"Shikamaru, are you also here to watch the duel competition?"
Naruto walked over to greet them and then joined Shikamaru and the others in pushing through the crowd to the railing, where they joined Sasuke leaning against it.
The area below was quite large, with a diameter of two hundred meters, and the competition was conducted one-on-one.
"If there are a lot of participants, just the first round of preliminary matches would almost take several days," Sasuke said, watching two ninja academy students testing each other with physical techniques, clearly bored.
"This competition will last half a month." Shikamaru, now sporting a small beard, spoke in a bobbing manner.
"That long? I thought it would be over in three or four days," Naruto expressed in surprise.
"Can't help it, there are more people in Konoha now, and naturally, more students," Shikamaru explained. "I came here to watch because my son is also participating, to cheer him on."
