Konoha was jubilant.

Even the street vendors straightened their chests and raised their voices much louder than usual.

In the case of not being favored, the lower ninja team of this middle ninja exam still successfully defended the name of Konoha "the strongest ninja village".

It can be seen that in the coming days, a steady stream of tasks will be sent to Konoha from all over the country, and the income of each person in Konoha will naturally rise, which is a major event related to the vital interests of every villager.

Every shinobi who returned to the village alive became a hero praised by the villagers.

As for those who left their lives in the rainforests of the rain country, they have long been selectively forgotten.

Among these forgotten names are Uchiha Itachi.

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Minamiga Shrine.

Unlike Konoha's jubilant scene, there was an unsettling atmosphere in the small room.

During the day, the Hokage's office informed All Konoha of the results of the Shinobi exam. As the most outstanding genius in the history of the Uchiha clan, Uchiha Itachi failed to get out of the examination room of the middle ninja exam.

It's hard to believe, but the world of ninjas is so cruel. No matter how good a young genius is, he will die. And the better you are, the faster you die.

In a corner of the room that the light couldn't cover, Izumi Uchiha cried in the darkness with red eyes.

Surprisingly. The two people closest to Uchiha Itachi in the room, Uchiha Fugaku and the new Uchiha patriarch Uchiha Shisui seemed to be completely unaffected by this incident, and their faces were still calm.

"It doesn't look like our new patriarch and the Uchiha Itachi are as close as they are rumored...

The Uchiha Iron Fire lowered his throat and said in a strange tone.

Around him, a small group of clansmen gathered. These were all his cronies, or Uchiha people who were dissatisfied with the current patriarch.

"Who's to say it isn't?"

The Uchiha Yashiro, who was not far away, had already pricked up his ears, paying attention to the sound here. At this time, when he heard Uchiha Tiehuo's words, he hurriedly leaned over and said a word.

The Uchiha Iron Fire glanced at him coldly and closed his mouth, somewhat regretting what he had just said.

Although I wasn't worried about these words getting the word, Uchiha Itachi was dead, and it wasn't a good thing to talk about a ninja who had died for the family and the village in a public setting like a family gathering, especially when most of the clan was grieving Uchiha Itachi's death.

"It's not difficult to understand Uchiha's attitude of stopping water, but if you look at Uchiha Fugaku, even he looks like he has nothing to do, isn't it a little strange?"

Uchiha Yashiro didn't seem to feel the alienation of Uchiha Iron Fire, but walked to Uchiha Iron Fire by himself.

In the first row of the crowd, Uchiha Fugaku's body was as tall as a pine, where was the appearance of a father who had just lost his eldest son.

"It's a little weird...

Uchiha Iron Fire withdrew his gaze from Uchiha Fugaku's back, and admired the Uchiha Yashiro beside him a little.

"This old guy's eyesight is really poisonous, our plan, should we pull him in too...

He began to murmur in his heart.

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It's not just the Uchiha clan who are in a bad mood, but also the three generations of Hokage apes flying to the sun.

He frowned, his burning tobacco burning red in his pipe, but he didn't take a puff.

His instincts told him that something wasn't right. In Orochimaru's style, after killing Uchiha Itachi, he will definitely be notified as soon as possible. However, until the team that participated in the shinobi exam returned to Konoha, he did not receive any news from Orochimaru.

What made him even more unbelievable was that according to Yoshino Kamishinobu and others, who led the team, he had always had high hopes that Sarutobi Nanami, who could inherit his Hokage's position in the future and carry forward the Sarutobi clan, actually died at the hands of Orochimaru.

The whole thing smelled of uneasiness to him.

He lifted his pipe and wanted to take a puff. But the pipe was halfway up and stopped in mid-air.

What if Orochimaru didn't go to the Land of Rain for Uchiha Itachi, but for another purpose?

With Orochimaru's strength and connections, it is not difficult to get the body of the Uchiha clan. Why did he just send someone to spread the news, and Orochimaru responded so positively? And the final result is that his nephew Ape Fei Nanami died, and Uchiha Itachi is life and death unknown?

For Orochimaru, his most doting disciple, he admits that he has never understood.

Every time he felt that he had seen through Orochimaru, Orochimaru would make some surprising moves to overturn everything that had happened before.

In the eyes of outsiders, the relationship between Orochimaru and him has transcended the boundary between master and apprentice. But in fact, he knows better than anyone else that it is all for outsiders to see. Orochimaru never really trusted himself, just like he never put Orochimaru in the position of his successor.

He needs Orochimaru, and Orochimaru needs him.

It's just an exchange of interests, just like what happened on the night Orochimaru betrayed Konoha.

Thinking of Orochimaru's chilling yellow snake eyes, his heart gradually tightened, and he began to consider another possibility.

As for whether Uchiha Itachi is dead or alive, it is no longer a matter for him to consider at this moment.

What if Orochimaru betrayed me and joined forces with someone else? And who will he choose?

Danzang's disgusting face appeared in front of his eyes again, and the needle hidden in his heart pierced his heart once more.

If there is no news from Orochimaru within three days, then you should consider whether Orochimaru's loyalty is still reliable...

He was immersed in his thoughts, and the fire in his pipe began to flicker and flicker, a sign that it was about to be extinguished completely.

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The mood of the people in Konoha is high, but the few people involved who can be regarded as heroes of Konoha do not have the courage that heroes should have.

Nara Shikatomo, Yamanaka Airlines, Aki Michizhang, Oil Girl Mallet, Hinata Xiangta, Inuzuka Hana, the six children of the secret family who walked out of the rainforest alive were summoned by the three generations of Hokage Ape Tobi Hichisaki, and they quietly hid back home, and did not even participate in the celebration dinner held spontaneously by the people of Konoha.

Even more well-behaved citizens claimed to have heard a fierce quarrel inside as they passed near Nara's house.

It's just that these are all gossip and there is no proof from the parties.

After hearing it, everyone laughed and didn't take it seriously.

The festivities lasted for a week. On the streets of Konoha, everyone has a smile of pride and happiness on their faces. And the families of those ninjas who died have been forgotten by the Konoha high-level and the celebratory crowd, and can only secretly hide in corners that are invisible to others and cry.