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Chapter 12 Let that child participate in the Chunin Exams!

The Hokage's office.

The domed building at the very center of the entire Hidden Leaf Village.

An ANBU ninja knelt on one knee, speaking as if in mechanical speech, reporting the latest news to the old man sitting at his desk: "Lord Hokage, news has come from the Second Alert Zone that a violent tremor has occurred near Training Ground Nine..."

"Um."

The Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, wearing a straw hat and casually puffing on a pipe, flipped through a stack of papers in his hand, seemingly unconcerned about the ANBU report. He casually remarked, "I remember Training Ground Nine was assigned to the ANBU training program..."

Dark area training course.

The Dark Division training course is nominally under the Dark Division's jurisdiction.

However, most of the members of the Dark Guard knew that the Dark Guard training class was Shimura Danzo's Root organization, and in fact, the Root organization had far exceeded the size of a single class.

"Yes."

The ANBU ninja responded and continued his report: "From a distance, a forest has appeared in Training Ground Nine in a short period of time..."

"Oh?"

The Third Hokage, still with a pipe in his mouth, carefully examined the stack of papers in his hand: "This situation... it sounds somewhat familiar..."

"Yes."

The ANBU ninja quickly lowered his head and explained to his superior, "Tenzo, who was recently transferred to the ANBU by the Hokage, used a Wood Release ninjutsu called [Wood Release: Advent of the Sea of ​​Trees] in the ANBU training ground. It created a sea of ​​trees in a short time. We initially suspect that someone used the same Wood Release ninjutsu in Training Ground No. 9."

"Hmm, there's no need to investigate further."

The Third Hokage nodded, still not particularly concerned, and continued looking at the stack of papers in his hand: "I already knew about this. Danzo Kagesuke already told me that there was a Wood Release bloodline ninja in the Anbu training class."

Obviously.

The Third Hokage lied to his subordinates.

After all, he had recently mobilized his ANBU personnel to surround Root, displaying an aggressive and ready-to-suppress stance, and had even stolen a Wood Release bloodline ninja from Danzo's command...

Now that he knows Danzo has another Wood Release bloodline ninja under his command, should he send the Anbu to surround Root and snatch the second Wood Release bloodline ninja?

This kind of thing...

It can be done once, but not twice.

Especially since it had been so short since the last time, it was inevitable that Danzo would feel resentful and indignant if I did the same thing to him in such a short period of time.

If that Wood Release bloodline ninja has good talent, I can find another opportunity to transfer him to the Anbu in the future. There's no need to provoke Danzo now.

Konoha needs Danzo to deal with some shady troubles.

The ninja world is still far from peaceful. The major ninja villages are still engaged in open and covert struggles, and clandestine operations such as espionage, infiltration, assassination, and robbery have never ceased.

The village of Konoha is also unstable. The Uchiha clan, the strongest and most powerful ninja clan, is ambitious and its conflicts with the village are intensifying, with the possibility of conflict breaking out at any time.

These things…

They all needed Shimura Danzo's help to handle.

but…

Danzo must now be given a warning.

This was to let Danzo know that he had been watching Danzo's every move.

Now we must make Danzo put away his inappropriate thoughts. Just because he has another Wood Release ninja under his command doesn't give him the audacity to repeat the assassination attempt on the Hokage that happened a few years ago.

That old friend…

Narrow-minded yet cowardly...

Once a weakness is exposed, they'll be so scared they'll crawl into the sewers.

"alright."

"There's no need to discuss this further."

"The most important thing now is the Chunin Exams in the village in the second half of the year."

The Third Hokage was still flipping through the stack of papers in his hands; they were the registration forms for the Chunin Exams in the second half of the year, the most important test for the entire village.

The significance of the Chunin Exams lies in selecting talented individuals.

Konoha Village has a large number of genin (low-ranking ninja), who are the foundation for the village to accept low-rank ninja missions and are an important contributor to Konoha's prosperity. However, they can only make a living by accepting C-rank and D-rank ninja missions.

However, the nature of Chunin is different.

If a genin performs well in the chunin exams, he will be promoted to chunin by the village, which means he will have a stable job to choose from.

Chunin can undertake lucrative B-rank combat missions, work in certain departments of the village, and even have the opportunity to join the Anbu.

The Chunin Exams are the highest-level unified exams in Konoha.

Konoha holds two Chunin Exams every year, occasionally co-hosting with other small and medium-sized ninja villages. Without exception, the pass rate for each Chunin Exam is extremely low.

Since the end of the Third Shinobi World War, the shinobi world has entered a peaceful era, and the Chunin Exams have taken on a new meaning, becoming an important occasion to showcase the strength of Konoha.

Konoha Village's fiscal revenue mainly comes from missions commissioned by the Daimyo of the Land of Fire and ninjas.

The daimyo of the Land of Fire often comes to watch the Chunin Exams to decide whether to increase or decrease financial support; other daimyo or nobles from smaller countries also come to decide whether to entrust high-level missions to Konoha.

Besides that…

Most importantly, it is to intimidate and attract Konoha's allies.

Generally speaking, smaller ninja villages are allies sought after by the five major ninja villages. These smaller ninja villages often compare the national strength of the various major ninja villages and choose to ally with the more powerful one.

The Chunin Exams are undoubtedly the most direct opportunity for smaller ninja villages to observe Konoha's national strength during peacetime, which makes Konoha take the Chunin Exams even more seriously.

"Are all the registration forms for the Chunin Exams here?"

The Third Hokage slowly put down his pipe and suddenly asked, "Did that little brat Itachi Uchiha apply to participate in the Chunin Exams all by himself?"

"Yes."

The ANBU ninja nodded and explained, "According to our investigation, two years ago, Itachi Uchiha's teammates were all killed in a mission..."

"From then on, Itachi Uchiha never participated in forming a team again, and he almost never participated in carrying out missions, so naturally he had no teammates to take the Chunin Exams with him..."

"but…"

"For the past two years, Itachi Uchiha has been training with Shisui Uchiha, and even assisted Shisui in completing cooperative assessment missions..."

"Even though that assessment mission was interrupted, it still allows us to determine that he is an excellent ninja, capable of completing the Chunin Exams on his own."

"The only slightly unfair part is the three-player cooperative battle assessment."

"There have been many precedents in the village."

"For example, when Kakashi Hatake's teammates, Obito Uchiha and Rin Nohara, participated in the Chunin Exams, they lacked a teammate for the three-person cooperative battle assessment. Even though Kakashi Hatake had already become a Chunin, he was still deemed capable of assisting his two teammates in the final three-person cooperative battle assessment of the Chunin Exams..."

"However…"

"Itachi Uchiha's only teammate is Shisui Uchiha. Having the renowned Jonin Shisui, the master of the Body Flicker Technique, participate in the Chunin Exams seems a bit... "

"Ha ha ha ha…"

The Third Hokage interrupted his subordinate with a loud laugh, waving his hand and saying, "That would be too much of a rip-off to these kids, making this exam a joke."

"Yes."

The ANBU ninja nodded, then looked up at the old man and added, "However, Itachi Uchiha was indeed capable of passing all the tests single-handedly. Shisui Uchiha mentioned that Itachi's performance in every training exercise was excellent..."

"Okay, let's leave it at that this time!"

The Third Hokage nodded, and seemingly casually said, "Kakashi, Tenzo, go and submit an application form to the Anbu training center..."

"Yes, Hokage-sama!"

Two masked figures quickly stepped forward!

The Third Hokage looked at one of them, his eyes sharpening. "Go tell Danzo to let that kid with Wood Release also participate in the Chunin Exams!"

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(End of this chapter)