Another disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. Just Yuriko.
"Those who chose to take it answered the 10th question correctly. You will be able to survive any troubles you face in the future. You made it through the entrance. The first test of the Chunin Selection Exam is now finished. I wish you guys luck."
"HELL YEAH! WISH US LUCK!" Naruto said fired up. Just then a ball of black crashed through the window and straightened out to be a banner for the next test. Surprised murmurs of people around me as the person responsible straightened out and spoke up, "You guys! This is no time to be celebrating!" She shouted. "I am the examiner for the second test! Mitarashi Anko! Now let's go! Follow me!"
"She's a bit like Naruto." I commented glancing at Sasuke.
"78?! Ibiki! You left 28 teams?! The test was too easy this time!" Anko complained. Ibiki... Why am I not surprised? Of course it was
"This time..." Scarface chuckled, "There are a lot of outstanding ones."
"Bah! That's fine... I'll at least cut them in half in the second test." Anko smiled wryly. Cut us? Wasn't she being ominous about this? "Ahh.. I'm getting excited. I'll explain everything once we change places. Follow me."
I looked around, all the Leaf's rookies were still in this. Cool cool. Kudos. Isn't my mind unusually dull? I laughed inwardly as I saw Ino reroute her movement to avoid me. Naruto joined us as we walked. "Yuriko. You got the information rather quickly. What was your method?" Sasuke asked.
"Hm? I solved it, I'm no mere genin." I put bluntly. "Why cheat when I know the answers? Plus, it gave you what you needed right?"
He looked at me peculiarly, "You... Where did you learn all the material...? Surely you couldn't have learnt that in the time you had in the academy."
I put a finger over my lips, "That would be telling."
We eventually arrived at our destination, the edge of one of the practice areas. The whole perimeter was fenced off. Anko turned to us, "Welcome to the stage for the second stage of the second exam, practice area 44. Also known as The Forest of Death."
"Judging from what it looks like, it's a survival of the fittest. That or some dangerous type scavenger hunt...?" I analyzed the surroundings.
"Don't we have an intuitive fellow... Your information gathering skills are very keen." Our Examiner frowned, "I guess I'll skip playing around, she is right. This is a survival hunt for what the other teams have to offer. But before I get into the second test there's something I have to pass out!" She pulled out a stack of forms.
"You must sign these agreement forms. There will be deaths in this one... And if I don't have you sign these it will all be my responsibility, hehe." She continued, "I'm going to explain the second test, then you can sign it afterwards. And then each team will check in at that booth behind me." She started to pass out the forms. It was a disclaimer form.
Once the forms were passed around she took out a scroll, "OK! I will now explain the second test. Simply put you will attempt the ultimate survival. In this area in which it will take place. Around practice arena no. 44 are 44 locked gates. Forest, river, and a tower in the center. From the gates to the tower is about 10km." She held up a diagram map. "During the survival in here, you will be asked to complete a certain task. Using your many weapons and jutsu, you will complete in a... no rules scroll battle."
"Scroll battle?" Someone behind me asked tentatively.
"Yes..." Examiner put the diagram away and pulled out two scrolls, "You will fight over these two scrolls the 'heaven' and 'earth' there are 78 people here meaning 26 teams. Half, 13 will get the heaven scroll and the other 13 teams will each get the earth scroll. To pass this test... your team must make it to the tower with both scrolls."
"So that's what you mean by cutting us in half. Half of the teams will definitely fail." Shikamaru said absent-mindedly.
"Ah, but there's a time limit." Mrs. Examiner grinned, "This second test will last 120 hours Exactly 5 days"
"5 DAYS?!" Ino exclaimed in disbelief.
"What about dinner?!" Choujii protested just as loudly.
"You're on your own. The forest is full of food. Just watch out for man-eating beasts, poisonous insects, poisonous plants... And 13 teams passing is not likely. As the days go on, the distance to the goal will become farther. And the time to rest will become shorter. And the area is crawling with enemies. You won't get much slee so not only will some fail by losing the scroll... but some will die from the harshness of the course." She said all cheery, shifting her weight.
"Now I'll talk about what will disqualify you. First, those that don't make it to the tower with both scrolls within the time limit. Second, those who lose a teammate or those who have a teammate killed. Ah, as a rule there is no quitting in the middle. You will be in the forest for five days. And one more rule... you must not look inside the scroll until you make it to the tower."
"What happens if you do?" Naruto asked, serious.
"That will be a surprise for anyone who does." Miss Examiner chuckled. "A chunin will be asked to handle classified information. This is to test your trustworthiness. That is it for the explanations. Exchange the three forms for your scroll. Then choose a gate to get ready for the start... Hm. A final word of advice. Don't die..."
I sat down as we waited for our turn to get our scroll. I had already engraved my signature. I watched as different teams walked in the shrouded booth. Strategic. So we can't tell which team gets which scroll, or who on their team is carrying their scroll.
In this test we will risk our lives fighting for information. Though I wasn't worried about myself, more like worried about my teammates. I have to be careful not to do everything... Or they- Naruto and Sasuke would not be able to gain their own experience.
Everything went smoothly, we were sent to gate 12 for our dispatch. We recieved the heaven scroll, which was in Sasuke's posession. As we waited, Naruto pulled the middle finger without saying anything. It was slightly annoying, but nothing I wasn't used to I guess.
A instructor unlocked our gate and as he looked at his watch he swung the door open, "BEGIN!"
I followed Sasuke who took lead. We hadn't spoken aloud, but I knew it needed to be spoken, once we got a considerable distance in the forest and slowed our pace I spoke up. "I want to make it clear that it is very likely the teams are going after the rookies- US first. To them, we are the easiest targets." There was a human scream in the distance. "They didn't hesitate... Good. This is the way things should be."
"Like you know everything!" Naruto clicked his tongue in annoyance. "I got to take a piss." He turned to the nearest bush and started to do his business.
I turned away, "Like you know my mind." I jumped up on the trees to take look out. I used the Byakugan to see a single spy lurking near Naruto. I switched quickly to pull him out to the open. "A spy. He's alone. Team is more or less 1km away." I reported quickly, dropping back to the ground.
"How unlucky!" The thin genin rasped. His whole face was masked. "Which one of you has the scroll?! Hm? Either way, I will be taking it!"
"You're not realizing your position here." I replied making a ram handseal to summon chakra recieving needles and a kunai. The Rain genin launched at Sasuke, who used a fire ninjutsu to fend him off. I threw the needles where I knew he would try to escape and was successful.
Though I just got his arm and side, he blanched. "Those eyes..." He screamed.
"Did you put him under genjutsu?" Sasuke asked.
"Nope. Take a look. Just disturbed his chakra." I caught the culprit from his hair and looked him straight in the eye, "Which scroll does your team have? Who has it? Tell me and I will spare your life... and theirs. I know where they are. Tell me and no one has to die here." I said coldly.
"No! I won't rat my own comrades out so easily! You don't have the heart to kill." He pushed onto me and thrusted a knife in and up in my gut. Blood spilt rapidly. I slammed his head against the ground and stepped on his back, allowing me to switch my grip to his hands. The knife still lodged in my gut, I pulled out my own and stabbed through his palms, "You think I have a heart? There's no rules here." He yelled out in pain.
"Yuriko. Enough. Stop." Sasuke demanded. "You're injured. If we don't treat it soon you'll die."
"Then hurry and get him to talk." I huffed, "I won't die that easily, Sasuke." The captive struggled, grunting in pain.
"You're forgetting too soon. I won't speak." He breathed. I turned the kunai in his palms as he made a throaty noise.
"Hey, Yuriko. I really don't think he's gonna talk." Naruto said in his whimsical tone.
"Eh, like hell he'll talk. I just don't have patience with this one. You really want to give up on this golden opportunity?" I said taking a deep breath to calm myself. I stood up, stepping on his wrists. "Wooden Style, prisoner's bird cage!" I jumped back as a wooden canary cage formed from underneath him.
"Nice one Yurippe!" Naruto exclaimed.
Sasuke tsked, "Yuriko. Your wound. That knife could be laced in poison." I felt my adrenaline disappear and my knees gave out.
"Ah." was my only reply.
"Not, 'ah'. You're gonna die!" He snapped, having caught me. I took hold of the knife and moving away from him. "I don't die that easily. I revived you from the dead that one time. Hey Naruto. Confiscate our prisoner's weapons." I said as an afterthought. I pulled up my shirt to expose my healing wound over the seal. "It's going to be fine. If there was poison, I would've noticed by now."
"Well, now what are we going to do with him? We're sitting ducks like this. We might as well leave him." Sasuke said.
I shook my head. "We can use him as bait. I can summon a friend to help carry the cage." I summoned a giant wolf I knew as Toma.
"Holy crap! What is that? A Wolf?!" Naruto said in awe. I met Sasuke's eyes, they told me everything I had to know. He was startled.
Toma growled, "Humans. Elck. You." He pointed his nose at me, "You summoned me with the Rinnegan."
"Yes, I did. It's me, Emiko. Aiko. Akira. Mira. Meubi. Remember?" I said gleefully. It was so good to see an old friend.
"Meubi. Why are you so small again?" Toma asked. "You seem prone to defeat as the Meubi."
I hung my head, embarrassed, "Sorry. I just thought it'd be fine to let the Sanin win that one time. They were very honorable fighters. Still alive this day I hope." I looked at my teammates, "These guys are my teammates. They don't even know what the Rinnegan is yet, so that's between us."
"Secretive as ever. And the caged one? Not a friend." He grumbled as the said caged offender tried to reach through the bars. I nodded, making the cage sheilded by chakra to prevent further experimenting on his part.
"We hoped you could help us carry the cage as bait. We don't want to stay in one place, given we have a lot of enemies on our tails." Sasuke stepped in.
Toma made a rumbling nose from his throat, "Very well." He bit the handle and lifted our prisoner.
"You won't get very far with me. My team is very clever. Plus, I can still use jutsu." Prisoner called out some sort of jutsu, but quickly found it's effects were useless outside of the cage.
"Hm. You do seem like the type to wait for your opponent to exhaust themselves. Should I just leave you here? Let Toma rip through your bones?" I wondered.
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"I don't remember you being a show off." Naruto pouted.
I could only give a half smile, then announced. "Hey. We're giving up on this lost cause. We're going to leave him to kill his own team."
Sasuke frowned, "Why? We went through all this trouble."
"Heh. I just don't feel like dealing with his team. These guys aren't forward, you can tell by the way he hid himself. He wanted to switch places with Naruto to play coy with us." I replied. "If we can get rid of a team, we will be able to drop the baggage anyway. There's no need to rush right now. We're only just starting."
Sasuke sighed, he really didn't like following my lead but couldn't refuse my ideas either. "Fine. What do we need to do?"
I tied our victim up to silence his protests as I gave instructions on how to set up my master plan. "How's it looking?" I asked once the canary cage was suspended from a high up tree branch. "Yeah yeah. Almost done, Yuriko." Naruto grumbled. Sasuke gave an affirmation as he finished up his side. We located likely hiding spots and areas where the enemy may come. When they come it will trigger exploding paper on kunai to barrage them and the canary cage. Toma was to play as a mindless beast trying to get to him until the teammates where drawn in to protect him. When all goes south Toma would disappear to his own realm.
"The cage makes it obvious its a trap." Sasuke noted. I agreed. "So we need to get rid of it without setting off the paper."
I touched the ground, "Yin release." I imagined the wooden cage to turn into a steel wire net and the ropes disappear as his fingers melded together- making handseals impossible. "That's better? Makes it look like he fell for a pathetic trap himself- theyre coming. We need to go." I signaled Toma to do his part as we fled a ways.
We soon heard the faint explosions of success. "One team done for. Good." We stopped and gathered for our next plan of operations.
Sasuke seemed to take the Alpha male role now. "He wanted to pose as one of us. There's a risk that others will do the same. So if we get separated, even if its one of us. Don't trust them."
"What do you suggest to cure this problem, Sasuke?" I asked keenly. I was thrilled that our teamwork was going smoothly.
"We'll make a codeword, just in case." He replied. "Listen, if they get the codeword wrong, assume they are the enemy no matter what they look like."
I sensed a presence listening to us, but I stayed quiet. This was not the time to act, but to wait. "Listen. I will only say it once. The nin song "Nin Machine". When this is asked reply: A large amount of loud enemies are a friend to the shinobi. Hide and remain silent. A shinobi must understand the proper time, when the enemy is tired and ill prepared." He proposed.
"Okay. Got it." I affirmed.
"Hey, wait. That's impossible to remember." Naruto complained.
I shook my head, "Remember it. Nothing else to it."
"I'll take the scroll." Sasuke declared and I gave it to him without hesitation. It seemed at the moment that he concealed the scroll, an explosion sounded over our heads.
"More enemies?" Sasuke exclaimed as we all ducked for cover. I stood up, sensing no one in the immediate sphere.
"Yuriko... What is the code word. Nin song Nin machine?" Sasuke asked upon seeing me. I repeated it perfectly.
"Good."
"Oww... You guys alright?" Naruto asked.
I stepped forward, "What's the codeword?"
Fake Naruto repeated the nin song perfectly. Sasuke saw threw it too and threw a kunai at him.
The fake dodged and in exclamation, but not a proper reaction like Naruto. Sasuke glared at him, "So it's someone good enough to dodge my attacks..."
The fake grinned creepily, "Impressive that you knew..." the transformation jutsu wore off and it was a tall man with a straw hat and long black hair. His head protector signaled that he was from the land of lightening. His chakra was... familiar...
"How did you know? That I was a fake..." He asked flummoxed.
Sasuke explained, "I knew you were listening to our conversation from under the ground. That's why I made the codeword like that... There's no way Naruto could remember a song that long. So you had to be a fake."
"I see... Neither tired nor ill prepared, are we?" The enemy took off his hat, "This will be more fun than I thought."
Clicking my tongue, where was the real Naruto then? "Oi, what did you do with our teammate?" I growled.
"He's elsewhere." The man shrugged, pulling out his earth scroll. "You want my earth scroll right? Since you guys have the heaven scroll..." I quickly used the Rinnegan's deva path to pull it out of his hands. He grabbed it without panic. "Quick to action with your special eyes, little girl." He put the scroll in his mouth and with his disturbingly long tongue he swallowed it whole. "Now let's begin... the battle for each other's scroll... with our lives on the line."
His aura oozed an impressive killer intent. I even saw a image of death. I shivered and screamed a battlecry to wake my brain up as Sasuke retched.
I stood shakily and reached for Sasuke. Our opponent threw a barrage of kunai at us. I used the deva path to move them away as I teleported the two of us away onto the branch of a nearby tree.
"Sasuke." I whispered. He was fighting the fear, but he was inexperienced. I held his shoulders and tried to stimulate his chakra with mine. The feeling of power should negate the feeling of fear and death. It seemed to work as he moved with surety to peek to where we had just been, having activated his sharingan. He was fidgety and still a little panicked.
"Sasuke." I whispered to him again. "We need to find Naruto and get out of here. This guy-" My teammate covered my mouth. As he took deep breaths he didn't notice the snake that was dropping down. I pulled Sasuke to the side as it launched at him first.
"What the..." Was all he said before we had to flee from it's next attack. Sasuke used kunai to the snakes head and it fell dead on the branch. We had let our guard down for a moment, we were attacked. Not about to make the same mistake.
The opponent cut through from inside the snake. "You guys shouldn't relax for even a moment. Prey should always be trying to run away in the presence of a predator, that is..." His body elongated like a snakes as he wrapped himself around a tree. Kunai shot in front of him.
"I'm sorry Sasuke!" I heard Naruto as he appeared on another branch in another tree. "I forgot the code word."
"Of course you did! Good job finding us." I called up to him.
"Naruto!" Sasuke yelled, "I know you think you're cool and here to save us, but forget it! Run away! This one is on a whole 'nother level!"
"Don't parrot Sensei, Sasuke. I've hardly got a chance to step up my game. Take a moment to take a few breaths." I told him.
"Hehe... Looks like you successfully defeated that giant snake Naruto." Snake man said, still coiled around Sasuke's tree branch.
I launched at the man as I used the Asura path to create metal weapons out of my wrist. Two teethed double edged blades. Another snake appeared and pinned me down. I used Kawarimi and hid myself as I summoned my reincarnated bodies. Akira, Aiko, Mira, and Emiko. I heard the bickering above as Sasuke was giving up our scroll.
Naruto snatched it before it could reach the enemy. "You bastard! What are you doing?! Do you understand the situation?!" Sasuke yelled and Naruto punched him in the jaw hard.
I returned to my branch and had my three allies wait in secret. "Naruto, he's-"
"I forgot the code word so I can't test it but you're Sasuke's fake, aren't you!?" Naruto accused.
"You total moron! I'm the real Sasuke!" Sasuke snapped.
"Liar..." Naruto retorted, "There's no way such a stupid coward like you is the Sasuke I know! I dunno how strong this guy is but what guarantee is there that he'll let us go if we give him the scroll? You're the one too freaked out to understand the situation!"
"Hehe. You are correct, Naruto-kun!" The man licked his lips. "Since I can just kill you and take the scroll..." I saw the sign of a big snake summoning. Snake Sage. Ugh. Definitely NOT genin level. Different agenda that involved us?
I voiced command for my reincarnations to hold my seal as I unseal it again.
Naruto charged the man even as a gigantic snake was summoned under him. He was blown away easily. I unsealed my chakra and the 6th tail undid. By body was matted with spiraling red chakra and the beginnings of my skeleton manifested as well. I launched at the side of the snake's jaw as Naruto fell. We both smashed into it as I screeched.
"What? Another jinchuuriki?!" The man spun to me as I jumped back next to Sasuke.
"Yuriko?! Is this what you meant by...?" Sasuke couldn't finish as the man launched at us.
I launched at the man as Naruto stopped the snake with Kurama's power. I flew past him though as he dodged tactfully and grabbed Naruto with his long tongue.
"Dammit let go of me!" Naruto struggled.
"Nine tails brat is still alive, I see. No time to babble as your teammate is..." He prepared a sealing technique and put another seal over Naruto's seal.
"Naruto..." I garbled, hesitating in my next attack. Kurama's chakra was fading. The man threw him at me. I caught him with a chakra tail before teleporting him to Mira and teleporting myself back to launch a timely attack. I missed again, but struck the snake hard enough to make him surrender back where he was prior.
"What? That chakra. You are...?" The man seemed to recognized me. I gathered together a tailed beast ball as Mira used her Rinnegan to pull him away from my team. Far enough that the explosion wouldn't bring much damage our way. I released the beast ball and the explosion brought a strong hot current of debris our way, I jumped in front of Sasuke and shielded him from a giant branch.
"Sasuke. Naruto may be clumsy and he can get in the way.. but at least he's not a coward. Right?" I said as Akira and Emiko pulled my tails back into the seal. I slouched to the ground, or in this case a thick tree branch.
I spun around when I heard the enemy rise again, laughing. "Wow. I would have never expected to see the Meubi's reincarnation again. I thought I had killed you back in the day." The voice was altered, or maybe returned to its original state. When he appeared before us, his fake face was falling off as his real one, a familiar one, started to reveal itself.
"Orochimaru, one of the Legendary Sannin. I heard you went off the tracks. You and your filthy snakes-! What do you want from us?!" I growled.
"Meubi, it's been awhile. I feel so honoured that you remember me though I am not affiliated with the other Sanin anymore." Orochimaru grunted. He had suffered from my attack, but how much? Dammit.
"Orochimaru? Yuriko, you know this guy?" Sasuke asked.
"He's an high-class missing-nin originally from the Hidden Leaf Village. You mustn't get too close. He's full of dirty lies and tricks to trap powerful people into his control." I replied as Orochimaru stopped about 15 feet away. Sasuke activated his sharingan and started sparring with Orochimaru with different tools. He set us a clever trick with string and Orochimaru fell for it. He got a face full of fire.
"To be able to use the sharingan so well at this age... You truly are the man that carries the uchiha blood." Orochimaru stated. "Just as I thought. I want you... I had fun with a few extra surprises. You really are brothers. I sense power in your eyes that surpasses Itachi."
"How do you know Itachi?!" Sasuke exclaimed.
"If you want to see me again... Then survive and pass this exam..." Orochimaru held his earth scroll as he burned it to ash. "Of course, defeating my men, the sound nin trio on the way."
"Are you kidding?! We never want to meet you again." I pushed him through a tree then pulled him close to punch him back. But before I had a chance to swing at him, his neck elongated and he managed to bite Sasuke's neck.
I threw him hard into the ground with Akira's help. It was in Akira's body that Orochimaru knew me as I worked besides Hanzo in the Hidden Rain.
Through Akira's ears I heard his reply, "Sasuke will seek me to seek power."
"Ugh! What's this? Pain!" Sasuke started to grab the shitty snake's bite.
"Dammit! What did you do to Sasuke!?" I yelled down to him.
"I gave him a going away present." He said before disappearing into the earth and Sasuke collapsed.
I knelt by him as he screamed in agony. I thought a moment before speaking. "Sasuke! I'm going to move you to a safer spot. The people I've summoned have already put Naruto there. Akira will carry you."
We quickly moved him to ground level. I used Wood and Earth release to form a solid shelter that wasn't to obvious as I grew and aged vegetation on the new wooden surfaces. I shaped the wood with outward curves, hoping that would help diffuse any sound attacks from outside.
I had switched out Mira with Rin to start healing Naruto and easing Sasuke's pain. Emiko and I focused on examining the mark on Sasuke's neck. Akira hid outside as look out as Aiko looked for a water source.
"It's a curse mark." Emiko concluded. "It will take long hours of research to even try to remove it."
"We don't have the time nor the resources to do that. Can we seal it up for a time?" I wondered. It was so weird to ask myself questions I don't know. I literally had 5 brains present right now.
"Yes, I suppose. If you have an empty scroll, I can write one up." Emiko replied calmly. I had one on hand luckily for me and I gave it to her.
"Rin, what's Naruto's situation?" I asked.
Rin lifted her head, "He just needs rest. All his injuries are healing themselves."
"Good. Rest is good for the two of them. I'll leave them in your careful watch then." I climbed out the small opening to make an appearance for the sound nin trio. Yes, Akira gave me a heads up of their appearance and told her to act like another team's member as I returned Aiko to the afterlife.
The Sound nin haven't noticed any of my reincarnations. If they have, I hope they don't realize they are my allies. I returned all but Akira when Emiko put a sturdy seal over the curse mark.
Dawn was almost upon us. If Akira's information was right, then the sound nin will be attacking soon. I strategized different points of attack. If my preparations were successful then I will only have to concern myself with protecting the base and guarding the entrance.
I had set up a little set of booby traps to give them a reason to underestimate me. I waited outside of the base as "I" did all night. I had Rin transform into me and we took shifts so I could sleep a little. My teammates were still asleep like the dead.
I pretended to act completely sleep deprived as Akira signaled the enemies approach. I saw a squirrel start to approach my trap. Paper bomb on it's back. Akira told me.
I threw a kunai at it to shoo it away. No time to save it. Poor guy. Although... Despite all the time I had to gather food, I didn't. I was too worried and preoccupied by organizing a water supply and making sure Sasuke and Naruto were taken care of.
"Hehe... Up all night?" Someone said as I peeked inside. I whipped around to see the sound trio made themselves known on the other side of the clearing. "But it's no longer necessary. Wake up Sasuke. We want to fight him."
I stood up holding out a kunai. "You can all die for all I care. You're Orochimaru's men. Meaning you are my enemy. What did he do to Sasuke?! How do I remove the curse mark from him? What is it really?! What is Orochimaru's purpose here?! HUH?! I need answers!" I growled.
The sound nin looked pretty surprised, "Hmmm... I wonder what that man is thinking..." The one-eyed leader said.
The leaner young man grinned, "But hearing that, we can't let you go. I'll kill this girl. And I'll also kill this Sasuke guy."
"Wait Zaku." One-Eye said.
"Huh? Why?" Zaku perked at the strange request.
One-Eye bent over and grabbed a handful of grass I spread. "You're not very good. A recently overturned stone, different colored dirt. Grass doesn't grow here. A booby trap is pointless unless it goes unnoticed." He stood.
"Pfft... Stupid. So that kunai was to prevent the squirrel from setting off the trap." Zaku sniggered.
"Well, since we have no use for this girl... Kill her." One-Eye ordered and they tried to leap over my "trap" that wasn't really there. I cut the rope to my real trap that let loose a giant log to swing down on them.
They broke through it easily. "Frankly speaking, you have no talent. People like you have to work harder. A weakling like you shouldn't mess with guys like us."
I got into my battle position, anticipating the first attack when the sound nin were thrown back by a green blur. "Then you guys should also work harder." It was none other than...
"Who are you?" One-Eye asked.
"The beautiful green beast of the hidden leaf Rock Lee!" He introduced himself.
Well, this might put a damper on the plan.
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