Although Neji won, there was no joy on his face, he was preoccupied with the large gap in strength between himself and Kaoru.
And the next match was Lee against Gaara, even though Lee took off the weights tied to his legs, and opened the Eight Gates, he was still no match for Gaara, of course, Gaara also won this match with great difficulty.
The last match was Dosu against Choji Akimichi, this match had no suspense, Choji Akimichi was easily defeated by Dosu.
In the end, all the matches were over, and including Wan'er, there were a total of nine people who entered the main rounds of the Chūnin Exams.
"Alright, I announce that the third preliminary round of the Chūnin Exams has come to an end!"
In the center of the venue, Hayate Gekkō announced the results of this preliminary round.
"Wan'er Uchiha, Sasuke Uchiha, Naruto Uzumaki, Dosu, Shikamaru Nara...... congratulations to everyone for successfully passing the preliminary round, although some people are absent, I still want to congratulate you!"
Hayate Gekkō congratulated loudly.
"Third Hokage-sama, please announce the rules now."
Hayate Gekkō respectfully withdrew.
"I said before, the main rounds will be held in front of the daimyo of various countries, so, I will set the real main rounds in a month's time."
The Third Hokage's aura was thick, and he announced loudly.
"What, it's actually going to take so long?!"
All the examinees who entered the main rounds were very surprised, they thought that according to this speed of the competition, the main rounds would start soon, but they didn't expect that it would actually take a month, and there would also be some chaos.
"A month? That's really long enough ah, I don't want to wait any longer ah!" Wan'er said unhappily.
"You guys, don't underestimate this month, in the preliminary rounds, the opponent before the match is unknown, but the main rounds are different, the opponent has to be determined in advance, so we're going to draw lots next." The Third Hokage said.
"Draw lots?"
All the examinees were stunned, and didn't even prepare themselves.
At this time, Hayate Gekkō had already walked to the front of the examinees, and he was holding a black box in his hand.
"The rules are very simple, the person who draws the number one lot will fight against the number two lot, the number three will fight against the number four, and so on."
After Hayate Gekkō finished announcing, he let the nine examinees draw the order lots in turn.
Soon everyone had finished drawing, and Hayate Gekkō had also arranged the match rankings.
First match: Naruto Uzumaki VS Neji Hyūga.
Second match: Sasuke Uchiha VS Kankurō.
Third match: Shikamaru Nara VS Temari.
The fourth match was a bit special, because Wan'er drew number nine, so she would have a bye in the first round, and in the fourth match, Dosu would first fight Gaara, and the winner would then fight Wan'er.
"It seems that this time the changes are a bit big compared to the original story ah....." Kaoru frowned, in the original story, it was Sasuke who fought Gaara, but now it had turned into Dosu, and Kaoru was very clear that this Dosu was completely no match for Gaara, therefore, Wan'er's opponent would definitely be Gaara......
Kaoru was really a little uncertain about whether the current Wan'er could beat Gaara, after all, Gaara was a Jinchūriki, and his ninjutsu was also very terrifying.
But fortunately, he still had a month, and this time was enough to train Wan'er well.
"Very good, today's competition ends here, I hope everyone can have an outstanding performance in the Chūnin preliminary rounds!"
As the Third Hokage finished saying these words, the preliminary rounds officially ended, and everything had been settled.
Then, the Third Hokage and a group of Jōnin left, and the examinees also left.
After the Chūnin preliminary rounds ended, Kaoru also sent Hinata to Konoha Hospital. And not long after, Hinata's father, Hiashi Hyūga, also came to the hospital.
Kaoru and Wan'er both made way for Hinata's father.
"Hinata, you've disappointed me too much!" Coming to Hinata's bedside, Hiashi Hyūga directly blurted out these words, without a trace of concern for Hinata.
"I'm sorry, father......" For Hiashi Hyūga's scolding, Hinata could only apologize in a low voice.
"What a useless child." Hiashi shook his head, his eyes full of disappointment, and then directly turned around, and actually prepared to leave directly.
He came to the hospital, just to take a look at Hinata, and then scold her, and then no longer care about this daughter of his.
"Hinata, if it continues like this, then be prepared to accept the Caged Bird curse mark!" Hiashi threw down these words, and prepared to leave here.
And Kaoru heard these words, and hurriedly stopped Hiashi.
"Wait a minute, Hiashi-sama, what do you mean by this?" Kaoru asked, Hinata was going to be implanted with the Caged Bird? This had never happened in the original story.
Hearing Kaoru ask, Hiashi's advancing footsteps also stopped, and he turned his head to look at Kaoru, and then spoke: "You're Hinata's Jōnin in charge, as expected, young people are unreliable ah......."
Kaoru only felt a burst of anger in his heart, and then forcibly suppressed it and said: "Hiashi-sama, what do you mean by the Caged Bird?"
Hiashi's eyebrows furrowed, and he spoke: "This is our Hyūga clan's tradition, in the main family line, there can only be one heir in each generation, I now have two children, Hinata and Hanabi, and now the five-year-old Hanabi's strength is already much stronger than my eldest daughter Hinata, so Hinata can only become a branch family member to protect the main family!"
Hearing Hiashi Hyūga say this, Kaoru was stunned, and thoughts flashed through his mind, Kaoru suddenly realized that this was indeed the tradition of the Hyūga clan ah.
Just like Hiashi Hyūga and Hizashi Hyūga back then, they were twin brothers, and just because they were born a few seconds later, it was destined that one of them would forever be controlled by the Caged Bird, and would not be able to obtain freedom.
However, in the Naruto original story, although Hanabi was eventually selected as the heir of the Hyūga clan, Hinata was still not branded with the Caged Bird, and there was no explanation for this in the original story, perhaps it was because Naruto became Hokage and abolished this system, or because Hinata was the Hokage's wife...... I'm afraid even Hiashi Hyūga wouldn't dare to do that, right.......
But now, Hinata was no longer close to Naruto, which meant that Hinata's fate had to be changed by Kaoru!
Hearing Hiashi's words, Hinata was silent for a moment, and then spoke: "For the sake of my younger sister, becoming a branch family member isn't a big deal......"
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