Strength... It's kind of strong.

Even Kakashi's forehead couldn't help but sweat a little, it was the first time he had seen someone say that about Jiraiya.

Uchiha Sasuke raised his head and glanced at Jiraiya, Gu Zi nodded and said, "Even Naruto thinks that a powerful ninja?" ”

Jiraiya's eyes squinted at him: "......"

Little one, there is a problem with your judgment standard, at least it should be based on your guidance Kakashi Kakashi, right?

Because of the arrival of Jiraiya, the seventh class has some confidence.

When Sasuke Uchiha and Sakura Haruno's injuries gradually improved, they replenished all the materiel ninja and prepared to turn Konoha back.

According to Kakashi's judgment, in order to avoid encountering enemies, the seventh class will enter the land of fire from the junction of Tanokuni and Yunokuni, and run from north to south to Konoha.

Shimura Danzo can't command all the dark parts, he can only order the root ninjas who were loyal to him, in order to ensure enough combat power to encircle and suppress the seventh class, he will most likely still encircle and suppress in the eastern part of Konoha, and it is impossible to think that the seventh class will enter from the north.

If common sense is to go, Kakashi's guess was correct.

After Class 7 arrived at the border of Tanokuni, Kakashi Hachiki was still taking a geography lesson, "Tanokuni is adjacent to the Land of Fire and the Land of Yu, and it is also a small and rich country, so it is often attacked by wandering ninjas. ”

"However, last year, the daimyo of Tanokuni recruited some ninjas to form a ninja village, Otokure Village, which is good at attacking with sounds."

"After the establishment of Otokuin Village, in order to avoid the invasion of Takiyin Village and Kusakuin Village, we reached a friendship agreement with Konoha and took refuge under the protection of Konoha."

Sakura Haruno smiled, "It sounds like this Otoin Village should be a very friendly village for us!" ”

"Well, so to speak."

Kakashi Kakashi nodded and said softly, "The Grass Hidden Village, Takiyin Village, and Otoin Village around the Fire Country are all allies of our Konoha family, and they should also send people to participate in this joint shinobi exam." ”

The Zhongnin examination belongs to the arms race on another level.

After the end of the Great Ninja War, in order to obtain more tasks, the small country ninja village can only promote force through the middle ninja exam and win the confidence of the client.

The establishment of Otoin Village is too short, and if you want to survive the struggle against other small countries, you must show your strength, and the Zhongnin exam is undoubtedly an important way.

Just as the seventh class left this area, a white snake suddenly appeared in the grass, and after watching the people of the seventh class leave, it quickly crawled towards the interior of the country of Tian.

Tian no Kuni, Otokure Village.

In a room in the middle of the village, a man with long black hair was fumbling for the documents in his hand, when he suddenly saw a white snake crawl onto his desk and stuck out his tongue at him: "Hiss..."

"The ninja class led by Kakashi Hachiki... And also... Self also. ”

The man seemed to understand the words of the white snake, and lowered his head and smiled gloomily: "It's really getting more and more lively!" ”

After saying that, he leaned down and took down a pair of scrolls, wrote a few lines on them with a stroke of his pen, and placed them in front of the white snake, watching it swallow the scroll in one gulp.

The man lowered his eyes: "Go and bring this information back to Konoha and give it to Dou, he knows what he should do." ”

"Hiss..."

The White Snake stuck out its tongue and slipped out quickly.

A ninja standing outside the door walked in and reported in a deep voice, "Orochimaru-sama, there is news from the Sand Hidden Village that the fourth generation of Kazekage has agreed to our request, but he wants to see you. ”

"Oh?"

The man sneered, nodded, and said, "Then tell him that when we take the middle ninja exam, we will meet in the Land of Fire!" ”

"Yes!"

Meanwhile.

Inside Konoha Village.

Due to the caution of Kosuke Marushi, he deceived those root ninjas, and after returning to Konoha under the pretense of a mission to the country of waves, he immediately reported to Sarutobi Hizashi about the trouble of the attack on the seventh class.

"Kakashi also asked me to pass on a word to Hokage-sama."

Marushi Kosuke looked at Sarutobi Hiza, scratched his head and said, "Tenzo, what he said is the enemy's intelligence. ”

"Tenzo?"

Sarutobi's eyes darkened, Tenzo is the code name of a ninja in the dark department, and it is also the survivor of Orochimaru and Shimura Danzo's human experiments that successfully opened the Wood Escape Blood Inheritance.

In the early years, he personally snatched the Wood Ninja from Danzang, and stuffed the Wood Ninja into the shadows, codenamed Tenzo.

Sarutobi poked his pipe, opened a top-secret mission book, and found Tenzo's itinerary, he suddenly raised his head and said, "That little guy just returned to the village not long ago, and I specially summoned him..."

As the Hokage, he understands the symbolism of the Wood Escape Blood Tsugu very well, and the Sarutobi Hinatal Slash's attention to the growth of the Wood Escape Ninja is no less than that of Shimura Danzo.

Every time Tenzo returns from a mission, he will go to see him in his spare time, and even Tenzo's teammates are his cronies, so that he can monitor his every move at any time.

If there really was something unusual about Tenzo, Ape Fei Sun Slash would definitely have received the news one step earlier.

"Kosuke, you go back first!"

Sarutobi waved his hand in disappointment, and after picking up the mission report of Marushi Kosuke, his face was slightly stunned, and he said in a low voice: "Wait, although you have only completed a C-level mission, but from this point of view, this is a mission with a difficulty of no less than S-level!" ”

"Really?"

Maruki Kosuke replied with a smile.

Ape Fei Ri put down the mission report and picked up his pipe: "Although I have always been limited to low-level tasks because of my ninja status, I actually want to do more for the village, right?" ”

Marushi Kosuke shook his arm, still smiling, and said, "It's just that I move my muscles and bones that I realize that I'm old..."

"Kosuke."

The third Hokage lowered his head and said softly, "You also saw that group of little guys, right?" The buds on the branches are growing, and a new era is coming, do you still stubbornly stick to your original vows? ”

This year's ninja school has produced many outstanding ninjas, and the new generation of geniuses of the major ninja clans have graduated, and it is time for Konoha to regain its vitality.

However, there is a concern that Konoha is at its most vulnerable, and that someone must shelter them and provide an environment for them to grow up healthy before they grow up to inherit their father's responsibilities.

"Hokage-sama."

Maru Sei Kosuke turned around and was about to leave the Hokage's office, when he heard Sarutobi's words, he grabbed the doorknob tightly, and his face gradually became solemn: "Isn't this what I'm doing now?" ”

After saying that, Kosuke pushed open the door and left the Hokage's office.

Sarutobi watched his back and leave, and commanded softly, "Help me go and get the task book of all the dark ninjas after the seventh class leaves Konoha." ”

"Yes, Hokage-sama!"

"Wait, take those task books with you..."Ape Feiri groaned for a while, snorting his pipe, "Come out with me." ”

Kakashi had always been very measured, and since he knew that the filthiness of the shadows and roots could not be detected by the ordinary ninjas in the village, it meant something.

Tenzo's code name, if not directly to Tenzo, refers to those former root ninjas who joined the shadows.

It is self-evident who they are loyal to.