A loud eagle's cry sounded in the air, and many ninjas who heard the eagle's cry below couldn't help but raise their heads and look at the messenger eagle hovering above their heads.

The messenger eagle saw that the ninjas on this side had clearly heard the order, so it flapped its wings again and flew towards another area, summoning the ninjas in the other area to start converging...

Although many ninjas heard the hawk's cry, there were also many ninjas who continued busy with their own affairs afterwards and ignored the notification from the hawk.

Because the order conveyed by the messenger eagle was for the special jounin and jounin who were still in the village to converge towards the Hokage building. The chuunin and genin of the lower ranks could just pretend that nothing happened.

Thinking of the Chunin Exam that was supposed to be held in July this year, but as of the end of September, there is still no sign of the Chunin Exam. Many ninjas have begun to speculate that this year's Chunin Exam will seem to be different from previous years.

different changes.

Hokage Building.

The Hokage's office, which was originally very spacious, became extremely crowded after a large number of jounin and special jounin were gathered together.

However, the ninjas all stood quietly in the office. Although the scene was a bit crowded, no one whispered, and they were waiting extremely dutifully for the third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen to speak.

Hiruzen looked at the crowded scene in front of him and didn't care. The Hokage Building had not been repaired for decades. The number of jounin and special jounin had increased several times compared to the time when Konoha was first built. So.

, the Hokage's office, which originally seemed empty, naturally seemed crowded after the number of jounin and special jounin doubled.

But isn't this crowded scene a symbol of Konoha's prosperity?

The jounin and special jounin gathered here are far from all of Konoha.

The traditional ninja villages of the five major countries still maintain the most essential mercenary system of the Warring States Period. A considerable number of ninjas in the village, including jounin, do not stay in the village all year round, but go out to perform various tasks and earn money.

Receive mission rewards. Otherwise, relying solely on the support of the Daming Palace will not be enough to run the entire Ninja Village system.

Especially in recent years, Konoha's appetite for development funds has been much greater than in previous years because of the great enemy of the Demon Country.

Seeing that the number of Jonin this year has improved significantly compared to the previous year, Hiruzen did not show this happiness on his face, as usual, his joy and anger were invisible.

After scanning the jounin in front of him, Hiruzen cleared his throat, put the cigarette rod aside, and refrained from smoking. It seemed that he was waiting for the atmosphere to brew before Hiruzen said:

"This time, I have called everyone here to explain something important, and that is about the Chunin Examination in July this year. I think many people have been wondering before this, why this year's Chunin Examination did not go as scheduled.

Held."

The uninformed jonins did show doubts. Only a small number of jonins who knew some inside information in advance closed their eyes and waited quietly for the Third Hokage to finish speaking.

Hiruzen didn't mean to whet his appetite, and continued directly: "That is about this year's Chunin Examination. It is not our Konoha family that started to organize it, but based on international demand, this year's Chunin Examination will invite all people who established Ninja Villages

All countries are participating in this Chunin Exam, collectively referred to as the Joint Chunin Examination. The organizers include us, Konoha and the Land of Fire, as well as the Land of Sunagakure, the Land of Wind, and the Land of Oni. To put it simply

, this year’s chunin exams are divided into three, each exam corresponds to a country and a ninja village.”

Sure enough, as soon as Hiruzen said this, the jonins who had just learned about it couldn't help but be shocked, feeling incredible about this decision.

If it is co-organized with Sunagakure, then it doesn't matter. After all, the relationship between Konoha and Sunagakure has eased over the years, unlike the tit-for-tat confrontation during the Third Ninja World War.

Although many ninjas in Konoha hate Sunagakure very much, in the face of the interests of the village, they have no choice but to put aside their inner anger and hatred for the time being, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble to the village.

As for the relationship with the Kingdom of Ghosts, there is no room for relaxation at all.

The three most powerful pillars of the Demon Country's military were originally S-class rebel ninjas from Konoha.

Even though the wanted order was canceled at the Second Five Kage Conference a few years ago, there are still many radicals within Konoha who still cling to the matter of turning against the ninja, believing that the top management of the village has gone too far.

Gentle, even if it means sacrificing the three ninjas, you should not bow to a group of traitors and compromise.

In addition, the Kingdom of Waves, the Kingdom of Rain, the Kingdom of Demons, Konoha, and the Kingdom of Fire all caused many unpleasant things, and there were frequent diplomatic conflicts.

It can be said that in the next few decades, the international relations between the Kingdom of Demons, Konoha, and the Country of Fire will be difficult to ease.

The gap between them is too great. From the bottom to the middle, and then from the middle to the top, there are conflicts that are difficult to negotiate.

Therefore, Hiruzen announced that he would hold the Chuunin Exam together with the Kingdom of Demons. Many Jonin showed dissatisfaction and seemed to want to say something, but they were pulled back by some companions and shook their heads at them, indicating that they were not dissatisfied.

, and you can't lose your temper with the Hokage here, otherwise the Hokage will be unable to get off the stage at this time.

As a result, everyone in the Hokage's office immediately fell into an extremely strange atmosphere. Surprise, doubt, dissatisfaction, anger, silence, indifference, vigilance, all kinds of strange eyes were focused on Hiruzen as the leader.

Even though Hiruzen had expected it, his heart couldn't help but feel a little heavier.

If it was during the Third Ninja War or the time before, Hiruzen had never received so many strange looks from the jounin.

This is entirely because at the end of the Third Ninja War, as the Hokage, I made Sunagakure and Iwagakure sign the armistice agreement without compensation.

As a result, Konoha, as the victor, suffered huge losses and did not receive any compensation. This made many Konoha ninjas who fought bloody battles wonder what exactly was fought in this war? What did they gain?

Due to the birth of Yellow Flash, Konoha is definitely the dominant player in the war market. Even if they join Kumogakure, they may still be able to defeat three against one.

But with the armistice agreement without compensation, Hiruzen knew that his image and status in the hearts of many Konoha ninjas had plummeted.

And this kind of doubt, after the Fourth Hokage died, the Hyuga clan was persecuted by outsiders, and the Uchiha clan was exterminated... the inner dissatisfaction of some radicals could no longer be suppressed.

Many of these radicals have been absorbed by the Roots. Even if they have not joined the Roots, they have established a bridge of communication and contact with the Roots.

Some people even went to extremes and secretly defected to the enemy country, the ghost country.

During the purge operations a few years ago, many such rebels were captured thanks to the efforts of the ANBU.

Among the jonin gathered in the Hokage's office at this moment, there may be rebels who have defected to the enemy country and are here to serve as the eyes of the enemy.

However, Hiruzen was unable to change all this, and this decision had already been made through a high-level meeting and could not be changed again.

I hope that when the new Hokage takes the throne, the dissatisfaction in the village will be effectively controlled.

Regarding the dissatisfaction of some ninjas, Hiruzen currently has no good way to deal with it.

"Then, next is the person in charge of this joint chuunin exam. I have a list here. The jounin who is called should come out. At that time, the layout of the examination room, the examination process, including subsequent contacts with people from other countries, will all be determined by the list.

The superior Jonin will take charge."

Hiruzen took out a list with the names of more than a dozen jounin recorded on it. In addition to these dozen jounin, there are more lists of chunin personnel below. But this time it is a jounin meeting, and only the selection needs to be made.

Jounin, and then the jounin is responsible for contacting the chuunin in his own group.

Seeing that no one had any objections, Hiruzen began to read out the names of the jounin on the list.

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"The Joint Chuunin Exam...it seems like the higher-ups are serious about this."

In a lounge in the Hokage building, several jounin who usually have good relations with Kakashi gathered here. The one who sighed and spoke was Yuhi Kurenai.

Compared to other experienced jonins, she has not been in the jounin field for long. She needs to learn many things from experienced jonins such as Kakashi.

Normally, Hong would not worry about anything.

But the problem is that she is one of the genin leading the team. Depending on the situation, the three genin in the team will definitely take part in the chunin exam.

This is a problem for genin who are born in the ninja clan. Sometimes the education policy of the genin of the family cannot completely follow the requirements of guiding the jounin. Likewise, whether to take the chuunin exam is not a decision for leading the jounin. You need to seek the attitude of the ninja clan.

.If both parties agree, everyone will be happy.

If there are differences of opinion between the two parties, negotiation is required.

But the result of the negotiation will inevitably be dominated by the more powerful party. That is, the Ninja clan.

Kurenai knew very well the attitude of the families behind the three genin in the team, so she sighed for this.

I taught them in a daze for more than half a year, not knowing what skills I could teach them.

And he couldn't give any effective advice on other people's family's secret techniques and the limits of blood inheritance. Because he didn't know anything about it, most of the time, Hong just stared blankly, and he could only give a handful of opinions.

She couldn't give herself a pair of white eyes, nor could she lie down on the ground like a dog and fight with the ninja dogs, nor could she raise bugs in her body...

From the very beginning, Hong didn’t feel that she could teach the three people in the team well. Now it really came true.

Kurenai himself couldn't tell how far the three people in the team could go in this joint chuunin exam.

She was probably the one who failed the most in leading a team of jonin, and she was probably the one who guided the jounin.

Rather than guiding the Jonin, Kurenai felt that she had been someone else's nanny for more than half a year.

"Relax, it's not us who have to take the exam anyway, it's the candidates who are taking the exam who should be anxious."

Compared to Kurenai's loss and melancholy, Asuma is a bit heartless.

Like Kurenai, his three students are also from the ninja clan, and have quite complete family-specific secret techniques. It is impossible to follow him to learn wind and fire escape.

Asuma, who knew this from the beginning, never thought about teaching the three genin in the team any new skills. All he could do was to get along with the three students as friends. When they were discouraged,

Keep up the good work. Then check their cultivation results every month.

After all, you have become a genin. You must take the initiative to work on your own and shoulder the responsibilities of the team. You can no longer have to rely on the teacher to push you to get up and fight like in the ninja school.

Being able to do this, in Asuma's opinion, is the most precious growth for genin.

With this attitude towards the life of a ninja, I dare not say that I am a jounin, but there will be no problem in becoming a chuunin in the future.

"You have such a big heart, Asuma."

Hong said frustrated.

Asuma flicked the unlit cigarette in his mouth.

"Well, at this point, it's useless no matter how much you pray for incense or Buddha. But from a comprehensive point of view, this year's chunin exam is much more difficult than the previous ones. I don't know what these brats can do.

To what extent."

"snort."
To be continued...