Chapter 74: First Meeting with Snake Auntie – The Dangerously Curvy Mitarashi Anko
One hour later, most of the genin who failed the first written test had already been eliminated.
The ones left were the sensible ones—the ones who knew how to cheat.
When Ibiki announced the end of the exam and congratulated the remaining candidates still in the classroom,
two kunai came flying through the window from outside.
Bang—
The window shattered instantly into pieces.
The two kunai nailed themselves into the ceiling beam above.
A red-purple smoke bomb exploded open,
unfurling into a large cloth banner.
On the banner were bold words:
Second Examiner – Mitarashi Anko – Has Arrived!
A beautiful figure appeared in the smoke.
The woman wore a black mesh short-sleeved top on her upper body.
Below was a tight yellow skirt hugging her hips.
Her long, shapely legs were wrapped in black mesh stockings.
A large white coat draped over her shoulders.
"Don't think passing the first test means you can celebrate!"
"This isn't the time to get happy."
"I am the examiner for the second test—Mitarashi Anko. Follow me for the next exam!"
Anko made her entrance in the most dramatic way possible.
Her face was full of excitement. Raising one arm high in front of everyone, she shouted:
"Hiss… as expected of a big… figure!"
Naruto sucked in a cold breath.
No choice—
Anko really was big.
At this point in time,
she was still one of the most beautiful mature women around.
The classroom fell into an eerie silence.
Everyone had a black line running down their face.
Are all Konoha ninja this chuunibyou?
From behind the banner, Ibiki muttered in embarrassment:
"Hey—read the room."
Anko's pretty face flushed red. Too damn awkward.
But she'd done plenty of chuuni stuff before.
She quickly regained her composure. Scanning the remaining candidates in the room,
her beautiful eyes narrowed slightly.
"Ibiki—you bastard, did you go easy on them?"
"78 people—26 teams—what the hell? Why are there still so many left this year?"
She threw the blame right away!
Ibiki wasn't taking this pot.
"No way!"
"There are just too many excellent ones this year. You'll see when you take them."
After roughly understanding the situation,
Anko put her hands in her pockets, looked ahead casually, and said:
"Whatever—more people isn't necessarily bad."
"But for the second test—I won't hold back."
"I'll directly eliminate half of them again."
When they heard Anko mention the second test,
most of the students' faces lit up with wild joy.
This meant they had officially passed the first round of selection!
Seeing the students inside start chatting excitedly,
acting like no one else was around,
Anko clapped her hands sharply.
"Quiet down! Did none of you hear what I just said?"
"The next test will be even stricter than the first one—much more difficult!"
"Don't get too happy too soon!"
Those words were like a bucket of cold water,
instantly extinguishing the flame of hope that had just ignited in the candidates.
The wind stopped. The sky cleared. They suddenly felt useless again.
Anko didn't waste any more words.
She had the remaining candidates follow her
to the location of the second test.
The group soon arrived at the outskirts of the Forest of Death.
As the chief examiner, Anko stood in front of everyone and explained the rules.
"This is Training Ground 44—also known as the Forest of Death!"
"You have five days. Collect the scrolls. Do not leave the boundaries of the Forest of Death. Once you have both scrolls, head straight to the tower in the center."
"Those who complete this pass the exam."
Anko gave a rough summary of the rules.
Then she went over some additional details and precautions.
Don't be fooled by the fact that Training Ground 44—the Forest of Death—only has a diameter of about twenty kilometers. It's not that big.
But inside it was filled with countless ferocious beasts and poisonous insects.
One careless step could easily cost you your life!
While Anko was explaining,
Sakura Haruno and Yamanaka Ino started arguing again over a certain handsome guy.
"Sigh This is so troublesome"
"Five whole days… spending day and night with Naruto-kun."
"How's that—jealous yet?"
Sakura crossed her arms, looking smug.
Ino refused to back down.
"Me too!"
"Once we enter the Forest of Death, that's basically staying together with Naruto-kun indirectly."
Sakura's mouth twitched violently.
She'd seen shameless people before.
But never this shameless.
Sakura gave a fake smile.
"So what?"
"You're just indirect. I'm direct!"
"Ino—you should just give up."
"Pfft—"
Ino spat in annoyance.
But then it seemed she thought of something.
The smile on her face grew even brighter.
"Sakura… you're still not willing to admit it, are you?"
Sakura looked confused and asked instinctively:
"Admit what?"
"That Naruto-kun has already lost interest in you."
"…"
Several thick black lines appeared on Sakura's wide forehead.
Her mind buzzed as though struck by lightning!
She stood frozen like she'd been hit by thunder.
What Ino said wasn't wrong.
Ever since Naruto displayed his true strength,
these past few days—
his attitude toward her had become lukewarm at best.
The boy who used to look at her with shining eyes
had now become someone she felt she could no longer reach.
But just a few words were enough to scare Sakura away?
How could it be that easy?
She felt like this kind of thing
could be regained.
Once she made huge changes for Naruto's sake,
she believed that in the end,
true love would prevail.
If it came to it—she'd use force!
They'd have kids running around—even ones old enough to buy soy sauce.
What could Ino possibly compete with her on? Hmph!
While the two girls were "battling,"
Naruto's gaze swept quickly back and forth through the crowd.
Finally his eyes locked onto a certain long-haired young woman from the Grass Village.
"Holy crap! She's here!"
"It's you—my socialite Snake Auntie!"
Naruto openly sized up Orochimaru, who was disguised as a Grass ninja and mixed into the crowd.
He didn't even try to hide it.
He stared straight ahead!
Because of that, Orochimaru also noticed Naruto immediately.
Strange… why is Minato's son staring at me like that?
Did he notice something?
No way.
My disguise is perfect.
If he can see through it, there'd be ghosts.
Orochimaru was full of confusion.
Then he saw the boy across from him curl his lip in clear disdain.
"This Grass Village must have terrible food."
"The women they send out have no curves up top and no ass below."
"And on top of that—she's kinda ugly!"
Orochimaru: ...…
What the fuck!
Do you think you're being polite?
Or do you think you're funny?
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