The sun shines through the light mist, shrouding the waterfall in the back mountain.

The water in the pool is pitch black, and under the sunlight shining through the mist, it reflects a silvery, metallic luster.

The black material covering the water flow is like a dark curtain, undulating slightly, as if it has fresh vitality.

Not long after, a slender figure stood up from the dark water. The red and white miko uniform covering her body was already soaked.

Fits well with delicate and fair skin.

The hair, the tip of the nose, and the chin were dripping with crystal clear water drops.

The dark matter in the pool seemed to be strongly stimulated by something, and began to fluctuate violently, creating layers of ripples and surging crazily towards the girl's body.

With the blessing of dark matter, the girl's face showed a very comfortable expression, as if these dark things were the most delicious tonic, which made her enjoy this ecstatic feeling of power expansion.

As the dark matter surged, one could still vaguely see countless black tentacles flashing through the water that was starting to become clear, sinking into the girl's body, and disappearing.

Until the last trace of darkness disappeared from the pool, the pool became clean and crystal clear again, and calmness returned.

Stepping on the water with her bare feet, the girl's face flushed, while she panted lightly, slowly walking towards the outside of the pool.

"Wuzhi, are you okay?"

Seeing the girl in miko uniform walking out of the pool, her legs still shaking slightly and feeling a little unsteady, Hanami Haruka asked with concern...

Wuzhi was wearing wet clothes. After walking out of the pool, he put his hand on a tree and leaned on it without falling. When he heard his friend's concern, he

He shook his head slightly.

"It's okay... I absorbed more chakra this time than before. It will take some time to get used to it."

It's not that more chakra is a good thing.

How much chakra the human body can hold depends on its physical fitness.

If you have a weak constitution, absorbing chakra that exceeds the body's container limit is likely to cause the body to collapse directly, which is harmful to yourself.

Although her body is relatively powerful compared to her peers, it is quite difficult to control it after absorbing such a huge amount of chakra.

"what time is it now?"

Wu Zhi waited until his breathing calmed down and his body stopped shaking, and he raised his head and asked.

Her eyes are always closed, but they are like see-through white eyes, able to see things outside directly.

"At six-thirty, there are still two and a half hours to prepare before the game starts."

Hanajianyao took out his pocket watch, took a look at it, and said to Wu Zhi.

Wu Zhi nodded slightly. Two and a half hours was enough for her to adapt to the sudden increase in chakra in her body.

"So, how's the intelligence gathering going?"

In the first half of the exorcism ceremony, Haruka Hanami served as a 'sacrifice' to be sucked by the monster. After offering most of his chakra, he withdrew from the ceremony and went outside to collect information on the genin participating in the finals.

Wu Zhi attaches great importance to the opponent who will compete in the finals today.

Because this is a great opportunity to promote your own shrine and build the reputation of your own shrine.

After all, fame means that the shrine will have more tourists, and more tourists will also mean that the shrine's income will increase.

The times are developing rapidly. Even if the shrine needs to retain many traditions, the shrine maidens of their lineage do not need to escape from the world to practice. After joining the world, they will inevitably need money in many places.

Since the outside world has begun to advance with the times, it is natural for the miko to follow suit and practice accordingly.

Hearing Wu Zhi talk about business, Hanajian Haruka told the information he had collected:

"Your opponent in the first round is Rock Lee from Konoha. According to my investigation, he is a student of Konoha Jonin Metkai. And Metkai was once one of the students taught by Lord Ruri during his time in Konoha.

, is not good at illusions and ninjutsu, and is good at physical skills. Rock Lee inherited Metkai's strengths and weaknesses."

"Only physical skills?"

"If the information is not missing, this should be true. However, even if the opponent only knows Taijutsu, he cannot be careless. As far as I know, Konoha Jounin Metkai can use the forbidden technique Eight Gate Dungeon as his valued student.

, Locke Li has most likely also learned the Eight Gates Dunjia. You should pay special attention to this."

Huajianyao said with a serious face.

Although there are huge risks in Eight Gate Dunjia, it can increase one's strength exponentially in a short period of time.

You can never be too careful.

Wu Zhi nodded slightly, indicating that he understood.

Forbidden arts that involve a certain amount of risk to gain extremely powerful power do require vigilance.

She has never had the experience of fighting against the Eight Gate Dunjia ninja before, but as long as it is a forbidden technique, it will not be so easy to deal with it. If you don't deal with it carefully, you may fail.

Wu Zhi will not put his hope in the fact that the other party has not learned the Eight Doors Dunjia.

This is the final, so it is natural to evaluate the opponent in the worst possible way.

"Next is Asuka-senpai, as well as Ai and Xiang Rin. You know the strength of the three of them, especially Ai. His strength is very close to that of a Jonin. If you pass the first round, then the next step

The three of them are probably your competitors for the first place."

Although they both belong to the country of ghosts, in the finals, they are no longer comrades, but opponents who need to be defeated.

"Then there are Kirigakure and Sunagakure. Among them, Kaguya Kimimaro and Sandstorm Gaara will be your strong enemies. Konoha's Uchiha Sasuke, Aburame Shino, and Hinata Neji, among which Uchiha Sasuke may be

The most troublesome one. The second one is Hyuga Neji, but his opponent in the first round is Aya, which is a pity."

Hanami Haruka expressed his opinion.

"Uzumaki Naruto..."

Wu Zhi mentioned this name.

"That guy? So far, apart from his excellent chakra, I don't see any other specialties. His opponent in the first round is Aburame Shino from the same village. There is a high probability that he will be eliminated by his opponent."

Hanajianyuan said.

Her judgment was not without basis.

The parasites of the Aburame clan have the ability to absorb chakra. Ninjas with huge chakra like Naruto are the favorite hunting targets of the parasites.

As a result, Naruto's chakra advantage cannot be used in the first round. And once this advantage is lost, in Hanami Haruka's view, Naruto, who does not know the sealing technique of the Uzumaki clan, will become a bad boy.

A living target for insects to establish their power.

"Not necessarily. Like Gaara Sunagakure, he has a huge chakra monster sealed in his body. We cannot treat these jinchūriki with common sense."

Moreover, during the preliminaries, Naruto also made a very unexpected move. In Kirie's view, the opponent was a greater threat than Aburame Shino.

In the same way, Gaara, who was also born as a Jinchuuriki, also transcended common sense.

Using general ideas to speculate on the upper limit that the Jinchuriki can reach would be to underestimate the terrifying power of the Jinchuriki.

For those powerful ninjas, maybe the jinchuriki is not too dangerous, but this is the chunin exam, just a battle between genin.

Once a jinchūriki uses the power of a tailed beast, even just a little bit, the whole game may become unpredictable.

Because the tailed beast is part of the Jinchuriki, as long as it can be controlled, it is also counted as the power of the Jinchuriki itself.

"But, the two of them are about the same age as us, so they shouldn't be able to control the power of the tailed beasts in their bodies, right?"

Hanami Haruka hesitated and said.

"But it's not entirely impossible, is it?"

When Hanami Haruka heard this, he rubbed his eyebrows. From this point of view, the difficulty of this final was too terrifying.

It is not an easy thing to successfully get the first place.

Moreover, there is not much rest time in the middle, which will test the endurance of each genin contestant and their tactical arrangements.

"Anyway, let's sort out the entire information first. There are still more than two hours until the start of the game, so there is enough time to make temporary adjustments."

Wu Zhi did not refuse Hanajian Haruka's arrangement and began to discuss the details of the information with the other party.

As for Yamazaki Ku, who is on the same team, Hanami Haruka didn't mention a word.

For Yamazaki Hisashi, a teammate in the same team, Hanami Haruka is very aware of his opponent's abilities. In the finals where there are so many monsters, the opponent may be the only normal ninja.

It's so normal that no special treatment is needed.

hostel.

Naruto woke up in a daze to the sound of knocking on the door.

"Naruto, open the door quickly, don't oversleep, don't forget that today is the day when the finals begin!"

Hearing the sound coming into the house from outside, Naruto suddenly sat up from the bed and rubbed his eyes, which were still a little sleepy.

"It's Sakura."

Naruto rubbed his eyes and yawned, got out of bed, put on his slippers, walked to the entrance of the room, and opened the door.

Sure enough, Sakura was standing outside the door, but Naruto didn't see Sasuke and Kakashi.

"Where are Sasuke and Kakashi-sensei?"

"They are having breakfast downstairs. It's already seven o'clock. You should come down quickly."
To be continued...