9:15 a.m.

In the pale blue sky, the sun had risen to a certain height, making the air in Konoha Village a touch of sultry.

On a dark path leading to the secret door of Konoha was so dense that even the sunlight could not refract it, and a light footstep on the road was heard.

The man who appeared on the path, wrapped in a black trench coat, bowed his head, and a hood attached to his collar, shrouded in shadows, obscuring most of his face.

In front of it is a low wooden door, which is different from the main entrance of Konoha, which can only support two people to pass through in parallel.

As it approached the wooden door, the figure looked up slightly.

In front of the wooden door, a figure stands.

A few Konoha ninja figures fell at his feet, judging from the fact that they were still breathing, and there were no obvious traces of battle, most of them were careless, and they were put down by someone in some kind of technique.

"Is it Sasuke Uchiha?"

The figure guarding the front of the wooden door was also dressed in pitch black, wearing a mask to hide his face, and spoke in a deliberately fabricated deep voice.

Obviously, he didn't want anyone else to know who he was.

Nodding, Sasuke revealed a handsome and fair face, as well as a pair of eyes that had long been uncontrollable and began to turn bright red.

"It's me. Are you the one who connected with me? ”

Sasuke asked.

The man didn't answer, but took a folded map from his pocket and handed it to Sasuke.

"This is the distribution map of Konoha facilities today, and the village has changed a lot from when you left before."

Sasuke took the folded map with a thoughtful look on his face.

"Well, then, I'll take my leave."

The man's hands were sealed, and he disappeared in front of Sasuke in a puff of smoke.

Sasuke didn't care about the man's departure, just gently pushed open the wooden door, and stepped into the dark tunnel without saying a word, merging with the darkness.

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9:30 a.m.

The candidates who participated in the joint ninja exam rushed to classroom 307 of the teaching building of the Konoha Village Ninja School half an hour ago, where they met.

A total of more than 200 candidates came to this large classroom without any mistakes, and the empty space, even if it was more than 200 people, would not seem crowded.

On the playground outside the window, there was no half figure.

Although it is not a holiday time, considering the special nature of the middle ninja exam, the ninja school has been closed one day earlier to make room for candidates who take the exam.

The official exam starts at 10 a.m. sharp, lasts for an hour and a half, and ends at 11:30 a.m.

Judging from the layout of the classroom, it is clear that this is the same written test as in previous sessions.

It is mainly designed to test the ninja's academic ability and intelligence gathering ability.

Located in a quieter corner of the classroom, Hinoko, who had followed Naruto to take the shinobi exam, couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief, as if she really couldn't raise any motivation for such an exam.

This is also a matter of course, although she is several years younger than Naruto, but in terms of job level, she is a real middle ninja, and she is expected to become the upper ninja in the village before the age of twenty, plus she is a candidate in the dark department, in terms of prospects, it can be described as a promising future.

As a result, if it weren't for the order of her superiors, she would still be at home leisurely at this time, enjoying the sumptuous morning tea time casually.

Whether it is her own academic ability or intelligence gathering ability, it is a very simple thing for her, and she can do it alone without relying on her teammates at all.

However......

Huonoko glanced at Naruto, who looked very calm next to him, but he was already flustered in his heart, and couldn't help but have a hint of helplessness in his eyes.

"Hey, Naruto-senpai, it's just a written exam, you don't need to be so nervous. With a little bit of seriousness, you can pass a test at this level, right? ”

She couldn't understand why anyone could fail such an easy exam.

Isn't it possible for a ninja to pass at once?

"Yes, yes, well, as long as I show one percent of my skills, I can easily pass this kind of exam. No problem at all! ”

Naruto patted his cheek vigorously, cheering himself up, as if he was afraid of being looked down upon by a junior like Hinoko, so he spoke very hard, sounding like he was gritting his teeth again.

"Then, Naruto-senpai, you should prepare well. Sakai-senpai and I can't help you much in this exam, and there are only two answers that can be passed on to you. For the rest of the answers, Naruto-senpai you're going to do it yourself. ”

As special candidates, she and Sakai already knew the questions and answers of the first exam in advance.

When the two of them take the exam, they will pass the correct answer to Naruto in a way that is in line with the ninja's ability, and then they can rest all the time and end this middle ninja exam.

Because they won't take the second and third exams at all.

Naruto is the same.

Otherwise, with their strength, it will be unfair to the rest of the candidates to participate in the subsequent exams.

Naruto, in particular, would seriously disrupt the balance of power between Shimoshinobi.

"I know, even if it's me, I'll finish the exam."

Regardless of whether this sentence came from his heart or not, Naruto still didn't want to admit defeat in front of his juniors.

Something like 'I'm not good at the written test or something' must not be said, because it is really humiliating.

He only hopes now that the written test questions this time will not be too difficult.

"Now you all sit in your own place, I am the chief examiner of the first exam, Nara Shikamaru, and you can complete it in one minute."

The person who said this was Shikamaru, who had already come to the classroom at some point.

He said this to all the students in the classroom.

He was also followed by Temari and other examiners, who were scanning the audience with majestic eyes.

The originally noisy classroom was immediately silent.

After looking at each other, the candidates walked to the seats with their own codes according to the admission ticket numbers they had already obtained.

"Good luck, then, Naruto."

Sakai smiled slightly, and left the group first, walking to a seat not far away.

Immediately, his gaze inadvertently lingered on the examiner Shikamaru's body for a moment, the smile on his face slowly disappeared, and a pair of inorganic eyes were full of intriguing.

"I'll go over first, Naruto-senpai, work hard."

Hinoko patted Naruto on the back and walked quickly to her seat and sat down.

"What, everyone is underestimating me, it's just a written test, look at me this time to surprise you!"

Naruto muttered unhappily, and even after sitting down in his seat, his face was still reluctant.

After all the candidates were seated, the examiners who came with Shikamaru began to hand out the test papers, followed by basic answering props such as mechanical pencils and erasers.

The test paper has only one side, the back side up and the front side down, so there is no way to see exactly what the questions are on the test paper.

"Okay, you guys, don't open the test paper first, and then it's time to explain the rules. The rules for this exam are ......"

According to the rules of the examination that had been drawn up for a long time, Shikamaru read them out one by one so clearly and unambiguously that all candidates could understand the specific form of the rules.

Just reading the rules aloud took Shikamaru two minutes.

There are more rules for this exam than usual, and there are some oddities about the literal meaning alone.

But experienced candidates know that these strange-sounding rules are deliberately made by the examiners and have a deeper interpretation than the superficial rules.

As long as it can be interpreted smoothly, the difficulty of the exam will be reduced by at least half.

Therefore, when Shikamaru read the rules aloud, none of the candidates made a sound, and they all listened very carefully, trying to memorize every rule in their hearts.

After reading the rules aloud, Shikamaru quickly swept around the candidates' faces and asked calmly, "That's the rule of this exam, if you have any objections, you can raise them now." ”

Seeing that no candidate raised his hand to speak, Shikamaru nodded without knowing whether he was satisfied or dissatisfied, but just took out a timer alarm clock, placed it on the most conspicuous edge of the podium, and pressed the switch.

"Since there are no objections, then, from now on, there are still fifteen minutes before the official exam, so you should keep these rules in mind."

With that, Shikamaru sat down, and except for a few examiners such as Temari, the rest of the examiners were scattered in the rest of the classroom, staring at each candidate with sharp eyes, making the stared candidates sit still for a while.

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Weave through the crowd like a ghost.

Although Sasuke's appearance at this time was very strange due to the dark trench coat he wore in broad daylight, passers-by did not pay attention to him as if they could not see this.

Sasuke also ignored the unresponsive passers-by, his goal was clear.

After walking for a distance of about 100 meters, Sasuke suddenly looked up at an apartment building, and without hesitation, he jumped onto the water tower on the roof of an apartment building twenty or thirty meters high with the help of the platform.

It was empty, and Sasuke lifted the hood from his head, untied the cord of his trench coat, and let it peel off his body and fly to the ground with the wind.

As if liberated, Sasuke took a deep breath of the air.

There was no difference from the air outside, but the memories and feelings engraved in his bones made Sasuke's eyes a little dazed for a while.

The bustling crowd, the chasing and frolicking between children, all the scenes are so familiar and nostalgic.

He used to live in this place.

Precious memories of his childhood and school days remain here.

However, looking at the bright smiles on everyone's faces at this moment, Sasuke didn't feel the slightest kindness, only irritability.

The irritability that somehow welled up in my heart.

There is an urge to completely tear apart the smiles on the faces of the people here.

Only such fantasies seem to be able to suppress the irritability that keeps coming to my heart.

After a long time, he calmed down the restlessness in his heart, regained his composure in his bright red eyes, and looked at the crowd below who were not yet within the range of the attack, and the corners of his mouth showed a touch of madness that even he himself had not noticed.

"The Last Revenge...... Let's start now. ”

The fingers were bitten, and blood poured out.

Leaving only an afterimage on both hands, Sasuke completed the seal in an instant.

Finally, he slammed his right hand down on the top of the water tower.

"Psychics!"

The low, muffled roar of the behemoth was heard from the thick dust that erupted from the top of the apartment building, causing the air in the area to suddenly heavily.

The three huge figures faintly appeared in the smoke with black shadow outlines, and the huge white smoke in the range could not cover their entire bodies, so that part of their bodies were exposed, even if it was only a corner, it was enough to shock people's hearts.

Feeling the drastically reduced chakra in his body, Sasuke couldn't help but sigh, the 'appetite' of these three psychic beasts was amazing, summoning them out, directly consuming nearly one-third of his chakra.

"It's a pity that the fattest one has too many chakras...... Forget it, that's it. Take action, cats! ”

Sou!

The three-headed beast obeyed the order, and like three fierce and incomparable black lightnings, it quickly rushed out of the smoke area, blowing away the smoke wrapped around its body with the fierce wind blowing when it ran.

Two of them were grouped together, one alone all the way, speeding rapidly in two different directions, and in the blink of an eye, their huge figures disappeared from the top of the apartment building, and the only blur on the road was the pitch-black shadows of the three giant beasts running like the wind.

"The bait is out, and the next thing is ......"

Sasuke instantly recovered from Chakra's rapid exhaustion, and was just about to lift his steps, but the air suddenly fluctuated, and he saw more than a dozen figures flash towards him and launch an encirclement attack on him.

On the road, some of the pedestrians, with their hands sealed, untied the transformation technique on their bodies, turned into a ninja, rushed to the top of the apartment building, and joined the formation surrounding Sasuke.

Seeing this scene, Sasuke's eyes were calm, as if this premeditated scene in front of him was not worth making a fuss about.

"Can't help it at last...... Guys who get in the way. ”

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Tick. Tick.

Minutes and seconds passed, and fifteen minutes passed quickly.

At 10 o'clock sharp, the alarm clock on the podium screamed violently, and soon the sound disappeared from the classroom, indicating that the exam had officially begun.

The time is one and a half hours, which is not short, not long, especially when there are many rules, all candidates are 100% motivated, open the test paper facing down, and quickly skim through all the questions in the test paper.

Among these people, Naruto was no exception.

It was not the first time he had taken the Chunin exam, and even if he didn't pass, he had some knowledge of the rules of the Chunin exam.

For example, the hidden rules in the exam or something, he also fully understands it.

After all, the first exam of the annual Zhongnin exam is basically the same, except that the questions and rules have changed, but the essence is still the same.

That being said, after going through all the questions, Naruto's cheeks were immediately soaked in cold sweat.

Sure enough, the questions are all types that ordinary ninjas can never complete alone.,After all, ninjas like Sakura with super high academic ability.,It's always a minority.。 This time, the examination is still based on the ability to gather intelligence, supplemented by one's own academic ability.

After understanding this, Naruto began to think about how to get the right answer in the way of a ninja.

Although he has mastered a lot of ninjutsu, but if he thinks about it carefully, it seems that there is no ninjutsu that is suitable for cheating.

Do you want to use the latest improved harem technique to make this place directly bleed, and even the candidates and examiners will be killed together?

Naruto couldn't help but shake his head when he thought of this scene, just thinking about that picture, he felt that the painting style was immediately abnormal.

Afterwards, he will definitely be punched away by Tsunade.

Just as Naruto was holding the pen, not knowing what to do.

Buzz –

A low vibration sound suddenly came, causing the large classroom to shake significantly, and some stone dust fell from the ceiling.

"W-What's going on!?"

"Was there an earthquake?"

The originally quiet large classroom immediately couldn't maintain the original atmosphere, not only the candidates, but even the invigilator was stunned and swept out the window.

The moment they turned their heads, a thunderous explosion swept in, causing their eyes to widen in shock.

A huge shadow suddenly fell from the sky and fell on the building opposite the school building.

Bang!

The entire building collapsed and shattered, and a hurricane of dust and stones blew in and shattered the glass of the classroom windows in the school building.

"Wow!"

Before the situation was clarified, the candidate who was accidentally hit by a stone immediately screamed in pain.

And the screams came and went, and more than one person was attacked by flying stones.

"What the hell!"

"What's that giant monster, cat? How can there be such a big cat? Fake, right? ”

"Damn, what's going on with the guys in Konoha, is this how they usually maintain law and order?"

"It's unreasonable to make a mistake at a time like this!"

For a moment, the entire large classroom was plunged into a mournful cry of uneasiness and danger, and the sound of abuse and anger resounded throughout the classroom.

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Hokage Building, Room 304.

Representatives of the four villages of Konoha, Sand Hide, Iwakure, and Cloud Hide gathered in this conference room to hold talks and form an alliance about the mysterious organization that captured the tailed beasts.

Of the four villages that are about to be formed, only Konoha has not lost the Tailed Beast, while the remaining three villages, Sand Hide, Iwakuin, and Cloud Hide, have all lost Tailed Beasts.

In particular, the loss of Iwain was the most serious, and all the four-tailed and five-tailed beasts in the village were stolen.

In addition, the country of earth where Iwakuin is now located is engaged in a military confrontation with the country of ghosts, and the power of the tailed beast is very urgently needed to redeem the military disadvantage.

For this reason, Iwakure is the most active party in this alliance.

As a representative, it is also the son of the third generation of Tsuchikage Onoki, Iwakushi Kamishinobu Loess.

The generation of Sand Yin is Shangnin Maki, and the representative of Yunyin is Upper Shinobi Samui, a close confidant of Thunder Shadow.

In addition, Konoha's upper ninja squad leader, Nara Shikaku, is the four upper ninja representatives of the four villages.

Behind each of them, each with an assistant, sat down at the conference table in Conference Room 304 with a serious expression.

"As a result, the fog still refused, right?"

It is the loess of the rock that speaks.

He didn't see the upper shinobi of Fog Hidden Village in the conference room, considering that it was impossible for this kind of meeting to be late, so the Misty Hidden Water Shadow did not plan to participate in this meeting, and had his own set of calculations.

"It's really rare that the country is still closed at this time. I thought that this village had changed with the rise of the new water shadow, but it turned out to be the same as before, and I didn't like to communicate with the outside world. ”

Samui sighed.

Naturally, the more members of the Alliance, the better.

The enemy who captures the tailed beast is not a simple ninja, and a part of the elite is drawn from each village to form a special operation team, which will naturally be more efficient.

"Probably because the tailed beasts in my village haven't had problems yet, and due to the lockdown policy, it's difficult for the outside world to get their information. When it comes to secrecy, it's hard for that organization to take their tailed beasts. ”

Lu Jiu said helplessly.

He could somewhat understand the attitude of Wuyin Village, and he also knew that there was little hope of winning them over, so when he learned that Wuyin did not participate in the alliance, there was disappointment, but this disappointment quickly dissipated.

"Let's hope so, after all, if their tailed beasts are also stolen, then there will be a headache. After all, their human pillar power is one of the five shadows, although it is now the former water shadow. ”

Markey clasped his hands on his chest and expressed his opinion.

Loess snorted coldly, in the previous ninja war, this former water shadow tossed them a lot.

In the end, it was just a bow, and then resigned to apologize. Such a perfunctory attitude naturally made all Iwakuin angry.

Now that I heard about the 'former water shadow', Loess's face was as bad as it was.

Everyone couldn't help but rejoice when they saw this, fortunately, the ninja of the fog hidden did not come, otherwise maybe this conference room would immediately become a battlefield between the rock and the fog.

In that case, there will definitely be no way to successfully convene an alliance meeting.

"So, about the meeting, I think it's almost time to start-"

Shikaku's voice stopped at a sudden explosion.

It was the explosion of some kind of heavy object falling on the earth, like a meteorite exploding on the earth.

So much so that the entire Hokage building was mourning, and the people sitting in the chairs shook their bodies and looked out of the window with stunned eyes.

A storm of dust and gravel struck and knocked down the walls and scattered glass shards.

However, the storm continued to hit everyone in the room.

"Earth Escape, Earth Flow Wall!"

Without hesitation, the loess closest to the window reacted as quickly as possible, slapped the ground with both hands, and a thick stone wall rose from the ground, protecting himself and everyone behind the earthen wall, blocking the sudden storm and preventing everyone from being injured.

"What's going on?"

Samui and Maki were even more stunned when they saw this scene.

Who can't think of it, dare to make such a big move in Konoha Village, and directly attack such an important place as the Hokage Building.

"Cat ......"

Lu Jiu squinted his eyes, moved his ears, swept out the window, stood up from his seat, put down the document in his hand, and said the word.

"Cats?"

Samyi and the others looked stunned.

The storm gradually subsided, and I saw that the open space of the Hokage Building outside the window was filled with dust, and two giant beasts with a terrifying aura were wrapped around their bodies, and their huge and sturdy bodies loomed in the gray mist, opening their sharp eyes at the Hokage Building, like lightning shoots.

(End of chapter)