Chapter 126: Anxiety before the Exam
"The ninja village that has obtained the right to host the next Chunin Exam is the Hidden Mist Village."
After Yu Yue finished speaking, the whole space fell silent.
"The Hidden Mist Village...?"
Although they were the ones who voted, because too many key words were removed, they could only guess which village they voted for.
But Ying is not a pushover either.
As the shadow of the village, it is impossible for them to obviously choose the worst option.
But when it comes to the "best", they can be flexible.
After all, to say "good" is a very subjective judgment.
Providing meals is good, but being responsible for road safety is also good.
You can't say that the former is definitely better than the latter and gets more points, right?
You can give high marks for providing nutritious meals because you care about the test-taker's state.
Then I can also give a high score to another item because the journey is long and I care more about safety and comfort on the road.
By being more flexible this way, wouldn't we have more options?
It doesn’t matter if you don’t let me vote for my own idea. I’ll just vote for the one that seems to have the highest sincerity but is the least likely to be realized.
The kind where great nobles pay and daimyo attend.
Isn't this more sincere and more stylish than building roads and paying for all food and lodging?
If you vote for this proposal, no one can say that you cast an intentional "spoiled vote", and this way, your chances of being selected will be higher.
It's a good plan, but there are more than one person who has this idea.
For a moment, two of the three people who voted for "number four" had ugly expressions.
Only Fengying remained calm.
There is even a little bit of expectation.
After all, to be honest, Fengying is probably the least concerned voter this time.
He had only held the Chunin Exam once, and this opportunity would definitely not come to him again in the short term.
Therefore, he was really the most casual one among the five people. It didn't matter whether it was good or not, or whether it cost anything - anyway, no one would be more willing to spend money than the Sand Village, so he only looked at which conditions attracted him more.
For example, the 'big name attended'.
He was really curious whether the other daimyo would really attend - after all, in this world, ninjas have always been the only ones who accommodated daimyo without saying anything.
A daimyo wants to support the ninja.
Although the ninja village is the armed force of the country.
But for the daimyo, the ninja village in his own country is not the only option.
For example, this is the case with the Wind Kingdom where I live.
Although the Sand Village and the Daimyo of the Wind Kingdom now seem to be cooperating seamlessly and in harmony.
But that is also because the Sand Village has its own way to make money, and can even drive the economic development of the Wind Kingdom.
If things remain the same as before, the Sand Village might be the first of the five major ninja villages to be abandoned by its own daimyo.
The daimyo probably thought that he was doing it without anyone noticing.
But the Sand Village had long known that the Daimyo of the Wind Country had begun to entrust Konoha with tasks.
However, in the past, the economy of the Sand Village was mainly dependent on funding from the daimyo, so they did not have the confidence to protest or resist, so they could only endure it.
Therefore, the Kazekage was really curious whether the daimyo in this plan would really come out to support his own ninja village.
Even if he did not attend the previous games and only showed up at the end, it would be an unprecedented feat.
So Fengying also voted for No. 4.
As for the other voters...
Perhaps it can only be said that being too clever is the opposite of being smart.
When the Mizukage heard that their proposal was finally successfully selected, they were all stunned.
Honestly speaking, even though he was determined to win like everyone else, he was also in a desperate situation because of the pressure the village was facing.
However, the Fourth Mizukage has always been pessimistic about whether his proposal can be selected.
After all, the relationship between the Hidden Mist Village and the other four ninja villages.
We are not as close as brothers, but at least we are completely unrelated.
No one else had a reason to choose him anyway.
The conditions that I can offer and what I can do are definitely not as good as those of the ninja villages that have already tasted the sweetness of cooperation and are starting to move towards new development.
After all, they have had a really hard time these years.
In addition, the Hidden Mist Village is geographically isolated from the outside world, so it takes an unknown amount of time for new things from the outside world to be transmitted to it.
For example, many popular things outside are almost impossible to buy in the Hidden Mist Village. Some things have already been replaced outside by the time they can be bought in the Hidden Mist Village.
Although the Kirigakure has always adhered to tradition, this does not mean that they are willing to watch other reforms.
All the ninja villages are better than me.
For ninjas, falling behind is no different from waiting to die.
So the Mizukage worked very hard to obtain all possible conditions.
Including funding, he even humbly asked for help from the nobles and daimyo of the Water Country.
——After all, if the Hidden Mist Village falls behind, that won’t be a good thing for the Water Kingdom.
In addition, the top leaders of the Water Country could not stand the fact that the Water Country was always half a step behind other countries in everything.
This also gave some support to the Hidden Mist Village.
However, the support is very limited, and much of it can only be given after the Hidden Mist Village actually obtains the right to host the event.
In this situation, the hope of winning is really slim.
The odds are no higher than winning the jackpot.
But even in this situation, he succeeded.
"I?"
The Mizukage repeated blankly .
"My plan was successful???"
"Yes, congratulations."
Yu Yue congratulated with a smile.
But the Fourth Mizukage, who was suddenly hit on the head by ecstasy, had no time to exchange greetings.
"It turns out to be our Hidden Mist Village..."
"I won!" I won!
I won!
——It’s over, are you crazy?
Ugetsu looked at the young Mizukage in front of him who had a look of ecstasy on his face.
For a moment, I didn't know whether I should go up and interrupt him.
Just interrupt him...he's so happy, if she goes up to him she'll just spoil the fun.
If I don't interrupt, there's no way to tell what happens next.
"Mizukage-sama."
At the critical moment, it was Minato Namikaze, the host, who stood up.
"I know you are happy, but we are not done yet."
The ecstatic Fourth Mizukage calmed down after hearing this. He quickly restrained his smile and cleared his throat.
"I'm sorry to make you all laugh."
He regained the calm and composed demeanor that a village leader should have.
"So what should we in the Hidden Mist Village do next?"
"Change the plan first."
Yu Yue spoke in a cold voice without hesitation for a second.
"Although your proposal was finally selected, it was poorly written...it was crude."
Considering that the opponent was the shadow of a village, Yu Yue changed his
He used emotionally intelligent terms to describe his approach.
Although it is according to the format given by Yu Yue.
But I just filled in the content according to the format.
In Yu Yue's opinion, this couldn't even be considered a complete plan.
——At least if her former subordinates dared to show her such a thing, she would directly send it back to be redone and give them a workplace education.
I can't even handle this level myself, let alone use it to fool others... to make others want to invest and cooperate.
In the workplace.
Slacking off and fooling around are the norm.
She herself has fooled her boss many times.
But if the job at hand is not done well or correctly, that would be a fatal flaw.
No need to wash.
Seeing Ugetsu treat the Mizukage so harshly, the moods of the others improved a little.
That's right, we can't let him take all the benefits alone.
Be stricter, be stricter.
It would be better to make him anxious.
But soon, Yu Yue's eyes swept to other people, and at the same time, her cold voice sounded again:
"It's fine that the Mizukage has no experience, but I didn't expect that after so many years of cooperation with the Ugetsu Store, you can only make something like this."
When they first showed it to her, Yu Yue wanted to scold them.
She just kept silent because she thought it was the election campaign stage and she couldn't get too involved.
It's over now.
It's time to sort things out.
If they think they can rest easy after cooperating...they are totally wrong!
The other four shadows: ...?
What's going on?
Things shouldn't be going this way, right?
Then, the five Kage received a rigorous planning lesson under the slightly sympathetic gaze of Uchiha Shisui.
As for the fact that everyone revised it more than ten times before passing...
That is the unknown, dark past that belongs to the shadows themselves.
For outsiders who don't know.
They were just wondering why the five Kage, who used to have a tense atmosphere whenever they met, suddenly seemed to have a harmonious relationship.
Of course it’s not as exaggerated as calling each other brothers.
But when they meet, there is less weirdness.
When we occasionally discuss some issues, I will sincerely give some useful suggestions without any selfish motives.
——It’s just weird.
What exactly happened at the meeting held at the Chunin Exam?
How could the attitudes of the Five Kage change so drastically?
Therefore, the selection meeting for the Chunin Exam has become an unsolved mystery in the ninja world.
It is still unknown what exactly the Five Kage experienced during this time.
Regardless of whether people are satisfied with the new venue, the selection of the venue for the Chunin Exam has come to an end.
Uchiha Fugaku finally breathed a sigh of relief.
He sent away the other shadows as if they were the gods of plague.
Then, I found the Ugetsu store again.
The annoying competitor finally left, and Uchiha Fugaku felt refreshed.
As for Yu Yue, she also took advantage of this period of time to finally finish the test questions.
Because the person who came was Uchiha.
So Yu Yue also upgraded the test questions.
Questions such as "whether you can work overtime", "whether you are capable of handling multiple tasks", and "whether you can accept a large amount of repetitive work" are no longer important.
After all, everyone knows the working situation of Yuyue Store.
What's more, the Uchiha came with a purpose, and they would not say no no matter how harsh and difficult the conditions were.
After all, for them, this amount of effort is really a drop in the bucket compared to the possible gains.
It's no different from a no-cost business.
Therefore, Yu Yue focused on more basic knowledge and flexible application.
The main purpose is to find out the bottom line of these Uchiha.
Those who are more flexible will be sent to work that deals with external and interpersonal matters.
Those who have solid knowledge but a dull personality will be sent to work in the mainland, such as in research and development.
It just so happened that Orochimaru and Tsunade were both shouting that they were short of people.
Since this thing was given to Uchiha for free, of course we have to make full use of it and not waste it.
——Of course, Ugetsu is not a devil.
I won't really take this opportunity to kill someone.
Ninjas, especially Uchiha, are such a useful resource, it would be very foolish to exhaust all the resources.
Even if we must squeeze, we have to do it sustainably.
"Let's set the exam date for three days later."
This time Yu Yue gave a definite answer.
"This way you can go back and arrange your work."
After all, the Uchiha clan members basically have their own work to do, and it is not impossible to suddenly mobilize everyone to take the exam, but it will inevitably cause a lot of unnecessary trouble.
Listen to Yu Yue say this.
Uchiha Fugaku not only felt relieved, he was even a little moved.
Even though it was a difficult request, Miss Yu Yue was very considerate and gave me and others some time to prepare...
The Uchiha, who always took on the most difficult and troublesome jobs, had never been treated like this.
"Don't worry, we will make every effort to ensure that you don't get into any trouble."
At the same time, he secretly made up his mind.
After returning, I will make sure the younger generation in the clan are well prepared.
This is a major event concerning the future of Uchiha.
——If you can’t pass the exam, don’t come back!
So Uchiha, who had been very nervous for some time.
Now it’s even more chaotic.
The milk tea shop on Uchiha Street run by Uchiha Naoki was crowded until the evening.
The tables were filled with Uchiha students working late into the night.
Some people started studying cryptography, and some even took out their old school textbooks to review.
After all, they haven't had an 'exam' since the graduation Chunin Exam.
Of course, it’s not that no one has tried to take shortcuts.
"Zhi, what kind of questions do you think Ms. Yu Yue will ask?"
They chose to ask the old employees of Yuyue Store.
"I don't know either."
Uchiha Nao shook his head while busying himself with the work in his hands.
"We are of the same race, so let's not hide it now."
Of course, people of the same clan know that Yu Yue Store has many rules and has always been known for its fairness and justice.
But isn’t this a big deal for Uchiha now? If you still stick to the rules at this time...are you still an Uchiha?
Uchiha Nao was also helpless .
"No, I really don't know."
Recruitment at Yuyue Store varies from year to year.
From exam questions to ability tests, there is no repetition.
Uchiha thought about it and spoke hesitantly:
"If I have any advice, it's probably to try your best. No matter if you can do it or not, or if you have any concerns, just answer it first."
——Isn’t there any difference between saying it and not saying it?
Some people gave up and decided to go back to working on their own - although such unfocused efforts were no different from being like a headless fly.
But it's better than no effort.
Of course, there are also those who refuse to give up.
"You don't know, but what about others? Is it possible that they know?"
"…If it's Shisui, he'll probably know something."
But wasn't Shisui sent to live in Ugetsu Shop by the clan leader a long time ago?
In this way, the patriarch is really foresighted.
He probably guessed that someone would want to cheat, so he sent them away in advance to avoid misunderstandings and trouble.
Patriarch, you are worthy of being the patriarch.
This ability to think three steps ahead is something they can't match.
As Uchiha Nao spoke, he expressed his admiration and emotion for the clan leader, Uchiha Fugaku, in his heart.
The young Uchiha shrugged his shoulders after hearing this.
Shisui is in Ugetsu Shop, so he definitely can't rush to Ugetsu Shop at this time.
He sighed and had to go back to his seat and continue scratching his head.
In fact, they didn't know why they had to pass the entrance exam for Yuyue Store, but the clan leader and their family had given a strict order.
As members of the Uchiha clan, they naturally have to follow their judgment.
Then the problem arises.
Although there are Yuyue stores everywhere in their lives.
But they really had no experience in recruiting for Yuyue Store.
The young and proud Uchiha people are really worried.
What if this is rejected?
It's really terrible.
Uchiha, gloomy and sad.
Most of the young Uchiha who were given death orders by their families had sad faces.
During tasks or while eating, many people suddenly lose their smiles and even sigh.
As Uchiha, they certainly believed in their own strength.
But that's the ninja aspect.
If I want to apply for a job at Yuyue Store, I have to take an exam... I don't feel confident at all.
Alas, I can’t think about it anymore.
Let’s take a look at two more formulas.
The Uchiha's weirdness was so obvious that everyone else noticed it.
Although people don't know what happened, it doesn't stop them from guessing that this powerful and mysterious person has always been known in the ninja world.
What big event happened in the family?
Something extraordinary must have happened to make that Uchiha become like this.
Is there going to be another fight?
Or is there some powerful enemy?
After several years of harmonious coexistence, the people of Konoha had long forgotten the days of confrontation with the Uchiha.
Instead, I became genuinely worried.
"After all, that's an Uchiha..."
"Is there really another crisis?"
“No way…”
These strange rumors even spread to the merchants passing by, making them much more nervous.
Although I don’t know what exactly happened, it’s definitely right to strengthen security.
As a result, the number of commissions increased and even upgraded.
Some D-level escort missions have even been upgraded to C-level.
Although Minato Namikaze explained to others that for his commission, one D-level would be enough and there was no need to spend any extra money.
But the client rarely believed the Hokage's judgment, and instead demanded an upgrade in a strong manner.
The reason he's asking is that for the sake of safety, he's willing to spend more money.
With such changes, the Hokage naturally had to send people to investigate - for ninjas, intelligence was the prerequisite for everything.
But the results of the investigation made everyone laugh and cry.
——What is going on?
But at the same time, it also made people once again appreciate the power of Uchiha.
Uchiha preparing for an entrance exam can have such a big impact.
...Of course, no one expected that the entrance examination of Ugetsu Store would cause such a big fuss in the Uchiha.
For a moment, Minato Namikaze didn't know who was more powerful.
But no matter what, it’s not a big deal to be constantly nervous about safety issues.
So Namikaze Minato found Uchiha Fugaku and other people in charge of village security patrols and issued a new commission.
"Everyone seems to be very concerned about safety recently. Please take the trouble to make people more vigilant and arrange more patrols."
“It would be best if people could see patrols everywhere.”
Although it has no practical effect (at least there is no news of war or anything like that happening at this stage), it can at least give people peace of mind.
If you live in constant fear, you will never be able to live a good life.
The reputation of the ninja village will also be damaged.
——How could a powerful and vibrant ninja village make the people living in it live in panic and fear all day long?
Uchiha Fugaku: ...
This really makes the Uchiha's already tight manpower situation even worse.
But no matter what, it was Uchiha who started this matter, and he had no room to refuse.
Anyway, it’s just increasing patrol shifts, not real fighting...just increase it.
Hearing the worried remarks of some merchants who came to pick up the goods, Yu Yue was speechless.
She really didn't expect that an entrance examination could produce such a wonderful chain reaction.
Even merchants from other villages began to pay attention to it.
"No, where did the news come from?"
Yu Yue looked at this old partner who came to pick up the goods with a smile or tears in her eyes.
The other party ran a grocery store on Tance Street and was one of the first people to pick up goods at Yuyue Store.
"That's an Uchiha. If an Uchiha with the Sharingan can become like this, then it must be a big problem, right?"
The boss looked at Yu Yue with an expression that said 'you are still young and you don't understand'.
The owner of Yuyue Store is good in every way except that he is too young and inexperienced. He always thinks things are too simple.
"Alas, it has only been peaceful for so many years... I hope we won't start fighting again."
Although ordinary people rarely participate directly in combat.
But the impact of war will affect everyone living in this world.
Thinking of the years of war, he couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.
"Miss Ugetsuki, please be careful too."
He sighed with the tone of someone who had experienced it.
That's war.
Yu Yue: “…”
If I say now that they are just taking an exam, will anyone believe me?
Naturally, this kind of misunderstanding must be shared with Uchiha Shisui.
It’s so weird, of course I want to share it with everyone.
Uchiha Shisui did not expect that there would be such an impact.
As an Uchiha, he certainly knew what the clan's current situation was, and he took it for granted because it involved 'eye-opening'.
I just didn't expect outsiders to see the Uchiha in this way.
Especially when I heard those people say, "This is Uchiha's judgment," and "Is Uchiha in trouble? I hope they can get through it soon," I strangely felt a little proud and warm .
After all, this is proof that the tribesmen live in harmony with everyone in the village.
Uchiha Shisui likes everything now.
Sometimes, I even feel a little dazed when I recall the past when things were extremely tense inside and outside the village.
It was as if it was a distant nightmare.
To this day, I can hardly even remember what happened.
Only some vague and profound feelings remain in my heart.
Tell him that no matter what, he can never go back to the way things were before.
If it is to protect 'today', he would not even hesitate to sacrifice his life.
Looking at Yu Yue who was still mumbling something.
Uchiha Shisui once again confirmed this in his heart.
This is not only a 'day' in reality, but also the realization of his long-cherished dream.
And the other side.
No matter how nervous the Uchiha were, the day of the exam finally arrived. !