The Steady King of Konoha

When the three of them came to the stage, many ninjas were already waiting. Sarutobi Hiruzen said with a smile, "I'm sorry, everyone, I was a little late due to official business."

The dark-faced man from the Kingdom of Thunder smiled nonchalantly and said, "Hokage-sama has many things to do every day, so being able to come in person is an exception. I should wait for a while."

After everyone sat down in order, Chiyo from Sunagakure Village's eyes flashed and she asked casually: "Something big seems to have happened in your village recently. There are more patrolling ninjas on the streets."

Hiruzen Sarutobi glanced at her with a half-smile, and naturally knew what Chiyo was referring to, and said calmly: "With so many distinguished guests coming to the village, the security work is naturally tighter than usual."

As the saying goes, family scandals should not be made public, and Sarutobi Hiruzen is not stupid, so he would tell the truth, and changing the topic in a few words would be considered a fool.

Everyone just sat on the stage, and there were ninjas below who took out the genin who were taking the exam one by one. It took a full two hours to make sure that everyone was here.

Hayama sat in his seat and glanced at the many genin standing under the stage, and he couldn't help but sigh at the cruelty of the chuunin exam.

Seven days ago, nearly 250 teams entered the forest, but now there were less than 200 people standing below, and dozens more were lying on the ground.

Such is the cruelty of ninjas, it's like raising voodoos. Only strong voodoos can survive intact. The eliminated voodoos will naturally and warmly become the food of other voodoos.

You must know that these genin are generally young. The youngest, Kakashi, is only eight years old, and the eldest, a ninja from the land of grass, is only seventeen or eighteen years old. They are still a group of half-grown children. If they are lucky enough to be born in

On Earth, now is the age to stay in school and enjoy the wonderful campus life. Unfortunately, they were born in the ninja world and are destined to pick up weapons and fight at a young age.

But to Hayama's relief, Kakashi and Obito survived to the end without any serious injuries. Although they looked really embarrassed, at least their lives were saved.

Seeing that there were no more candidates left in the forest, Ye Shan stood up as the examiner, walked to the stage, cleared his throat and began to speak.

"First of all, I would like to congratulate you for successfully passing the second Chunin selection exam. In these seven days, you have proven your survivability, combat ability and other necessary qualities for Chunin, and you have initially obtained the qualifications for promotion."

"Secondly, I think you should thank those opponents who unfortunately lost the election. It was their failure that prompted your growth and enabled you to stand here proudly. The growth process of a ninja is not smooth sailing, but is destined to go through some ups and downs.

, they just didn’t persist, but they are still worthy of your respect.”

"Finally, please hand your tokens to the examiners in an orderly manner. The final results will be announced on the spot to ensure true openness and transparency."

After that, Hayama waved his hand to start the statistical work, and dozens of ninjas walked towards the ninja team standing at the front with their plates in their hands.

Under the watchful eyes of many ninjas, one of the genin who was keeping the token took out the token and placed it in the tray. After announcing his name, he stepped back.

"Kusano Kuni Izumi Masao's team received a token!"

"Taku Nagase of the Kingdom of Frost received a token from the team!"

"The Rain Country Ogiwara Haruhiko's team received a token!"

....

What’s interesting is that the team from the Xiao Ninja Village who handed over the tokens first seemed to know that they were not the focus of this exam. As for the Ninja Team from the Great Ninja Village, they all looked at it with cold eyes, and no one showed up.

hand over the token before.

When the last ninja from Xiao Ninja Village handed over his token, they didn't have one token and only had three tokens. Everything was as expected.

Under the watchful eye of Hayama, the hunting team of Earth Kingdom took the lead in starting the competition between the great powers, although their results were not satisfactory.

"The Earth Country Hunting Team received eleven tokens!"

The young man from the Iwa Ninja Village sitting next to Sarutobi Hiruzen had a somewhat ugly face. He obviously didn't expect that the hunting team, which had high hopes from the village, would gain so little. Jiraiya was a little surprised, and he didn't expect the hunting team to hide eleven pieces.

The token was not given to Uchiha Kaoyu. As for Kari himself, he was lying on the ground at this time, with burns all over his body.

"Hmph, Konoha is full of geniuses, and they can actually hurt Kari to this extent." The young man from Iwa Ninja Village said quite dissatisfied.

No one in the entire ninja world knew that Konoha Village was the best at fire escape, so he could tell at a glance that Kari was defeated by Konoha ninjas.

"hehe."

Jiraiya chuckled without a smile, ignored the incompetent and furious young man from Iwagakure Village, and looked at the situation in front of the audience.

"The local team from the Land of Earth received twenty-six tokens!"

The announcement below caused everyone on the stage to talk about it, and also made the young man from Yanyin Village look much better.

Not long after, the Earth Kingdom team finished reporting, and the highest team was the Hijikata team, which received twenty-six tokens.

Next came the Kingdom of Thunder team, with the highest team being Yeyue Team, which received twenty-nine tokens.

The second team is the Kingdom of Wind team, and the highest team is the Maji team, which received twenty-eight tokens.

Kakashi's face in the crowd was very bad. In the past few days, he had barely defeated two teams of powerful ninjas with the help of Parker, and only collected thirty-one tokens. It might be difficult to get the first place.

Sure enough, under his gaze, Uchiha Kaoyu took a step forward with an arrogant expression, and a pile of tokens were poured from the ninja bag onto the tray, making everyone look at him.

"The Fire Nation Uchiha Fire Feather Team received thirty-six tokens!"

Lying on the ground, Shou almost broke his teeth. He felt as if there were hundreds of millions of ants crawling all over his body and was extremely uncomfortable.

Obito's face was also a little dark, feeling that his proud achievements were crushed by ninjas of his own race. This was too dreamy.

Hiruzen Sarutobi smiled and nodded. He was not surprised at all that Uchiha Kaoyu had so many tokens. After all, he had personally watched the opponent defeat Kari and steal thirteen tokens.

"The Fire Flag Mukakashi Team received thirty-one tokens!"

After hearing the announcement, Hayama looked at the gray-faced Kakashi expressionlessly. He was still satisfied with the opponent's achievements, but he didn't show it.

Soon, the tokens of all the ninja teams were counted. The Uchiha Fire Feather team was first, the Kakashi team was second, the Thunder Country team was third, and the Fire Country took first and second place as expected.

Jiraiya stood up and walked to Hayama's side, announcing that the second exam was over and the third exam would be held the day after tomorrow. Then the Hokage gave the first three teams ninjutsu rewards on the spot, and everyone dispersed.

Kakashi and Obito followed Hayama with depressed expressions, not daring to speak, as if they were afraid that Hayama would blame them.

When they arrived at the training ground by the Nanhe River, Ye Shan sat on a wooden stake. He first took out a few rice balls and handed them to them. He watched the two of them devour them before speaking.

"You've done a good job these days, I'm very satisfied."

After hearing these words, Obito immediately let go of his worries, held on to his damaged goggles and said happily: "Master, you don't know, in the forest, we were defeated by the gods who blocked the gods and the Buddhas who blocked the Buddhas.

Six teams.”

As he said that, Obito stretched out his finger and made a six, waiting for Hayama's praise.

Ye Shan's face was solemn and he said: "But you are not number one. I told you before the exam that you will be punished if you are not number one."

"ah?"

Kakashi whispered and said carefully: "Isn't the Chunin Exam over?"

"Yes, yes, the exam is not over yet, we still have a chance to compete for first place." Obito agreed, fearing that Hayama would punish them.

Hayama laughed with a straight face, stretched out his hand to help Kakashi brush the dust off his clothes and said, "Okay, okay, I won't tease you anymore."

"Although you are not the first, you still failed at the last minute before the exam. You did well. I should reward you."

Obito asked with a smile: "What's the reward?"

"As a reward, you can run around the village ten times without having dinner."

"...."

"...."

Kakashi and Obito looked bitter, looked up at the sky, and then ran away. After a while, the restaurant was closed, so they had to hurry up and finish the run. They had been dreaming of eating barbecue these days.

The two of them ran away with a burst of smoke, while Ye Shan sat quietly on the wooden pile with his hands folded and thinking about his thoughts.

Konoha Village is not small. By the time Kakashi and Obito returned panting, it was already late in the moonlight. Hayama was sitting on a wooden stake, with Jiraiya sitting next to him.

"Jiraiya-sama."

Both of them knew Jiraiya, one of the famous Sannin, and they all greeted him respectfully.

Jiraiya nodded and said to Hayama: "Let's go, what do you want to eat?"

Ye Shan stood up with a smile, patted the dust on his butt and replied: "Barbecue."

Kakashi and Obito's eyes shone, and they swallowed involuntarily, looking forward to the barbecue feast.

Jiraiya took out a toad-shaped wallet and carefully counted how much money he still had. He groaned inwardly, but he didn't bring enough money.

"You won't have any money, will you?" Ye Shan said with wide eyes.

I thought that I was the poorest Jonin in Konoha, but I didn't expect that there was someone who was even more strapped for money than me. Hayama couldn't help but feel happy.

In front of the two juniors, Jiraiya felt a little confused. His eyes suddenly came to an idea, and he clapped his hands on the ground to call for help.

After a burst of smoke dissipated, Minato appeared in the training ground shirtless, with a strange orange tint in the corners of his eyes, as if he was practicing some secret technique.

"What happened?"

Jiraiya laughed and said, "It's no big deal. How is your training going?"

Minato released the seal in his hand, the orange color in the corners of his eyes dissipated and he smiled: "It's not bad, it's been a long time since I last saw Hayama."

"Long time no see." Ye Shan also greeted him.

It has indeed been a long time since we last met. Hayama thought about it carefully. He hadn't met Minato in the village for more than half a year. Judging from the orange color in the corners of his eyes, he had obviously been practicing in Miaomu Mountain during this period.

Diligent enough.

"Have you brought any money?" Jiraiya asked cautiously.

Minato was stunned, wondering: "I didn't bring it."

"..."

Jiraiya stayed in Bengbu. Unexpectedly, the reinforcements he called were penniless, so he immediately said: "Go home and get it now, we will wait for you here."

"..."

Minato also paused, looked at his master, then at Hayama who had a smile on his face, and finally nodded.

Without any seal movements, and without the slightest chakra fluctuation, Minato just disappeared in front of several people.

Hayama was shocked and asked in a deep voice: "Is this a time and space ninjutsu?"

Jiraiya didn't speak, but nodded quite proudly.

Of course he can be proud, because Minato is the only ninja in the entire Konoha Village who has mastered space ninjutsu in the past twenty years. He is even better than the second generation Hokage. He is simply a genius among geniuses.

Hayama looked at the place where Minato disappeared thoughtfully. No wonder the Minato has been mysterious in the past few years. He actually mastered the time and space ninjutsu. There is a successor to the Hokage line.

Not long after, without any warning, Minato appeared in front of several people again, wearing home clothes and holding a bulging wallet in his hand.

Jiraiya was a little stunned and couldn't help but ask: "You want to eat too?"

Minato raised the wallet in his hand and said with a warm smile: "Let's have a meal with Hayama after we haven't seen each other for a long time. I'm not in a hurry when it comes to training. I've basically mastered it."

Jiraiya looked at Minato with wide eyes and disbelief, and asked in even greater astonishment: "Have you really mastered it?"

"real."

"Hahaha, you are indeed my apprentice."

Hayama looked at the master and apprentice in confusion, not sure what kind of secret technique Minato had mastered, which made Jiraiya laugh heartily.

However, he did not ask rashly. After all, this matter involved personal privacy, and the relationship between him and Jiraiya's master and disciple was not good enough to ask some private questions casually.

Jiraiya waved his hands in a good mood and walked out first, while Minato walked side by side with Hayama with a smile on his face, followed by Kakashi and Obito.

A few people soon arrived at a busy barbecue restaurant, which attracted several ninjas who were dining to look at them and hurriedly came up to say hello.

After the greetings were over, several people entered a private room, and someone handed over a menu. Hayama looked at the menu, ordered a few of his favorite dishes, and then handed it to Minato.

Minato didn't order it, but handed it to the eager Kakashi. He stood up and poured a glass of water for Jiraiya and Hayama.

"Has anything big happened in the village recently?"

As soon as these words came out, Jiraiya and Hayama's movements of holding tea cups froze, and the atmosphere in the box became subtle.