In addition to dangerous enemies, the harsh climate was also a difficulty that the ninjas had to overcome.
——You can't just give up if you encounter bad weather or a climate that is not favorable for you, right?
There is no such thing.
Therefore, the worse the climate or weather, the more we must continue.
But this made the audience outside sweat.
And it's not just sand that moves through the time gate.
Stones and even small creatures that were not big enough were sucked in.
The wind was howling, and the small animals that failed to find a hiding place in time were torn apart by the wind and sand.
The stones and sand became like bullets because of the strong wind.
When it hits something, it even makes a popping sound, like some kind of hidden weapon being launched out.
If it scratches your face, it will be like a sharp knife cutting through it, leaving bloody marks on the door in an instant.
But the candidates seemed to feel no pain and continued running desperately.
The black sandstorm also became more terrifying.
The candidates in the situation also began to show their skills - except for a few groups, most of them failed to find a suitable hiding place in time.
So I just ran and saved myself.
Each showing his magical powers.
Someone melted the rock wall and chiseled a hole slanting upwards in it to get in.
Holes that are flat or downward may be buried by the incoming sand and wind. Only holes that are upward, although they may be uncomfortable to stand in, can ensure that they can at least move through the space gate without being submerged by the rapidly influx of sand and wind.
There are also places like the Grass Village, which use the Grass Village's unique grass seeds + secret techniques to create a "grass ball" woven from grass leaves, which rolls around with the black sandstorm.
They roll wherever the sandstorm blows.
Of course, most of them saved themselves on the spot.
For example, the ninjas of the Iwagakure Village immediately dug a hole in the ground, and then used earth escape to create an arched protective layer above the hole - this was originally used to defend against the offensive ninjutsu of other ninjas, but now it became a natural 'roof' for creating a shelter.
However, this earth-style ninjutsu, which was originally known for its sturdiness, was now like a cardboard walnut under a heavy blow.
It could crumble at any time.
Watching the actions of these boys and girls, the audience outside the venue were all sweating.
The horror of the black sandstorm was clearly seen by the mirage technique.
Presented in front of the audience.
That is something that cannot be expressed by any words or pictures.
Human beings are just like tiny insects in it.
If it were me...
People just imagined it and shuddered violently as if they fell into an icy cave.
The atmosphere at the scene also grew colder with the arrival of this horrific natural disaster.
Yu Yue was naturally also sweating.
"Can we end the exam?"
She couldn't help but ask Orochimaru who was sitting next to her.
Orochimaru still looked calm.
"Even if the exam is terminated, the black sandstorm will not stop."
The candidates will not be able to resolve the dangers brought by the black sandstorm just because there are no restrictions on the 'Chunin Exam'.
——The implication is that this is no longer something that humans can decide.
In fact, Yu Yue regretted asking the question the moment she asked it.
But it is inevitable that there is still that 1% expectation in my heart.
What if?
For example, during a mid-term exam, you can go in and save people.
However, Orochimaru's words completely destroyed this hope.
Orochimaru actually didn't think it was a big deal - after all, the Chunin Exam was the time for ninjas to show off everything.
Survival of the fittest.
Whether it is due to fighting or harsh environment, casualties are normal.
Seeing Yu Yue's worried look, he still comforted her with a few words:
"Don't worry, Shisui will be fine."
After all, he is the recognized genius of Uchiha.
Orochimaru didn't think that a disaster of this magnitude could threaten his life.
——And the pair of Uchiha Shisui did not disappoint Orochimaru’s guess.
Not only did they find shelter faster than others, but they were also more stable on the road than others.
Because they have the desert monitor lizard, an 'indigenous person' that is very large in both size and weight.
As local indigenous people, desert monitors are more familiar with the power of black sandstorms than the ninjas.
Nature also has its own way of taking refuge.
Uchiha Shisui and the other three used ropes to tie themselves to the belly of the desert giant lizard, so that they could avoid the damage caused by the black sandstorm to the greatest extent.
With the protection of the cloak and personal attention, the occasional encounter with the desert below
Not afraid of even a little scratch or bump.
The desert monitor ran wildly all the way, and soon brought its three "passengers" to a broken and collapsed rock wall, and then it skillfully drilled into the crack under the overlapping rock walls.
The sand was howling outside, but it was dark and quiet inside this crevice.
The three of them then got off the desert monitor lizard.
"Earth Escape: Earth Flow Wall!"
After coming down, Shui Gu immediately used earth escape to add another "door" to the entrance of the cave.
Although this crack just happens to block the wind and sand now, the black sandstorm is unpredictable. Who knows if the wind direction will change later and pour the sand all over their faces?
"Next, we just have to wait for the black sandstorm to pass."
"It's a good opportunity to study the information on the scroll."
While Mizutani was busy with the time gate, the other two also completed the basic inspections.
Uchiha Shisui even provided emergency treatment to the large wounds on the desert monitor lizard.
The ferocious beast was lying there, quiet and well-behaved like a giant doll.
The audience was amazed and envious.
Although it doesn't seem appropriate to say this at this time.
But this is really cool.
The huge and ferocious monster is only gentle to me...
hiss.
Love it.
Who hasn't had this fantasy?
The comfort and warmth from Uchiha Shisui instantly eased the audience's emotions.
Besides feeling anxious, it also allows them to better watch the ninjas' various ways of dealing with the situation.
“That group is almost hollowing out the rock wall!”
"Is that also a ninjutsu? It's so fast."
People were talking about a team from the Hidden Mist Village. The female ninja in the lead quickly performed a ninjutsu that could melt rock, and in a short period of time she was able to go all the way up inside the gate and almost punch through the rock wall.
Then he melted the rock wall horizontally and carved out a space door that was large enough for three people to live in.
The magical ninjutsu also opened the eyes of the audience - before that, they thought that ninjutsu was about water, fire, fighting and killing.
I didn’t expect it could be used this way!
So amazing!
The only "green" in the black sandstorm also particularly attracts people's attention.
"That grass ball has been rolling for a long time."
"Yes, the grass leaves outside have been falling, but the volume of the grass ball has not decreased significantly. I guess the people inside are still safe."
"Damn it, am I the only one who thinks this grass ball rolling around is magical? I can't stop staring at it for a while."
As the candidates found ways to avoid the black sandstorm, the atmosphere on the audience side gradually warmed up.
Although there was no roar as before, the discussions were still very lively.
And because of the discovery of the novelty of ninjas and ninjutsu, a lot of creative ideas came to mind.
For example, some people wondered whether they could use the rock-melting ninjutsu to dig a mine.
Or is it possible to use earth escape to directly build a bridge?
Some people also think that the grass ball rolling around is very interesting and want to experience it for themselves.
The host village, Sand Village, and the 'guests' had never expected this situation.
I originally thought that the Chunin Exam was exciting and cruel.
But watching the audience's performance and listening to their discussions, they felt a lot more relaxed.
The teachers in charge of each ninja village also began to make their own plans.
This did not dampen the enthusiasm of the audience.
Then I shouldn't have anything to worry about when I host an event myself in the future, right?
Although I don't know how much the Sand Village earned this time, it's really a way to make money without doing anything.
The venue is free - no one goes to the Death Desert, so how can we talk about money?
What the Sand Village has to do is to make arrangements in advance, prepare food and lodging (but they also spend a lot of money on the Sand Village!) and hire functional ninjas...
Speaking of functional ninjas.
Why didn’t they know that the ninjas from Takigakure were so useful before?
When I hold the Chunin Exam myself, I will have to invite people.
The art of mirage is amazing!
And in the desert of death.
Except for a very few unlucky ones who are still struggling in the black sandstorm, most of the candidates have already begun to rest and recuperate in a safe shelter.
Some of those who found clues started analyzing directly.
For ninjas, 'finding intelligence' is just the basis, and 'analyzing intelligence' is the key.
——This is also where the difference in ninja strength is truly reflected.
Uchiha Shisui and his group opened the scroll.
But there was only a paragraph describing the scenery written on the scroll.
In order to allow the audience to see more clearly, the ninjas who cast the mirage technique also specially invited external assistance and added reconnaissance techniques, and finally the words on it were
enlarge.
The audience was also confused when they saw the text which had unfamiliar wording but was completely describing the scenery.
"What is this?"
"Isn't this a mistake?"
"What kind of information can this provide?"
Some people who seemed to understand the situation also expressed their opinions:
"Does it need to be burned with fire or doused with water to reveal the hidden text?"
Isn't it said that ninja intelligence is mysterious and full of traps?
——A similar speculation was also put forward by Moonlight Gale.
However, his two companions shook their heads in denial.
"The paper is too thin and there is no interlayer."
"I touched it, it's not special paper or ink."
The two of them stated their reasons one after another.
Moonlight Gale: ...
No, we all looked at the intelligence together, how come you two are the only ones so outstanding?
Although Moonlight Gale is not very good at interpreting intelligence, and his grades in this area in school are a bit... poor, but they shouldn't be that bad, right?
Noticing his expression, Uchiha Shisui smiled and comforted him:
"It's just that the time gate you saw was too short. If I give you more time gates, you will definitely be able to detect it."
Thanks, I think that's unlikely.
Moonlight Gale shook his head, thinking that he shouldn't compare himself with a 'genius'.
"So? This information is false?"
There are neither other props nor special clues, so how do we interpret this information?
Even if you want to decipher the code, you have to give me a code book, right? Otherwise, how can it possibly match?
But Uchiha Shisui and Mizutani looked at each other, and then spoke almost at the same time:
"There are clues."
“Just interpret it.”
Gekkou Hayate: Ever since I decided to take part in the Chunin Exams, I often feel like my teammates and I don't belong to the same world.
Mizutani never appears except for training, and his origins remain a mystery.
Uchiha Shisui was even more excessive.
He was still working as an assistant until the start of the game.
If Miss Yu Yue had not had other needs, he might not have been able to wait for this teammate.
And this is the situation again now.
Hearing the other party's words, Uchiha Shisui said directly:
"Mizutani, let me explain."
Being called
Mizutani, whose name was named, was not polite. He glanced at Uchiha Shisui and confirmed that the other party really had no other ideas. Then he said his discovery: "The depth of the ink is different."
Although black ink is used, if you look at it against the light, you will find that some of the words are of a different depth than the others.
Although people may use different colors of ink on the same character due to more or less ink when writing in their daily lives, they are all connected and follow a certain pattern.
Without saying a word, there was a special door between us.
Hearing his words, Moonlight Gale picked up the scroll and searched for it in the light for a while.
Finally found the words with inconsistent colors.
"lake"
"Grass"
"desert"
This seems like a completely unrelated word.
After all, the reason why a desert is a desert is because it is a barren land with only sand.
But Moonlight Gale reacted quickly.
"oasis!"
If there is "grass" and "lake" in the desert, it must be an oasis.
"So the next clue is at the oasis!"
Other ninjas who got clues also took advantage of this time to start analyzing the intelligence.
This also allows the audience to see how complicated the ninjas' intelligence can be.
The earliest ones who talked about using fire and water to show words were just the basics.
Others include but are not limited to mezzanines, connect the dots, code book decoding... and even math problems.
When seeing the math problems, many viewers gasped.
——There is no way. In this world of frequent wars and imperfect higher education, most people’s math skills are only limited to basic addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
It's really shocking that a function like a parabola suddenly pops up.
Yu Yue gasped.
Is it too much to ask math questions for a ninja exam?
If I remember correctly, the age for graduating from the Ninja School is only 12 years old, right?
The team that unfortunately got the math questions also had an expression that looked like they wanted to cry but had no tears.
Help, why do we have to do math... Sand Village, do we look like the kind of people who can do math well?!
Seeing their painful expressions when seeing mathematics, the audience couldn't help but empathize with them and felt an emotion called "pity".
Too miserable
.
Which village is this ninja from? Why not buy some support products to show your support.
You are fighting one second and doing math problems the next.
It's really too miserable.
But no matter what, most of the contestants finally took the "first step" of the Chunin Exam steadily.
As the time gate stretched, more and more ninjas analyzed the intelligence they had and determined where they would go next.
However, the black sandstorm has not yet passed, so people cannot take the next step.
Instead, they began to rest in the shelter.
Those who need treatment should get treatment, and those who need to catch up on sleep should get some sleep.
Of course, there is also the option of eating.
"Let's eat."
The curly-haired boy said this without taking out any more bottles and jars.
Instead, he took out some small boxes.
Each of these boxes is only the size of a palm, but there are nearly ten of them.
Mizutani and Gekkou Hayate both looked over curiously.
Uchiha Shisui did not keep anyone in suspense and opened the boxes one by one.
A fragrant aroma greets you.
There were all kinds of prepared food inside.
There are rice balls and various side dishes with rich ingredients.
"Wow!"
Not only the teammates exclaimed.
Even the audience was shocked when they saw it .
They can't smell it though.
but……
“This looks so good!”
“It looks delicious!”
Whether it's the oily sheen on top or the red and green colors that look very appetizing, they all give people an intuitive feeling that it's "delicious".
Seeing the three people happily sharing the food, both the ninjas and the ordinary audience couldn't help but feel a strange and complicated feeling in their hearts.
Everyone is here for the Chunin Exams.
Why does your group look like they are on a picnic?
“They even gave some to desert monitor lizards!”
"Humans are not as good as monsters... Give it to me, I want to taste it too!"
Given the size of a desert monitor lizard, the amount of food a human eats is of course just like a seasoning to taste - although I don't know if the desert monitor lizard is delicious.
But the audience was greedy.
"Five minutes, I want to know all the information about these side dishes!"
——Five minutes is of course an exaggeration.
But the news about Xiaocai was indeed found out by people within a day.
After all, Uchiha Shisui never concealed the fact that he was the assistant of the owner of the Ugetsu store. Many people followed this clue and found out the origins of the things he took out.
When people learned that these were almost all produced in the employee cafeteria, they became extremely jealous again.
Damn it, if the food is produced in the staff cafeteria, doesn’t that mean they can’t eat it even if they want to spend money?
No, we can’t let the employees of Yuyue Store eat alone.
They strongly requested Yu Yue Store to contribute these delicious foods and provide them with a purchasing channel.
You are a businessman, don't be ungrateful!
Ugetsu who received this 'request': ...
What’s going on? Why are there people forcing others to sell cafeteria food?
But people have come to this point, Yu Yue can't be so cruel as to not give him any chance at all.
A public release is unlikely for now, but it is possible to have a limited edition during the Chunin Exams.
Just say 'same as all candidates'.
Anyway, the Sand Village also has a staff dormitory for the Ugetsu Store, and the things inside are not much different from those in Konoha.
Although the dishes are slightly different due to the local environment and specialties, the taste is still guaranteed.
Therefore, taking advantage of the time when the game viewing was over today, Yu Yue quickly went to find the Third Kazekage to explain the situation, and then arranged for the supply of the 'same snacks for the examinees'.
Of course, it is impossible to let go.
Even if more manpower is temporarily added, food needs to be marinated and preserved. It is impossible to prepare it now and let people eat it as much as they want.
Each person can only order one portion to satisfy your craving.
Yu Yue hadn't expected to make any money from selling side dishes.
More importantly, he wanted to sell his products - "Look at the food in our Yuyue employee cafeteria, it's really delicious, are you really not considering applying for a job?"
You can really taste the deliciousness and feel how well Ugetsu treats its employees.
Isn't this much more effective than placing a special job ad?
It also saves costs.
The rainy month is beautiful.
But some people don't think so.
Upon learning about Ugetsu's impromptu activity, Hyde almost died of laughter.
——Just sell it. Is there a limited quantity for a small dish?
I really think that people
I don't value this little thing of yours.
Those who are not interested are naturally not interested, but those who are interested, of course, want to enjoy the meal.
It's not a very great thing in the first place, and it doesn't allow people who know how to spend money to spend it to their heart's content.
Forget about making money, won’t you be scolded to death?
Although his own affairs were still unresolved, Hyde's mood improved when he saw that the naughty girl Yu Yue was about to get into trouble.
The little girl's life is just too smooth.
Once you get used to everything going smoothly, you always feel that you can do anything.
Look, isn’t this going to be a Waterloo?
How to describe this feeling?
Oh, yes.
It really is true that 'seeing you making money is more painful than seeing me losing money'.
At least that's how Hyde felt.
Although he successfully entered the outer city of Sand Village.
But the search for the caravan has always been a challenge.
Nothing else.
There are too many people from the outer city.
There were also countless caravans.
With such a vague description, it is impossible to accurately identify it.
So he looked for it several times, but came up empty-handed.
Not only that, but they also had conflicts several times because of delaying the merchant caravans from going to support, and they were almost beaten several times.
If it weren't for being able to stay here.
If we really talk about fighting ability, the three girls he brought with him are all very good fighters.
With the power of the Grayer Stone, there is no need to be afraid even of the jonin from the jonin villages.
But his current goal is to sneak into the outer city to look for someone.
...I can only bear it.
Although he had not been in the Sand Village for long, Hyde felt as if he had aged several years.
Angry.
Therefore, he disliked Yu Yue, who had cheated him out of a large sum of money, even more.
Now that I see she is going to be in trouble, I am so happy that I couldn't sleep well.
Before daybreak, I was ready to go and see her make a fool of herself.
Anyway, it takes time to find someone, so why not go and see her make fun of herself? At least it can keep you in a good mood for the whole day, right?
Hyde took his confidants and happily took to the streets.
He even prepared words of 'comfort'.
After all, you are the elder, and you still have to listen to what the elders say, right?
“Queue up here!
Don’t push!
Before Hyde could walk into the Ugetsu Store's branch in the Sand Village.
Then I heard someone shouting at the top of his lungs.
When I turned the corner, I saw a bustling crowd.
The line stretched from the entrance of Yu Yue Store to the other end of the street.
At a glance, you can't even see the end.
Next to the team were three ninjas wearing Sand Village forehead protectors, sweating profusely as they tried to maintain order.
"Don't push! Don't push! Even if you can't buy it today, we'll give you a number!"
"The doors will be sold during the Chunin Exams!"
"You can't cut in line! You can't queue for someone else!"
The three ninjas had seen big scenes before, but faced with such a crowded scene, they still felt a little overwhelmed.
After all, there were only three of them, but they were facing hundreds of guests.
Fortunately, support arrived quickly and the situation was under control.
Two Sand Village ninjas dressed as puppeteers came hurriedly. After they arrived, they did not say hello to their companions. They immediately unfolded the boxes on their backs. Then one stood at the front of the team and the other at the end. After they adjusted their positions, they lowered a puppet that looked like a wooden stake from the box.
The 'wooden stake' is rooted in the ground, and then one side opens up, revealing a 'joint' that has no end in sight.
The joint that flew straight out extended all the way forward until it connected with the 'joint' extended by another puppet on the opposite side.
Then the two of them went to the other side of the team and repeated the action.
Two 'guardrails' were formed to separate the queueing crowd and outsiders.
The three ninjas who maintained order wiped the sweat from their heads and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
It's good to have guardrails, so they don't have to worry about those who queue up for others or cut in line. And in this way, it can also play a diversion role, and there is no need to worry about colliding with other tourists when the flow of people is peak.
At this moment, a ninja attacked Hyde and his guards who were standing nearby.
Because the four of them were not dressed as ninjas, the ninjas who were maintaining order only thought they were tourists from other places.
"If you are queuing, you have to go to the end of the line. Cutting in line or waiting in line for someone else is not allowed."
He even kindly offered some advice:
"It's still in time if you go now. Otherwise, if there are too many people waiting, I really don't know how long I will have to wait in line."
Hyde: ...!