Chapter 140 The weak chicken Sunagakure is targeted
A week has passed since Kizaru practiced his new moves. As the joint chunin exam approaches, ninjas from other villages have come to Konoha one after another.
The first ninja team from outside the village to come to Konoha was the Amegakure Village, which had formed a deep strategic alliance with Konoha.
As the head of Amegakure Village, Hanzo personally led a team of more than a dozen people to Konoha.
For the arrival of their ally Hanzo first, Konoha also showed great sincerity. They received the team from the Amegakure Village with the etiquette and treatment of a major country.
Regarding this, both Hanzo and the other ninjas in the Hidden Rain Village team were very satisfied and even felt a little honored.
After Amegakure Village, the second one to arrive is Iwagakure Village.
As an ally of Konoha that has just reached cooperation, in order to further strengthen the friendly relationship between the two parties, the Third Tsuchikage Onoki chose to personally lead the participating teams to Konoha.
After Iwagakure is Kumogakure Village. Like the first two villages, the leader of the Kumogakure team is the Third Raikage who just left Konoha.
However, unlike the Iwagakure and Amegakure villages, the Third Raikage personally led the team to Konoha, not to build a relationship between the village and Konoha.
The Third Raikage followed the team to Konoha in order to prevent Burubi, who had just become the Eight-Tailed Jinchuuriki, from losing control and going berserk.
Although Burubi has performed very stably since becoming the Eight-Tailed Jinchuuriki, and can even initially use the tailed beast chakra.
But for safety reasons, the Third Raikage chose to follow the participating teams and come to Konoha together.
At the same time, the Third Raikage also forced the Eight-Tails to stay in order to prevent a certain tailed beast bandit from Konoha from going on a rampage out of control.
Among the major nations that participated in the Joint Chunin Examination, Sunagakure Village of the Wind Country was the last to come to Konoha.
And it is also the only one among the five major countries that does not have its own shadow to lead the team.
The newly appointed Fourth Kazekage Chiyo was originally planning to personally lead the team to participate in this joint chuunin exam.
But some old guys from the top of the village forced him to stay on the grounds of the national defense and security of the village and the country.
There was no other way. Chiyo, who had just taken over as Kazekage and had not yet secured his position, could only arrange for his younger brother Ebizo to take his place and lead the team to Konoha.
"Hmph! The newly appointed Kazekage is really assertive!"
In a luxurious and comfortable reception room, the Third Raikage, who was sitting on the sofa, saw Ebizo walking into the room as the representative of Sunagakure and took the lead in firing.
The Third Raikage's taunting was not really out of offense or an impulsive act.
Rather, it was because the Third Raikage wanted to make up for some of the losses caused by the defeat to Konoha from the Sunagakure Village of the Wind Country, which was already ranked last among the five major nations in terms of strength and was now severely weakened.
As the saying goes, pick the weak persimmon. If I, the Kumogakure, can't beat Konoha, how can I beat you, Sunagakure?
The war compensation for the defeat at the hands of Konoha Kizaru placed a huge burden on Kumogakure's finances.
If we can find an excuse to declare war on the Kingdom of Wind and defeat Sunagakure and rob them, we can greatly ease the financial pressure on Kumogakure Village.
It was precisely out of this consideration that the Third Raikage took the initiative to provoke Ebizou as soon as he entered the room.
As the think tank of Sunagakure Village, Ebizo is naturally a smart man and will not easily fall for the Third Raikage's tricks.
Cursing in his mind that Kumogakure and the Third Raikage would only bully the weak and shy away from the strong, Ebizo still showed an apologetic smile on the surface.
"My sister has just taken up the position of Fengying and has a lot of things to do. I really can't get away and leave. I'm really sorry!"
Seeing that Ebizo couldn't take the bait and even smiled and apologized sincerely, the Third Raikage knew that this provocation was useless.
With a cold face, the Third Raikage nodded lightly, indicating that he recognized Ebizo's explanation.
Sitting on the main seat, Sarutobi Hiruzen, as the Third Hokage, saw through the provocative intentions of the Third Raikage.
Showing a faint smile, the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen and another old fox, the Third Tsuchikage Ohnoki, looked at each other and smiled in perfect understanding.
"Friends of Sunagakure have worked so hard to come all the way! Please take a seat, Elder Ebizo." Looking at Ebizo, Sarutobi Hiruzen said in good faith.
Just like the Third Raikage wanted to cut off the body of Sand Hidden Village to make up for his losses.
The third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, also wanted to take advantage of the situation when Sunagakure Village's luck was greatly damaged and was still under the prying eyes of powerful enemies, to show goodwill and completely pull Sunagakure into Konoha's camp.
After experiencing a brutal battle, Sarutobi Hiruzen deeply understood that the Fire Nation, which occupies the most fertile land on the continent and is very rich, cannot change the situation of being coveted by other major powers.
Sarutobi Hiruzen, who didn't want to keep fighting against four, planned to turn the Wind Country, the weakest among the five major kingdoms, into his true ally.
After all, he only has one disciple, Kizaru, and as a ninja, he will always grow old one day.
Kizaru can bring decades of peace and strength to Konoha, and if he supports and transforms Sunagakure Village into his ally and loyal brother, Konoha's predicament of being besieged every time will be completely changed.
"Thank you for your understanding, the Third Hokage!" Faced with Sarutobi Hiruzen's active kindness, Ebizo noticed it and immediately gave feedback.
Just as Sarutobi Hiruzen expected, Sunagakure Village, whose strength is at its lowest point in history, wants to resist the prying eyes and ambitions of Kumogakure Village. The only way out is to tightly embrace the thighs of Konoha Village.
As Ebizo entered the room and sat down, representatives from the four major countries participating in the joint chuunin examination were all present.
Next, the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen explained aloud the entire process and timetable of the Joint Chunin Examination.
The Joint Chuunin Exam is expected to last 14 days and is divided into three rounds.
The first round of exams is a written test and an intelligence gathering test, which takes one day.
The second round of exams is a team test, which tests the genin team's team combat and survivability capabilities, as well as mission execution capabilities. It takes three days.
The third round is a personal combat strength test. The ninjas who advance to the third round will be numbered, and then the numbers will be randomly selected for a one-on-one battle, which takes three days.
In order to better allow participating ninjas to show their strength, the third round of exams will be divided into two rounds, namely the selection round and the knockout round, with a week's rest time in between.
Regarding the examination procedures and arrangements explained by Sarutobi Hiruzen, none of the representatives from the other three countries raised any questions or refutations.
Each village holds its own Chunin Examination internally, and most of the assessment contents and methods are not very different.
"When will the exam start?" After listening to the narration, the Third Raikage asked directly.
"9 o'clock the day after tomorrow." Hiruzen Sarutobi, who had just finished speaking, replied while smoking.
"Okay, I have no problem."
After seeing the Third Raikage's approval, Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at Ebizo and Onoki who were sitting on one side.