Chapter 77

'Speaking of which, is Sasori afraid of the dark or the eyes glowing in the dark? ' Takeshi wondered. Five hundred points couldn't appear for no reason. 'I must have touched Sasori's nerve or something... Forget it, for now lets ignore him.'

'Now that everything is done, what should i do? I have Orochimaru above me!' He looked around fearfully, and just to confirm if Orochimaru was nearby, after not finding anyone he gave a sigh of relief, then he came out of the woods and looked at Obito with conflicted feelings. 

It was obvious that Sasori had already developed some human puppets at this time, as there was something wrong with the way he looked at a ninja with kekkei genkai (Blood-line limit). 

According to Takeshi's understanding, this is collector's addiction. Regardless of whether it is useful or not, I want to collect one when I see a kekkei genkai ninja. 

'Well...I have to warn Obito. ' Takeshi thought for a moment and jumped on Obito's head. Obito naturally jolted and yelled, attracting abit of attention. Black cat didn't speak for sometime, just laid on his head and make it look like a chicken coop. 

Sasori not far away frowned slightly. 'Was it really a coincidence?' He felt that this cat was quite intelligent and seemed to be acting suspicious, so he became more interested in it after being frightened just now. But looking at it now, did it only want to play prank on him... he would need to observe abit more it seems. 

A smile appeared on Sasori's lips and he walked towards the second examination area. Takeshi seemed to feel something. Indeed, as Sasori thought, cats intuition is much more sensitive than that of humans, and they can detect many things that humans cannot detect, such as Sasori's gaze and intent behind them. 

He was certain that Sasori was looking at him just now, not Obito. 'If you really target me, i might have miserable faith...forget it, I'll already offended you anyway, I'll look for opportunities to do it again and gain something out of it.' The little black cat thought to himself with abit of bravery. 

If Sasori really sets his sights on Obito, Takeshi and Rin will definitely have conflicts with him, so it doesn't matter whether he offends Sasori or not, he's still going to be a fight anyways. In Hidden Sand Village, Sasori's strength must have reached the Jonin level, but while also being good at using poison and puppets. 

As long as he deal with Sasori properly, he doesn't need to be afraid of Sasori. After all, he is a Summon beast, he can be used to delay Sasori and be reverse-summoned at any moment. 

The key is for Rin and Obito to hide. But after glancing at Guy and Obito, he felt that all his planning was of little use. He would have to decide when the time comes. 

Of course, the best outcome would be that Sasori wouldn't come after them. The second test begins on the cliff outside Kikyo Castle. For Suna Ninjas in this place brings back bad memories, because many Suna Ninjas died in this land, and there was a recent example of a Suna Ninja's being defeated and even having many ninjas captured. 

Therefore, many Sunagakure ninjas immediately clenched their fists when they saw this. It's heartbreaking to lose the people they care for.

Takeshi couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Are the people who chose this examination place plan on having gruesome combat between Konoha and Sunagakure?

He complained on the inside while observing sand ninjas. Pakura was a Jonin who went on patroling duty, so she didn't come here. The other sand ninjas were basically unrecognizable... oh, except for Sasori and another man. Gaara's uncle, Yashamaru! 

The examination location was so big before that Takeshi didn't even notice that he was already beside it. 'I didn't notice him until now. I have to say i really dont like the temperature here and is this how sunagakure is? No, it should be with because of Sand and strong winds... Sunagakure really isn't a desirable place to be in.'

He kept staring at Yashamaru. After Obito noticed it, he glanced at the cat's observation and said firmly and disdainfully: "Oi Takeshi, he is a man, do we need to start looking for a female cat for you ?" 

"Meow?" Takeshi tilted his head, as if he didn't understand what he meant, and just replied, "You are so knowledgeable Obito." with hidden sarcasm mixed in.

"That's right, Uchiha are very observant... When I survey my opponents? I rely on these eyes. These eyes are very powerful and capable, do you understand? They see through everything!" Obito started boasting, then remembered he isn't alone with the black cat, and noticed Rin staring at him. Obito started blushing and immediately looked at Rin. Rin had a intrigued look on her face. 

"Rin..." 

"Obito, the test results are out, I'm going to take a look." after saying that Rin ran away quickly, thinking in her mind - 'the Sharingan's observation ability is so strong, it seems that in the future, she will usually she have to be careful with Obito, but can he see...' Cough! She was thinking wildly in her mind. Obito was about to cry without tears, and then looked at the black cat fiercely. 

At this moment, he wanted to strangle the cat, and then jump off the cliff in front to escape this shameful moment. But thinking about the owner of this damn cat... 'Damn it!' Obito sat down and started wonder what led him to this moment, while Guy who was a uneasy while standing around. 

After a while, the Rin squeezed out through the crowd and ran over happily and said: "Guy, congratulations, you passed!" 

"What? I passed!" Guy was surprised. 'How could I not be aware of the quality of my own paper? I may be a bit slow, but I'm not completely dumb. How can my paper be worthy of passing? '

"It's great to be qualified as a candidate." Rin's gentle and cute smile made Obito feel entranced, while Guy's eyes widened with disbelief on his face. 

Takeshi moved his ears, shocked by Konoha examinor's shamelessness. Were those papers worthy of passing? 

"There is no time to relax. Those who have passed the written test are invited to enter the second examination location and start the practical test. Candidates are instructed to find the standards for passing within this examination site.." The examiner's voice came from a distance. 

Takeshi looked over and saw only a bunch of people running towards the exam location. His eyes lit up and he immediately thought of a way to collect points... When the group of ninjas ran down the cliff, it quickly jumped off Rin and followed the crowd, rushing ahead. 

"Huh? Takeshi, wait~" 

"Aaaah! YOSH! my youth is burning, my blood is boiling, Obito let's rush!" 

"..." Obito was dragged by Guy and ran all the way from behind. Somewhere ahead, Rin struggled to catch up and barely caught up. 

Takeshi waited for couple minutes. 'On the one hand, I'm waiting for Rin, on the other hand... I'm waiting for the sheep to accumulate.'

Herd of Ninjas descended from the cliff one after another.

This steep hill was as easy for them as climbing a tree because of their chakra control. Basically everyone here was capable of tree-walking. Takeshi pondered for a moment on the edge of the cliff. 

Just when Rin was about to arrive, he rushed down, but unlike other ninjas, Takeshi's running route was a diagonal one. What's even weirder is - while running down, from below Takeshi some liquid dropped down.

"Is it raining?" 

"It's not raining, who is the damn bastard peeing at this time?" 

"Such a coward, don't take the exam if you're afraid of heights, you'll be an obstacle for others!" 

The ninjas below cursed, Among these the ones closest to Takeshi scolded the loudest. After all, they were the ones affected the most, but soon they found a cat running past in front of them. Then, the people below also started to curse. 

"Are the people above really such whimps? If you can't handle the pressure just dont participate. Don't resort to such despicable behaviour!" The next second, a bunch of shurikens flew up from below. 

??? The ninjas who came in after them were confused, but soon became angry - 'We are also victims, why are you throwing shuriken at us?' 

Let's see who is a coward and who is brave! As a result, there was a fight on the cliff, and combat became more and more intense. In the end, almost the entire mountain wall was covered with ninja fighting scenes. 

Of course, not everyone was drenched in the black cat's urine. Like some capable ninjas, they naturally be avoided it, and it is definitely no problem for everyone in Amegakure Village as they are carrying umbrellas, but when the battle intensified, the matter that started this all was forgotten. 

The examiners on the top of the mountain were stunned and didn't know what to do for a while. After a while, two figures appeared on the scene. One is Ebizo from Sunagakure, and the other is Orochimaru, the current top person representing Konoha. 

"Orochimaru-san, do you want to stop them?" 

"Kukuku , why would I do that? The mountain wall is also the venue for the exam, isn't it?" Orochimaru responded as he laughed coldly. He didn't expect that at the beginning of the second test, this cat would surprise everyone. 

This is quite shocking.

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