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JST Chapter 141: Duy's Totally a Genin...
🕑 Added 2024-12-28 02:22:13 +0000 UTCSeeing the scene between Shisui and Asuma, as well as Fugaku's reaction, Jinzaburo was visibly excited.
“Yes, exactly like that!” He exclaimed excitedly. “As a clan with a kekkei genkai, this is what we should do!”
"The Kaguya clan's style is still not strong enough, and they should learn from the Uchiha clan!"
In Kirigakure, the relationship between the Kaguya clan and the village's higher-ups is very similar to that between Konoha and the Uchiha.
Jinzaburo's words echoed in the ears of every shinobi present.
The assessment made by this 'Uchiha' of Kirigakure only reinforced the outsiders' opinion of Konoha's internal situation.
Fuguki gave a cold smile and did not answer Jinzaburo. But in his mind, he was already planning how to kill this rebellious genius who was so troublesome to the village. He had to make sure that he died in Konoha. Otherwise, sooner or later he would become a threat to Kirigakure.
Kisame sighed deeply, raised his head and looked at the sky, feeling inexplicably depressed. It seems that no matter which village, there will be countless conflicts and contradictions...
...
Hokage Residence.
"Kazuki, is everything going according to plan?" Hiruzen asked with a frown as he used his telescope technique to observe the foreign shinobi who were pretending to walk around the village but were actually gathering information. "Is there any adjustment needed?"
Kazuki nodded slowly. "All they see is what I want them to see..."
"The exam can begin." He continued. "But to avoid too many casualties in the second stage of fighting, I will personally participate."
Hiruzen looked at Kazuki in confusion. Did he hear it right?
Kazuki is going to take the Chunin Exam?
"I am indeed still a Genin..." Kazuki smiled. "I haven't taken the Chunin Exam yet. In my file, I should still be a Genin."
"Although I am the leader of the Root, it is still in line with the rules and regulations to take this Chunin Exam."
Hiruzen smiled awkwardly.
"Just be happy, Kazuki..."
"Hiruzen, you are the Hokage..."
...
A few days later.
The joint Chunin exam is about to begin.
The mechanics were simple, with no written tests or complicated tournament rounds. There was just a single task.
All participating shinobi were divided into twenty groups. There were no strict restrictions on the number of members per group. Ten groups were assigned Heaven Scrolls, and the other ten were assigned Earth Scrolls.
Each team had to obtain both types of scrolls and cross the Forest of Death until they reached the final destination. Those who managed to complete this mission would be approved as Chunin.
This peculiar format aroused suspicion among shinobi from other villages.
It seemed that Konoha was trying to hide something about their genin. Instead of allowing them to demonstrate their skills in various tests, they had reduced everything to a simple group battle.
From the rules to the details, everything seemed rushed and sloppy, giving off a sense of let's get this done quickly and get it over with.
...
Outside the Forest of Death, Kitsuchi led the Iwa 'Genin', and looked at the Konoha shinobi coming and going in front of him with a stern face.
Except for Uchiha Obito, who appeared to be of a typical genin age, the rest of the participants had the build of adults.
Among them was a weirdo wearing a green tights, with muscles as strong as the third Raikage.
"Hokage-sama, is this also one of your genin?" Kitsuchi asked, pointing in disbelief at Might Duy, who was standing next to Obito.
It seems that not only Iwagakure has no moral integrity, sending a lot of Jonin to act as Genin, but Konoha is also not pretending.
Especially the acting is still very poor. Might Duy shouted youth from time to time beside Uchiha Obito, and occasionally cried, which made Kitsuchi a little bit unable to hold back.
This is really taking people for fools, right?
Although Might Duy's tone is very emotional, and his youthful posture is very natural when he shouts, no matter what, no one really thinks he is still a teenager!
"That's right, Kitsuchi-dono. He is one of our Konoha genin." Hiruzen replied in a voice filled with resignation. Then he added: "I know he looks a little older, right?"
Kitsuchi wanted to answer but stopped himself. Thinking of the veteran Jonin in his village, he decided not to press the issue.
The shinobi sent by other villages are mostly young people, and none of them sincerely sent fledgling Genin.
Hiruzen covered up this somewhat embarrassing topic and said with a smile: "Although it is a joint Chunin exam, the most important thing is the signing ceremony of the peace agreement afterwards, everyone..."
"I declare that this joint Chunin exam officially begins!"
The gates of the Forest of Death slowly opened, and shinobi from the various villages quickly entered.
...
"Hokage, where can we see the exam?" Chiyo said in a deep voice: "The performance of the young people in each village still needs us, the older generation, to check."
Kitsuchi and Fuguki nodded. Dodai also expressed his agreement: "That's true, Hokage-sama."
Although they had seen the conflict between the Uchiha clan and the upper echelons, and Konoha's desire for a peace agreement, it would always be better if they could see the combat power of Konoha's shinobi with their own eyes.
Under pressure from the jonin of each shinobi village, Hiruzen coughed lightly, took out his pipe, took a slow drag, and said according to Kazuki's instructions: "This matter is very critical. It's not that we in Konoha have not considered it. This is indeed an aspect that deserves attention..."
"But compared to other things, the joint Chunin exam is relatively unimportant, such as the upcoming peace agreement..."
"I have sent people to invite the daimyos to discuss it. They are probably on the way now. We should also go to the scene to participate in the discussion of the specific details of the peace agreement. As for watching these children's exams, there will be opportunities in the future. Let's put it aside for now..."
Chiyo narrowed her eyes.
In order to cover up the situation of the Konoha genin, they have not only cut back on the normal format of the exam, but even invited the daimyos?
If the daimyos were really on their way, as Hiruzen claimed, Chiyo would have no choice but to attend.
The relationship between Sunagakure and the Land of Wind was quite strained. Although Chiyo was confident that she could convince the Daimyo of the Land of Wind to allocate military funds to Sunagakure by taking advantage of Konoha's weakness, it would be unthinkable to make her main moneybag wait in the presence of other Daimyos.
"Hokage-sama, in order to prevent us from watching this exam, you even invited all the daimyo to come?" Fuguki gave a mocking smile. "It's really touching!"
Hiruzen kept his face calm and replied in a low voice: "Konoha has no such intentions. We only wish to achieve peace as soon as possible. I hope you understand our village's deep longing for peace in the shinobi world…"
"Since the First Hokage, this has always been our goal. I hope you don't misunderstand."
Hearing Hiruzen's words, the jonin from the various villages looked away for a moment.
The First Hokage may have had a naive heart, but they did not.
If there was a chance to destroy the enemy, even for an instant, the villages would not hesitate to seize it. But to divide up the Tailed Beasts and sacrifice their own advantages, like Hashirama did… that was something none of them could understand.
Meanwhile, Fuguki was enjoying the situation, watching as Hiruzen tried to justify himself.
Dodai watched this scene in silence. If he were the former Sarutobi Hiruzen, would he tolerate a mere Jonin from another village speaking to him like that?
Although they had not witnessed the exam itself, Hiruzen's attitude conveyed one thing clear to the jonin present: Konoha is in ruins.
It wasn't that Hiruzen lacked political skills, but there were too many problems to hide them all.
"Let's go, everyone, and go to the ceremony of the peace agreement with our Hokage..." Fuguki laughed. "It's a pity that we can't see the performance of our Kirigakure shinobi, but I still wish the Konoha shinobi good luck!" His smile twisted into mockery. "I hope your young genin can survive the chase in the bloody mist."
Hiruzen responded with a slight nod, not bothering to refute, and turned to the rest. "The daimyos are about to arrive, let's go, everyone."
In his mind Hiruzen didn't take Fuguki's ridicule seriously.
Because he knew that Kazuki also secretly participated in this exam and was waiting for the prey he was interested in in the Forest of Death.
At first, Hiruzen didn't understand why his sensei had decided to get involved. Maybe it was just his bad taste...
But when Hiruzen saw the Kaguya clan in the Kirigakure team, he understood!
It was obvious. His sensei had set his sights on the kekkei genkai he liked and was prepared to take it by force.
So, Hiruzen sent invitations to all the daimyo and shut down the live broadcast of the joint Chunin Exam without waiting for Kazuki's instructions.
After all, although Hiruzen had never seen the scene of Kazuki plundering the kekkei genkai, it must be very inconsistent with the will of fire...
How can such a thing be done openly?
