The light spots diffused from the sky are the delicate snowflakes that are constantly falling.

Compared with the beginning of the month, the temperature has risen somewhat, but the snowflakes falling on people's faces still make people feel a clear coolness.

There were not many people on the street, but many shops still opened early. Shopkeepers and waiters began to clear the snow in front of the door and clean the road to prevent the children who often passed by the door from accidentally falling.

A peaceful and peaceful scene.

A pair of cloudy but very powerful eyes saw the new atmosphere in the village from the office window, and a kind smile could not help but appear on the corner of his mouth.

The old man stood by the window, wearing the Hokage's royal robe, and he was much more energetic than before.

Although the fatigue from work still remains on his face, what shines in his eyes is the light called hope.

Seeing such a peaceful and beautiful atmosphere in the village, Hiruzen, as the Hokage, also felt that everything he was experiencing was so hard-won.

Three years ago, the international situation was extremely tense. The Country of Fire was deeply involved in the war in the Country of Rain, and the Country of Ghost and the Country of Thunder pressed harder. As a result, the Country of Fire and Konoha had to make concessions at the Rain Country talks to avoid

The outbreak of the Ninja World War.

If a ninja world war breaks out at that time, Konoha will not get the opportunity for peaceful development in the past three years to cultivate and recuperate, and the current peace will cease to exist and be destroyed by war.

Now that Konoha has been given the opportunity to develop peacefully for three years, and with the full support of the daimyo, its military strength has once again expanded. There are more than 10,000 ninjas who can participate in war at any time. The number of jounin, compared with three years ago, is also

It will grow a lot. Now, even if it faces difficulties from the Kingdom of Demons, Konoha has the confidence to respond forcefully to the opponent.

This is not just the result of the Hokage himself, there are countless ninjas who have worked hard for the development of the village and worked together for progress, allowing Hiruzen to see a bright future for the village to be revitalized.

This also made Hiruzen feel that it was a wise choice to give up the temporary honor during the talks in the Land of Rain three years ago.

If the Fire Nation and Konoha continue to cling to their past glory, then these three years will not go by without incident.

Not to mention the persecution from the Kingdom of Ghosts, the Kingdom of Thunder will not give up.

And giving up the glorious move, the Kingdom of Ghosts can't stand alone and can't unite other countries to suppress the Kingdom of Fire. The Kingdom of Thunder doesn't deliberately target Konoha as it did in the past. Although the estrangement is there, no one will bring trouble to both sides.

Embarrassing past events.

Coupled with the alliance with the Kingdom of Wind, the Kingdom of Ghosts no longer behaves excessively when dealing with sensitive international matters, but is much more low-key.

But Hiruzen knew that the Kingdom of Demons was only temporarily winding down and began to recuperate its strength.

Especially after purchasing a batch of new weapons developed by the Kingdom of Demons last year, the danger of the Kingdom of Demons in Hiruzen's mind has increased instead of decreasing.

Although Konoha has gradually begun to imitate the Kingdom of Demons, focusing on the development of military industry, and focusing on combining the abilities of ninjas to form a new era of scientific ninja system, even imitation requires strong capital.

In Konoha, where biological sciences and medical sciences are highly developed, it does not mean that a military-industrial system can be developed well.

Not only is there a lack of matching equipment, but there is also a lack of corresponding industrial talents.

Even though the big names have expressed support in this regard and have approved a large amount of development funds, the lack of relevant equipment and talents means that it is difficult for a skilled woman to make a meal without rice. These difficulties cannot be solved smoothly by throwing money at it.

But the deficiencies in the industrial system must be addressed.

We must completely get rid of the disadvantages of relying on the industrial weapons of the Kingdom of Ghosts.

Once dependence is formed, it means that Konoha and the Country of Fire will always succumb to the Country of Demons.

Not only the Kingdom of Ghosts, the Kingdom of Thunder has also begun to improve its own industrial system. Although the industrialization is far less than that of the Kingdom of Ghosts, it can already develop its own weapons, and the situation is worse than that of the Kingdom of Fire.

In the final analysis, it is the lack of industrial talents that causes the Country of Fire and Konoha to lag far behind the Country of Demons in this regard.

How to cultivate and expand these talents has become a problem that Hiruzen must solve.

In addition, there are arrangements made by the Fifth Hokage.

Although his energy and energy have been good recently, Hiruzen knew that his physical abilities had begun to decline seriously and were far from what he was at his peak.

Just when Hiruzen was thinking about these questions, there was a knock on the door, which brought Hiruzen out of his thoughts.

A middle-aged man wearing a ninja forehead protector walked in.

He is a staff member of the Konoha Information and Communications Department.

Hiruzen faced the Communications Department staff member and asked, "What happened?"

The middle-aged man held a scroll in his hand and said: "Lord Hokage, this is a letter sent from the Kingdom of Ghosts. Please read it."

After saying that, he put it on the desk and turned to leave.

Hiruzen sat back at his desk and picked up the scroll left by the Communications Department staff with a look of doubt in his eyes.

But this doubt did not last long. He unfolded the scroll and scanned the contents.

After finishing reading, Hiruzen immediately fell into deep thought.

It is written on the scroll that the Kingdom of Oni intends to unite with other countries to hold this year's Chunin Examination. To put it simply, it is to allow ninjas from many countries to conduct a joint Chunin Examination to show each other the power of the new generation of each country. Because the invited

Not only the ninjas who own the ninja village, but also the famous names, high-ranking officials and wealthy businessmen of many countries will appear as the audience.

The power of the new generation of ninjas means the future foundation of the military power of various countries.

If any new generation of the Ninja Village achieves good results on this stage, it will also be an excellent opportunity for the Ninja Village and the country to promote national strength.

The Ninja Village, which relies on mission rewards to maintain its development, needs this kind of stage to promote the strength of its Ninjas.

Moreover, this is also a good time to test the strength of the ninjas of the Demon Country.

After thinking about the meaning behind this, Hiruzen tapped his fingers on the table and thought seriously.

Without thinking for too long, Hiruzen made a decision in his mind.

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In the woods where the snow had not yet melted, a spirited voice sounded:

"Art fire escape ho fireball!"

A scorching fireball shot out of its mouth and moved quickly along the snow-covered ground.

The passing white snow melted in the fierce fire, and the fireball fiercely rushed towards the enemy.

Looking at the scorching fireball coming towards him, Kakashi did not panic, but moved his steps naturally, easily avoiding the fireball attack.

However, when he shifted his steps, a fist shadow hit him from a blind spot that was invisible to his sight.

Kakashi stretched out his arm, spread his fingers, and successfully grasped the opponent's fist.

Seemingly knowing that this method would not cause any trouble to Kakashi, Sasuke began to break free from Kakashi's hand, retreated backwards, and prepared to adjust his attack route.

As a result, when he retreated, Kakashi's figure suddenly disappeared from his eyes.

Sasuke's heart tightened. As before, he saw no movement track. However, there was a soft sound caused by abnormal movement soon behind him, which was made by Kakashi for Sasuke to hear.

Sasuke snorted coldly, turned around and punched, dense lightning concentrated on his arm, the speed was astonishingly fast.

Sasuke, who has mastered the changes in the properties of the two chakra attributes, is not only able to use fire escape ninjutsu. Although it does not take a long time to master the changes in the properties of the thunder attributes, he can still do it in actual combat.

The power of Thunder Release lies in thrust and speed.

After being attached to the chakra of thunder attribute, the physical ability will also be increased to a certain extent.

Seeing that Sasuke was able to use the second type of escape technique with changing attributes, Kakashi also had a slightly surprised look on his face.

For a jounin, it is not difficult to master the changes in chakra properties of two different attributes. In fact, it can be said to be a basic skill.

But for students who have not graduated from the ninja school, it is difficult to reach the sky.

Even many chunin find it difficult to master the changes in the two chakra attributes.

However, even so, it is still too tender.

If he hadn't deliberately slowed down his attack speed, he could have ended the battle in an instant.

His current purpose is just to give Sasuke tricks and increase Sasuke's combat experience so that his abilities are not limited to theory.

Actual combat is the most important part that ninjas need to master.

Kakashi did not use his moves to block, but continued to keep away from Sasuke. Several shurikens flew out from his hands, hindering Sasuke's movements, constantly squeezing Sasuke's physical strength, and keeping his body close to the limit.

in the state.

Doing this will help Sasuke break through his physical limits.

When Sasuke saw that his attack failed, he was not discouraged. He dodged Kakashi's flying shuriken and stood aside panting.

Compared to Kakashi who only had to dodge and block, he not only had to think about how to attack, but also used ninjutsu, illusions, and taijutsu, and his physical strength was naturally consumed very quickly.

But even so, after exhausting all possible means, he still couldn't touch the corner of Kakashi's clothes.

Is the gap between him and Jonin so big? Sasuke doubts whether he is the top student of the ninja school.

Obviously in the past few years, he felt that his own strength was obviously rising rapidly, but the more so, the more he could appreciate Kakashi's unfathomable strength.

Although he is an uncle who likes to read pornographic books and periodicals and is usually lazy, his strength is really not something he brags about.

Think about it, a person who can become the head of ANBU, even if he doesn't look very serious, is definitely real in strength.

"It seems that's the end of it. It's a pity that you couldn't touch the hem of my clothes today. It seems that there is still a big gap between you and Itachi."

Kakashi saw that Sasuke was exhausted and said this not to provoke Sasuke, but to tell the truth.

"It just touches the corner of the clothes. I can do it soon."

Sasuke took a deep breath and looked at Kakashi calmly.
To be continued...