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Chapter 198: Two Steps Ahead

Leaves drifted down in slow spirals, settling over the cracked earth like quiet snowfall.

Shikamaru stood there with his shoulders slightly raised—like he was bracing against a weight no one else could see.

The forest hadn’t gotten louder… but somehow it felt tighter, like the trees were leaning in to watch.

Chōji was behind him, breathing rough. One arm hung a little ...

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Chapter 197: The Trap Closes In

In Konoha Village, after leaving the Central Tower, Gekkō Hayate hurried straight toward the Hokage’s Office.

“Hokage-sama!”

“Hm?”

The Third Hokage looked up, pipe in hand. “Hayate? What is it?”

“Yes, Hokage-sama!” Hayate said quickly. “It’s about the leader of the Snow Hidden Village’s genin team.”

Without wasting time, he explained ever...

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Chapter 196: Feeding Crows and Reunion

Inside the monitoring room, the atmosphere was lively as news of the team’s arrival sparked a flurry of reactions.

An examiner leaned in, tapping furiously at his controls, trying to pull up dossiers. “Who the hell are these kids? Snow Hidden… I don’t even remember them sending a team last year.”

A senior proctor, a grizzled jōnin with a cigarette hanging from his lips—...

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Chapter 195: Freedom Comes at a Price

Kankuro still couldn’t wrap his head around it.

His gaze kept darting from Gaara—who was sprawled out on the soaked ground, sand armor dripping and chakra suppressed—to the calm, black-blindfolded girl who had just single-handedly subdued their “monster.”

This… isn’t possible.

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Chapter 194: Gaara vs Hinata

For a moment, the entire forest fell silent.

A single leaf spiraled through the air where Gaara had been standing, drifting lazily in the sudden stillness.

Even the other Sand siblings froze, struggling to process what they had just seen...

Gaara—their unstoppable monster—had been kicked halfway across the clearing by a blindfolded girl.

“So fast!”

Kankuro ...

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Chapter 193: No Time for Monologues

Somewhere else in the Forest of Death…

The canopy thinned as four figures moved soundlessly across the forest floor, their presence barely disturbing the air.

“Karin-chan… there’s movement ahead.”

Hinata slowed slightly, her steps cautious beneath the black blindfold. She tilted her head, aware of a faint disturbance somewhere ahead.

“…Should we check it ou...

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Chapter 192: For Fun

As Naruto disappeared into the trees, the clearing fell into an uneasy silence.

Sakura glanced around, nerves creeping in, while Sasuke closed his eyes...calm and composed.

Then…

Moments later, footsteps broke through the stillness.

“Hey! I’m back!”

Naruto emerged from between the trees, hands behind his head, grin wide and stupid as ever.

“All done...

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Chapter 191: This Exam Escalated Quickly

The moment Sasuke finished signing, the hesitation in the air vanished.

As if a switch had been flipped, the other teams wasted no time.

One by one, genin stepped forward, scrawling their names onto the waivers with varying expressions—some grim, some excited, some pretending not to care while their hands shook just a little.

Pens scraped against paper.

This wasn’t c...

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Chapter 190: The Forest of Death

After Ibiki Morino introduced himself, he led the Chūnin candidates to the very first test—the written exam.

Once the rules of the first stage were explained, Ibiki calmly crossed his arms over his chest and fell silent, his sharp gaze sweeping across the examination room as he observed everyone present.

Surprisingly, Naruto—who in the anime would have been panicking at this po...

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Chapter 189: Know Your Place

“Hey… that was way too one-sided. I thought it was going to be a fun show to watch.”

A random spectator muttered, arms crossed tightly over his chest.

“Don’t talk,” another person said, his voice low and unsteady. “I still have chills all over my body from what we just witnessed.”

He looked toward the green jumpsuit kid—the one who had been completely fired u...

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Chapter 187: The Chūnin Exams Begin

Hokage Office Building

“There’s no other reason to summon you here other than…”

“As I assume you already understand—judging by the faces you can see around…”

The Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, spoke calmly, a thick cigar resting between his fingers as smoke curled lazily upward.

The room was full.

Jonin instructors lined the office—many familiar ...

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Chapter 186: Foreign Ninja, Local Beating

Konoha’s market streets were alive with midday energy. Vendors shouted to attract customers, families strolled between stalls, and shinobi blended quietly into the crowd.

Everything felt lively and peaceful... except for a narrow alley where trouble was quietly brewing.

Naruto, having just caught up to Sasuke, suddenly felt the urge to mess with him. Grinning, he lunged forward a...

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Chapter 185: When Nature Calls, So Does Obito (R-18)

The Land of Fire stretched endlessly beneath a canopy of towering trees, sunlight filtering through dense leaves in broken shards of gold.

Just some distance away from Konoha, the forest was alive with motion.

Branches shook. Leaves scattered.

Two squads moved swiftly through the terrain, Team 8 and Team 10, advancing in tight formation, their figures blurring between trunks a...

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Chapter 184: The Honored One’s Disciples

After all the earlier drama, Karin couldn’t help but feel a little curious about the legendary ramen everyone kept talking about.

Even Naruto seemed to notice it was their first time here.

“Hey, you guys…” he started, leaning forward with a grin. “Once you taste this stuff, you seriously won’t be able to stop. It’s like—it’s got some kind of mysterious power. The m...

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Chapter 183: Naruto’s Worst Possible Choice

Hokage Tower – Office of the Third Hokage

Knock. Knock.

“…Come in,” Hiruzen Sarutobi said calmly, pipe in hand.

The door slid open.

Kakashi Hatake stepped inside, hands in pockets, posture lazy.

“Yo… reporting in.” he said.

Hiruzen nodded lightly, clearly unbothered by Kakashi’s informal manner.

“Back already?”

“Mm.” Kakash...

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Chapter 182: The Ramen Shop Incident

After walking through Konoha for a while, Yugao eventually led the team into a hotel to settle in temporarily.

The moment they stepped inside...

Karin complained.

“I feel like Konoha is just… so-so,” she said cheerfully, flopping into a chair and crossing her legs. “So many people keep talking about how amazing it is, but I’m not seeing anything worthwhile. Feels lik...

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Chapter 181: Converging Winds

“Stop!”

They had barely crossed the gate when Konoha’s gate guardians intercepted them, standing so stiff and serious that it was almost impressive.

Izumo Kamizuki and Kotetsu Hagane—two names that were practically inseparable. No matter where one was, the other was always there, as if they were a duo forged by fate itself.

Yugao didn’t waste any time. She stepped fo...

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📢 New Novel Announcement — Naruto: Blackbeard Template

📢 New Novel Announcement — Naruto: Blackbeard Template

Alright, time to confess something.

I started a new novel. 👉 ( Naruto: Blackbeard Template )

Yes, again.

No, I have no self-control.

This time the opening was so bad the MC realistically should’ve died before Chapter 1.

But fate said no.

A Template System dropped in—

and his first template?

End-of-Series Blackbeard (Marshall D. Teach).

<...

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Chapter 180: Open Gates Don’t Mean Welcome

A few days later, just some distance from the gates of Konoha Village, five figures slowly walked over.

The massive wooden walls loomed ahead, familiar and imposing, the Leaf symbol carved proudly into the gates like it had been there since the dawn of time.

Snow Hidden Village’s team had arrived.

Well...

Finally arrived.

Kimimaro stopped first.

He looked u...

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Chapter 179: A Harmless Prank

Early the next morning

Sunlight slipped through the half-open shoji screens, landing right on the mess of tangled bodies and ruined sheets. The entire room reeked of sweat, sex, and, well… premium chakra fluids.

Kurenai was sprawled across the futon, hair a bird’s nest, face stuck somewhere between post-nut clarity and I’ve seen things. The pillow had a very suspicious wet pat...

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Chapter 178: Primal Roars & Tomato Explosions (R-18)

Kurenai swallowed the last of the cum still lingering in her mouth. A small trail escaped her lips, which she wiped with her finger before looking up at him—waiting.

Waiting for what, exactly? A command? A new position? Some half-assed praise?

Honestly, she didn’t even know anymore.

Somewhere along the line… she’d started waiting for his word. For his direction. It pis...

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Chapter 177: Everyone Was Busy (R-18)

Time passed in a blur.

Morning slid into noon without anyone noticing.

Noon bled into afternoon the same way—quietly, relentlessly, like sand slipping through clenched fingers.

Asuma never left his room.

Sometimes he sat against the wall, back pressed to the cold wood, cigarette unlit between his fingers. Other times he lay on the bed, staring up at the ceiling, breat...

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Chapter 176: No Such Thing as Coincidence

“Ahn…!”

Kurenai’s moan slipped out, shameless and loud, her lips parting without her consent.

She didn’t know how it had come to this, or when she’d lost control. She only knew that her vision was blurred with tears, her body trembling and exhausted far beyond anything she’d ever imagined.

“Hahh…! Hahh…!”

“Come on, scream for me. I’ll rate it ou...

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Chapter 175: Doctor Obito Makes His Entrance

The day dragged by in a blur. Even after the team left Shenzo’s house, the heavy silence clung to them like dust.

There was no discussion after that...just a silent understanding as they broke into smaller groups, methodically combing through the village.

Each team carried out their duties with the professionalism expected of Konoha shinobi… but there was a strange, uneasy dist...

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Chapter 174: The Curse of the Yamcha Pose

Night fell heavy over the cursed settlement. After a hasty, silent meal taken in shifts, Asuma and Kurenai called the teams together behind shuttered doors and whispered out their plan:

If there really was someone spreading this so-called “curse,” then the only hope was to catch them in the act.

So, while the town slept or pretended to sleep, eight shinobi and one dog scattered...

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📢 New Novel Announcement

📢 New Novel Announcement

Hey folks 👋

So… I started a new novel 👉 ( Naruto: I’m Atomic )

I know.

Shocking.

It follows Yagami, a ninja who just wants a peaceful life...

and is immediately punished by the universe for even thinking that was an option.

Every “easy mission” explodes.

Every enemy is way too confident.

And somehow everything gets worse the moment h...

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Chapter 173: Something Is Wrong

The road narrowed as Team Eight, led by Kurenai, and Team Ten under Asuma moved deeper into the trees.

Gone were the wide patrol paths and familiar landmarks of Fire Country’s inner regions. Here, the forest thinned unevenly, the soil rough and dry beneath their feet, patches of tall grass swaying lazily under the pale glow of the moon.

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Chapter 172: First Love Is Complicated

“…”

For once, Obito was left genuinely speechless by Orochimaru’s words.

But after a brief moment of thought, he realized something.

…He’d actually treated his sensei rather kindly too, hadn’t he?

Strange how that worked.

The realization made him feel oddly proud.

So Obito nodded, stepped forward, and casually patted Orochimaru on the shoulder.<...

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Chapter 171: Closing the Chapter

Obito was very satisfied with the group of four he had trained, and he nodded in quiet approval as he left.

Kimimaro, Haku, Hinata, and Karin—between them, they covered melee, close combat, mid-range offense, Byakugan, medical treatment, perception, and sealing.

Taken together, they formed an already frighteningly complete four-person team.

In this way, sometime later, at th...

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Chapter 170: Send the Kids

Early the next morning, in the Land of Snow.

"Oh? You mean Konoha Village invited Snow Hidden Village to participate in the Chunin Exams this time?"

Obito didn’t even look away from his screen at first. He only paused when his game character got flattened by a Goomba wearing a cheap ninja headband.

In the room, he lowered the controller and raised a brow with interest.

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