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.
Special technique!
Shadow Clone Jutsu, fishing version!
Thrash about more!
I want to catch some for curing!
Three isn't enough!
Three more, you loser!
This is very taxing, you know?!
I mean, let's switch!
Sasuke!
The fire's ready to light! Fireballs please.
I guess three is okay for the time being...
Wha?
Hey, wait a minute!
The Scroll's Secret. No Peeking Allowed
It's already been four days since the second exam started.
Yeah.
That's right.
The start of the second exam was around three in the afternoon.
We only have twenty-five or twenty-six. Hours left.
There may already be some teams that have passed.
That means...
I wonder if it'll be broiled soon.
We're soon going to be in a hot spot...
That's the biggest one.
Believe it!
Okay...
Even if we were to try pursuit,
there's probably hardly anybody left to become targets.
What do we do?
Almost everyone's surely already passed.
Yeah. It's already been four days, after all.
Anyway...
It's early afternoon now...
Let's have a meal.
You two rest a bit and I'll go find us something to eat.
Say...
Hmm?
As I recall, on the other one...
"Heaven" was written here...
and unlike this, both edges of the scroll were whitish, right?
Umm, when I was shown the scroll before the exam,
I wasn't really looking.
So, what of it all of a sudden?
Y You've got to be kidding...?
For all we know...
there may not be any Heaven scrolls.
What do you mean, Sakura?
Well, in this second exam...
four of the five day time limit have passed already.
So that means we've already used eighty percent of the total exam time.
Seventy eight participants and twenty six teams.
There are only thirteen each of the Heaven and Earth scrolls.
At most there are only thirteen passing teams.
Moreover, you remember, don't you, Sasuke?
That the Orochimaru guy burned the " Heaven scroll that we had.
Which means...
The teams that will pass had already, at that point, decreased by one.
Hmm?
Also, all of the other scrolls are not necessarily safe, so...
After parting ways with the leaf Village bunch,
we allotted two days for healing...
So from here on, we have to increase the distance of our actions.
At any rate, the next enemy is our last chance.
I'm going to get some drinking water.
Say! Say!
I have a good way for us not to fight with an enemy. Believe it!
What?!
Get serious!
I am serious.
I have lots of scrolls stocked, so.
Ninjutsu manual, deadly poison manual, for notes...
If we tweak this a little and change it into exactly like the Heaven scroll...
H -Hold it!
Huh?
Even if you did such a thing you don't know what's written on the inside!
If the Proctor looked inside you will be discovered right away!
Idiot!
Generally with things like this,
there's a password or something written
and you can't get it unless you have both scrolls.
In other words...
to pass at the tower goal, we'll surely need a password.
Or something like that. Believe it!
What difference does it make?
If you don't know the content, there's no use making a fake!
Man, here I was wondering what you were going to say, looking all big...
You're an idiot who just can't think through things.
B-But...
What if we could predict the content...?
This Earth scroll...
You wouldn't...
I'm going to... open this scroll!
No!
You! Have you forgotten even the rules, you idiot?
We were told not to look inside the scrolls until arriving at the tower, right?
But, at this rate, we'll be in a hot spot, right?
There might be a trap or something.
Carefully... Be careful.
Yeah.
I know...
Hey, what's wrong?
Hey!
What's wrong?
What happened?!
Hey!
Answer me!
You'd best not do it.
An enemy?
Man, you're beyond saving...
That was close.
W We're sorry.
Those who ignored the rules are forced into the situation of having to retire.
In the previous exam, hypnotism Jutsu Formula was set up to
get into the eyes of those who looked at the scroll along the way.
A measure to get them to lie in the forest until the end of the exam.
By the way...
If I'm not mistaken, you're Kabuto, right?
What're you doing hanging around here alone?
It's not that I'm after your scroll.
I didn't think so.
If that was your intention... you could've taken it from Naruto just now.
So you're also after the Heaven scroll?
No.
I already have them both.
See?
What?
Things led to things...
I was hurrying over to the vicinity of the tower
to wait for my estranged companions.
Now, if you'll excuse me...
Wait!
Fight me.
Lucky!
Fight you, you say?
S Sasuke.
This idiot suke.
What are you saying suddenly?
Are you serious?
Sorry, but we don't have anymore time.
Hey, Sasuke! Kabuto saved us!
Sasuke, I don't know about that, myself.
Shut up!
Sasu... ke.
It can't be helped. I said it before, too.
This is all that can be done to survive through this forest now.
Hmm... That's a lie.
A lie?
Your heart isn't totally in this as much as you're saying.
If you could really become serious about this exam...
Why is it necessary to fight me?
You should jump on me at my unguarded moment,
without going to the trouble of announcing it.
That's... a Ninja.
Hmm, that's profound.
I don't dislike that side of you.
So I shall tell you the way you should go.
However... let's talk as we move.
The smell of broiled fish in the fire smoke had reached a great distance.
At this rate, we'll be marked by fierce animals... and enemies.
Humph!
Are there really still enemies around?
Yes, no mistake.
If you think about it a little, you'll understand.
Do you know the cleverest way of fighting in battles
in jungles and expansive forests such as this?
No.
The tower located in the center of this forest,
the common goal for us test -takers.
That means when the last day of the test is here...
the area near that tower is the easiest place to gather scrolls.
Oh, I see. Ambush, right?
In other words, we go after the scrolls of the teams
that have both the Heaven and Earth scrolls and are setting out for the tower.
That's one third of the answer.
What?
I mean that you guys are not the only ones thinking that!
Near the tower, the same badgers have probably already set traps, so...
I see!
That means there are lots of enemies lying in wait to engage us.
Heh, having a handicap gets me pumped, I say!
I'm looking forward to it!
If we just beat them all and get the Heaven scroll,
we'll all survive the second exam!
No! This is still two-thirds of the answer!
What's the remaining one third of the answer?
The collectors who are certain to appear during an exam of this nature.
Collectors?
In this exam, with the tower just a stone's throw away,
you definitely can't rest easy...
Those particular conditions are what create them.
In other words, those who gather extra scrolls...
as compensation for sparing them when coming across an unexpected enemy.
Also, those who get information to proceed favorably through later exams
by providing the lacking scrolls to comrades sharing the same village.
And those who are thinking of, under conditions favorable to them,
annihilating the powerful ones who will probably get through to the third exam.
It goes without saying, but these guys are quite the big guns
and the worst enemies who are definitely not conceited.
I see.
I understand the reason why you appeared before us.
You're scared, too, right?
That's right.
Now then, the tower has finally come into view.
From here on is the hard part.
All right, let's go!
An enemy already?
There!
Oh, it's just a centipede.
Yikes! It's huge.
All those legs are gross.
Naruto.
Huh?
I'd like to avoid inadvertent sounds and careless actions from here on.
Huh?
Rushing ahead through a dense forest making noise like an elephant
is the same as serving notice in a loud voice that we're coming.
We'd definitely receive an enthusiastic welcome.
O Oh, I see.
As long as time allows, we should go slowly while remaining hidden.
- Yeah. - Okay.
Sure.
Heh, not bad, everyone.
Oh?
Okay, it's this way.
Is it a trap?
Yeah. It'll get intense ahead from here on.
Kabuto!
H -Huh?
That was close, Naruto.
Substitution Jutsu!
I told you, it would get intense ahead from here on.
I've... had it...
Oh! Sakura!
For crying out loud, how far have we walked?
The tower hasn't gotten a bit closer.
Here we can see it right in front of our eyes.
Strange...
No mistake about it.
It seems that we're already within the enthusiastic welcome.
Take a look at that.
Oh, that can't be!
What on earth is going on?
No way!
Is it Genjutsu...?
So it seems.
We were lured in perfectly.
It appears we were meticulously careful,
and were made to walk around the same place in a circle.
We're being watched...
Probably.
They intend to wear down our physical strength and
catch us unprepared when we're bone tired.
If so, then this follows the enemy strategy.
Then... they'll be coming soon.
They've appeared.
Hah!
This is the perfect handicap.
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?