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The second test battle ended as scheduled.

The opponents of Team 7 were Might Guy, Shiranui Genma, and Ebisu.

Although Obito was almost late again and was kicked by Guy due to a candy stuck in his throat during the fight, he managed to advance thanks to Team 7's victory.

As an opponent, Guy also advanced because of his extraordinary performance.

This was mainly because the main strength of Team 7 was Kakashi, who had already become a Chunin. It wouldn't be fair if the three lost their Chunin qualification because Kakashi defeated them.

The third test was an individual competition, which took place at the training ground in the central tower of the Forest of Death.

It was scheduled for a month later, leaving enough time for the candidates to rest and prepare.

Rarely did Shintaro not have to undertake any missions this month. Shintaro and Kurenai trained together every day, mainly with Shintaro helping Kurenai improve her combat skills.

This month, Obito had become the hardest worker in the entire Uchiha Clan training ground.

Whenever Shintaro and Kurenai returned to their base from training, they could see Obito diligently practicing basic shuriken skills and taijutsu at the training ground.

When Shintaro asked, he found out that Obito was defeated by Guy's move and was working hard to redeem his embarrassment.

Come to think of it, Guy was the last in ninja school, and Obito was also the second last.

Currently, Guy's strength could instantly defeat Obito. Though there was a reason for carelessness, it was not easily accepted psychologically.

A month passed quickly, and Obito was confident and ready to depart.

Shintaro happened to pass by, so the two of them headed to Konoha's training ground No. 44.

On the way, Shintaro and Obito separated, one went to find Kurenai and Asuma, and the other went to find Rin and Kakashi.

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In the middle of the Forest of Death stood a tall tower.

Inside the tower, the Third Hokage and several Jonin examiners were waiting for the candidates to arrive.

"These students are the future of Konoha. These new leaves will allow the Will of Fire to flourish again."

Hiruzen skillfully explained his theory of the Will of Fire.

The Jonin around him all agreed.

This theory was very popular in Konoha, but Shintaro did not like it. The reason might be that he had developed a mature and independent way of thinking since he was a child. This way of thinking was not cultivated in the environment called the Will of Fire.

He and the other candidates arrived at the training ground.

Hiruzen then began speaking at length to the candidates, delivering an inspiring speech.

Shintaro pretended to be serious in front of the audience, but in fact, he was busy observing the examination room environment with Six Eyes.

Although the examination room was an indoor exam room, it was very spacious.

Regardless of length, width, or height, it could fully accommodate ninja fights.

In front of the examination room was a large sealing statue symbolizing that this was a ninja training ground.

Hiruzen finished his speech.

Everyone present then completed the first-round draw.

This individual battle was an elimination promotion system, and the final ranking and performance determined whether to advance to Chunin.

The first match turned out to be Shintaro, and his opponent was Shiranui Genma from Guy's team.

Genma's grades at Ninja School were also among the top.

Although not as good as Shintaro and Kakashi, and inferior to Asuma and Kurenai, he was still one of the top in the class.

His grades were similar to Anko and Hayate, and he was also among the top ten in the class.

Genma wore a blue headscarf and a gray-black coat. His brown hair was loose, and he had a lazy temperament. He also held a thin Ninja Senbon like a toothpick in his mouth.

"What bad luck. Looks like I'll end up here."

Genma slumped, seeing the same dead fish-eyed style as Kakashi, already feeling desperate.

Hiruzen and the other examiners went to the observation platform on the second floor, and the other candidates also went up to the second floor to wait for the exam.

Shikaku became the examiner.

He announced that the game would start soon, and Genma would surrender.

As a result, Guy shouted on stage: "Shiranui! Be spirited! For our youth!!!"

Such words made Genma's half-raised hand freeze, and he could only scratch his head to relieve his embarrassment.

"No way, just lose."

He then planned to struggle.

Shintaro used Six Eyes to assess that Genma's strength was comparable to Anko.

However, Anko was Orochimaru's student, and Genma did not have such a good teacher. Therefore, he could be considered talented.

Shintaro felt that he should let his guard down in this battle and give the other party room to show off.

After all, a large group of people, including Hokage and Minato, were watching from above. This not only gave Genma a chance to show off but also built Shintaro's character to be kind to others.

"Begin the battle."

With Shikaku's command, the third individual battle in the Chunin Exam officially began.

Genma changed his lazy demeanor, holding a kunai and immediately distanced himself from Shintaro.

The two were at a stalemate for a long time, and Shintaro did not move, so Genma chose to take action.

He suddenly spat thousands of needles from his mouth and attacked Shintaro at lightning speed.

This was not over; Genma quickly formed a seal with his hands, and the thousands of needles immediately multiplied.

At a glance, Shintaro could tell that this move was made using the shadow clone principle.

Although he did not use Infinity, he did not need to avoid such a move, but Shintaro still dodged it.

He stepped back a few steps, formed a seal with his hands, and used a powerful fireball technique to block the thousands of needles.

The burning needles fell to the ground one by one, and the fireball continued to attack Genma, but its flying speed was not very fast.

Genma easily dodged to the side, confused in his heart.

He was very aware that Shintaro was letting him off.

"Whatever your purpose, thank you very much."

He dodged to one side and rushed forward with the kunai in his hand.

Shintaro took out his ninja tool bag and threw his secret weapon shuriken.

Genma knocked them down one by one, but there were thin strings tied to the shuriken, and they were pulled back.

He had no choice but to stop advancing, turn with the kunai in his hand, and dodge and block in place, and then he was able to deal with this wave of attacks.

This time, Shintaro shot another kunai toward his back.

Genma used [Kawarimi no Jutsu] to escape.

After this confrontation, Genma was already out of breath, but Shintaro was very relaxed.

Genma admired his strength more and more in his heart.

Shintaro controlled his strength to the limit that he could handle. This not only showed that Shintaro's strength was unpredictable but also that he had very strong judgment.

If the kunai moved faster, Genma would be in trouble.

He formed a seal and made a clone.

This was not an ordinary clone technique, but [Kage Bunshin no Jutsu].

Genma and the shadow clone rushed forward again with kunai in hand.

Shintaro jumped into the air and used a move called [Hōsenka no Jutsu].

The kunai fire attack was superb, Genma showed extremely dexterous reflexes, and moved back and forth between them along with the shadow clone.

The shadow clone crouched on the ground, and Genma stepped on the shadow clone's shoulder and cooperated to lift the main body into the air.

The two had a brief skirmish in the air.

In the end, Shintaro fell and Genma was expelled.

However, the two formed seals at the same time even before they landed.

"[Katon: Ryūka no Jutsu]"

"[Katon: Karyū Endan]"

These two ninjutsu sound very similar, but one is a B-level ninjutsu and the other is a C-level ninjutsu. There is a big difference.

[Ryūka no Jutsu] gathers a large amount of chakra and compresses it into a fire dragon and releases it, while [Karyū Endan] only releases high-speed flames that attack the enemy in a straight line.

The two collided and burned.

[Karyū Endan] directly penetrated [Ryūka no Jutsu] and headed towards Genma.

Fortunately, he landed in time and avoided the high-temperature fire dragon above his head.

However, at this moment, Shintaro rushed out of the fire, holding [Rasengan] in his hand and killing Genma's shadow clone with one move.

Genma saw this and rushed forward to fight.

As a result, after the fire dissipated, another Shintaro appeared on the field. It turned out that the previous one was actually a shadow clone.

Shintaro and the shadow clone attacked from the front and back, and Genma was quickly defeated.