn't want to get involved with him so soon.

"Is that so? That's really a pity."

Orochimaru's tone was somewhat regretful.

"I just don't know if your younger brother Kakashi also has the same strange ability as you."

Hearing this, Satoru, who was about to walk away, suddenly stopped.

"If you dare to touch Kakashi a slightest hair, I will definitely kill you, Orochimaru."

Satoru spoke directly, not afraid that others would hear this sentence.

And for some reason, when Orochimaru heard this sentence, he suddenly felt a shudder all over his body, as if he was about to face danger.

"How could I possibly harm my fellow villagers?"

However, Orochimaru quickly adjusted his state, smiled, and looked harmless.

"But Satoru-kun, you were really scary just now."

"Hmph."

Satoru didn't bother with him and turned around and left.

Masahiro and Miwa are also somewhat at a loss now, they bowed respectfully to Orochimaru, and closely followed Satoru's pace.

"He is really an interesting kid."

Orochimaru looked at Satoru's back, and the interest in his eyes was getting stronger and stronger.

"Satoru, how can you talk to Orochimaru-sama like that, he is the legendary Sannin."

After leaving Orochimaru, Masahiro immediately accused Satoru.

"You guys better stay away from Orochimaru in the future, he is a very dangerous person."

Satoru's face was serious, and he rarely showed a smile.

"I'm serious."

Then, Satoru added another sentence.

"Alright, then we'll listen to Satoru in the future and stay away from Orochimaru-sama."

Miwa spoke, but then she sighed deeply.

"What's wrong?"

Satoru and Masahiro both looked at Miwa with some confusion, not understanding why she suddenly sighed when she was fine just now.

"I just feel that the hope of being promoted to Chunin is a bit slim."

At this time, Miwa's eyes seemed to be without light.

"Why? We just passed the second exam, don't lose heart so quickly, okay?"

"I don't want to either, but there's no way. Not to mention Satoru and Kakashi, the remaining people are from the Hyuga family, and the rest are from the Nara family, Yamanaka family, Akimichi family, Inuzuka family, Yūgao family, I can't see any hope of victory at all."

Hearing Miwa's words, Masahiro's face also turned ugly instantly. He couldn't beat Satoru and Kakashi, and he didn't think he had any chance of winning against the other few people.

They were able to pass the second exam, it seems that all the credit goes to Satoru.

"What should I do, Satoru, I feel like I might not be able to pass this exam to become a Chunin."

In response to this, Satoru just shrugged his shoulders and showed a helpless expression.

The first two exams mainly tested teamwork, Satoru could still help them, but the last exam relied on their own combat power. On this point, Satoru had no way to help them.

Among the ten selected, besides the two of them, there is also one civilian. If the two of them are lucky enough to match up with that civilian, there might be a chance of winning.

But Satoru felt that their chances of matching up with the last civilian ninja were very slim. To save face for some families, the Third Hokage would definitely let those family ninjas fight with civilian ninjas and let the family ninjas win, so as not to lose face.

If Satoru's guess is correct, Masahiro, Miwa, and the last ninja who was extremely lucky to advance through the second exam will definitely not meet each other in the third exam.

They will definitely be paired with different family ninjas as opponents.

(End of this chapter)

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