I teach kendo in the ninja world

The sky has cleared up, the rain has stopped, and Nara Shikaku, who feels like he is okay again, is not going to talk about how he is going to play tricks with Kito Chizuki.

On the other side, in the Mizukage building in Kirigakure Village, in the Mizukage office.

Araki was once again summoned alone by the Third Mizukage.

Walking into the Mizukage's office, Araki's brows moved imperceptibly as he looked at the third Mizukage sitting behind the desk, showing his age.

In the past half month, although he had been training with six genin, his own training had not stalled.

Every night I gain something from the battle with Sasaki Kojiro, and the improvement in my spiritual realm is very obvious.

Although there is still a gap between the state of being integrated into nature and blocking the breath, there is no doubt that his perception ability has been significantly improved.

This kind of perception is not something that can be seen directly like the Byakugan, but is more similar to the perception of breath like Kagura's Heart Eye.

Of course, at present, both the range and accuracy are far from Kagura's inner eye, and the direction of his perception is not directed at chakra, but something closer to the essence of life.

That is - vitality!

Vitality is something that is not limited to humans.

Flowers, birds, fish, insects, birds and animals, as long as they are alive, they have vitality.

Even an environment has its own vitality.

The essence of Sasaki Kojiro's breath blocking ability is that his spiritual cultivation has reached the state of "empty self", giving up all his outstanding points or unique characteristics, and achieving complete coordination and consistency with the surrounding environment.

If you want to integrate into the environment, you must first understand the environment, perceive the characteristics of the environment, and adjust yourself accordingly.

This kind of perception is not limited to living things, but also to inanimate dead things.

Araki's realm at this time was still insufficient, so he could only vaguely sense the breath of living creatures within five meters around him, thinking that this was their vitality.

At this time, in Araki's unreal perception, the life breath of the three generations of Mizukage in front of him had decayed to the extreme. It was said that the falling sunset was trying to beautify it, but in fact it was more like a dead tree that was about to rot.

Although the other party described him as old in the past, Araki had never had such a strong premonition like today - he was about to die.

Because he is really too old.

As the only existing ninja in the entire ninja world who participated in the first Five Kage Tournament, the current third generation Mizukage can be called a living fossil in the ninja world.

Putting away his messy thoughts, Araki called softly: "Mizukage-sama!"

The Third Mizukage, who was lying on the table writing something, raised his head and waved to him: "Coming? Come here and stand closer."

Araki followed the words and took two steps forward. There was only a desk between him and the Third Mizukage.

From this angle, he could even clearly see the wrinkles and age spots on the other person's face and hands.

"You should know the reason why I came to you this time, right?"

"Yes, it should be for the Joint Chunin Examination, right?"

This is obvious, because he has only been responsible for this one thing recently, and counting the days, there is only one week left before the exam starts, and it is almost time for them to set off.

"good."

The Third Mizukage nodded slightly, "Originally, I planned to send a more experienced ninja as the team leader. After all, you are still too young, and I was afraid that you would suffer a loss when facing those veterans. But news came from the front line, Konoha has already sent troops. At this time, I don’t have many spare manpower. Only by blocking this wave of their attacks with all our strength can we have more room for negotiation and maneuvering."

Araki nodded to express his understanding.

Negotiation itself is an extension of war, it just changes from hands to words.

The better the Kirigakure Village's first battle against Konoha is, the more confidence they will have when facing other countries.

After all, although the world has been suffering for a long time, the leaders of big countries are not fools.

Before Kirigakure and Konoha start a full-scale war, it is impossible for them to choose to take action.

Kirigakure Village does not expect this.

They just hope that when the situation between Kirigakure and Konoha reaches a stalemate, other countries can stab Konoha from behind.

Surround the fire and put out water.

Although their original intention was not to save water, they just wanted to extinguish the fire.

But Kirigakure doesn't care about this.

As long as the effect is achieved.

"Then you mean..."

"This time, you will have full authority to lead the team in the early stage. When the finals come, I will leave in person to talk to those old friends." The third Mizukage raised his head and stared into Araki's eyes. "How about it, are you confident?"

"Please rest assured, Mizukage-sama!"

Araki responded in a deep voice, his eyes shining with confidence.

"Okay, what I want is you looking so energetic and confident!"

The Third Mizukage smiled approvingly, "Then...Araki, let's go!"

"Yes!"

……

Sand Hidden Village, a line of sky.

The Third Kazekage wore a god robe and personally saw off the genin who were about to set off.

He looked at the three genin boys in front of him who finally stood out after a fierce selection, and encouraged:

"Maji, Shalan, and Maki, you are the best genin of Sunagakure. What you represent when you go out is the face of the entire Sunagakure village. Work hard. When the finals come, I will go to watch your competition in person and cheer for you. !”

"Yes, Master Fengying!"

The three young ninjas were all ignited with excitement by his words. They all looked at the Third Kazekage with admiration and said with confidence: "Please rest assured, Master Kazekage, we will definitely live up to your expectations. The finals are waiting for you!”

After various tests and contests over the past month, the three of them are now very confident in their own abilities.

For them, who had already beaten all the invincible opponents of Sunagakure's level, their confidence was extremely high at this time, and they did not think that the genin of other villages were much better than themselves.

After all, according to the attribute generation and suppression theory, the only fire escape ninja who can restrain wind escape will probably not exist this time, and thunder escape will be restrained by them. As for water escape, earth escape, etc., can they be as sharp as wind escape?

What?You said there are no wind escape ninjas in other villages?

Sha Men is making trouble?Just a clown.

"Haha, it's a good thing that you are so confident."

The Third Kazekage smiled softly and turned to look at Ye Cang and Xie, who were in charge of leading the team this time.

"This time you are going to the Kingdom of Thunder by water. Be careful to avoid the battlefields of Konoha and Kirigakure. If you encounter them, don't conflict with either of them."

The Kingdom of Wind and the Kingdom of Thunder are located at opposite corners of the ninja world, and are the two farthest countries.

If we take the land route, it is not a good idea, whether it is crossing the Land of Fire, or continuously passing through the Land of Rain, Grass, Taki, Tian, ​​etc.

In comparison, it is more convenient to take the sea route directly.

Because he was worried that Ye Cang's Burning Escape would be weakened at sea, he also specially appointed the Red Sand Scorpion as the deputy leader.

With the two of them in charge, the Third Kazekage believed that even if he accidentally ran into someone from Konoha or Kirigakure, he would be able to escape unscathed and not be regarded as someone who could be killed casually and then blamed on the other party. .

Besides.

The country of earth, the country of Taki, the country of rain, the country of soup...

The various ninja villages that were interested in participating in the Chuunin Exam set off to the top of Cloud Thunder, sooner or later, depending on the distance.

……

The sparkling sea surface shimmers with golden light under the warm sunlight, like a tail of golden scales playing and jumping in the water.

"Ugh--"

Araki stood on the deck and stretched, "I haven't had this warm feeling for a long time!"

As the ship heads north, the fog on the sea becomes lighter and lighter, and the sun becomes warmer and warmer, giving the body a lazy and comfortable feeling.

"In this weather, you should lie on the deck and bask in the sun!"

Araki muttered, then turned around and shouted: "Heigu, get on with it!"

"Come on—here!"

Kaguya Heigu shouted, quickly came to Araki with a recliner in one hand, and put it down with two "clicks".

"Boss, sit down!"

Araki took off his shirt, revealing his slender muscles, lay on the long chair, and let out a sigh of relief.

"what……"

The black bones next to him also followed the same pattern. The two of them lay side by side in the sun, like two lazy salted fish.

Ok……

This trick was learned from Gouju Yagura and the others last time.

Sunbathing on the sea is a rare treat.

Araki's shout not only called Kaguya Heigu, but others also ran to the deck.

When they saw the leisure and comfort of the two Arakis, they immediately became envious.

"Heigu, where are the recliners?"

Since Zabuza was the most familiar with the two of them, he was also the most direct and asked where the lounge chair was.

"In the cabin...you can look for it yourself..."

The black-bone voice said lazily.

Zabuza immediately ran back to the cabin with a "dong dong dong".

"Come on, let's go look for it too..."

Terumi Mei pulled Hua Bing and Ringo Yuri and turned around to follow Zabuza's pace.

It's not hard to find, and there are enough of them.

Not long after, they came out one by one, and seven deck chairs were neatly placed on the deck.

There are a few more lazy salted fish.

Not long after, a ship of about the same size appeared behind them, with a green word "wind" written on the side of the ship.

It was the ship that everyone in Sunagakure was riding on.

It stands to reason that the country of Water, which lives on the sea all day long, should have the best shipbuilding technology in the ninja world. How could someone catch up from behind?

Here we have to talk about the puppet technique, one of the pillars of Sunagakure Village.

The puppet technique invented by the first-generation puppet master Monzaemon was popularized by the second-generation Kazekage to the entire Sunagakure Village, becoming a pillar inheritance.

He even formed the famous puppet army and became the most elite ninja army in Sunagakure Village.

An ordinary puppet master uses ten fingers to control the limbs of a puppet, just like playing marionette.

A top-notch puppet master can coordinate multiple puppets at the same time. Using more to defeat fewer puppets, he can often gain a greater advantage in battle.

A top puppet master can develop various mechanisms, toxins, and weapons by himself. The more puppets he can control, the better.

At this time, it is more appropriate to say that they are mechanics than puppet masters.

And it just so happened that there was such a top puppet master on the Wind Country's ship at this time.

The Scorpion of Red Sand, this puppet that was casually developed when he was a teenager, was a genius puppet master that no one in Hidden Sand Village could imitate 20 years later. Because of his limited patience, he couldn't bear to see the big ship of the Kingdom of Wind being so slow. So I personally took action and made some small changes to the ship's power system.

The effect was immediate, and the speed was suddenly no match for even the ships of the Kingdom of Water.

What's even more coincidental is that because they were blowing sand all day in the Land of Wind, when they came to the sea, the ninjas of Sunagakure Village were not willing to stay in the cabin. Instead, they all crowded on the deck to feel the humid sea breeze.

This is probably the first time in their lives that they have been accompanied by so much water vapor, and they are almost too happy to miss the day.

"Huh? That's a ship from the Kingdom of Water. Are there genin who are going to take the chunin exams on it?"

Ye Cang turned around and saw seven salted fish lying on the deck next door.

"Pfft..."

Because the other party's movements were so uniform, and even the expressions on everyone's faces had a similar serenity, she couldn't help but laugh softly.

As a strictly trained ninja, Ye Cang should not be so unable to control his emotions.

It can only be said that Araki's image is too deceptive, and Ye Cang never thought that he was actually a leading jounin.

The seven of them now looked exactly like seven teenagers taking a nap neatly on the deck. I can't believe Ye Cang couldn't help laughing.

Hagura's smile immediately attracted the attention of the three Sunagakure genin nearby.They all ran to the side of the ship on this side and looked across.

"Are they the genin of Kirigakure Village in the Land of Water? Are they sleeping?"

"Hey, why are there seven of them and only three of us?"

"Hmph, it must be because they are the organizer and they secretly reserved a spot for themselves!"

The three genin talked to each other, and their tone became a little fierce as they spoke.

Their emotions stem from a perceived injustice.

In order not to show any cowardice, the Third Kazekage stipulated the number of participants in Sunagakure Village, a team of three people.

Therefore, during the selection process, the competition was extremely fierce. It can be said that the three of them overcame countless difficulties and obstacles before finally getting a spot.

And their friends and classmates all fell in the process of competition.

It was nothing.

However, when they saw such a leisurely Kirigakure genin who had twice as many places as them, their mentality suddenly became a little unbalanced.

The so-called do not suffer from the few but suffer from inequity.

Why can Sunagakure Village only send three people, but Kirigakure Village can have seven places?

Why can they lie there and sleep so leisurely while we are practicing hard and fighting fiercely for a spot?

Young people are impulsive. They say what they want and do what they want.

Since they were dissatisfied with Kirigakure's genin, they spoke a little louder, as if they were deliberately speaking sarcastic words to each other.

"Look at that man, he has no eyebrows!"

Shalan pointed at Mochi Zabuza and said.

"That's nothing, look at that guy's face, it looks like a ghost!"

When he was a teenager, Ma Ji was not as calm as he was ten years later. He was somewhat dissatisfied and pointed at Kaguya's black bones and retorted.

Hearing these words, Ye Cang on the side quickly stopped him and said: "Ma Ji, Sha Lan, come back!"

But it is a pity that there are two people with particularly good hearing on the big ship in the Kingdom of Water.

Mochi Zabuza and Araki opened their eyes at the same time.