"So, on the surface, it seems that the country of waves that has gained independence is also under the control of the military?"

The moment he met Chino, Sasuke figured out a lot of things that he hadn't figured out in the past.

At the first time, the problem of the object of the thunder light group was reflected.

However, even so, Sasuke was surprised.

As the leading team of bounty hunters in the underground black market, the Thunder Light Troupe, like the Xuan Ape Crowd, can be described as famous. Because of the particularity of their professions, they have dealings with celebrities from all over the world.

To put it mildly, these so-called celebrities of various countries are all trading objects of the Thunder Light Regiment.

Being able to stand tall among so many celebrities and be trusted, it is conceivable that the efficiency of the Thunder Light Regiment is definitely not inferior to the elite ninja troops of the Great Ninja Village.

Proud of this, the Lei Guangtuan will definitely go deep into the underground black market, and through the black market platform, obtain top-secret information that has not been circulated in various countries...... And these news will eventually flow into the hands of the military high-level of the Ghost Country and become the cornerstone of the layout in their hands.

Moreover, it is also possible to use the characteristics of the bounty hunters of the Thunder Light Regiment to secretly cut off the underground rats that threaten the military, which can not only supplement the activity funds of the Thunder Light Regiment, but also make the Thunder Light Regiment famous in the black market, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

"That's right, since a few years ago, our Thunder Light Regiment has been designated to operate in the area of the Land of Waves. It's amazing to be able to react in such a short period of time, little Zuosuke. ”

Chino patted her barren and thin chest, obviously with the body of an underage girl, but as a result, she had to learn the way adults spoke to maintain her majesty.

When you think about it, it's a pathetic topic.

When Zuo Zhu heard such words, he couldn't help frowning.

He knew that Chino's actual age was much older than his appearance.

When he was still studying at the Konoha Ninja School, Chino may have started to operate on the underground black market according to the orders of the Oni no Kuni military.

Even so, being called 'Little Zuosuke' by Chino, who looks like a child, still feels awkward.

Fortunately, this awkward emotion didn't last long, and it was dispelled from Zuosuke's mind.

"So, was it your Thunder Light Regiment that brought me back from the Forest Country that day?"

Sasuke doesn't remember what happened next.

After the Itachi fight, he fainted from exhaustion and lost consciousness.

What happened there, he did not understand.

"Of course not, our Thunder Light Regiment doesn't have the leisure to go for a walk in the country of forests, and there is a huge country of fire in the middle."

Chino shook her head and denied the claim.

Although the country of waves and the country of forests are adjacent to the country of fire, their location is from the south to the north of the world, separated by a huge country of fire. Even if the Thunder Light Regiment had a good amount of force, they would not dare to cross the Fire Nation without official documents.

Konoha's patrol force is not a vegetarian.

What's more, the Thunder Light Regiment, which does not belong to any force on the surface, is impossible to get such a thing as an official document.

The Thunder Light Regiment is a regular ninja group that is not recognized by any country or any ninja village. It's just a mercenary force.

After all, they are different from those ninja villages who eat the country's official meals.

"The one who brought you here is supposed to be one of your kindred, with a chakra-eye, but because he wears a mask, I don't know who he is. I hadn't met that person when I went to the Land of Oni to report before. ”

Chino explained.

"Kindred? Writing Wheel Eyes? ”

Zuosuke frowned.

"He said he followed you all the way to keep you safe after you defeated Itachi Uchiha."

Chino blinked curiously, staring directly at Zuosuke, a pair of bright purple eyes full of curiosity.

Followed me all the way? When Zuo Zhu heard this, his heart couldn't help but sink.

In other words, the other party has been secretly following him since he left the country of ghosts.

But he didn't realize the fact that he was being followed all the way.

In the Uchiha clan of the Oni Country, is there still such a ninja with good tracking ability? Even he didn't notice anything wrong.

"Well, after he threw you here, let us take care of the Lei Guangtuan on our behalf, and then left directly, so that you can recuperate here for a while."

Chino nodded, not hiding it.

As she spoke, she walked up to Zuosuke, stood on tiptoe, and stared at Zuosuke's face without blinking.

"What's wrong?"

Zuosuke looked at Chino close to him, and couldn't help but step back.

"No, nothing. I'm just curious that you were able to defeat that Uchiha Itachi, which was really beyond my expectations. I've heard that he has a kaleidoscope writing wheel eye that is more advanced than the writing wheel eye, and his strength is extraordinary. ”

Chino tilted her head, she couldn't see that Zuosuke's strength was so strong at all.

Although I don't want to admit it, if the defeat of Uchiha Itachi is a fact, it means that Sasuke's single strength has surpassed the Thunder Light Regiment she leads.

"Hmph."

Sasuke snorted lightly and didn't say anything to explain, but his attitude spoke for itself.

Defeating Uchiha Itachi was indeed his own doing, without the slightest deception.

"Okay, okay, I don't mean not to believe it, just surprised. So, do you want to come to work with our Thunder Light Regiment in the future? The core personnel of our Lei Guang Regiment have benefits that most people in the military envy, and the tasks are relatively leisurely, and they have a lot of time to do what they like. Little Zuosuke, do you want to think about it? ”

Chino warmly invited Sasuke and giggled.

If Zuo Zhu can be absorbed into the Thunder Light Regiment, then the strength of the Thunder Light Regiment can directly surpass the Xuan Ape Crowd, and if he works harder, he may be able to compare with elite troops like the Thorn Group.

"Let's talk about this later, I'll think about it."

Zuo Zhu did not agree, but said very perfunctorily.

"Well, we're done. Although we can't compare to the Thorn Group for the time being, those people are just relying on the sharpness of their equipment and their real strength, except for the leader, they are actually not much stronger than our Thunder Light Regiment. ”

As if she hadn't heard this, she thought that Zuosuke had become interested in the entry of the Thunder Light Regiment.

Zuosuke continued to listen perfunctorily, just nodding his head and not speaking.

Stepping out of the chalet, the sea breeze is pleasant.

It is supposed to be a small stronghold, located on the edge of the forest, with traces of regular human activity.

Around the wooden house, you can still see some other buildings, such as warehouses and the like, but they are more distributed.

There are a lot of staff here, but they are dressed more casually, and they should be the peripheral logistics personnel of the Lei Guang Regiment.

There are not a few main members of the Lei Guang Regiment, and it is reasonable to have a logistics force that supports consumption in the rear.

"This is a stronghold of the Thunder Light Regiment in the country of waves, no outsiders will come in, you can recuperate here with peace of mind."

Chino walked over to Zuosuke and said.

"I see."

"If there's nothing else, then I'll leave first, I still have some things to take care of here."

Chino nodded, ready to leave.

"By the way, I want to trouble you with something."

Sasuke stopped Chino, who was about to leave.

"What's the matter?"

Chino hesitated.

Although the Thunder Light Regiment is very idle most of the time when it is not on a mission.

But because of this, their tasks are irregular and need to be called at any time.

If it is too troublesome, it will cause the Thunder Light Group to scatter a lot of power, and Chino can only refuse bitterly.

Handsome guys are important, but so is the task.

As if seeing Chino's hesitation, Zuo Zhu said, "Don't worry, I won't make it too difficult for your Thunder Light Regiment." I want to know about the recent movements in Konoha Village, and the country of waves and the country of fire are facing each other across the sea, which should not be difficult for you. ”

"Konoha? So that's the case, I'll have someone send the information later. ”

Chino breathed a sigh of relief.

If it was information from the rest of the villages, she might not be able to get it, but the information from Konoha Village would be much easier.

No one knows Konoha better than the country of demons.

To put it bluntly, they know Konoha even better than their Konoha ninjas.

Zuo Zhu's request was nothing more than a gesture for the Thunder Light Group.

She didn't know what Sasuke wanted Konoha to do, and she wasn't interested in knowing, after all, everyone had their own secrets, and she wouldn't get to the bottom of it.

……

The efficiency of the Lei Guangtuan is faster than expected.

Less than ten minutes after Qian Nai left, a peripheral member of the Thunder Light Regiment transported a stack of documents and scrolls.

These materials are all information that belongs to Konoha.

This made Zuosuke wonder if Chino had already prepared Konoha's information, just waiting for him to ask for it.

Otherwise, how could it be possible to collect so much information about Konoha in such a short period of time?

Sasuke didn't think about it anymore, and the most important thing now was to confirm Konoha's recent movements.

The entanglement with the Itachi wasted a lot of his time.

And since he left Orochimaru, he has a little bit of an understanding of Konoha's recent situation, and he didn't deliberately collect it.

Now Itachi is dead, but the original Konoha high-level who once caused the Konoha Uchiha clan to perish, in addition to the three generations of Hokage who have committed suicide, there are still three who are still alive.

The consultant transferred to Koharu, Mito Menitis.

Root leader Shimura Danzo.

These three were all prominent figures during the reign of the three Hokages of Konoha.

It can be said that before the current divided situation was formed within Konoha, all the decisions of Konoha at that time were made by the four of them.

Include...... Dealing with the Uchiha clan is also based on the will of the four of them.

Obtaining Itachi's memories, Sasuke learns about the extermination of the Konoha Uchiha clan.

Decades ago, Madara Uchiha, the leader of the Uchiha clan at the time, left Konoha and attacked Konoha with the Nine-Tails, although it was finally stopped by the first Hokage, but it also made the latecomers wary of the Uchiha clan.

Among them, led by the second generation Hokage Senju Kakuma, a series of policies have been adopted to target and monitor the Uchiha clan.

Even the birth of the garrison was so tortuous, not because they believed in the abilities of the Uchiha clan, but because they wanted to prevent the birth of the next Madara Uchiha.

And twenty-one years ago, on the eve of the Third Ninja World War, the collective betrayal incident led by Chiba Shiraishi was completely detonated.

This makes the relationship between the Konoha high-level and the Uchiha clan even worse.

His father, Uchiha Fugaku, took over the power of the Elder Uchiha Quartet and became the new leader of the Uchiha clan, beginning to ease relations with the higher-ups.

For this reason, during the Third Shinobi War, in order to ensure Konoha's victory, the Uchiha clan suffered heavy casualties.

In the end, the Nine-Tails Incident, the appearance of the Kaleidoscope Sharingan, finally detonated the fragile relationship of trust between the top and the Uchiha.

Led by the root led by Shimura Danzo, a series of actions were formulated to contain and target the Uchiha clan.

Sensing this, the radicals within the Uchiha began to rebel fiercely, secretly uniting with like-minded people in the clan to plot a coup d'état.

The successful example of the coup d'état of the fourth generation of Mizukage and the loss of the position of the wolfberry also gave the radical clansmen infinite hope and beautiful reverie.

But alas...... All the glory and dignity of the clan were burned clean that night.

“……”

While thinking about these past events, while scanning the intelligence documents sent by Chino, Zuosuke's mood was very complicated.

The reason for the Uchiha's extermination was more complicated than he expected.

Sasuke forced himself to calm down and focus on the intelligence document in front of him.

After Orochimaru's failure, Konoha took a break for the time being, busy with the shinobi exam this year.

Just like four years ago, this is a joint shinobi exam.

It is co-organized by several large villages.

Although Konoha's reputation has declined a little now, it still has a huge appeal in the ninja world.

As the main examination venue for this year's Zhongnin exam, Konoha will definitely make good use of this opportunity to improve his prestige.

The difference is that in this year's joint middle ninja exam, the country of ghosts did not intervene, nor did it send the lower ninja to participate.

Although Konoha also sent an invitation to the Oni Country, the Oni Nation unilaterally refused to participate for unknown reasons.

Seeing this, Zuosuke originally planned to sneak directly into Konoha and solve the high-level of Konoha after recovering from his injuries.

But the holding of the middle ninja exam, Zuosuke felt that this was an opportunity.

For the safety of the lower ninjas in each village, if Konoha is attacked at this time, then, even if Konoha is unwilling, he must devote a considerable part of his energy to protecting this group of lower ninjas from various countries, so as to ensure the safety of their lives.

After all, if something happens to these people, Konoha will not be able to escape the blame.

At that time, it is not necessary to take this opportunity to increase your prestige, and it will be a blessing not to be condemned by other countries afterwards.

Zuosuke simulated various assassination plans in his mind, and felt more and more that this year's middle ninja exam was a good time.

"July 10 ......"

This date is the time for the first exam of the joint junin exam.

At that time, candidates from all over the world will gather in the examination room for a written test.

However, Sasuke also saw a piece of news.

On July 10th, in addition to being the first exam time of the joint Zhongnin exam, on that day, the villages of Shayin and Iwakure will send envoys to meet in the Hokage Building in a low-key manner.

In order to recapture the stolen tailed beasts, they plan to use the middle ninja exam to complete this secret alliance.

In other words, not only the candidates, but also the members of the alliance may be able to take advantage of it.

Sasuke put away the information and let out a sigh of relief.

Once you've decided on a course of action, it's time to wait for that day to come.

The high-level people of Konoha have to wash their necks.

◎

A deafening roar rang out, followed by countless blades of air, spiraling in a spiral that sliced in all directions, shattering the entire land and forest.

The entire training ground was shrouded in a blinding white light, and I couldn't open my eyes.

When the movement subsided, a huge hemispheric crater appeared on the ground, and the section of the potholes left countless scratches of wild beasts, leaving a brutal sharp aura, lingering.

Just approaching the edge of the pit makes people feel stinging on the skin.

"Great, finally succeeded!"

Naruto, who was about a dozen meters away from the edge of the pothole, almost jumped up in excitement.

Looking at the movements caused by his ninjutsu, even he could not keep calm at this time.

After working hard for so long, I finally completed this new technique.

Although the process was very tortuous, in his hands, he also got a killer trick.

With this trick, his strength has made a qualitative leap.

Learn immortal arts, so that he is invincible in the same level.

However, the lack of effective means of attack led him to only deal with ninjas of the same level, and he could not decide the outcome at once.

But now with this new technique, everything is different.

This trick will definitely surprise people.

- Congratulations, Naruto, for finally getting this trick done.

The sound of Watergate's congratulations also sounded.

- It's also thanks to your help, Dad, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to complete this new technique so quickly. However, in the spiral pill, it is really difficult to integrate the immortal art and wind attribute chakra.

Naruto rubbed his sore shoulders.

With his chakra volume, he also felt that the consumption of this new technique was huge.

- Moreover, this technique is too chakra-intensive, and it feels like if you launch a dozen or so chakras, and the chakra may bottom out.

——……

Hearing Naruto complain like this, Mizuto suddenly didn't want to speak.

He knew that Naruto didn't have any malice when he said such things, just a natural complaint.

But because of this, he felt that Naruto's chakra was very terrifying compared to ordinary ninjas.

Don't say ten, just by firing one, an ordinary ninja may drain the whole body chakra, and if you use the second shot, you will definitely die because the chakra is exhausted.

- So, Naruto, have you decided what to call this new technique? If you don't mind, let Daddy and I give you a resounding name.

- Well, that's not necessary, this new technique, I've decided to call it 'Wind Escape Spiral Shuriken'. Because the way it spins, it looks like a shuriken.

Maybe thinking of something, Naruto shuddered and directly decided on the name of the new jutsu, not giving the water gate a chance to insert it.

After all these years of getting along, he also understood what kind of person his father Watergate was.

Although he is excellent in all aspects, whether it is ability or brain, he can be called the best ninja Naruto has ever seen, but in terms of name, it is quite regrettable and cruel.

If he asked the other party to come up with a name for his new technique, he felt that just shouting it out would explode with shame.

"Alright, I'm going to report to Tsunade on the progress of the new book."

Naruto felt a lot of respect for Tsunade, who spared no effort to support his actions.

He knew that there were many adults in the village who had bad intentions towards him, but many more people would be kind to him.

- Yes, tell me earlier, and you can also reassure Tsunade-sama.

Watergate also respects Tsunade's personality very much.

At such a time, taking over a mess like Konoha can still do it to this extent, and win enough time and space for Naruto's growth, you can imagine the energy spent in it.

If the other party hadn't chosen to leave Konoha at the beginning, the fourth Hokage wouldn't have fallen on him.

Perhaps, Konoha will move towards a different future.

- By the way, now that the new technique has been completed, then you can train to control the Nine-Tails.

Finally, Watergate added this sentence again.

Only in this way can we gain a self-protection power in this increasingly dangerous ninja world.

Otherwise, just completing the new technique will still be quite a small gap compared to those real top ninjas.

And this gap can only be smoothed out with the nine tails, and even ...... Transcend!

……

Hokage's office.

When Naruto came here, he found that in the office, it was not only Tsunade, but there was another person.

"Shikamaru?"

The person who appeared in the office was none other than Shikamaru.

He was holding a document in his hand and was dictating to it.

Hearing the movement behind him, Shikamaru said with a smile, "It's you, Naruto, you're really a coincidence, Hokage-sama and I just happened to talk about you." ”

"My business?"

Naruto went back and forth between Shikamaru and Tsunade, suddenly surprised.

"Yes, you shouldn't forget that the middle ninja exam will be held in a few days."

Shikamaru said directly.

"Uh......" Naruto suddenly remembered, as if there really was such a thing, his face was covered with sweat, he wiped it with his sleeve, and said with a reluctant smile: "When, of course I didn't forget, haha, how could I forget such an important thing." ”

Actually, it's almost forgotten.

And seeing Naruto's insincere gesture, Shikamaru and Tsunade were a little speechless, and it was obvious that the other party had forgotten about it.

"Well, you're part of it this year. Sakai and Hinoko will also accompany you to participate. ”

Shikamaru sighed.

"Sakai, Hinoko? But aren't they all middle ninjas? ”

Naruto's face was full of question marks.

Huoyezi is a candidate for the dark department, and Zuojing is the root, both of which have their own secret promotion channels.

In the seventh class, he is the only one who is not a middle ninja, but the lowest lower ninja.

"Whose fault do you think it is? Rest assured, the two of them are just accompanied, and if you want to use them to improve your rating, you're very wrong. Their final score is calculated on average. If you want to become a middle ninja, then you have to score more than the average of the two of them in the final score of the three exams. ”

Shikamaru said this.

In fact, the biggest difficulty for Naruto was not the second team battle, but the third individual battle.

It is the first round of written examinations.

As long as he clears the first round of the written test and gets a score above the average, then Naruto's becoming a middle ninja is basically stable.

"Well, I see. I'm going to fight with all my might. ”

Naruto nodded solemnly.

"No, you can give it your all in the first exam, and you don't have to go all out in the second and third exams."

Shikamaru was afraid that Naruto would be careless and beat all the candidates to death in the next two exams.

This assessment of Naruto will only focus on the first exam.

The second and third games, just a cutscene.

"So, I'll quit first, Hokage-sama, I have other things to deal with over there."

Shikamaru bids farewell to Tsunade.

"Well, go ahead."

Tsunade nodded, signaling for the other party to leave.

With permission, Shikamaru turned to leave.

Maybe it was the wrong angle of observation, Naruto suddenly felt that after Shikamaru turned around, his expression bowed his head slightly, and there was a dark color that he didn't usually have.