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Chapter 231 231. Kazekage and Naruto

Although Sunagakure and Konoha are nominal allies, they are restricted by the Konoha Ninja Village.

Without the power to declare war on other countries alone, even the daimyo of the Wind Country have turned to Konoha's side and have been cutting the budget of Sunagakure Village.

In recent years, had it not been for the humanoid gold mine of the Fourth Kazekage, Sunagakure would have fallen to a second-rate ninja village.

After years of hard life, the Fourth Kazekage finally decided to fight to the death. In the name of participating in the Chunin Examination, he teamed up with the leader of the Sound Ninja Village to launch the Konoha Collapse Plan in order to get rid of the control of Konoha.

Putting back her thoughts that were gradually diverging, Temari looked at Naruto and others in the distance, secretly worried about the Kazekage's plan.

Uzushio Village was only established in recent years, but it is inextricably linked to Konoha. Its leader is considered to have strength comparable to that of the Five Shadows, which makes both Kirigakure and Kumogakure quite popular. fear.

Now that Uzushio Village has sent so many genin with jounin strength, will it affect his father's plan?

Even Temari and Kankuro themselves didn't have an answer to this question. They could only wait until the chuunin exams and report the situation to Maki Jounin and their father.

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After the Sunagakure team retreated, the ninjas from the third squad approached Naruto and the others.

Looking at Hinata who was clinging to Naruto, Neji had a strange expression on his face and his eyes became a little evasive, not daring to look directly at Hinata who was the heir of the clan.

Ever since Hinata rebelled against the elders of the clan for Hanabi and made the remarks about her becoming a clan member and making everyone feel like a caged bird, he knew that the weak Hinata he knew was gone.

Instead, there was the next head of the family who looked soft and sweet, but had a very sinister personality.

What's even more surprising is that the group of clan elders didn't scold Hinata for her bold remarks. They silently acquiesced to Hinata's remarks and never mentioned Hanabi becoming a branch clan again.

And this little devil who changed Hinata's rules actually stayed beside another ninja, showing an innocent look.

There was only one possibility. The other party's strength was unfathomable, so Hinata followed him voluntarily.

At this time, Xiao Li walked up to Naruto, bowed and said, "Thank you for your rescue, but it seems that your physical skills are very strong. Can you compete with me?"

Looking at the thick eyebrows in green clothes, Naruto shook his head slightly: "My taijutsu is not very good, but the Uchiha guy over there is pretty good in taijutsu. You can compete with him."

"Sasuke is very strong, but his physical skills are no match for me."

Xiao Li had no idea of ​​competing with Sasuke, and said with some regret: "Since you don't want to compete with me, forget it, but I will regard you as a competitor and work hard for this."

This is the intuition of thick eyebrows... Naruto was a little helpless, thinking of Xiao Li's teacher Metkai.

This pair of father and son... no, the characters of this pair of master and disciple are exactly the same. They are both ninjas who ignore the eyes of others, pursue the passion and implement the will of fire, and even Danzo is unwilling to recruit the root for his own use.

Sasuke, who was lying down for no reason, was a little embarrassed. What does it mean to be inferior to you in physical skills?

Normally, he would have made taunts and had a fight with Xiao Li on the spot, but due to Menma's presence, he had to be vigilant at all times before giving up this idea.

After chatting for a while, several teams began to squat on the outside to guard the team heading for the finish line.

Without exception, these teams suffered a disastrous defeat and did not qualify for the next round of the Chunin Exams. However, winning all rounds of the Chunin Exams does not require you to officially become a Chunin.

The third round of the Chunin Examination is more of an opportunity to appear in front of dignitaries from various countries and the leaders of Ninja Villages.

In fact, the performance in the second round of exams can be used to determine who can become the chuunin captain. Otherwise, the number of chunin in each village will be less than it is now.

Not long after, Sakura and Sai also appeared in the central tower area and completed their rendezvous with Sasuke.

The Pig, Deer and Butterfly combination also came here with the Scroll of Heaven and Earth. After a few simple exchanges, the group stepped into the high tower in the central area and successfully advanced to the third round of the exam.

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At the same time, Jiraiya, the Fourth Kazekage and others were in the monitoring room, watching the second round of exams.

Selecting suitable ninjas from the genin who took the exam to be promoted to chunin is something they, the leaders of the ninja villages, need to consider. Of course, it is more to show the strength of the genin in their respective ninja villages.

When seeing the confrontation between the Sunagakure team and the third team, the Fourth Kazekage sighed softly: "It's a pity that there was no fight. I want to see the gap between Sunagakure and Takamura genin."

Jiraiya said with a smile: "Neji and the others are definitely no match for the noble master and young lady, but compared to quality, I think quantity is still more important. Konoha genin still need more experience."

The Fourth Kazekage remained silent. When he saw Hinata, Sasuke and others intercepting the subsequent candidates, he smiled and said:

"Sir Hokage is right, quantity is sometimes more important than quality, but how could the team from Uzushio Village be mixed up with the Konoha team."

"Could it be that the rumor in the ninja world is true, that Uzushio Village is a village that split from Konoha?"

Hearing this, Jiraiya's expression changed, and then he said: "Uzushio Village and Konoha have some connections, but they are two different villages now. As for the strength of the new generation of genin, we have to wait for the third round. Only in the singles match can we see it.”

The Fourth Kazekage nodded: "What Hokage-sama said makes sense, so I'll wait and see."

At this time, a team of ANBU ninjas came to the control room and looked up at Jiraiya. Jiraiya winked and then smiled and said, "Something happened in the village that needs to be dealt with. I'll excuse you for a moment."

After saying that, Jiraiya came to a secret room and looked at the ANBU team in front of him.

The ANBU team took off their masks and said anxiously: "Sir Fifthai, the surveillance in the Death Forest has been destroyed. After Anko Jonin went to investigate the situation, he never appeared again. He has been missing for several hours now."

After listening to the news reported by the Anbu, Jiraiya nodded calmly: "I already know about this matter. You can go down temporarily and don't reveal the news to others. I suspect that the ninja who attacked the examination room is hiding among the candidates. inside."

"Yes, Godai-sama!"

After walking out of the secret room, Jiraiya returned to the Fourth Kazekage, who smiled and said: "What trouble has Konoha encountered? Do you need my help to solve it?"

"It's just a small matter. Without Mr. Kazekage's help, let's continue watching the exam."

"Yes." The Fourth Kazekage smiled, and then said: "Hokage-sama can replace the Third Hokage as the Fifth Hokage. How can it be difficult to get Hokage-sama with a little trouble?"

Jiraiya felt a little uncomfortable hearing this, but now was not the time to fall out with the Kazekage.