Hokage: I really don't want to work hard!Kakashi

Naruto was in a very good mood as he watched the two girls fighting each other with punches and palms. He thought that with Sakura's taijutsu skills, she would be beaten by Hinata, but in fact it was the two of them who beat her. There was back and forth, at least it was not clear who was suppressing whom.

"It's such a beautiful thing to watch other people practice. Oh my! I can understand Kakashi more and more."

Time flew by, and the day of the Chunin Exam finally arrived. Naruto's Team [-] entered the venue, found a seat and sat down. They arrived neither too early nor too late. The audience hadn't fully entered the venue yet, and neither had all the other contestants. All here.

"I said, Brother Kakashi, why did you arrange so many ANBU?"

Naruto looked back with some displeasure at a man wearing a hood and mask sitting behind him. Sasuke and Sakura were startled and quickly turned back.

Kakashi took off his mask and showed it to the three of them before putting it back on, shrugging and leaning back on the back of the seat.

"Don't you know why I arranged so many ANBU? Also, don't call my name again later."

"Ah~~Yes, I know."

Naruto was nonchalant on the surface, but he was still very nervous in his heart. All his future plans were based on today's results, so today was very important and nothing could go wrong.

[It’s really troublesome, Orochimaru, you have to succeed, otherwise it will be difficult for me to deal with it later. 】

Naruto was thinking as he looked towards the high platform where the Hokage was. At this time, the Hokage was greeting Orochimaru who was dressed as the Kazekage.

Kakashi also glanced at the high platform, but because he was wearing a mask, he couldn't see any change in his expression.

Time passed slowly, and the game finally began. The first game was Hinata, and her opponent was Shikamaru, who was also a member of the Twelve Strong.

"Tsk! This is not good. Can Hinata defeat Shikamaru? It's impossible no matter how you think about it, right?"

Naruto's heart dropped when he saw the battle list. It's not that Shikamaru is strong, but that Shikamaru's ability is too restrained in Hinata's melee combat skills, at least from Naruto's point of view. Hinata didn't have any chance of winning.

"Hinata! Come on!"

Naruto was not optimistic about Hinata, but Sakura didn't care so much and shouted at Hinata who came on stage. After these days of sparring together, the relationship between the two was much better than when they were in school. Even if they are not best friends, At least they were at the level of good friends, so Sakura cheered hard.

Hinata looked up at Sakura, nodded without leaving any trace, and then looked at her opponent Shikamaru seriously.

But compared to Hinata's seriousness, Shikamaru was unmotivated and even looked listless and sleepy.

"Hi~~ It's really troublesome. Anyway, just do whatever you want."

Shikamaru couldn't bring himself to face Hinata. Hinata remained serious and put on a fighting posture. The referee announced that the fight had begun after seeing that both of them were fine.

Hinata took the lead and rushed towards Shikamaru. Although Shikamaru had a Buddhist look on his face, his reaction was not slow. He immediately formed a seal. The shadow on the ground became darker and then began to extend, wanting to touch it. Touch Hinata's shadow.

As a member of the Konoha family, Hinata was very aware of Shikamaru's abilities and knew that she could never be caught, so she began to evade quickly.

Hinata knows Shikamaru's ability, and Shikamaru also knows Hinata's ability very well. In his opinion, he can never lose, because as long as Hinata wants to attack him, he must get close, but once he gets close, he will definitely You will be caught by your own shadow, which is inevitable no matter what.

Only Hinata's strength far exceeds Shikamaru's to be able to break free from the shadow, but he is very confident in this.

Seeing the shadow getting closer and closer to her, Hinata slapped Shikamaru from the air.

"Gossip · Empty Palm!"

A transparent shock wave flew out from Hinata's palm and went straight to Shikamaru's face. Shikamaru's expression changed and he immediately gave up the shadow control technique and avoided the palm.

Hinata seized this opportunity and jumped forward to take a stance, Bagua patterns appearing under her feet.

"Gossip 32..."

Before Hinata could finish her words, Shikamaru's shadow connected with hers, and Hinata's movements immediately froze.

"Shadow Imitation Technique, Success..."

Shikamaru looked proud, but before he could finish his declaration of success, a kunai flew from behind the tree on the side, grazed Shikamaru's cheek, and drew a shallow blood mark on his face.

"when!"

Shikamaru was startled and suddenly looked at the tree where the kunai flew from. Hinata, who was controlled by the shadow, turned into white smoke and disappeared. At the same time, Hinata quickly rushed out from behind the tree.

"Soft fist!"

Bang!

Hinata hit Shikamaru on the stomach with a palm. Shikamaru's pupils shrank sharply and he staggered back. He hurriedly formed seals to capture Hinata again, but Hinata ducked behind Shikamaru and aimed at Shikamaru with this palm. Maru's vest and left.

Shikamaru didn't even have time to turn around, so he could only look at Hinata out of the corner of his eye. The shadow stretched towards Hinata, seeming to be able to control Hinata before being hit.

"Gossip · Empty Palm!"

"what!"

Just when Shikamaru's shadow was less than two centimeters away from Hinata's shadow, a transparent shock wave flew out from Hinata's palm and penetrated directly through Shikamaru's vest.

"cough!"

Shikamaru couldn't help coughing, and his body fell forward under this huge force. However, I don't know whether Shikamaru was more resistant to beatings or Hinata's hands were soft. Shikamaru did not fall to the ground, but used his hands to hold him up. Stabilized his body.

Hinata stepped forward, wanting to pursue him, but Shikamaru didn't dare to push forward any further and quickly ran into the shadows.

Hinata stopped, not daring to step in, and then gave Shikamaru some time to breathe.

"Cough cough!"

Shikamaru squatted down, covering his chest and coughing twice again. His face looked a little painful. Obviously, the empty palm just now was not that comfortable.

"Hinata, you are so awesome. I thought I was the one who won just now."

Although it hurt, Shikamaru's tone was still quite relaxed. Hinata also took great advantage of the compliments from her classmates and smiled at Shikamaru.

"Byakugan has a 360-degree field of vision. How could he not even notice his own feet? Your shadow has never left my sight. No matter which direction it comes from, it is always frontal to me."

"Ah~~That's why I said the competition was troublesome. I didn't expect Hinata to be so difficult. I thought I would have the upper hand."

"Yes, I feel the same way. If I have a choice, I don't want to fight you. Your abilities make me feel constrained."

"In that case, why don't you just admit defeat?"

Although Shikamaru suffered a loss in the confrontation just now, he still has a huge advantage on the surface, because he is now in the shadow, and Hinata has very few long-range attack methods. Although the power of the empty palm is not small, the range is very small. It's small, so it's fine when caught unexpectedly or at close range. It's really difficult to hit someone who's on guard at a distance.