In the end, Jiraiya went to the hospital as expected to treat his injured Hina｜Kiku.

Unfortunately, he was not happy at all and even wanted to cry.

Because of Tsunade, his wound was torn, and a bright red color appeared on his gray robe, which was seen by many people at the end of the meeting.

All his efforts were in vain, and he was laughed at by Tsunade when he was recovering at Konoha Hospital.

The only good thing is that the cause of the injury was cleared up and a little bit of face was saved.

"What a bad luck..." Jiraiya sighed as he lay on the hospital bed.

On the other side, on the way home, Kakashi remembered the novel that Kiraiya had given him, so he curiously opened it and read it.

"How could it be possible? It's actually..." Kakashi's eyes widened with disbelief on his face.

The book Jiraiya-sama gave to me was actually this kind of book!

Kakashi closed the book, looked around, and found that no one had seen him. Then he put the book away again and walked toward home.

I didn't expect Jiraiya-sama to look like this, but the book he wrote was surprisingly good.

This kind of book is really too dangerous. For the sake of Konoha's safety, he, the first leader of the training team, should criticize it carefully before making a decision.

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"Konoha, it's still so beautiful and prosperous." Onoki, who led Iwagakure to Konoha, sighed as he looked at Konoha's tall and majestic huge wooden door.

The last time he came to Konoha in person was at the beginning of the establishment of the Five Great Nations. At that time, he and his master, the Second Generation Tsuchikage Mu, went to Konoha to inquire about forming an alliance.

Unfortunately, they were unlucky. They met Uchiha Madara before they even saw Hashirama. Not only did they fail to form an alliance, but they were easily defeated by Uchiha Madara.

The reason why they were not killed was simply because Madara Uchiha didn't care about them.

It was that time that developed Ohnoki's character of being careful before making decisions.

He saw a real strong person, as strong as his teacher who developed the blood successor elimination, and he was not much different from him in front of Uchiha Madara.

Facing such a strong man, one cannot be too cautious. Even so, there is almost no hope of victory.

"It's true. I feel that the scenery here is much better than in our village. Iwagakure Village feels like there are rocks and mountains everywhere, which is not fun at all." A little loli with short ear-length hair next to Onoki complained.

Iwagakure, who was following behind Ohnoki, wanted to retort, no matter how good the golden nest or silver nest was, it was not as good as his own doghouse. How could he belittle his own village so much.

But when they thought about the identity of this little girl, they felt that it was better not to talk too much and let the Tsuchikage educate him on his own.

Onoki showed a helpless smile, rubbed Kurotsuchi's short black hair, and said:

"Black soil, there are many stones, but there are also benefits of stones. They can build houses to protect people from wind and rain, and they can also pickle vegetables. High mountains can also give people a higher view.

The hard stone represents the strong will of the people of the Earth Kingdom, and the towering mountains represent the broadened horizons of the people of the Earth Kingdom..."

"I don't understand." Kurotsuchi shook his head and said blankly.

"It's okay, you will understand later." Ohnoki thought of Kurotsuchi's age, smiled, and led the Iwagakure towards Konoha.

Even if he had high expectations for this granddaughter, she was only a three-year-old child now.

Onoki came here this time just to bring Kurotsuchi here to gain some knowledge.

The threat of Konoha is too strong. In ordinary times, Loess's strength may be able to cope with it. Facing the powerful Konoha that is gradually developing towards the beginning of the village, Loess is not enough.

He wants to personally train a successor who can safeguard the foundation of Iwagakure Village in the upcoming situation in the ninja world.

A cautious person like Ohnoki will naturally not put all his eggs in one basket. This time he will accept at least three disciples, and Kurotsuchi is just the first among them.

Because Kurotsuchi is Onoki's granddaughter and Huangtu's daughter, her talent is guaranteed, no matter how bad it is, it won't be any worse. Even if she can't become the heir he envisioned, she can still become the mainstay of Iwagakure.

At this unprecedented moment of the Chunin Examination, Konoha deployed as much defense system as possible throughout the Fire Country. When the Tsuchikage stepped into the Fire Country, his whereabouts were known to Konoha, and he was dispatched as soon as possible.

Ninja and Ohnoki come into contact.

Therefore, Konoha was well prepared for Onoki's arrival.

Although Iwagakure and Konoha fought fiercely during the Ninja World War, they were all decent people. After all, it was the Kage who came to visit in person, so he had to give the other party some face, so he sent a person of the same level as Ōnoki to receive Ōnoki.

"Haha, Ohnoki, long time no see, you look a lot older." The third generation, who was leading a group of ninjas, said with a smile.

As the Sandaime Hokage, the third generation is equal to Onoki's Sandaime Tsuchikage, and both of them are old men in the ninja world. It can be said that they are more suitable.

"Hmph, Sarutobi Hiruzen, you are still the same. Your hair has turned white. How can you still swing your iron rod now?" Ohnogi snorted coldly and retorted.

"Of course it's no problem. Besides, I still have a lot of black hair. I think your hair will fall out soon." Sarutobi Hiruzen said with a smile.

Compared to Onoki, who is tending to be bald, at least his hair is still well maintained, and he still has some black hair, not completely white.

Ohnoki:……

Speaking of hair, Onoki couldn't refute it.

However, he was still dissatisfied. He felt that if Iwagakure was as talented as Konoha, how could he lose so much hair?

"Haha, I won't argue with you. Anyway, I have retired and am no longer Hokage." Sandai smiled and touched his beard, preparing to take Ohnoki and others to a specially prepared house.

In the past, even if the chuunin exams were jointly held, no one of Kage's level would come. They would just send a jounin to lead the team.

For those few people, Konoha will not be as formal as this time. They will just issue a few permissions to enter the village in advance. When the time comes, you can come and do it yourself, and rent a hotel at will.

This time, Konoha specially cleared a small forest, and then sent Master Kakashi and two young wood escape experts to build rows of wooden houses for those who came to take the Chunin Exam.

Ohnoki couldn't help but became even more speechless. He felt that the third generation was constantly showing off. If Iwagakure had a ninja of Minato Nagazawa's level, why would he have been stuck in the Tsuchikage's position?

The sighing Tsuchikage and the smiling Third Hokage formed a strong contrast.

This made the young Iwa ninja behind Onoki gnash their teeth. They secretly vowed in their hearts that they must perform well during the chunin exam and beat the Konoha ninjas.

'The damn Third Hokage bullies our respected Tsuchikage just because he is in Konoha.' The young Iwa ninjas thought this way.

"Who is she, your granddaughter?" Sandai asked when going to the accommodation area.

Kurotsuchi looks so young, he must not be here to take the chunin exam, and he is following Ōnoki, so he can only be Ōnoki's grandson.

Onoki nodded and said: "Her name is Kurotsuchi. This time I will bring her to experience the ninja battle in advance."

The third generation said with a smile: "It seems that you have high expectations for her, and Kurotsuchi is quite cute."

After saying that, Sarutobi Hiruzen was about to touch Kurotsuchi's head, but Kurotsuchi dodged it.

Kurotsuchi hid behind Ohnoki, then stuck his head out and said dissatisfiedly: "If I don't touch you, you will make grandpa unhappy. You are a bad person."

Sarutobi Hiruzen laughed dumbly, stood up, and continued to lead Iwagakure and his party to the accommodation area.

Indeed, girls should be cuter. If Asma were a girl, she probably wouldn't be so rebellious.

Onoki picked up Kurotsuchi, with a kind smile on his face.

It's no wonder that he was so good to Kurotsuchi. He actually managed to win back a victory from a disadvantage and was rewarded with two candies when he returned.

After arriving at the accommodation area, Sandai told them which houses in those areas belonged to them and which ones belonged to Sunagakure and Kumogakure.

In the Third Ninja War, although Iwagakure and Konoha fought fiercely, Kumogakure and Iwagakure fought even more fiercely, and even the third generation Raikage died under Iwagakure's siege.

In order to prevent these two villages with deep hatred from fighting, Konoha specially placed the two villages on both sides, and then placed Sunagakure in the middle to separate Iwagakure and Kumogakure.

"Could this be a house made with ninjutsu?" Ohnoki speculated when he saw the identical houses.

They were all exactly the same without any difference, and they were made of pure wood. Ohnoki felt that they were most likely made using wood release ninjutsu.

The third generation nodded and said: "Yes, this is a house made with wood ninjutsu. Although it is made with ninjutsu, the quality is higher than ordinary wooden houses. Everything that should be in the house has been added."

There is nothing to hide about Wood Release, Kakashi even used it when he defeated Kumogakure.

Moreover, as for Kakashi and Yamato's Wood Release, there is really no need to hide it as a trump card.

Onoki was slightly startled when he heard that the third generation said in an understatement that the house was made of wood.

Are the talents in Konoha so wealthy that Lian Mu Dun, a blood-inherited realm, actually uses it to build houses?

"You are the first ones here. There are still ten days until the Chunin Exam. In these ten days, you can enjoy life in Konoha or prepare well." The third generation said with a smile.

"Konoha's commercial street is quite prosperous for now. You can go and have a look. You might be able to buy something you are interested in."

After that, Sandai told Iwagakure some precautions and left.

"Grandpa, let's go to the commercial street that the bad old man mentioned." Kurotsuchi looked at Ohnoki with sparkling eyes.

Ohnoki thought for a while and did not agree to Kurotsuchi immediately. Instead, he first settled the matter with Iwagakure and then agreed to Kurotsuchi to take her out to play.

Ohnoki really didn't want to cause trouble this time, he was just preparing to let Iwagakure take the chunin exam honestly, while he was observing Konoha carefully.

He hoped that the reckless Raikage would cause trouble, which should allow him to have a better look at Konoha's strength.

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"Nagazawa-sama, this is the record of the Third Tsuchikage's actions this afternoon." In the training team office, a man dressed as an ANBU handed a scroll to Nagazawa.

Yongze took the scroll, started to read it, and nodded.

Onoki was surprisingly honest this time. Apart from taking his granddaughter out to play on the streets of Konoha for three hours, he stayed honestly in the accommodation area prepared for them by Konoha.

Of course, it's also possible that Onoki realized that he was being watched and acted like this on purpose.

But Nagaze doesn't care, as long as you keep pretending to the end, that doesn't mean you're not pretending.

"You can relax the surveillance a little, but you must ensure that his whereabouts are under control." Nagaze closed the scroll, burned it, and then said to the ANBU.

"Yes." Anbu responded seriously, and then retreated at Nagazawa's signal.

"By the way, Captain Nagazawa, is it okay to send ordinary ANBU to monitor the Tsuchikage? Will they be discovered?" Shisui asked doubtfully.

To monitor Ninjutsu at the level of Kage, at the very least, someone at the level of a team leader like him should be sent.

An enigmatic smile appeared on Nagaze's face, and he said: "Shisui, if you don't understand this, it means you are still a long way from being the Hokage.

I sent people to monitor the Tsuchikage to express Konoha's attitude and also to warn the Tsuchikage, so I sent ordinary ANBU because I wanted him to discover it in the first place.

If we send out a strong person like you, it's better not to be discovered. But if we are discovered by chance, I'm afraid that Tsuchikage will have to guess whether we are going to attack him."

Shisui wasn't stupid either. With Nagazawa's explanation, he instantly understood why Nagazawa did what he did.

The Tsuchikage is very powerful, so he can naturally detect the ordinary Anbu who are monitoring him.

But those ordinary ANBU are not strong enough to pose a danger to the Tsuchikage.

The Tsuchikage may be dissatisfied with the surveillance, but it is just dissatisfaction, because if Konoha really wants to deal with him, it is impossible to send ordinary ANBU to monitor him.

Therefore, "being discovered" itself is an important part.

Shisui silently wrote down this incident. He still had a long way to go and a lot to learn.

"I'm going to recommend you to be the examiner for this theoretical test of the first round of the Chunin Exam. How about it? Are you interested?" Nagazawa looked at Shisui with a smile.

"No problem, in front of my pair of Mangekyō Sharingan, no one can cheat." Shisui nodded in agreement, feeling a little grateful in his heart.

This Chunin Exam is unusual. All three stages require fame and strength.

Although he gained some fame during the Third Ninja War, he was nothing in Konoha.

Moreover, Shisui knew that although Nagazawa was recommended, given Nagazawa's reputation, he would probably be the examiner.

"Of course those who cheat must be caught, but don't catch them too harshly. You have to give the juniors a little way to survive." Nagazawa imagined Shisui turning on the Mangekyou Sharingan to supervise the exam, and laughed out loud.

If Shisui goes all out to invigilate the exam, then everyone who wants to pass by cheating will be in vain.

It takes an incredible trick to hide it from the Mangekyou Sharingan's inspection.
Chapter completed!