Chapter 975

Byakugan, Insect User, and Dog-type Taming Ninja—who knows what Konoha was thinking, putting three perception-type ninja in the same squad! Jiliang Miye consoled herself like this, and resolved that once they entered the training ground, she would not clash with the other side, just take a detour and stay far away.

"After quickly taking out that squad of Mist ninja, we'll head straight for Area B and go directly after the people in Area B." Jiliang Miye decided to continue displaying her greatest strength—bullying the weak and fearing the tough, cowardice unto the heavens.

What kind of Chunin Exam is this? It's practically gods fighting! Training Ground Three—this patch, sitting on the edge of Konoha village, was carved out by force from a dense jungle area.

And over these ten-plus years, Konoha's Leaf Anbu had unceasingly released large numbers of genetically modified wild animals here; now these terrifying hunters had long since turned the place into a death zone.

Tossing a group of green genin in there—anyone would see it as a meaningless feeding exercise—but in reality Konoha still had to consider appearances somewhat.

Every squad going in, each person come over and receive a flare—when you want to give up, just fire it at the sky. Almost every gate that had been opened in every area, the logistics ninja distributing flares to these groups of genin stepping into the exam ground, tirelessly repeated the above words, and would also direct them to look up at the sky above the Death Forest.

Faintly, one could see some black dots—no need to say, those were the aerial proctoring team composed of Konoha ninja who possessed flying ninja beasts as partners. Whenever anyone felt they could not complete the trial, or encountered something that would absolutely cost them their life, firing the flare to let these aerial rescuers—whose strength averaged around Special Jonin level—take them out of danger ahead of time, was the final life-saving measure. Of course, doing so also meant you had lost your exam eligibility, and your squad would lose points as well.

"Damn! I can't believe this kind of awful rainforest environment is right next to Konoha. The air in the forest is so damp and stuffy, mixed with all kinds of irritating smells 〃〃." Inuzuka Kiba felt he simply couldn't put his specialty to use; Akamaru perched on his head whined as well—clearly the surroundings made him very uncomfortable too.

"The water vapor around here is too heavy, the parasitic insects have already…" Aburame Shino didn't need to explain anything—the clumps of bugs falling to the ground from various places on his body said enough.

This Insect User's most important method had run into trouble—should one say, as expected of a genin, to actually overlook the fact that the bugs he raises are afraid of water.

"Kiba, Shino, I'm here!" Within Kaguya-hime's sky-like Byakugan, an unknown emotion flickered as she spoke.

"Something wrong, ha?"

"Woof-woof!"

The instant the two people and one dog turned their heads, their gazes met Kaguya-hime's eyes, and in an instant their souls were seized; their five senses were directly controlled by Kaguya, stripped of all concept, and without their even knowing it, they abandoned thought.

Without hesitation, she flung the two people and one dog into her own different dimension; at the same time, little Zetsu also emerged from the giant tree trunk beside them.

"Do you need me to clean up, Mother?" The moment she appeared, little Zetsu was already scheming about how to deal with those two people and one dog.

"No need. Later, use the power of the Moon's Eye to weave them a realistic illusionary realm." Kaguya-hime closed her different dimension—because Lin Cheng's current body still couldn't perform a complete "Amenotejikara," otherwise she would have long since let her divine kingdom, silent for a thousand years, reappear in the human world.

"Is that so… understood, Mother." Little Zetsu blinked. There was one thing she didn't say—unconsciously, Mother seemed to have been influenced by the host's personality as well. If it were that Mother of hers, she definitely wouldn't care what became of the lives of those two people and one dog, and would have handed them straight over to destruction.

The veins at the corners of her eyes began to tense, the pale blue within the Byakugan growing ever more intense. Kaguya-hime unhesitatingly activated the "Divine-Era Byakugan"—something a mortal body absolutely could not withstand. Before the chakra within Lin Cheng's body was drained at a visible rate, her vision had already spread across the entire Death Forest.

Hm! Gaara, who had been speeding through the jungle without a word, suddenly stiffened and stopped in place, putting Kankuro and Temari, who had been following him, on edge.

"Gaara, what's wrong?" In the end, seeing that something was off about Gaara, who was now clutching his head with his aura gradually gathering, Kankuro carefully asked, risking the possibility of being killed.

But Gaara had no time to answer his brother's question. At this moment he was wholly focused on resisting the tailed beast within him that was gradually slipping out of control. He had never seen the One-Tail so agitated—not the kind of agitation that wanted to rampage wildly. An emotion that, in Gaara's view, would absolutely never appear on this bad-tempered raccoon dog, was being transmitted to him through the not-very-secure seal.

Sensing Gaara's intention, the One-Tail said irritably. At this moment it hated even more the humans who had sealed it. If it weren't restrained like this, at least it could rely on its own will to flee, rather than, as now, having to depend on a weak host…