Sasuke took a bite on Karin's arm, and Karin let out a strange, long cry: "Ah—" as if she really enjoyed it.
Sasuke's pupils dilated, and he unconsciously activated his Sharingan. His previously exhausted body suddenly became full of energy.
After releasing his bite, Sasuke gathered lightning - attribute Chakra again, and countless electric currents spurted out from his palm.
Sasuke looked at Karin, highly skeptical about who she really was and why she had such an ability. At the same time, he thought to himself: Naruto, did you bring her here on purpose?
In the following days, Sasuke was in for a rough time. Karin thought she had done a favor for Sasuke. While watching Sasuke train Lightning Release Chidori, every time Sasuke failed, she would taunt him, saying, "You took a bite of me, so don't waste my Chakra."
"If you fail again, I won't let you take a bite of me."
"Have you run out of Chakra again? Why don't you talk to me? Do you feel sorry for me?"
"You've bitten me six times. This'll be the last time. If you fail again, I'll look down on you."
Karin talked without a filter, and Sasuke was really ticked off. Fuming with anger, Sasuke slammed the lightning power in his left hand onto a huge rock.
After a thunderous roar, a big hole was sliced into the hard rock as if by a knife. Kakashi was really stunned. With Karin's help, Sasuke had actually mastered the Lightning Release Chidori in just a few days.
"Wow—" Karin showed a delighted expression. She finally didn't have to be bitten anymore.
Naruto, you've brought a remarkable girl. Kakashi complimented, "Sasuke, as expected of you. Congratulations."
Sasuke was out of breath. Looking at the huge rock with a big hole blasted by himself, he then glanced at Karin.
"Thank you." Sasuke rarely thanked others, and he felt really awkward then, but he was sincere.
Karin was also floored. She was at a loss and didn't know what to do right away.
Many people had bitten Karin, but so far, Sasuke was the only one who had expressed his gratitude to her.
Back to the regular timeline, as Sasuke arrived in time, the final round of the Chunin Exams is a team free - for - all.
"The final round of the Chunin Exams is a team free - for - all," announced the proctor, Genma Shiranui. "There are no rules. Those who can't fight anymore, surrender, or die will be eliminated."
"There're five teams in total. You'll start from five corners separately and then fight in this simulated terrain. The last team standing in the arena will be the final winner."
After Genma Shiranui finished explaining the rules, the competition officially started.
Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, and Sakura Haruno came to their corner of the terrain. Naruto sighed, "As expected of a free - for - all arena. It has a much larger area, and there are various terrains like forests, sandy areas, and rivers. There are high walls around, and there are spectators on them."
Sasuke asked, "Naruto, what are you going to do next?" Sakura also looked at Naruto. Unconsciously, Naruto had become the head of Team 7.
"Um.
Naruto was preoccupied with Hinata. He had to find her quickly, otherwise, she might be bullied by others.
Sasuke and Sakura looked at Naruto expectantly, hoping he could come up with a good idea, not knowing that Naruto's heart was full of Hinata.
Naruto felt a bit pressured and said, "I'll take the lead. Sasuke, use your Sharingan for scouting. Sakura, you're in charge of support. Our goal is the center of the field."
On the other side, there was a conflict in Gaara's team. At the beginning of the match, Gaara was eager to rush out and find Naruto as soon as possible, then kill him in one go to vent his hatred.
But Temari and Kanpo strongly opposed it. Kanpo stood in front of Gaara and said, "Gaara, wake up. This match is unfair to us. They are all Genin from Konoha, and only our team is from the Sand Ninjas... Do you know what this means?"
Gaara was expressionless at first, then roared ferociously with a grim face, "Get out of the way — or I'll kill you —!"
Temari stepped forward and said, "Gaara, calm down. Kanpo is right. We have to wait until the number of Konoha's Genin decreases before we can go out."
Temari's words had some effect. Gaara calmed down, but still insisted on moving forward.
"Tsk..." Kanpo cursed inwardly, "This kid, doesn't he know he's carrying an important mission? We have to wait for the signal and then let Gaara transform into the Tailed Beast mode to destroy Konoha... This is our real goal..."
Temari was thinking, "What on earth is the Fourth Kazekage thinking? Why did he change the rules to this free - for - all mode? It's the most unfair for us... Kazekage - sama, have you thought about it?"
Naruto took the lead and arrived at the central area of the field first. It was a meadow, and there was a small stream nearby.
"Hinata, come out quickly. I'm going to beat you!" Naruto shouted loudly.
Hearing this, Sakura beside him looked dumbfounded and thought, "Hinata ranked second from the bottom in the Ninja Academy. Why did you choose her as your opponent, Naruto..."
Not only Sakura was stunned, but Sasuke also couldn't believe his ears. He thought, "Who is Hinata? I don't have much of an impression. Is she the girl who usually looks very weak? Is she strong? Why did Naruto choose her as his opponent..."
As soon as Naruto finished speaking, Hinata stood in front of him. The two stood at opposite ends of the meadow, looking at each other.
Sasuke activated his Sharingan and carefully observed Hinata but didn't notice anything special about her.
Actually, at the beginning of the match, Naruto had made an agreement with Hinata to have a duel at the center of the match field.
That's why Naruto and Hinata met here; they had already arranged the duel.
Hinata was rather simple - minded. Since Naruto had invited her here, she thought Naruto really wanted to have a duel with her. So she prepared herself for the fight with Naruto and even assumed that she would lose to him.
"Byakugan!" Hinata took a stance, starting with the opening gesture of the Gentle Fist. In front of Naruto, she decided not to be weak anymore.
"Naruto, she's alone. Let's go at her together and we can take her down easily," Sasuke suggested.
"Eh?" Sakura was taken aback and thought to herself, "Aren't you guys bullying her?"
"No go," Naruto looked as if he was facing a formidable enemy and said seriously, "She's very powerful. I'm afraid you're no match for her. Leave it to me."
Sasuke's expression changed drastically. Was Hinata really that strong? Even he wasn't a match for her? Sasuke couldn't see it at all.
Naruto said solemnly, "There are two other people in Hinata's team, Shino Aburame and Kiba Inuzuka. They should be nearby. So you guys deal with them."
Sasuke was reluctant. He didn't believe Hinata was more powerful than him. So he activated his Sharingan and rushed straight right at Hinata, planning to take her out with one strike.
Naruto threw a kunai. The kunai embedded itself in the meadow and directly blocked Sasuke, sealing off all his routes to attack Hinata.
Naruto thought to himself, "I'm trying to chat up a girl here! Sasuke! What are you doing..."
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