After trying Jiraiya in absentia, Uchiha Tokumitsu temporarily put the matter aside.
Although he was full of desire to explore the mysteries of celestial magic, he still understood the principle of haste and waste, so after arranging all the arrangements, Uchiha Tokumitsu began to sit back and wait for the fish to take the bait.
Over time, a notice was added to the bulletin boards at the police headquarters and each district police station regarding this case, listing Jiraiya as a "ninja of questionable loyalty."
But most Konoha ninjas no longer take this matter to heart.
The various activities launched by the police department covered up the notice.
"Dubious loyalty..."
With a gloomy look on his face, Orochimaru flipped through the announcements that his subordinates copied from the police department bulletin board over and over again, as if he was trying to see the flowers.
Not surprisingly, the police department's ruling and punishment had been issued, but Orochimaru still couldn't contact Jiraiya.
It was not known whether Jiraiya's sudden "disappearance" was self-escape or secretly being manipulated, which made Orochimaru feel even more uncomfortable.
"That idiot!"
…
Except for Orochimaru and Tsunade, no one else cares about the development of Jiraiya's peeping case.
Because the long-advocated Chunin Joint Examination is about to begin.
The first one to arrive in Konoha was naturally the Kusanagi ninja who was always loyal to Uchiha.
In order to compete for a place to go to Konoha to participate in the Chuunin Joint Examination, various factions in the Grass Ninja Village almost started fighting. In the end, under the adjustment of the leader Mang, each faction divided the places equally, and a total of twenty-one genin were gathered, and they were temporarily in the village. Seven jounin were transferred to serve as temporary teachers for the genin to support the appearance, thus forming the lineup for the chuunin joint examination of the Grass Ninja Village.
The Uchiha clan has always treated their first loyal dog from outside the village sincerely.
Ever since Tokumitsu Uchiha came out of the Northwest Ninja Army, he has always treated the grass ninjas who paid the blood tax well. Whether it is war recruitment or joint company employment, these grass ninjas who are used to poverty have made a lot of money, and Various basic ninjutsu are not hidden away. As long as the grass ninja's contribution reaches the standard, the Uchiha ninjas will basically give them a special ninjutsu as a reward with a wave of their hands.
And this time, the grass ninjas are even more ambitious in organizing the best genin juniors in their minds, planning to make a concentrated appearance in front of the distinguished Lord Tokumitsu, so as to get a few more contract employment quotas in the United Company next year.
Unlike Kusanagi, who is full of inner drama, Kirigakure behaves relatively calmly.
Among the thirty Kirigakure Genin who participated in the Chuunin Joint Examination, fifteen were from the Zhengyi clan, and the team composition was also quite interesting.
"The three clans of ninjas are mixed to form a tactical team?"
Uchiha Tokumitsu looked at Kirigakure's exam list and found it quite interesting.
"Yes, Lord Tokumitsu~"
Chino Minazuki, who was in charge of leading the team, replied respectfully: "After following your order and returning to Kirigakure, our three clans discussed it and in order to maintain the order of the Ninja Village and the friendship between the three clans in the long term, we decided to move the three clans together. The descendants of the clan are mixed together to teach the descendants to unite as a team since they were young, so that they can contribute their strength to the shogunate when they grow up. "
"Very good! It's really a blessing for Kirigakure that the three tribes have such understanding!"
Uchiha Tokumitsu was very satisfied.
With such a high degree of intention, he must be more or less the chief loyal minister of the shogunate!
"Then I look forward to Kirigakure's performance in the Chuunin Joint Examination!"
Uchiha Tokko put down the list in his hand and nodded.
“You won’t be disappointed!“
Minazuki Chino immediately stood up and bowed in understanding.
There were twenty-four people in the team of Yu Ninja Village taking the exam, and after arriving in Konoha, the Jonin leading the team immediately met with Uchiha Tokimitsu, the biggest financial backer of Yu Ninja Village, and exchanged greetings with them. Afterwards, he told Uchiha Tokko that Sansho Hanzo himself planned to come to Konoha to watch the competition in the finals of the Chunin Joint Examination.
"If Mr. Hanzo is willing to come and watch the game, that would be a great thing!"
Uchiha Tokko was also happy to see this.
"The candidates selected by the Rain Ninja Village this time are all elite genin. If Tokuguang-sama is free during the exam, I hope to go to the scene to see the performance of the juniors. It would be great if you can give some pointers..."
The rain ninja led the jounin to muster up the courage and said.
This was not something arranged by Sanshouyu Hanzo, it was purely his own extravagance.
Sansho Hanzo is known as a demigod, and his strength and status are unquestionable. Although after the rise of Uchiha Tokumitsu, the momentum was much smaller than before, but because Uchiha Tokumitsu often hired Ameno to participate in various wars, and the United Company also has long-term employment tasks in Ameno Village, so overall, , the situation of the rain ninjas is still passable.
Moreover, although the rain ninjas love money, they still respect the leader Sansho Hanzo. In their minds, Sansho Hanzo can still occupy half of the country - as for the other half, naturally he is not only powerful but also powerful. , the Tokumitsu Shogunate is nice to talk to and easy to give money to!
"The Rain Ninja Village is a place where many heroes are born. I will go and see it when the time comes. As for giving advice, there is still a big gap between my teaching level and that of Mr. Hanzo."
Uchiha Tokko laughed and replied without missing a beat.
"Looking forward to Lord Tokuguang's arrival!"
The corners of the mouth of the Jonin led by the Rain Ninja almost reached behind his ears.
As for the representative team from the southern part of the Kingdom of Frost, it was purely a make-up. The Uchiha Fire Gate searched the territory and barely managed to make up nine genin. Moreover, due to the general poor strength of the frost ninjas in the south, the Uchiha Fire Gate specially Arrange a shogunate ninja to temporarily lead the team so as to act as a front.
For this kind of team that was purely based on numbers, Uchiha Tokumitsu did not look at it differently. He also received them and gently encouraged them to "examine their style, their level, and their indomitable frost ninja spirit." So much.
After all, after watching it for a round, with the extreme strength of the frost ninja, this is all it can do.
In addition, the Sunagakure examination delegation also sent an envoy to Konoha Dazen Station in advance, and said that Sunagakure's chief elder Ebizo or the Third Kazekage might come to watch the competition during the finals. In addition, they also hoped to meet Uchiha Tokumitsu. Meet secretly to achieve cooperation.
Uchiha Tokko also welcomes everyone.
Sanshouyu Hanzo is already here, and it doesn't matter if there is another senior member of Sunagakure, so he naturally agrees to the request of Sunagakure's envoy.
In addition, there are also small ninja villages such as Snow Ninja Village and Star Ninja Village that have decided to participate, but due to the long distance, they have not yet arrived in Konoha.
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"The recent economic situation of the village is indeed good!"
In the office of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hatake Sakumo was flipping through the village's recent economic report, almost smiling.
"Ninjas are high-income people. Their coming to the village will naturally drive consumption in the village."
Uchiha Tokko replied.
Although the genin who came to participate in the Chuunin Joint Examination and the accompanying jounin enjoyed the basic treatment including food and accommodation, after all, the prosperous world is charming, and there are always many things in Konoha that make these bumpkin from the countryside feel novel. things, so their wallets naturally made due contributions to Konoha's economic growth.
"But when Mr. Hanzo and Sunagakure's Kazekage arrive in Konoha...how should they be received?"
Hatake Sakumo asked a rather troubling question.
"Just be equal to you and me."
Uchiha Tokumitsu did not put on the airs of the so-called Governor of Konoha, but gave a direct answer: "Konoha is a ninja village of the ninja republic, so naturally the highest etiquette cannot exceed the standards of the governor and the speakers of the Senate and House of Representatives. "
"Mr. Hanzo probably won't mind this, but as for Sunagakure...after all, they have turned their village into a country."
Hatake Sakumo also expressed his doubts.
"Now it is Sunagakure who is asking for help from us... If we continue to struggle with these red tapes, Sunagakure will also perish."
Uchiha Demitsu chuckled and said nonchalantly.
The war between Sunagakure and Iwagakure is still going on.
Although Uchiha Tokumitsu encouraged Sansho Hanzo's Rain Ninja Village to expand westward and threaten Tori No Kuni, the logistics base of the Iwagakure Expeditionary Force, the stubborn Iwagakure did not flinch and instead adopted the method of sending more ninja troops to target The sharp response forced the rain ninja's prying eyes away.
According to information from Sunagakure, although the Iwagakure Expeditionary Force fighting in the Kingdom of Wind is making slow progress, it has been advancing slowly, fighting a dull battle with Sunagakure, who advocates coming and going like the wind. Compress Sunagakure's strategic living space.
Because of this, Sunagakure began to be dissatisfied with the arms sales support of the shogunate, and began to seek more direct help from the shogunate and even Konoha.
For example, the shogunate joins the war.
"Then I will do as you say~"
Hatake Sakumo also thought of this point and no longer obsessed with these etiquette matters.
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The Konoha ninjas were not idle either.
As the home of the Chuunin Joint Examination, both the ninja clans and civilian ninjas are looking forward to their children being able to show off their majesty in the exam hall.
Even the Hyuga clan, who was accustomed to keeping a low profile and biding their time, began to select seed genin within the clan for intensive training under the influence of the atmosphere, in order to show the grace of the Hyuga clan in the chuunin joint examination.
The Senju clan is the most concerned about this matter among the Konoha ninja clan.
The Senju elders also made a decision that went against their ancestral precepts and taught all the basic ninjutsu within the family to the younger generation of genin in order to have a certain impact on their strength in a short period of time. positive stimulating effect.
Their expectations were not high, as long as one of their clansmen could eliminate an Uchiha ninja in the combat session of the Chunin Joint Examination.
After all, although the Thousand Hands Clan seems to be powerful after the reorganization, the reality of the lack of support has not changed much in a short period of time.
The Police Preparatory School has entered into the training phase before the exam.
Although Uchiha Tokumitsu would not specifically relax the difficulty or leak the questions in advance because most of them are junior genin of the Uchiha clan, he also secretly pointed out to the instructor in charge of the police preparatory school the current class of middle school students. The core of the joint examination is the competition of strength.
The instructor naturally understood and immediately rushed back to the police academy to gather all the Uchiha ninjas who were planning to participate in the Chunin Examination for devil-like training.
As a member of the dignified Konoha ruling ninja clan, the instructor felt that even missing out on one place was an insult to the family, so naturally he mercilessly drilled the genin participating in the training until they all screamed.
Just as the Konoha ninjas and the ninjas from various ninja villages participating in the competition were gearing up to compete, the police department finally issued a notice about the holding of the joint chunin exams.
"The exams start next Wednesday... We're just in time!"
On the same day that the exam notice was released, the Kirigakure genin team with the largest number of participants finally arrived in Konoha.
The leading Jonin also saw the notice about the exam time on the bulletin board of the Western District Police Station.
"This is the first time I have seen so many ninjas from other ninja villages in one ninja village!"
Said a genin competing in Sunagakure.
The prosperity and affluence displayed by Konoha, where people come and go, shocked the Sunagakure ninjas who had just withdrawn from the frontline battlefield.
Although most Konoha ninjas are indifferent to the current situation of their own ninja villages, for other ninja villages, especially Sunagakure who is in a war posture, Konoha is simply an enviable paradise on earth.
"Instead of envying others, it is better to strengthen yourself"
Sunagakure led the Jonin team to encourage his subordinates and said: "As long as they can stand out in the Chuunin Joint Examination, they will be eligible for the secret technique taught in a village! This is a good thing no matter how rich you are!"
"We must fight for the glory of Sunagakure!"
A group of Sunagakure genin were on the main street of Konoha, and they responded loudly and passionately.
It also attracted many side glances from the Konoha villagers passing by.
However, although each of the Sunagakure genin behaved very actively, many of them were still absent-minded.
Although it was only the first time to arrive in Konoha, compared with the poor Sunagakure, many Sunagakure genin were fascinated by the blooming Konoha. In contrast, the oasis of the Land of Winds did not feel the same no matter how they looked at it. So pleasing to the eye.
"United Company's new annual recruitment plan has been released!"
Just as Sunagakure and others were absentmindedly cheering each other on, someone suddenly shouted loudly from the other side of Konoha Commercial Street.
Suddenly, countless ninjas from Konoha, Rain ninja, Grass ninja and other ninja villages suddenly appeared out of nowhere. They rushed over like hungry tigers and surrounded the notice board where the recruitment notice had just been posted.
"This is……"
The Sunagakure genin who had never seen the world were a little confused.
"The United Company of the Uchiha Clan is recruiting ninjas on long-term contracts."
The jounin led by Sunagakure replied nonchalantly: "But only those unpromising civilian ninjas or the guys from the small ninja village will flock to these."
"…United Company."
The Sunagakure genin silently memorized this name.
"After becoming a contract ninja of the United Company, although you will have a fixed salary, free medical care, ninjutsu distributed according to contribution, and an apartment that can be purchased at a low cost, etc., you will also lose your personal freedom and must obey those rules. Running around and working under orders from high-level officials is no longer as enjoyable as being free..."
Sunagakure led the Jonin to once again criticize eloquently.
"Yeah, yeah! That's right! The teacher is so right!"
The Sunagakure genin nodded in agreement.
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"The hero of the ninja world has entered my nest!"
Standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows of the office on the top floor of the Konoha Police Department Headquarters building, Uchiha Tokumitsu looked down at Konoha and felt confident and high-spirited.
Today the construction site is in a hurry and I can’t spare the time. I’ll do a double update tomorrow~ I hope all book friends will understand.
(End of chapter)
