Konoha 49th year, October 10th.
Exactly one year has passed since the Nine-Tails Rebellion.
Today is Namikaze Naruto's first birthday.
Early in the morning, Uchiha Makoto was called to the Hokage's office by Namikaze Minato.
"Minato-senpai."
Uchiha Makoto said helplessly.
This period of time can be regarded as very busy for him.
Because of Kakashi's eye-opening incident, many ANBU Team 6 tasks were backlogged onto Team 7.
In order to ensure the success rate of missions and the safety of team members, Makoto Uchiha personally leads many missions.
In addition, he has to seize the time to practice every day, and he really feels that there is not enough time.
But despite being so busy, this kind of life is quite fulfilling.
It would be better if we didn't have to run outside the village from time to time.
But Uchiha Makoto finally waited for the moment of liberation.
Three days ago, Kakashi finally activated his sleeping Mangekyō Sharingan with Uchiha Makoto's power.
Now I'm lying in the hospital again.
But this time, after Kakashi had been training for almost a week, Uchiha Makoto's burden became much lighter.
Namikaze Minato smiled and said, "Today's task is relatively easy. You are required to serve as the examiner for the jounin exam practical test."
"Jonin exam?"
Uchiha Makoto was stunned for a moment. Exams in the village have been quite frequent recently.
"Yes." Namikaze Minato nodded, "Shikaku will be the examiner for the comprehensive test.
Your mission this time is very simple. You just need to maintain the order of the exam and try to ensure that there are no seriously injured ninjas during the exam.
After all, every chuunin and future jounin are important talents. "
"So, the result of the negotiation with Kumogakure is not ideal?"
Uchiha Makoto mused, the frequent exams reminded him of the recent situation.
Namikaze Minato said: "Kumogakure asked us to release the two-tailed Jinchuuriki, but we avoided talking about peace talks and alliances, without any sincerity."
"It seems they won't give up easily until Kumogakure is beaten and it hurts."
Uchiha Makoto's face darkened slightly, Kumogakure knew that Konoha's fists were tough, but he still wanted to try.
Namikaze Minato rubbed his eyebrows, pointed to a stack of documents on his left hand side, and said:
“If Kumogakure wants to fight, Konoha will definitely accompany him.
But now we can only wait for Yunyin to take action first.
Warlike reputation is not a good one.
Before becoming Hokage, it was easier.
As a Jonin, you only need to obey orders and complete tasks.
After sitting in this seat, you need to consider the problem comprehensively. "
Uchiha Makoto frowned slightly and said, "What? Is there anyone in the village who objects?
He didn't want to fight either, but it was useless to oppose such a war that was almost inevitable. "
“The third generation and the two advisors all hope for peace talks and it is best not to start a war, and some families also mean this.
You know, many little ninjas were almost wiped out in the three wars. "Namifeng Shuimen said.
"That's true." Uchiha Makoto nodded, expressing understanding. "It's just that I've seen the alliance treaty drawn up by the village. The conditions are already very favorable. Even so, Kumogakure still doesn't agree, which means they definitely want to fight Konoha."
For big families, war is the best opportunity for them to gain military exploits and reputation.
It's good to enjoy peace without going to war. It's also good to go to war to gain military exploits and reputation, and to improve your political status.
They are all acceptable.
But for small and medium-sized families, their family may only have one or two jounin, or even no jounin at all.
When fighting any village from the same five major countries, an ordinary jounin cannot turn the tide of the battle.
In a war, there is no guarantee that a shadow-level expert will survive.
The death of a few jonin would be heartbreaking for a wealthy family.
But it won’t break your muscles, because the foundation is there.
For a small family, if a jounin dies and a talented junior dies, the family may be gone after a few battles.
As members of the village, they are naturally willing to fight for the village.
But wars that can be avoided should be avoided as much as possible.
One or two small families are nothing, but when dozens of small families unite, the weight is different.
For Namikaze Minato to rise to power, in addition to his own strength and military exploits, as well as his status as Jiraiya's disciple, the support of his small family is also crucial. He is a person that everyone expects.
And with Namikaze Minato's character, he would naturally not care about the life and death of the little ninja just because he was in great power and had the support of the Uchiha clan, the largest clan.
If he really wanted to go to war with Kumogakure, Namikaze Minato would definitely be willing to take the lead and be the first to go to the battlefield.
It's just that there is no lifeless person in a war. As long as a war starts, the decline of many small families is inevitable.
You can only treat the living as kindly as possible.
So even though Namikaze Minato doesn't think it's useful to seek peace directly, he has always advocated seeking peace through war.
But after many considerations, he was still willing to give Yunyin a chance.
As long as Kumogakure shows true sincerity, it is not impossible to return the two-tailed Jinchuuriki.
Namikaze Minato asked himself, except for the Nine-Tails, it was a bit more difficult to deal with.
If they really wanted to fight, he would be able to defeat any tailed beast with flying thunder god and sealing skills.
"Let's wait for Yunyin's response."
Namikaze Minato sighed, even though he knew that Kumogakure was unlikely to change his mind.
Anyway, Konoha can't take the initiative to start a war now.
"Don't worry, Minato-senpai. As long as Kumogakure is allowed to see the huge power gap between them and Konoha, I believe they won't fight Konoha to the death!"
Uchiha Chengdao said that in his opinion, small-scale battles are inevitable, and he can only try to avoid the expansion of the war situation.
Namikaze Minato nodded, understanding what Uchiha Makoto meant, and he thought the same.
Namikaze Minato suddenly changed the topic and said:
"By the way, Cheng, let's go home for dinner tonight.
Today is Naruto's birthday, you are a great benefactor to our family.
You have to have a few drinks with me tonight! "
"Minato-senpai, please stop making fun of me! But I'll accompany you when you drink. I'm not afraid of you when it comes to your drinking capacity!"
Uchiha Makoto was smiling.
In order to prevent his future father-in-law from getting drunk again next time, he has secretly taken tutoring lessons recently.
...
The center of the first training ground.
An empty open-air base.
This is the actual test location for today's jounin exam.
At this time, the open space in the center of the base was already filled with people, all of them elite chuunin and some special jounin.
The Jonin examination is much stricter than the Chuunin examination.
However, in terms of survival rate, it is much higher than that of the Chunin Exam.
After all, there are genin every year, and it won't hurt even if dozens of them die.
And if dozens of Chuunin elites who participated in the Jonin exam died, the loss would be too great.
Compared with the assessment of the Chunin Exam, the first round of the Jonin Exam is a practical test.
For any ninja, combat ability is one of the important indicators to measure the strength of a ninja, especially for jounin.
Unlike special jounin, jounin requires comprehensive abilities in all aspects and is not required to be outstanding, but there must be no shortcomings in any aspect.
Special jounin are ninjas who have unique talents and development in certain aspects.
Special jounin generally does not need to be tested. After confirming that a certain chunin's unique talent is good enough, he can be directly promoted to special jounin.
Of course, although strength is not an important criterion for special jounin, the strength of most special jounin is between chuunin and jounin.
Becoming a Jonin means entering the upper echelons of the village and is qualified to participate in high-level decision-making.
So most chuunin would try to take the jounin exams if given the chance.
As the first exam, the practical test can directly eliminate most people.
However, there is one thing that is very similar to the Chunin Exam. It does not mean that you will not be able to become a Jonin if you fail the first exam.
After all, there will still be special ones.
If Uchiha Makoto hadn't accumulated a lot of military exploits because he was in wartime, he would also have to take the Jonin exam.
With his current strength, if he were still a chuunin or a special jounin, would the opponent who lost to him be said to be too weak?
Just as the ninjas participating in the exam were whispering, a handsome young man wearing a white windbreaker suddenly appeared in front of them.
"Sorry, I seem to be a little late."
Uchiha Makoto smiled.
"I am the examiner of this actual Jonin exam. Without further ado, let's start drawing lots and prepare for the exam."
According to the table, there were 198 ninjas who took the Jonin exam, but only about 12 or at most 15 were admitted.
It is impossible for most people to successfully become jounin in just one exam.
Most of the candidates are around twenty years old, and a few chuunin are in their thirties.
Of course, there are also many teenagers. In addition to those who take the exam tentatively, there are some geniuses who are confident in their own abilities.
There are exactly 100 people in the examination room here, and 98 people in the examination room next door.
Uchiha Makoto looked at the candidates in the field, most of them had unfamiliar faces.
However, he still found many 'familiar' faces inside.
Metkai, Sarutobi Asuma, Yuhi Kurenai, Shiranui Genma, Yamashiro Aoba, Tamashiro Raidou, Tie Iwaki, Ebisu, Morino Ihiki, etc.
Of course, there is also Sakamoto Izawa, an old acquaintance of Uchiha Makoto, who seemed to have failed the last Jonin test.
Even three people from the Uchiha clan came, namely Uchiha Shisui, Uchiha Ling and Uchiha Kaede.
Uchiha Makoto felt something in his heart, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly. This was very interesting.
Ever since Matt Dai single-handedly defeated seven Ninja Swordsmen, the village has really begun to pay attention to the development prospects of ninjas who specialize in physical skills.
Originally, it was difficult for Metkai to become a chuunin, but now as long as the combat power of a taijutsu-type ninja reaches the standard, he can become a jounin.
After all, the power of Eight Gate Dunjia is too amazing.
As for Uchiha Shisui, his position at this time is still Chuunin.
The success rate and combat achievements of high-level missions are also important indicators for becoming a Jonin.
Although he made a name for himself as 'Shunshen Shisui' in Kirigakure, the Uchiha clan generally did not establish much military exploits on the Kirigakure battlefield.
Although Shisui's name is famous, he doesn't really kill many enemies.
After all, this is an away game, and Kirigakure's ninjas have the initiative and can advance or retreat.
In addition, it was not war time, so he was not directly promoted to Jonin.
Anyway, as long as you are strong enough, it doesn't matter whether you take the Jonin exam or not.
"Is this Uchiha Makoto? He's so handsome!"
"He's much more handsome! Isn't the key point his strength? How many people are as strong as him at the same age?!"
"I remember him. He was my junior in the ninja school. Unexpectedly, I am still a chuunin now, and he is already the examiner of the jounin exam."
"Sure enough, people cannot be compared with each other. I can only be extremely envious all day long. The gap between geniuses and ordinary people is so big!"
When Uchiha Makoto observed the ninjas in front of him, they were also observing Uchiha Makoto.
After the lottery was over, Namikaze Minato came to the examination room, said some words of encouragement to the ninjas, and then left.
"The actual combat test begins now!"
Uchiha Makoto said immediately after Namikaze Minato left.
"The first group, Iwashi vs. Inuzuka Claw!"
100 people, playing against each other, will take 50 games.
However, many of them are not very strong. In Uchiha Makoto's perception, the overall strength is uneven.
A protracted war is unlikely.
Most battles should be resolved quickly, and 50 battles shouldn't take long.
Among these people, the ones who can really make Uchiha Makoto pay more attention to him are Metkai, a friend who has a good relationship with him, and three other people of the same clan.
After discussing with Uchiha Fugaku last time, they also found Shisui and reminded him a few words.
Shisui's reaction was also very cooperative.
Uchiha Makoto has changed the Uchiha clan with practical actions, and Shisui is happy to see the current situation.
After all, in the original work, Shisui was a ninja who committed suicide for peace.
Of course, his approach was naive, but that was because his vision and knowledge were still insufficient and he could not see through the complex human heart.
What Uchiha Makoto has to do is to make Shisui think the same as him.
Because of the changes in the plot, Uchiha Makoto still doesn't know whether Shisui's Mangekyō Sharingan Eye Technique will still be a 'better god' like the original.
But as long as he becomes one of our own, many problems will disappear.
As for the brothers Uchiha Kaede and Uchiha Ling, Uchiha Makoto naturally had old grudges with him because these two people had been making little moves in secret.
This time it's time to see the strength of the two of them after opening the three magatama sharingan.
If it is really outstanding, it is not impossible to plan ahead.
"Akai, you have a good relationship with Uchiha Makoto. Is he really as powerful as the rumors say?"
Sarutobi Asuma's attention was not on the ninjas he was fighting, but on the examiner, Uchiha Makoto.
The reputation of the wealthy Uchiha clan is naturally known to everyone in Konoha.
It's just that in Asuma Sarutobi's view, his father, the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, is the strongest person in Konoha.
He has always regarded his father as his goal.
The first step is to surpass your peers.
The appearance of Kakashi allowed him to find an opponent, but then the sudden rise of Uchiha Makoto made him a little confused.
His father always talked about Uchiha Makoto, and he couldn't help but pay attention.
Uchiha Makoto was only one class above him, but many people in the village compared him to the Yondaime when he was younger.
“I used to practice with Cheng a lot, and I didn’t feel that he was very strong.
However, his strength has improved by leaps and bounds in recent years, and he has grown so fast!
I am no longer qualified to be his opponent.
But the meaning of youth is never-ending struggle, and my passion will not be dampened by this!
When I surpass Kakashi, I will catch up with Makoto next! "
Metkai looked at Uchiha Makoto in the field, his eyes full of fighting spirit.
"Then how does he compare to Kakashi!" Sarutobi Asuma asked with some concern.
Metkai shook his head and said: "There is no comparison!"
"No comparability?" Sarutobi Asuma was stunned for a moment, "Is the difference so big?"
"Yes!" Metkai nodded, "Kakashi said it himself.
He said that when facing Cheng, he felt the same as facing the fourth generation.
If Cheng was serious, he wouldn't be able to hold on for even a minute.
During normal training, Cheng always fights against the Yondaime-sama.
But it is precisely because of this that sincerity can be the goal that I have to pursue throughout my life! "
"The same feeling as facing the Fourth Generation?"
Sarutobi Asuma looked deeply shocked.
Although he has never seen Namikaze Minato take action, who in the ninja world knows the name of Golden Flash?
He stared blankly at the senior who was only one year older than him.
Kakashi, whom he regarded as his biggest rival, actually gave such a comment, which made Asuma Sarutobi feel a little untrue.
But he knew that Kakashi was never one to exaggerate the truth.
In this way, Kakashi, whom he regarded as his biggest competitor, was nothing compared to Uchiha Makoto.
My dream of surpassing my peers and surpassing my father may be difficult to realize.
The huge psychological gap made him feel a little dazed.
"Stop! The battle is over!"
"Victor Inuzuka Claw!"
"The next group, Sakamoto Izawa versus Yuhi Kurenai!"
...
"The next group, Uchiha Shisui versus Uchiha Kaede."
Uchiha Makoto finally became a little more interested after reading out the names of the two people dueling him.
Although I don't mean to look down upon him, the battle in the Jonin Exam is indeed a bit boring.
Of course, he still fulfilled his responsibilities as an examiner meticulously during the invigilation process.
With Uchiha Makoto's strength and combat experience, he can stop the battle at any time.
There have been thirty-three groups of duels.
In order to allow the candidates to fight with all their strength without interference, Uchiha Makoto did not immediately stop him when he felt that the opponent was about to lose.
Instead, it is considered based on the other party's will and the actual harm that may be suffered.
Despite this, only 6 people were slightly injured so far, and none were seriously injured.
Uchiha Makoto looked with interest at the two people who came to stand in the center of the venue.
"Senior Kaede, please give me some advice." Zhisui smiled politely and bowed slightly.
"Hmph! Just take action!"
Uchiha Kaede snorted coldly. Shisui was very close to the 'compromisers', so he naturally didn't have any good impressions.
Shisui continued to maintain a smile on his face, but he instantly opened the three Magatama Sharingan.
Uchiha Kaede's heart trembled.
Although I have heard of the name 'Shunshen Shisui', there are many ninjas who are not worthy of the name. You will know whether they are strong or not until you fight them.
Especially after opening the Three Magatama Sharingan, his strength has increased by leaps and bounds during this period, and his self-confidence has also rapidly expanded.
It's just that it's the same three magatama. Although Uchiha Kaede is confident in his own strength, he doesn't dare to be careless.
brush!
I saw Uchiha Shisui quickly forming seals with his hands, and seven identical Shisui instantly surrounded Uchiha Kaede.
"Huh?"
Uchiha Makoto, who was on the sidelines, showed an interested look.
Through perception, the clone he discovered of Shisui looked like a physical clone, but it was not a shadow clone or other physical clone techniques.
And if you look closely, it doesn't look like a physical clone, but it is different from the ordinary virtual clone technique.
Thinking of this, Uchiha Makoto opened the three Magatama Sharingan and carefully observed Shisui's clone.
"I see, that's interesting!" Uchiha Makoto's eyes lit up.
Uchiha Kaede, who was surrounded by Shisui, looked at the clones surrounding him, suddenly twitched the corners of his mouth, and said coldly:
"In front of the Sharingan, except for the use of physical clone points such as shadow clones, ordinary clone techniques are simply a joke."
With that said, Uchiha Kaede found Shisui's location through his Sharingan.
Uchiha Kaede flashed and appeared directly in front of Shisui's body on the right, punching him hard in the chest.
Shisui seemed to have no time to escape, so he froze in place and was hit by Uchiha Kaede's punch.
However, Uchiha Kaede's expression changed drastically in the next second.
"Not an entity?! How is that possible?!"
I saw Uchiha Kaede penetrate directly through the body of Shisui in front of me.
The moment he passed through Shisui's body.
Shisui, who was passed through his body, suddenly turned around and hit Uchiha Kaede in the back with a whip kick.
Uchiha Kaede suddenly fell forward, but he was not weak after all. He pushed his hands on the ground, and his body flew into the air for a week, and then landed firmly on the ground.
At this time, Uchiha Kaede looked at Shisui who surrounded him again in confusion.
"Senior, are you okay?" Shisui, who had just attacked Kaede Uchiha, asked with a smile.
"Don't be proud! I was careless just now!"
Shisui's smiling greeting seemed to Uchiha Kaede to be mocking him.
Although angry, Uchiha Kaede was not impulsive this time.
He used the three Magatama Sharingan to the extreme, but no matter how he looked at the Shisui who was talking in front of him, it was his true form.
But the attack just now hit an empty space.
"'Shunshen' Shisui is indeed well-deserved!" Uchiha Makoto sighed inwardly and closed his three Magatama Sharingan.
Through a moment of observation just now, Uchiha Makoto saw everything clearly.
Shisui can move instantly between clones, constantly changing his body.
Uchiha Kaede was indeed attacking Shisui's body.
But when the attack was about to hit Shisui, Shisui's body moved to another clone.
Then, the moment Uchiha Kaede penetrated the clone, he returned to the attacked clone.
So it seems that after Uchiha Kaede passed through the clone, he was immediately attacked by the clone.
To be honest, this teleportation technique is easy to see through as long as you have the Sharingan.
But it's not easy to deal with it.
But it's not impossible, as long as the speed is faster than Shisui.
If Namikaze Minato attacked Shisui just now, then at the moment when Namikaze Minato passed through Shisui's clone, if Shisui's body returned to the clone and then attacked Namikaze Minato, then he would be killed by Namikaze Minato. .
Of course, the reason he was able to do this was because he was Namikaze Minato.
Not everyone can have abnormal reflexes like Namikaze Minato, and can also use time and space ninjutsu like the Thunder God Jutsu.
Of course, if Uchiha Makoto wanted to deal with it, it would be easy.
If you want to defend, you can use the wind wall, or directly use Susanoo. Any fancy attacks are useless.
In addition, with Uchiha Makoto's current reaction and the spatial skill [Flash], it is easy to pretend to be hit and then counterattack.
Or attack all clones at the same time, but this method is easily countered.
At this time, Uchiha Seifeng in the field did just that.
He directly used the combined fire escape and impatiens flower claw red technique.
Uchiha Kaede threw shurikens at the surrounding Shisui clones.
Although Uchiha Kaede's ninja tool throwing level is not as terrible as Uchiha Makoto's, the level of ninja tool throwing will increase with every Uchiha member who activates the Sharingan.
After all, the Uchiha clan has special ninja throwing techniques specifically used with the Sharingan.
After throwing the shuriken, Uchiha Kaede immediately used the Fire Release: Hosen Fire Technique.
The small fireball released by the Hosen Fire Jutsu immediately attached the flame to the flying shuriken, and the attack covered all Shisui's clones.
This move not only has the high heat and lethality of Fire Release, but also has the cutting ability and speed of Shuriken. It has a very good effect as a feint attack.
And that seems to be the case.
Facing Uchiha Kaede's attack, Shisui's seven clones suddenly became one.
He drew out the ninja sword behind his back to block the flying shurikens, and kept approaching Uchiha Kaede.
When Uchiha Kaede saw this, he thought he had found a way to deal with Shisui, and he felt happy.
Just as he was about to counterattack, Shisui suddenly flashed again and separated into seven clones.
Shisui's sudden acceleration made Uchiha Kaede unable to react in time.
The seven clones raised their swords towards Uchiha Kaede at the same time.
Uchiha Kaede was about to form a seal, but only halfway through the movement of his hand, Shisui kicked him in the wrist.
After Shisui interrupted Uchiha Kaede's seal, he immediately moved behind him and slashed Uchiha Kaede's neck with a knife.
brush!
Uchiha Makoto appeared between the two of them with a [Flash] and grabbed Shisui's wrist.
The knife stopped five centimeters away from Uchiha Kaede's neck.
When his wrist was suddenly grabbed, the calm expression on Zhisui's face suddenly disappeared, and a look of shock appeared in his eyes.
He also noticed that Uchiha Makoto still held a battle watch and pen in his left hand.
"The battle ends here!"
Uchiha Makoto said calmly.
He glanced at the Ninja sword in front of him. It turned out that Shisui turned the blade around at the last moment and pointed the back of the sword towards Uchiha Kaede.
Uchiha Kaede turned around with an ugly expression. He unexpectedly lost to the younger generation of the clan so easily.
Uchiha Makoto let go of his hand, nodded and said:
"The winner has been decided, Uchiha Shisui is the winner!"
Uchiha Makoto smiled slightly and glanced at Uchiha Kaede beside him.
For some reason, Uchiha Kaede looked at Uchiha Makoto's eyes and felt a chill.
...
After the exam, Uchiha Makoto turned around and left, preparing to hand the battle form to Nara Shikaku.
"Senior Cheng."
He had just walked out of the door when he heard someone calling him.
Uchiha Makoto turned and looked.
Uchiha Shisui came to him, "Senior Makoto, can I talk to you?"
