Chapter 463 Choice

In the dark underground palace, the air is filled with the smell of decay and dilapidation.

I don't know what time it is now, only a little light seeps in from the underground palace, and the range that can be seen is very narrow. But because of this, it has become a natural refuge.

Judging from the dilapidated traces of the underground palace, it has been destroyed by people, at least for decades.

In a secret room in the underground palace, the door has been cracked open, and a large number of irregular boulders are pressing down on the position of the door, blocking the door tightly, and not even a trace of light can be revealed.

In the room, Sakura took out a placed light to drive out the darkness in the room. The lighting equipment in the original room has been damaged and is in an unusable and abandoned state.

Judging from the layout of the room, it was originally a bedroom for people to rest, with beds, dressing tables, wardrobes and other furniture. However, because of the vandalism, the mirror of the dressing table was cracked, the wardrobe fell to the ground, and only the bed remained relatively intact.

There is a lot of dust accumulated on the ground, and no one has cleaned it for a long time.

Sakura swept the dust off the bed, and asked Naruto to put Sasuke on the bed.

During the unconscious drowsiness, Sasuke grasped the clothes on his chest with his palms in pain, and grasped them tightly until the clothes on his chest were wrinkled, and there was no sign of letting go.

His face was very pale, as if he was having some kind of terrible nightmare, and while sweating profusely, he exhaled with difficulty.

His sweat flowed down, even the clothes on his shoulders were soaked.

At the side and back of Sasuke's neck, the eye-catching three-hooked jade curse seal appeared. On the surface of the three black hooked jade curse seals, there was a layer of lavender covering, which was exactly the same color as the different-color chakra that Sasuke unconsciously erupted from his body before.

Sakura was worried about Sasuke's safety, but at the same time, her brows were tightly knit together, and her face was solemn.

"Sasuke...is he alright?"

Naruto didn't yell as usual, but asked softly.

Although he doesn't get along well with Sasuke, Naruto still agrees with Sasuke's character and strength, and he already regards Sasuke as his important companion in his heart.

However, no matter how anxious he is, it is useless, because he does not know medical ninjutsu, and now he can only rely on Sakura to treat Sasuke.

"I have no idea."

Sakura lowered her head and said in a slightly remorseful tone.

"What? Can't it be treated with medical ninjutsu?"

Naruto froze for a moment.

Although he has never seen other medical ninjas, he also knows that Sakura's medical ninjutsu is superb, and even Kakashi has praised it more than once.

"Sasuke's state... doesn't seem to be caused by injury, but by some kind of curse."

Sakura checked Sasuke's body, so it is very clear that Sasuke's original injury was not very serious. The root of the problem is not Sasuke's own injury at all, but the three-hook jade curse mark on his neck.

"Curse?"

"To put it simply, it is the spell seal. It is a very advanced ninjutsu. It is said that even the ninjutsu is difficult to master this advanced technique. Generally speaking, the effect of the spell seal is an auxiliary technique developed to restrain and control the enemy..."

However, after checking Sasuke's body, Sakura found that the curse seal on Sasuke's body was different from the general spell seal.

In Sasuke's body, there is a mysterious chakra that is much stronger than his own chakra. This mysterious chakra has a strong vitality, and it is constantly eroding Sasuke's body and merging into Sasuke's body.

Although the fusion of such heterogeneous chakras will allow the ninja to gain powerful power, but...such a terrifying power that does not belong to oneself, once uncontrollable, it is likely to lead to death.

This is why Sakura is worried.

"Can't it be lifted?"

Naruto didn't know any spells and asked Sakura.

"This has gone beyond the range that the lower ninja can solve, and even the upper ninja may not be able to solve it."

Sakura replied.

Because the ability of the seal spell is very strange and unique, the spell system used to distinguish it from the seal spell exists independently.

Before this, Sakura had never been exposed to the so-called spell seal technique.

Because the conditions for learning the spell seal are very harsh, even among the jonin, only a very small number of ninjas will use it.

Only after becoming a Chunin can one be able to learn the basic spell seal technique.

belongs to a powerful technique with a very high threshold.

"Now what?"

"I can only help Sasuke alleviate the pain, so that he can concentrate and resist the erosion of the heterogeneous chakra in his body."

Sakura is very clear about the level of her medical ninjutsu. The current level of problems is definitely not something that a medical ninja of her level can solve.

"By the way, Naruto, is your injury okay?"

Sakura asked concerned.

"Well, there is no problem, I don't know what's going on, and suddenly I don't feel much pain in my body."

Naruto scratched his head, looking like he didn't know what was going on.

At first, I felt very painful in my chest, and even my ribs were kicked and broken by the man named Orochimaru, but after a while, I didn't feel the pain anymore.

Let Naruto feel incredible.

Sakura glanced at Naruto suspiciously, and didn't believe Naruto's words. You know, he is one of the three powerful ninjas.

Any attack is enough to easily kill Chunin. Naruto directly kicked the opponent, logically speaking, at least it would end up with a serious injury.

So, Sakura still checked Naruto's physical condition, and found that, as Naruto said, his injuries were almost healed.

This phenomenon made Sakura very puzzled and uncertain.

Although she knew that Naruto belonged to the kind of person with excellent physical ability, isn't it too abnormal for his physical recovery ability to be so strong?

"Actually, I can't say anything about it. When I was a child, someone hit my head with a stone, and it recovered automatically after a while."

Naruto faintly felt that this had something to do with a certain 'something' in his body.

It's just that he also knows that it's not appropriate to tell Sakura too much about the 'things' in his body.

The most important thing is that he is only suspicious, and there is no definite evidence that the demon fox in his body did it.

"Okay, if you have any questions, call me anytime. I'm going to dispense medicine to Sasuke to relieve his pain, please stand by and guard."

"Sakura, don't worry, leave this matter to me."

Naruto patted his chest, tried his best to get up, and then walked to a corner of the room, guarding there, staring at the direction of the stone-stacked door.

Seeing Naruto guarding the side, Sakura also nodded, took out a portable medical kit, and began to prepare medicines to relieve Sasuke's pain at the moment.

This is the only thing she can do now.

Let's not say that she doesn't know any spells, even if she is proficient in spells, if she doesn't know the nature of seals, she will only further stimulate the spells to run wild and put Sasuke in a more dangerous situation.

Time passed by every minute and every second, the atmosphere in the room was very quiet, only Sasuke groaned in pain from time to time, murmuring the name "Itachi" vaguely in his mouth.

And when this name was mentioned, Sasuke's expression also became very weird, pain, nostalgia, hatred... All kinds of complicated expressions made Sasuke seem to be changing faces, making Sakura unable to tell which one is Sasuke's real appearance.

"Itachi?"

Naruto heard Sasuke murmuring the name non-stop, as if the name had a different meaning to Sasuke.

Sakura glanced at Naruto, and said in a low voice: "I don't know much about this. A few years ago, the Uchiha clan was exterminated. It is said that the murderer was Sasuke's brother, and his name was Itachi. He, like Orochimaru we saw before, is a dangerous S-rank rebel who defected to the village."

Hearing what Sakura said, Naruto fell silent.

Looking at Sasuke who was humming the name 'Itachi' in pain, for some reason, he felt that Sasuke was not as annoying as before.

It turned out that he, like me, had a very tragic past. Thinking of this, Naruto's mood suddenly became complicated.

Behind Sasuke's glamorous beauty, there has always been a painful side that no one knows about.

"Sakura, I..."

Before Naruto finished speaking, there was a bang, and the whole room shook, interrupting what Naruto was going to say next.

A large number of stones that were originally blocking the door suddenly exploded with a bang, causing smoke and dust to rise in the room, choking Naruto and Sakura coughing again and again.

"who!"

Naruto swept away the rushing dust, and stared vigilantly at the several figures that appeared at the door.

Because the place was full of smoke and dust, Naruto couldn't tell who was standing at the door.

Sakura also took out Kunai to guard beside the bed board, preventing the next battle from possibly affecting Sasuke.

"Don't do it, it's me."

A familiar voice came out from the smoke, and a slender figure came out first, with silver-white hair, a mask on his face, and a short knife on his back. It was Kakashi.

"Ms. Kakashi!?"

Naruto made a surprise sound, and then walked over.

"Wait, Naruto! It's the Chunin exam period, and Kakashi-sensei, who is the maintenance staff of the exam room, can't end at all. Be careful not to be deceived!"

Sakura was not as impulsive as Naruto, but looked at Kakashi more vigilantly.

Hearing what Sakura said, the excited Naruto also calmed down, took a step back, and looked at Kakashi vigilantly.

Indeed, as Sakura said, it is now during the second test of the Chunin Exam, Kakashi, who is the person in charge of the test room, cannot enter the test room in person before the test is over.

"You are not Kakashi-sensei, tell me, who are you? Don't try to fool us!"

Naruto puts on a seal posture, and if the opponent doesn't give a reasonable explanation, he will use the technique of shadow clone to solve the opponent.

"That...Although it's a bit sudden, I am indeed the person."

Kakashi explained.

"It's too slow for you to explain like this. Simply put, because some unexpected situations were found in the examination room, we, the maintainers of the Chunin Exam, were specially approved to come in!"

Behind Kakashi, two more figures came over.

It is Kazuhime.

Beside him is a young male with long red hair, a member of the Oni Ninja Jnin who followed Kazuhime this time.

"Ah, you were from the country of Wave..."

Naruto recognized Kazuhime.

"We met again, yellow-haired boy. But this sentence is wrong, not only in the country of Nami, but also in Konoha before. But now is not the time to talk about these things, we need to learn about the situation from you."

Because of time constraints, Kazuki did not intend to reminisce with Naruto, but went straight to the point.

"Condition?"

Sakura frowned.

"That's right, we found the Konoha S-class rebellious Ninja Orochimaru, who sneaked into the examination room under the neglect of the people outside the examination room. We maintenance personnel came in to deal with this matter. But depending on the situation, that guy Orochimaru should have already retreated. I wanted to find him for a new Kusanagi sword."

Yiji put her hand on the hilt of the saber at her waist, and smiled softly.

"But, how do you prove that you are not the other candidates who came here to lie to us with the transformation technique?"

Sakura still did not let go of her guard.

Although Naruto seems to have a little friendship with Kazuhime, she still can't trust these people in front of her.

Ichihime looked at Kakashi, Kakashi scratched his head helplessly, and said, "Then let me tell you an important secret that only our seventh class knows."

Hearing this, Naruto and Sakura suddenly became curious.

If the other party can really tell the secret that only Class 7 knows, it can indeed prove that the identities of Kakashi and others are real.

Hearing Kakashi cough, he glanced at Ichihime, hesitated for a moment, and said, "You should remember that during the first survival exercise, Naruto's **** was stabbed by me..."

What happened next, Kakashi really couldn't continue, he believed that this secret was enough to earn Naruto and Sakura's trust in him.

Naruto and Sakura were stunned on the spot, falling into a strangely quiet state.

"What kind of secret is this! Damn it, I'm going to kill you!"

After being silent, Naruto suddenly became furious, as if he felt a dull pain in his buttocks again.

After finally ending the unbearable past, now that Kakashi mentioned it, or in front of outsiders, Naruto has the idea of killing Kakashi.

"Naruto, calm down, the person in front of you is indeed Mr. Kakashi!"

Sakura blocks Naruto's impulse.

Although Kakashi's proof method is a bit different, Kakashi did do it when he stabbed Naruto's ass. Even thinking about it now, Sakura still remembers it fresh.

While holding Naruto, he was also trying to hold back his laughter, not to let it out.

"Sakura is right, and I am here to prove that my identity is real, not to deceive you."

"But... But you don't need to say such a thing to prove it? Can't you just say that the millennium kills it?"

"I'm afraid I'm not specific enough, and you won't believe it."

Kakashi spread his hands helplessly.

Even so, Naruto is still a little hard to let go.

"You Konoha's teacher-student relationship is really complicated, so can we prove our identity now?"

Ichihime asked.

"Yes, sorry for doubting you so much before."

Sakura bowed down to apologize.

"No need to do this, you did a good job, Sakura. As a ninja, you must be vigilant at all times. Even when facing acquaintances."

Kakashi did not blame Sakura, but praised Sakura's behavior.

Only Naruto stood aside sullenly, but he also knew that now was not the time to lose his temper.

"Then, Mr. Kakashi, are you here for Orochimaru?"

Sakura asked.

"Yes, we received information that Orochimaru broke into the examination room for some purpose. Judging by your appearance, you should have encountered him. I want to know what happened from you."

Kakashi glanced at Sasuke lying on the bed, and said softly.

"OK."

Sakura also looked worriedly at Sasuke who was lying on the bed, and began to tell the whole process of her team's encounter with Orochimaru.

And also explained to Kakashi and others the situation of the curse mark on Sasuke.

"Curse seal? Speaking of which, in the past, the military of our ghost country also captured some experimental subjects of Orochimaru, and traces of the curse seal technique were found on those experimental subjects."

Ichihime walked to the bed, looked down at the curse mark on the back of Sasuke's neck.

It is very similar to the pattern of the Sangouyu Sharingan, but the power it contains is completely different.

"Is there a solution to that?"

Sakura asked.

Ichihime didn't speak, but looked at the red-haired Jonin who followed.

The red-haired shinin came over, inspected Sasuke, shook his head slightly and said, "I can temporarily suppress the power of the curse mark, but I can't solve it once and for all. This is beyond my ability. If you want to solve it once and for all, I'm afraid Master Shiraishi will need to do it yourself."

"Then, in other words, just go to the 'Master Shiraishi' you mentioned?"

Sakura's eyes showed hope.

"Sakura."

Kakashi walked over with a serious expression.

Sakura glanced at Kakashi blankly, not knowing why Kakashi called her to stop her.

"My old man is busy with everything, so he doesn't have time to pay attention to such trivial matters. What's more, this is an internal matter of your Konoha, and the kingdom of ghosts has no reason to get involved. Otherwise, your third-generation master will have something to say again."

Ichihime said.

"Why is this? Sasuke was killed by Orochimaru because of the negligence of the maintenance staff..."

Sakura wanted to argue for it.

"The second exam is not managed by the kingdom of ghosts. Even if there is an uncontrollable accident during the exam, it is Sha Yin who bears the main responsibility and has nothing to do with our kingdom of ghosts. Don't get the order of things wrong."

Ichihime said lightly.

Sakura wanted to say something else, but Kakashi patted her on the shoulder to stop her from speaking.

"Okay, Sakura, what she said is right, this is not the responsibility of the ghost country. Now I will give you two choices."

"Two choices?"

Sakura questioned.

"First, you give up the exam and wait to prepare for the exam next year."

"What!?"

Before Sakura could speak, Naruto couldn't sit still.

After finally getting to this point, how can I give up the exam?

Naruto was the first to disagree with Kakashi's suggestion.

Ignoring Naruto's jumping reaction, Kakashi continued: "The second option is that you continue to take the exam. But if you take Sasuke as a drag bottle, it may cause Sasuke to be seriously injured and die, or it may cause Sasuke to drag you down, so that you will fall into a disadvantageous situation in the next battle, and the entire army will be wiped out."

After saying the second choice, Naruto also calmed down a little this time, with a blank look in his eyes.

It is true that he is very eager to pass the Chunin exam.

But as Kakashi said, Sasuke's current situation is very bad.

Choose to continue the exam, which means that Sasuke will become the oil bottle in the team, his life is in danger at any time, and it will also lead to the annihilation of the entire team.

This is also something Naruto can't stand.

"The choice is up to you, how you choose is up to you."

Kakashi said calmly.

Sakura fell silent, and she was more inclined to the second option in her mindgiving up the exam.

Chunin exams are held every year, but there is only one life.

Under such adverse circumstances, there is no need to risk your life to gamble.

It's just that this is just her personal opinion. As the temporary captain of the team, she also needs to respect Naruto's ideas.

The expression on Naruto's face was very complicated. After struggling for about ten seconds, Naruto exhaled and his expression calmed down.

"Mr. Kakashi, you once said that we are a whole, right? We must respect and value the lives of our companions at all times."

"Yes. But tasks are also very important for ninjas. For you, the Chunin Exam is a task that must be completed."

Kakashi stared at Naruto.

"That's the case, the current situation does not allow us to have both..."

Naruto is also very unwilling in his heart, and knows the rules of ninjas.

Because the first exam has already explained the importance of missions to a ninja.

Abandoning the mission is tantamount to giving up the dignity of the ninja.

Naruto didn't blame this act of going against his own will in his heart, the only thing he felt unwilling to do was hate his own lack of strength.

If he is strong enough, he doesn't need to make such a difficult choice.

But right now, a decision must be made.

Naruto sighed, raised his palm and said, "Mr. Kakashi, I choose second..."

However, a sudden voice cut in:

"I choose to continue with the exam."

Calm, cold, and full of firmness.

Everyone looked at the source of the sound. Sasuke woke up at some point, and was sitting on the bed with his arms propped up. His eyes were blood red. In each Sharingan, two black jades appeared, which looked extremely mysterious.

Evolved to Ergouyu form? interesting. Seeing that Sasuke's Sharingan has evolved from one gouyu to two gouyu, Yiji twitched his mouth slightly.

It seems that the ninjas of the ghost country will meet their opponents this time.

"Sasuke!?"

Naruto and Sakura looked at Sasuke who woke up in surprise.

"Sorry for worrying you two, and... Naruto, thank you."

Sasuke said this awkwardly.

Just now he heard the conversation between Naruto and Kakashi clearly, and it is very clear what choice Naruto will make.

I also understand why Naruto made such a choice.

"Uh, it's okay, you just need to wake up."

Being thanked by Sasuke, Naruto scratched his head a little bit at a loss. He had never seen Sasuke like this before, and he didn't know how to face it.

"Um."

After thanking Naruto, Sasuke covered his feverish neck with his palm, where the curse mark was located.

He said to Kakashi: "Kakashi, next we choose to continue the exam. This is my answer."

"But, Sasuke..."

Sakura wanted to say something, but Sasuke said: "Don't worry, Sakura, I won't force myself. I am very aware of my current state. For me now, the curse seal is not a bad thing. I have found the trick to master it."

Sasuke's tone was full of confidence.

Sakura didn't speak anymore, she just kept her worries in her heart.

"Is there no problem now, Kakashi?"

Sasuke looked directly at Kakashi.

"You are still the same, and you like to push yourself. But seeing that you are fine, I am relieved."

As Kakashi said, he looked at Kazuki, and said, "Since there is nothing wrong here, let's go, Maki Jnin, we still need to report the situation here."

"It's up to you. As long as it doesn't affect the progress of the third exam, there is no problem for me."

Ichihime shrugged and answered.

Kakashi nodded, glanced at Sasuke and the others, then turned and left.

"Then, I wish you a smooth pass in the exam. As a ninja, it should be very interesting for you then."

Ichihime smiled, and turned and left with the red-haired Oni no Kunijou Shinobu, not at all procrastinating.

After Kazuhime and the others left, Sasuke relaxed his tense nerves, sat on the bed, frowning, as if in pain.

But soon, this pain was suppressed by Sasuke, and his expression returned to normal.

"Sasuke, are you really okay?"

Seeing that Sasuke's body seems to be in some inconvenience, Sakura thinks that Sasuke is trying to hold on.

Sasuke still shook his head and said: "No problem, I am in better condition than ever. Rather than worrying about my body, let's think about how to pass the exam next."

His body is not as bad as Sakura imagined.

Although the curse seal did have some negative effects on his body, as long as the negative influence is suppressed, then the curse seal will not only not become a drag, but also become a huge boost to his strength.

"There is also that guy named Orochimaru. Sooner or later, I will learn about Itachi from him, even if he uses violent means."

Sasuke's tone was unusually firm.

Orochimaru mentioned Itachi's tone, obviously acquainted with Itachi.

In addition, both of them are Konoha's rebellious ninja, presumably after defecting, the two of them probably had some communication.

In this way, if you want to know about Itachi, Orochimaru is a good breakthrough.

Sasuke has decided that even if Orochimaru does not come to him in the future, he will go to find Orochimaru.

Before then, passing the Chunin exam and becoming a Chunin is the top priority.

Because of the increase in the level of the ninja, the authority in the village will also become more and more powerful. When it comes to dealing with Itachi, he can also get some support from the village.

So, for Sasuke, there is only one way to go in this Chunin exam from the beginning to the end, and that is to win the exam and defeat all the powerful enemies that appear in front of him!

Similarly, just to revitalize Konoha's Uchiha in the future, he must also upgrade his ninja class as soon as possible.

Chunin is just a starting point, not his end.

(PS: The second exam is over tomorrow...I'm a little tired recently. When I think that I don't have a leave slip in my hand, I have to type every day before March...Suddenly I feel painful.)

(end of this chapter)