Chapter 498 Where the soul is (1)

"The opponent is Gaara from Sand Hidden Village. I feel that it will be a hard fight for Naruto."

Looking at Naruto and Gaara who were already walking towards the competition field, Kakashi kept his gaze locked on Naruto, touched his chin, and after thinking about it, expressed his inner worries.

Although Naruto has gone through the special training of Jiraiya these days, and even mastered the art of psychic, able to summon the toad from Mt. Myogi, and started to learn the spiral pill, but the time is still too short.

If you want to rely on these tricks, you want to defeat Gaara. In Kakashi's view, it is a bit unrealistic.

Unless it is to guide the power of Nine Tails.

But guiding too much Nine-Tails power will make Naruto fall into a state of rampage and lose control.

At that time, as the organizer, Ghost Country will also have to terminate the game and intervene to deal with the matter.

Kakashi only hopes that this situation will not happen, otherwise, Naruto can only stop here.

"Indeed, the opponent's sand control ninjutsu integrates offense and defense, and the range of the technique is huge. It may not be easy to rely on the number of shadow clones to win."

Sasuke, whose body had already recovered, stood up from the ground. Although he hadn't fully recovered, he could barely do it if he continued to fight.

However, now is not the time to care about Naruto.

Because after this game, it was his turn to appear again.

The opponent is a priestess from the kingdom of ghosts. It is estimated that it will be difficult to win in this state. In other words, it is simply impossible to do.

Until now, Sasuke couldn't think of a better way to survive the second round.

He hoped that Naruto could last a little longer, so that he could get more rest time.

Even if he persisted for a minute longer, it would be a good thing for him, as he could recover a little more physical strength and chakra.

"If you are really reluctant, it doesn't matter if you abstain from the vote. With your current state, you are not suitable to play."

Kakashi glanced at Sasuke, and could see that Sasuke's physical condition was very bad at this time.

Even after Sakura's treatment, he can barely cope with simple battles.

"I don't want to stop here, Kakashi."

Sasuke responded with a smile, completely ignoring his physical condition and whether he was allowed to cope with high-intensity battles.

"You are still so strong."

Kakashi sighed, seeing that Sasuke had made up his mind, he stopped dissuading Sasuke and set his sights on Naruto again.

In terms of potential, the opponent might even surpass Sasuke.

Especially the power of Kyuubi, if it can be turned into its own, it can become a top ninja in the ninja world.

As long as there is such a possibility, no one dares to underestimate the terrifying power in Naruto.

"The opponent is a ninja from Konoha, Gaara probably won't hurt the killer."

Compared to Kakashi's emotion, Sand Yin is worried that Gaara will kill in the game.

Markey sighed, with a worried look on his face, and replied: "It's hard to say, if he falls into a berserk state, he won't take care of any covenants or non-covenants. And this final can be said to be a cloud of strong ones, and Gaara can't control his inner murderous thoughts more and more. I'm really worried that he will do irreparable disasters in the game."

"Then what should I do?"

"If it really comes to that time, I can only ask Kazekage-sama to take action."

Maki said ashamedly.

It's ashamed to say, facing Gaara who ran away, as a top ninja of the sand hermit elite, he didn't have much confidence in suppressing him.

He, the guardian and guide Jonin, can be said to be an unqualified existence.

After Kankuro listened, his face was the same as that of Maki, showing obvious worry.

Thinking of the scene when Gaara ran away, Kankuro couldn't help shivering.

Obviously this is a hot weather, but he feels very cold, without any warmth at all.

Naruto and Gaara walked to the playing field, stood facing each other, looking at each other.

Onijima Shinobu looked around at the two of them, scratching his head in distress.

Two people arranged to fight together, this match is a bit too scary.

If it goes berserk, this level of enchantment can't bear it. If there is an emergency at that time, we can only hope that the big shots in the audience will deal with it by themselves.

This is no longer within the scope of Jnin.

Thinking of this, Onishima Shinobu felt that standing inside the barrier suddenly made him feel much less safe.

Because if the chakra in the two of them starts to go berserk, he, the chief examiner, must be the first to be unlucky.

"Is everything ready?"

Onijima Shinobu took a step back subconsciously, as if he was guarding something, very vigilant.

"I am ready."

Naruto helped the forehead protector on his forehead, showing an excited smile, apparently confident in his own strength.

Gaara crossed her hands in front of her chest, with a cold look in her eyes, she didn't speak, and responded with silence.

"Then, the game begins!"

After saying this, Onijima Shinobu directly retreated to the edge of the field with a teleportation technique.

If something goes wrong, he will immediately escape from the barrier and reach a safe area.

"Shadow Clone Technique!"

After Onijima Shinobu announced the start of the game, Naruto immediately formed a seal, accompanied by a puff of smoke, more than a dozen shadow clones exactly like Naruto rushed out of the smoke.

More than a dozen shadow clones started to attack from the two wings. Instead of rushing up at the beginning, they surrounded Gaara in a circle, and then the shadow clones rushed up, took out kunai, and outflanked and attacked from all directions.

Gaara maintained a cold posture with his hands crossed on his chest. When Naruto's shadow clones started to riot, the sand in the gourd behind him also started to riot at the same moment, spewing out of the gourd quickly, and then drifted away like a cloud.

Kunai poked on the sand, feeling like he had stabbed the extremely hard steel.

Moreover, a powerful anti-shock force came from it, shaking several shadow clones back and rolling out.

"Damn it! What a hard sand!"

The several Naruto clones who were thrown out were just rolled over, but the injury was not deep, so they were lucky to survive. Looking at the sand surrounding Gaara, they grinned and felt sincerely unhappy.

The way the other party stood motionless made Naruto feel a great insult, as if he was being looked down upon.

"Shadow Clone, really boring ninjutsu."

Gaara's green pupils were cold and murderous, scanning the surrounding shadow clones, and making a sound indifferently.

Although there was no contempt in his eyes, there was contempt in Gaara's tone.

He thinks that this game will end more easily than expected and advance to the next round.

Compared with Naruto, he wants to fight the witch in the ghost country.

However, it will be soon.

As long as you win this game, the witch named Wuzhi from the Ghost Kingdom will also advance, and then you can have a real contest with the opponent.

For this reason, he has to ensure that his Chakra is sufficient, and there must be no accidents before that.

Only the blood of the strong can make me excited!

"Don't worry, mom, you can get delicious blood soon, it's just a pre-dinner dessert..."

Gaara put his hand down, pressed his forehead, trying to restrain something, a deep voice came out of his mouth, and he smiled horribly.

"Uh, Mom?"

Naruto blinked, swallowed, and shivered unnaturally.

Gaara looked like he was talking to someone, but in the barrier of the venue, apart from the two of them and the examiner, there was no fourth person present.

Who is Gaara talking to?

Thinking of this, Naruto's hairs stood on end. For him who was afraid of ghosts since he was a child, a shadow of fear was cast in his heart.

Shaking his head, Naruto tried his best to dispel this inexplicable sense of panic. The most important thing now is to win this game.

Besides, in broad daylight, how could such unclean things appear?

The other party must be bluffing.

After finishing speaking, the surrounding shadow clones rushed up again, preparing to break through the sand protecting the surrounding Gaara with the advantage of numbers.

Gaara glanced coldly, and immediately sealed his hands.

"Ugh!"

The powerful whirlwind blows the sand and dust, and it blows around Gaara as the center like a sandstorm.

Included in it are tiny sand **** the size of a finger, flying out like focused bullets.

bang bang bang

The sand ball like a bullet pierced through Naruto's many shadow clones mercilessly, and the sound of the shadow clones exploding and disappearing could be heard continuously.

"Um?"

Gaara narrowed his eyes and saw all the shadow clones disappeared. There was no one around, even Naruto disappeared.

Are all shadow clones?

Thinking of this, Gaara noticed something and immediately looked up.

The fist that fell from the sky became bigger and bigger in his eyes, and Naruto attacked him from the sky.

The surrounding sand automatically gathers towards the top of Gaara's head, forming a hard shield wall.

boom!

The fist hit the hard sand wall, and a large amount of sand flew away, including the blood splashed from the broken skin on Naruto's fist.

Naruto gritted his teeth and glared at Gaara.

Unexpectedly, with all his strength, he still couldn't break the sand wall. It was like an unbreakable steel plate. When he hit it with a fist, his bones seemed to be cracked.

Hard and somewhat abnormal.

"You are weak."

Gaara didn't have the slightest panic on his face, looking at Naruto who was close at hand, the unwillingness and unyielding in the other party's eyes were clearly presented in his eyes.

Later, he made such an evaluation on Naruto.

Obviously entered the finals, but if it is this level, then it is not even a warm-up.

Compared to the Bai encountered in the first round, it was much worse.

At least facing Bai, he basically used all the methods except Shouhe, but it was very reluctant and lucky to win.

But Naruto is too weak.

All I know is to let the shadow clones swarm up, it's like a child's play.

"I don't want to destroy the friendship between the allies. It's better for you to surrender as soon as possible. I'm not interested in you."

Gaara said something again.

A guy like this doesn't have the slightest sense of accomplishment even if he kills.

Besides, if you really do that, it will make your situation more delicate.

Before killing thoughts surged in his heart, he hoped that Naruto would abstain as soon as possible.

"You panda eyes, don't underestimate people here!"

Naruto increased the strength of his fist again, as if he could make the sound of cracking bones.

boom!

The fist passed through the sand wall and hit Gaara hard in the face.

Gaara's eyes widened slightly, and then his body rolled out, and the surrounding sand moved accordingly, protecting Gaara's surroundings every step of the way.

"Damn it!"

Naruto looked at his blood-drenched fist, and secretly cursed himself for being reckless just now, and shouldn't accept that obvious provocation.

Gaara stood up slowly from the ground, touched his face, and there was a not particularly conspicuous crack on it, and then disappeared.

"It's so pitiful, so let me choose an ending for you."

Being hit by a fragile ninja like Naruto, Gaara was boiling with anger and murderous intent, staring at Naruto.

"Hmph, that's exactly what I meant! Now I'm finally motivated!"

Naruto's hands sealed again, releasing powerful Chakra.

"Multiple Shadow Clone Technique!"

In a series of white smoke from the explosion, countless Naruto rushed out, rushing towards Gaara shoulder to shoulder.

Compared with the number of shadow clones before, the number of shadow clones at this moment has exceeded the scope of normal shadow clones.

This guy! Gaara was surprised.

He knows the technique of shadow clone, it is a very advanced B-level ninjutsu.

Generally used to test the enemy's situation and collect intelligence.

It is still very rare for Naruto to put a shadow clone into battle like Naruto.

And with so many shadow clones all at once, Gaara immediately noticed a factthe opponent's Chakra was only stronger than him, not weaker!

Gaara's eyes became serious and cold.

There are about 30 Naruto Kage clones rushing up this time.

This amount is already quite exaggerated.

Manpower emerged from all directions, and Sand, which was already stretched thin, had no time to defend against so many shadow clones.

Often just as one side resists, the shadow clone on the other side suddenly rushes up.

If it wasn't for the instant body technique, Gaara would have been hit by the shadow clone's fist several times.

There are too many people! Gaara secretly felt that it was tricky.

Although he is a miscellaneous fish, he is still a ninja, and this number can already make him feel troublesome.

"Quicksand waterfall!"

Gaara watched the shadow clones rushing up, squatted down immediately, and pressed his hands on the floor.

Boom!

The ground trembled violently.

The ground behind it split open suddenly, turned into a torrent of sand and rushed to the sky, and then swooped down to the ground in one go.

Frantic screams came from Naruto's shadow avatar, looking at the sand waves coming like a tsunami, he forgot to resist for a while, as if the soles of his feet had taken root and he couldn't move.

Boom!

The ground and the surrounding barrier walls were shaking violently.

The entire ground was covered with sand, and it was impossible to see what the original playing field looked like, forming a small desert.

With a sound of swipe, a black shadow jumped out from the sand layer. It was Naruto's extremely embarrassed figure, spitting sand out of his mouth.

"It's really difficult."

Seeing Naruto coming out of the sand, Gaara frowned.

So, Gaara raised his arm, and a sand hand emerged, grabbing Naruto.

After Naruto landed, he ran quickly, dodging Sand Hand's attack.

"Multiple Shadow Clone Technique!"

A large number of shadow clones reappeared, and Naruto's body was also mixed in, and they began to disperse in all directions, making Gaara wonder which one was the body for a while.

At this moment, a Naruto bit his finger, began to make a handprint, and then pressed his handprint towards the ground.

"Spiritualism!"

boom!

After the white smoke dissipated, a water-blue toad covered with pimples appeared.

The volume is slightly larger than that of an adult. As soon as it appeared, it moved its mouth and spit towards Gaara.

A water polo with a diameter of half a meter was fired from the toad's mouth like a cannonball, and came straight towards Gaara.

Boom!

The conscious sand quickly formed a shield wall to defend.

The water polo, which is also as heavy as steel, concentrated the sand wall hard, and directly broke a big hole in it, and the water flow mixed with the sand and splashed.

Gaara was startled, and hurriedly backed away. Unexpectedly, the psychic beast summoned by the other party would use such a powerful water escape, which could directly penetrate the sand wall.

Snapped.

As he stepped back and settled down, two hands suddenly emerged from under the sand and grabbed his ankles.

A head also emerged from the sand, giggling and saying: "I've caught you now!"

Oops!

Gaara was annoyed in his heart, seeing countless Naruto clones around him flying up overwhelmingly, he immediately felt bad.

Hands formed mudras, and the sand on the ground began to roll like waves, interfering with the actions of these shadow clones.

"Successful!"

Naruto's angry voice came from behind, and Gaara turned around in surprise.

"Let you try Konoha's ultimate taijutsu mystery taught by Kakashi-sensei-Millennium Kill!"

Pfft!

Kunai stabbed in.

On the audience stand, some women blushed and covered their faces, but they could peek at the scene on the playing field through the gaps between their fingers.

Kakashi also felt the sight of some people around him looking at him, full of a subtle feeling, his face became slightly unnatural, and he covered his face in distress.

"Really, just use it, don't say I taught it."

Gaara, who was the person involved, felt an extremely hot shock, gushing from the back to his lower abdomen, and then straight to his brain, causing his face to twist in pain.

Gaara didn't have time to think about this, because he saw Naruto jumping back suddenly, and on Kunai's ring handle, a detonating symbol was burning, on the verge of exploding.

The sand on the ground began to vibrate uncomfortably.

Accompanied by an explosion and the screams covered by the explosion, countless sands began to gather towards Gaara's position like a tide, and surrounded him tightly, forming a huge sand ball, making it hard for people to see what happened inside.

Naruto saw some bloodstains left on the sand, and knew that although Gaara finally pulled out the kunai from that place, he did not completely escape the explosive attack of the detonating talisman.

"What a tenacious guy, his back is bleeding, and he can continue to fight."

At this time, Gaara, who was wrapped in sand balls, was filled with humiliation and brutal killing intent, and this killing intent went straight to Naruto.

A deep, suppressed voice of pain kept coming out of his mouth.

"I'm hurting, mom...I'm hurting...I'm going to kill him...Kill him...Must kill him..."

At the beginning, he could barely control the desire to kill in his mind, but when he thought of the place where he was injured, the desire to kill could no longer be restrained and erupted like a volcano.

"Don't hide in the turtle shell, come out for me!"

Naruto yelled outside, let the shadow clone rush up, attack the sand ball, and pull Gaara out of it.

Just as many shadow clones were about to approach the sand ball, a dark hole suddenly appeared on the sand ball, revealing the boundless deep darkness inside.

"Um?"

Before realizing what was going on, a thick black shadow swept out from the black hole, blowing up sand and dust, and the rushing shadow clone made a series of explosion sounds and disappeared.

"Then, what is that!?"

Naruto widened his eyes, seeing the thick black shadow emerging from the black hole, an unprecedented terrifying pressure directly pressed on his shoulders, making his body sink uncontrollably, and he couldn't help but want to surrender and kneel down.

On the huge sand ball, the chakra full of evil breath overflowed, floating towards the sky like bubbles.

This evil chakra made Naruto's body agitated, and a strange and familiar feeling flooded his heart.

The informed ninjas on the stage above the audience all took it seriously.

They naturally knew what came out of the sand ball hole, especially the ninja of Sand Hidden, whose eyes were even more clouded, as if recalling something that frightened them.

"Has the tail beast's chakra leaked? Kazekage-sama, if the situation gets out of control, I will ask someone to stop the match."

Baishi's expression froze slightly. Although he was not afraid of the power of the tailed beast, if the power of the tailed beast really went berserk, it would be quite troublesome to deal with.

"I also have the same idea. Although it is not a problem for people to have a match, but if Gaara goes berserk and loses his mind, the match should be stopped."

Luo Sha nodded seriously.

The prerequisite for Jinchuriki to participate in the Chunin Exam is that the Chakra of the Tailed Beast can be controlled.

If it exceeds Jinchuriki's own control and causes the tailed beast Chakra to go berserk, then naturally there is no way to continue the game.

Gaara's current situation is only overflowing a part of the chakra, and this level is still within the controllable range of Jinzhuli.

But if it continues and is not controlled, it will only be a matter of time before you lose your mind.

"However, is there no problem with the enchantment?"

Luo Sha asked.

Baishi nodded and said: "No problem, the strength of this enchantment can be compared with that of the Four Purple Flame Formation, even if it is a complete tailed beast, it can persist for a while."

After speaking, Shiraishi turned his gaze back to the venue.

It's just that this time his eyes are not on Gaara, who is gradually losing control, but on Naruto.

He is looking forward to what method Naruto will use next to face this difficult battle.

Let me see what you left in him, Minato. Baishi thought in his heart.

In order to arrange the two Renzhuli in this game, it can be regarded as a waste of his effort, and now it is time to blossom and bear fruit.

(end of this chapter)