Konoha: I, Uchiha, am brimming with positive energy

Chapter 153 Intercepting Yahiko and Konan (Please Subscribe!)

The final Chunin Exams began soon, and the huge exam hall was filled with people eager to watch.

Nine genin teams passed the second checkpoint: three were from Konoha, three were from Iwa, two were from Kumo, and one was from Amegakure.

The teams from the three major ninja villages basically represent the strength of the ninja villages in the ninja world. Apart from Amegakure, which managed to get through one team, all the other smaller ninja villages were eliminated.

Twenty-seven people were selected through a first-round lottery system, where each person received a bye.

Uchiha Yoichi also came to watch. The place was basically full of people. If each ticket cost 300 taels, with so many people, the revenue would be one or two million taels.

This is just the ticket price. If Konoha develops related projects properly, it will definitely become the center of the Land of Fire.

However, it was indeed difficult to deal with during times of war. A single spy causing trouble could make Konoha suffer for a long time. For the time being, Uchiha Yoichi could only think of setting up checkpoints outside the village to strictly check household registration.

That would only be possible after computers became widespread and he gained a certain status in the Land of Fire.

The daimyo of various countries also set up betting shops. When Uchiha Yoichi found out, he also placed some bets, mainly betting on three people to win the championship: Kakashi, Kurenai Yuhi, and Satomi Hyuga.

Although Kazuhiko Chishima also possessed the Sage's Seal, he didn't have any hidden tricks up his sleeve. Yoichi Uchiha taught him two ninjutsu techniques, which were also used in conjunction with hidden weapons.

He could only unleash his full potential at the level of an elite Chunin, and it would be very difficult for him to defeat Kakashi, Kurenai Yuhi, and Satomi Hyuga.

Furthermore, the Iwa and Kumo ninja likely also have powerful genin. The Iwa ninja may have come specifically to target Konoha, not wanting Konoha to steal the spotlight in this Chunin Exam.

At the other end of the audience, Yahiko and Konan removed their headbands, changed their clothes, and also arrived at Konoha Village.

Upon hearing about the joint Chunin Exams of the six nations, the Akatsuki organization decided to come and take a look. At the same time, Yahiko also wanted to try negotiating with the major powers for the first time, with Konoha as his first target.

Recently, Konoha has been engaged in wars with two other ninja villages. If Konoha can accept their methods and resolve the wars through negotiations, then there will be hope for the Akatsuki organization's dream.

Nagato didn't come. He was somewhat resistant after hearing about Konoha. Yahiko and Konan knew that Nagato's parents had died at the hands of Konoha ninjas, so they didn't try to persuade him.

After arriving in Konoha, Konan was captivated by its prosperity. If the Land of Rain had such a thriving scene, and everyone wore smiles on their faces, then half of Akatsuki's dream would have been achieved.

"Yahiko, are we going to see Jiraiya-sensei later?"

Konan whispered to Yahiko beside her, "With Jiraiya's help, they might be able to easily meet the Third Hokage and explain the Akatsuki's dream to him."

After hearing this, Yahiko thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Let's go see the Third Hokage first. If we let Jiraiya-sensei take us, the Third Hokage might treat us like a joke because of Jiraiya-sensei and not take it seriously."

He hoped the Third Hokage would treat him as an equal in negotiations, rather than because of his relationship with Jiraiya.

"Let's go find Jiraiya-sensei after this is all over and tell him about the Akatsuki's achievements."

Yahiko said with a smile, and Konan smiled as well.

Although the three of them were only thirteen years old, they had already developed the Akatsuki organization into a very large organization in Amegakure.

The Akatsuki organization manages four Peace Towns, with more than 80 core members and more than 500 peripheral members. Although most of them are ordinary people, ninjas only account for one-tenth of them.

However, the Akatsuki's ideals were being accepted by more and more people, which was also Yahiko's motivation to persevere.

He believed that sooner or later, the Akatsuki's ideology would spread throughout the Land of Rain, and then to the entire ninja world, where it would be accepted and believed by more people.

"Let's watch the match first, Konan. See how much of a gap there is between these young ninjas from the major ninja villages and us."

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The third round of matches came one after another. In the first round, Uchiha Yoichi's three students were separated, which was good news.

However, in the second round of the fourteen to seven, Kurenai Yuhi faced off against Kazuhiko Chishima, while Satomi Hyuga encountered Obito Uchiha.

Those who have persisted to this point are basically at the level of Chunin. Even if they manage to reach the individual battle of the third stage with the help of their team in the second stage test, they will be eliminated in the first round.

For example, Nohara Rin encountered a female ninja from the Cloud Ninja clan. She seemed to be a little younger than Nohara Rin, but she decisively eliminated Nohara Rin, the medical ninja, without even giving her a chance to throw her shuriken.

When it was Hyuga Rimi's and Uchiha Obito's turn, the audience immediately started discussing with interest; the Hyuga and Uchiha were not only two bloodline clans among the three great dojutsu of the ninja world.

Moreover, the contrast between the two is quite interesting, as many ordinary people living in Konoha Village want to know which is stronger, the Byakugan or the Sharingan; after all, they are residents of Konoha Village and have a certain understanding of the ninja clans in the village.

If there are children in the family attending the Ninja Academy, there might even be two classmates from the Hyuga and Uchiha clans.

"Clan leader, will Obito-senpai win?"

Uchiha Itachi suddenly looked up and asked. He was sitting next to Uchiha Mikoto, and on the other side of Mikoto was Uchiha Yoichi.

"If he creates distance and uses his shuriken and fire release techniques, he might have a slight chance, but he's still indulging in candy right now. Hyuga Rimi is a sure win."

Uchiha Yoichi really didn't think highly of Obito. Even if Hyuga Rimi didn't use the Sage Seal, she would probably still win.

The match began quickly. Obito Uchiha knew he couldn't get close to the Hyuga clan, so he threw his shuriken to create distance after the match started.

However, all of Obito Uchiha's shuriken were blocked by Satomi Hyuga, and the distance between them not only did not increase, but actually decreased.

Fire Release: Great Fireball

Obito Uchiha wanted to create an opportunity using ninjutsu, but after completing the hand seals, the candy got stuck in his throat. Now, let alone forming hand seals, even escaping would be difficult.

Finally, Hyuga Satomi struck Obito in the chest with a palm strike at close range, sending him flying seven or eight meters and also knocking the candy out of his throat.

However, just as Obito struggled to get up, a kunai was pressed against his throat.

The Uchiha clan members and Kakashi's team in the audience couldn't help but cover their heads after seeing Obito Uchiha's performance.

Mikoto Uchiha also reminded Itachi beside her, "Itachi, once you become a ninja, you can't eat candy during missions."

The next few matches ended quickly, and Kakashi was the winner of the individual battle, with the lowest odds; after all, after learning about Konoha's White Fang's son, Kakashi's odds kept dropping.

The second place goes to Kurenai Yuhi. She was actually more restrained by Rimi Hyuga, but unfortunately she never encountered Rimi Hyuga.

Hyuga Satomi and an Iwa ninja using the Explosion Release technique both suffered serious injuries and tied for fourth place, while third place went to Kumoguri's Samui. Both the Iwa ninja using the Explosion Release technique and Hyuga Satomi were seriously injured, so Samui won outright.

Only the top five players were able to become Chunin. The others, although they made it to the third round of individual battles, were not strong enough to become Chunin.

The Wood Release Kekkei ninja, on whom Danzo had placed high hopes, only managed to secure sixth place.

Although the appearance of Wood Release shocked everyone in the stands who knew about it, failing to win first place greatly diminished the impact of the Wood Release bloodline limit's reappearance.

The Chunin Exams, which lasted for more than a month, came to an end. Although Uchiha Yoichi found it rather boring, the others found it very enjoyable to watch. The genin in the last few rounds of individual battles were fully capable of being chunin or even stronger.

Especially Kakashi Hatake, whose White Fang sword technique made Iwagakure ninja Kyoto frown; this kid looked too much like his father, the White Fang of Konoha.

In another ten years, Konoha Village will probably see a new White Fang.

After the Chunin Exams, the first to leave are definitely the daimyo and nobles from various countries. They have special guards, and the Konoha ninjas will also escort them a considerable distance outside the village.

Seeing that the Chunin Exams were over, Yahiko stood up and said to Konan, "Konan, let's go see the Third Hokage this afternoon."

"I understand, Yahiko."

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After the Chunin Exams ended, Uchiha Yoichi was busy in the security force for a while. He summoned the four squad leaders, including Uchiha Masato, and asked them to recruit more non-Clan ninjas into the security force in the near future.

The security forces could have even more power; they could even make their own rules, but they would need enough manpower to enforce them.

Uchiha Yoichi also discussed some business with the Daimyo's mansion, which requires some of his clan's ninjas to maintain, so he will be drawing some people from the guard force.

Hokage Building.

Yahiko and Konan changed their clothes and put on Amegakure headbands, but since the ninjas from other villages needed to open Konoha within a day, they had to hurry.

"Please help me. I'm looking for the Third Hokage. I am Yahiko, the leader of the Akatsuki organization in the Land of Rain. Please pass on our message."

Upon hearing Yahiko's words, the guards at the Hokage Building frowned and shook their heads, saying, "No, please leave Konoha as soon as possible. If you wish to see the Third Hokage, have Amegakure send an envoy."

He had never heard of the Akatsuki organization in the Land of Rain, only the Amegakure village. If it weren't for the fact that this person was just visiting normally and there were no signs of intrusion, he would have called the Anbu to deal with them.

Yahiko bowed and said, "Please convey our message: I have some ideas about peace and would like to speak with the Third Hokage."

"Get out of here right now, or I'll call the police!"

"The guards at the Hokage Building said, even stuffing their hands into their ninja tool pouches."

Xiao Nan was somewhat indignant and took half a step forward, about to say, "We are..."

"Xiao Nan, forget it."

Yahiko stopped Konan. He was unwilling to rely on Jiraiya's reputation, but hoped to gain others' recognition through his ideals.

"let's go."

After saying that, Yahiko and Konan turned and left.

After the two of them left, the guard ninja in the Hokage Building pulled his hand out of his ninja tool bag, but he still turned around and went inside to report the matter.

Two ninjas wearing headbands from Amegakure wanted to see the Third Hokage to discuss matters of peace, and the news quickly reached the hands of the Anbu and Root.

The Anbu were fine; they simply pulled up some information on the Akatsuki, assessed the level of risk, and then reported and summarized the situation, placing it on the Third Hokage's desk.

However, after the Root ninja relayed the message to Danzo, the latter frowned slightly and asked, "Is the Akatsuki organization that Hanzo mentioned?"

Where are they?

"They are preparing to leave Konoha Village, and there are only two of them."

"Let Shen handle it. This time, we must take the heads of those two Akatsuki members!"

Danzo said coldly, not getting first place was already embarrassing for him; it seems that giving the power of Wood Release to his subordinates is ultimately not as good as having it in his own hands.

"Yes, Lord Danzo."

After receiving his orders, the Root ninja went down to find Shin.

After receiving the orders, he ate a soldier's ration pill to restore his chakra and then left Konoha.

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"Yahiko, I didn't expect Konoha to be so arrogant, they wouldn't even see us!"

On the way back, Konan couldn't help but complain; "It would have been better if that ninja had just gone in to announce our arrival, but he didn't even bother to do so and just chased us away."

"We're still not strong enough, Konan. If we could represent the Land of Rain, Konoha probably wouldn't underestimate us so much."

Yahiko recalled what the Konoha ninja had said earlier and made a decision in his heart.

"Once we get back, let's continue developing the Akatsuki organization and strive to gain acceptance from the entire Land of Rain, including Hanzo."

Before he could finish speaking, Yahiko's expression suddenly changed, and he and Konan jumped away.

Next, several shuriken came from the woods, grazing past Yahiko and Konan's legs almost simultaneously.

If they had dodged any later, they would have been hit by the shuriken.

"who!?"

Yahiko said angrily, "This is near Konoha; ninjas will be here soon."

"Wood Release: Great Forest Technique!"

Dozens of thick logs stretched out from the forest and attacked Yahiko and Konan; upon seeing this ninjutsu, the two were shocked and then quickly formed hand seals to counterattack.

"Water Release: Water Chaos Technique".

"Paper Shuriken - Explosive Tag!"

Although Yahiko's water-style ninjutsu had no effect on the giant tree that was attacking, it did slow down the impact of the tree and bought him some time.

Then, the paper shuriken that Konan threw out instantly turned into an explosive tag after hitting the giant tree. The violent explosion shattered the giant tree, allowing the two to escape the attack of the Great Forest Technique.

"Wood Release ninjutsu. You were a Konoha ninja in the Chunin Exams."

Just as Yahiko finished speaking, a person jumped out of the forest. It was the same Konoha ninja he had seen during the individual Chunin Exams.

Why are the Konoha ninja trying to ambush us?

Yahiko asked, puzzled, "Is it because of what happened earlier? But they didn't do anything out of line."

Shen didn't speak, but instead prepared to kill the two people in front of him, following his mission. "Wood Release."

"Wait a moment!"

However, just as Shin was preparing to unleash his Wood Release ninjutsu, someone suddenly appeared between the two sides, interrupting their battle.

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