Naruto: Uchiha Youngjo's Konoha Spring

Chapter 206 Cooperation
Onoki was full of praise for Sasuke's performance, but A's expression was not so good. The Omoi team was already the strongest among the young people of their generation in Kumogakure, but they were completely defeated by Uchiha Sasuke. What was even more unacceptable was that the opponent used a lightning release ninjutsu to defeat them.

During the Third Shinobi World War, the Cloud Village was somewhat dismissive of Uchiha Touko's reputation as the Azure Lightning Touko, as they had always been confident that they were the best in the shinobi world when it came to lightning release.

However, in the clashes between the younger generation, the ninjas of Kumogakure have truly lost to the ninjas of Konoha in terms of their mastery of Lightning Release. Although Omoi possesses a large part of his strength in swordsmanship, he currently lacks a suitable ninja sword, but a loss is a loss.

However, Onoki and A maintained an attitude of admiration but not fear towards Sasuke's strength. After all, for ninjas of their level, Uchiha clan ninjas, unless they awakened the legendary Mangekyou Sharingan, would only be slightly more difficult enemies to deal with in the future.

As for the possibility of Sasuke awakening the Mangekyou Sharingan, the two thought to themselves, "If the Mangekyou Sharingan were so easy to awaken in the Uchiha clan, then the clan would have unified the ninja world long ago. Now the Uchiha clan already has two pairs of Mangekyou Sharingan. It can't be that every genius in the Uchiha clan can awaken the Mangekyou Sharingan."

At this moment, Omoi's two teammates, seeing that Omoi was in danger, also stepped in and came to Omoi's side. The three of them used defensive ninjutsu together to resist the impact of the lightning ball explosion.

As the smoke from the explosion slowly dissipated, Omoi and his two companions had vanished from sight.

"They ran northwest. Should we chase them?" Even through the thick smoke, Neji, with his Byakugan activated, easily pinpointed the direction of their escape.

"No need for that, getting the sword first is the right thing to do." Sasuke said, walking over to the chakra short sword, pulling it out, twirling it in his hand, and then looking in the direction of Kurotsuchi and the other two.

"Uchiha guy, that's not our target." Kurotsuchi shook her head and shrugged.

"Really? Then what are you still doing here? There aren't many resources around here," Sasuke said.

"Don't be so serious. Konoha and Iwagakure are allies who have signed a contract," Kurotsuchi said with a smile. "Plus, we also have the friendship with our senior brother Deidara. How about we cooperate?"

"Cooperation?" Sasuke sheathed his sword and raised an eyebrow at the other person.

"Yes, cooperation. There are 9 teams, or 27 people, to advance to the final round of this assessment. If our two teams cooperate, I think it's not impossible for us to decide which nine teams will advance to the final round. You agree, right?"

“That’s true.” Sasuke nodded. “So, how do you plan to allocate these nine spots?”

"Hehe, since Konoha is the host, you can decide how to allocate the spots, young man. We Iwagakure only need three spots anyway," Kurotsuchi said.

"Three spots?" Sasuke nodded. "That's not unreasonable."

"So, Sasuke, how do you plan to distribute them?" Kurotsuchi asked.

"Of the six spots, Konoha should take four. As for the remaining two, one can go to Kirigakure and the other to Amegakure. They've come all this way; it wouldn't be right for Konoha to leave empty-handed," Sasuke said with a smile. "So it's decided then?" Kurotsuchi confirmed.

“Sure, but to show your sincerity, shouldn’t Iwagakure bring something out?” Sasuke turned to look at a ninja carrying a long metal staff next to Kurotsuchi.

"Do you want this?" Kurotsuchi followed Sasuke's gaze and noticed what he was looking at. The person being stared at simply took off the long staff from his back and threw it to Sasuke.

They found this long staff at a resource point on their way here. Although its quality was only slightly inferior to the ninja sword they had just used, it was definitely a top-quality weapon in this examination hall. However, none of the three of them could unleash the full power of this weapon. Therefore, Kurotsuchi decided to bring it out now to demonstrate their sincerity in cooperating.

Neji reached out and took the long staff, then nodded to Sasuke.

"Since you're so sincere, then let's consider the set of alloy ninja tools 170 meters to the northwest as a token of our sincerity from Konoha," Sasuke said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Kurotsuchi turned to look at the other person beside her, who nodded and silently headed in the direction Sasuke had indicated.

Sasuke said nothing, simply watching the other's actions. Before long, the other returned to Kurotsuchi with the acquired ninja tools. Kurotsuchi nodded in agreement and looked at Sasuke, saying:

"So, happy working together?"

"Hehe, it's a pleasure to cooperate." Sasuke nodded, finalizing the cooperation.

Meanwhile, the people in the VIP room watched the two of them openly plotting something behind the scenes, and their expressions varied.

"Hehe, please excuse my granddaughter, Hokage. She's always been fond of these little tricks since she was little," Onoki said.

“The Tsuchikage is exaggerating,” Uchiha Touko smiled and waved his hand. “In my opinion, if they can really complete their alliance plan according to their own ideas, that is also part of their ability. The Chunin Exams don’t just look at combat ability. It’s clear that your granddaughter will be an excellent ninja in the future.”

"Hmph, all you Konoha and Iwagakure know is such tricks." At this moment, A sneered and said, "In the face of absolute strength, all schemes and tricks are meaningless in a battle between ninjas."

"So, Lord Raikou is confident that your village's ninjas can break through the alliance of these two children?" Uchiha Touko, unperturbed by A's sarcastic remarks, simply chuckled and said.

"But all I saw just now was the elite genin squad of Kumogakure being routed by the geniuses of the Uchiha clan." Takagi Seiwan finally found an opportunity to speak. A had embarrassed him earlier, so he naturally wanted to make up for it now. Besides, he knew Sasuke, who was his most respected adoptive father, the son of the Uchiha Fugaku clan. In a way, he was also his adoptive brother, so he naturally wanted to praise him.

(End of this chapter)