Hokage's office.

The domed building in the center of the entire Konoha Village.

A shadow ninja knelt on one knee on the ground, and his mouth seemed to be speaking as if he were talking mechanically, and reported the latest news to the old man sitting at his desk: "Hokage-sama, news has come from the second warning area, there is a violent tremor near the ninth training ground..."

"Hmm."

The third generation of Hokage Ape Fei Hi slashed his hat, held his pipe nonchalantly, looked down at the stack of papers in his hand, and didn't seem to care too much about the problem reported by the dark department, and said casually: "I remember that the ninth training ground is a training ground assigned to the dark training class..."

Shadow training course.

The Shadow Training Course is nominally under the name of the Shadow Section.

However, most of the personnel in the dark department know that the dark training class is the root organization of the Shimura Danzo, and in fact, the root organization is far more than the establishment of a class.

"Yes."

The Shadow Ninja replied and continued to report, "From a distance, a forest appeared at the No. 9 training ground in a short period of time..."

"Oh?"

The third Hokage was still holding a pipe in his mouth, still carefully flipping through the stack of papers in his hand: "This situation, why does it sound familiar..."

"Yes."

The Shadow Ninja quickly lowered his head and explained to his boss: "Tenzo, who was transferred to the Shadows by Hokage-sama not long ago, released a Wood Escape Ninjutsu called [Wood Escape - Sea of Trees] in the Shadow Training Ground, creating a sea of trees in a short period of time, and it is initially suspected that someone is using the same Wood Escape Ninjutsu in the No. 9 Training Ground. ”

"Well, there's no need to look into it."

The third generation Hokage nodded, still not paying much attention to this, and was still looking at the stack of papers in his hand: "I already knew about this matter, and there is also a Wood Escape Blood Successor Ninja in the Shadow Training Class, and the Danzo Kagesuke has already told me." ”

Apparently.

The three Hokages lied to their subordinates.

After all, not long ago, he mobilized the dark department personnel to surround the roots, and with a fierce posture of being ready to suppress the roots, he snatched a wooden blood ninja from the command of Tuan Zang...

Now that he knows that there is a Wood Escape Blood Ninja under the command of Tuan Zang, can he send the dark department to surround the root and snatch the second Wood Escape Blood Ninja?

This kind of thing...

But it can never be repeated.

Especially since the last time, it is still a short time, and doing the same thing to Shimura Tunzang in a short period of time will inevitably make Tunzang feel dissatisfied and resentful.

If that Mu Dun Blood Step-ninja's talent is good, he can just find another opportunity to transfer him to the dark department in the future, and he doesn't have to provoke Tuan Zang at this time.

Konoha needs Danzo to deal with some shady troubles.

The ninja world is still not peaceful, and the ninja villages of the big countries are still fighting openly and secretly, and the secret action of spying on assassination and robbery has never stopped;

Konoha is also not stable internally, the strongest of them, the Uchiha clan, is ambitious, and the contradictions with the village are becoming increasingly intensified, and conflicts may break out at any time;

These things...

Shimura Tunzo is needed to help deal with it.

But...

A warning must be given to Danzo now.

Let Danzou know that he has been watching his every move.

Now we must let Danzou put away the thoughts that he shouldn't have, and he can't have the courage to do another assassination of the Hokage a few years ago just because there is another wooden ninja under his command.

That old friend...

Narrow-minded but timid as a mouse...

Once you get caught in a flaw, you will be scared to get into the sewer.

"Alright."

"There is no need to talk about this anymore."

"The most important thing now is the middle ninja exam in the second half of the village."

The three generations of Hokage were still flipping through the stack of papers in their hands, which was the registration form for the middle ninja exam in Konoha Village in the second half of the year, which was the most important assessment in the entire Konoha Village.

The significance of the Chunin exam is to select talents.

There are a large number of lower ninjas in Konoha Village, and these lower ninjas are the basis for maintaining the village to receive low-level ninja entrusted tasks, and they are an important help for Konoha to prosper, but they can only rely on receiving C-level and D-level ninja entrusted tasks to maintain their lives all their lives.

However, the nature of the shinobi is different.

If a shinobi achieves excellent results in the middle ninja exam and is promoted to a middle ninja by the village, it is equivalent to having a regular job to choose from.

Nakashinobi can perform well-paid B-rank combat commissions, work in certain departments in the village, and even have the opportunity to enter the shadows.

The middle ninja exam is the highest level of Konoha unified examination.

Konoha holds a total of two shinobi exams every year, and occasionally co-hosts them with other small and medium-sized ninja villages, and without exception, the pass rate of each shinobi exam is very low.

Since the end of the Third Great War in the ninja world, the ninja world has entered an era of peace, and the middle ninja exam has taken on a new meaning, which has become an important occasion to show off the national strength of Konoha .

Konoha Village's financial income mainly comes from the Daimyo of the Fire Nation and the ninja entrusted missions.

The Daimyo of the Land of Fire often came to watch the Shinobi exams to decide whether to increase or decrease financial support; Other small daimyo or nobles will also arrive to determine whether to give high-level entrusted tasks to Konoha or not.

Besides...

The most important thing, of course, is to deter and attract Konoha's allies.

Generally speaking, the small ninja villages are all allies of the five great ninja villages, and the small ninja villages often compare the national strength of the ninja villages of each big country, so they choose to take refuge in the more powerful ninja villages.

The middle ninja exam is undoubtedly the most direct place for Konoha to observe Konoha in the small ninja village in peacetime, which also makes Konoha have to pay more attention to the middle ninja exam.

"Are all the registration forms for the Zhongnin exam here?"

The third Hokage slowly put down the pipe on the side of his mouth, and suddenly asked, "Did this little guy Uchiha Itachi apply to take the middle ninja exam alone?" ”

"Yes."

The Shadow Ninja nodded and explained, "According to the information we checked, two years ago, Uchiha Itachi's teammates were all killed in a mission..."

"Since then, Uchiha Itachi has never participated in forming a team again, and he has almost never even participated in the execution of commissions anymore, and naturally he has no teammates who have participated in the middle ninja exam together..."

"But..."

"In the past two years, Uchiha Itachi has been training with Uchiha Shisui, and even assisted Uchiha Shisui in completing the collaborative assessment task..."

"Even if the assessment mission was interrupted, we can judge that he is an excellent ninja, and a person has the ability to complete the middle ninja exam."

"The only thing that's not quite fair is the three-person cooperative battle assessment."

"There have been quite a few precedents in the village."

"For example, when the teammates of the dark army captain Kakashi Hachiki, Uchiha Obito and Rin Nohara took the middle ninja exam, due to the lack of teammates for the three-person cooperative battle assessment, even if Kakashi Hachiki in the same class has become a middle ninja, he is still judged to be able to assist two teammates in the three-person cooperative battle assessment of the last course of the middle ninja exam..."

"And yet..."

"Uchiha Itachi's teammate is only Uchiha Shisui, so let the famous instantaneous Shizumi participate in the middle ninja exam, it's a little..."

"Hahahaha..."

The three generations of Hokage interrupted his subordinates with a laugh, waved his hand, and said, "That would be too much of a bully for these children, it would make this exam a joke." ”

"Yes."

After the shadow ninja nodded, he raised his head to look at the old man, and continued to add: "However, Uchiha Itachi does have the ability to pass all the exams alone, and Uchiha Shisui mentioned that Uchiha Itachi's training results are excellent..."

"Okay, so be it this time!"

The third Hokage nodded, and said as if unintentionally, "Kakashi, Tenzo, you go to the dark training class to send an enrollment form..."

"Yes, Hokage-sama!"

Two masked figures quickly stepped forward!

The three generations of Hokage looked at one of them, and their eyes became a little fierce: "You go and tell Tuan Zang, let that child with Mu Dun also come to take the middle ninja exam!" ”