Naruto's Endless Pretense

Shed another tear, shout out a word of courage, and your wish will come true.In peaceful times, countless boys and girls believed in this and kept working hard towards their own way of Ninja, and this day finally arrived.

Today is the day of the official Chuunin Examination. Daimyos and high-ranking officials from various countries have come to Konoha to observe the strength of Konoha and Suna Ninja after Orochimaru's collapse plan.

Similarly, Kumo Ninja's Raikage also arrived at Konoha's mansion with his followers the day before to attend the Chuunin Exam as a guest, for an unknown purpose.And because the Suna Ninja have not yet been able to elect a new Kazekage, no one can sit side by side with the Hokage.However, in order to enhance his prestige, he organized a delegation composed of all jounin and elite jounin.

All in all, Konoha's Chunin Exams may be the grandest ever.Not only international attention, but the high-end combat power of the outer villages also brought huge pressure to Konoha.

In order to show a magnificence that could shock the entire audience, in addition to the current Hokage Tsunade attending, the third Hokage, the doctor of the ninja world, and Jiraiya, the strongest ghost among the three ninjas, also came to the venue in person.

In terms of basic maintenance, a large number of Anbu and Guard members can be seen everywhere.Perhaps it was to get rid of the impression left by the last Chuunin Exams on the daimyo that the police force was insufficient.

The process of the Chuunin Exam is very simple. First, gather the reference personnel in the field to let the audience get to know them, and then they will compete in pairs according to the order they were drawn in the previous draw.There were a total of 20 people participating in the final test this time, most of them from Konoha and Sand Ninja, which was twice as many as in previous tests.

However, duels between ninjas are generally relatively fast, and most of them can be completed within 10 minutes. Only a few of them last a day and a night like the Battle of the Valley of the End.Therefore, the exam time was also set at nine o'clock in the morning, and the test was completed in one go.Just after the exam, Tsunade was able to contact the visitors during the study.

But it was already past nine o'clock, and the atmosphere in the venue was already heated up, but Tsunade still did not announce the start of the exam.This made many people a little restless, and the Fourth Raikage, who himself had a bad temper, was one of them.

"The Fifth Hokage, why haven't you started the exam yet? It's already a quarter past nine, far beyond the scheduled time. Is it possible that there are still related matters that you haven't prepared yet?" Ai asked in a bad tone.

Although it is said to be peaceful, the relationship between Kumo ninja and Konoha is not good.During the war, both sides were heroes on the battlefield, so Tsunade didn't want to look good on this muscular man with a bad face.But she still held back, because there were indeed things that could not be solved.

"What's going on? Isn't that bastard Sasuke here yet?"

Tsunade asked Kakashi, who was guarding her, somewhat frantically.

As a disciple, she was simply too willful.Yesterday's important meeting was skipped, and today such an important occasion was actually absent.You know, he is the appointed examiner.

"Sorry, there is no news yet. Including Sakon and Xianglin who are taking the exam in Class No. 11."

Kakashi looked helpless, he didn't expect Sasuke to be like this.Speaking of which, this can be regarded as inheriting his glorious tradition. Not only was he late for his own exam, but he also led his subordinates to be late for their exams.

"Why, isn't that Uchiha boy here? I heard that his Thunder Style is quite powerful."

Darui, who served as the Raikage's guard, had a gleam on his lazy face after hearing Sasuke's name.For him, being able to meet this young man who has become famous recently is also a major purpose of this trip.

This is also the expectation of many viewers.The winner half a year ago became the examiner half a year later. No matter how you think about it, it is a legendary rise.The genin brought out by such a young special jounin are also worth looking forward to.

"Damn it, you were the one who led me into trouble!"

Tsunade glared hard at Kakashi and took a deep breath.

"We can't wait any longer for this bastard brat. Let's arrange a new exam list. The Chuunin exam will start in 15 minutes. Kakashi will preside over it. You are that brat's teacher, so take responsibility at this time. Bar."

"...Tsunade-sama, you are that guy's master."

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At 09:30 in the morning, the exciting Chunin Exam finally kicked off.After Tsunade's congratulations, Kakashi gathered the eighteen candidates taking the exam into the examination room.

"What's going on? Didn't you say there were twenty contestants?"

"That's right, and the examiner is not Uchiha Sasuke, right? Remember that the hair of the Uchiha clan is black."

Seeing the absence of Sasuke, many spectators who came for this purpose complained.Although the candidates were very confused, they already had a hunch after the new lottery.

Not that surprised.

Of course there will still be confused idiots.

"Well, Kakashi-sensei, why are you in charge of the exam? Didn't you say that the examiner is Sasuke?" Naruto raised his hand and asked.

"I don't want to take on such a troublesome task, but there is no other way."

Kakashi rubbed his flowing silver hair and kept observing the surroundings with an expressionless face.

"Sasuke seems to be late again. Anyway, I will temporarily take his place."

"Is that so? He really has his style."

Gaara, who had experienced the wait last time, immediately expressed his understanding, and the others said nothing after seeing this.

Sakon and Xiang Rin, who were scheduled to take the exam, were not here. In order to prevent all the intelligence work done by all the candidates in the previous month from being in vain, the order of all exams was not broken up and rearranged.Most of the original roster was maintained, only Sakon and Kaoru's opponents were arranged together.

Kaoru's opponent is Temari, while Sakon's opponent is Saii from Class [-].So Temari's opponent became Sai, and the order of the duel continued with Sakon, who was ranked lower.

It doesn't really matter who the opponent is to Temari.She no longer had to bear such a heavy task in this exam, so Temari just wanted to show herself well in front of Sasuke, and if she was lucky, she could have a good fight with Sakura.

Men want to show themselves strong in front of women, and women also want to show their grace.However, Sasuke's absence caused Temari's blood pressure to rise.

Time passed quickly and the games went on one after another.The people participating in the Chunin Exam this time are all elite genin from both countries, so the competitions are very exciting. You come and I win or lose.The spectators were attracted to these games, and the voices of complaints were muted.

And because the entire exam was halfway through, everyone no longer had high hopes for whether Sasuke would arrive halfway through like last time.Temari was naturally still waiting for Sasuke's arrival, but the reality was that she had no time.

"The next match is between Suna Ninja's Temari and Konoha's Sai. Please gather both players under the stands."

It's too late, it's already my turn.This made Temari feel very bad. She pulled out the three-star fan from behind and jumped directly from the stands.This cool and neat entrance made the audience exclaim for a while, and also startled Kankuro next to Temari.

"Is this feeling angry? It doesn't matter if you play with emotions."

Kankuro looked at the field worriedly.

"It's okay, he should be fine, and the other party should be the same."

Kankuro looked in the direction of Gaara's finger and saw that Saai, who was about to walk out of the passage, was stopped by a masked ninja.The ninja said a few words in Sai's ear, and Sai's face, which always had a false smile, was immediately filled with indescribable complex emotions.

"What's going on with that ANBU? I don't remember giving such an order."

Of course, Tsunade, who was in the center of the stand, saw this scene clearly, and without much thought, she directly asked the Third Hokage sitting next to her in a low voice.In Konoha Village, apart from Danzo's roots, only three generations are left who can mobilize people without going through her hands.

"I have never given such an order."

The third generation's denial almost made it clear that the instigator was Danzo.But in the presence of the Raikage, Tsunade couldn't do much.

"I abstain."

After being persuaded by ANBU, Sai thought for a while, raised his hand and chose to give up the exam.

The selection of the Chunin Examination is not to promote the final winner, but to select the ninja who has the strength and brains to serve as the team leader based on the analysis of the situation.There is still the possibility of promotion if the duel fails, but giving up means completely giving up on the path of chunin.

Sai's statement definitely caused an uproar in the examination room.Especially Naruto, who is also a member of Team [-], would have jumped into the field and grabbed Sai to question him if Sakura hadn't forced him to do so.However, this commotion did not last long, because a bigger commotion appeared.

A trident kunai flew into the field from nowhere and penetrated the center of the venue at a speed that even Kakashi could not observe.A violent whirlwind then appeared, kicking up coughing smoke.In the smoke and dust, you can vaguely see the shadow of a young man holding a girl in his arms.

"I'm so sorry for being late! I accidentally lost my way on the road of life."

The smoke cleared and there was silence.Sasuke looked around, his expression hardening.

"What's wrong? Did something happen?"