"Those guys in the country of ghosts are too arrogant, I really wanted to teach them a lesson just now."

Entering the room of the hotel, Kankuro placed the object wrapped in a white cloth tape on the wall at random, and then sat down on the nearest bed board unceremoniously, haunted by what had happened at the main entrance of Konoha before.

"I don't know who taught whom, but the red-haired girl is obviously deliberately provoking you. That simple provocation trap, don't jump into it. ”

Hearing Kanjiuro's extremely dissatisfied voice, Temari, who was the eldest sister, glared at Kanjiuro fiercely.

If she hadn't stopped her just now, Kanjiuro would definitely be provoked to that extent, and then expose his ability information.

And once it evolves into that kind of result, it will be detrimental to the next Zhongnin exam.

"Of course I can see that level of trapping, as long as you are unhappy with the ninjas in the country of ghosts, what is the sixth country, I really like to put gold on my face and be shameless."

Kankuro had an angry expression on his face.

“……”

Temari shook his head, there was no interface.

She could fully understand the resentment that had accumulated in Kankuro's heart, but it was a fact recognized by many countries that the country of ghosts had become the sixth power.

Most importantly, the fact that Sand was defeated at the hands of the Oni Country military is also indisputable.

If the country of ghosts is not qualified to become the sixth power, then the country of wind, which was defeated by the country of ghosts on the frontal battlefield, still has the face to maintain the name of a great power?

On the contrary, it is precisely because the country of ghosts has become the sixth country that the face of the country of wind has become much better.

Losing to the country of ghosts, which is also a big country, can only be said to be inferior in skills, and it is acceptable in terms of face.

"Temari is right, the shinobi of those ghost countries is not simple. Your real battlefield is in the middle ninja exam, and before that, try to avoid directly engaging with people and leaking your own information. ”

Markey and I-Airo also came in with him, and when they heard Temari and Kankuro's words, their eyes lingered on Kankuro for a moment.

A few years ago, in the war between the country of wind and the country of ghosts, he was the shinobi who participated in the war as Sand Hide, and he had suffered at the hands of the country of ghosts, and he knew the horror of the country of ghosts.

Over the years, although there has been no large-scale friction between the two countries on the surface, the secret struggle has continued.

Especially in Kazami Castle, where the two countries are divided, the army of the Oni no Kuni stationed there is like a thorn in the flesh, stabbing the self-esteem of the Sand Hidden and the Wind Country.

In terms of diplomacy between the two countries, the country of sand and wind is also at a disadvantage.

"Yes, Mr. Markey, I'll be careful."

Although Kankuro was still a little unhappy, he had to listen to Maki's words, at most, he would wait until the middle ninja exam began, and then give the lower shinobi of the Oni Country a little color to see.

"That's good, if you have any grievances, use your own strength to speak in the middle ninja exam. In this way, even the country of demons will not find a reason to attack us. ”

Marki's words made Temari and Kankuro a little silent.

Marki's words already show that when facing the country of demons, they, as sand hidden ninjas, are on the side of disadvantage, but on the side of superiority.

However, the two quickly cheered up, and as the sand hidden aces who participated in the joint ninja exam this time, they had quite enough confidence in their own strength.

The right to speak among ninjas is, after all, to speak by their own strength.

"It's better to get rid of them all, so that when the third exam comes, you can have fun."

Kankuro said.

The third exam is held in the country of ghosts, and if all the shinobi of the country of ghosts fail in the first two exams, then the face of the country of ghosts will definitely be gone.

As soon as he thought of that scene, Kankuro couldn't help but have a playful smile on his face.

"Let's not talk about the other ghost country shinobi first, the few ghost country shinobi you saw at the main gate of Konoha will definitely not let you get it easily. It's better to be careful. ”

Markey recalled the Asuka and the others he had seen earlier, and his expression was cautious.

"We have Airo on our side, no matter what the process is, the end must be a victory for our side."

Kankuro inadvertently glanced at Ai Luo, who was silent on the side, and the other party's whole body exuded a cold aura, and the words 'don't enter the living' were almost written on his face.

Those emotionless eyes were as sharp as a blade.

Markey glanced at my Arro and nodded slightly.

Like Kankuro, he also has a strong belief in the strength of my Airo.

He even thinks that in the lower ninja, there can be no ninja who surpasses Iara.

Even if he is a shinobi, if he wants to deal with Iara, the battle will become extremely difficult.

Now the village of Sand Hidden urgently needs to achieve a winning result in the joint shinobi exam to change the perception of the rest of the country about the Land of Wind and Sand Hide.

Since losing the war with the Oni Country a few years ago, the reputation of the Land of Sand and Wind has been declining.

Especially in the past few years, the number of clients entrusted by Shayin Village has decreased a lot. Fortunately, the country of ghosts is not interested in entrusted tasks, and has no plans to enter this market, otherwise, the market share of the tasks in Sand Hidden Village will still be squeezed by the country of ghosts. That scene made Markey dare not imagine.

Therefore, in this joint Zhongnin exam, Shayin Village must be a blockbuster. And I'm Airo is the secret weapon pushed out by the high-level people of the sand.

Coupled with the identity of the son of the wind shadow, when the time comes, in the third exam, he will inevitably become a key figure in the discussion topics of high-ranking officials and businessmen from various countries.

"What do you think, I'm Airo?"

Temari asked Iara .

I Airo raised his head and looked at Temari for a moment, and in his cold eyes without emotional fluctuations, it seemed that he had lost his emotions as a human being, and then closed his eyes and replied lukewarmly:

"Boring. When the time comes, I'll hold me back, and you'll be slaughtered. ”

Temari smiled awkwardly.

Seeing that Temari, who had a hot face and a cold ass, was also defeated in front of my Airo, Kankuro, who wanted to be good for my Airo's younger brother, to talk well, immediately retreated in his heart.

It's unwise to bother me at this time.

A lighter one might just be a few cynicisms, and a heavier one might be thrown out of the room and spent the night outside.

"Okay, tonight and tomorrow, you can have a good rest, remember not to cause trouble here, I'll go to the meeting first."

Because the day after tomorrow is the start time of the first exam of the joint Zhongnin exam, there are some processes that Markey still needs to understand in detail.

"Okay, Mr. Markey, we'll rest after we talk, don't worry about us. I'm here for Airo and Kankuro, I'll be careful to watch the dots. ”

The most steady and careful Temari said.

"Hey, there's no need to add me, I've always been honest."

Kankuro suddenly screamed in dissatisfaction.

Neither Maki nor Temari paid attention to Kankuro's shouts of dissatisfaction, and nodded at Temari, and Maki's hands were sealed, and his body disappeared from the room in a gust of wind.

"Mr. Markey's Wind Escape Technique is getting more and more exquisite."

Looking at the mysteriously disappeared Markey, Kankuro was surprised.

"Of course, Mr. Maki is our second to none wind escape ninja."

is also a hand bow that cultivates wind escape, so she naturally knows the subtlety of Ma Ji's wind escape and instantaneous body just now, and if it were her, it would definitely be impossible to achieve Ma Ji's level.

"But I've heard that Mr. Markey was once captured by the people of the Oni Country on the battlefield......"

Kankuro touched his chin and seemed to think of something.

"I'll tell him this when Mr. Markey comes back."

Temari squinted at Kankuro, speechless and headache at this younger brother who didn't open the pot and which pot.

"Wait, Temari, I'm just kidding, I don't want to be chased and slashed by Maki-sensei with the Wind Blade!"

As soon as Kankuro thought of the image of Maki driving the Wind Blade and frantically chasing after him, he couldn't help but turn pale, and began to beg for mercy to Temari.

"Then just shut up and listen to me. As for the first exam, although it is confirmed that it is a written test, it is not clear what exactly will be tested, but it should be related to tests such as intelligence gathering and transmission, and now we need to prepare for this work in advance......"

In the room, Temari began to explain to Kankuro and Iairo what might happen in the first exam, and to prepare in advance.

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"This village is still the same as before......

Uchiha Yan stood on the window corridor of the ninja school, the sky outside had completely darkened, and he could see the kind stars in the night sky, and the commercial area in the distance was brightly lit, showing a bustling and lively atmosphere.

This scene, before leaving Konoha and the scenery in Uchiha Yan's memory, basically did not change much.

Although the ninja school has undergone several rounds of renovation, the specific scale and appearance are not much different from the past.

Compared with the rapid changes he has personally experienced in the country of ghosts in the past ten years, the retro-style architecture of Konoha immediately evoked the memories that had been sealed in his mind for a long time, and he was full of emotion.

The several ghost country shinobi beside him didn't speak, unlike ninjas like Uchiha Yan, who had a huge entanglement with Konoha in the past, there was no connection between them and Konoha, and the background was very clean.

They were just a little interested in Konoha, an exotic scenery that was different from the land of ghosts.

I'm used to seeing all kinds of high-rise buildings, and a large town like this with a bit of an idyllic style is still quite rare in today's ghost country.

"A few of you are here on behalf of the Oni Country."

At this moment, a young ninja wearing a Konoha Nakaya shinobi uniform walked over.

"Yes."

Uchiha Yan and the others turned their heads and looked at each other.

"Please come with me, the meeting is about to begin."

The Konoha Nakashinobi said.

"I'm in trouble."

Uchiha Yan nodded, and the rest of the Oni no Kuni Shinobi followed the Konoha Shinobi and left to the office conference room of the Ninja School.

When I arrived in the conference room, I found that the rest of the ninja villages were basically all there.

Basically, there are only one or two people in the presence of the small country ninja village, and there are more than four people in the large country ninja village.

In terms of numbers, it occupies a great deal of dominance in the meeting.

Although this kind of dominance is of no practical interest to the Uchiha in his opinion.

However, the mere act of being able to show their military power is enough to make many small countries feel envious.

Uchiha Yan lingered for a while without a trace in the direction of Otokuin Village and Yugakuin Murakami Shinobi, then withdrew his gaze, walked past the arranged seats and sat down with a few colleagues.

"Good evening, everyone, please allow me to introduce myself, I am Nara Shikaku, the leader of the Konoha Kamishinobi squad."

After everyone is in place, Konoha, as the organizer of the first exam, naturally has the greatest say in this exam.

So, Lu Jiu stood up first and gave a brief introduction to his identity.

In fact, there is no need for Lu Jiu to introduce him, the rest of the people already know him as a celebrity.

Five Shadows, the military minister of the Ghost Country, are all the leaders of the military field on the bright side of the six major countries, and they are naturally big names that everyone knows.

And as the ninja beside these six big shots, he is naturally well-known by all forces.

The combination of the Hokage and the Shinobi squad leader is one of the most noteworthy targets in Konoha.

However, although everyone knew this, they did not open their mouths to interrupt Lu Jiu's self-statement.

Next, Lu Jiu took the first exam of the joint Zhongnin exam as the center of the topic and began a detailed explanation of the process.

And in order to avoid favoritism on the Konoha side, Shikaku also proposed that the first exam would be conducted by ninjas from the six major countries to jointly monitor the examination room according to the examination rules, so as to ensure the completely fair nature of the exam.

"Excuse me, is it supervised by the ninjas themselves?"

Kamishinobu from Kusakuin Village asked.

Lu Jiu glanced at the other party and replied, "No, because there are a total of two hundred and ninety-seven lower ninja candidates who participated in the joint middle ninja exam this time. Even if you fill in the heads of the various countries in the joint shinobi exam, you may not be able to invigilate the exam, because the upper ninjas still have the rest of their work. ”

Moreover, it is too overkill to let Shangnin do this kind of thing.

"How do you proctolate the exam?"

"The invigilation is in charge of the middle ninjas of the six major countries, and each side needs to be present with four or five shinobi."

"So much?"

Each side was present with four to five shinobi, and that added up to at least twenty shinobi.

The representatives of those small countries were a little surprised.

"This is also because there are too many candidates this time, two hundred and ninety-seven people...... If you don't arrange enough middle shinobi, there may be a situation where the invigilation is not in place. ”

Shikaku explained.

The faces of the representatives of the other big ninja villages or the military were indifferent, this matter Konoha had already passed through them, and what they didn't know was only the upper ninja of those small country ninja villages.

"In that case, let's follow this rule."

The representatives of the upper ninja of the small country ninja village can also see it, knowing that even if they participate in this joint middle ninja exam, it is impossible to gain any right to speak. Moreover, the middle ninja of the six major countries served as the invigilator at the same time, which really ensured the fairness of the middle ninja exam, and prevented Konoha from manipulating in the dark at his own home and cheating for his village's lower ninja.

Seeing that the representative of the upper ninja of the small country ninja village was meaningless, Shikaku nodded, then glanced at a Konoha ninja beside him, and said to him, "The next thing is up to you to explain, Ibiki." ”

"Okay."

Konoha Shinobu named Ibiki stood up from his seat, he was wearing a black solemn trench coat, and the scars crisscrossing his face made his face look a little hideous.

After standing up, Ibiki nodded slightly to everyone and gave a brief greeting.

"I think everyone here has a certain understanding of me. I'm Morino Ibiki, the head of the torture department of Konoha Ninja Village, and the chief examiner of the first exam of the joint middle ninja exam. I think you already know a little bit about the rules of the first exam before you come. However, for some details, there are new elimination rules, and there may still be some ambiguities, so I will explain to you in detail now. ”

……

A meeting took more than an hour in total.

The representatives of the ninja villages and the military of various countries left the conference room one after another, and in the end, only a few of the shinobi of Konoha were left.

As the organizers of the first exam, they still have work to complete.

"I didn't expect you to propose to the above to temporarily add new rules."

Shikajiu recalled the content of the rules attached to the first exam at the meeting just now, and smiled slightly bitterly.

"Well, after all, in my opinion, since it is an exam jointly held by the six major powers, it would be a bit too shabby in terms of difficulty to be the same as the difficulty of the Zhongnin exam held by our own family. That's why I've just added some new rules to the first exam. And this rule is also supported by the rest of the ninja villages, as well as the military high-level of the Oni Country. ”

Ibiki replied.

"I suspect that those higher-ups, like you, have a tendency to abuse people."

Lu Jiu smiled helplessly.

Ibiki smiled too, but because of the scar on her face, she laughed a little scary.

"Because of the previous exam rules, more fish may slip through the net. But under the additional rules, the lower ninja who can pass the first exam will only be the elite. After all, whether the lower ninja can be promoted to the middle ninja, it is not enough to have a strong and fearless mentality, and ability is also very important. ”

Ibiki doesn't think there's anything wrong with her approach.

"I can't talk about you." Shikaku let out a sigh, and then asked, "Then how many Shinobi do you think passed the first exam?" ”

Ibiki thought for a moment and said, "I think two-thirds of them will stay." ”

"In other words, are you going to eliminate a hundred people in the first exam?"

"Then it depends on the quality of this session of Shinobi."

Ibiki said in an uncertain tone.

Whether or not to pass the middle ninja exam, in the final analysis, this kind of thing can only depend on the quality of the lower ninja who takes the exam.

Leaving two-thirds of the candidates is only an estimate of Ibixi, and the specific situation lies in the mentality and ability of the candidates.

Only a shinobi who has both can truly pass the first exam.

"Although the difficulty has increased, the lower ninja who participated in the joint middle ninja exam are all elites sent by all parties. I believe that the quality of the lower ninja in this middle ninja exam will far exceed that of any previous middle ninja exam. ”

Looking at Ibiki's confident appearance, Lu Jiu didn't want to say anything.

When I met this guy with a somewhat distorted personality, I had to pray in my heart that this year's forbearance would be blessed.

However, as Ibiki said, the first exam after the difficulty is increased, those who can pass are the real elites.

Ibiki's purpose is very simple, that is, to eliminate all the unqualified shinobi in one go, and at the same time to reduce the pressure on the examiners of the second and third exams.

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"I'm so hungry......"

At night, the Konoha business district is already crowded with people.

On the streets of the business district, you can see ninjas from all over the world at any time, and most of them are between twelve and twenty years old.

These people wandered aimlessly around the business district with great interest, carrying large bags and small bags in their hands, and the prosperity of Konoha exceeded their imagination, and they had a very strong desire to shop in their hearts.

For such a scene, Xiang Lian felt a little bored, there was not even a large shopping mall here in Konoha, so naturally she couldn't arouse any desire to buy in her heart.

Just following in the footsteps of Asuka and Asai, she clutched her lower abdomen in the back and shouted that she was hungry, while her eyes scanned the streets on both sides, looking for a place to eat.

"Is there a ramen shop there?"

In fact, it's not just Karu who feels hungry, but Asuka also feels hungry.

Since I ate at noon, I didn't eat until I came to Konoha in the afternoon, and then I stayed at the hotel. By the time I had packed up my things and left the hotel, it was already completely dark.

Kaori looked in the direction that Asuka pointed to, and sure enough, she saw a ramen shop that was open, and the name was 'Ichiraku Ramen Shop'.

However, there was already a long queue at the entrance of the ramen shop, and not only that, but the restaurant was so narrow that it could only accommodate five or six people to eat together, which made Xianglin want to complain.

"Captain Asuka, this store is a little too small, isn't it? And it's so crowded. ”

Xiang Ryu didn't really want to go.

She had never seen a ramen shop like this in Ziyuan City, and most importantly, she didn't want to stand in line.

Depending on the length of the line, it is estimated that it will take at least an hour when it is their turn.

"The rest of the place is just as crowded, and the queues are longer than here. Also, I think I've heard about this ramen shop from my mom before, and I want to try it. ”

Asuka had a look of interest on his face.

"Ruri-sama?"

Xiang Ryu was surprised.

"Indeed, I remember that in the photo album of my father's study, there was a photo of this ramen shop in the background. In the photo, there are mom and dad, Aunt Ruri, and an adult with white hair and a short knife on her back. ”

Aya remembered the photo album of his father's Shiraishi study, and there was such a photo.

"That's no problem, let's go get in line."

Thinking that the three bigwigs of the military had all visited this ramen shop, Xianglin immediately made a decision and decided to try the ramen taste of this ramen shop, which should be regarded as a blessing for those bigwigs.

Seeing that Karyo rushed to the ramen shop, Asuka and Aya followed, standing behind Kazuki and lining up honestly.

There were about a dozen people in front, some people from Konoha Village, and some Shinobi from other villages who came to take the middle ninja exam, and everyone lined up very well, and there was no contradiction.

As time passed, there were fewer and fewer people in front of him, and the bird was about to walk forward, when suddenly someone heard a loud cry in his ears:

"Why are there so many people, when is this going to be queued?"

"Stupid Naruto, whisper to me, so that outsiders will see that you are very rude."

In the face of Sakura's scolding, Naruto had no choice but to keep his mouth shut and did not dare to make a sound again.

"I'm sorry my companion bothered you."

Sakura walked up to Asuka and began to bow and apologize.

She didn't want Naruto's loud voice to leave a bad impression on her friends from abroad.

"It's okay, there are indeed a bit of people in line here."

Asuka waved his hand, signaling that the other party did not need to apologize.

Then, he sensed something.

Someone is staring at themselves.

So, Asuka's gaze passed over Sakura and Naruto and landed on the third person behind him.

I found that the other party's eyes were fixed on me.

More precisely, staring at the fan logo on your clothes.

This is a family crest belonging to the Uchiha clan.

And on the clothes on the other party's body, there is also such a sign.

"Are you...... Sasuke Uchiha. ”

Asuka stared slightly, and called out the other party's name.

Although he didn't know much about the grievances between the previous generation and Konoha, the Uchiha clan was once one of the founders of Konoha, and he knew about it.

One night five or six years ago, the Konoha Uchiha clan was purged by the traitor Uchiha Itachi, and in the end, only one orphan remained.

And the name of the orphan, Asuka remembers, is Sasuke Uchiha.