Konoha's Frozen Vortex

Chapter 297 Chunin Exam
In the Hokage office, many Chunin Shinobi gather here for a meeting.

"My Kakashi's seventh class recommends Uzumaki Naruto, Uchiha Sasuke and Haruno Sakura to take the Chunin Exam in my Kakashi's name!"

"My red class eighth—"

"My Tenth Class of Asma—"

The three leading teachers recommended Hiruza Sarutobi without hesitation.

"It's too messy, I won't allow it!"

Before Hirizhan could respond, Iruka, who was listening on the sidelines, hastily spoke out.

"Iruka, they are no longer your students, now they are my subordinates!"

Kakashi reminded the stubborn Iruka.

"..."

Hiruzaru Sarutobi silently watched the development of the situation, and finally made a decision:

"Let's make it like this first, everyone dismisses the meeting, Kakashi, you stay here."

"Yes, three generations of adults!"

Kakashi replied.

After the crowd dispersed, Sandai got up, came to the window, lit the pipe quickly, and took a puff.

"Kakashi, you know what I want to ask."

"Yes, Sandai-sama, there is surveillance about Uzumaki Yukki and Uchiha Mirror—"

Kakashi immediately reported:

"They followed Sasuke and Naruto every day. No matter where Naruto went, they were inseparable. They didn't even meet in private. They only communicated when Naruto was together. I was there most of the time. detect any dangerous tendencies."

"Really? It's a shame that the people sent by Gen are too late, and now they don't even dare to send the people who usually monitor Naruto. For this reason, Danzo even came to me and asked them to be severely punished."

Hiruzaru Sarutobi blew smoke rings out of the window, thinking silently.

"I see, what about Naruto and Sasuke? Is there anything unusual?"

Hiraku turned around, put down the bong, and asked Kakashi.

"Unusual words."

Kakashi scratched his mask and said:

"Their growth rate far exceeded my expectations, does that count?"

"Oh? Is it because of the relationship between those two?"

The third generation said with great interest.

"It should be, and there is no other reasonable explanation."

Kakashi said with certainty.

"Okay, I see, you can go."

"Yes, three generations of adults!"

Kakashi nodded and left, and went to inform the three disciples.

"Let's not mention that strange Uzumaki family, Uchiha mirror, is it really you? Mirror? In this case, Danzo's actions seem to make sense."

Ri Zhan was thinking alone, with an inexplicable expression on his face.

……

"Hey, let go of Konoha Maru."

In an alley in Konoha, Naruto said to a strange sand ninja.

Behind him is Sakura with the same expression as Yuki who is watching a movie.

Class [-] made an appointment to meet here to wait for Kakashi. Naruto met Konoha Maru on the way, and Konoha Maru accidentally bumped into this sand ninja when he was making trouble, and was arrested by the other party.

"Kankuro, Temari, and Gaara? The Chunin exams are coming soon."

Xuehui stood on the edge, watching the conflict in front of him, glanced at Gaara and Sasuke hidden in the tree, and Uchiha Kagami who was standing far away.

Due to Yukiki and Kagami's intentional concealment, even Konoha's Jonin may not be able to discover their chakra, especially Yuki, who does not have chakra itself, and is usually just like an ordinary person.

Looking back at the scene of the conflict, Naruto didn't rush forward as he yelled like in the original book, but he gave a warning to Kankuro:
"This is Konoha, if you do it, you will bear the consequences?"

"Hmph, how dare you be so arrogant at such a young age, the truth will kill you all!"

Kankuro stared at the Konoha Maru in his hand with an uneasy expression.

Naruto looked a little annoyed, and looked back at Xuehui, and after getting Xuehui's nod in agreement, he was going to teach him a lesson.

Suddenly, a stone flew out of the tree, but the direction was not towards Kankuro's hand.

"Snapped!"

The stone was stopped by the sand and made a dull sound.

"Sasuke, you're here."

Naruto wiped the corner of his mouth, his fighting spirit became even higher.

"Naruto, I'll give you the one who speaks wildly. I'm more interested in the guy on the tree."

Sasuke stood on the branch, looking at Gaara on the tree across the street, the sand in front of him was slowly spreading.

"Kankuro, pay attention to your words and deeds, don't be ashamed."

Gaara looked at his brother with eyes full of killing intent.

"Yes, sorry!"

Kankuro was so frightened that he immediately let go of Konoha Maru, and said tremblingly.

With two sounds of "swish, swish", Gaara and Sasuke jumped to their teammates at the same time.

Xue Hui also greeted Jing who came to him at this time.

"It seems that we came too early, let's go!"

Gaara took Kankuro and Temari and left directly. Sasuke and Naruto didn't ask their origin and purpose, and at the same time prevented Sakura from questioning.

During this period of devoting themselves to practice, both of them have matured a lot.

"Really, why do sand ninjas appear in Konoha! You too, why don't you let me ask them?"

Seeing the three Sand Shinobi walking away, Sakura finally couldn't help complaining.

"It's not a strange thing that there are ninjas from other countries in the village. If there is something big, Mr. Kakashi, you will tell us, right?"

Sasuke looked at Kakashi who was standing on a pole and said.

"Yo, it seems that I really want to miss a good show?"

Kakashi jumped down and greeted several people with a smile.

"As for the big event you mentioned, it's actually the Chunin exam that I'm going to inform you about this time."

"The Chunin Exam? What's that?"

Jing quietly asked Xue Hui.

"Let's listen to Kakashi's explanation. Actually, I also want to play this thing in our village in the future. It's quite interesting."

Xuehui laughed.

"...So, including the sand ninja you saw, they are all candidates for the Chunin exam."

"Oh, by the way, I've also signed up for the three of you. It's up to you to decide whether to go or not."

"Then do you want to talk?"

Naruto and Sasuke smiled at each other and said.

Kakashi looked over the confident two, looked at Sakura who was hesitating, and said:

"In this case, until the Zhongnin exam, you can train with me. The cooperation of the team is a very important part, especially you, Naruto, Sasuke!"

"Don't worry, Kakashi-sensei, I will definitely let Sasuke do something!"

Naruto sneered.

"Shut up, crane tail, as long as you don't hold me back!"

Sasuke fought back skillfully, but it seemed that the two of them were different from before, they didn't take it seriously, they just bickered habitually.

"It's really a good friendship, it reminds me of me and Jing back then."

Xuehui walked behind Xiaoying, and said.

"Eh?"

"Sakura, do you want to keep up with them? Do you want to be a teammate that doesn't drag them back?"

Xuehui looked at Sakura and gave her the right to choose.

"I……"

"When you practice tomorrow, just tell me the answer."

Xuehui said.

(End of this chapter)