Three days passed in a flash.
During these three days, a large number of unfamiliar faces appeared on the streets of Konoha.
There are usually a lot of unfamiliar faces like this, but they are all ordinary people from outside.
The unfamiliar faces that appeared now all wore forehead protectors engraved with various patterns, and they were obviously ninjas from different ninja villages.
The residents of Konoha Village were not panicked by this, but were very excited instead.
The sudden arrival of so many ninjas from other villages meant that this year's Chūnin exam was coming again, and soon they would be able to enjoy the ninja showdown again.
Especially those shop owners, they have already started stockpiling goods, preparing to make a quick buck when the time comes.
This is the Chūnin Examination, one of the most grand events no matter which great ninja village it is held in.
July 1st, 3pm.
The eighth class gathered at the old place on time and headed to the Ninja School with their application forms.
On the way, Aburame Shino put his hands in his pockets and said, "Konoha is the organizer. Our situation is somewhat passive. There should be a lot of people investigating our intelligence during this period, but we know nothing about them."
"It doesn't matter. The information will be updated. The information they have investigated is already outdated." Izayoi chuckled, "I believe that you must have grown during this period of time."
Hearing this, Hinata and Aburame Shino both smiled confidently.
Soon, Team 8 arrived at the Ninja School.
After several months, Izayoi and Hinata looked a little dazed when they stepped into the campus again.
Walking down a familiar road, their eyes seemed to travel through time and see reflections of previous years.
From a toddler with a face full of baby fat to a child with a little bit of immaturity...
At that time, Izayoi and Hinata were also walking side by side, inseparable.
Thinking of this, Izayoi and Hinata subconsciously looked at each other. After their eyes met, they seemed to guess what the other was thinking and smiled in tacit understanding.
Arriving at the familiar complex building, as soon as Class 8 stepped onto the first step, the expressions of Aburame Shino and Hinata changed slightly.
"This is... an illusion." Aburame Shino made a seal with his hands, disrupting the flow of Chakra in his body.
Like him, there is Hinata.
"To be precise, it's an illusion barrier." Izayoi smiled, "It seems that the Chūnin exam has begun."
Going up to the second floor, the three saw that the corridor was crowded with people, some of whom looked dazed and confused.
Some people seemed to realize something and blocked the stairs leading to the third floor, but unfortunately they were stopped by the two Chūnin who were guarding the door.
"Hurry up and remove this illusion barrier, we are going to the third floor."
Before Class 8 reached the stairs, they heard a familiar voice.
"This is Sasuke."
Hinata spoke the name of the person who spoke the voice, but her eyes turned to a bystander in the crowd and she said softly, "And Neji-nii-san, he's here to take the Chūnin exam as well."
As if hearing Hinata's voice, Hyuga Neji, who was watching the performance of Class 7, turned around and looked over.
Seeing that it was Hinata, he immediately walked over and bowed expressionlessly, saying, "Miss Hinata."
The etiquette was in place, but there was no respect in his tone, and even when he lowered his head, there was a hint of hatred in his eyes.
"Neji-nii, good luck on the exam," Hinata said softly.
"As do my young lady." Hyuga Neji quickly regained his composure, straightened up and nodded, "I hope to fight you during the Chūnin exam."
After saying that, Hyuga Neji looked at Izayoi next to Hinata and said, "Are you Izayoi?"
"Do you have any advice for me? I'm the top student of the previous class." Izayoi said with a smile.
"…You are very strong."
Hyuga Neji looked Izayoi up and down, first gave such an evaluation, and then said coldly: "But you should know yourself, there is no hope between you and the young lady. This is the difference in blood, and it is also your destiny."
"Neji-nii, shut up."
Before Izayoi could speak, a somewhat cold voice was heard.
Hinata's eyes were no longer gentle, but looked at Hyuga Neji fiercely, full of warning.
The whole aura has also changed greatly.
"Excuse me, young lady."
Hyuga Neji bowed and apologized, then turned and left.
Watching her cousin leave, Hinata returned to her ladylike demeanor and said softly to Izayoi, "Izayoi-kun, Neji-nii didn't mean it. Please don't blame him."
Putting a hand on Hinata's head, Izayoi touched Hinata's head and praised: "Hinata, you looked very handsome just now! It's a pity that I couldn't take out the camera in time just now."
"Indeed, the aura just now was full of oppression." Aburame Shino nodded in agreement.
As expected, none of the top three students in the grade had an easy time.
This time in the Chūnin exam, we may be able to see the full strength of Izayoi, Hinata, and Uchiha Sasuke.
"No way, you flatter me."
Hinata immediately blushed and lowered her head due to the praise, and pointed with her index fingers of both hands. The contrast between before and after was huge.
If you didn't know, you would think she was the one with a split personality, not Haruno Sakura.
"Yo... Izayoi, Hinata, and that guy, you're here!"
At this moment, Uzumaki Naruto's voice reached his ears.
I saw that Class 7 had just finished the interlude and was heading towards Class 8.
"I call out, Aburame Shino."
Seeing that Uzumaki Naruto did not pronounce his name, Aburame Shino could not help but emphasize his presence.
"Oh, hello, Shino."
However, as always, Aburame Shino stressed that it was still fruitless.
Uzumaki Naruto simply greeted him, his eyes focused on Izayoi, and grinned, "Izayoi, you guys are here to take the Chūnin exam after all, this time I won't lose to you!"
"oh?"
Izayoi also became interested and asked, "Looking at your confident look, did you learn ninjutsu from Kakashi Jōnin?"
If this is the case, the butterfly effect will be really big.
The original work avoided an imbalance in the protagonist's power, but it resulted in Hatake Kakashi being badly criticized.
A copy ninja who has mastered thousands of ninjutsu was unwilling to teach even the lowest level C-rank Wind Style to his teacher's son.
This is even though Uzumaki Naruto has already learned to climb trees.
But there is nothing that can be done about it.
Uzumaki Naruto has already mastered multiple Shadow Clone Techniques and has an enormous amount of Chakra.
Even if he only learns one C-rank Wind Style·Great Breakthrough, his strength is still one of the strongest among the Genin.
The inspirational story of the protagonist cannot continue.
Hundreds and thousands of Shadow Clones, all using Wind Style·Great Breakthrough, are definitely more powerful than Uchiha Madara's Great Fire Extinguishment.
"Hehe...you and Sasuke just wait and see." Uzumaki Naruto rubbed his nose and said proudly: "I will definitely surprise you when the time comes."
"Riddler, get out of Konoha."
Izayoi complained, earning strange looks from Hinata, Aburame Shino, and Uchiha Sasuke.
Their eyes seemed to be saying, how dare you talk about others?