It was another sunny morning, and a row of extravagant carriages drove in through the gate of Konoha Village under the gaze of passers-by.

This year's Zhongnin Exam, the pomp and circumstance have not been seen for many years, not only the highest levels of the Fire Country are all present, but also the Daimyo of the Land of Wind, the Daimyo of the Land of Water, and several monarchs of small countries also come with them.

The front row opened the way with a group of fully armed majestic iron horses, and the war horses under the crotches of the mighty knights were all carefully selected psychic beasts.

Armed like this, charging in formation, with the blessing of the specially developed legion-level joint ninjutsu, even the city wall can collapse.

Not only the assault capabilities are strong, but the defense capabilities are also considerable.

The group of knights in front of them can block several blows from standard B-level ninjutsu, buying time for the people they are protecting to retreat.

Immediately afterwards, a group of heavy infantry marched in a neat line, and the carriage made of stainless steel behind it was ready to turn into a "safe house" to protect the nobles from assassination.

After the convoy, there was a relatively simple ordinary carriage, carrying the accompanying personnel and their families.

Finally, a platoon of lightly armored muskets followed, led by the ninja-trained "Liangjiazi", who had excellent basic ability, operated firearms, carried out long-range strikes, and under the protection of knights and heavy infantry, responded to large-scale attacks, inflicting effective casualties on the enemy.

When the long convoy arrived, a carriage in the center opened the door, and Princess Liuli walked out with the old daimyo, followed by the incumbent daimyo, the prince and the prince, Furusugi Masako, and Mrs. Shijimei.

Ancient cedar water, with the belated autumn leaves and a few children, in another carriage.

As for Katsura Jiki and Mrs. Maikoto, as well as their two children, Chinatsu and Kazuki, along with the others, they rode in a few ordinary carriages behind.

The former Major Governor of Gusugi, mixed with his retainers and servants, of course, was a little aggrieved, but this was also a last resort.

If you want to be safe and sound, hiding your identity is more important than the battle of will.

After getting out of the car, Furusugi Bushui asked Momiji to enter the venue with the children and the daimyo first, and then beckoned, so that Jiki's cousin and Mrs. Mikoto, who was wearing a thick veil and wrapped in a wide robe with an unclear figure, came over with the children.

"You will follow me to the main stand, not to the upper level......

"This ...... Is it appropriate?"

"It's nothing, I'm such a headstrong person! What's more, Hiiragi and they also like to play with Chinatsu and Ikki."

"It's good! The Gushan family does have a tradition of playmates."

For example, Togakuin Sunrise, who is now thriving, has a family background that is not very prominent, but because he grew up with Gu Shanbushui when he was a child, he was trusted.

It's normal to pick a few playmates of the same age for your child.

In the past two years, Uncle Zhiji's performance in Konoha Village has also been remarkable, and his subordinates have a huge wealth in their hands, and they have grabbed a lot of wealth for the family, and they can be regarded as meritorious people.

"Where's the incense? Why didn't you see ......?"

"She and her friends went to the ordinary stands, after all, they are students at the ninja school, so it's not good to be too alienated from their classmates."

If you want to be a ninja in the future, it's not good to show your family background and wealth too much.

The few people who spoke, under the gaze of the guards, walked into the VIP seats facing the rostrum opposite.

The third generation of the Hokage, Sarutobi Hichisaki, is already seated, and is looking over here, and when the audience is almost there, the candidates for this year's third exam will enter.

I've seen it once last year.,A little bit of an impression.,Pointing at the little mirror and the little division who have forgotten all about it.,And proudly explained to Chinatsu and Ikki who came here for the first time.,Suddenly it seems to have found an acquaintance.,Xiao Hiiragi stood up and waved.,Shouting to the stands below.。

Soon, Xianglian, who was sitting with her classmates, also turned around and showed a bright smile.

"Look...... That's my sister!"

Xiao Jing and Xiao Si, whose eyes are not as good as Hiiragi, searched for a long time, and finally found that bright red in the crowd.

"Sister, why do you sit so far?"

Xiao Jing asked a little puzzled

asked.

Everyone I know is nearby, only my sister, what are you doing in that place?

I also talk and laugh with others!

"I guess I can see it more clearly over there, but don't worry, I have a solution!"

Xiao Hiiragi, who was talking, took out a few telescopes that looked like toys from his chest pocket, but were actually quite professional, and handed them to the two little sisters.

"With this, you can see clearly."

"Hmm!"

Following Hiiragi's usage, the two little sisters had a lot of fun as if they had discovered a new world.

As for Kazuki and Chinatsu, they are still more interested in sweet sweets.

"Little glutton!"

Affectionately wiped the corners of the two of them, and stuffed a few pieces of pastry into his mouth, only to see that he was greedy, but he didn't realize that he was the most greedy one.

At the same time, Kario, who was sitting with Sakura Haruno, Hinata Hinata and Ino Yamanaka, unconsciously glanced in the direction where a special chakra was coming, and then quickly turned his head away and did not observe again, so as not to attract the attention of others.

Yamanaka Ino opened the bag containing the small snacks, divided a little for everyone, and asked curiously while eating:

"Your family is over there, why don't you go and sit down? Isn't there a better view!"

"We've been living together for the first two days, but we don't have to be together all the time. Just like you, didn't you come to watch it with your parents?"

"That's right!"

Yamanaka Ino nodded knowingly.

Activities between children, if there are adults around, it is really embarrassing enough.

"If you want me to say, you should also apply for graduation in advance, and then take the middle ninja exam." The owner of the title of "King of Fighting" is better than the average middle ninja!"

"It's hard to tell!"

Xiang Ryu stopped, Yamanaka Ino's touting,

"Just like the Zhongnin exam, the level of the winners of the "King of Fighters" every year is quite different. The highest level should be Kazuma, Akira of Ryudoin, and Kaguya-kun Maro, and Kami-kun is nothing more than that. The opponents I met with Zuo Zhu and Ning Ci this year are not bad, but there are no masters with particularly strong dominance. The average strength has gone up, but the top masters have not."

"That's not easy! I heard that not only our village, but even the official ninjas of Fog Hidden Village and Sand Hidden Village have been defeated by you. It can't be fake, can it?"

"Winning is winning, but it's not easy! In the end, strength is one thing, and luck cannot be ignored."

"You, you're just too modest, you see that Zuosuke knows how to apply for early graduation, and you can too!"

"It's not like it's untrue! It shows that we still have shortcomings! Ninja, it's not enough to be able to fight!"

A few people are chatting, the topic of Zuo Zhu is indeed a hot topic among girls, and handsomeness is indeed the center of attention that young people can hardly ignore.

At this moment, there were bursts of cheers in the stands, and it turned out that the candidates had entered.

"Huh? This year's Konoha candidates only account for half of them."

Caretaker, four Konoha ninjas, one mist ninja, two sand ninjas, and one star ninja.

A strong man sitting behind the well in the mountains couldn't help but mutter,

"Hoshinobi can also fight? It's not about bribing opponents and examiners!"

It is true that the strength of the star ninja is average, but the fact that he is relatively rich has been relatively famous in recent years.

Instead of taking on difficult and dangerous missions, they are active in a large number of low-level missions, which are called ninja villages, and are more like commercial "Everythinghouse" companies.

Coupled with the support of the Gushan family, whether light or dark, the life of the star ninjas is gradually getting better.

Since forming an alliance with Konoha Village, almost every session of the middle ninja exam, they have sent a large number of lower ninja to participate, but the results are not good.

A few years have passed, and this is the second time that I have seen Xingnin in the third test of the Zhongnin exam.

In contrast, two sand ninjas and one mist ninja are easier to accept, after all, they are one of the five major ninja villages, and

The "miscellaneous fish" of the Star Ninja Village in the Land of Bears is different.

At the same time, Xiang Ryu looked at the arena and immediately couldn't help but make a "huh" sound.

"What's wrong?"

After looking around, Sakura Haruno, who didn't see the figure of Zuosuke, turned her head and asked,

"What's wrong?"

"That dark-brown-haired Shinobi, I met in the 'King of Fighters' challenge, and his strength is okay, but it's ......."

"Won or lost?"

"It was a little tough, but I still won! That person's strength is good, but his brain is a little off the line, I remember it seems to be called Daimaru, a strange name."

After repeatedly confirming that she was not mistaken, Xiang Lian answered affirmatively.

"Your subordinates can all go to the third test of the Zhongnin exam, it seems that the gap with us is really getting bigger and bigger."

Yamanaka Ino couldn't help but sigh,

"I don't know who in the class will be qualified to team up with you in the future. Could it be Zuosuke? It's just him, I'm so envious."

"Sasuke, it's impossible!"

Xiang Lian couldn't help but laugh and said,

"The identity of the Uchiha orphan is very sensitive, and it's best not to get too close to the Furusugi family, the children of the big family, sometimes they don't speak with all their strength."

The ignorant Haruno Sakura may not quite understand, but Yamanaka Ino and Hinata Hinata can understand a thing or two.

In the adult world, the marriage between big families is equivalent to an alliance, and ninjas form a squad to carry out activities, which means friendship and bonding, entrusting life and death to comrades-in-arms, how can they make decisions based on their strength?

"That...... Who will be Zuosuke's teammates?"

Sakura Haruno asked curiously, but Hinata Hinata and Yamanaka Ino couldn't answer, and Kari, who had guesses, smiled and said nothing.

Theoretically, as long as the current pace of learning is maintained, among all the people present, Sakura Haruno is the most likely person to team up with Uchiha Sasuke.

However, it is not good to say this in public!

……

In the alley a few hundred meters away, Uchiha Sasuke, who was about to go to the venue to watch the middle ninja exam competition, was lying on the ground at this moment, not knowing life and death, and the Uchiha Itachi, who had an indifferent face, looked at it a few times, not knowing what he was thinking.

At the corner of the alley, he said impatiently with a tin cane.

"Aren't you alright? The Konoha Dark Part is coming over soon......

"Let's go!"

Itachiha, who has already figured out why Uchiha Sasuke's writing wheel eye will awaken in advance, knows that he is here, and there is no need to stay any longer.

Even if it was suppressed by various magical means, the memories in the depths of Uchiha Sasuke's mind were still dug up by Uchiha Itachi.

After spending a lot of time and cracking layers of traps and thinking labyrinths, he finally saw the crucial scene, as well as those blood-red eyes, and Uchiha Itachi's heart was not calm.

"Who is the fish that slipped through the net?" Where?'

Previously, Uchiha Itachi also speculated if there were other survivors of the Uchiha family.

It wasn't until he activated the writing wheel eye of his biological father Uchiha Fugaku and noticed that the Uchiha patriarch had a deal with Furusugi Busui that Uchiha Itachi realized that maybe someone from the clan had been secretly sent away.

Because the "memory residue" of the kaleidoscope writing wheel eye was lacking, and no evidence of a direct transaction was found, Uchiha Itachi didn't know the result of that transaction, and whether the Furusugi family really intervened in the "Night of Extermination".

Until now, from the depths of Uchiha Sasuke's memory, when he saw the appearance of other Uchiha clansmen, there were some things that should almost be concluded.

It's just that things are very difficult to handle.

Those who have escaped from the vortex of death, since they have chosen to remain incognito, let them remain silent.

As for what happened to Uchiha Sasuke, it seems to have been an accident.

Those who provoked Uchiha Sasuke, if there is no follow-up, it is possible that the Furusugi family who reacted will be disposed of.

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Putting its affairs aside for the time being, the Uchiha Sasuke, who is most concerned about it now, has become stronger, which is of course a good thing, but it will also make him encounter unpredictable risks in advance.

For example, Shimura Danzo, who is a ruthless person who covets the power of writing wheels for half his life, Uchiha Shisui is credulous in his character, and he suffered miserably.

Uchiha Itachi, who was following the earth and shuttling through the blind corners of his line of sight, found that no one had noticed the movement of the two for a long time, and couldn't help but ask strangely:

"You said you were coming to Konoha Village for the first time, how could you be so familiar with this place, and you could accurately avoid the route of the Konoha ninja's detection?"

"It's only the first time I've been here as a private person, and I've been here twice with the Daimyo, so I don't have much chance to wander around. But that doesn't mean that all the people I know are here for the first time!"

"Oh!"

I didn't expect that this former guardian ninja boss who wanted to subvert Konoha Village was so familiar with Konoha Village, and it seems that he usually has put in a lot of hard work, and he has been preparing in order to find the weaknesses of Konoha Village.

"Is there a way to get out quickly?"

"At this time? Don't think about it! Konoha Village is holding a middle ninja exam, and all the defensive enchantments are opened to the maximum, even if they use time and space ninjutsu, they will not be able to enter and exit freely for a while."

This situation doesn't need to be explained too much, Uchiha Itachi understands.

Half of the top nobles in the ninja world are here, and the defense level of Konoha Village must be the highest level, not to mention ninjas, even if a fly flies in, it must be checked.

If you want to sneak out, it will be impossible for a while, but there is some hope for getting out.