"It's Naruto Uzumaki!" Kabuto Yakushi hid nearby and peeked, thinking to himself, "Why is Naruto here? Where is Sasuke? They should be together."
In the arena, Gaara was approaching slowly, with killing intent all over his body, which made Shino Aburame, Kiba Inuzuka, and Hinata very nervous.
Gaara's teammate, Temari, quickly persuaded them, "If you have the Heaven Scroll, hand it over quickly. I'll let you go."
"No." Gaara said with a straight face, "All of you must die!" It seemed that Gaara didn't accept Temari's suggestion.
"It seems I have to step in." Kabuto Yakushi thought, "I have to gain Naruto's trust to find Sasuke."
"Want the Heaven Scroll?" Naruto held a wire in his hand and said, "Then come and have a try."
Gaara noticed the wire in Naruto's hand. His eyes wandered around and finally found that the wire in Naruto's hand was actually connected to the Earth Scroll.
"What! Could it be that Naruto is trying to..." Kabuto Yakushi, who was hiding in the bushes, showed a shocked expression on his face.
"What do you want to do?" Gaara saw the Earth Scroll only a few steps away from him, and the wire in Naruto's hand was connected to it. It seemed that as long as Naruto pulled the wire, the Earth Scroll would unfold.
"That's it!" Kanpo remembered that the Earth Scroll belonged to a Genin from Taki Ninja Village. After Gaara killed them all, Kanpo found this Earth Scroll in the blood - stained sand pile.
But Gaara's team already had the Earth Scroll and they only lacked the Heaven Scroll. So Kanpo just threw the Earth Scroll away casually, just like throwing away trash.
"It seems Naruto has won." Kabuto Yakushi, who was hiding in the bushes, analyzed, "The Heaven Scroll and Earth Scroll distributed by the Konoha instructors to everyone are actually scrolls filled with [Hypnotic Genjutsu]. Once the scroll is opened, the Genjutsu will make everyone present fall into a coma until the end of the exam."
"But how does Naruto know? He's taking part in the Chunin Exams for the first time. He shouldn't have known this."
At this time, Gaara was full of doubts. It was his first time taking part in the Chunin Exams and he had no idea what would happen after the Earth Scroll was opened. But seeing Naruto so confident, he really didn't dare to act rashly.
"Humph, just bluffing." Gaara said indifferently, "You think you can survive with just one scroll."
"Come and have a try if you dare." Naruto threatened, "As long as I pull the wire, the Earth Scroll will unfold. You're the closest to the Earth Scroll. You'll be blown to pieces then."
"..." Kabuto Yakushi, who was hiding in the bushes, showed a smile. Hearing what Naruto said, he found that Naruto didn't know the content of the Earth Scroll, but Naruto was good at using the unknown factor to intimidate his opponent.
"Naruto is quite good. He doesn't know what's written on the Earth Scroll, and he knows the other side doesn't either. So he uses this to intimidate the opponent." Kabuto Yakushi said with a smile, "It seems I need to update my information about Naruto. I always thought Naruto was a reckless person before. Unexpectedly, he's quite scheming."
At this moment, Naruto secretly glanced at the place where Kabuto Yakushi was hiding. Naruto had long known that Kabuto Yakushi was nearby and had been secretly observing them.
Naruto thought to himself, "The Heaven Scroll and Earth Scroll distributed by Anko to everyone actually contain the [Genjutsu] of [Hypnosis]. Once opened, one will fall into a [Coma]. But I can't say it out, or Kabuto Yakushi will suspect me."
Naruto was secretly competing with Kabuto Yakushi. Unaware of this, Gaara, Temari, and Kanpo changed their expressions.
Kanpo quickly shouted, "How do you know that the Earth Scroll will explode when unfurled? You must be talking nonsense!"
"As I've said before, this is Konoha, and I'm the future [Hokage] of Konoha. There's nothing about Konoha that I don't know," Naruto continued. "Going against me on Konoha's ground, you're really unwise. If you turn around and leave, I can forgive you."
At this moment, Hinata thought, "Ha - Naruto-kun is really powerful."
Kiba Inuzuka broke into a cold sweat and whispered, "Naruto, it's okay to say such things at the [Ninja Academy], but in this situation, how could you scare them off?"
"Explode?" Gaara said confidently, "Even if the Earth Scroll really explodes, so what!"
Actually, there is some special sand in the huge gourd on Gaara's back. This sand is not controlled by Gaara's will. When Gaara is in danger, this sand will automatically protect him, which could be called [Absolute Defense].
Just as Gaara is about to make a move, Kanpo shouts, "Gaara! Stop!"
Kanpo had noticed something strange. These Heaven Scroll and Earth Scroll were distributed by the Konoha examiners. Randomly opening the scrolls will definitely result in punishment, but what would the punishment be? Could it really just be an ordinary explosion? An ordinary explosion can't even harm a hair on Gaara.
"Let's leave," Kanpo said. "Gaara, Temari, let's go."
Gaara got angry and said viciously, "Who do you think you are? How dare you order me. If you dare to stop me, I'll kill you too."
"Tsk," Kanpo was extremely dissatisfied and thought, "I hate this brat. Just because he has some strength, he doesn't listen to others at all... He can't understand what I really mean."
At this moment, Kanpo is slowly approaching the Earth Scroll.
Naruto is shocked. Kanpo is saying nice things, but in fact, he is getting closer and closer to the Earth Scroll. Does he have some ulterior motive?
"Hinata, use [Byakugan]!" Naruto yells.
Hinata understood and softly shouted, "[Byakugan]!" Hinata activates her [Byakugan]. As the veins at the corners of her eyes bulge, the power of the [Byakugan] penetrates the entire area. She finds that there are [meridians] on everyone's body, except for Kanpo, who has none at all.
The [Byakugan] is the [Kekkei Genkai] ability of the Hyuga clan. Hinata has also inherited the [Byakugan]. The [Byakugan] can see through the [meridians] through which [Chakra] flows in the human body and the [Chakra points] that emit [Chakra].
"That person is so strange," Hinata quickly said. "There are no [meridians] on his body."
"You're looking for death! How dare you play tricks in front of me!"
Naruto was furious. After hearing Hinata's words, he right away understood that the Kanpo in front of him was just a wooden puppet. However, this wooden puppet was made to look exactly like a real person, and it was impossible to tell the difference with the naked eye. If it weren't for Hinata's Byakugan, an ordinary person really wouldn't be able to tell.
Kanpo, hiding in the dark, was manipulating the puppet. In fact, he didn't know what would happen after the Earth Scroll was unfurled, but it never hurt to be cautious.
Kanpo originally intended to pretend to admit defeat to deceive Naruto and the others, then manipulate the puppet to approach the Earth Scroll and eliminate this unknown and unstable factor.
However, Naruto had seen through Kanpo's schemes. Without hesitation, Naruto pulled the wire strings in his hand. As Naruto pulled the wire strings, the Earth Scroll connected to the other end was torn open and unfurled.
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