The seven days passed quickly, and the last part of the Chunin Exam officially began.

In fact, usually there is a gap of one month between the Death Forest and the beginning of the third stage.

The reason why it became a week this time is because in the past, the Forest of Death section of the Chunin Examination was not open to outsiders. Only in the third section would the request be made to the daimyo and the powerful and wealthy businessmen in the ninja world.

That one month was used to invite people, and this time I invited people in advance, so naturally there was no need to give the candidates a month's rest.

Another problem is that we can't let the Daimyo and the Kages sit around in Konoha for a month doing nothing.

Sixty-six candidates, two per game, a total of thirty-three games.

Fortunately, ninja battles are usually relatively fast, and the results can be determined quickly. Otherwise, with so many games, the first round may not even be completed on the first day.

The choice of venue for the Chunin Examination is the same as before. It is an arena that Konoha built a long time ago. The auditorium is composed of a circle that shrinks from top to bottom. This venue has always been used for the Chunin Examination.

The newly built circular viewing venue is modeled after this arena.

As before, Nagazawa sat at the top and watched the game with the Kage. Although he was the examiner, he did not work as a referee, so he only had to watch the game. The referee Nagazawa arranged for Kakashi to be the referee.

The drawing process is completed in the Forest of Death session. Sort by numbers 1 to 66, number 1 versus number 2, number 3 versus number 4, number 5 versus number 6 and so on.

Because there are a total of thirty-three games, the number of people who advance is an odd number. In order to ensure the smoothness of the subsequent games, two unlucky people will be randomly selected to play another game, so that the number of people who advance will become an even number.

There is no such thing as a bye. This is the Chunin Exam. No matter where you are, there is no reward. It all depends on your performance in combat to determine whether you are qualified to become a Chunin.

The first match was between an Iwagakure and a Sunagakure whom Nagazawa didn't know, so Nagazawa didn't pay much attention to them.

Among the sixty-six candidates, there are 27 Konoha ninjas, 18 Sunagakure, 9 Iwagakure, 12 Kumogakure, and all the ninjas from Koninja Village were eliminated in the Forest of Death.

More than half of the candidates are non-Konoha, so it is normal to encounter a battle that even Konoha ninjas have not seen.

It was only during the third battle that Nagazawa saw the battle between Konoha ninjas and Sunagakure ninjas. That person happened to be a member of Nagazawa's special battle squad.

"The third battle, No. 5 Umino Iruka versus..." Kakashi calmly read the names of the candidates.

"Iruka..." Nagaze touched his chin, thinking of this chuunin teacher who had a profound influence on Naruto.

In the original history, Iruka's Jonin parents would sacrifice themselves during the Night of the Nine-Tails and become orphans.

Since then, Iruka's personality has changed drastically. Although he will still show the same optimism as before in front of his friends, he will cry alone when waiting for someone.

Maybe it's because his parents taught him well, or maybe he was a strong person to begin with. Although he suffered a great disaster, Iruka did not become a twisted person.

Finally, he entered the Ninja School, choosing to teach and educate people, and cultivate the next generation of Konoha.

Logically speaking, since his parents were killed by Kyuubi, he should hate Naruto and the child who is said to be a fox demon.

But facing this child who was also an orphan, Iruka could not bear a trace of hatred. In the end, he chose to teach Naruto well. The reason why Naruto can still be so optimistic is Iruka's contribution.

Under Nagazawa's influence, the Night of the Nine-Tails did not have much impact on Konoha, so Iruka's parents did not sacrifice, and he still has a happy family.

At the same time, because the jounin parents are still alive, Iruka can be taught ninja aspects. Iruka is more outstanding than the mediocre character in the original work. He also joins his special warfare class and becomes Gusuke's disciple.

Iruka's opponent was a Sunagakure puppet master. Iruka relied on his flexible movement and swift swordsmanship to finally seize the opportunity at seven minutes and rush forward to destroy the puppet master's personal protection.

, put the sword on the puppet master's neck.

"No. 5 Umino Iruka wins." Kakashi announced the result of the battle.

The winner was announced, and the audience burst into applause. Nagaze noticed that a middle-aged couple was unusually excited and loud, and they looked somewhat similar to Iruka. They should be his parents.

From Nagazawa's point of view, Iruka's water breathing cannot be said to be strong, but it is not bad either. If he continues to practice like this, it will be a problem to become a jounin. I wonder if he will go to a ninja school to become a teacher.

But don't be in a hurry if you don't want to go. Naruto now has a happy family just like Iruka, with parents who love him.

It wasn't until the eighth game that Nagazawa became a little more serious. It was Kabuto's game, and Kabuto was No. 16.

His opponent was a Kumogakure ninja with strong muscles.

Perhaps because of his previous fame in the Forest of Death, everyone knew that this kid who looked like he had not yet graduated had considerable strength, and the voice in the arena suddenly became louder.

And his opponent Yunyin also looked at Kabuto with a solemn expression, not daring to be careless.

Maybe he knew that he couldn't defeat Kabuto, so the Kumogakure ninja didn't test anything first, and went straight to attack with all his strength, showing off his skills with all his strength, trying to get a higher score from the judges, and bet on it.

However, the gap in strength was still too big. Kabuto didn't show much, he just defeated the Kumogakure ninja with a little water escape ninjutsu and the Thunder Talisman found in the Death Forest.

In the third stage, you can use the spells brought out in the Death Forest. Except for the psychic steel charms, this is prohibited.

Seeing Kabuto defeating the enemy so easily, huge cheers erupted in the arena, celebrating Kabuto's fighting prowess.

Itachi, who was competing at this time, shook his head. The first game was a mixed bag, and those people couldn't force Kabuto to show his true ability.

Time soon came to the afternoon, and it was the last game. After hearing the announcement, Itachi walked to the arena. Itachi's serial number was sixty-six.

His opponent was a Konoha ninja who looked to be about fifteen years old, and Itachi did not recognize him.

But Itachi didn't know him, but he knew Itachi, and Itachi's strength shown in the Death Forest was not weak.

Perhaps because they were both Konoha ninjas, the battle between the two sides was not too fierce. After four minutes, Itachi used exquisite shuriken throwing in conjunction with chakra lines, and finally used a powerful fire ball to end the game.

Then two unlucky guys were randomly selected for an extra match, and the battle on the first day was over.

The battle between the thirty-two players on the second day was obviously much more exciting than the first day. Many strong players met and the two sides battled wits and courage, creating a wonderful ninja battle.

The top 16 were selected on the second day, and the top eight were selected on the morning of the third day.

There are four top eight ninjas in Konoha, three of whom are members of the special operations squad. Kabuto, Itachi and Moonlight Hayate have all advanced to the top eight.

Except for Moonlight Hayate, who was reluctant to advance, Kabuto and Itachi both swept all the way, and there were rarely times when they were evenly matched.

So luck is also very important. Uchiha Isamu was originally about the same strength as Moonlight Hayate, but in the third round of the battle, he met Kumogakure who used Arashi Release. The two sides fought hard, and Uchiha Isamu was defeated in the end.

For the rest, one person will be promoted by Sunagakure, two will be promoted by Kumogakure, and one person will be promoted by Iwagakure.

On the third day, there will be the quarter-finals in the morning, the semi-finals in the afternoon, the semi-finals on the fourth day, and the final on the fifth day.

The reason why the finals are no longer held in the afternoon on the fourth day is because candidates have to fight for so many days in a row and need a rest to display their full strength, making the finals more exciting.

Just as Konoha was in the midst of the final phase of the Chunin Exams, the ninja mission sent by Nagazawa to Kirigakure Village to inform the Mizukage to attend the Five Kage Conference also arrived in the Land of Water.

Although Nagaze knew what the Kingdom of Water was like at present, he was a member of the five major nations after all. Nagaze still gave him face and sent a team of ten people as an envoy to the Kingdom of Water to invite Mizukage.

The captain of this team is Shisui, the vice-captain is a senior Jounin of Konoha, and the other eight members are all Chunin, and there are no Genin.

Because Obito controlled the Fourth Mizukage and launched the blood mist policy, the Kingdom of Water was in a state of blockade at this time.

But when faced with the visit of Konoha, one of the five great ninja villages, Kirigakure did not refuse.

In the final analysis, Blood Mist is not the revenge of Obito alone, but the carnival of a group of people.

Although Kage is the leader of the ninja village, he is often the strongest in the village.

But when Ying does something extremely unreasonable, others are not without the power to counterattack.

Therefore, Obito did not promulgate some policies without thinking. All the policies he promulgated were to attract one group and hit another group, so that some high-level officials could obtain sufficient benefits, so that his policies could be supported.

For example, by suppressing the Bloodstained Family, many non-Bloodstained families can gain the benefits of those Bloodstained families, and those people will support him.

Obito was cutting his flesh with a dull knife, causing Kirigakure to fall into internal strife.

Although those people also knew that doing so would reduce Kirigakure's overall strength, but for their own benefit, they felt that this was completely acceptable.

Because Kirigakure lives far away in the land of water, he has no opponents at sea, and the four major countries on land have little interest in him. The decline in overall strength will not affect him at all.

Or maybe they want it so that they can occupy more positions.

So Kirigakure looks chaotic, but actually still maintains order.

At least when Shisui and the others arrived at Kirigakure, they didn't feel like there was civil unrest in Kirigakure, but they just felt that the atmosphere was rather depressing.

"We want to meet Mizukage, please help us report." Shisui said to the Kirigakure ninja who met him.

However, the Kirigakure ninja shook his head and said coldly: "Mizukage-sama, you don't see me as soon as you say so. Just wait for notification."

After speaking, the Kirigakure ninjas took Shisui to a hotel and asked Shisui and others not to move around at will while they were in Kirigakure Village, but to stay in the hotel honestly.

"Senior Yanagida, something is wrong. Kirigakure's attitude is too bad." In the hotel room, Shisui checked the room with his Sharingan, and then Yanagida said.

Yanagida Zhen is the vice-captain of the team. He is a thirty-seven-year-old veteran jounin with rich mission experience.

Yanagida Zhen nodded and frowned slightly:

"There is something wrong. Although Kirigakure fought with us in the Third Ninja War, for the five major countries, even if they don't like it, they will do a good job on the surface and this situation will not happen."

Originally, even if he didn't take them to see Mizukage immediately, his attitude shouldn't be so bad, and he also restricted their scope of action.

They are not those small countries on the sea that cannot even build a ninja village. They come from the Fire Country, the strongest among the five ninja villages.

"Then what should we do now? Should we stay here according to Kirigakure's words?" The accompanying Chuunin was a little flustered.

I thought it was a simple task with good rewards, but I didn't expect to encounter such a thing.

Seeing that the chuunin were a little uneasy, Shisui comforted him: "It's okay, maybe because of the last war, the Kirigakure were a little unhappy with Konoha and wanted to give us a blow.

The Tsuchikage, Kazekage and Raikage are already in Konoha and have confirmed their participation in the Five Kage Talks. This is the general trend. Unless Kirigakure wants to go against the four major powers, the Mizukage will still participate in the Five Kage Talks."

When the chuunin heard this, they thought it was the same, so they felt relieved.

"Let's wait two days and see what Kirigakure's attitude is in two days before deciding on a countermeasure." Shisui thought for a while and said.

Yanagida Shinya felt that Shisui's decision was very rational and nodded in agreement.

At first, he was a little unhappy because the team leader was not him but Shisui, an underage boy. It wasn't that he was the kind of person who liked to rely on his elders.

It was because Shisui was too young and he was from the Uchiha clan, which was famous for his bad temper. Yanagida was really afraid that Shisui would cause trouble because of his youth and arrogance, but Shisui's performance eliminated the dissatisfaction in his heart. Now

My heart is full of appreciation.

Even his favorable impression of Uchiha increased a little bit.

"Finally, everyone should be careful. If there is any abnormality, you can report it to me." Shisui reminded the members of the team.

Although he has the Mangekyou Sharingan, they are only a team of ten. If Kirigakure really plans to attack them, Shisui cannot guarantee that he can take everyone away safely.

"We will." The chunin thanked each other and said they would pay attention.

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"You didn't get angry because of this. That's a pity." After hearing Bai Zeze's report, Obito felt a little pity.

The coldness of the Kirigakure ninja was caused by his deliberate order, just to arouse the resentment of the Konoha ninja.

However, according to Bai Zeze's report, his move seemed to be unsuccessful. At least the Konoha ninjas seemed very calm and had no intention of going out in violation of the rules.

But Obito is not panic, he has many plans.

The Kirigakure ninja is not stupid. If he directly orders the killing of the Konoha messenger, the senior elders will definitely think that something is wrong with him.

Here, Obito had to be grateful for the existence of ANBU. Some brainwashed ANBU ninjas followed Mizukage's mission unconditionally, even if it was unreasonable.

At that time, let the ANBU dress up as normal Kirigakure and attack the Konoha mission, kill some and let others escape. By then, Kirigakure will be indistinguishable.

When the time comes, old and new grudges are added together, Obito doesn't believe Konoha can bear it.

If Obito randomly finds an ANBU senior executive to take the blame, the senior Kirigakure senior executives will not have time to think so much because the war is about to begin and they will have no choice but to start a war.

When a Mizukage tries his best to start a war, it is actually not too difficult.

When Konoha and Kirigakure go to war, it will become easier to seize Hyuga's bloodline.
Chapter completed!