Naruto: Konoha’s Kanpu

As the sky brightened, Orochimaru, who had slept soundly, got up from the futon and began to wash up.

“Jiro, did your hand hurt?” Jiro’s companion next to him asked.

Orochimaru lowered his head and glanced at his ‘left hand’ wrapped in bandages, and said with a smile: “Don’t worry, it won’t affect the exam.”

Because of the rejection caused by Hashirama’s cells, he couldn't transplant an ordinary person's arm onto his left shoulder. In order to avoid being discovered by others, Orochimaru had already prepared a prosthetic limb and wrapped it with bandages to conceal it. Ordinary people wouldn't notice at all.

As for his vertical pupil, it was covered by colored contact lenses. Although it looked a bit stiff, who would care about a little Kirigakure’s Shinobi?

After finishing breakfast, Orochimaru followed the Kirigakure’s group and headed towards the Konoha’s Academy.

‘It’s really nostalgic…’

When he came to the door of the Academy, Orochimaru’s eyes were filled with nostalgia, but under the stiff colored contact lenses, no one could guess his thoughts.

Just then …

Suigetsu, who is at the forefront of the Kirigakure’s team, suddenly jumped up and rushed to the front of three Genin wearing Konoha’s forehead protector.

The three were Naruto, Sasuke, and Karin!

‘We met so soon, Uchiha Sasuke…’ Orochimaru's gaze couldn't move away from Sasuke once it landed on him.

Fortunately, there were dozens of Kirigakure’s Genin looking at Naruto's team, and with Suigetsu's jumping around, Sasuke didn't notice anyone looking at him with perverted gaze.

“Who are you?” Naruto looked at Suigetsu with a puzzled expression.

“You… You don’t remember me?” Suigetsu was stunned.

Three years ago, he had a conflict with Naruto. In order to retaliate against him, Naruto had boldly walked through the back door, which is Kanpū, and then came to the written examination room of Chunin Exams’ first stage, and took a few people to follow him personally!

If this is not the case, how could Suigetsu, a dragon amongst men, be eliminated in the First Stage?

And now, Naruto had actually forgot about him!

‘Was the three years of unforgettable hatred I felt just a joke?’

‘Unforgivable!!’

Veins of anger bulged on Suigetsu's forehead as he roared: “You bastard, how dare you forget about me!! I'll definitely tear you apart!!!”

“So who are you? How dare you act all arrogant?” Naruto rubbed the back of his head, feeling helpless and a little angry, ‘In the whole Konoha, how can someone be more arrogant than me?’

‘I, Namikaze Naruto, doesn’t allow it!’

“You!!!” Suigetsu pointed at Naruto angrily, his chest was heaving ups and downs, and his hormones raging!

“Suigetsu-san, please don't cause trouble.”

Haku, who is in a white kimono, walked over. With his long hair flowing, he bowed gently to Naruto to apologize, “I'm sorry, let me apologize to you on his behalf, please don't lower yourself to his level.”

At that moment, Naruto was struck deep in his heart by Haku’s gentleness. Seeing Haku’s soft eyes, fair face, and the faint smile, Naruto's heart pounded uncontrollably, and he didn't know what to say.

“It's, it's okay, hahaha, um, what's your name?”

Naruto blushed and said, “My name is Namikaze Naruto.”

“My name is Haku.” Haku smiled and bowed again. “Naruto-san, see you in the exam room.”

“Oh, uh, yeah, see you in the exam room, hehe.” Naruto smiled flatteringly, clearly about to turn into a licking dog again.

“Naruto, although Sakura, that ugly monster, doesn't like you, is it really okay for you to be like this?” Karin, who is next to him, can’t stand it anymore. What she hates most is a licking dog like Naruto!

No dignity, no backbone, disgraceful!

“Am I right, Sasuke-kun~~~” Karin looked at Sasuke with peachy eyes.

“I can't be bothered with these small fries.” Sasuke said proudly, turning his head away and ignoring Suigetsu, Haku, and the other Kirigakure’s Shinobi.

“You actually called us small fries when we are here?”

“This kid must have just graduated and never been beaten by society, right?”

“We can't use violence in the first round of the written exam, but wait until the second round starts, and we'll kill you all!!”

The crowd of Kirigakure’s Genin flustered and glared angrily at Sasuke, and along the way, Naruto and Karin were also included in their anger.

Naruto was not to be outdone, and decisively launched a barrage of verbal attacks against the Kirigakure’s Genin!

The two groups bickered as they moved forward, quickly entering the teaching building where registration was taking place.

This teaching building is already crowded with aspiring Genin who wanted to join the Chunin Exams. Kirigakure, Sunagakure, Takigakure, Kusagakure, Otogakure, and Konoha’s Genin all gathered together.

“Little brat, we meet again.” Kankuro, who had arrived here early, saw Naruto, who had embarrassed him before, and immediately swaggered over.

“It’s you, old man.” Naruto glanced at Kanjiro sideways, his tone full of sarcasm.

“Who are you calling an old man! I'm only 14!!” Kankuro was furious and was about to unleash his puppet, Karasu, to deal with Naruto.

“Enough!”

Gaara, who stood behind Kankuro, suppressed the boiling killing intent in his heart and said coldly, “Stop embarrassing yourself, Kankuro!”

“Gaara, you…” Kankuro felt so angry, but when he thought of how terrifying his little brother was, he could only bury his head like an ostrich.

Sasuke watched coldly from the side, but at a certain moment, he suddenly felt something abnormal behind him. He turned his head abruptly and saw Orochimaru's dull black pupils.

‘What’s wrong with that Kirigakure’s Shinobi?’

Sasuke squinted his eyes, feeling vaguely like this guy had been staring at him all this time.

Orochimaru smiled faintly and looked away.

“Sasuke-kun, what’s the matter?” Karin asked strangely.

“It's nothing.”

Sasuke shook his head, and said, “Let’s go to the third floor and sign up.”

The three followed the crowd and saw a group of people gathered outside a classroom, with intense arguments coming from inside.

It was none other than the gatekeepers, Kotetsu and Izumo, who were stationed here as the first obstacle for registration.

Kankuro snorted and whispered to Temari: “This is not the registration place. They used Genjutsu to change the classroom number.”

“Don’t be rash.” Temari glared at him, and said softly, “This should be a pre-competition assessment. It is estimated that those Genin who can't see through the Genjutsu won't be able to register. It's a good thing for us.”

There are many Genin like them who could see through the Genjutsu. It’s just that everyone is pretending to be stupid, secretly hoping to eliminate more competitors!

Only Sasuke, who is proud, aloof, detached from worldly affairs, and fond of showing off, boldly stepped forward. With his hands in his pockets, he pointed out the flaws in the gatekeepers' childish tricks with gusto.

Kotetsu and Izumo exchanged glances. Considering that Sasuke’s Advisor father and Anbu’s Captaion big brother, they are somewhat helpless.

Naruto is even more helpless, ‘Why did Sasuke always steal the limelight when it came to showing off?’

‘Don’t I, Namikaze Naruto, need to show off?’

Naruto felt a chill in his heart.

After a not-so-small ‘farce', everyone went to the third floor to register.

As they walked, Sasuke felt someone glaring at him with fiery eyes again.

He turned to look, and his eyes immediately stung!

Among the crowd, a man wearing a green tight-fitting combat suit, with a watermelon-shaped head and thick eyebrows, was staring at him intently.

‘What a unique style…’ Sasuke thought to himself, while feeling secretly pleased, ‘Another guy who wants to make a name for himself by defeating me. How naive!’

But then, the person shifted his gaze to Naruto’s back, and there was a more cracking fighting intent in his eyes!

‘His target is not me?’

Sasuke is not happy anymore.

Naruto, on the other hand, was carefree, completely oblivious to Lee's gaze.

“Lee, don’t be impulsive.” Tenten, who was in the same team as Lee, held his shoulder.

“Don’t worry, I’m calm!”

Lee clenched his fists, fiery fighting intent burning in his eyes, “I will wait for the next few rounds of exams and then challenge the son of Hokage-sama and the son of Advisor! I will prove myself!”

“Hmph.” Neji snorted softly, his intentions unclear.

Upon entering the third floor, the group of Genin successfully found the registration place. After filling out the registration forms, they entered a large classroom that could accommodate two hundred people!

After Naruto’s team entered, they found seats near the front and quietly waited for the first round of the written exam to begin.

Before long, Gaara, Temari, Kankuro, Suigetsu, Haku, then Neji, Tenten, Lee, Shikamaru, Choji and many others also arrived.

As more and more Genin filled the classroom, the atmosphere became increasingly oppressive, as if even the air was solidifying!

Only Naruto waved and greeted the familiar faces entering, completely ignoring the tense atmosphere.

Moreover, he was still looking around, seemingly searching for a beautiful sight, but in the end, he didn't find Sakura's figure.

‘What's going on?’

Naruto is puzzled.

Karin seemed to see through Naruto’s doubts, and said: “This exam requires teams of three to register. Maybe Sakura's teammates didn't want to participate in this round of Chunin Exams, so…”

“Why is it like this!” Naruto was depressed. He still wanted to perform well in this Chunin Exams to impress Sakura, but now …

“Is everyone here?”

Just then, a man with a gloomy expression walked in.

It is none other than the head examiner of this first stage written exam, Morino Ibiki!

Behind him were two rows of Chunin, all examiners for this written exam.

Ibiki scanned the room with his fierce gaze, solemnly announced the rules of the exam, then distributed the papers and started the exam directly!

After receiving his paper, Naruto glanced at it. Apart from his own name, he didn't know what to write anymore!

But he doesn’t panic, because he is not fighting alone!