Compared to Karin, Haruno Sakura's situation is not much better. Without Uchiha Sasuke and Uzumaki Naruto, Haruno Sakura's gap in strength is exposed. In the dangerous Death Forest, there is almost no one weaker than her.

With two injured teammates, Sakura couldn't walk far. She found a huge tree hole nearby and settled the two of them in. After setting some simple traps outside, she set up a barrier technique in the tree hole, which she had just learned and didn't understand very clearly, but could barely use. She concealed herself and made it impossible for the enemy to find the whereabouts of the three of them.

"I hope you guys wake up soon. It's too hard for me to do it alone." Haruno Sakura couldn't help but feel sad. The words of that weirdo during the exam preparation came to her mind again. "In the end, I really held you back."

Just as the barrier set up by Haruno Sakura took effect, Mizuki, who was resting at home, immediately knew it.

"Products with independent intellectual property rights are convenient, and you can easily add backdoors."

The barrier technique used by Haruno Sakura was left by Mizuki. He had no expectations. It was not easy to understand it in just a few days, even if it was a simplified version. To be frank, the sealing technique was originally a subject studied by only a few smart people, except for the powerful ninjas who learned it through gradual accumulation of experience. I didn't expect Haruno Sakura to be able to use it so quickly. She is indeed a genius who has become one of the Twelve Ninjas of Konoha from an ordinary person. Even though she was later guided by Tsunade, if she didn't have extraordinary intelligence and talent, she would not have been accepted as a disciple by Tsunade.

The barrier given to Haruno Sakura was developed by Mizuki based on the chakra sealing technology. It was originally used in large barriers and can absorb the free chakra in the air to the maximum extent to maintain itself. It is just a technology to reduce the consumption of the barrier. After Mizuki's continuous optimization and simplification, plus a little illusion and masking effect, it has become a simple and easy-to-learn hidden barrier. In addition, it will emit a little bit of encrypted fluctuations that only Mizuki himself will know. As long as a similar barrier is activated, it will resonate with Mizuki and the originally set chakra collection barrier if it is not very far away, and it will be sensed immediately.

"This was just an idle move, but it might yield some unexpected rewards. I can go over and take a look after the second game is over and collect the fruits."

While Shuimu was still feeling proud of his foresight, he didn't know that one of his small actions had caused a bigger change.

Because Sakura used a hidden barrier, the Sound Trio, who were unable to find Sasuke, were forced to ask other Konoha ninjas for information under Orochimaru's order to kill Sasuke. The unlucky ones who were found were the Ino-Shika-Chou team.

Nara Shikamaru, who was afraid of trouble, looked at the enemy in front of him with a serious expression and thought quickly about countermeasures. His side was at a disadvantage in strength, and there was very little information about the enemy. He only knew that the leader used sonic attacks and easily injured Kabuto Yakushi, who had participated in four Chunin exams.

"We have no intention of becoming an enemy of Konoha, but please tell us the whereabouts of Uchiha Sasuke." Doss was the first to make the request.

When Shikamaru heard that they were approached because of Uchiha Sasuke's matter, he could only consider himself unlucky. "If we knew, we would have used this as an excuse to get away with it. But I'm sorry, we don't know either."

"That's right, we are also looking for them and waiting to seize the scroll." Akimichi Choji spoke the truth while eating snacks.

"It seems that you are not going to cooperate." The hot-tempered Sack Stirrup had long lost his patience. "I told you not to waste time talking to them. Just knock them to the ground and slowly torture them for information."

There was no point in talking to two teams that didn't trust each other. Doss was the first to make a move, but before he could do anything, he realized he couldn't move.

"Choji, do it." Shikamaru took the initiative and trapped one with the shadow imitation technique.

However, before Shikamaru, who had the upper hand, could react, Saku raised his hands without hesitation and the Sky-Slashing Wave blew the three people away with a huge shock wave.

"Damn, the opponent is too violent." Nara Shikamaru suddenly felt a headache. The main killing force of his side, Akimichi Choji, needed the cooperation of himself and Ino. And the development of the battle situation depended on himself, the only one with a brain.

"Ino, control the one using the air wave. His attack is too powerful. Choji and I will deal with the one using the sound attack first."

As soon as he finished speaking, two steel needles attacked Nara Shikamaru, forcing Shikamaru to abandon all his arrangements and quickly dodge.

"Have you forgotten about me? I'm very unhappy to be looked down upon like this." Jin, who had always been ignored, also showed his strength.

"So, women are the most troublesome." Shikamaru said helplessly. Jin's attack was too hidden, and he had to put more energy on guarding against hidden attacks that came from nowhere, which was the most brain-consuming.

"Ino, control that female ninja first. We can't organize an attack with her around." Shikamaru had to let Ino change her target, "Choji, I'll trap the leader, and you go and deal with the other one. Oh no, Ino, be careful." Nara Shikamaru, who was arranging tactics, suddenly found that Doss rushed directly towards Ino.

"Although I don't know what your ability is, but since you are so highly expected, I think you must be a difficult secret technique. I will deal with you first." Then he punched Yamanaka Ino with his right hand, and the vibration of the sound wave directly damaged Ino's internal organs. Yamanaka Ino spurted out a mouthful of blood, and then fell to the ground helplessly.

Before the remaining two could react, Jin's illusion took effect. Nara Shikamaru and Akimichi Chouji were distracted, and the Sky-Slashing Wave attacked quickly, knocking the two to the ground and completely depriving them of their combat effectiveness.

"All wiped out? The gap in strength is too big, can't even the best tactics make up for it? Damn it." Only then did Shikamaru understand the embarrassment of a good cook having no rice to cook. No matter how smart you are, you will be defeated by a soldier. No matter how smart you are, the other party will not waste time talking to you. They will knock you down as soon as they come up, and it will be too late to say anything.

Just when the Ino, Deer and Chow trio was in danger of being annihilated, an evil chakra suddenly emanated from not far away, and one could even feel the coldness and cruelty in it.

"Doss, these losers would rather die than tell us anything. It seems they really don't know. Should we kill them? Or should we look somewhere else?" Jin looked at the direction where the evil chakra came from.

"Let's kill them first and see if they have the Scroll of Heaven that we need?" The most violent Sack was about to take action.

"Forget it, Sak." Dosshin stopped him, "Our mission is to kill Uchiha Sasuke. The Chunin Exam is just an unimportant matter. It will not be easy to escape from Konoha if we kill too many people."

"Tsk, you guys are lucky." The three Sound Ninjas turned around and left in the direction they had just sensed.