Hokage, I am Uzumaki Naruto

After hearing this, all the women were worried: "Then, doesn't that mean that many candidates will be eliminated?"

Kushina nodded, "That's also impossible."

Everyone thought that it was indeed the case, so they simply stopped talking and started talking about other topics.

…………

Time passed slowly.

In the office of the Hokage Administration Building, Minato was, as usual, busy processing the paperwork at hand.In his spare time, he raised his head and looked out the window from time to time, as if thinking of something happy, a smile unconsciously rose from the corner of his mouth.

At the same time, in the sky, a lone eagle circled a few times over the building and landed steadily on the window of Watergate's office.

Minato quickly noticed this lone eagle, which he had sent out to ask Kakashi about the progress of Hidden Sand Village.

Seeing that Lone Eagle has come back now, he thought to himself, maybe the exam on Sha Yin's side has already ended.

He took the letter written by Kakashi from the Lone Eagle's leg and read it carefully for a while.

Everything turned out as he expected, Kakashi stated in the letter that the exams at Hidden Sand Village have generally ended.A total of 180 four candidates passed the second exam.

And Kakashi has already ordered the candidates to come straight here.

So Minato didn't think too much, and yelled outside the door: "Come on, call me Lu Jiulai, I need to find him."

"Yes." Hearing this, the guard standing outside the door immediately cast the instant body spell and disappeared in place.

Not long after, the door of the office was opened.

Lu Jiu walked straight in from the door, looked at Minato and said, "Master Hokage, what can I do for you?"

Minato smiled at him, and said: "It's okay, I called you here to let you know that the exam over there has ended, and the candidates will come here soon.

So what should be prepared here in the city, are you ready? "

Lu Jiu said: "Everything is ready."

"That's good."

Minato signaled him to sit down, and then asked: "You said, among the candidates this time, how many people will be able to come here?"

Lu Jiu shook his head, "I don't know."

Minato said: "You can guess any number."

Lu Jiu thought for a while, then replied, "500 people? Or... 300? Or even less than [-] people."

He thought, after all, there are so many people participating in the competition, it would be pretty good if one-third of them advance.

However, he was afraid that the actual number of people promoted would not be as good as he expected, so he lowered the guessed number a bit.

At this time, Minato handed the note he had just received to Lu Jiu.

Lu Jiu took the note and glanced at it, after seeing clearly what was written on the paper.

A look of shock instantly appeared on his calm face!

"How come? More than 2000 people have participated in the competition, so far, there are only less than 200 people left?"

He looked at Minato in disbelief and said.

This elimination rate is almost one out of ten.

Its strict promotion standards are even more severe than before.

Before he could recover, Minato said without haste: "This is just the number of people starting from there. The number of people who actually came here to participate in the qualifiers is probably even less than this."

"is it?"

Lu Jiu took a deep breath, thinking in his heart that with such a high elimination rate, in the end, if more than 20 people advanced, it would be considered remarkable.

He raised his eyes and saw Minato's face, always wearing an expression of no waves in the ancient well.

Even though Lu Jiu knew that this was to pick out talented people from among the candidates for training.

But I still can't help feeling sorry for those candidates who were eliminated!

And he had a hunch that this shouldn't be the first time.

Instead, it's more like a start.

Minato waited for him to calm down a little, and then slowly opened his mouth and said: "The requirements for candidates to advance are a bit harsh, but there is no way to do it.

Only in this way can the most talented candidates be selected and cultivated to become the future backbone of the ninja world. "

Speaking of this, a look of vicissitudes that did not belong to his age flashed across Minato's face, and said: "Furthermore, Lu Jiu, you should be very clear. The reason why the Kingdom of Fire is able to maintain a unified situation for the time being.

The fundamental reason is that there are Naruto, Sasuke, and the first generation and Madara.It was able to temporarily deter those ambitious people. "

"In other words, if Naruto and the others leave one day, will this ninja world fall into a new war again?"

"This……"

Lu Jiu was speechless.

He is a smart person, so he can naturally understand the meaning of Minato's words.It is also clear that not everyone among the top executives of the Nation of Fire is convinced by Minato's rule.

So he pondered for a moment and said: "Then Hokage-sama, what good ideas do you have for this?"

The corner of Minato's mouth curled up slightly, and he revealed a slight smile: "My idea is that while I'm still young, I have a lot of time to cultivate a group of talented ninjas after Naruto Sasuke, who are confirmed to be loyal to the Nation of Fire.

In this way, even if one day, Naruto, Sasuke, and even me will no longer be in the ninja world.

Those who have been cultivated can also have enough power to protect the ninja world from being divided when unknown dangers come. "

What do you mean?

Lu Jiu was dumbfounded.

Hearing what Hokage-sama said, are they going to leave?

After a long time, Lu Jiu asked tentatively, "So, is Hokage-sama preparing for his departure?"

Minato just looked at him quietly.

After a long while, I seriously replied: "Leaving is not a matter of course, it's just a matter of planning ahead.

After all, no one can tell when those people from the Otsutsuki clan that Naruto mentioned before will arrive. "

When Lu Jiu heard this, he thought it was true.

Then he said again: "Even so, Naruto and Sasuke may leave the ninja world, what is it about Hokage-sama?"

Shuimen said: "Isn't this simple? With the current strength of those two boys.

They must be thinking, rather than waiting for the Otsutsuki clan to attack the ninja world.Why don't they take the initiative to go to the mysterious Gaotianyuan world and kill the Otsutsuki clan. "

"And that's ... something I've been worrying about might happen."

Lu Jiu was puzzled: "But they don't seem to have any intention of leaving now?"

Minato shook his head and smiled, "That's because you don't know those two boys. Their ambitions are much greater than I imagined."

"The reason why they have stopped fighting in the past two years is nothing more than that they feel that they are too young and not strong enough to start a new battle.

On the other hand, those two boys are trying to recruit new people to join their plan. "