The Road to the Throne of White Eyes

Chapter 134 The Chunin Exam Begins

While Hinata Feng was training hard on the moon, Naruto and his group of newly graduated ninja school students were also going through a series of missions.

From small tasks like catching cats and pulling weeds to anti-bandit patrols that resulted in initial bloodshed, and even some fights between ninjas, the power of Konoha's new generation grew rapidly.

Generally speaking, the ninja world has been very peaceful in the past two years, with no disputes between the various ninja villages. Although Konoha has experienced many setbacks in the past, it has relied on its deep foundation to overcome them and has flourished again.

It's just that Konoha lost a lot of face in the past few years and its image in the ninja world was a bit bad, so after settling down, Sarutobi Hiruzen and the others wanted to show off their muscles and let everyone see Konoha's strength.

Once the external environment becomes more stable, we can take action against the increasingly disobedient Hyuga clan and restore harmony to Konoha.

With this in mind, Sarutobi Hiruzen, Utatane Koharu and others began planning to invite their ally Sand Village to jointly host the Chunin Exam as soon as this group of ninja students graduated.

Normally, there is no need to hold this kind of examination for selecting Chunin within the village. A small-scale internal Chunin examination will suffice.

Especially during wartime, ninja promotion might be a matter of a piece of paper. In peacetime, the purpose of holding the Chunin Exam is to demonstrate one's strength to the outside world, dispel some inappropriate thoughts from other ninja villages, and reduce the risk of war.

At the same time, this large-scale joint Chunin Exam usually invites high-ranking nobles and wealthy businessmen from various countries to watch, so that they can understand the strength of the younger generations of their own ninja village, enhance their trust in their village, and strive to take on more tasks.

After several months of discussion and preparation, the joint hosting of the Chunin Exam has basically been decided. What remains is the arrangement of the contestants within each ninja village.

In the Hokage's office, Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at a group of instructing jonin and felt secretly satisfied with the endless stream of young talents emerging in Konoha.

"So, besides the previously decided Genin, are there any other Genin who will be participating?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at Kakashi, Asuma, Kurenai Yuhi and the others. The other candidates had basically been determined before, only the newcomers who would lead the team's senior ninjas were still uncertain.

After hearing the words of the Third Hokage, the leading ninjas in the field looked at each other. Those who did not have confidence in their disciples were hesitant. When they saw that others did not take any action, they gave up the idea.

After a moment's silence, the three jonin teachers who had just led the team this year became more confident and took a step forward together to recommend their own students to Sarutobi Hiruzen.

The first to speak was Kakashi, who looked very cold and lonely. He opened one confused and lifeless eye, forced himself to cheer up a little, made hand seals in front of his chest and saluted Sarutobi Hiruzen.

"I, Kakashi, recommend, as the leader of the jonin, Team 7's Uchiha Sasuke, Uzumaki Naruto, and Haruno Sakura to participate in the Chunin Exam."

After hearing this, Sarutobi Hiruzen's expression did not change, but Umino Iruka, who was the representative of the ninja school teachers, looked a little strange, but he managed to control himself.

As Kakashi finished, Sarutobi Asuma also bowed and reported, "I, Asuma, as the leader of the jonin, recommend that Team 10's three members, Nara Shikamaru, Yamanaka Ino, and Akimichi Chouji, take part in the Chunin Exams."

After Asuma finished speaking, Kurenai Yuhi continued without waiting for anyone else to react, "I, Kurenai Yuhi, recommend the eight team members, Kyoko Shimura, Kiba Inuzuka, and Shino Aburame, to participate in the Chunin Exams as the leader of the jonin team."

The recommendations of the three senior ninjas surprised the other ninjas. Some of their disciples had graduated for two years and had not yet registered for the Chunin Exam. They did not expect that these disciples who had just graduated this year were so confident.

Sarutobi Hiruzen felt a little hesitant when he saw that all the instructors of the three teams of Genin had signed up this year. He also hoped that Konoha would have more talents and successors, but this Genin who had just graduated for less than a year might still be a little dangerous.

What's more, among this group of Genin there are special characters such as the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki and the orphan of the Uchiha clan.

At the moment, the Nine-Tailed Fox is relatively safe, but what about Uchiha Sasuke?

Ever since that damn Hinata Feng caused trouble and formed an alliance, he had been forced to give him a lot of money and property, and even paid for the missions to arrange for him to receive guidance from the senior ninja.

I don't know whether this kid is naturally talented or those clueless jonin are too attentive in their guidance, but Uchiha Sasuke is now as strong as an elite chunin to a special jonin. Coupled with his pair of two-magatama Sharingan, he can fight against any inferior jonin.

Participating in the Chunin Exam with this kind of strength would certainly bring honor to Konoha, but the Uchiha clan had many problems.

The "Uchiha Tajima" who suddenly appeared that year and the dozens of Uchiha clan members who disappeared have never been found. This is like a stone weighing on his and Danzo's hearts.

As disciples of the Second Hokage, they knew how evil the Uchiha clan was. After the incident with Uchiha Tajima, the remaining Uchiha clan members must have hated them to the core.

If he doesn't find them and eliminate them while he is still in charge of Konoha, they will definitely be a great disaster to Konoha and the Sarutobi clan in the future.

Taking a deep puff of cigarette, Sarutobi Hiruzen made up his mind. There was no point in hiding Sasuke all the time. It would be better to let him show up more often and then send more Anbu teams to guard him. This would also be a way to lure out the Uchiha clan!

With a fierce look in his eyes, Sarutobi Hiruzen was about to agree. At this time, Iruka, who had hesitated for a long time, could no longer bear it and interrupted him directly.

"Please wait a moment, Hokage-sama! I know this is rude, but please allow me to speak."

Iruka's heart was pounding, and he couldn't help but put his hands on the table and plead with Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Seeing that it was Iruka, the inner bond of Uzumaki Naruto, Sarutobi Hiruzen acted very kindly. He smiled and asked, "Iruka, what's wrong?"

“Even though it may be rude to say this, I still have to say it.

The nine participating Genin recommended by the three Jonins just now are all my students.

I admit that they are all excellent, but it is still too early to let them participate in the Joint Chunin Exam!

I think they should take on more tasks to gain experience.

Now let them fight the elites from various ninja villages, it will destroy them!"

Iruka looked worried. In his mind, he still regarded Naruto and the others as his students rather than independent ninjas. After all, they had graduated too recently.

But this kind of worry is also a kind of disrespect for the leading ninja.

So Kakashi said with a grim expression, "I was six years younger than them when I became a Chunin. And if I can't pass, it would be fun to destroy them!"

Kakashi's words left Iruka speechless for a moment, and the atmosphere on the scene became tense. In the end, it was Sarutobi Hiruzen who spoke up to ease the atmosphere and decided on the people who would take the exam.