After Moonlight Hayate announced the nine people who had advanced to the third exam, he informed them that the third exam would be held in half a month.
The Konoha ninjas and outer village ninjas present left one after another.
In the end, only Sarutobi Hiruzen and a few Konoha Jonin were left.
After a while, Jiraiya arrived at the tower hall.
"How's it going? Old man."
Faced with Jiraiya's doubts, Sarutobi Hiruzen shook his head: "Orochimaru did not show up."
Jiraiya frowned slightly when he heard this, but this was within his expectation. The strong men of Konoha gathered here. The probability of Orochimaru appearing here directly was indeed not high, but their deployment would It's a pity that it was wasted like this.
"Old man, in my opinion, it's better to suspend the Chunin Exams." Jiraiya suggested again.
"No, how can we stop the exam at this time?" Sarutobi Hiruzen said resolutely.
The exam is halfway through, how can it be stopped?
Even if Orochimaru's current strength is as Jiraiya said, it is much stronger than before, but it is not enough to shake Konoha. What's more, if the Chuunin Exams are now terminated, Konoha will become a joke.
“Since Orochimaru is not taking action now, he is very likely to cause trouble during the third exam.
When the time comes, dignitaries from various countries will gather together, and a large number of villagers will gather in the arena.
If he took advantage of the chaos to attack Naruto, the consequences would be disastrous if something unexpected happened. "
Jiraiya advised.
Rather than saving face, shouldn’t we be more pragmatic?
Whether it is villagers or politicians from various countries, if there are casualties, it will be a bigger blow to Konoha, not to mention Orochimaru is also targeting Naruto, and Naruto must not have any accidents.
"At most, Naoki and Dai are recalled. The exam cannot be suspended." Sarutobi Hiruzen's attitude did not loosen at all.
In his opinion, even if Orochimaru's strength is far greater than before, even if he can deal with him and Jiraiya at the same time, Konoha now also has shadow-level strongmen such as Fugaku, Kakashi, Itachi, etc., and then call Naoki and Dai back to the village , basically guaranteed to be foolproof.
Could Orochimaru be strong enough to deal with all of them at the same time?
Even if faced with the worst outcome, and Dai's Eight Gate Dungeon, if Dai opens the door to death, even Bai Yu and Kushina may not be able to stop it.
If Orochimaru really causes huge damage, Danzo can be released at that time.
"Sandai, I hope you won't regret it." Jiraiya was helpless in the face of Sarutobi Hiruzen's stubbornness.
Orochimaru didn't take action now, he must be waiting for something.
It's really not a wise move not to take this opportunity to find him quickly but to continue with the Chuunin Exams.
"Jiraiya-sama, please rest assured."
"With the Third Generation here, we won't let Orochimaru succeed."
"We will never allow anyone to destroy Konoha."
The Jonin on the side also echoed, they have confidence in Konoha, after all, they are not facing the Uzushio Ninja Village, they are just facing Orochimaru.
Jiraiya sighed inwardly and couldn't say anything else.
Orochimaru's strength has grown so much that it has exceeded his imagination. However, the ninjas present have not faced Orochimaru, so how can they understand what he said.
...
More than half a month passed quietly, and it was mid-July.
In the ring arena, thousands of Konoha villagers and dignitaries from various countries gathered here to observe the third and final test of the Chunin Selection Examination jointly organized by Konoha and Sunagakure.
The nine candidates will compete in front of everyone. Those who perform well can even become famous in the ninja world.
This time, Sarutobi Hiruzen, wearing a Hokage hat and a Hokage robe, came to the high platform in the center of the arena.
Also qualified to sit on the high platform are the Fourth Kazekage Rasa and Bai Yu, the leader of the Whirlpool Kingdom. They sit on either side of Sarutobi Hiruzen.
Luo Sha looked at the nine candidates who were already seated in the arena below, and said with a smile: "Konoha is really full of talents. Each of the four candidates who entered the third exam is not easy."
"Kazekage-dono, you are too polite. We just have the advantage of home field. When it comes to talent, the three candidates from Sunagakure Village are outstanding. It can be seen that they were not serious in the exam and they almost broke the record." .”
Sarutobi Hiruzen also responded by saying that he and Rasa had started a business exchange. After all, the only closest ally left in Konoha was the Sunagakure Village. The other villages were closely connected with the Uzumaki Ninja Village, so Sunagakure had to be Only if the village is included can we live there.
"It's a pity that if the second test hadn't drawn the civil war between the genin of Uzushio Ninja Village, all three of Shiroha-dono's children should have entered the third round. It's just good luck that three of us from Sunagakure Village can enter the third round. , it’s just that we didn’t encounter a civil war.”
Luo Sha changed the topic and glanced at Bai Yu.
When Sarutobi Hiruzen heard this, his heart skipped a beat and he also looked at Bai Yu.
"Luck is also a part of strength." Bai Yu said lightly: "It's just a test, it's not important."
"Your Excellency Bai Yu's vision is much higher than ours." Luo Sha began to brag about Bai Yu.
Originally, he would not want to please Bai Yu. After all, Sunagakure Village has not joined the Snake Spirit Group's business alliance. But if Bai Yu takes action in Konoha's collapse plan this time, he and Orochimaru will not only fail with a high probability, but may even fail. Lives are lost.
"Your Excellency Feng Ying, you're welcome." Bai Yu responded with a smile. Naturally, he had to be polite to someone who was about to die.
Sensing Bai Yu's 'friendly' attitude, the smile on Luo Sha's face became even stronger. From time to time, he directed his conversation to Bai Yu. With an attitude of wanting to make friends with the Uzumaki Ninja Village, he turned to Sarutobi, who was sitting between the two of them. Hiruzen was ignored.
Bai Yu responded indifferently, but his eyes seemed to casually glance at the Kazekage guard standing behind Luo Sha. Both jounin were covered by masks.
The man on the left is Orochimaru.
Seeing that Bai Yu was not interested in talking, Luo Sha didn't feel embarrassed and quickly brought the topic to the exam: "It's begun!"
A burst of cheers like a roaring tsunami suddenly erupted in the arena.
The first duel was between Namikaze Naruto, the son of the Fourth Hokage, and Hyuga Neji, the genius ninja who is now the most powerful family in Konoha.
After a fierce battle, Naruto defeated Neji as expected.
Although Neji had been trained by Hizashi, he was still far behind Naruto's starting point.
Of course, if Naruto hadn't used a little bit of Nine-Tails chakra, it wouldn't have been easy to defeat Neji.
After the first game, the atmosphere reached a climax instantly. Naruto and Neji showed everyone with their strength that Konoha is still the same Konoha.
Although Konoha is no longer the overlord of the ninja world, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse.
Soon, the second exam began.
Sasuke vs Mitsuko!
The two came to the center of the arena.
Sasuke walked forward calmly. Compared to the irritable person he was half a month ago, he was now more confident.
During this time, Sasuke trained with Itachi and completely mastered the three Magatama Sharingan, so he felt that he was good again.
"I won't be merciful!" Sasuke looked at Photon opposite and said solemnly: "First defeat you, and then defeat your brother Taichi."
Because the third test is a round-robin system, after one round, there will be a second round. As long as Sasuke continues to win, he will definitely meet Taichi.
Mitsuko smiled and ignored Sasuke's intention.
When Sasuke saw this, his dark eyes suddenly turned scarlet, and the powerful pupil power of the three Magatama Sharingan was activated instantly.
However, the next second, two red lights were shot out of Photon's eyes, and Sasuke was instantly hit.
"You!" Sasuke looked at Photon in shock as he looked at his rapidly petrified body, which soon turned into a stone sculpture.
Photon turned around and walked directly outside the arena.
"what's the situation?!"
"what happened?"
"Is this the end?"
"The body is petrified! How could this happen?!"
The audience in the arena were all stunned. How could this happen? Sasuke was killed instantly with one move?
Even Shiranui Genma, who served as the referee, was confused. What kind of ninjutsu is this? It is extremely fast, and its body turns into a stone statue after being hit.
Thinking of Sasuke's identity, Shiranui Genma quickly stepped forward to check on Sasuke's condition.
Just when he was at a loss and didn't dare to act rashly, Sasuke's body gradually returned to normal.
thump!
Sasuke stumbled, his body unsteady, and he fell to his knees, covering his eyes with his hands as his body trembled.
"You...Give me..." He pointed at the back of Guangzi's leaving figure and wanted to stop her, but he didn't even have the strength to speak.
"The winner is Mitsuko Yagami!" Seeing that Sasuke was just out of strength, Shiranui Genma quickly announced the result of the competition.
The medical ninja quickly put Sasuke on a stretcher and took him to the hospital.
"What a terrible ninjutsu! Do you have to consume mental energy to fight against it?" Itachi in the audience opened the Mangekyō Sharingan and looked at Mitsuko and Sasuke with a solemn expression. He felt that Sasuke's eye power was almost exhausted. , he roughly guessed the confrontation method of this ninjutsu, but the result is that even if he activates the Mangekyō Sharingan, he may not be immune to this ninjutsu.
"Bai Yu is not only great himself, but every one of the disciples and children he has taught is..."
Fugaku on the side frowned, and he couldn't help but hesitate in his heart. Was it the right thing to resolutely stay in Konoha?
Bai Yu's strength is unfathomable, and each of his disciples and children is more powerful than the last.
Sasuke is already the best ninja of this generation of the Uchiha clan. Only Shisui and Itachi can surpass him at this age. However, facing Photon, they were defeated instantly.
After the Uchiha clan opens the three Magatama Sharingan, with a little training, they can gain combat power comparable to that of a Jonin. This is the foundation of the Uchiha clan's strength.
Even Fugaku himself couldn't say that he could defeat Sasuke in an instant without using the Mangekyō Sharingan.
But Photon did it!
"The third exam, Gaara vs. Taichi Yagami!" Seeing the audience talking a lot, Shiranui Genma hurriedly announced the start of the third exam.
When Gaara and Taichi entered the arena, the audience became quiet.
At this time, Luo Sha in the audience's face tightened and subconsciously glanced at Bai Yu next to him.
Rasa's original plan was for Gaara to unleash the power of the One-Old Shukaku during the exam, but he didn't expect that Gaara would be facing Taichi.
With Gaara's character, if he faced Taichi, he would probably lose his mind, ignore the plan, and use the power of one tail in advance.
After all, the scene where Photon instantly killed Sasuke had just happened.
"Gaara actually met Taichi. It seems that he can only stop here. I hope Taichi can show mercy."
Luo Sha chuckled lightly and looked at Bai Yu aside.
"Your Excellency Fengying can rest assured that Taiyi is much more measured than me." Bai Yu nodded. Under his powerful perception, he could clearly feel that Luosha's heartbeat frequency and blood flow speed had increased a lot, and he was already feeling Got an idea.
boom!
While the two were chatting, Gaara and Taichi had already started fighting.
As soon as Gaara came up, he controlled the sand in the gourd and launched a fierce attack on Taichi.
Taiyi kept moving around in the center of the arena, and every time he seemed to be trying to avoid an attack, the audience in the arena cheered repeatedly.
At this time, Gaara suddenly burst out with chakra, grinding the stones under the arena into sand, continuously increasing the amount of sand he controlled, and taking advantage of the moment Taichi landed, he surrounded Taiyi with overwhelming sand.
"Oops!" Noticing the technique Gaara was about to activate, Rasa's expression changed slightly, but he noticed that Bai Yu's expression was always very calm.
'Sandstorm funeral! '
Gaara clenched his right hand and suddenly shrank the sand trapped by Taiyi.
boom!
The sand that had shrunk to half its volume suddenly exploded.
A figure wrapped in red air flow flew out from the top of the sand and leaped into the air. The surface of his body was covered with silver-white scales the size of fingernails, which shone in the sunlight.
Because he was careless and trapped, Taiyi directly activated "Red Dragon Tribulation" and "Demonized Scales".
Compared to Bai Yu, who was trying to gather materials to practice "Red Dragon Tribulation", Taiyi's conditions are much better, and he basically uses the best medicinal materials and potions for practice.
At this time, Taiyi almost replicated Bai Yu's fighting style.
boom!
Taichi exploded with chakra and breathing techniques, and in a flash, he appeared directly in front of Gaara. Before the sand barrier could take shape, he punched Gaara in the chest.
puff!
The armor made of sand on Gaara's body was directly exploded by Taichi, blood spurted out from his whole body, and his body flew out, slamming into the wall of the arena.
The next second, all the sand flying in the sky returned to Gaara, wrapping him up like a cocoon.
"This is blood..." Gaara in the sand cocoon suddenly covered his head.
Taiyi suddenly burst into flames and rushed forward, preparing to continue the attack.
Suddenly, a huge arm suddenly popped out from the sand cocoon, and suddenly met Taiyi, and slapped his body away.
Taiyi was knocked back dozens of meters and his body landed firmly on the ground.
However, the next second, a beast-like roar came from the sand cocoon.
boom--!
The sand cocoon suddenly exploded, revealing a giant civet cat.
"I'm finally out!"
Ichibi Shukaku let out a cheer of joy, and the next second he released a 'blank bomb' directly at the audience in the stands!
"Tailed beast!"
The entire arena was instantly in chaos.
A red signal flare suddenly rose into the sky, and immediately after, huge explosions were heard from all four directions of Konoha: east, west, north, and south.
...
Konoha Hospital.
In the special care ward on the third floor.
As usual, Uzumaki Lumei wiped Namikaze Minato's body with a towel.
She had just finished wiping Namikaze Minato's face and was about to gently wipe his arms when she saw the muscles of Namikaze Minato's forearm squirming slightly.
Uzumaki Lumei looked down and saw Namikaze Minato's fingers moving.
"Hurry...come here!" Uzumaki Luming was so excited that she couldn't even utter the first word.
"What's wrong?!" The ANBU ninja outside the door quickly opened the door of the ward and rushed in.
"The Yondaime-sama is awake, go and call the medical ninja."
When the ANBU ninja saw Namikaze Minato moving his fingers lightly and his eyelids began to open slightly, he was surprised and happy, and quickly notified his companions to call the medical ninja.
"Okay!" Another ANBU ninja directly used the teleportation technique and left the ward. The fourth generation woke up, and the pattern of Konoha will undergo drastic changes, and things will get better soon!
"I...where is this?" Namikaze Minato's consciousness was still a little blurry. He felt that he had slept for a long time, and then he had another dream. In the dream, he recovered from his injuries and merged with the first Hokage Senju. Hashirama's cells have become much stronger.
Uzumaki Lumei suppressed the excitement in her heart, grabbed Namikaze Minato's hand, leaned forward and said softly: "Minato! Minato! How are you feeling?"
"Lu Ming..." Namikaze Minato turned his head slightly and looked at his wife beside him, his eyes a little dazed, because he felt that his originally beautiful and gentle wife seemed to have become much more mature, and wrinkles appeared in the corners of his eyes.
"Minato! You finally woke up! Am I not dreaming?" Uzumaki Luming said in disbelief. She hugged Namikaze Minato's neck. Because she was afraid of hurting Namikaze Minato's newly recovered body, she I only dared to hug him gently.
"Lu Ming, how long have I been sleeping? What happened to my hands..." Namikaze Minato asked subconsciously. He raised his hand and patted his wife's back gently, and then he vaguely remembered that he had fought against Golden Horn. When I was playing Ginkaku, it seemed like both arms were broken.
"It was Tsunade-sama and Shiroba-dono of Whirlpool Country who transplanted your arm for you. It's Konoha's 60th year now, and you've been in coma for nearly 12 years!"
Uzumaki Luming said excitedly.
"What?! 12 years!" Namikaze Minato couldn't help but widen his eyes: "Then isn't our child?!"
"Naruto and Karin are both 12 years old. The third generation has taken good care of them. Now Naruto is participating in the chunin exam jointly organized by the village and Sunagakure Village. This child..."
Uzumaki Luming explained, before he finished speaking, there was a roar from the sky above Konoha, and a red signal bomb rose to a high altitude and exploded.
"What's the sound?" Namikaze Minato was stunned for a moment.
Uzumaki Luming walked to the window next to the hospital bed, opened the window and took a look, then turned back and said: "It should be the salute at the beginning of the third exam, right?"
However, as soon as she finished speaking, earth-shattering explosions were heard from the east, west, north, and south directions of the village at the same time. Along with the fire, thick smoke rose from all directions, and the whole earth seemed to be shaking.
"This is..." Uzumaki Luming's eyes widened.
At this time, the ANBU ninja who was waiting quietly aside and did not want to disturb the conversation between Namikaze Minato and Uzumaki Lumei also came to the window, with a look of disbelief on his face: "Oh no! That direction is the ring arena!"
With that said, he quickly turned to Uzumaki Lumei and Namikaze Minato and said, "Yondaime-sama, I have to go over there to help immediately! The flying eagle will be back immediately."
As soon as the ANBU ninja finished speaking, he stepped on the window sill, jumped from the third floor, and landed on the roof of the opposite building. Then he kept running on the roofs of various buildings, quickly heading towards the ring arena. Go, at the same time, there are ninjas from other directions rushing to support in various directions of the village.
Minato Namikaze sat up from the hospital bed, pulled off the needle inserted on the back of his hand, came to the window sill and looked outside.
"The village is under attack!"
Namikaze Minato looked solemnly at the explosions coming from four directions. He turned to look at his wife who had gone through a lot of hardships and said: "Lu Ming, I have to go to the war. You first follow the ANBU people to the shelter."
"Minato! You have just woken up now. Your body has not recovered yet. There are the Third Generation-sama and Jiraiya-sama there. Even without your help, you would not..." Uzumaki Lumei grabbed Namikaze Minato. His arm, that's what he said last time, and he was seriously injured and put in a coma for 12 years.
"I'm sorry, I am the fourth Hokage of the village, and Naruto is still there, I have to go!" Minato Namikaze said firmly: "I feel that my physical condition has never been better! Trust me."
"I know I can't stop you...just go ahead." Uzumaki Luming slowly let go of his hand.
Namikaze Minato's heart felt hot, and he grabbed Uzumaki Lumei's shoulders and promised, "Thank you, Lumei."
Uzumaki Luming nodded: "The Flying Thunder God Kunai you gave me is placed in our bedroom. I have also arranged your clothes. Pay attention to safety and go back early."
Hearing this, Minato Namikaze lowered his head and looked at his naked upper body and the hospital gown he was wearing on his lower body, and he immediately understood.
He activated the chakra in his body, and saw a powerful chakra spurting out directly from his body, and strong winds blew by, even forcing Uzumaki Luming back several steps.
"My chakra..." Namikaze Minato looked at his hands in surprise. Although he felt that the chakra had been enhanced a lot, when he actually activated it, he realized that it had been enhanced dozens of times!
Thinking of this, Namikaze Minato thought and sensed his Flying Thunder God Kunai.
Immediately afterwards, in less than a minute, Namikaze Minato was fully dressed, wearing a set of Hokage's divine robes, and returned to the ward. He left the Flying Thunder God Technique on Uzumaki Lumei's body.
"Yondaime-sama!" At this time, the ANBU ninja came to the ward with the medical jounin.
"You escort Lu Ming to the shelter, and you come with me to provide support."
Namikaze Minato didn't have time to say anything, he handed Uzumaki Lumei to the medical jounin, and he grabbed the shoulder of the ANBU ninja, used the Flying Thunder God Jutsu to transfer, and went to the jutsu storage point closest to the ring arena.
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