Of course the Chunin Exams are important.
Ninjas will not slack off in this most important exam in their ninja life.
But, that is...
People have to balance work and rest, right?
The Chunin Exam is as dangerous as it is, so we must face it with 120% of our energy and vigilance.
If you are not careful, you may even lose your life in there.
If you had never been to the water park and it was gone, you would really feel regretful even as a ghost.
Faced with the requests of this year's candidates, some people couldn't help but frown.
"Do they even know the importance of the Chunin Exams!?"
"That's right. When we talked about preparing for the Chunin Exams, we already wrote our suicide notes."
"So lax, so lax!"
There are people who oppose it, and naturally there are also people who support it.
"Ah, you also said it was you at that time."
An elderly but still brisk voice suddenly came over.
Who is this, trying to sabotage us?
Several people turned their heads to look over.
"...Sandaime-sama!?"
The owner of the sudden interrupting voice was none other than their beloved Third Hokage.
Noticing the gazes , he smiled:
"Times have changed. It's understandable that children have other ideas."
The third generation was happy to see this happen.
If possible, who doesn't want children to be able to happily do what they want to do, instead of going to the battlefield and dying without knowing anything?
"There are so many interesting things now, and we are all excited, let alone the children?"
"…So that's why you're dressed like this and carrying a boom?"
The middle-aged man was in a state of confusion.
Let’s not talk about anything else for now.
Third generation man, with your flowery clothes and fishing basket, is it the children who want to play, or is it you who wants to play?
Being looked at with suspicion is not in vain for three generations.
"I haven't been idle since I retired. I want to go out and relax with Lake Biwa... What's the problem?"
They are all at this age, and they can enjoy themselves with the money they earn. Is there a problem with that?
No!
That is true...
The middle-aged man thought about how the Third Generation and Ms. Biwako had been working for Ugetsu and Orochimaru in recent years.
Two people
At this age, with grown-up children, it's understandable that you want to spend some time alone together...
wrong!
This would be fine if it happened to an ordinary person, but you are a third-generation ancestor!
The famous Third Hokage!
Is this appropriate?
But no matter what the middle-aged man thought, the Third Hokage was determined to take advantage of this Chunin Exam and go to the Land of Water with the team.
On the one hand, his presence can serve as a guarantee - after all, he was once the Hokage, and even if he retires, no one would really regard him as an ordinary retired old man.
On the other hand, of course, you can go fishing in the Sea Paradise.
After retirement, the three generations have a very leisurely life.
The children have grown up, and Biwako has been rehired by Ugetsu Shoten as a special consultant. The third generation even became the legendary "empty nesters" for a time.
It was under such circumstances that three generations were inspired to develop a hobby of fishing.
Speaking of this matter, the origin is Chiyo from the Sand Village.
Chiyo and her brother have always been fond of fishing.
Now that she doesn't need to stay in the workshop every day to work, she naturally picked up this hobby again.
In addition, there are abundant water systems around Konoha, which is simply a paradise for anglers.
Naturally, she started communicating with other middle-aged and elderly people who also came to fish.
Then you communicate with me and I communicate with you, and finally it is passed on to three generations.
The third generation had nothing to do anyway, so he came here with his old friends.
Then things got out of control.
But no matter how passionate the three generations are, their record has always been zero.
Every time I go, I return empty-handed.
It works every time.
Everyone around him went up one by one, except for him, where there was silence, which was completely different from the surroundings.
It would be fine if it always was like this.
But I heard about the achievements of the people in the Sea Paradise, and the legend of the "Unmanned Air Force".
How can these three generations still sit still?
So whether out of support for the children or out of a desire for fish, the three generations decided to take a trip to the sea paradise.
But even though they wanted to play, everyone was still very serious during training.
For example, Uchiha Itachi started training his companions with a stern face.
As the most famous Uchiha genius besides Shisui, no one would doubt whether he could
Pass the Chunin Exam - after all, although the Chunin Exam is difficult, that is only for ordinary ninjas.
To the big families in the ninja world, especially the elites from the big families, that was just a drop in the bucket.
What people care about is whether he can get the 'first place'.
Yes, yes, Itachi is smaller than most of the contestants.
If the Chunin Exams were also divided into groups based on age, it would definitely be a 'children's group', but he is a genius.
How can we superficially judge a genius based on his age?
Not only adults think so, but children also think so.
Especially the children who had received instruction from Uchiha Itachi Tangxi, they called him "teacher" happily.
Now facing Itachi's 'pre-match training', each one is more serious than the last - they had never been so serious when listening to the teacher's lectures in the ninja school.
"Xinzi, your taijutsu skills are not good enough. You need additional training in taijutsu. Here is your training schedule."
The little boy first handed a training sheet to the two girls with pigtails, and then said without turning his head:
"Don't laugh, Tianma. Your illusion is still a mess."
The young man, whose smile just broke, said: "..."
Damn it, how did he see it without even turning his head?!
Although it is not the first time, Tianma still cannot understand how this situation occurred.
"I thought you didn't look back either?"
"Besides, isn't Itachi very good at illusions and the like? Why don't you come here?"
The hedgehog-haired boy raised his hands carelessly and placed them on the back of his head.
The three of them are a team, wouldn't it be nice if one of them could do the best?
"Although I didn't look back, the change in your gaze was too obvious - forget it, it's not important." Itachi turned his head and took out another training schedule.
"Although I am good at illusions, I cannot guarantee that the three of us will not be separated. If we cannot separate, we still need an illusion with a passing score or above."
"Even if you don't use illusion to bind others, you have to be able to escape from other people's illusions."
"I--"
Tianma opened his mouth and wanted to retort that my illusion technique was not that bad.
But thinking of his teammate's last name, 'Uchiha', he swallowed his words back.
After all, he is Uchiha, an expert in illusion.
When it comes to illusion, they are professionals.
Listen to him
Yes, that’s for sure.
"knew."
Tianma took his training sheet dejectedly.
This time it was Xinzi who came over with a mischievous look on his face and patted him.
"Come on, the future of an illusion master is waiting for you!"
"Who wants to be a master of illusion? If you want to be one, then be a master of ninjutsu!"
Tianma has always felt that a real ninja should punch hard, or it should be the coolest ninjutsu of Hong.
Things like fireball and water dragon bomb are child's play.
At least it has to be at the level of Great Fire Dragon, or the legendary Water Style: Water Rush Wave used by the second generation.
They are all ninjas, especially the ninjas of Konoha. Who hasn’t admired the first and second generations?
In comparison, although illusions are also very powerful, because they have neither the stimulation of real fists nor the heroism of a ninjutsu showdown, they always give people the feeling that "only the weak use illusions" or "only cowards use illusions."
It seems like an illusion was used, so even if we win it won't be fair enough.
At least that's how it looks to kids.
"Okay, okay, then please ask the future ninjutsu master to first raise your illusion skills to above Itachi-sensei's passing level."
Xinzi did not laugh at Tianma's dream, but just shrugged and wished him to realize his wish as soon as possible.
However, this attitude still made Tianma very dissatisfied: "What's the matter, don't you believe me?"
"How come?"
Xinzi looked at him in surprise, then pushed him and turned him around.
"Then please hurry up and train as the future ninjutsu master to make up for your shortcomings."
"I also need to work on my taijutsu problem."
Compared with Gastrodia elata, Xinzi is not as ambitious.
——If I must say, she is probably like most ninjas, and does not have a very clear idea about the path of ninja.
Although I have wanted to become a female ninja who would attract admiring looks as soon as she appeared, it was just a fantasy.
She hadn't really thought about what to do or what direction to take, and her family didn't have high expectations.
So all she did was go with the flow - enroll in school when the time gate came, become a Genin after enrolling, and then take the Chunin Exam when the time gate came.
Even these "special trainings" were only arranged after he became Uchiha Itachi's teammate.
But she doesn't hate the feeling of working hard to improve.
This would make her feel like she might actually be able to become the powerful female ninja she imagined.
Seeing Tenma and Kokoro leave, the other Genin who had been lurking around them also rushed over.
"Itachi-sensei! Please help me too!"
"Master Itachi! I can never do this jutsu right!"
"Brother Itachi! Please save my genjutsu!"
"You are much older than Itachi! Do you really have the nerve to call him brother?"
"So what? As long as he can save my genjutsu, he's my big brother! For life!"
——He is also a ruthless person.
Itachi, who had just calmed down, was surrounded by people again.
Facing these 'students' who were much older than himself, Uchiha Itachi was not at all stage-frightened. Not only was he not stage-frightened, he even accepted everyone who came.
One by one they began to answer and make arrangements.
Uchiha Mikoto, who was watching from a distance, suddenly laughed.
"Our Itachi might have the potential to be a teacher."
The man standing next to her had a conflicted expression - after all, if you really want to talk about it.
Uchiha Fugaku has many thoughts about his genius eldest son.
Including the hope that he can become the next clan leader of the Uchiha clan.
Even if he doesn't become the clan leader, he must become the pillar of Konoha as an Uchiha elite and enter the upper echelons of Konoha.
But after a brief change of expression, he just shook his head.
"All good."
Yes, all good.
Now the Uchiha are no longer like they were in the past, with both internal and external troubles.
Besides, he is still strong and healthy - as long as he doesn't need to go to the battlefield, he can protect the children for another 20 to 30 years.
There is only 20 to 30 years left, why not let them do what they want to do.
"oops."
Uchiha Mikoto covered her mouth in surprise.
How to say it, although she was pleased to hear this answer, but to think that it came from her husband's mouth...it was really surprising.
After all, as the clan leader, he has always been willing to sacrifice everything for the Uchiha.
Noticing his wife's gaze, Uchiha Fugaku frowned.
"I'm not... really unkind."
If possible, who wouldn't want all the tribe members to live happily?
It’s just that they had no other choice in the past, and no opportunity to choose another direction.
Now that everything is going in a good direction, why not turn a blind eye and let the children try it out on their own?
Now they have the opportunity to try it... and they also have the capital.
"But let him come back early for dinner."
Before turning around and leaving, Uchiha Fugaku paused for a moment.
"Sasuke missed him too. He's been yelling about not seeing his brother for days ."
Uchiha Mikoto smiled mischievously after hearing this:
"Is it really just Sasuke?"
"Okay, okay, I won't say anything more - go ahead, I'll pass it on."
Seeing her husband's embarrassed face and red ears, Uchiha Mikoto knew that if she continued talking, her husband would really be embarrassed, so she took the initiative to interrupt the topic and pushed him away.
I found an inconspicuous place to sit down, took out a book and read while waiting.
In any case, it’s time to take Itachi back today.
Special training is special training - but you can't really leave early and come back late for several days without seeing anyone, right?
"Hmm? To coordinate the testing venue for the Chunin Exams?"
Faced with the top leaders of the Hidden Mist Village who came to him on their own initiative, Yu Yue blinked in surprise.
"Yes."
The top leaders of the Hidden Mist Village said solemnly.
"Since this is open to all ninjas, I hope to borrow the employees of the Ugetsu store to conduct the test - of course, I will definitely not let your people make a wasted trip."
The Hidden Mist Village's move was not just to please Ugetsu.
They were really a little unsure - after all, the members of the Hidden Mist Village had been killing each other in the ninja school graduation exams for many years.
Completely different from the outside world.
What they take for granted may not necessarily be true for others.
If their goal is to kill the manpower of other ninja villages, then of course we can say 'the law of the jungle' or 'in the ninja world, only the strong survive'.
But this is really not the purpose of holding the Chunin Exam this time.
They want to find a new way out for the ninja village and want it to transform from the traditional model to a new track like other ninja villages.
So not only can they not let them die - oh, they are too weak to be eliminated and there is nothing they can do.
After all, swords have no eyes, and the ferocious beasts and poisonous creatures in the sea and jungle will not stop attacking you just because you are a ninja.
But in terms of the rules and exam content, they must try their best to avoid large-scale deaths.
After much thought, it would be most appropriate to ask Miss Yu Yue's people to come as external aid.
On the one hand, there are many people here at Miss Yu Yue's place, and their ages, genders and specialties are all different.
On the other hand, most of them have no need to take the Chunin Exam (regardless of whether they have already passed or are not planning to take it in the near future), so as long as they sign the contract, they don't have to worry about the questions being revealed.
"this……"
Ugetsu looked at Shisui and pulled him aside.
As a workshop, she had never participated in the arrangement of the content of the Chunin Exam - on the one hand, it had nothing to do with her, and on the other hand, it was to avoid suspicion.
After all, she has a lot of ninjas at her disposal.
If people think that her Yuyue Store does not follow the rules, it will be difficult for her to continue to develop business among ninjas in the future.
No matter what, this is something that will affect the ninja's life.
But Uchiha Shisui just smiled:
"It's okay."
"real?"
"Well, if the Hidden Mist Village did this, it must have made corresponding preparations. Besides, none of the employees here who came out of here participated in this year's Chunin Exam."
Uchiha Shisui was very calm.
In fact, it doesn’t matter even if the Hidden Mist Village reveals the answer.
How can there be anything unchanging in the Chunin Exam?
Even if it is the same venue, as long as the rules and conditions are changed, it will be a completely different exam.
In addition, there are ninjas from different ninja villages with different ideas and characteristics.
There will always be ten thousand changes for you to make sure they are right.
So he felt that Miss Yu Yue didn't need to worry about these things at all.
Seeing that Uchiha Shisui, an 'insider', was so sure, Ugetsu nodded and replied to the top leaders of the Hidden Mist Village.
"Okay, we can send some people here...but I have to be there too."
You can test, but you can’t let your own people get cheated.
"no problem!"
The top leaders of the Hidden Mist Village agreed immediately.
"We'll let you know as soon as we're ready."
The top leaders of the Hidden Mist Village left in a hurry.
Yu Yue originally thought that the other party would need some time to prepare.
After all, it is the 'Ninja World College Entrance Examination', so no matter how rigorous it is, it can never be too much.
No idea
After a few days, I saw the familiar him again.
“We’re ready!”
Hmm? Are you ready now?
Ugetsu was a little surprised, but considering that the other party was an entire ninja village...it was normal to have some 'speed-up' methods.
So she simply explained the work and took her top assistant to the test site for the Chunin Exam.
Then Yu Yue saw...
"An island?"
After floating on the boat for a while, Yu Yue finally saw the island ahead.
Although the outline is not clear because it is shrouded in fog, it is a fairly large island.
It is large enough to fit at least one ninja village.
"That's right."
The man nodded.
"We decided to hold the second exam on this uninhabited island."
Taking the situation of the Hidden Mist Village into consideration, they finally decided to hold the entire Chunin Exam in the wilderness like the Hidden Sand Village did - the Hidden Sand Village was the death desert outside, and the Hidden Mist Village was naturally an uninhabited island farther away.
This will not affect the village and the sea park, and will also allow candidates taking the exam to let go and show their talents.
"There are many similar islands in the Land of Water. Even if something goes wrong with this island or it is sunk by candidates taking the Chunin Exam, it doesn't matter."
——Did you say something outrageous?
Yu Yue's mouth twitched.
Should I say he is worthy of being a ninja?
When we talk about a sinking island, it’s no different than talking about picking up a piece of paper.
"So what do you need me to do?"
"We hope that Miss Ugetsu can provide several ninjas with different abilities - or those who are not ninjas but have bloodline limits or know ninjutsu are also fine."
"Then go to the island to conduct tests with the testers sent by our Hidden Mist Village."
After all, it is a test, there must be an upper and lower limit.
By the way, we can also test the island's endurance.
If it is too fragile, they can quickly move to other islands.
"How exactly should we do this ?"
"Our idea is to have the ninjas fight in small teams. Of course, we will provide special outerwear for the participating ninjas. If they are attacked in their vital parts, they will be considered defeated and need to leave the stage."
"As long as one member of the team survives, the whole team can pass
. "
"Otherwise, the whole army will be wiped out."
The top leaders of the Hidden Mist Village proudly introduced this method that they had discussed for a long time.
Such skills test the ninjas' sense of teamwork and allow exceptionally outstanding ninjas to showcase themselves.
It is definitely very safe!
Ugetsu: ...Why does this pattern sound familiar to me?
But then again…
"What if someone has a special bloodline limit, or they don't fight at all, but hide somewhere as a group of three until the end?"
"this……"
The smug expressions of the top leaders of the Hidden Mist Village froze.
"What if everyone agrees not to fight but wait for the time gate to end?"
“This, this…”
As Ugetsu asked the question, the top leaders of the Hidden Mist Village began to sweat.
"We...we limit the number of people?"
If there are 100 people participating, then we can narrow it down to 50, which should be fine.
"What if everyone only keeps one person until the end? As long as there is one person in the team who makes it to the end, it will be fine, right?"
The top leaders of the Hidden Mist Village were sweating profusely.
With their ninja thinking, he just thought that as long as people were thrown onto the island, they would definitely fight and kill each other for competition.
I never thought that this 'peaceful' method could be used.
Although he wanted to say 'impossible', how could ninjas from different ninja villages cooperate with each other?
But when I think about the recent frequent cooperation among the five major ninja villages.
I can't say that anymore.
Because he felt that if it was the current situation.
Maybe, probably, perhaps... this is really possible.
And the possibility is quite high.
They just thought that the ninjas would naturally fight each other, and they also thought that the rules of the exam should be gentler so as not to let the candidates fight recklessly.
But they forget that there is also the possibility that 'no one fights'.
As long as there are one or two people who take the lead, the other ninjas who do not have deep hatred will most likely agree to this plan that maximizes their interests.
"Then how can we set it up better?"
The top leaders of the Hidden Mist Village were confused but also somewhat relieved.
Fortunately, they found Miss Ugetsu first.
Otherwise, it will happen during the Chunin Exam.
This situation is a major problem.
"It's a drug circle."
Ugetsu blurted out.
She finally realized why this setting looked familiar.
Throwing people onto an island and starting a fight, isn't this the popular chicken-eating game?
At that time, the new girls and boys in their department would form teams to play during lunch break.
"Um?"
The ninjas from the Hidden Mist Village and Uchiha Shisui all looked over.
"It's just a poison circle outside the island that won't kill people but will paralyze them." Paralysis is equivalent to continuous loss of blood.
"Then, every once in a while, the door will shrink the poison circle a little. In this way, in order to avoid being paralyzed and eliminated, people will naturally go to the middle door. You can even fill the entire island with paralyzing poison gas, and the one who survives to the end will be the first place or something."
And speaking of eating chicken...
"I suggest that we place supply packs and tool kits irregularly around the island. Ninjas should not be allowed to bring their own things, but only use the props prepared by the organizers. This way, the lethality can be limited."
"The items in the prop pack don't have to be unified. There should be some stronger ones and some weaker ones. This can also smooth out the natural strength gap between ninjas to a certain extent and give those weaker ninjas a chance."
"If the ninja himself is really strong, like Shisui, then he can use weaker tools. If he is lucky enough to pick up powerful ninja tools, that is also luck, there is nothing to say."
“That’s true.”
The high-ranking official of the Hidden Mist Village stroked his chin and thought for a moment.
"If he was defeated just because of a slight gap in his ninja skills, it was because he had not practiced enough."
When fighting, how can we guarantee that everyone's props are fair?
This is also a good test for the candidates.
The more the top leaders of the Hidden Mist Village thought about it, the brighter their eyes became.
It can not only reduce the gap between ninjas, but also demonstrate team cooperation and personal strength.
It’s just too perfect!
Although Miss Ugetsu is not a ninja, she really understands ninjas better than the ninjas themselves!
"Ms. Ugetsu, you really know a lot about ninjas!"