Zaku Abumi is a ninja from the Hidden Sound Village, with black, flowing hair. Naruto suspected that he and Kakashi were looking for the same Tony teacher.
Zaku has an exhaust port in the palm of each hand, used to release Wind Release Ninjutsu and sonic attacks, possibly after being modified by Orochimaru.
Shigure is a ninja from Amegakure, with brown hair, two scars on his face, two stitches at the corner of his mouth, and seven umbrellas on his back, looking quite old.
In the original story, Shigure and his two teammates died from Gaara's Sand Waterfall Funeral (the pronunciation of this move sounds a lot like "kill eight sisters-in-law").
These two seemed much more normal than the Konoha group, and the meeting was a trash-talking session.
Shigure spoke first: "Kid, you're unlucky to meet me. If you know what's good for you, hurry up and admit defeat."
Zaku retorted: "Old man, you're old enough, you should go home and retire."
Hayate waved his hand and announced: "Preliminary round 6, start the match!"
Shigure pulled out five umbrellas from his back and threw them into the sky, forming hand seals:
"Ninjutsu: Rain of Needles!"
The 5 umbrellas in the sky rotated rapidly, shooting out countless steel needles, which, guided by Shigure's Chakra, surrounded Zaku from all directions and shot out fiercely.
As the saying goes, steel needle, big umbrella, get hit and you'll be lying on a board.
Of course, Zaku wouldn't sit still and wait for death. He spewed out powerful air currents from his hands one after the other, blowing away the steel needles, and at the same time rushed forward, escaping the attack range of the steel needles on the left, right, and above.
Of course, Shigure wouldn't let him get his way, manipulating the remaining steel needles to continue chasing Zaku.
Zaku rushed forward, closing the distance and aiming his hand at Shigure:
"Wind Release: Slashing Air Wave!"
Shigure hurriedly took an umbrella from his back to block, but was still blown away by the powerful air current, hitting the wall behind him and losing consciousness.
"Ah... damn it!" Zaku was also hit in the back by the steel needles flying from behind, turning into a hedgehog. Fortunately, the strength of those steel needles was not enough to injure vital points.
"Winner, Zaku Abumi." Hayate announced the result.
The medical staff carried the two down for treatment, and the screen began to select the personnel for the next match.
"The next match is mine, the next match is mine, the next match must be mine!" Rock Lee couldn't help but want to show himself, jumping up and down in place and muttering.
Kakashi looked at Rock Lee's appearance, as if he saw the young Guy.
Guy seemed to sense something, turned his head and gave Kakashi a thumbs up with a bright smile.
Kakashi chose to ignore this guy.
The screen finally froze:
Shino Aburame vs Kin Tsuchi
Rock Lee wilted like an eggplant beaten by frost.
But he quickly cheered up again, with small flames seeming to burn in his eyes: "Then the next match must be mine."
Shino and Kin Tsuchi entered the arena.
After Hayate announced the start of the match,
Kin Tsuchi made the first move, throwing out two senbon needles with bells attached.
Shino lightly sidestepped, and the senbon needles stuck into the wall behind him. Shino frowned slightly at the sound of the bells.
Immediately after, Kin Tsuchi threw out ordinary senbon needles.
Shino hurriedly dodged, but heard the sound of bells behind him, and was suddenly shocked to find that the bells of the previous two senbon needles were connected by a string. As long as Kin Tsuchi gently pulled, the bells would ring.
Subsequently, Shino felt dizzy and fell to his knees, and the Kin Tsuchi in front of him turned into more than a dozen.
Kin Tsuchi, seeing that her Ninjutsu had been successfully cast, began to taunt triumphantly:
"I use the sound of the bells to cast a Genjutsu. You should be completely unable to move now, right? Then Kushina's next move will finish you off!"
After saying that, she pulled out a senbon needle and was about to throw it, but then she didn't dare to move.
Because a large group of black, overwhelming insects surged over, surrounding her.
"Ah~" Kin Tsuchi screamed, "What... what is this?"
Shino dispelled the Genjutsu and stood up: "I am from the Aburame clan of Konoha."
Shino pushed up his sunglasses and said faintly, "Insects are not affected by Genjutsu."
As a friend, Naruto wanted to remind Shino that villains die from talking too much, and explaining one's abilities to the enemy in battle is a very stupid thing to do.
But he thought better of it, because even if Shino said it, the other party might not remember.
Then Shino was about to command the insects to pounce on Kin Tsuchi.
Kin Tsuchi quickly raised her hands: "I surrender."
Shino's Ninjutsu was really too creepy, simply a boon for sufferers of trypophobia.
"Winner, Shino Aburame."
Shino withdrew his insects, put his hands in his pockets, and slowly walked back upstairs.
Several young girls looked at him with some fear.
Sasuke thought for a moment that those insects could be dealt with using Fire Release, and if it were Naruto, Water Release should also work.
Sasuke felt that this year's Chunin Exams were not very good. Only Neji looked promising. And that Gaara, but it was not clear what the situation was, and he didn't know if there were any other experts later.
If Naruto knew what Sasuke was thinking, he would probably dub it for him: "Neji, Gaara, don't get me wrong, I just want to beat you two to death, or... be beaten to death by you two."
Rock Lee looked at the rolling screen, cheered up again, and changed into various strange postures such as handstands, standing on one leg, push-ups, etc., praying: "Pick me, pick me!"
However, he was disappointed again.
[Kankuro vs. Shuuyu]
"Preliminary round, match number 8, start."
Kankuro untied the coffin lid-like thing he was carrying on his back and placed it on the ground.
For some reason, Naruto looked at his appearance and thought of a sentence: "A song breaks the heart, where in the world can one find a soulmate."
Shuuyu was wearing a bamboo hat, with two umbrellas on his back. His Ninjutsu was similar to Shigure's, and his opening move was Rain of Needles, but the number of senbon needles was much less than Shigure's.
Shigure didn't plan to achieve victory with a single strike, because after seeing Temari and Gaara's performance earlier, he believed that the Hidden Sand Village should be strong, so he was already thinking about his next move in advance.
But what he didn't expect was that the guy on the opposite side only tried to dodge a few times before being hit by a large number of needles!
Could it be that I'm going to win? This person must be the one dragging the team down among the Sand Siblings! My luck is too good!
Shigure was overjoyed, and then his joy turned to sorrow.
Kankuro opened his mouth and spat out more than a dozen needles, hitting the unguarded Shigure.
In Shigure's puzzled expression, pieces of sand disguised as a shell fell from Kankuro's body, revealing the true appearance of the puppet.
"It's a puppet!" Shigure was shocked, it was the first time he had seen a puppeteer.
And the real Kankuro crawled out of the cocoon-like bandage roll on the ground.
Looking at Shigure, whose lips were starting to turn purple, he said, "My needles are coated with poison, you will die if you don't get treatment in time."
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