Chapter Seventy-Six: The Calm Before the Storm

Three poles on the sun. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In July, the sun is in the sky, and the red sun is scorching.

The last mid-ninja exam is in full swing, and the climax is repeated.

It is also getting closer and closer to the possible attack of Orochimaru. Konoha, the war beast, seemed to smell the smell of war, and was fighting back fiercely, squinting his eyes, quietly accumulating strength, and just waiting for the incoming offender to appear, he would fight back fiercely!

On the Konoha wall, the middle ninjas and the upper ninjas formed a team, deployed in various nodes, and were vigilantly on guard, forming a tight line of defense.

The white-eyed ninjas of the Hyuga family and the perceptual ninjas are scattered all over the key nodes. Their warning range can reach several kilometers, and they are intertwined with each other to form an impermeable cordon.

Behind the vigilance circle, there is a defense network constructed by the secret ninja as the bone, the upper ninja combat power as the muscle, supplemented by a large number of ordinary middle ninja and special filling seven kinds.

Combined with the defensive barrier surrounding the entire village, it can be said that the sky net is magnificent, negligent but not leaky.

If an ordinary shadow-level ninja dares to break in rashly, I am afraid that they will be like insects that have fallen spider webs, bound everywhere, struggling and unable to escape, and finally end up alive.

The essence of the first of the five ninja villages is fully revealed here.

Even in the years when the three ninjas were absent and Konoha had no other shadow-level powerhouses except for the three generations who were dying, the other ninja villages still didn't dare to brush the tiger's whiskers, which was also an important reason.

For the older generation of Konoha ninjas, Konoha has not seen such a fierce battle for many years.

Even in the several world wars that were fought so badly, even the ninja who was the best at raiding, Konoha was in the middle of the day, and it was rare for the hinterland to be attacked.

Only when the front line was tight and the rear was extremely empty, did Xiaoxiao try to raid the core of Konoha for thousands of miles, and without exception, their conspiracy was easily crushed by the three generations of Hokage sitting in Konoha and the perfect defense system.

At that time, the leaves were luxuriant, the soldiers were strong, and they were thriving.

At this time, the leaves, the old and weak, the women and children, are not connected, and the rivers are declining.

In the past, it was famous, but now it is just a layer of paper wrapped around the body, and the gold and jade are outside.

So much so, in the face of a shadow-level rebellion, he had to shrink the defensive line, shrink into Konoha, and rely on the advantages of the terrain to resist.

However, even veteran ninjas don't know how effective this is.

Orochimaru is different from other enemies who come to attack, he used to be a shadow-level powerhouse in the village, and he has been in contact with many secrets of Konoha and what shortcomings and loopholes Konoha has in the defense system, he knows it all.

Outside ghosts are easy to block, but house thieves are difficult to prevent. That's what I'm talking about.

Akai thought to himself as he led the patrol.

Although he looks rough and arrogant, it doesn't mean that he doesn't understand anything and can't think about anything. As an elite ninja, he certainly isn't a brainless muscular ninja, although many people think so.

He's just acting a little bit of a maverick.

After Kakashi went to the venue of the Chunin exam, he led two dark teams alone to continue the inspection mission of checking and filling in the gaps.

Although Konoha's defense system is known to be perfect, he does not dare to guarantee foolproof in the face of Orochimaru, who is familiar with this system, so he must rack his brains to think about where there are possible loopholes and which places are hidden dangers, and investigate them one by one.

As he passed a tower, he glanced back at the shadows who were beginning to pant slightly, and then took the lead and jumped to the top.

"Let's take a break. ”

Akai said lukewarmly.

The view from the top of the tower is very good, and when you look out, you can see through the towering walls of the perimeter and see the mountains in the distance. Looking back, Konoha large and small buildings are crawling at their feet, and the venue for the Zhongnin exam is still faintly visible.

The shadows followed.

He sat in a circle around the top of the tower, and while looking at the Konoha under his feet, he took out high-energy food that replenished his strength and took small bites.

The so-called rest time should be a time to soothe the spirit, avoid nervous tension to the point of numbness, and prepare for the next tense battle. But no one had the desire to speak, and for a moment the nine of them fell silent.

"Senior Akai, what kind of person is Orochimaru?"

While she was resting silently, a female ninja with long hair fluttering and a graceful figure suddenly asked, her voice graceful and attracting everyone's attention.

Orochimaru......

Akai Moran. It took a while before he replied, "He used to be a disciple of the three generations of Hokage, a ninja who was called the Three Ninja along with Jiraiya and Tsunade, and later, he defected to Konoha ......"

Why Orochimaru defected is already something that is difficult for Akai to say.

Probably has to start with the inheritance of the four generations of Hokage.

When Sarufei saw that the three ninjas and the new generation of ninjas had grown up, he deliberately took a back seat and transitioned power to young people. This decision has to be said to be very bold of a generation of ninjas, and he can afford to put it down.

Among the most famous people to become the next Hokage at that time, Sanshinobi had the greatest hope. However, Tsunade's heart disease with hemophobia has not been cured, and Jiraiya has no sense of responsibility to be the Hokage, and he himself does not want to be the Hokage. Ape Fei's favorite candidate at that time was Orochimaru.

Contrary to his wishes, Orochimaru actually exposed the matter of cooperating with Tuan Zang to develop forbidden arts, and hurt many innocent villagers for this. The three generations of Hokage were saddened to discover that Orochimaru had a concept diametrically opposed to his, and he suddenly changed from the successor of the three generations of political lines to an antagonist, and committed horrific crimes.

Master and apprentice turned against each other overnight.

On the eve of relieving the Hokage of the burden, Sarufei led a team to raid Orochimaru's secret research institute, and was supposed to kill him on the spot to punish his crimes and eliminate the hidden danger for Konoha, but when he attacked, he relented and only expelled him from the village.

After that, he passed the position of Hokage to the next generation of Bo Feng Shuimen, Jiraiya's apprentice, Kakashi's teacher, and a young man with a reputation that was in the sky.

"In short, since then, Orochimaru has held a grudge against the third Hokage and Konoha ......"

Akai said in a deep voice.

"And is he here for revenge?" asked the other Shadow.

"Eighty percent. Maybe you want to take the opportunity to snatch Konoha's treasures......"

The so-called treasure alludes to Sasuke, but Akai doesn't say it explicitly. Needless to say.

Let the dark people who don't know the inside story misunderstand the various forbidden and secret techniques preserved for Konoha .

Akai didn't want to say more, so someone changed the subject: "Why is he only coming to take revenge now?"

For a while, no one answered.

Orochimaru chose this time to take revenge, naturally because Konoha's strength had dropped to a low point, so that even Sha Shinobi saw the clue and was ready to move.

However, this is really an embarrassing topic: since the sacrifice of the four generations and the departure of the three ninjas, the huge Konoha has not had a new shadow-level ninja born for more than ten years, and an old man who has long since retired and is in his twilight years has been put in front of the stage.

In this sense, among the ninjas present, one is counted as one, and they all belong to a group of people who are not angry.

Therefore, the atmosphere suddenly became awkward.

Seeing that he had said the wrong thing, the man smiled dryly and diverted the topic: "Speaking of which, the newcomers who took the exam this year are very powerful!"

"Well, Senior Akai's subordinates are all very powerful, Xiao Li and Ning Ci already have the strength of the middle ninja level!" The woman with long black hair from before picked up the topic.

At the mention of his disciples, Akai was also in a much lighter mood.

Tsunade has returned to the village, and Xiao Li's injuries are expected to heal. And Ning Ci also opened his heart knot, and he has become a lot more cheerful recently, not as gloomy as in the past. It also made him let go of the two stones in his heart.

Although Xiao Li and Ning Ci did not advance to the third exam, he was a little regretful.

At this point, the atmosphere became lively. The strength of these two freshmen is indeed extraordinary, and they are a very interesting and promising generation.

So when it came to Naruto, Sasuke, Hinata and the others, it turned around and returned to Ninji.

"Having said that, it's just that Xiao Li was eliminated by my Ailuo, Ning Ci was actually defeated by a girl, it's really unexpected!"

"No, no, no, that Sakura Haruno is also from Kakashi, a ninja with the first graduation score in the whole class, so he has a bit of strength!"

"The ninja school has excellent grades, and there are many people with poor strength, and she's still a female ninja, so I can't think of how she won. ”

"Anyway, it's not by some secret art. I know the people of the Haruno family, they don't have that thing. ”

"I watched the video of that game, she is really powerful, she can fight with Ning Ci with physical skills alone, it seems that she has grown up. You don't know that this girl is a real genius!"

The dark part of the speech bites the word "real" very hard.

This was said so conclusively that the few people who were refuted immediately couldn't take it.

If the strength of this Haruno Sakura is not strong, then what is the defeated Ning Ci? If it is very strong, this deviates from their usual common sense.

It was Akai who took over the topic: "Don't fight, I know all the students of Kakashiban, Sakura Haruno is the strongest of the three of them, Ningji's strength is not as good as her, and it's normal to lose to her." ”

Akai knows very well that with Ningci's growth rate, it is not difficult to advance to Shangnin within two or three years, but Sakura Haruno is already considered to be the strength of Shangnin.

does not rely on blood inheritance, does not need family secret skills, this girl has completely relied on her own efforts step by step to get to where she is today.

It's different from Naruto, Sasuke, Ninji and others.

She is a true genius. A strong man who has surpassed the narrow blood inheritance and secret arts.

Now I guess I'm blooming on the stage of the middle ninja exam!

Akai looked at the exam venue from afar and thought leisurely.

But I saw a flare rising in a curling air, exploding in mid-air, and scattering into conspicuous fireworks.

The voice stopped abruptly, and in just a few seconds, all the shadows were packed up and ready to go!

Raid...... Here we go!