There were more than a dozen Jounin and Special Jounin standing in the Hokage's office. They looked at the Sandaime Hokage sitting behind the desk.
The Sandaime Hokage chuckled and said: "I summoned everyone here just to announce the [Chūnin Selection Examination]. Haha, you must already know it when you see my expression, right?"
"When will it be held?" Shiranui Genma asked, holding a thousand books in his mouth.
"In half a month, it will be officially held on July 1st. Messenger birds have been sent to various ninja villages. It will definitely be a grand event."
The Sandaime looked at the many jounin: "Then, please take a step forward for the jounin who is responsible for leading the new genin."
Hatake Kakashi, Yuhi Kurenai and Sarutobi Asuma came forward. Kakashi still looked carefree, Yuhi Kurenai put his hands behind his back with a serious look on his face, and Asma put one hand on his hip and looked casual.
Glancing at his son Asuma, the Sandaime asked the three of them: "How about it? Among the genin you lead, do you want to recommend anyone to take this exam? Although I don't need to say more, but
Formally, they must be genin who have completed at least eight missions, and they must be recommended by you leading jounin. Kakashi, you come first."
"The seventh team led by me, Kakashi, will recommend three genin, Uchiha Sasuke, Uzumaki Naruto, and Haruno Sakura, to accept the chunin selection exam."
Kakashi's eyes became unusually serious.
Yuhi Kurenai followed closely: "The eighth team led by Kurenai will recommend three genin, Hyuga Hinata, Inuzuka Kiba, and Aburame Shino, to accept the chunin selection exam."
"The Tenth Class, led by Asuma, will recommend three genin, Ino Yamanaka, Shikamaru Nara, and Choji Akimichi, to accept the chunin selection exam." Sarutobi Asuma said calmly, holding a cigarette in his mouth.
The Sandaime touched his goatee: "Oh, I remember these nine people are all genin who have just graduated from the ninja school. You have so much confidence in them, so I won't refute you. Okay!"
He slapped the table and announced in a loud voice: "So, plus the three genin recommended to me by Kai before, there are a total of 12 genin in Konoha Village participating in the chunin selection exam this time. Please lead the team of genin
Notify each team member. Of course, whether to participate depends on their personal wishes and cannot be forced."
"Understood." The three of them responded in unison.
Coming out of the office, Kakashi who was walking in front was suddenly stopped: "Wait a minute Kakashi, we have something to ask you."
Kakashi looked back and saw that it was Kurenai and Asuma. He sighed and looked like it was "so troublesome": "Okay, don't take too long."
Arriving in a secluded alley, Hong first made sure there was no one nearby, and then asked in a low voice: "Senior Suzhan is back?"
"Isn't this a secret? How come everyone knows it..." Kakashi lamented in his heart and scratched the back of his head: "Yes, the name has been erased from the 'Uchiha Death List'. It should not take long.
Will it be officially announced to the village?"
"I won't ask how he was resurrected. Are you sure he won't have any trouble after meeting Uchiha Sasuke?" Asuma asked, holding a cigarette in his mouth: "You all know his style and methods. As a
Itachi's biological brother and a survivor who was spared on purpose, there will be no good fruits for Zuosuke if he falls into his hands."
Kakashi shook his head: "Although Suzan treats the enemy cruelly, Zuosuke is the only clan member he has left. He will not harm Zuosuke. On the contrary, if Zuosuke can learn his true skills from Suzan
, I will also have the power to protect myself when facing Itachi in the future.”
"Learned real skills? Are you talking about Uchiha Speed Slash?"
Asuma couldn't help but laugh: "He is a weirder person who lives more alone than you. He claims that he never accepts disciples and never forms a team. Anyone can teach disciples, except Uchiha Speed Slayer.
impossible."
Kakashi couldn't help but frowned: "Asuma, you still hold grudges for the original Quick Slash..."
"I no longer have any grudge against him. In fact, I was quite sad when I saw his name on the list of Uchiha's dead. But Uchiha's acting style is too fierce, and my view of him has never changed——
He will bring unnecessary trouble to the village."
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Naruto put his hands behind his head and lay with his legs crossed in the grass by the river, boredly watching the white clouds floating above his head.
Ever since meeting that weird uncle, Zuosuke has stopped coming to participate in mission activities. Without Zuosuke, Sakura seemed absent-minded.
Even Kakashi-sensei has been disappearing recently, and even canceled the mission activity today, saying it was to give everyone a holiday.
"What the hell, I don't need a holiday!"
Naruto sat up from the grass in a hurry, angrily picked up a stone from beside him and threw it to the river.
The stone flew three times on the water and floated on the water. The fourth time it fell into the water, it made a small splash and sank into the river.
The feeling of loneliness lingered in Naruto's heart again. He obviously had friends and family that he valued, but why did he feel like they had all disappeared from him?
Just when Naruto was secretly feeling sad, he suddenly noticed a familiar figure passing by in the distance.
Is it Zuosuke?
Naruto followed curiously, relying on his ninja skills to follow Zuosuke from a distance.
It can be seen that Zuosuke's condition is not very good, his face is tired, his body is covered with injuries, and his clothes are dirty. Originally, Naruto would definitely be discovered by Zuosuke with his tracking and concealment abilities, but now Zuosuke's condition is so different
He even almost fell to the ground, how could he be aware of Naruto's following?
Naruto found that Assistant Zuo was running along the road towards the south of the village with a large bag of food and drink. He could no longer suppress his curiosity and followed Zuosuke all the way to the southernmost part of the village.
This is the edge of the village. Naruto remembered that this was once the home of the Uchiha family. Now it has long been abandoned and dilapidated and uninhabited.
Zuosuke ran into the Uchiha clan's main entrance with a large bag of food and drink, and Naruto followed him in secretly.
The surrounding buildings all looked dilapidated and abandoned. Zuosuke walked all the way and came to the training ground with dart boards and wooden figures. The ground had obviously been renovated, and it was the only tidy place in the Uchiha clan.
Naruto huddled behind a wall not far from the training ground and carefully poked half of his head out. He saw not only Zuosuke at the training ground, but also that strange uncle.
Zuosuke took the bag of food and drink and trotted up to the uncle named Suzhan and handed him the food in the bag, but Suzhan refused and said something to Zuosuke.
Due to the distance, Naruto didn't hear what Uncle Kuzan said. He could only see Zuosuke's unconvinced expression as he placed the plastic bag in front of Uncle Kutsuzan and then walked towards the center of the training ground.
Swish, swish! Zuosuke formed four seals in one second, and then summoned two thunder balls shining with blue-white electric light beside him. Even though he was so far away, Naruto could still feel the thunder balls emanating from them.
The terrifying power.
Bastard Zuosuke! You're actually hiding here for secret training? Are you so afraid of being surpassed by me?
Thinking of this, Naruto suddenly became furious. He wanted to jump out and yell at Zuosuke, but he held back. Because even though he was so reckless, he realized how unreliable his actions at this moment were.
In the ninja world, family ninjutsu has always been a secret that is not passed down. In order to protect ninjutsu and blood inheritance from outsiders, some powerful families will even take the initiative to destroy the bodies of their clan members. Once they are found to have secretly learned ninjutsu, they will often evolve.
It becomes an endless and terrifying pursuit.
The Uchiha clan used to be a powerful clan that dominated the ninja world. The uncle Kusanagi apparently taught Sasuke the secret ninjutsu of the Uchiha clan here. What is going on with him now? Hiding here to secretly learn Uchiha secret arts?
When Naruto thought about the disdainful looks that Sasuke and Sakura would look at him in the future, when he thought that they would call him 'the thief who peeked at the Uchiha family's ninjutsu', when he thought about being alone again, he
He started to tremble all over.
He was just about to tiptoe away from here, but he was horrified to find that Uncle Kuazhan, who was instructing Zuosuke in the distance, suddenly stopped and turned to look at Naruto.