Civilians in Konoha, forging their own paths

"Teacher, what identity are you hiding in Kirigakure?"

"What do you think? Tell me your guess!"

"Teacher, I think you killed the Third Mizukage and replaced him!?"

"Oh? Why do you think so?"

"I have learned about Kirigakure's intelligence. In the past, the Third Mizukage was a conservative old-fashioned man who excluded dissidents and suppressed the ninja clan in Kirigakure. The period when he changed happened to be after you hid in the dark, so I guessed that you replaced his identity!"

"Minato, you are indeed me. Yes, I am the Third Mizukage!"

Dihuangwan did not mention that he also had the identities of the Fourth Mizukage and Mizunoe Hyouha!

"Then why are you so anxious to step down from the position of the Third Mizukage? Has Kirigakure discovered the problem?"

"No, the tone of Kirigakure's future development has been set. Kirigakure's villagers and ninjas have tasted the sweetness of reform and opening up. As the Kage of a village, always showing up will delay my training, so I stepped down! After this Five Kage Summit, the Third Mizukage will fade out of the ninja world's vision, and the Fourth Mizukage will officially enter the era!"

"Aren't you afraid that the Fourth Mizukage will change the policies you left behind?"

"No, because everything is under my control!"

"Sweep Gasnei, it seems the teacher has a backup plan!"

After finishing this topic, Dihuang Wan finally got down to business.

"Minato, have you made a summoning contract with the toad of Myoboku Mountain?"

"Yes, it has been concluded!"

"Well, well, the toads from Myoboku Mountain are enough! You are already at the level of Kage, and ordinary ninja beasts can only play a limited role!"

"I remember that you never had a summoning beast, teacher. Why are you asking about it?"

"I have found some summoned beasts in the sea, and used the power of the Sea of ​​Return to Origin to transform them into sea beasts that can use the power of return to origin. They can exert strength above that of elite jonin, but the environment in which they can be used is not as wide as that of the toad. The summoning scrolls are already prepared and are with your master's wife. You can go to your master's wife to sign a summoning contract at any time!"

"So that's how it is. Is it a sea beast that can use the power of returning to origin? Teacher, I understand!"

After chatting for a while, Dihuangwan left Minato's house and returned to the Kirigakure base.

The next day, the third Joint Chunin Exam officially began!

The scale of the reference this time is quite large. Based on their reference experience, Kirigakure and Sunagakure have sent 18 people to participate, Kumogakure has 12 people, Iwagakure has 15 people, each small ninja village has a total of 21 people, and Konoha has 36 people, for a total of 120 people!

However, half of the candidates were eliminated in the first round of written examination!

After the second round started, Feiyun became busy. The five major ninja villages, with their accumulated hatred and resentment, fought a real battle in the Death Forest. There were casualties and injuries, and the battle never stopped!

Some operations even need to be performed by Feiyun himself, but fortunately, Tsunade was not troubled!

In addition to Feiyun, Minato was also very busy. In order to avoid the escalation of the battle, he, who possessed the Flying Thunder God Technique, was sent to the Forest of Death. Many disabled candidates were sent back to Konoha Hospital by Minato!

The candidates from Kirigakure were also inevitably affected, but fortunately before the exam, the Fourth Mizukage repeatedly reminded them not to actively participate in vicious fights, so throughout the second round, although there were injuries, no one died!

The third round of promotion matches was held in the central tower of the Death Forest as usual. This time, the Five Kage did not watch in person, but watched from the crystal ball.

With some "reasonable" operations of Konoha, some candidates with grudges were arranged to fight!

The result was that the qualifying round was quite brutal, and many candidates who successfully advanced were unable to participate in the final due to serious injuries!

So even though the number of participants in this Joint Chunin Exam is the highest in history, there are still only a mere ten people who can participate in the final!

The promotion match was fierce, and the five Kage in front of the crystal ball were arguing even more fiercely!

"Hey, Ohnoki, that kid from Iwagakure was too ruthless!"

"Hmph, Lord Raikage, if you are not as skilled as others, then stop shouting!"

"Lord Raikage, you still have the nerve to criticize others. My people from Sunagakure were just beaten to a pulp by your people from Kumogakure. This is simply too much! This is an examination hall, not a battlefield!"

"As a ninja, you must be prepared to face death at any time. The exam is a mission, but also a battlefield! If you are not prepared, it is better not to participate!" Two Heavenly Scales Ohnoki sneered.

"Mr. Tsuchikage, what you are doing will only increase the hatred between the villages, which goes against the original intention of holding the joint Chunin Exam!" said Karatachi Yagura.

"You're still too young, little brat. In the ninja world, the bigger the fist, the more powerful it is!" Ohnoki said with disdain.

"Oh? If we talk about who has a bigger fist, it should be Lord Hokage who says it! It seems that it is not yet your turn, Lord Tsuchikage!" The choked Karatachi Yagura did not give Oonoki any face at all.

This made the Third Tsuchikage Ohnoki jump up in anger! "Hey, kid! What did you say?!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen originally wanted to watch the show, but when Karitachi Yagura mentioned Konoha and him, he could no longer just stand by and watch!

"Ohnoki, that's enough. You are the most senior one after all. How can you be so aggressive? You have lost the demeanor of an elder!"

After Sarutobi Hiruzen joined the verbal battle, the situation was not suppressed but became even more intense!

The other people who heard this broke out in cold sweats, fearing that these shadows would start fighting!

"Fortunately, the Five Kage did not go to the center, otherwise it would be too impolite to quarrel in front of the examinees!" A Konoha ninja who was maintaining the crystal ball barrier was sweating and his scalp was tingling.

Fortunately, the qualifying round was over, and the staff couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, "It's finally over! Fortunately there wasn't a real fight!"

Although the shadows didn't really fight, they still parted on bad terms!

Everyone couldn't help but worry about the upcoming Five Kage Summit!

The promotion round is over, and the original half-month rest period was changed to one week!

Because the injuries of the candidates who advanced to the finals were not serious, a week was enough time for them to recover!

The important thing is that the Five Kage cannot stay in Konoha for another half a month, so they have to speed up the pace!

After the second round of exams, Minato was exhausted. Since he learned the Flying Thunder God Technique, he had never used it with such high intensity!

It’s not that the power of returning to the origin is not enough, but that the body and mind are very tired!

Kushina thoughtfully made porridge and rice for Minato and sent them over.

Feiyun was busy at the Konoha Hospital until late at night before returning home.

When Feiyun returned home, Meihui had already coaxed little Yunzhi to sleep. Only when she saw Feiyun coming back did she go back to her room to rest!

Dihuang Wan appeared and said to Feiyun: "You've worked hard today! I've been secretly keeping an eye on the situation at home, don't worry!"

Feiyun nodded, "Today's candidates are all seriously injured, just like those who have just come down from the battlefield!"

Dihuangwan smiled and said, "You didn't see it. The five Kage almost fought each other in front of the crystal ball barrier. It was a huge quarrel! I am looking forward to the Five Kage Summit in three days!"