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Press down hard on the gas

That’s right, there’s no compromise

We'll slip through the night

At the final moment push hard

That's right, all the way to zero,

Until we wipe away the days

Gently open your heart

If you pull it close to you

It will reach you, without a doubt

It will come, closer

Now

We’re speeding through life, squeezing it for all of its worth

Our feet are tied

But we still keep going farther

Even if I take it back, and grasp it

If you’re not the one

There will be no meaning

And so we’ll go far off into the distance.

If “Heaven” does not exist,

enrich your knowledge, and prepare for the chance.

If “Earth” does not exist,

run the fields in search of an advantage.

Open the series of Heaven and Earth, and the perilous way shall be redressed…

This is namely the secret of “the one that guides…”

What’s that?

It probably has to do with the scroll.

I think this means we’re supposed to open the Heaven & Earth scroll.

Okay then, I’m going to open it.

Huh? What’s this?

A man…?

A person…?

This is…a Summoning Jutsu!

Naruto! Sakura! Let go of the scroll!

Oh...

Wha--?!

Y-You…

Hi!

It’s been a long time.

Surviving the Cut! The Rookie Nine Together Again!

W-What’s going on?

It appears you guys have had a rough time of it.

What?!

Why are you appearing with a Summoning?

At the end of this second exam,

we Chunin are to welcome the test-takers.

I just happened to be given

the important task of being the messenger for you guys.

Messenger…?!

Just in time.

Everyone…

Congratulations on surviving the second exam.

To celebrate your passing,

I’d like to treat you to some Ichiraku ramen, but…

Ohh... Cool!

Uh-oh…

H-Hey, Naruto!

– Listen to the end… – Cool! Cool!

Ramen! Ramen! Believe it!

I’ve done great job! I’m the greatest!

I so want to eat ramen! Believe it!

He’s got so much energy.

Yaaaay!

Shut up!

Man, that scatterbrained part of you is the same as always, eh.

I see.

Huh?

If we had looked at the scroll in the middle of the exam,

what were you going to do, Iruka Sensei?

Sasuke, you’re a sharp one, as usual.

You guessed right.

The rules of this exam were to test your conclusive mission execution ability.

To put it simply,

in the case of the scrolls being opened contrary to the rules…

In the case of them being opened…?

I was ordered to knock unconscious the test-takers in front of me

until the end of the exam.

Good thing you didn’t open the scroll.

Kabuto, thank you!

Phew!

That was seriously close…

Oh yeah, Sensei!

Huh?

By the way, what’re the letters on that wall?

They’re kind of vermiculated and

we don’t understand their meaning at all.

Never mind, never mind!

We passed!

No…explaining that is one more of my duties.

What, really?

I’m saying that’s right.

Give it a read.

These are Chunin instructions Master Hokage recorded.

Instructions?!

That’s right!

Heaven in this text refers to the human head.

Earth refers to the human body.

No kidding…

If “Heaven” does not exist,

enrich your knowledge, and prepare for the chance.

In other words…

If your weaknesses are inside your head, Naruto…

learn various logics in preparing for your missions.

Hah! So meddlesome!

If “Earth” does not exist,

run through the fields in search of an advantage.

If your weaknesses are in your physical strength, Sakura,

it means you must not slack off on your daily training.

And if you combine both Heaven and Earth…

Any perilous mission is the right way…

In other words…

what can also be called a rule of might and become a safe mission.

Then, what about the spot with the missing letter?

The letter refers to Chunin.

The one letter for “person” that was in the scroll from earlier goes there.

These five days of survival were to test

the test-takers’ fundamental abilities as Chunin.

And you guys cleared it in fine style.

Chunin is of unit-leader class.

They have the responsibility of leading a team.

Be more deeply aware of the necessity of physical strength…

and knowledge in missions!

I want you to take on the next step,

never forgetting these Chunin instructions.

That is all of the messenger task I was given.

Got it!

Huh?

But, as for the final third exam, don’t push it too far.

Especially you, Naruto.

– You’re the biggest worry… – Iruka Sensei.

From when I received the Leaf headband,

I was no longer an Academy student, you know?!

There’s nothing to worry! Believe it!

Also, this is the proof you gave me that I’m full-fledged, right?!

That I’m scatterbrained may not have changed,

but I’m not a kid anymore!

I'm now...

A Ninja!

I see.

I’m sorry, Naruto.

I know their strength the best.

If it’s futile anyway,

I would like to give them the final word personally.

If you’re that hung up on it, I can leave that team to you.

To think you’d play the devil’s advocate…

Thank you very much.

But, they’re Kakashi’s, right?

If he’s the one who recommended them,

I thought I could count on them.

Stay out of it!

They’re not your students anymore. They’re my subordinates now.

The one who might truly understand

the strength of these kids. might be you, Kakashi.

How is it?

Does the Curse Mark still hurt?

No.

Thanks to you, it’s gotten quite a bit better.

Anyway, Orochimaru is one of those three legendary Leaf Ninjas, right?

He’s a S-rank bingo book rouge Shinobi

who even the Anbu couldn’t touch, right?

I heard that he’d already died, but…

Why’d he come to this village now…?

There’s a kid I want, you see.

This kid inherits the abilities of the Uchiha clan, so…

It's...

It’s probably Sasuke, right?

Huh?!

Master Anko!

Twenty-one second exam finishers have been confirmed.

As for the third exam, according to the regulations of the Chunin Exams,

preliminaries are planned for the first time in five years.

The second exam is over.

For the time being, continue the exams as is,

but while keeping an eye on his movements.

Yes…

First off, congratulations on finishing the second exam.

There were seventy-eight test-takers for the second exam.

To think twenty-one have made it this far.

I said to make it less than half, but I’d really thought about single digits.

I’m hungry!

There are still this many remaining?

This is such a major pain.

Sasuke and others have passed, too.

Of course…

We went to that much trouble to save them…

It’d all be for naught if they didn’t pass.

Your team didn’t do too bad.

I guess they were lucky.

But as long as my team is around, they can’t go any higher.

After all, whether you like it or not,

ability talks at the next barrier.

Well, adolescence can sometimes be bittersweet and

can sometimes be harsh, Kakashi…

Did you say something?

Oh my God!

Not bad, my rival Kakashi.

But that part of you is so hip... which is what annoys me!

So that’s Guy Sensei’s eternal rival, eh?

Guy Sensei totally loses visually…

Guy Sensei is the hippest of all the teachers!

He shines!

Okay!

Please watch, Guy Sensei! I’ll shine, too!

I don’t ever want to see tears of those dear to me again.

So…

I won’t ever lose again!

Guy Sensei.

Sure enough, the outstanding candidates have gathered.

Sasuke Uchiha, eh?

I’ll get you back for my arms, Sasuke Uchiha…

At any cost.

To think a mere seven teams are left of the twenty-six…

Sure enough, Gaara is unhurt.

Akamaru’s acting strange…

Those Sand Village guys…

Naruto passed, too.

Thank goodness…

What, all the Leaf Village rookies are here.

Say! Say!

Old man Hokage and Iruka Sensei and even Intense-Brow are here. Believe it!

It feels like everyone’s assembled.

Humph…I don’t have a very good feeling.

To think this many are left…

Moreover, of those left, almost all are rookies…

So that’s why they fought in recommending them.

Now then, we will now have the explanation of the third exam

from Master Hokage.

Listen carefully, everybody!

Now then, if you will, Master Hokage.

All right.

Before the explanation of the third exam that we will start from now,

I have just one thing I want to tell everyone flat out.

About the true purpose of these exams.

True purpose…?!

Why do allied nations conduct the exams on a conjoint basis?

Huh?

Raising the levels of the shinobi and friendship among allied nations.

It won’t do to have the wrong idea of the true meaning of that statement.

These exams are so to speak…

So to speak…?

A microcosm of battle between allied nations.

What does that mean?

If we look back on history,

the allied nations of today were once neighboring nations

that continued to vie with each other and battle for power.

In order to avoid a futile crushing of each others’ military strength,

those nations mutually selected a place to battle.

And that was how the Chunin Exams originally began.

W-Why do we have to do such a thing?

We’re not doing this to select Chunins?!

There is no question that these exams are to select Shinobi

worthy of becoming Chunin.

But on the other hand,

these exams also provide a venue

for Shinobi who carry their nation’s pride on their backs to fight for their lives!

Nation’s pride…?

Many feudal lords and those of prominence from many nations

who request Shinobi for work are invited to this third exam as guests.

And, the feudal lords and Head Ninja of each Village

of the nations will watch your battles.

If the gap in national power becomes unbridgeable,

the strong nations are inundated with job requests.

The requests of nations deemed weak, on the other hand, decline.

And therewithal,

we can exert pressure upon each neighboring nation...

That is to say, just how much military strength our Village is developing and has.

Even so, why is it necessary for us to fight for our lives?!

The nation’s strength is the Village’s strength.

The Village’s strength is the Shinobi’s strength.

And the true strength of the Shinobi is created only in a fight for one’s life!

This exam is a place to see the strength of home country Shinobi,

and a place to display this as well.

It is because it’s an exam where you truly fight for your life

that this has meaning.

It’s for this very reason that your forerunners fought in this exam,

a dream worth striving for.

Then why… use the expression “friendship”?!

I said it at the start, didn’t I?!

That it won’t do for you to have the wrong idea of the meaning!

It’s a custom where balance is preserved by fighting and removing life.

This is the friendship of the Shinobi world.

This is a fight for life with the pride of the village and

one’s own dream on the line.

Heh, I’m convinced.

Anything is fine.

Just tell us the content of that fight-for-life test.

Very well.

Now then, this is where I’d like to explain the third exam.

But actually…

Master Hokage, please allow me, Hayate Gekko,

who was given the task of judge, to speak first.

I leave it to you…

Nice to meet you, everyone…

Umm, there’s something… I'd like you all to do...

before the third exam.

Hey, can you hear it?

The clear, blue sky goes on and on

The ocean spans limitlessly

Please keep that smile on your face forever

Or else I’ll cry

You won't have to search around you

It’s all ok now.

Everyone is inside this hand

when you want to cry, and you want to run away

When you forget what happiness is

Just sing.

Light is born, and darkness was born

The two are one

Harmonia, feel the telepathy

Hey, can you hear it?

What's the idea? Sudden preliminaries?

Didn't we just get to the tower? Also, something's wrong with Sasuke.

It's too much for you, Sasuke! Please, drop out!

You're in no condition to fight properly!

No matter what you say,

I'm going to tell the teachers about that bruise.

Next episode: "Narrowing the Field: Sudden Death Elimination!"

Sasuke, I'm scared.