The Otsutsuki Road from Kirigakure

An hour later.

The first round of the Joint Chunin Exam is over.

Many Genin from smaller ninja villages were eliminated within this hour because they were caught cheating, while the Genin from the five larger ninja villages, without exception, all remained in the examination room.

In fact, for the "Genin" from each ninja village who came to take the exam, especially the "Genin" from the five major ninja villages, the written test was just a simple formality. After all, everyone knew the true meaning of this joint Chunin exam.

The real meaning of the written test is nothing more than to screen out and eliminate the real Genin sent by each ninja village. After all, the actual combat that follows can be said to be a chaos of demons, and those who participate are only nominal "Genin"!

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With Yamanaka Inoichi's perception ability, he was able to quickly finish reading the test papers of the candidates who were still in the examination room, so the results of the written test were announced on the spot.

"Congratulations to all the candidates who are still in the examination room! You have now passed the first exam of the Joint Chunin Exam!" Yamanaka Inoichi said the official words and announced the result of the exam.

"Next, the chief examiner in charge of the second exam, Jonin Akimichi Choza, will explain to you!" Yamanaka Inichi paused and continued.

As soon as he finished speaking, the muscular figure of Akimichi Choza opened the door of the classroom and walked in.

Akimichi Choza is the son of the Akimichi clan leader, and the nephew of Akimichi Tofu, a former teammate of the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen.

He is also 21 years old this year. Together with Haiyi from the Yamanaka clan and Shikaku from the Nara clan, they form the most outstanding "Ino-Shika-Chou" of this generation...!

Therefore, after Yamanaka Inoichi became the chief examiner of the first round of the Joint Chunin Exam, Akimichi Choza naturally became the chief examiner of the second round of the Joint Chunin Exam.

Therefore, the examiner of the third round of the Joint Chunin Exam is the last member of the "Ino-Shika-Chou" combination, Nara Shikaku...!

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After walking up to Yamanaka Inoichi and thanking him for his hard work, Akimichi Choza turned to the examinees below and said solemnly, "I am the chief examiner of the second exam, a Konoha jonin, Akimichi Choza!"

After a slight pause, Akimichi Choza continued speaking in a loud voice, "Tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock, at Konoha's No. 44 training ground, the second round of the three-day joint Chunin exam will begin on time! Genin here, please be prepared. This time, my goal is to eliminate at least half of you!!!"

The "Genin" from various ninja villages who had passed the first exam in the classroom were shocked upon hearing this, and a solemn atmosphere instantly spread in the classroom...!

It seems that this second exam will be a fierce battle between villages!

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The next day.

Konoha's No. 44 Training Ground, also known as the "Forest of Death", is said to have been created by the first Hokage, Hashirama Senju, using Wood Release.

The Death Forest, as the name suggests, is a gloomy and terrifying forest. It can be said that it has "everything you need". It is the most famous and most commonly used ninja trial site in Konoha Village. It is also a high-difficulty training ground where even the so-called Chunin will encounter danger!!!

The second round of the Joint Chunin Exam will be held in the form of a scroll scramble and battle royale in this huge forest of death...!

In this exam, candidates were allowed to use any means in the Death Forest to collect the two scrolls of heaven and earth needed by the team. Yes, that's right, any means. Therefore, it was natural that some people would be injured or even die in the battle.

The team that has collected all the scrolls and reaches the high tower in the center of the Death Forest within three days without any casualties will be deemed to have passed.

Because the number of scrolls is limited and anything can happen during the exam, there is no doubt that at least half of the teams will be eliminated in this second exam.

This is why it is said that this joint Chunin exam is a stage for each ninja village to display their military strength. This second exam, in essence, is a small war...!!!

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At this time, the "Genin" from each ninja village, who had already signed the death waiver consent form in advance, were ready to go...!

For them, they came to participate in the war with the glory of their respective villages on their shoulders, so even if they might die in this exam, they would not back down at all!!!

However, for the three members of Yahiko's team and the three members of Mei Terumi's team, their confidence is entirely based on their own strength.

With their guaranteed strength as jonin, they couldn't say they were a complete crusher, but at least they were a dimensionality reduction blow to the "genin" of other ninja villages...!

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at the same time.

root base.

Danzo Shimura looked with satisfaction at the five teams of Root elites ready to go in front of him, his heart churning.

What he said in the Hokage's office that day was not all just polite words.

Indeed, between the Byakugan and the Uzumaki clan, he valued the Byakugan more. You know, he had been coveting the Byakugan for a long time. After all, his Root already had all of Konoha's secret techniques and bloodline limits except the Byakugan. As for the Uzumaki clan, he had already obtained the Uzumaki clan's sealing technique from the Hidden Mist Village. Moreover, there was a Nine-Tails Jinchuriki of the Uzumaki clan in Konoha. Therefore, Danzo Shimura was not so eager for the Uzumaki clan.

But at the moment, the Byakugan is not easy to deal with. Otsutsuki Tenshin has been staying in the village since he entered it, which gives him no chance to attack. Moreover, the leader of the jonin who can participate in the joint Chunin exam as the Hidden Mist Village must be at least a jonin, or even more likely an elite jonin. After all, no matter what, the Hidden Mist Village is one of the five major ninja villages, so it must have some strength.

Therefore, Danzo Shimura set his sights on the Uzumaki clan first. At least Nagato and Uzumaki Kana, two members of the Uzumaki clan, were both candidates for the joint Chunin Exam, and the Forest of Death was their Konoha's home ground. During the three days of the exam, he had plenty of opportunities to take action...!

Moreover, Danzo Shimura was extra cautious this time. After all, he was carrying out the operation privately without the knowledge of the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen. After careful consideration, he finally set his target on Nagato, because, according to the perception of his men who were sent out to investigate secretly, the three members of Yahiko's team were much easier to deal with than the three members of Mei Terumi's team!

However, at this time, Danzo Shimura would never have thought that the Hidden Mist Village would be so unkind to the Ninja. Not only did all the candidates they sent have the strength of a guaranteed jonin, but some of them even had the Rinnegan and the Six-Tails Jinchuriki!!!

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"Let's go!" Looking up at the wall clock, Shimura Danzo waved his hand and led a dozen elite ninjas from the Root to the Death Forest.

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In the forest of death.

At this time, the second round of the Joint Chunin Exam had already started for almost an hour, but the forest was still quiet and no sound was heard.

After the first round of elimination, the remaining candidates can be said to be the real elites of each village. Therefore, at the beginning, they all chose to remain silent, waiting for the opportunity to take action...!

"what!!!"

Suddenly, a scream broke the silence, and one of the candidates finally couldn't help but take action.

This scream was like a signal, and violent chakra fluctuations suddenly erupted in all parts of the forest. In an instant, multiple battles broke out at the same time...!

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At this time, Team Yahiko and Team Mei Terumi were chatting as if they were out for a picnic while slowly moving towards the central tower. Of course, the two teams did not gather together, and judging by their speed, they would arrive near the central tower in about a day and a half.

Because both teams have strong perception abilities, they have not encountered any enemies until now.

Of course, this does not mean that they are deliberately avoiding fighting, but they coincidentally have the same plan. No, it may not be accurate to say it is a coincidence. Their experience of studying at the Kirigakure Ninja School has made them choose the most labor-saving way to get to the heart of the problem. Therefore, it is inevitable that they have similar ideas.

Despise the enemy strategically and take the enemy seriously tactically. This is the important guiding ideology of the Kirigakure Village for war after the reforms by Seiji.

Therefore, for them, under the premise of having sufficient confidence in their own strength, they only need to wait outside the central tower and do not need to go to the trouble of finding and defeating teams one by one to get the scroll they are missing.

This is actually a question of probability. If they are unlucky, they may need to waste a lot of time and still cannot get the scrolls they are missing. However, sitting back and waiting omits this process. After all, any team that has collected all the scrolls needs to go to the central tower of the Death Forest. In this way, the scrolls are left for them to choose...!

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at dusk.

Yahiko, Nagato and Konan were staying by a small river at this time, setting up a barbecue grill and using fire to roast a wild boar they had just captured.

Just as the three of them were enjoying their meal, suddenly, Nagato frowned slightly.

"Yahiko! Konan!" Nagato shouted in a low voice.

Yahiko and Konan, who were sitting together, stopped eating and looked up at Nagato. Having grown up together, they instantly understood each other's meaning from each other's eyes.

Then, the next second, the three of them retreated in three different directions at the same time. At the same time, Yahiko and Nagato quickly formed seals with their hands while retreating.

"Water Release: Kirigakure Jutsu!!!"

"Water Release: Kirigakure Jutsu!!!"

As the mist rose, several kunai tied with detonating tags flew to the place where the three people had just been, and then exploded with a loud bang!

Then, a cold voice came from a distance.

"Psychic art!!!"

A huge orange monster with a long nose suddenly appeared, then took a deep breath, and used wind escape to completely absorb the thick fog that Yahiko and Nagato had just created...!

It is none other than Danzo Shimura’s summoned beast, the Nightmare Tapir!

Afterwards, dozens of figures wearing masks and black robes surrounded the three people. At the same time, a rectangular barrier burning with purple transparent flames rose around them.

"Ninja Technique·Four Purple Flame Formation!!!"

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When Yahiko's team was engaged in battle.

Inside an izakaya in Konoha Village, a figure wearing a hood and a black robe, as if hiding in the shadows, walked straight to the innermost room, opened the door and walked in.

"Please sit down!" Otsutsuki Tenshin said elegantly and politely.

The man in black robe lowered his head and remained silent for a moment, still without any movement. It was obvious that he was still hesitating and worried about something...!

"Ha!" Otsutsuki Tenshin chuckled, "Mr. Mukai! Don't worry! There's no tracking! So no one will know you were here today!"

There was another moment of silence, and finally, the man in black robe slowly took off his hood, and raised his head to look at Otsutsuki Tenshin, revealing his old face.

It was the person who was in charge of the current branch of the Hyuga clan, Hyuga Mukai!!!

Over the past few days, Otsutsuki Tenshin did not do nothing. On the contrary, he had secretly established contact with the Hyuga branch family, which led to this meeting with Hyuga Mukai.

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Hyuga Mukai is the twin brother of the father of Hyuga clan patriarch Hyuga Ryuun. Because he was born a little later than his brother, he became a branch family. After becoming a branch family, he was punished many times by the "Bird in the Cage" because of his resentment towards the main family and often unconsciously revealed the injustice of fate and murderous intent. The people who punished him included not only the elders of the main family, but also his brother and his father.

Therefore, from then on, he deeply hated the Hyuga clan's pedantic system and those stupid main families...!

After the death of Hinata Ryuun's father, the previous head of the Hyuga clan, because of Hinata Mukai's identity, he became the person in charge of the branch family under the recommendation of his nephew Hinata Ryuun.

Under his leadership, the branch family members have been keeping a low profile and forbearing in recent years, with conflicts rarely breaking out between them and the main family.

And now, the opportunity to split up has finally come...!